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So this is my talk page. I guess you can talk about me or whatever.

Disambiguation pages

Hallo, thanks for editing the Or disambiguation page. Unfortunately there's a rule that abbreviations etc only get included in disambiguation pages if they are used within the "target" article, the one the entry is leading to (in this case Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire). If you believe that the abbreviation "OR" is used for that game enough to be significant, please add that fact to the article first, and if this is accepted (leave it a couple of days in case anyone disagress with the addition), then that's the time to add it to the disambiguation page. Welcome to Wikipedia, and Happy Editing! PamD 14:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, PamD! Benjamin (talk) 15:05, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Editing talk comments at Bromance Deletion

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Sorry about that, my bad, thanks, SPACKlick. Benjamin (talk) 16:53, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Students for Rand (January 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 16:39, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive Edits

Greetings. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, did not appear to be constructive and has been or will be reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you.

Accidental vandalism

Don't worry, we've all done it, one way or another! :) ~ P-123 (talk) 21:45, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Seedr

Hello Benjaminikuta,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Seedr for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, 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. Vinod 10:19, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Students for Rand concern

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June 2016

Hello, I'm MartinZ02. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Liberalism, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. MartinZ02 (talk) 03:45, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

I saw that your userpage says that you are in Riverside.

I am writing to invite you to WikiConference North America in San Diego in early October. I think this is about two hours from you. Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:13, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright violation(s)

Your contributions are appreciated. You are very welcome here. However, I have encountered possible copyright violation(s). Some or all of the content you added in recent edits to Talk:Basal metabolic rate and User:Benjaminikuta/todo appears to have been copy pasted from this source and has been removed.

Please remember that you must write in your own words. We cannot copy and paste from other websites. If I have made an error, please accept my apologies.

For further information, please read Wikipedia:Copyright violations. If you have questions, please ask. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:17, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Woah, you completely deleted my userpage?

Could you at least let me make a copy of it before you delete it forever?

Anna Frodesiak

Benjamin (talk) 20:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I just noticed that. I've restored the non-copyvio parts. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:35, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks.

What did you delete, exactly?

It looks quite a bit different than I remember now... = /

Benjamin (talk) 20:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the paragraph that was copypasted from https://examine.com/nutrition/does-metabolism-vary-between-two-people/

I will check to see if I deleted anything else. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I double checked. I just removed the paragraph "One study[1] noted that one standard.......range of 150-270kcal depending on brand." Everything else remains.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:45, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks.

I'm still a little bit upset that the edit history is gone though...

If you would have just told me, I would have gladly removed the offending portion...

Benjamin (talk) 20:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the whole page was a copyvio. When that happens in userspace, admins usually prefer deletion rather that reversion. Anyhow, no worries. The offending text is now gone. Happy editing. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:54, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Images needing articles

I thought you might be interested in starting one of these articles:

Please let me know if you need any help. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks, I added them to my to do list. : )

Benjamin (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your refdesk post

It was removed repeatedly. There are several members of the community who consider it trolling or inappropriate. Please, find another place to ask such questions. I am not judging you or the post. I am simply saying that part of the community does not wish it there. That means such a post is disruptive.

Also, what sort of due diligence did you do prior to the post? Did you search lots and lots of academic sites first to find an answer elsewhere?

Please, for the sake of the community, please just edit constructively in the mainspace and forget about asking such questions at the refdesk. We can write an article together if you like. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:23, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Frodesiak

Thank you for your reply.

What about the question is bad, the wording, or the subject matter, or something else?

Benjamin (talk) 07:07, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know exactly, but I know they do not like it. Also, the refdesk is a magnet for trolling posts, so posts such as yours are suspect. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why I should be removed, if I follow the guidelines.

If I ought to be removed when I'm following the guidelines, perhaps the guidelines should be changed?

Benjamin (talk) 07:14, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are also guidelines that say editing disruptively is not permitted.

You have made 135 edits to the mainspace and now wish to see guidelines changed so you can post about the size of "assholes" and "vaginas" after such posts were removed by numerous members of the community.

Are you here to help build the encyclopedia or not? If you are, I suggest you start building. Please drop this. It is a waste of keystrokes and my patience is nearing an end. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:20, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't trying to be disruptive. Why was my question disruptive? I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to suggest that the guidelines should be changed in my favor, but rather, that they should reflect what the community would consider acceptable. If talking about vaginas should be off limits for the reference desk, then it should be stated, so that I know not to ask such questions in the first place.

Benjamin (talk) 07:41, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anna Frodesiak I read the page on disruptive editing, and I don't see how my edits were disruptive. Benjamin (talk) 08:03, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that one of the times you restored the question, you used a severely inappropriate edit summary]. Personal attacks against IP editors are still personal attacks. We get a lot of trolling questions obsessed with a variety of topics, but genitalia is one of the more common ones. Your use of the word "asshole" instead of "anus" is one thing that makes the post seem more like a troll post than a sincere academic question. If you had said "are there any scientific sources comparing relative the sizes of anuses, hands, and mouths of humans and other primates?" Ian.thomson (talk) 09:10, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That IP is not me. Thank you for your help rewording my question. Benjamin (talk) 09:15, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If it's not you, then you get the idea about what sort of people usually make that kind of post. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:24, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sex articles

Okay, I checked your userpage and contribs. Hmmmm, male, teenager, a fair number of edits related to sex. Okay, nothing wrong with that. So, why not use that interest constructively. Consider joining:

Post at the talk pages there with something like:

"...Hi. I am interested in starting an article to do with sex. Please suggest one that is notable and has lots of references out there, preferably a list article..."

Why a list article? Those often get really good hits. I started List of sandwiches years ago and it gets around 350,000 hits a year. Imagine a really good sex article you wrote read by that many people. Nice.

Do you know about WP:DYK? Your article can hit the front page and get thousands of hits. Even better is to make an article that gets thousands of hits a month and educates people for decades. Think about it. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:32, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Indent your posts

QUICK TIP Indent your posts with colons, like this: I like bunnies. :Me too. ::So, we both like bunnies? :::Yep. Looks that way. ::::Pretty stupid conversaton. :::::Yep. Did I tell you I'm left handed? :No kidding? Me too. :) I like kittens. :Me too. ::So, we both like kittens. etc. etc.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:12, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Students for Rand

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January 2017

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Fat acceptance movement. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.

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User:EvergreenFir, I posted to the talk page, but you didn't respond. Why do you think the sources are unreliable? They are used on a couple different articles. Please help me make my edits better, rather than just reverting me. Benjamin (talk) 20:52, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I missed your comment on the article talk page. That was my fault. The issue is that medical statements require a different level of source. WP:MEDRS explains it, but maybe someone like Doc James can explain it a bit better. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:16, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Replied here[1] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your help desk questions

You have a response.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:14, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[2] This one too.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:25, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, quite a while ago... thanks. Benjamin (talk) 01:13, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Click on the green link to find out why it took so long.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:24, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks, sorry, reworded it. Benjamin (talk) 03:36, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

unblock

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Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. I'm using hotel wifi now, but I thought that by being logged into my account, it would prevent this sort of thing? No worries, switching to cellular data now, but it's just a bit inconvenient. Benjamin (talk) 07:38, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Without knowing your IP, there is no real way to help you here. I would recommend asking at WP:UTRS in order to keep your IP private. SQL ^{Query me!} 03:19, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Just curious, how is this hotel's wifi different than any other public wifi? Benjamin (talk) 03:50, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Without knowing the IP, I have no way of knowing for sure. As above... SQL ^{Query me!} 03:56, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Students for Rand concern

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Your draft article, Draft:Students for Rand

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Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE Benjamin (talk) 07:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Islam

I saw your post on the Islam article being biased

I posted material on the talk page for discussion and it immediately got deleted.

This was about the (Redacted)71.174.130.111 (talk) 17:06, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly has this got to do with my edits? Benjamin (talk) 18:09, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment (Redacted)} 71.174.134.22 (talk) 01:01, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That was not my comment. Benjamin (talk) 01:03, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be you. (cur | prev) 16:33, 12 December 2017‎ Benjaminikuta (talk | contribs)‎ . . (19,657 bytes) (+183)‎ . . (→‎Not objective article promotes the view of mohammedans) (undo)71.174.134.22 (talk) 01:35, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You should be able to easily see which comments are mine, as I sign my comments. My only two comments in that discussion are "Source?" and "This is not a forum for general discussion about Islam. All content must be sourced." I don't particularly care about the particulars of Islamic theology, for what it's worth. Benjamin (talk) 02:56, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article talk page doesn't seem to be a good place either as my pointing out the failing in the article was immediately deleted. You pointed out (in your signoff) that the article looked biased so I came here. As for not having any interest in Muslim theology, perhaps you should learn. This article is a good start https://www.rt.com/news/378635-sinkhole-grave-iraq-mass/

Your signoff states "Not objective article promotes the view of (Redacted)

Since you don't seem to want to be bothered I won't be back.71.174.134.22 (talk) 06:43, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not my words, but it's added to the edit summary automatically because it's the title of the section. It's good that you linked to a news article. If you want to edit the Wikipedia article based on that information, you might be able to. Best wishes. Benjamin (talk) 06:47, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

LGBTQ acronym

Hello. An additional source I found on the LGBTQ acronym was in the Washington Post. Maybe it could be useful for you as well as the encylopedia source i originally found. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:54, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Benjamin (talk) 04:02, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Cliff Maloney Jr.

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Resource Request:Santa Cruz County In-Queery

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Curious if you had some input on the poverty discussion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_common_misconceptions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squatch347 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message. I appreciate your contributions. I'm currently busy irl, but let me know in a couple days if you'd like me to comment further. Benjamin (talk) 00:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the conversation has stalled a bit. Perhaps I'm biased, but I really feel this section should be reverted to the last consensus point. I feel our newest contributor wants to make the entry into a huge discussion about poverty nuances rather than addressing the simple misconception. I'm probably reading into it, but I'm also worried that this particular correction has some baggage for many people, so they have a harder time accepting a correction. Squatch347 (talk) 11:26, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thanks for the message, and thanks for participating in the discussion. Yes, as I've said, I think it should be kept short and to the point. It should focus on the misconception itself, because that's the subject of this article. The controversy should be mentioned when it falls within the scope of the other articles. And yes, it is obvious that people have a hard time accepting it because of the political implications. Benjamin (talk) 00:30, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Copying within Wikipedia

Please review Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

When you copy-paste content from one article to another, as you did a number of times on List of common misconceptions: [3][4][5][6][7][8], it violates the basic attribution rules of Wikipedia. You have to at least link back to the diff you got the content from. However, List of common misconceptions is written in a terse style different from most articles, and so it doesn't work well to copy-paste entire paragraphs anyway. Entries need to be much shorter, and so you should rewrite it in the briefest possible way, avoiding copyright problems and bloating the list.

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Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 23:02, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Economic inequality

Hi Benjaminikuta, why don't you help me clean up Economic inequality. Here are two links: WP:SPLIT and WP:SUMMARY. I split the page because it was about 5x the recommended size. Now, I think doing a nice summary style would be helpful. I say over the next month maybe we can clean it up. Seahawk01 (talk) 06:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz

Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

Deryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

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In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Thanks! Benjamin (talk) 22:04, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2018

From the editors: Where to draw the line in reporting?

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News and notes: Some wishes do come true

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes

Galobtter

Orangemike

BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes

Addshore

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

At least 8 characters in length
Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
{{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Thank for the holiday greetings.

I hope you had a good holiday and hopefully break! Squatch347 (talk) 14:52, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I hope you get broken too. = P Benjamin (talk) 20:17, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Remember that when adding content about health, please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations (There are several kinds of sources that discuss health: here is how the community classifies them and uses them). WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a built-in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN.

While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "cite" click on it
Then click on "templates",
Choose the most appropriate template and fill in the details beside a magnifying glass followed by clicking said button,
If the article is available in Pubmed Central, you have to add the pmc parameter manually -- click on "show additional fields" in the template and you will see the "pmc" field. Please add just the number and don't include "PMC".

We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:19, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: MY BIRTHDAY IS NOTABLE 198.105.83.50 (talk) 14:50, 15 January 2019 (UTC) Sincerely, Chanel[reply]

Thanks for the trout. Are you open to constructive criticism? Benjamin (talk) 15:06, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Suspension

Thanks for the kind note. It was rather discouraging at first. After all, it seems clearly to have been started by an editor who is attempting to suppress dissenting opinion on an AFD page for Tabiti. When reviewed in depth a lot of the accusations were nonsensical and the similarities not in style, but in substance (which other editors had also agreed with). I did get a great response from the Admin who initially reviewed it and he seems to have come around to my point of view. I'd like to get him to update the post to a no finding, but the guy is pretty swamped with work so it will probably be slow.

It is discouraging that we have so many editors who really want to own a page and will take any effort necessary to get other editors removed who disagree with them. Squatch347 (talk) 17:37, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes. Benjamin (talk) 17:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

hh... hey... :-)))

	Thanks for telling me
	I literally just started wikipedia... I'm not even sure if this is how I should contact you... Thanks for the info. I added sources. Ephraim Cullen (talk) 05:58, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia! You may contact me in this way. Please, do so, if you have any questions. I hope you will become a Wikipedia editor like the rest of us! I would like to help you! Benjamin (talk) 06:15, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 January 2019

Op-Ed: Random Rewards Rejected

In focus: The Collective Consciousness of Admin Userpages

News and notes: WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives

In the media: The Signpost's investigative story recognized, Wikipedia turns 18 and gets a birthday gift from Google, and more editors are recognized

Discussion report: The future of the reference desk

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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February 2019

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Soybean, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please review WP:MEDRS for sourcing on medical topics. Zefr (talk) 04:18, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Sorry, I didn't notice right away that you had reverted me. I'll reply on the talk page. Benjamin (talk)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Soybean. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Please stop trying to add this; your source is not useful in the prostate cancer section. Zefr (talk) 20:45, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My edit is sourced. Please discuss on the talk page, not here. Benjamin (talk) 20:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sex differences in human physiology

Hi, please see my comment on the talk page of that article before considering any reversion of my last edit. Thank you. Oska (talk) 21:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the... thanks

Hey! Shortly after I made my recent edit to List of common misconceptions, I received a notification that you thanked me for the edit! That has never happened to me before. So, thank you for thanking me! And you're welcome. I've heard that misconception about Curiosity several times, so I figured it would be good to have on the list. That page is one of the best and most important on Wikipedia, in my opinion. --ϟᴇɴsᴏʀꜰɪʀᴇ (✎|‽) 00:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you continue to contribute. (^.^) Benjamin (talk) 01:01, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Musk/Grimes

I don't know if this is the right way to respond, but here I am.

I didn't navigate the talk page for Elon Musk, I usually don't look at them as they can be at times hard to navigate and sometimes unhelpful (at least in my limited experiences). I only saw that both his article and Grimes' article said they were dating under their "Personal Life" sections with nothing noting their separation, as had been done for any other relationship. When I searched for sources about an ending of their relationship, I didn't find any. I was just trying to make the page consistent with itself so readers would not get confused.

If you or anyone else thinks my edit is misleading/uninformed, you have my permission to remove it. I didn't mean to mislead anyone. My apologies if anyone thought this was improper. Thanks for the heads up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pbeier (talk • contribs) 23:36, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate you taking the time to edit. If you happen across a source that says they're still dating, feel free to add it. Benjamin (talk) 23:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 28 February 2019

From the editors: Help wanted (still)

News and notes: Front-page issues for the community

In focus: Wikimedia affiliate organizations seek community participation in 2019 board election

Discussion report: Talking about talk pages

Featured content: Conquest, War, Famine, Death, and more!

Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Binge-watching

Technology report: Tool labs casters-up

Gallery: Signed with pride

Recent research: Research finds signs of cultural diversity and recreational habits of readers

Essay: Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

From the archives: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love

Humour: Pesky Pronouns

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes

Evad37

There'sNoTime

Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom

Interface administrator changes

Evad37 • Galobtter

Ritchie333

CheckUser changes

There'sNoTime

Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes

There'sNoTime

Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
- paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
- checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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Congratulations

	Best Wikipedia profile so far in 2019
	This image made me laugh, thank you for that. Apollon1779 (talk) 12:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! (^.^) Your kind words mean a lot to me. This is also the first award I've ever received. Benjamin (talk) 23:09, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Did you make an account just to give this to me? Benjamin (talk) 23:11, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

March 2019

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Milk, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please don't use primary sources from unreliable journals to edit medical content. Review WP:MEDRS for the quality of sources needed to discuss foods and cancer. Zefr (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I cited a literature review, which is not a primary source. Benjamin (talk) 16:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 March 2019

From the editors: Getting serious about humor

News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive

In the media: Women's history month

Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding

Featured content: Out of this world

Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM

Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations

Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles

News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive

Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention

From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion

Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37

Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles?

In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch

Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride

Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes

Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB

Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah

Mentifisto → Lofty abyss

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes

DeltaQuad

Kingturtle

Technical news

In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Reverting my edit on antidepressants. Sorry to delete your edit, but that particular study you posted is not relevant to the STAR*D trial section you posted it under. Additionally, on medical pages we prefer to summaries the existing state of evidence than just cite and explain individual studies. While we may sometimes cite and explain individual studies, this is the exception rather than the rule. I know that the page on antidepressants does this often (which may help to explain why it lost it's good article status), but I'm trying to clean things up. Therefor I'm going to revert the change. Thanks-- Wikiman2718 (talk) 23:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You removed quite a bit of content. I'll post on the talk page. Benjamin (talk) 23:28, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, looks like it's been restored already. Ping me on the talk page if you'd like to discuss it further. Benjamin (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 April 2019

News and notes: An Action Packed April

In the media: Is Wikipedia just another social media site?

Discussion report: English Wikipedia community's conclusions on talk pages

Featured content: Anguish, accolades, animals, and art

Arbitration report: An Active Arbitration Committee

Traffic report: Mötley Crüe, Notre-Dame, a black hole, and Bonnie and Clyde

Technology report: A new special page, and other news

Gallery: Notre-Dame de Paris burns

News from the WMF: Can machine learning uncover Wikipedia’s missing “citation needed” tags?

Recent research: Female scholars underrepresented; whitepaper on Wikidata and libraries; undo patterns reveal editor hierarchy

From the archives: Portals revisited

Humour: Jimbo and Larry walk into a bar ...

Opinion: The gaps in our knowledge of our gaps

Interview: Katherine Maher marks 3 years as executive director

Community view: 2019 Wikimedia Summit gathers movement affiliate representatives to discuss movement strategy

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes

HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS

Necrothesp

Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman

Interface administrator changes

Pharos

Bureaucrat changes

Primefac

CheckUser changes

Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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Marx and Labor Theory

Hey, I made a change to the wording of your last addition. Can you let me know if it makes sense? Happy to talk it through (though I'm off for the weekend) Squatch347 (talk) 14:01, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good! Benjamin (talk) 14:23, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

You are cordially invited to an edit-a-thon this Friday in Orange County, focused on gender equity. The event is a collaboration between UCI and Women in Red.

Friday, May 17, 2019
10:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT (UTC-7)
Langson Library, Room 228, at University of California, Irvine

Points of contact:

Logistics: moderator, Prof. Adriana Briscoe
Schedule: facilitators, Roger Bamkin & Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

For more details, including the registration link, please see the meetup page. Everyone is welcome! We hope to see you there.

--Rosiestep (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019

Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019

Text mining display of noun phrases from the US Presidential Election 2012

The Editor is Charles Matthews, for ContentMine. Please leave feedback for him, on his User talk page.

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Semantic Web and TDM – a ContentMine view

Two dozen issues, and this may be the last, a valediction at least for a while.

It's time for a two-year summation of ContentMine projects involving TDM (text and data mining).

Wikidata and now Structured Data on Commons represent the overlap of Wikimedia with the Semantic Web. This common ground is helping to convert an engineering concept into a movement. TDM generally has little enough connection with the Semantic Web, being instead in the orbit of machine learning which is no respecter of the semantic. Don't break a taboo by asking bots "and what do you mean by that?"

The ScienceSource project innovates in TDM, by storing its text mining results in a Wikibase site. It strives for compliance of its fact mining, on drug treatments of diseases, with an automated form of the relevant Wikipedia referencing guideline MEDRS. Where WikiFactMine set up an API for reuse of its results, ScienceSource has a SPARQL query service, with look-and-feel exactly that of Wikidata's at query.wikidata.org. It also now has a custom front end, and its content can be federated, in other words used in data mashups: it is one of over 50 sites that can federate with Wikidata.

The human factor comes to bear through the front end, which combines a link to the HTML version of a paper, text mining results organised in drug and disease columns, and a SPARQL display of nearby drug and disease terms. Much software to develop and explain, so little time! Rather than telling the tale, Facto Post brings you ScienceSource links, starting from the how-to video, lower right.

ScienceSourceReview, introductory video: but you need run it from the original upload file on Commons

Links for participation

http://sciencesource-review.wmflabs.org/, review tool link in the left-hand sidebar at http://sciencesource.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page

The review tool requires a log in on sciencesource.wmflabs.org, and an OAuth permission (bottom of a review page) to operate. It can be used in simple and more advanced workflows. Examples of queries for the latter are at d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource project/Queries#SS_disease_list and d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource_project/Queries#NDF-RT issue.

Please be aware that this is a research project in development, and may have outages for planned maintenance. That will apply for the next few days, at least. The ScienceSource wiki main page carries information on practical matters. Email is not enabled on the wiki: use site mail here to Charles Matthews in case of difficulty, or if you need support. Further explanatory videos will be put into commons:Category:ContentMine videos.

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Books & Bytes, Issue 33

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 33, March – April 2019

#1Lib1Ref
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
Global branches update
Bytes in brief

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The Signpost: 31 May 2019

From the editors: Picture that

News and notes: Wikimania and trustee elections

In the media: Politics, lawsuits and baseball

Discussion report: Admin abuse leads to mass-desysop proposal on Azerbaijani Wikipedia

Arbitration report: ArbCom forges ahead

Traffic report: Dark marvels, thrones, a vile serial killer biopic, that's entertainment!

Technology report: Lots of Bots

News from the WMF: Wikimedia Foundation petitions the European Court of Human Rights to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey

Recent research: Wikipedia more useful than academic journals, but is it stealing the news?

Essay: Paid editing

From the archives: FORUM:Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?

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Merger discussion for Doom loop

An article that you have been involved in editing—Doom loop—has been proposed for merging with Economic collapse. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. — Newslinger talk 05:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).

Administrator changes

Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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Curt Doolittle listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Curt Doolittle. Since you had some involvement with the Curt Doolittle redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 18:58, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Poem

A banned editor was upset with me deleting the work he'd done under his sock accounts, so he filed for the poem's deletion; I don't know how valid his arguments really were, but one chooses one's battles, and at least this way the poem is still easily accessible. DS (talk) 12:56, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. That is unfortunate. Thanks for the reply. Benjamin (talk) 19:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sum of all knowledge

Hi Benjaminikuta, I read this comment you made a while ago: I am constantly distressed and disappointed to see "sum of all knowledge" interpreted in an increasingly narrow sense. If you want to understand why this happens, I recommend this long(!) read: The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. --Ondertitel (talk) 22:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ondertitel: Thank you for this. I really appreciate you taking the time to write me a message. Benjamin (talk) 00:18, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RE:

Replied on Jimbo's page. Promethean (talk) 08:43, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! By the way, you can ping me. Benjamin (talk) 08:49, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hah. Yeah... Honestly, I only came back from an extremely long wiki break (Since about 2010) and so there's all these new features that I'm not in the routine of using! Promethean (talk) 08:51, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Floq

Benjamin, your question in itself is probably appropriate. But since Floq is not really in the mood, this probably makes your question inappropriate. Anyone resigning their tools must be quite devastated and shaken in their will to contribute to the project. This is one thing Floq posted in the drama over the incident that started by me: I don't believe you are uninvolved either; that didn't stop you from making a draconian block. I am just so demoralized and disillusioned; I give up. This is absolutely the wrong time for you to ask such a thing - it doesn't really matter at all. starship .paint (talk) 07:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 07:27, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The June 2019 Signpost is out!

Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia

News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising

In the media: The disinformation age

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters

Technology report: Actors and Bots

Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth

Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?

Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia

From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching

Opinion: Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might

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Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes

Op-Ed: 2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).

Administrator changes

28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam¹ • Flyguy649 • Fram² • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe

¹Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

²Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Bureaucrat changes

28bytes • WJBscribe • Wizardman

Interface administrator changes

MSGJ • TheDJ

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD

Oversight changes

Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD • GB fan

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.

In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news

The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 34, May – June 2019

Partnerships
#1Lib1Ref
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
Global branches update
Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!
Read the full newsletter

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Your draft article, Draft:Dr. Wen Chen

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Dr. Wen Chen".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How unfortunate. Don't you have better things to do than go around deleting drafts that aren't causing anyone any harm? Benjamin (talk) 07:50, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 31 July 2019

News and notes: Wikimedia grants less accessible for travel, equipment, meetups, and India

In the media: Politics starts getting rough

Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban

Arbitration report: A month of reintegration

Gallery: Classic panoramas from Heinrich Berann

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?

News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way

Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect

Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract

Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things

In focus: The French Wikipedia is overtaking the German

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Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire invitation

270° panorama overlooking La Jolla Shores Beach as seen from the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, during a late August sunset. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson

Meetup-San Diego-September 2K19

Who: All members of the public

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Sponsor: San Diego Wikimedians User Group ( US-SAN )

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Administrator changes

Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee

Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos

Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes

RickinBaltimore

Oversight changes

Beeblebrox

RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration

Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous

Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.
Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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IP Ban

At this point, I don't think the IP we are talking to is really pursuing any of these conversations in good faith. I think he is just trying to be on Wiki to get his daily dose of argument in. I'm starting to think the only way to move this page forward is for us to pursue an IP ban of the kid. Thoughts? Squatch347 (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Squatch347: Go ahead and try. 75.191.40.148 (talk) 14:38, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Squatch347: Thanks for the message. I certainly share your frustration. However, as someone who has been assused of trolling myself, I'm particularly sympathetic to those faced with such accusations. Also, a good rule of thumb is that WP:CESSPIT should be avoided at all costs. I doubt the IP would warrant a ban, anyway. Let's just keep editing, assuming good faith even if it's hard, and don't get too caught up in arguments. It's okay to stop replying after you've made your point, and that doesn't mean you've conceded. Benjamin (talk) 23:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 August 2019

News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings

In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff

In the media: Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism

Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users

Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes

Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored

Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia

Community view: Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong

News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year

Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

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Draft:Alan Bershtein

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Alan Bershtein.

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:10, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot about that. What was it? It's kinda frustrating that I can't even see what it was now, so I don't even know if it's worth restoring. Benjamin (talk) 01:23, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Cloudflare in DDoS mitigation

Revert me back if you disagree with my point, you seem well-intentioned. However, I still don't think we should start listing companies there. BernardoSulzbach (talk) 23:02, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on article talk. Thanks for assuming good faith, by the way. I really appreciate it. Benjamin (talk) 23:54, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

Bradv • Chetsford • Izno

Floquenbeam • Lectonar

DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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"Wikipedia's notability policy" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia's notability policy. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia's notability policy redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 17:56, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019

Wikimania
We're building something great, but..
Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
A Wikibrarian's story
Bytes in brief

Read the full newsletter

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The Signpost: 30 September 2019

From the editors: Where do we go from here?

Special report: Post-Framgate wrapup

In the media: A net loss: Wikipedia attacked, closing off Russia? welcoming back Turkey?

Traffic report: Varied and intriguing entries, less Luck, and some retreads

News from the WMF: How the Wikimedia Foundation is making efforts to go green

Recent research: Wikipedia's role in assessing credibility of news sources; using wikis against procrastination; OpenSym 2019 report

Gallery: Finding freely licensed photo collections

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

In focus: Wikidata & Wikibase for national libraries: the inaugural meeting

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Administrator changes

Barkeep49

Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma

Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno

JamesBWatson → JBW

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

CheckUser changes

Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

Oversight changes

Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

Guideline and policy news

Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

Miscellaneous

The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Triplebyte

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Triplebyte requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Kirbanzo ^{(userpage - talk - contribs)} 03:32, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Kirbanzo: Could you not? Benjamin (talk) 03:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Champion moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Ed Champion, does not have enough content and citations as written to remain published. It needs more content and citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Schazjmd (talk) 23:25, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Schazjmd: Is the subject notable? Benjamin (talk) 02:04, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, he isn't clearly not-notable, which is why I moved it to draft rather than suggest it for deletion. I didn't dig through all of the sources that you put on the Talk page, so I don't really know whether the coverage is due to a single event (WP:BLP1E) or more general. Schazjmd (talk) 13:38, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Schazjmd: It would be a real shame to go through the trouble of writing the article only for it to be deleted. Would you have a look? Benjamin (talk) 19:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If we discount the Gould controversy, I don't find much on him. A paragraph in a New York Times article: (The site Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant also bears down on The New York Times Book Review and its editor, Sam Tanenhaus. Each week the site posts The Sam Tanenhaus Brownie Watch. It is an act of counting. It compares, among other things, the number of pages devoted to fiction versus nonfiction and the number of women assigned to review nonfiction, promising that if there are enough fiction pages or enough women Mr. Tanenhaus will be sent a brownie. Otherwise, the brownie will be denied.^[1] A parenthetical mention in a journal article: (A similar literary pilgrimage-the project of New York City blogger Ed Champion, who planned to walk from Brooklyn to San Francisco while writing essays-was recently canceled after its Indiegogo campaign failed to meet its fund-raising goal.)^[2] And his blog is quoted in a Guardian article about Mailer's death (the article is entirely quotes from various blogs about Mailer's death).^[3] (I couldn't link to any of those because I access them through my library's database proxy.)

He (or at least his blog) is notable enough to be mentioned in major news sources. But none of it is really significant coverage. Without better non-Gould coverage, and with him being a blogger and thus people suspecting promotional motivation, my gut feeling is that an article on him probably wouldn't be kept if someone nominated it for deletion. I'm not an AFD expert though. Schazjmd (talk) 23:40, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Boxer, Sarah (29 Mar 2005). "On the Internet, 2nd (and 3rd and ) Opinions". New York Times.
^ Neill, Carrie (Aug 2013). "The Poetry Pilgrim Presses On". Poets & Writers. 41 (4).
^ Crown, Sarah (17 Nov 2007). "Review: From the blogs". The Guardian.