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Waffen-SS question

Yes, that probably makes sense. MisterBee1966 (talk) 21:53, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Kain Colter

Hadn't realized there was a real person to impersonate. Will up block to indef. Daniel Case (talk) 02:34, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

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About edits on Michael Jordan's and Pelé's articles

i didn't know that adding quotes at the beginning of some articles' sections is unconstructive (i also made references to prove their authenticity). but ok, i won't do it again, i'm sorry :) Sparklecter (talk) 17:02, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

what's the correct location for quotes? Sparklecter (talk) 12:50, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

UAA

Just so you know, usernames should only be reported to UAA if they've edited in the past few days or weeks. --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 01:44, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Please slow down. You'll notice also that UAA is only for obvious vios. All the accounts you've reported have not edited in either a very long time or ever at all, so blocks would seem unnecessary in my view. Connormah (talk) 02:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Just as a friendly reminder, since this seems to still be an issue today, please note the UAA instructions that state, "Do not report a username unless it has been used in the last 2-3 weeks". Many of the dozens of reports you've made today are for users which have made no edits in 8 years or more. It just makes extra work for administrators who should be handling current problems instead. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:21, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Seriously, please stop now. This is starting to look like disruptive editing. --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 01:33, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, that was not my intention. I shall try to only report recent accounts.Hoops gza (talk) 01:35, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Once again, please don't report usernames at UAA unless it has been used in the past few weeks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:20, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Once again, please refrain from unnecessarily cluttering up UAA with excessive reports. The guidelines state to limit reports to obvious violations and accounts used in the past few weeks. Connormah (talk) 21:13, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

May 2014

Thank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, it appears that the editor you reported may not have engaged in vandalism, or the user was not sufficiently or appropriately warned. Please note there is a difference between vandalism and unhelpful or misguided edits made in good faith. If the user continues to vandalise after a recent final warning, please re-report it. Please don't report a single edit as a "vandalism-only account". Though an initial edit may be vandalism subsequent edits may not. Please remember. WP:BITE. As a more experienced editor please issue guidance and warnings rather than immediately reporting to WP:AIV. Thanks. Tonywalton ^Talk 23:58, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Also, it is not helpful to post reports on editors who edited briefly on one occasion several days ago (or even several weeks ago) and have never edited again, as there is nothing to be done about them. It is particularly unhelpful to post a whole string of such reports, as checking them takes up time of administrators who could be doing more useful work, such as dealing with vandals who are active now. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

This https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dieting&diff=prev&oldid=606572744 is an example. The edit was definitely vandalism, but it was reverted by ClueBot immediately. A week ago. You warned them a week later; that had been their last edit. Please stop wasting your, and everybody elses', time, on stale vandalism which has already been dealt with. At the least check the current version of an article to see if it's clean; if not use reversion and/or rollback tools to get to a clean version before reporting current vandalism. Please. Tonywalton ^Talk 23:55, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

• Near the top of the page Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism there is a note headed "Important! Please remember the following", which you may like to read. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 07:55, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

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Golden Close Combat Clasp Template

You are adding people to the template who never received the Golden Close Combat Clasp. The people you are adding received the lower grade in Silver or Bronze only. MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

My fault, it was an honest mistake. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Hoops gza (talk) 07:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. My main interest lies foremost with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, its variants, and the recipients. My interest in the Waffen-SS is very limited. Generally speaking, I am more inclined to edit articles of the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine, particularly fighter pilots and u-boat commanders. But there are exceptions to this rule. Happy editing MisterBee1966 (talk) 19:12, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

"Category:SS and Police Leaders" removal from articles

Hoops: I note you are removing the aforesaid cat from many Nazi bio articles. I assume you mean to replace it with a different cat. What do you have in mind? Kierzek (talk) 20:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: Hi. My understanding from reading SS and Police Leader is that it was an official title designated to only certain SS officers. I am cross-referencing with de:Liste der SS- und Polizeiführer as well as the German category for this to make sure that we only have the correct people in the category. In terms of including a category to show that they were SS, I am adding the SS rank that each SS member held. Hoops gza (talk) 20:50, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Mate, go easy with removing people from that category. Hans Hüttig‎, for instance, is sourced as an SS and Police Leader and so should remain in the category regardless of whether or not he appears on the list on the German Wikipedia. That list isn't particularly well sourced and it doesn't claim to be necessarily complete so check the body of an article before removing it from the category. Keresaspa (talk) 02:06, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Heeded indeed. Hoops gza (talk) 02:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

The problem is that men, such as Franz Josef Huber, was a SS general and Police leader (Generalmajor der Polizei). Now, he may not "de jure" fit the cat in question but in a broader sense ("de facto"), he does. There needs to be a cat for SS officers who were region chiefs or leaders of the SiPo or Orpo. Kurt Daluege is another example. Miller, Michael (2006) book, Leaders of the SS and German Police, covers men in detail who were NOT only SSPF, HSSPF and HöSSPF leaders. Kierzek (talk) 02:21, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: From what I know, "SS and Police Leader" is a literal English translation of "SS- und Polizeiführer", which entails only the SSPF, HSSPF and HöSSPF to which you refer. It is used as such in literature. On Wikipedia, Category:SS and Police Leaders mirrors de:Kategorie:SS- und Polizeiführer. That is why I feel that it should be limited. You are welcome to create other categories that you deem necessary, unfortunately the German Wikipedia is set up such that it rarely diffuses categories like the English one does. But I do see a de:Kategorie:Polizist der Ordnungspolizei. Hoops gza (talk) 02:31, 16 May 2014 (UTC) Were these exceptional officers held in distinction during the time of Nazism? Hoops gza (talk) 02:37, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I know, as I said above, the strict meaning of the term; my point is that there are others who were SS and involved in the command and control of Police duties in Nazi Germany. If we remove them from the current cat, to which one can argue they belong in a general sense, then what other cat can we come up with then. Some could go into a English Wikipedia cat of: Police Officer of the Order Police but not all. Any thoughts? Kierzek (talk) 13:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I do not think this removal of categories is appropriate either. I am also very concerned about adding sub-categories for every single SS rank. Seems very excessive. -OberRanks (talk) 16:13, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

@OberRanks: Hello, good to hear from you. You may open a discussion on the SS ranks if you want. I'm already pretty far into the process, I thought it would be considered an improvement since we have more than a thousand SS of officer rank. Hoops gza (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Based on the way this website is run, you will probably be unhindered in these efforts to add and remove the many SS categories. Then a few months or years will go by and a highly zealous editor will start blanket deleting or send them all to "Cats for Deletion". Assuming you are still around then, if you protest, you will be labeled as a problem with ANIs and threats of action against you for adding inappropriate categories. That's just the way Wikipedia is :-) But like I said, it will take a determined editor with a lot of time on their hands to officially challenge these categories and that editor certainly will not be me. Best! -OberRanks (talk) 15:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: How about this? de:Kategorie:Polizist im Nationalsozialismus - Hoops gza (talk) 23:04, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Police officer in National Socialism, which you suggest would work for some but might Police official in Nazi Germany (Polizeibeamter im Nazi-Deutschland) be better. As for the SS officer cats, I don't believe the lower officer ranks need more than the general "Category:SS officers". Kierzek (talk) 14:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: for the police, you know more about that than I do. Ponder it for a while and let me know what you come up with. Hoops gza (talk) 16:23, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

How about-Police of Nazi Germany (Polizei des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands); for both officers and officials together who would fit the cat. Kierzek (talk) 20:02, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: sounds good to me, I will create the cat, then I will add the names that I had removed from SSPF. - Hoops gza (talk) 02:53, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

@Kierzek: actually, I will hold off on this for now until you take a look at Category:Law enforcement in Germany to see that this proposed title might not be the best. "Police" would entail both the agencies and the individuals, which is a bad idea. It is my understanding that all police officials are also officers, but is this not the case in the time of Nazi Germany? If this is indeed the case, then we could do Category:Police officers of Nazi Germany and Category:Law enforcement agencies of Nazi Germany. - Hoops gza (talk) 03:16, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Someone can be appointed as an official over an agency or the local branch unit thereof without having been a formal officer of it or being a formal officer of it. I did not know there was a cat of "Category: Law enforcement in Germany"; I can’t say it is a perfect fit but it will do for what we have discussed. I would put the Nazi SiPo and Orpo officers, personnel and agencies in this one. Kierzek (talk) 12:23, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

As for the adding of sub-categories for every single SS rank, I have stated my opinion but don't feel strongly enough about the issue to reverse the project; just remember to tread lightly, we don't need a lot of "overcats" on pages; distracting from the articles. Kierzek (talk) 12:22, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

I wondered if you ever finished your "sub-categories for SS ranks" project. Since you started it and there was no strong objection in the end, you should go ahead and finish it; if you have not already. No reason to leave it half done, if not reverted. Kierzek (talk) 12:20, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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Karl Bodenschatz

Hello, Hoops. The source quoted by German Wikipedia that links him to the court is page 964 of 'Justiz im Dritten Reich 1933-1940: Anpassung und Unterwerfung in der Ära Gürtner’ by Lothar Gruchmann. There lies the answer as there is no mention of this anywhere else but unfortunately I don’t have the book. Sealman (talk) 21:40, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Your reports to AIV

Hey there, while we appreciate your timely reports, it's important to understand that we can't as administrators simply block user after user because they seem to fall under the same editing pattern as others. Edits like the ones you are reporting are expected during times like this (NBA finals). If a user has vandalized a sufficient number of times (usually five) then a block is warranted and they should be reported. Once or twice is usually not enough. That being said, instead of cluttering the AIV noticeboard by reporting each user, if there is a "mass attack" at a particular team you could instead consider requesting that particular page be semi-protected. See WP:ROUGH for more. Thanks again for all your efforts :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 22:52, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, I will keep it in mind. Hoops gza (talk) 02:00, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Re: Charlotte Hornets

Actually, it was a mistake for me to start the other Hornets category...I created it before the announcement that the new team had acquired the old's history, so I've been wanting to redirect it, but I am busy with other projects and a HUGE procrastinator when it comes to categories...but I will get to that in due time. Tom Danson (talk) 02:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Irmfried_Eberl.jpg: Where did you get it?

Hello, Hoops gza. I've got an open FAC right now for Treblinka extermination camp, and as part of the image review we're wondering where you got this image and who the author is. Since you uploaded it in 2011, I was hoping you might know the answer to that question. If you don't, that's fine; I'll just rummage around for a different picture. AmericanLemming (talk) 06:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

@AmericanLemming: Hello, I am sorry to say, but it appears that the site from which I obtained the image no longer exists. - Hoops gza (talk) 00:43, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, thanks for letting me know. I'll try a few reverse image search engines to try to find out more about the copyright of the image. AmericanLemming (talk) 15:17, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

lawrens

most cats live in other cats - you cannot have a free floating cat! satusuro 01:38, 31 May 2014 (UTC) and even if as you argue only the eponymous cat has em - you end up having a cat with no other cat - that definitely doesnt look right, it gotta have a place to sit within the great scheme of things, surely... satusuro 01:42, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Categories named after people do not have parent cats other than hidden parent categories. This particular category already has two hidden parent categories. Perhaps you cannot see them - you need to have the option to view hidden categories turned on in order to see them. - Hoops gza (talk) 01:43, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

even him ho did the hobittses has a cat which at the epionymous has at least one open and obvious - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:J._R._R._Tolkien - which is at least one like that is needed for the lawrens - 20th century british writers - there is nothing wrong with adding that... satusuro 01:46, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Think of it this way - I am not so much thinking parents or hidden - the 20th century brit scribes is a place that is uncontroversial and relevant... I am sure there is something somewhere that says that all cats must be a part of another cat - to have a cat free - regardless of the hiding variety, is a valid and legit way of placing the fella in a place where he aint so lonseome... satusuro 01:51, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Hidden categories are indeed categories, so this was already in two categories. The 20th-century novelists categories do not seem to agree with most of the rest of Wikipedia, but I do not know if there is a policy on this. - Hoops gza (talk) 01:55, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

hehehe - the reverse - try thinking, why is this pesky ed from elsewhere insisting on this

1. nothing on wikipedia sits without a category that can be seen
2. hiddens are irrelevent
3. agree? - many cats are indeed odd - but they exist - if someone want to re-invent category trees - hey enjoy the journey
4. try reading the policies - they are there - Tolkein and Lawrences main articles show clear case of over-categorization, and that is part of the categorization scheme of things... well worth reading up before arguing that a category about a person does not need a visible category - have a good day/night wherever you are i am off for a while... cheers satusuro 02:03, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to T E Lawrence, did not appear to be constructive and may bereverted or removed.

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You have offered no policy or reason for your revert, and have now rendered a simple qualification of a category into an edit war - please note that lack of adequate discussion on your part renders this a problem area -

read WP:CATEGORIZATION and expect to be blocked if (a) you dont read the policies (b) dont communicate adequately satusuro 02:34, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

CRAP - removing viewable categories from author specific categories is innapropriate and mis-reading the generally accepted usage of categories satusuro 03:05, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I am not sure what pages you are reading - I see no policy pages that specifically say that Author categories have only hidden categories - it is a gross misunderstanding of categorization to remove viewable categories simply to leave categories with hidden categories. I would like you to show me where exactly your idea is coming from so you can explain your idea here and now - removing anything in this discussion is pointless, as it is something that needs resolving and needs to be black and white - as there are significant numbers of english authors with categories - it would be good to settle this openly, rather than your ignoring comments and continuing to edit as such. To offer your solution i'll revert your edits is simply not helping to clarify anything. satusuro 03:13, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

@SatuSuro: You missed the main point of what I wrote on your talk page. Please re-read it. The only reason that some categories of authors have these parent categories at the moment is because one misguided editor decided to add viewable categories to them a few months back and it went unnoticed. And "hidden" categories are viewable as long as you have the option activated. - Hoops gza (talk) 03:17, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Wrong - you are misguided by removing viewable categories - you have not provided adequate explanation or policy links that show why any category on wikipedia should have no viewable category (hidden categories and their viewability is a complete and utter furphy) satusuro 03:21, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

@SatuSuro: I think that you do not understand the meaning of what I wrote on your talk page. - Hoops gza (talk) 03:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

OK so I made a mistake, I regularly do - and I usually clean them up - but you simply compounded it by adding the category to my talk page - which does not help anyone as you do not know how to put a category on the talk page without it showing in the category and not the talk page. You should be very careful, your recent edits will no doubt be examined as well - the great thing about wikipedia is the goldfishbowl nature of the place - it is all there to see and I have no problem about ever admitting to mistakes. some Australian editors so regularly clear their talk pages it is almost certain they have things to 'hide' satusuro 04:19, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm really not following the logic here. A category is supposed to be part of a category system - once it gets confined to a meta-structure it's no longer fulfilling a purpose. Can you link to any sort of policy under which you believe these removals are warranted? If it's not at policy level, people are quite at liberty to revert you. Orderinchaos 14:56, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

@Orderinchaos: It is part of a category system - every category named after a person has "hidden" parent categories from the subcats of Category:Wikipedia categories named after people, so you are misled when say that it is not part of a category system. Perhaps you just cannot see these categories, which are part of Wikipedia, because you do not have the option turned on right now. It is incorrect to add other parent categories (that is, ones that are not hidden) to a category named after a person because the articles within the category named after the person are not part of those parent categories. For instance, Barack Obama is indeed the President of the United States, but his family is not. - Hoops gza (talk) 02:04, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Right, so you can't cite a single policy basis for your changes. In other words, it's your opinion of how it should be, not a consensus of a wide variety of editors. Please desist from making such changes until such a consensus is established - what you're doing actually flies in the face of a category system (a category system is a tree rather than a bunch of isolated units - and a hidden category is a meta-structure, not a structure). Orderinchaos 03:01, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Actually, the consensus is quite clearly to not include these parent categories, and that is because it is illogical and incorrect. Your lack of understanding the logic is not my fault. That's why 99% of categories named after people on Wikipedia right now do not have these categories, and the other 1% were mostly done by one misguided editor a few months, after being correct for years. Your edits in this area will therefore be reverted. - Hoops gza (talk) 03:04, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

I'm reverting your cat edits for now, per WP:BRD. Please don't make any further similar edits until the conclusion of the ANI discussion. Fram (talk) 08:34, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

@SatuSuro: I'm puzzled that you would template a user with over 50K edits. Templates have their place, but I don't think this was one of them.--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:42, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry if this is piling on while you are dealing with another issue, but...

Your warning came across to me as a bit bitey.

I do realize that the editor has received a prior warning about sourcing, but, while you and I know that an internal link doesn't count as a source, it is understandable that a new editor might not realize this. I can understand that we might take a firmer stand in the case of negative information, and your edit summary, referring to controversial information suggests it is negative, but Rookie of the year, is hardly negative. I think a gentler explanation that a wikilink is good, but doesn't qualify as a reference would have been better. What do you think?--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:35, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: The Rookie of the Year award had not yet been announced when this edit was made. Therefore, this edit was complete speculation. However, considering the nature of the content, it was perhaps too strong of a warning. - Hoops gza (talk) 21:53, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I didn't realize the timing aspect, which does help explain it. I am happy you agree it was a bit strong for what turned out to be simply an over-zealous edit.--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:39, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

During this timespan we had had something of a "mass attack" of newly registered accounts making unconstructive edits and vandalizing basketball-related pages. - Hoops gza (talk) 15:58, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Surnames

I am disappointed by how you reverted my edits for the familly names Bird, Watts, and Graves, because you did not denote their etymologies to back them up officially being such in the English language (for example: bird = animal or vulgar finger expression). There are no sources not user edited that say that Watts, Bird, and Graves are official surnames in the English language,and there are not enough known people in the world who bear each of these individual surnames. There is thus no reason to write that they are official English family names, or add to such a category on Wikipedia. It is not constructive. Homechallenge55 (talk) 05:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

@Homechallenge55: thank you for discussing this rather than engaging in a revert war. However, your doubt that English words such as "bird" and "graves" are English-language surnames is a misguided one. If they are English words, you can rest assured that they are at least English-language surnames. Furthermore, we do not have to cite sources when it comes to surnames, unlike most everything else on Wikipedia. But I will provide you with some sources to ease your doubts: Bird name origin, Graves name origin, Watts name origin - Hoops gza (talk) 19:54, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the sources, and I apologize for the late reply. Remember to add information from these sources to each respective family name that I mentioned in this discussion. Homechallenge55 (talk) 14:55, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

LeBron James

Why? Is not LeBron James from Akron, Ohio?--Farmacopea (talk) 21:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

@Farmacopea: he is already in Category:Sportspeople from Akron, Ohio. - Hoops gza (talk) 00:08, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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Notavulgarusername

I'd let it go. Usernames that poke fun at the username policy aren't against it unless they violate other aspects of the policy. And the people who pick them rarely edit much, if at all. Daniel Case (talk) 14:16, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Athletics redirects

Hi Hoops. I noticed you reverted my changes to make redirects containing both track and field and athletics point to athletics. These titles which contain two topics for which we have two separate articles are ambiguous and should not simply just point to one of those topics. SFB 06:25, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

@Sillyfolkboy: OK, you may do with them as you please. - Hoops gza (talk) 01:56, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Those two usernames ....

While neither of them seem to be editing the way we'd like, I don't see blockable name issues yet. "Nyg awesome" ... I see where you're going, but will everyone else necessarily? Are we sure it doesn't start for something that abbreviates to "N.Y.Y." like the New York Giants? And as for "Google704" ... merely using a product or company name doesn't make it promotional; they would have to be using a promotional slogan or somehow using the name to promote the product (Consider, for instance, we have a User:Mcdonald's who isn't blocked).

Actually, what does seem interesting from a cursory review of both accounts' contrib histories is their, uh, similarity. Daniel Case (talk) 02:46, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

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Anonymous7019

User blocked, but there's nothing wrong with the username; we have lots of users named "Anonymous", and most with contributions aren't currently blocked. I checked some exceptions; I'd guess that Anonymous Coward Slashdot.org was blocked because of the Slashdot claim, Anonymous Dissident Vandaliser was hardblocked, clearly because of the Vandaliser bit, and Anonymous (group) was blocked because of the username, which makes sense as a variant on {{Uw-ublock-famous}}. With that in mind, I see no problem with this user, except (of course) for his actions. Nyttend (talk) 03:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Oops, the link didn't work. Go to Special:Listusers and put in Anonymous. Nyttend (talk) 03:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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I have removed your request for blocking at UAA for a long list of usernames with Osama. Osama being in a username alone does not violate the policy. Also, several of the accounts are way beyond  Stale to need to issue a block. If you wish to report active usernames, individually with a full reasoning, be my guest. Otherwise Not a blatant violation of the username policy. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 22:03, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Please once again refrain from mass reporting usernames on UAA. It has been explained multiple times that only active usernames should be reported, not accounts with no activity at all or created months to years ago. Connormah (talk) 00:47, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Being "sinister" isn't disruptive and I fail to see how either being Korean or calling oneself a giant is offensive and disruptive. --Jakob (talk) 23:39, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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Username issue

Hello. On my talk page you left a note saying that my username violated Wikipedia policy, but the Bureaucrat note stated that my username did not break any rules. Does that mean I can keep it? Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 21:34, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

This is another bad warning, Hoops. There is nothing at all in the user's history to believe that the username is an impersonation at all. "Luke Murphy" isn't exactly an uncommon name, either. Connormah (talk) 01:16, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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Doubles

They shouldn't be in the active ones either. There was an agreement at WP:Baseball a while back to just include triple crown stats with non-triple crown stats being used with special circumstances (records, 3000 hits, etc).--Yankees10 02:16, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Thabeet

If I didn't use a reliable source, then what counts as a reliable source? I used a press release from the Oklahoma City Thunder website. I fail to see how that's not reliable. That is literally as official as official gets. NBAfan321 (talk) 00:52, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

• Don't look at ESPN. Look at the source I cited. NBAfan321 (talk) 00:56, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Shawn Marion

Thank you. If you hadn't noticed, I self reverted all my edits back to your version. Hardcoreromancatholic (talk) 02:14, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Something

See Talk:Something#Requested move. It is highly likely that the title will be changing soon. However, I will leave it to you to fix the incoming links when that happens. Cheers! bd2412 T 02:52, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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Miguel Cabrera article

Hi, Hoops gza. I'm new to wikipedia and I am curious why you reverted my edit on Miguel Cabrera. I deleted the line about Cabrera's practicing Santeria b/c the reference was bogus. The link is broken and is disguised as an LA times article. Am I missing something? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wallen75 (talk • contribs) 16:56, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Shawn Marion

You've made more than 3 reverts (just) but given I can see that you tried to resolve it I've fully protected the article, please be careful though an ANEW report would have done the job. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:56, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Devo / Josh Hager

How about next time just putting in a CITATION NEEDED tag before removing information or taking two seconds to look it up yourself? You just wasted your time, and that of a few editors. Devo's Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/DEVO/status/504677465105920000 Devo's official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClubDEVO/photos/a.10151035154444136.493846.187339984135/10152720587079136 Very first google search hit for Josh Hager Devo: http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/07/23/boy-u-want-garvy-js-josh-hager-replace-late-bob-casale-devo-live-band/ Centerone (talk) 07:14, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Category:Men's basketball players from Arkansas

Please do not create any more categories like this. When Category:American men's basketball players was created there was a CfD and we specifically talked about NOT creating these state specific sub categories. Personally, I don't even believe the American men's category is needed as basketball is a unisex sport. Later when I am at a PC I can dig up the CfD but for the love of God, please stop! Rikster2 (talk) 17:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Huh? I'll stop for now. It seems to me that the fact that it is unisex would weigh in favor of needing gender separation since we already have Category:American women's basketball players. Anyhow, here is the discussion to which I believe you are referring: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_October_29#Category:American_men.27s_basketball_players. There was no consensus, and the category would obviously need to be populated. If it isn't diffused into basketball players by state, then the category would conceivably contain many thousands of articles. - Hoops gza (talk) 18:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

it could conceivably have that many people in it, except nobody other than JohnPackLambert puts articles in it. Most people who actually edit basketball articles think it and the women's category are both completely unnecessary. Rikster2 (talk) 18:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't know... no one actually adds articles to it, not even JohnPackLambert, but Wikipedia is not supposed to have categories that are incomplete, and this one is so incomplete. Perhaps another discussion needs to be held? - Hoops gza (talk) 18:46, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

And I won't add it - and haven't - to articles I edit or create (same as the state-specific, gender-specific cats). It was a BS decision to keep. The only 3 people on the discussion who actually edit basketball articles were you (who nominated it for deletion), me and Jrcla2. And we all voted delete. Screw that, I'm not helping grow that category or the state ones that fall under it. Rikster2 (talk) 19:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Rikster2 would you like to nominate it for deletion again and leave a notice of the deletion discussion on the WikiProject NBA talk page? I don't think it's right just leaving it as is. - Hoops gza (talk) 20:57, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I will when I get some time. My issue is that the CfD discussions often get dominated by "professional category people" who weigh in on every CfD discussion but never actually contribute anything of substance to articles. That's why the last discussion was "no consensus." Rikster2 (talk) 11:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

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FAP

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Yes, they're blocked

Since I took the step of suppressing the username, it may not show up in the log. But I just checked and, yes, they're blocked. Daniel Case (talk) 04:44, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hi -- I notice you are making a lot of edits to articles on Jewish persons recently, in which you fail to leave an edit summary. It would be helpful if you were to do so. Thanks. --Epeefleche (talk) 06:26, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Diff

Can you provide a diff for this statement? It is at odds with the template, obviously, and with many years of actual practice at baseball article infoboxes. --Epeefleche (talk) 17:17, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

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Moving response from my tp:

Hello, Epeefleche. I learned of this rule of thumb from User talk:Yankees10. He can probably point you to the discussion on this matter. - Hoops gza (talk) 17:29, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

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If you don't have a diff -- please self-revert. Or I will. The template allows for more than you indicate, and your "rule" seems to be something you cannot point to. This has been in that article for years. And you've not backed up your assertion -- which conflicts with the template and practice -- with a diff to a consensus that contradicts and overrides the template and practice. You can reply here -- splitting one conversation over multiple pages makes the record murky. --Epeefleche (talk) 18:05, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't have an exact link (I thought it would be at Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice but it's not for some reason) but you're welcome to see if anybody at WP:Baseball can find it.--Yankees10 18:17, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

I've edited those infoboxes for years. There is not such absolute rule -- this is evident from the fact that if the infobox were created with that requirement, it would not have the parameters. Where ballplayers are notable for another stat, say Gordon in stolen bases, it is perfectly appropriate to reflect that stat (though I personally would never add such a stat for a ballplayer who is not top-10 in the stat in one or more years). Epeefleche (talk) 00:24, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

List of Major League Baseball hitters with six hits in one game

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Major League

The Players League is already included.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:10, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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CfD - American men's basketball players

Please give your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 October 11#American men's basketball players. Rikster2 (talk) 17:58, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

I can read

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Obergruppenführer Schmauser

Well - I took the Schmauser article to task. See what you think of my translation and the original research I added. GA perhaps? LOL - I could care less about that really.

BTW - http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00000146/images/index.html?nativeno=533 Here's a portrait taken during one of the Reichstag elections he participated in from the Digitale Bibliothek which looks pretty useful. I have no idea how any of the photo copyright stuff works nor the related editing in Wiki.

Mach's gut - --Obenritter (talk) 02:32, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Nice clean-up work on Herr Schmauser. Maybe next weekend I will tackle the Wendler article - not too much interested in Bormann's wife or Beethoven's mother - sorry to report. Prefer Bach and Mozart - although I must confess - I love Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and his Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op 92. Allegretto might be the greatest piece of music ever written. When I listen to the latter, I always imagine a world where Mozart travels forward in time and is sitting in the music hall bubbling over and then he leaps from his seat hollering "exactly...exactly!" or "genau...genau!" when the crescendo is played.

BTW - the picture I suggested wasn't meant to replace the excellent photo which opens with the article. I thought it might go nicely alongside the short blurb about Schmauser's time spent representing the NSDAP in the Reichstag further down the page. Just sayin' --Obenritter (talk) 20:15, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Seetzen "After 1945"

Here is your request:

After the war, Seetzen stayed with an acquaintance (female) hiding his identity by using the false name “Michael Gollwitzer”. His acquaintance reported that Seetzen was remorseful and completely finished from a moral perspective. He told her "that he was heavily burdened by guilt, that he was a criminal, and he had essentially forfeited his life." He also openly admitted that he would commit suicide by taking potassium cyanide the moment he was captured.

After his arrest by the British military police in Hamburg-Blankenese on September 28, 1945, Seetzen committed suicide using a cyanide capsule. He was not identified and was buried as "Michael Gollwitzer". Due to this fact (I would add in parenthesis (since his whereabouts remained uncertain)), a Denazification Court classified Seetzen as a “lesser offender” (Group 3- Minderbelasteten) in 1949, adding the stipulation, "in the event that the person concerned is still alive".

Remember – Translation is about meaning equivalency, not word for word rendering. Sometimes you have to add things like “adding the stipulation” since the dangling participle does not make sense in English. Also, you have to reconfigure the sentence for the meaning to convey. Hopefully this translation meets your needs.

Karl Rudolph Werner Braune

Hi, from where have you got the info that Werner Braunes full first name is not Karl Rudolph? As far as I know this is was his actual name. Braune, Dr. jur. Karl Rudolph Werner (11.4.1909-7.6.1951) [SS-Standartenfűhrer] Keanu (talk) 11:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Keanu. If you wish for this info to be included on Wikipedia, you're going to have to cite a reliable source. I have not seen a reliable source give that as his name. - Hoops gza (talk) 15:15, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Simple Google search: AFFIDAVIT OF KARL RUDOLF WERNER BRAUNE, 8 JULY 1947, CONCERNING EXECUTION OF JEWS IN RUSSIA, http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/NT_war-criminals_Vol-IV.pdf. The affidavit can be found by pressing ctrl s and writing his name. Your computer will search for the text. BTW, can you please keep the discussion in one place instead of spreading it around? Best regards, Keanu (talk) 17:51, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

@Keanu: Thanks, I did not realize that the document was searchable, due to it being a scan. - Hoops gza (talk) 18:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Eva Beem

Could you please take a look at the article Eva Beem. And see if there are any expansions or improvements that you could do. Appreciate it.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:00, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

BabbaQ Thanks for contributing this article. I have touched up the article. - Hoops gza (talk) 15:30, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser AGAIN

Thanks for the moral support. Sorry for the rant. Not sure if you saw my tirade before OberRanks removed it, but that person needs an abject lesson in manners and he also needs to do his research before making blanket assumptions. Not a fan. Why am I not surprised that he felt no need to apologize? lol --Obenritter (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2014 (UTC) By the way - I am serious about not translating any longer. I'll translate for you personally but no longer will I make the translation edit on a page. My interest in Wikipedia has been severely diminished as a result of this incident. If you don't see me around much, thank jerks like that. My fellow academics warned me multiple time about this, but I didn't listen. They were right. No offense towards you in any way as you've been great. --Obenritter (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Obenritter at ANI

Your input on Obenritter at WP:ANI would be helpful. Best regards, —Tim /// Carrite (talk) 11:11, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Translation template or guideline for articles

Hi Hoops, I noticed you placed this template on Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser. Can you show me where you found the template and where it is discussed? WP:Translation does not seem to mention it. I would like to be able to use it, and also know where the discussion of it is so I can find the templates that other wikis use in similar sitations. Thus far I have only found the Talk page templates for translated articles. Thanks! You may answer here or on my Talk page. Softlavender (talk) 11:28, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg

Hi, Hoops gza. I noticed, you've done some translation work recently, and I was wondering. If you'd be interested in translating the full bio of Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg from the German Wikipedia with citations in the next five days, maybe we could submit the article for DYK, with the required expansion of 5x. I just added some facts to his stub, including refs and a photo. The article could use and infobox. He was a notable figure in the destruction of Warsaw, which is overlooked. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 18:08, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

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UAA

Please stop making frivolous reports at WP:UAA. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:34, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

@Edgar181: Why did you decline AdolfderBomber? Is Bomber now allowed on Wikipedia? - Hoops gza (talk) 20:41, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

What's the problem with bomber? -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:41, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

It makes people uncomfortable. It implies violence and death. It's morbid. - Hoops gza (talk) 20:42, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Those are not blatant violations of the username policy, even if true. I suspect you know that and reported only AdolfderBomber because you were mindlessly reporting usernames related to Hitler. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:45, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Please stop. Many of those usernames are years old, and have never contributed. There is no point in blocking them, and it just clogs up the board. Only report active users, thanks. Stephen 22:10, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

I see I'm the third admin here. Please stop it. Don't report usernames unless they are a) such an obvious violation of the policy that they need to be locked immediately and b) the account as created recently (a few weeks ago at most). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:54, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

WP:UAA / advice

Please stop reporting every silly name you see ... You're becoming less helpful and more disruptive!,
Continuing will only see you at one board or another so I suggest you take a break and edit elsewhere for a bit,
Consider this a final warning!,
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Blocked

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You continue to make frivolous reports at UAA that are wasting people's time. That needs to stop. Stephen 23:40, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

I do not mind being blocked for such a short duration. However, I do not recall having made any new reports to UAA since your notification. So, I think your block may be misinformed. - Hoops gza (talk) 00:11, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Hmm, I guess I see what you mean, though my reports were made in good faith. - Hoops gza (talk) 00:12, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't matter what board, You ignored everyone above and again made a ridiculous report and got blocked for it,

You can either knock it off and contribute elsewhere or carry on and be re-blocked for a longer duration/indefinitely - Up to you really.... –Davey2010 • (talk) 00:48, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

At this point, I don't see how the notification matters since the above ordeal and the one before that. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 04:17, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Please comment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)#Bullpen_catchers Alex (talk) 06:01, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: John Lennon (death)

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Category talks created with AWB

Yeah - I noticed that. I'll run them over with AWB today and fix them. Shouldn't take long.

Sorry about that - sometimes I forget I shouldn't be editing late at night... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:36, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

I thought I'd managed to weed out everything, but I might have missed one or two. Thanks for letting me know - when I get back to the computer I'll have a look. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:02, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

I did, yes. Should be all taken care of. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:26, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Your recent report to AIV

Please see the "Important" message at the top of WP:AIV. Unless they're making edits that meet revdel criteria, you should warn them before reporting to AIV. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:36, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

You're clearly becoming at least semi-active in fighting vandalism. You are encouraged to warn vandals after reverting their changes. Please see Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings. Again, this generally a prerequisite before reporting to AIV. Your most recent report of Natese2154 may fall in a gray area since their vandalism did involve living persons. However their first two childish edits you reverted did not and should have been responded to with a proper warning. I'm only reiterating this to you because you are a regular at AIV, so it would really be of help to get into the habit of counter-vandalism standard practices. Many vandals turn around to constructive editors once being properly warned. Thanks for your understanding. — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:02, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	For the bunny. Wonderful tension breaker! Irondome (talk) 00:55, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Cat: GA-Class Nazi Germany articles

I have noted you have added this cat to some of the Nazi Germany related articles and certainly I don't have a problem with that, I only wondered why the addition was placed on the talk pages of the articles? Kierzek (talk) 13:49, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi @Kierzek:, this is where such "Class" categories are placed, as you can see from looking at talk pages. - Hoops gza (talk) 15:28, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay. Kierzek (talk) 16:24, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Second World War (disambiguation)

Hello Hoops gza,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Second World War (disambiguation) for deletion, because it seems to be an article that was created in violation of a block or ban. Content created by banned users will be deleted immediately.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Djcheburashka (talk) 02:26, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

I have removed the tag, it's a valid dab page and the reason for tagging it doesn't appear to apply. I'm assuming this was an error on Djcheburashka's part. --VeryCrocker (talk) 08:37, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Actually, when I patrolled the page, there was a notification that said it had been created by a banned user, which I think it said was you. So I may be misunderstanding what it was telling me, or there may be some funny data in there. Djcheburashka (talk) 08:41, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Actually 2 -- going up your talk page, it says you were a blocked user. Is your block still in effect, or is it possible that the page was created when your block was in effect? Djcheburashka (talk) 08:44, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Djcheburashka, the answer to both of your questions is no. - Hoops gza (talk) 09:03, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Supernaw

The English cat was just a mistake. How do you know Olderman is Swedish. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 16:03, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Names

If you want to look at all the name articles I created, hundreds, they can all be found by looking at my contributions from a day or two ago and finding the long string of edits where I copy and pasted the "notable" text in. Here's a quick link [2]. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Most of them are weird names starting with y and z, so language is hard to find lol. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:30, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

[3]. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Is that what you think. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:42, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Bossanoven. You have new messages at I dream of horses's talk page.
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Talkback

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Talkback

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Redirect

I'll do it if you want me to. Can't you just change the redirect to an article if another person with the name gets made. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 21:17, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Protection requests

For protection requests, can you let me know if you already made the same request to WP:RPP? It guards against me or other admins potentially duplicating effort on the same request. If I look at it, I can mark it as done on RPP. Your requests are legit, so I'm sure this isn't a case of WP:FORUMSHOP per se. Thanks for your understanding.—Bagumba (talk) 20:11, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Question

Are names likes this Nautyn McKay-Loescher "McKay-Loescher" a distinct surname, does it get a redirect. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 17:51, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Thx, I was just wondering, Double-barrelled name. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 17:56, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Double reports

Just so you know, there's no need to report the same user to both AIV and UAA. Jackmcbarn (talk) 02:30, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. However, sometimes it takes a day or so for admins to act on reports to UAA. - Hoops gza (talk) 02:32, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Slow down at UAA

You're submitting a lot of reports to UAA that aren't actually violations. Please slow down and make sure to only report blatant violations there. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC) @Jackmcbarn: OK, sorry about that. - Hoops gza (talk) 03:35, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for List of Major League Baseball hitters with six hits in one game

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:08, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:37, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

That user you reported at UAA

I know how you feel, I reported "LazyB******Guy" a couple weeks ago, only to be rejected and told it wasn't a serious violation. After a discussion on his talk page, he said that he would change it after Flow is here. I don't really get why a whole bunch of new users have been blocked for having the word in there username, but "LazyB******Guy" and the user you reported get by with it. It just depends on the admin I guess, but I don't like my requests being rejected (not because I think everyone should agree with me, but because I feel like I've made a mistake.) and I doubt you like it either. Happy editing, --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 20:44, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Eva and Abraham Beem

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:57, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Oxford Summer Courses

I don't mean to judge your decision to G11 the article, but I have restored it and removed the only part that could be considered promotional. The rest seems neutral and factual. You are, of course, more than welcome to take it to AfD if you do not believe it meets our criteria for inclusion.

Also, see my reply to your UAA report. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 09:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi, @Salvidrim!:, I think you have contacted the wrong person. I merely reverted the edit of a new account that had removed the tag because I thought that they are only supposed to be removed by administrators. However, it seems unusual that one admin would delete a page and another would restore it. - Hoops gza (talk) 10:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

You're right on both counts - I did contact the wrong person, and it is an unusual thing, which is the whole reason for the courtesy notification. :) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 10:10, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Usernames

Please be careful about warning new users for their chosen names. For example this comment. Why is that user name confusing? It's no more confusing than yours or mine. Also you put it on the talkpage of the sandbox. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:29, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

WP:AN#Again, a UAA topic ban for Hoops gza

I need to let you know that I've just closed this discussion as successful: you are now banned from making reports to UAA. This doesn't affect reports made in other ways (e.g. on an admin's talk page), but please be very careful lest you overload one or more admins and get banned from their talk pages. If you wish to have this ban overturned, I'd suggest you wait several months and then engage in limited username-reporting directly to individual admins, and then request unbanning should the admin agree that you're doing a better job with identifying problematic usernames. Nyttend (talk) 18:01, 5 December 2014 (UTC)