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General Roman Calendar

Hi DatGuy -

I notice that you blocked user Ann Teak, but here is the problem, without the dates involved the General Roman Calendar of 1960 has, for instance, the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on September 27 BUT accorded to the General Roman Calendar (current) the Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian falls on September 26 ... I find that Wikipedia is confusing the readers with not having the dates ... Bob Tarver (talk) 01:12, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's clearly a controversial issue that's not for me personally to decide - reach a consensus at Talk:General_Roman_Calendar#WP:NOTDIRECTORY. DatGuyTalkContribs 03:03, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Peonydanvers

Hi DatGuy. Would you mind taking a look at User talk:Peonydanvers? You indefinitely blocked their account and another administrator subsequently took away their TPA; so, there seems little point in anyone collapsing threads or responding to posts. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:13, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New page reviewer question

So, what do you mean my votes in WP:AFD aren't helping? I vote in afd quite often.20:39, 11 September 2022 (UTC) `~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 20:39, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@HelpingWorld yes, you !vote rather often, but comments such as Delete, per nom don't really contribute anything to the discussion. Remember, Wikipedia isn't a popular vote. DatGuyTalkContribs 19:06, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I understand now, I will start adding more to my votes. Thanks for the feedback @DatGuy.`~HelpingWorld~` (👽🛸) 02:13, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image fix?

Anyone watching this page able to fix File:Portland Immigrant Statue.jpg? Thanks for any help in advance. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:55, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JJMC89: I think you may have helped with this previously. Are you available to assist again? ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:32, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
+ File:Peace on Earth by Jacques Lipchitz.jpg + File:The Young Lincoln by James Lee Hansen.jpg + File:Ulysses by Alexander Liberman.jpg ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:36, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
+ File:Aquarius by Jerome Kirk.jpg + File:Balloon Dog (Blue) by Jeff Koons, The Broad.jpg ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:50, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried before, but I'll try adding a mechanism that checks MediaWiki's provided resolution. DatGuyTalkContribs 08:24, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is there something I should be doing so this isn't an issue?
---Another Believer (Talk) 13:48, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Another Believer the issue is generally that the image's metadata says its width/height is a certain value while in reality the values are flipped/the image is rotated. This is why it happens to many images by a single uploader. DatGuyTalkContribs 19:04, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@DatGuy Thanks for helping me understand. I think I will continue to upload images as I know how and just hope these get corrected over time. I'll stop logging them here since it sounds like an issue has been identified. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:11, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Another Believer: I've fixed all of the listed files. @DatGuy: There should be an indication in the metadata that the image is rotated - this is automatically detected when I open them in GIMP. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:55, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@JJMC89: Thanks so much for your help! Others include File:Night Sail by Louise Nevelson.jpg, File:Statue of Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles.jpg, File:Statue of Chick Hearn, Los Angeles.jpg, File:Statue of Bob Miller, Los Angeles.jpg, and File:Statue of Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles.jpg, if you're able to fix a few more recent uploads. Much appreciated! ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:11, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've attempted a fix. DatGuyTalkContribs 18:14, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DatGuy and JJMC89: Thanks. I noticed File:Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (Los Angeles).jpg did something funny, too. ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:32, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Another Believer: Well, it got the dimensions correct that time, but not the rotation. Manually fixed. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:45, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva

Hey there, could you restore the previous protection on this page? It must have been overidden when the page was fully protected due to edit-warring (which expired today). There is an influx of newly registered and IP editors making unconstructive edits. DeluxeVegan (talk) 22:08, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw this randomly... I re-applied the previous semi-protection yesterday [1]. DanCherek (talk) 20:55, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SPI patrolling

Hi. I saw your block here. First and foremost, thanks for getting involved as an SPI patrolling admin. We need all the help we can get (and congrats on your new mop). If you don't already have it, you should install User:GeneralNotability/spihelper.js, which makes everything to do with SPI a lot easier. Once you handle an admin request, if there's nothing else left to do in the case, you should change the state to "closed". The spihelper script makes it easy to do that. And thanks again for diving into SPI. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:57, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Alt account(?)

Hello! I’ve just blocked Datguy (alt acct) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as a suspected impersonation attempt - I’m assuming this isn’t actually your alt? Thanks! firefly ( t · c ) 09:31, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Firefly your assumption is correct, ta. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:36, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No probs! firefly ( t · c ) 09:36, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kajal1985 srivastav

Hi DatGuy , Just now I checked. you have check this SPI case. Check another user also.

It is suspected that this user also belongs to this group.Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kajal1985 srivastav ( Username similar Marjina1972 , Same Draft [2] , Same Page Moved [3] - [4] , Overlap [5] )

> I apologize for Posting the Diff on your Talk page PravinGanechari (talk) 09:43, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PravinGanechari unfortunately I'm on mobile currently and unable to perform the due diligence required before blocking. DatGuyTalkContribs 09:51, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Continued IP disruption on Nordic model

Hello DatGuy, you recently protected this article, but since the protection expired the same edits have continued to be made by almost certainly the same person who keeps adding grammatically incorrect text (seemingly an LTA that is also active on other articles, particularly Nordic related religion). Would it be possible for you to protect the article for a longer period? The constantly differing IP's and persistence unfortunately makes this an issue that is difficult to deal with through blocks of the IP's. TylerBurden (talk) 13:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protected for three months. DatGuyTalkContribs 14:08, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciate it! TylerBurden (talk) 14:16, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nithya.rahul

Hi Sir , One more Report

All the images on Commons are uploaded by Sayali.zone ( [6]) but it has been added by Nithya.rahul ( [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] ) on Wikipedia. Important thing Sayali has just joined Wikipedia 3 hours ago

> I apologize for Posting the Diff on your Talk page PravinGanechari (talk) 14:57, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PravinGanechari: this is why you were barred from filing SPI cases. You ignored my recommendation to stay away from sockpuppetry while still not being familiar enough with Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. Having multiple accounts by itself isn't socking. Misusing them is. I'm now telling you to henceforth avoid all sockpuppetry related matters on Wikipedia until you successfully appeal at WT:SPI/C. DatGuyTalkContribs 15:16, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes sir I have tried there. And one more thing Sir Sockpuppet / multiple accounts Don't make false accusations. If you want, block me and leave the access to the Talk page for me, I will give information there. PravinGanechari (talk) 15:59, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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