User talk:Amortias/Archives/2017/April

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DYK for Vaginal steaming

On 1 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vaginal steaming, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "sorcery for your vagina" can result in second-degree burns? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vaginal steaming. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Vaginal steaming), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Mifter (talk) 00:02, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ivan Milat

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Ivan Milat. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

TheDJ

Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

2017 dissolution of Venezuelan National Assembly

Hi Amortias. You recently put full protection on 2017 dissolution of Venezuelan National Assembly as a response to some edit and move warring. Unfortunately the article is also under consideration at WP:ITNC for the inclusion on the main page. It is in need of some fixes though. In order to facilitate this I am going to notch the page protection down to extended confirmed. Additionally I will keep an eye on it and step in if it looks like edit warring is returning. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:29, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Oxbridge Academy Foundation, Inc.

Please note that a page you seem to have semi-protected until 2018, Oxbridge Academy Foundation, Inc., which has been subject to much promotional vandalism, is again unprotected. I think it warrants the protection. Thanks, Chamberlian (talk) 00:26, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

User talk:Billcrash

FYI, the user claims to be a returning sock here. Sro23 (talk) 01:13, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Sexting

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Sexting. Legobot (talk) 04:37, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Too Much Too Soon (album)

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Please comment on Talk:Bill Buckner

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Please comment on Talk:Leggings

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Please comment on Talk:Erik Prince

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Please comment on Talk:Alternative for Germany

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Alternative for Germany. Legobot (talk) 04:26, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Could you please compare

This page you deleted with this please? I'm sure I've recently csd' something similar (in Afghanistan rather than India?) but can't for the life of me remember what is was called... it wasn't even that long ago! This is just re. 'different' acounts submitting the same article, and what folows from there :) Hope you're well! — O Fortuna^{velut luna...} 12:24, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: those two pages are completely different subject, country and content wise so appear unrelated. Is the first link definitely the right page? Amortias (T)(C) 12:29, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Look- I'm sorry- it did remind me of something- it had been created 45 minutes earlier- and deleted- So of course it was the same-! it was probably the 'scholar' in the title that confused me- easily done- Sorry to bother you! — O Fortuna^{velut luna...} 12:34, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Its really no bother. Just wanted to make sure I was comparing the right things. The deletion log is unwieldy at the best of times so's quite possible someone else deleted the article you thought was similar. Amortias (T)(C) 12:37, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much- have a good weekend — O Fortuna^{velut luna...} 12:51, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Album-oriented rock

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Album-oriented rock. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Olga Prokopova deletion

Hello. I ask you to revise the deletion of the page Olga Prokopova. I read about copyright infringement, and I can assert that the article I created is original and does not violate copyrights. -- Marino Asler (talk) 06:01, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:American Automobile Association

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:American Automobile Association. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Deleted page restoration - Ramulu Mamidala

I noticed that the page on Ramulu Mamidala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamidala_Ramulu) has recently been deleted for the second time with a reasoning of copyright infringement. I want to bring this to your notice that the website it is compared to (http://www.me.washington.edu/research/faculty/ramulum/index.html) is Ramulu's workplace and was created/updated post the wiki page. Nevertheless, I cited the reference. Besides, the page was deleted earlier by another admin, restored later after agreeing to my reasoning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikileaked007 (talk • contribs) 16:39, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Done, and a tag added to the talk page to let people know. Amortias (T)(C) 21:17, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Harem

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Please comment on Talk:First Interstate Center

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Legal Coaching

Hi Amortias:

You had deleted my legal coaching page previously. I have obtained the necessary permissions to use the content you deemed to be copyrighted. Ticket#2017041110014747.

Please let me know if you are able to revive my page. Thank you, LaurelLaurel Dietz (talk) 20:15, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

@Laurel Dietz:

Done. Amortias (T)(C) 20:25, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Formal mediation has been requested

The Mediation Committee has received a request for formal mediation of the dispute relating to "Safety and health training, Data gathering and representation techniques". As an editor concerned in this dispute, you are invited to participate in the mediation. Mediation is a voluntary process which resolves a dispute over article content by facilitation, consensus-building, and compromise among the involved editors. After reviewing the request page, the formal mediation policy, and the guide to formal mediation, please indicate in the "party agreement" section whether you agree to participate. Because requests must be responded to by the Mediation Committee within seven days, please respond to the request by 19 April 2017.

Discussion relating to the mediation request is welcome at the case talk page. Thank you.
Message delivered by MediationBot (talk) on behalf of the Mediation Committee. 21:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Heads up

Hi,

This user that you blocked for 31 hours is an obvious LTA sock of User:Catcreekcitycouncil. Compare that account's edits with this and this. Thank you. 185.162.127.70 (talk) 23:12, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Request for mediation rejected

The request for formal mediation concerning Safety and health training, Data gathering and representation techniques, to which you were listed as a party, has been declined. To read an explanation by the Mediation Committee for the rejection of this request, see the mediation request page, which will be deleted by an administrator after a reasonable time. Please direct questions relating to this request to the Chairman of the Committee, or to the mailing list. For more information on forms of dispute resolution, other than formal mediation, that are available, see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.

For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 00:02, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. We hope (talk) 13:17, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

A thought

Hi Amortias. If you haven't already done so, you might want to email Laser brain. He was one of the most rational and intelligent administrators and editors on Wikipedia. It's quite a shame to lose him. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 02:02, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

I think you have probably felt enough remorse over this now to probably never to want to press "block" ever again - but Laser Brain is one of the Featured Article Candidates directors, and we either need to get him back to keep the wheels turning in that area, or get somebody equally qualified, which is an extremely tall order. So going the extra mile to get him back will show the community you have the required skills in diplomacy that admins need. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 12:25, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Generation Snowflake

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Recall

In this edit, you wrote that you "would be [willing to put yourself out for recall] but am not sure yet what my process/terms for this would be." It has now been 2 months. What process/term have you decided on? Hipocrite (talk) 15:53, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

I've been working on a process off-wiki, I'm trying to make it fairly watertight so there's little room for abuse of the process. The basics of what it looks like so far are if x number of <list of editors> ask me to consider my position, only be put forward for recall once every X. I'm going to be fairly busy this weekend with Easter based activities but will try to get something up soon. Amortias (T)(C) 16:06, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

I just happened to notice this, and you might want to consider going for consensus rather than a specific number of editors. Mine's the simplest one I know, and it's based on my belief that the community should be able to require a desysop by consensus - it's on my user page if you're interested. (No comment on any recent events - I haven't really been following). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:42, 15 April 2017 (UTC)