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2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed

The Arbitration Committee is pleased to appoint the following users to the functionary team:

The Committee thanks the community and all of the candidates for helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katietalk 03:15, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointments: Candidates appointed
Congratulations, Oshwah! Very well-deserved. :) Patient Zerotalk 04:09, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Patient Zero! That means a lot! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Finally. I was waiting for this. One of the most well qualified users. 67.85.37.186 (talk) 15:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Agree <3 Folly Mox (talk) 18:21, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, 67.85.37.186 and Folly Mox! It means a lot to me! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:54, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just learned of this. Congratulations!! --TheSandDoctor Talk 01:21, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, TheSandDoctor! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:24, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats. Use it well. —DoRD (talk)​ 18:02, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
DoRD - I plan to, and I won't let you down. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:46, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RfC

Could you close this RfC [1]. Everything is clear, thanks. Mikola22 (talk) 18:34, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It should be also mentioned that the RFC had a sequel and went through it again and consensus was reached Theonewithreason (talk) 20:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My RfC was for ethnicity of Novak Djoković mother based on two sources. This proposal did not pass and this RfC concern ethnicity based only for these two sources. Since there are more sources new RfC is possible based on other sources. My intention was to determine which sources can be used for ethnicity (in this case mother ethnicity). Obviously these two sources can no longer be part of the article. The problem is that there are several sources which exist and they are not respected, but now we can say it officially (which sources are not for the article) and to bring some order to the article. Mikola22 (talk) 06:07, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Mikola22! Sorry for the delay responding to your request here. I'll take a look at it either today or tomorrow and see what the consensus is (if one exists). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I understand. You don't have a lot of problems making a decision here, because everything is clear, cheers. Mikola22 (talk) 08:19, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page about Drillz (Musical Artist)

Hey, you deleted my article about Drillz & I was wondering why you did that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Codeboy256 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Codeboy256! Welcome to Wikipedia! The content that you wrote had multiple issues. The main issue that should be addressed is that the content appeared to be an advertisement or promotion. This kind of content is not appropriate for a user page. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:53, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

About the Causal inference page

I removed that part in august 2020 "The widely held (but mistaken) belief that RCTs provide stronger causal evidence than observational studies...." because it does not make sense. Anyone who has studied causal inference knows that if your RCT is always gonna be stronger causal evidence than any observational studies. 1: You did not provide any evidence/reference for the claim that observational studies are on par or stronger causal evidence than RCT's. 2: RCT's have been the "Gold standard" in clinical trials for more than a decayed and for good reasons too: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196997/ just read the background it literally says "randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments" I think your sentence will mislead the reader to think observational studies are better the RCT's, which they can be sometimes. But if put both on equal playing ground the RCT's will always trump any observational study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1118259/ "all other things being equal, randomised controlled trials are more able to attribute effects to causes".

Hope this clears things up on why I removed the sentence. best Regards Moha2144 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moha2144 (talk • contribs) 00:24, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Moha2144! Thanks for the message and for letting me know. :-) If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and ask. I'll be more than happy to help you. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Hi! I just wanted to say hello. I've been editing on Wikipedia for awhile but I feel like I want to make more of a community of meeting other editors and the like. I've frequently seen you doing edits, whether that be removing vandalism or posting new content. Just wanted to say hi and hopefully make a new Wikipedia friend. :) PickleG13 (talk) 10:08, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PickleG13! Thanks for the message, and welcome! You're more than welcome to reach out to me if you have any questions, need help, or just need someone to point you in the right direction. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:46, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please notice

Please check out the Draft:Emiway Bantai (rapper). The article title of this draft has been protected by the administrators. Please publish it under the correct name of Emiway Bantai. 27.63.64.191 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! You should file your request here. This will allow for discussion to take place, and the proper procedures to move forward if approved. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:14, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Editing the draft and publishing

Dear Oshwah,

Hope you and your family are safe during these uncertain times!

I am editing the page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Shyam_Wuppuluri) and it is not related to me in anyway. I found that the page is neither published (and if it doesn’t meet the requirements: it’s not deleted either). Can you suggest me if there’s a possibility of this page getting published and if not the procedure for deletion?

In any case, thanks for making the world a better place through the support you offer here. You seem to be very kind in general.

Cheers, Roo Pumpuhar (talk) 19:43, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pumpuhar! Thank you for the message and the very kind words. It means a lot to me. :-) No problem; if it's not related to you, then please don't hesitate to do what you're doing! If you have any questions or need any help, please let me know and I'll be happy to lend a hand. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:16, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No subject

did you message me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by QUEENBEE12345 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi QUEENBEE12345! I did not; I believe that I just marked a page that you created as "patrolled". Nonetheless, if you have any questions or need help with anything, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and let me know. I'll be happy to lend you a hand. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:20, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

203.149.75.202

Can user:203.149.75.202 please be blocked ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 01:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

CLCStudent -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:12, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cookie!

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Hi there! Thanks for the cookie! Much appreciated! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No subject

hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:74B0:3400:F988:5E0:A66D:8C08 (talk) 22:15, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Is there anything I can help you with? If so, please don't hesitate to let me know. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:54, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Paramount+

Hi Oshwah, an IP-hopper keeps trying to create an article at Paramount+ against consensus. Could you consider semi-protection? Thanks. BilCat (talk) 02:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BilCat! Sorry for the delay responding to your request here. It looks like the edits came from the 2603:9008:1C80:BA76::/64 IPv6 range (where the first half of the IP is the same between each "hop"). It's actually quite normal for many IPv6 address users to frequently change within that range, usually without the user's knowledge or action. They can change from as frequent as a week at a time, to daily, or (especially with mobile IPv6 ranges) every few minutes depending on the user's travel or device status. Because this pattern with many IPv6 networks is normal and very often done without the user doing anything intentional, I wouldn't necessarily call this a case of "IP hopping" from the get-go. Just keep in mind that if an IPv6 user appears to be "IP hopping", that if the first half of their IPv6 address (the left-most four IP blocks) looks to be remaining the same with each "hop", that it's probably not the user doing this maliciously. Now, I'm not saying that users never do this maliciously (lol)... I'm just saying that this regularly happens. ;-)
Now, onto your request (sorry if I digressed too much above). :-) It looks like the editing has stopped, so I'll hold off on adding protection. However, if you do see that disruption there is continuing to occur and is ongoing, please let me know. I'll be happy to take a look and do what's needed to put a stop to it. :-) I hope you're doing well, and I hope you have a great weekend. Cheers! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:06, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks and no worries. I was using "hopper" just to indicate the full IP was different each time, not necessarily to mean intent. Anyway, is it possible to block just that range on just that article? I know it is technically now, but asking about this case specifically, if and when they return. Thanks again. BilCat (talk) 03:38, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help regarding a SPI case

Hi, Oshwah I would like you to help regarding a new sock of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RejsHajredini95. Thank you ~ Amkgp 💬 19:23, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Amkgp! I apologize for the delay responding to your message and request here, and I also apologize for missing the IRC messages that you sent to me while I was busy. Life got a little bit hectic and unfortunately kept me away from Wikipedia for a short time. :-) It looks like this case has been handled by another checkuser. If you do need my input or help with anything, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to lend a hand. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:08, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bell table on St Mark's Campanile

Hello Oshwah, I keep reaching out to you whenever I run into a wall. I hope you don't feel pestered. On the St Mark's Campanile page, I would like to move the table with the bells (towards the end) to the left. BUT, when I do, the text of the article (wrapped) is attached to the side of the table. Is there any way to create space?Venicescapes (talk) 12:56, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Venicescapes! I don't feel pestered at all! Helping other users is a core part of why I volunteer here, and I'm more than happy to help you with your edit. :-) Check out the edits I just made here to the article. To flip the table to float from the left, you simply change float: right; to be float: left;. To add spacing outside the table between other text, you'd normally add a margin value to the element. However, it looks like we already have a margin (margin: .46em 0 0 2.00em;)! This margin is coded like this: margin: [top] [right] [bottom] [left]; So, I just moved margin values and changed it to margin: .46em 2.00em 0 0; where the 2.00em spacing is now on the [right] value instead of [left]. Does what I did make sense? :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again. Yes, that makes perfect sense. I had no idea it was so simple. Thank you for guiding me along the learning curve. I hope that all is well with you in these troubled times. Kind regards.Venicescapes (talk) 08:15, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Venicescapes! No problem! You'll learn this stuff and it'll get easier as you gain experience and spend time on this project. It took me awhile, too. :-) These times are certainly crazy, aren't they? I never expected the things that you'd only saw in movies (such as everyone wearing masks or hazmat suits when they'd go outside) would become a reality. It's quite frustrating, but I hope that this doesn't live with us forever and that we learn from this event and put better measures in place should it happen again... and given human history, it most certainly will. Let me know if you run into any more questions or get stuck anywhere, and I'll be happy to lend you a hand. :-) Be safe! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:20, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I need to play around some more with image placement. Moving the table to the left made it necessary to move other images, and I'm not sure about the end result. At any rate, I now know how to do it. Thank you again.Venicescapes (talk) 11:20, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"New User"

Haven't been on en wiki for some time now, everything seemed to have changed. I'm feeling lost, can you guide me as to where I can see new Wikipedia updates? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 23:58, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Thegooduser. I don't believe that too much has changed, but you can get a sense of it all by reading the admin news monthly releases for a generalized summary. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:27, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

hi

oswah you are on teahouse? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Habeeb Bello (talk • contribs) 18:02, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Habeeb Bello! I'm a member of the teahouse, but I admit that I haven't gone there or checked in with people there in quite some time. Why do you ask? Do you need help with something there? :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:28, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IP: 86.11.51.106

Hello again Oshwah, Could I bring to your attention the activities of 86.11.51.106 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) on various pages - notably the Imber page. They have placed a notice at the top of the article regarding sources. The sources are the BBC and book sources written by reliable sources, as against their comments. I have reverted the notice but note that the IP will not allow comments on their User page, stating "Please do not write here" and "Do not write her, I don't care and it will be blanked". As you have taken action against this IP previously, I wonder if it is time for further intervention? With best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 12:12, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David J Johnson! I apologize for the delay responding to your message and request for help here. Life has kept me busy lately! :-) It looks like Doug Weller has already handled the matter. For the record, if I had seen this going on, I would've handed a block to this user as well. Please let me know if I can be of assistance with anything else, and I'll be happy to lend a hand! ;-) I hope you have a great weekend, and I'm sure we'll talk again soon! :-D Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:31, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Oshwah, Many thanks for your message. As you say Doug Weller has handled the immediate problem with this IP. However, I do want you to know how much I appreciate your friendship and help over the years - and no doubt, in the future! Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 10:04, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit my page

My first film is ‘Demodara Palama’ shot in 1989 There is an article which hates me for long time now so has to be removed. It’s not good for the other chap also who questioned me regarding this article. So many things to be edited please help me Tell me how can I install a lot of details including the photos of the ten awards I received Please help Thanks

I’m about to leave for two weeks of shooting in a forest to end of a TV series -Lakshman Mendis- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.134.216.128 (talk) 01:12, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Exactly what pare are we talking about here? Can you link me to it? Is it an article that you're creating in order to write about yourself? If so, autobiographies are highly discouraged here, and will likely lead to the content being removed. If you're notable, someone else will surely write an article about you - don't worry about that. Otherwise, you could be seen as having a conflict of interest with what you're writing about (since, after all, you're writing about yourself). Please let me know if I'm correct and if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:41, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page deletion?

Ashwah, I read your guidelines and sent you an email. No hurry...[but I guess I only have 7 days!] Pls. direct me when you are able...I hope you and yours are well.Onganymede (talk) 20:52, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Onganymede! I received your email. What article was it that you were trying to create? Can you point me to it? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:33, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah, thank you for your reply. Article in question is J. Jaye Gold. I believe tomorrow is day 7 since I received notification, so maybe this is too late to discuss. Do you know if the decision will be made Saturday? Originally I was told the issue was references. I understand now that my references, which were all to his works, we’re unacceptable. I have spend the week researching and have changed them all. Now it appears issue is notability. I believe I cleared up COI issue on my talk page. It would be nice not to have this also flagged, if others agree. But again, it may be too late. Again, many thanks for input/direction. Onganymede (talk) 06:31, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Onganymede! Thanks for responding with the link. To help explain the articles for deletion process for you: Discussions at AFD will not take the quality of the article itself into account when deciding whether or not to keep or delete it; they take the notability of the article subject into account, which is typically established by the availability of secondary reliable sources that can be researched and found (either on the internet or in print media) that provide primary coverage regarding the article subject.
Think of it like this: If, for example, the Barrack Obama or Abraham Lincoln articles were only a few paragraphs long and didn't provide many or very good sources, these articles would be kept if I were to nominate them for a discussion at AFD. That's because, well, they're notable people... :-) It's quite easy to go onto Google and type those names in - you're going to find numerous sources that are reliable and show that these people are notable. We don't delete those articles under that process just because they're not long enough, don't have great content, or don't have enough sources cited. The articles just need to be expanded and improved. The same principle applies here as well. On the other hand: I could have an extensively-written article about some random Joe person, but if they're not notable, the article subject won't be determined to be notable in an AFD discussion. Why? Because there obviously won't be any secondary reliable sources online or elsewhere that would establish Mr. Random Joe Person as a notable article subject. The quality of the article I wrote about Random Joe could be significantly above-average when it comes to content, but in the end, it won't matter.
In short: There's really nothing you can do to the article itself that will change the outcome of the discussion. Don't go into an AFD discussion with the belief that, if you could improve the article to be "up to standard" before the discussion closes, that there's hope of it being kept. Either the article subject is notable or they aren't - that's what the discussion is created to determine. If anything, take the outcome as a good learning experience. Before you write your next article, I'm sure that you'll be much more well-versed in Wikipedia's notability guidelines, and you'll create an article that will do well. I created a few articles when I was new on Wikipedia, and I was angry and disappointed when they were deleted - it can be really discouraging... All that time wasted. However, I kept with it, and I took the time to know and understand the policies and guidelines and why they're important. In the end, it helped improve my editing and my experience a lot.
Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Take some time and read through those guidelines. If you have any questions about them, let me know! I'll be happy to answer them and explain, or clarify anything that's confusing. Don't give up! You're doing well here! This is just a minor setback and you'll be a better editor moving forward. I've been there myself; I'm not here today and with the experience and knowledge that I have because I got everything right and did perfectly. I've made more than my fair share of mistakes. Trust me... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:23, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Thank you much for all the details and your personal experience as well. I have read the guidelines. I know ALOT more now than I did when I first wrote you my anxious email! Did you get a chance to look at the article? I just added two more refs. It's clear Gold has influenced 1,000s of people over 30+ years of nonprofit service work... but there are, to my knowledge, only hard copy letters of thanks (from, for example, the Daughters of Charity in Cambodia, a Syrian refugee school in Turkey, Mae Tao Clinic on Thai/Burmese border, etc.) I assume these can't be incorporated, correct? So, can you tell me what your opinion of the article is--in terms of worthiness of the subject, as written? (Maybe your above advice answered this but I'm not sure if you were mainly clarifying/explaining guidelines, or telling me your opinion, i.e., it's over...better luck next time! Ok, much obliged and look forward to more input. Onganymede (talk) 09:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Onganymede! I'd have to do some research and look for secondary reliable sources in order to determine whether or not I believe the subject to be notable. The article itself is a good start in terms of content, references, neutrality, and overall setup and formatting. It does seem to detract a bit and talk about the organization a lot, rather than the person - but again, it's not terrible. Remember that this is irrelevant when it comes to AFD. They're not looking at the article itself and how it appears. They're deciding whether or not the article subject should even have an article at all in the first place. That's where notability comes in. ;-) My previous message was written to explain how AFD works and exactly what they take into account when making a decision.
The reason I went in-depth with how you'll learn from this and encouraged you not to take this personally or as a reason to give up was not because I felt that the article should be deleted (again, I haven't looked into the article subject in-depth nor done any research). I wrote this to you because, looking at the AFD discussion, it appears that the consensus will be to either delete the article, or move it into draft space. Likely it will be deleted. I would copy the article and put it in your sand box - just so you have something to reference if you forget how to do something with the next article you create. And, who knows, if the article subject does become notable down the road (it happens quite often), you can re-create it again. All is not lost just because it didn't become an article - you can still keep the work you did and reference it later. I did, and it was very helpful. Let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. I'll be happy to do some research and give you what I would've said in the AFD discussion if you wish. Just know in advance that I will be honest with you - if I find that the subject isn't notable, I will say so, but I'll also explain why. Such feedback would absolutely not be given with the intent to discourage you, but as a way of helping you understand, learn, gain experience, and come out of this better than you went in. Just let me know. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:08, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah, Yes, to both.... I agree saving in sandbox is great idea. I'm researching it now, but any easy pointers on how to do that? And, Yes, if you'd be willing and could take the time to look and make a judgement call, I trust your neutrality and your sincerity and would be grateful to hear it. One question, do or can you know if today is the "decision" day?Onganymede (talk) 17:11, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Onganymede! Just edit the article, copy everything, then go here, paste the text you copied, and voila! You now have a copy in your user space that you can reference. ;-) There really is no "decision day". The typical minimum time for an AFD discussion is 7 days. If there aren't enough participants, or if the discussion is still in deliberation after 7 days (where the outcome isn't clear), the discussion will stay open until all participants have made their statements. In this case, it'll be closed after seven days when an admin gets around to doing so... there's no "time limit". Sure, I can do that. Give me a bit of time and I'll have something to you by the end of the weekend. I have a lot on my agenda. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 18:04, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes pls. take whatever time! Not wanting to add burden to your agenda load! Have a good weekend. Onganymede (talk) 18:56, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Plz

All this changing URL and API off my phone. I know my ex put it on here when she was trakking me to take a shit man. I got 2 girls stalking now. Cock blocking my texts my calls I’ve probably missed out on girls and money. I’m not trying to get anybody in trouble I’m a outlaw with good heart myself but all this GIF crap is old and I’m getting mad bc I feel like there winning. Plz get all this off — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.223.1.21 (talk) 20:12, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Umm... not exactly sure what you're asking me here. I can only help you with Wikipedia-related matters. Is there something I can help you involving the Wikipedia project? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:38, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Congrats on new checkusership! WesternAtlanticCentral (talk) 20:19, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi WesternAtlanticCentral! Thank you for the barnstar and for the congratulations! It means a lot to me and I appreciate it very much. :-) I'm happy to be able to serve the community as a checkuser, and I promise that I won't let you down! ;-) I hope you have a great weekend and I wish you happy editing. Cheers! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:37, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The User

User in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:194.81.78.4 /// I have just had to warn this guy to not make false edits as he made an edit to the page on William Russell, changing his name to Big Willy. As I was in the process of undoing this, he removed it himself but even so, I have let him know not to do this and I am informing you. edit: I know the last time action was used on him was in 2016 and by you which is why I am here on your page. Damien Swann (talk) 11:32, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Damien Swann! Thanks for leaving me a message here and for letting me know. It looks like this school IP range has already been blocked, so we don't have anything to worry about now. In the future, if the user has been warned enough times, you can report them here to have an administrator block them or take other appropriate action. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again, and I hope you have a great weekend! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:44, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Armenia/Azerbaijan Sanctions

Hey Oswhah, thanks for protecting Dashalty. The sanctions authorisation I was referring to there was from WP:ARBAA2, where an amendment was passed that authorised standard discretionary sanctions; sorry, I should have probably said ARBAA2, not just ARBAA. Best wishes, Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 11:15, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blablubbs! Ah, that makes sense! Thanks for letting me know. the "ARBAA" part of your link rang a bell, but when I couldn't find anything, I just went with the normal policy. The article would've been protected anyways. :-) Thanks again, and I hope you have a great weekend! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:34, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!

First i wanted to thank u for protecting and being interested on Miley articles. I wanted to asked you if you could do soemrhing about it. The user gagaluv1 was actually asked to stop ny old users and almost blocked if you see it on her talk page, but she hasnt been blocked het. She obisbly doesnt wanna participate as she disnt listen to my collegues warn about warring and violent language but she kept going on and if you see the desception edit said "deal with it". Can u roll back and leave the edit bu lk95 where it was consensed by everyone as you see. She is adding songs that were included on other albums too after rhey were originally eeleased and that soace is for songs that wwere not availble on her own albums berore. So it makes thenimpression that that songs were not only included on her albums before. Thank you.--Night Crawling (talk) 12:32, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Night Crawling. I'm sorry to hear that this is going on. I'll definitely look into this. Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Night Crawling, Gagaluv1 - So what's going on at the Miley Cyrus discography article? Why is it that I had to fully protect the article over this dispute? You both know that you could've been blocked for edit warring, ya know... Can you help me to understand what's going on so that I can help you two work things out? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:14, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

She is adding songs that were released BEFORE on her own lbums. That section is for songs quch are not xeom HER albums. Many users already suportes this. The article is misleading — Preceding unsigned comment added by Night Crawling (talk • contribs) 21:26, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply] 

Also, for more proof, she was the one asding this songs. Theyve never been there since 2017 wich they there "released".

Joe Biden

Thanks for the lock - but when will you allow rollbackers and pending changes reviewers? Tvoz/talk 20:05, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Admins have both rollback and a CRASH badge. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Takes a strong man to deny... 20:08, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This should not be fully protected. There are just too many problems with the article in its current state. If extended confirmed editors are vandalizing the page, then they should be blocked, not make the article limited to admins. —Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 20:09, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is that multiple EC editors are, and there are signs that at least some of them are compromised. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Takes a strong man to deny... 20:11, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct, and we've had more than one report of this happening that we're actively investigating. I understand everyone's frustration; it's certainly been quite an election and this is a big moment in history. However, above all else, I have to do what's best for the project and the integrity of the article and the Encyclopedia and keep that as a first priority... Even if it means that I become the brunt of any negative feedback that comes my way. It's the curse that comes with the responsibility. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:52, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Oshwah. I'm glad it's your name on the protection, and not mine ;) Accordingly, could you please reinstate indef move protection when you get a chance. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:14, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Zzuuzz -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:48, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits

New here - why does the article title "Political positions of Joe Biden" now land on your recent edit rather than land in the main article page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:7CDF:24FD:85F7:E2C9:BFE3:428C (talk) 20:11, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

CRASH will be by soon. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Takes a strong man to deny... 20:19, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Can you elaborate or provide a link? I thought at first you might have meant that your changes have become "pending" instead of live on the page (due to pending changes protection), but the page logs show that it's only been semi-protected. Any additional information you can add will help me to answer your question. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:57, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In the meantime please i would like if you could use the last revision by lK95. As it was the original version.

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