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message AkashNR (talk) 10:50, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Donguz Formation[edit]

Hi Ymblanter! Donguz Formation was recently created and could use a couple of edits so it doesn't get speedy deleted. Do you have time to look at some Russian sources? --Tobias1984 (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look, but this is clearly not speedy deletion material. Added to the watchlist just in case.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Japan[edit]

Hi Ymblanter, in case you want to help: The Historic Sites of Japan need to be converted to use {{NHS Japan header}} and {{NHS Japan row}}. For now only the national part. I did a couple as examples. Multichill (talk) 15:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello; Is it possible to do any conversion by ?bot? as seems to have been done for these Chinese ones? The format of the Japanese lists is intended to be internally similar, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 11:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
I guess this is more a question to @Multichill: than to me, but I guess if it were he would do the conversion himself without asking me. Let us wait what he answers. If the conversion is not possible, I volunteer to do at least some of the manual conversion (one-two lists per day).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
I tried converting with a bot, but didn't manage to do it without too much mess so I abandoned that. Multichill (talk) 16:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


Cleaning up the Belarus geographical mess[edit]

I'm getting unstuck in trying to compile a table of terminology for the Belarus geographical naming conventions. There appears to be a flood of new articles and stubs recently and it appears that English Wikipedia is now leading the way with transliteration/transcription norms (which, as we know, simply isn't Wikipedia's role). As the contributors don't seem to know what to do other than follow the current directives, we're ending up with orphaned pages and broken links absolutely everywhere.

My thoughts are to follow the Belarusian government standards for the English speaking world (which DON'T involve the irritating version of what is essentially Latinka), i.e. as laid out per this map and other official sites. What's good enough for the Belarus government should be good enough for us.

You can check the sad beginnings in my sandbox. Any constructive input from sensible Wikipedians would be appreciated.

I've left this message on Ezhiki and TaalVerbeteraar's pages as well. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

The beginning seems reasonable, thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic[edit]

Greetings. Any chance you could proof/source improve my Russian translation of the history and expand it further?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:29, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2014 (UTC)


Draft:Nikolay Antipov[edit]

Hi Ymblanter. Draft:Nikolay Antipov was on the verge of G13 deletion, but the man is obviously notable. It looks like a machine translation of ru:Антипов, Николай Кириллович. I have added a few English language book citations, would copy-editing be an easy task for you? Thanks, Sam Sailor 18:28, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for reminding me, I will be slowly working on the draft.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:34, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Great, thank you. Sam Sailor 18:46, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyvio Mermaid Reef Marine Park[edit]

Hello, I noticed you removed content from Mermaid Reef Marine Park because of copyvio. The copy-pasted content you removed is CC BY 3.0, and to my understanding is compatible with Wikipedia. Regards,  NeoGeneric 💬  11:29, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

@NeoGeneric: Why do you say it is CC-BY-SA? I think the site (which seems to be the official site of the park) I mentioned saya copyright. If it is free I will of course restore it.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:31, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
The official site https://parksaustralia.gov.au/ does not have any CC-BY provisions. The content I have used from this site (facts like name, area, location, management, etc) I believe is fair use and is minimal. However, I copy/pasted conservation values from https://www.environment.gov.au/copyright-statement, the material on this website is © Commonwealth of Australia and CC-BY-3.0-AU (or 4.0, depends I think).  NeoGeneric 💬  11:38, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
I see. Thank you, I will now restore the material.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks!  NeoGeneric 💬  11:49, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Sure. My apologies for the incident.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:52, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Crimea Bridge[edit]

Can you explain further why you want to include that silly comment about the Crimea Bridge? You've even noted that it's a "sensitive" topic, which implies that you are afraid of upsetting someone on the fringes. The article is about a bridge, and one should respect the nature of the article. It's mostly an engineering and structures topic. Please resist the urge to be timorous and frightened. It's only a bridge. It's not a political movement. Santamoly (talk) 07:29, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Well, the bridge connects Russia and Ukraine which should be reflected in the lede. I do not see how this is not important. If you do not like how this is formulated, it can be discussed further, but dismissing the whole thing seems to me completely off the mark.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:04, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Oh, and if you want to find people upset by this I am sure Wikipedia:WikiProject Ukraine has plenty of those.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:05, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Why are you looking for people "upset by this"? Ukrainians will always be upset about something, so can we move forward instead of being dragged into these interminable Ukrainian side-issues? It's a bridge, a competent engineering exercise, spanning an international shipping channel. Just because Ukrainians are unable to build bridges is not a reason to include their inevitable kvetching about other people who do know how to build bridges. This stuff is embarrassing, and only degrades Wikipedia. Santamoly (talk) 08:45, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
It looks to me that you have an extreme POV view and should not edit Ukraine-related articles. If you continue, I am going to seek for a topic ban.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:51, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
It's bad enough that WP now accepts bullying and original research, but what's really regrettable is people like yourself who support this sort of clueless debasement of Wikipedia. Your statement above is simply an outrageous insult to academic discourse. Encouraging opinionated eccentrics to determine the level of discussion in any academic field is a suicidal policy for Wikipedia. As an example, Ymblanter, look what you've done to the simple, objective, discussion of a bridge. Santamoly (talk) 21:54, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
I obviously think that your opinion is so biased that you should stay away from this area.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:23, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
My opinion really has nothing to do with the bridge. My opinion is focused on the clumsy debasement of Wikipedia that is happening before our eyes. The bridge was just one example of how Wikipedia is becoming yet another source of "fake information". And that is truly unfortunate. Santamoly (talk) 05:36, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
I obviously tend to agree with User:Santamoly on this clumsy debasement of Wikipedia that is happening before our eyes. For five months now, I try to understand the Novichok thing, and the more I try, the more I'm frustrated that logics is discarded as garbage in favor of the UK government view which is sanctified... Unfortunately, there is some link between the two subjects. Wakari07 (talk) 10:28, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Please unprotect Kofi Annan[edit]

  • There was not that much vandalism. (I saw only 1 IP, User:154.160.3.127 with 2 minor vandal edits)
  • 31 hours have (almost) gone by.
  • Page is still in need of edits.
  • I'll be watching too.

Thank you. Wakari07 (talk) 14:50, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 14:52, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again :-) Wakari07 (talk) 14:55, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Mimi Mondal[edit]

Updated DYK query.svgOn 21 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mimi Mondal, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mimi Mondal is the first writer from India to be nominated for a Hugo Award? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mimi Mondal. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mimi Mondal), 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you![edit]

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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

Thanks for your recent work patrolling new pages. Cheers, — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 04:03, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks you.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:38, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Editor from Rajasthan[edit]

Thanks for blocking 2409:4052:912:5091:6914:CFD8:C9A7:A50A (from Rajasthan) after he/she made posts on my talk page and Escape Orbit's talk page. I believe that the following are all the same person.

-- Toddy1 (talk) 09:27, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look, but I am not a CU and I can only block if there are obvious violations from every IP.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:29, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Update for your information. Drmies has blocked some of his/her IP socks, but not Nishkarsh1. The ten edits Nishkarsh1 did on 18th August were probably just to establish the ID. The real objective is revealed by talk page comments on MTV Roadies (season 15): Revision history.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:27, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
I blocked indef.--Ymblanter (talk) 01:56, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.-- Toddy1 (talk) 05:53, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Please supplement one of your closings[edit]

Hi, Thanks for closing this with a CBAN. The ed in question has posted a column somewhere else talking about his experiences here. See "Blocked from editing Wikipedia indefinitely, but saved from a site ban" at Quora. I'll refrain from expressing my own judgments about the piece, except to say this could be valuable evidence in the event the editor seeks unblock in six months, as they do contemplate doing. Since the file is closed and archived, I'd like to do the gnomish edit of adding a link to this column for future reference, if needed. But since I'm an involved ed I fear some may construe this as not dropping the stick or something. If you deem it appropriate, and potentially useful should an unblock request be filed, would you please add it in a PS in the archived case file (linked at word "this" at start of this thread). Thanks for considering it. If you think this is not constructive, no problem I trust your judgment. I'm quite new to CBAN procedure. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 14:13, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

That was a technical closure, I just hatted the topic which already was decided. I would say go ahead and add the link to the archive outside the closure.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:18, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Ok, will do. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 15:24, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Motion picture content rating system[edit]

Why you semi-protect this page? Because of this, I can't write that ALL Russia ratings is prohibitive. 77.37.176.212 (talk) 04:09, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

I protected it because there was constant disruptive editing mostly related to Philippines. You can open a protected edit request at the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:20, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel[edit]

I'm not clear why you undid my revision. I was improving the page by moving a sentence about the hotel's history to the end of the paragraph about history, instead of where it is now, at the end of the paragraph describing the hotel's physical facilities. I also removed a description of one random convention that was held at the hotel among thousands over the years, since it has no historical significance. Jamesluckard (talk) 09:30, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

What it was there was the info that the hotel has conference facilities. I gave an example of a notable organization which had a convention there, and this info was reliably sourced. I am fine with finding another source (for example for a different conference), but I am definitely not fine with just removing sourced info because you believe it has no significance.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:33, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Isn't there a requirement though that events should have historical significance to be listed? The hotel has certainly hosted thousands of conventions in its almost fifty years in operation, I'm not sure what makes this particular convention worth noting. Did something important happen at this convention? If so, that should be added to the description, I would think.Jamesluckard (talk) 09:37, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Again, I do not particularly care about this particular convention, but it reliably sources the statement that the hotel has a large conference facility which you now removed (and I reinstated). If you can source it differently, using secondary reliable sources, I would be fine with that.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:40, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
I'm confused, almost every hotel has conference facilities, there's no need to mention a particular convention to prove this, we could source this by simply linking to the hotel's website, which has a page describing the facilities and showing a diagram of the ballrooms.Jamesluckard (talk) 09:42, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Sure, but the facilities of this one seem to be really big as it is able to host a national convention (presumably 1000+ people). A typical hotel conference room is for 200-300 participants at most.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:51, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
I found two links that show the hotel has 171,716 sq ft of total event space, the most of any hotel in Toronto, it looks like. How about we use these?

http://www.cvent.com/rfp/toronto-on-event-venues-69e3564238ea41b6989efbbbc111ee78.aspx https://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/business-meeting/yyztc-sheraton-centre-toronto-hotel/ Jamesluckard (talk) 09:57, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Great, thanks, we could use those.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:05, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Excellent! And you're okay if I delete the mention of that one random convention?Jamesluckard (talk) 10:07, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Sure, as soon as we keep the point about large conference facilities.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:08, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Concerning moving the material around, it is ok, it was just all in one edit.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:33, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

IP User you blocked starting up again[edit]

Hi, the IP User you blocked for a week, 42.3.186.45, has decided to resume disruptive edits, albeit to Britain's Got Talent (series 8) - they're doing the same thing as before, in that they are changing information to something that a provided citation proves to be false (mainly, they change the resulting position of two acts in a semi-final following a public vote). GUtt01 (talk) 21:24, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 21:42, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Cyrillization of Georgian[edit]

I had that on my to-do list and although I can't quite remember why it was there, I certainly recall there was something to do with the very dubious content, although I thought I had removed the worst bits (but I might be mistaken). Still, I'm a bit surprised to see the article go by G3, especially given that it was kept (rightly or wrongly) at AfD a few months ago. – Uanfala (talk) 13:31, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

@Uanfala: yes, but now the claim was it is a hoax (which was not brought up during the AfD0, and the creator was blocked in the meanwhile as a sock. If you want, I can restore it as a draft.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

NPR Silver Award[edit]

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The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award

Thanks for all the work you do reviewing new articles. Keep up the good work. Cheers, — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 05:05, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:23, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Do you know...[edit]

...a Yamla (talk | contribs)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HotelFurbyFan1 (talkcontribs) 15:41, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

I am not sure what you want.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:55, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Do You Know How Many Character Pages Are Protected Indefinitely?[edit]

Dear Ymblanter.

I'd like to ask you a question: How many fictional character pages on this site got protected indefinitely?

Example: Beast from both Disney adaptations of Beauty and the Beast (Belle is the titular Beauty) has his page locked up indefinitely like a few months ago but Belle doesn't have hers unless if the amount of vandals were high enough.

Recently Murdoc Niccals of the Gorillaz now has his page SP'd indefinitely.

And please answer me back as soon as possible.

Best wishes,

67.81.163.178 (talk) 13:20, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

I do not know.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:35, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Brazilian general election, 2018[edit]

You semi-protected this article because IPs were removing Lula. I think we can unprotect the page, since Lula is now officially ineligible. 187.26.75.78 (talk) 15:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

I am fine with lifting the protection, but please reach consensus on the talk page first that the protection is no longer needed, and then let me know (or apply to WP:RFPP).--Ymblanter (talk) 15:55, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
OK, I will put my request in WP:RFUP. 187.26.75.78 (talk) 16:41, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

User talk:221.145.211.23[edit]

Hi - looks like you added the protection notice rather than a block notice to the IPs talk page :) I'd fix it myself but I am rather involved there. Black Kite (talk) 10:48, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@Black Kite:, thanks for letting me know, I corrected it. It does not happen too often, but it has a tendency to happen if I did not get enough coffee in the morning.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:52, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Any suggestions? Tobias Conradi made an appearance again.[edit]

Back to attacks at [[1]]

TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 16:05, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Needs to be blocked on sight. I am busy now, but I will have a look later.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:06, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Tks. Would you be opposed to some kind of page protection on Kozhukhovskaya line, once you get freed up? Seems to be his current mission. TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 16:47, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
 Done, two IPs blocked, page protected for a week.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, as always. TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 20:57, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
FYI [2] TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 11:11, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
Blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:14, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Problem editor[edit]

When you get time, please could you have a look at 2601:191:8402:5F89:382E:DAF2:7B8B:A018 (talk). He/she seems to be an editor from New Hampshire with an extreme Ukrainian nationalist POV. He/she previously edited as 2601:191:8402:5F89:C830:D0B8:1B3E:584D (talk). He/she particularly likes the words: pathetic Ukrainophobic dogwhistle.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:04, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Blocked for 31h, and somebody would probably need to revert their recent edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:09, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
He/she has returned as 2601:191:8402:5f89:e01a:9a7c:a2a2:e499 and carried on edit-warring.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:48, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
 Done, for a week--Ymblanter (talk) 19:54, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

He/she is back as 2601:191:8402:5F89:BD1A:C885:DD2:AFA3 and at it again, claiming that people who disagree with his/her edits are "pathetic Ukrainophobic dogwhistles" or writing "Ukrainophobic propaganda version pushed by Russian trolls".-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Now blocked for a month--Ymblanter (talk) 06:38, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Now he/she has hopped IP Special:Contributions/2601:191:8402:5F89:4CC5:3844:40BD:7338.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:38, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:41, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
I blocked that one as well, but I do not know how to block an IP range, if they reappear you would probably have to ask one of the admins who can range-block.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:44, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
He/she has reappeared as 2601:191:8402:5f89:113e:b7a:7402:e67e -- Toddy1 (talk) 13:55, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Now blocked for two weeks, clear block evasion in addition to vandalism and disruptive editing--Ymblanter (talk) 14:01, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Article about Kirghiz SSR[edit]

Hello, I've noticed that you edited this article in order to reduce the size of infobox. I think I found a better solution and I used it for this article, it now looks much better in mobile browser, hopefully you (or anyone else) don't mind that.Omgwtfbbqsomethingrandom (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, this is definitely a better solution.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:46, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

List of monuments in Mustang, Nepal[edit]

Hi - I ended up on this page from the wikimonuments 2018 posts. I've already added some photos, but find that some of the listings/ monument headings are unclear- spellings, duplications, and there are no village names/ locations which would help to clarify. I saw you were an early editor, so wondering do you know where the original list came from? Are the refs NP-MS-#? refs to anything external? So I can see if I can pin down the village?

Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nima t100 (talkcontribs)

No, I do not know, but you may want to ask @Biplab Anand:--Ymblanter (talk) 07:36, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

OK,thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nima t100 (talkcontribs) 04:48, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Do not remove Marko Kolanovic[edit]

Hi I got receive messages from you about a delete Marko Kolanovic I created before nand got deleted from username, and so I decided recreate new page and start all over again, I think this article should not be delete. StarWarsGlenny (talk) 07:14, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

@StarWarsGlenny:, you should explain at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marko Kolanovic why you think the page should not be deleted. It will be another using closing the discussion there, not me.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:16, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Can I remove deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StarWarsGlenny (talkcontribs) 07:18, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

No, you can not. If the outcome of the discussion is to keep the article, the closer will remove the template.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:20, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Revdel overshoot?[edit]

Hi! Thank you so much for dealing with revdeletion at Fortuny Museum – I do realise that I am creating extra work for others by making so many of these requests. In this particular case I think you may have overshot by one revision – this one did not need to be hidden, I think. I couldn't be less bothered about it, but thought you should know. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:41, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, I restored the visibility. It looks like I have made the same mistake in several articles today, thanks for pointing it out.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Yes, I was just about to say that the same had happened at Bass Reeves. The way the software handles version numbers is profoundly confusing to me – "prev", "next" etc – and the diff tool I often use does not always produce the right result. Links in the copyvio-revdel-request template do seem to work consistently. Thanks for fixing ... More regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:55, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 21:58, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Missed category for speedy[edit]

Hello Ymblanter.

It seems you missed one category move that I had submitted for discussion. You removed 4 categories from /Speedy here, but added only 3 to /Working here. The one missing is Category:Hornbostel-Sachs -> Category:Hornbostel–Sachs. Could you fix that please?

Regards

HandsomeFella (talk) 15:48, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

@HandsomeFella:, corrected now, thanks for letting me know. My apologies.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:11, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

O. J. Simpson murder case[edit]

Thanks for protecting the article. Would you consider reverting this edit by the IP, the last before you protected? I'm at 3RR. General Ization Talk 17:36, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

I reverted to the stable version. If they finally decide to go to the talk page, pls engage there.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:40, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Category:People from Halton (district)[edit]

Hi, you deleted Category:People from Halton (district) and de-listed it from WP:CFDW – but prematurely, because it is not yet empty. Please would you complete the work? – Fayenatic London 09:21, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done, thanks for letting me know.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:30, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Category:Prayers in the Catholic Church[edit]

Did you arrange for Category:Roman Catholic prayers to be moved to Category:Prayers in the Catholic Church? I oppose the move, and I thought the original proposal, Category:Catholic prayers, was much better (though it shouldn't have been a speedy move). The new title was supposed to be consistent with the Prayer in the Catholic Church article - but that is about prayer in general, but the category is for specific prayers. And of course, they're not just used "in the Church" - they are much broader than that. So what do I do now? Start a proposal at WP:CfD? StAnselm (talk) 05:36, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

@StAnselm: Yes, I think at this point you would need to start a proposal at WP:CFD. The proposal was there about a week after the amendment request, and since there were no objections to that one, I processed it. My apologies for the inconvenience.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:28, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I started a CfD discussion. Frankly, I think the speedy category renaming is way overused - it's only for such obvious entries that nobody would need to refer to the discussion - and so there is no archive! I had to link to a diff. StAnselm (talk) 09:23, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks[edit]

For the 1RR imposition on Is Genesis History?. As I said in my last comment at ANI, that looks to me to be a better way forwards than sanctioning 19990'sguy. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:59, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. As far as I am concerned, it is also better than an indefinite full protection. Let us hope that it is going to work.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:01, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
I have high hopes. 1990'sguy edit warred twice, and other than that, there was no real problem other than editor exhaustion. Of course, there's little we can do about the latter without becoming a rationalwiki clone. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:39, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
I am not involved with this article, and I did not go into much details, but my understanding is that from time to time one edit can explode the whole community (which is not uncommon for certain topics). I hope with 1RR the detonation effect at least will be less pronounced.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:33, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Minsk metro stations names[edit]

Hey, Ymblanter, I thought this might be of interest for you. Someone has renamed all stations of the Minsk metro to their Polish names, in opposition to the Wikipedia's guideline for romanization of Belarusian names (Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Cyrillic)#Belarusian). I tried to rename one of them in accordance with the guideline but couldn't since that was the page's original name now retained as a redirect. Is there any point in pursuing this further or am I misinterpreting the guidelines? Openlydialectic (talk) 21:38, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

I think that person renamed a large number of articles all pertaining to geographic places of Belarus, and I don't think any of those edits have been reverted. Openlydialectic (talk) 21:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
This can be mass-reverted as clear violation of consensus (if of course the names are still there, and the stations have not been renamed).--Ymblanter (talk) 05:31, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
He renamed all the articles about statios too. Can those edits be mass-reverted somehow? Openlydialectic (talk) 06:48, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Yes, indeed, I meant renaming the stations back (not to the Russian names though, they have all been renamed twice). No, it has to be done manually.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Then what should be done with them? I can't manually rename them because the articles with proper names already exist as redirects. And these names aren't Russian, read: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Cyrillic)#Belarusian Openlydialectic (talk) 07:41, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
If the redirects have not been edited, you should be able to move back to these names. If they have been edited by humans, indeed, an administrator (and this could be me) should intervene at some stage.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:12, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
I couldn't move them. Can you? You are an admin. Openlydialectic (talk) 09:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Ok, I will have a look when I have time--Ymblanter (talk) 09:39, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for semi-protecting ResetEra[edit]

It was the first time I submitted a page for semi-protection, so I'm glad I did it correctly.

And thank you for fixing it. The page had internet search results describing ResetEra as a hate group. --Tagus 06:03, 19 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tagus (talkcontribs)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Excuse me[edit]

I talk about Sukhothai, not Lavo kingdom. Sukhothai in the period vassal states of Khmer empire, not about Sukhothai kingdom in after that. But so thank you...Have a good day !Đông Minh (talk) 11:10, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

But then it should be a different link. The original link was to a disambig. May be you could even start a stab on the Sukhotai State, if you have literature at hand.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:15, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Category redirects[edit]

Hi, I noticed that you deleted the redirect at Category:Murder-suicide in television after it was renamed with a dash. Please note that we do keep category redirects from ASCII to diacritics (etc), as people are highly liable to re-use the versions of names that can be typed using a standard keyboard.

Thanks for your work here – hope this helps! – Fayenatic London 11:49, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Good, thanks. I also keep redirects for football team players; are there more broad categories I should know about?--Ymblanter (talk) 11:59, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm not aware of any other published guidelines, but I leave redirects at names that I think editors might try to use again, and which will help editors to find the current name, e.g. Roman Catholic → Catholic, Bolton → Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. Also alternative spellings, especially organisations/organizations.
One of my criteria is whether it will be helpful for editors using WP:HotCat, which autofills depending on the what has been typed so far. So for e.g. Category:People from the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton editors are going to try "People from Bolton", so I would keep "People from Bolton (district)" or "People from Bolton (borough)" – but not both, because one of those would be sufficient.
Also, I'd keep a redirect if there are a lot of incoming links from talk pages/ CFD pages etc, to help people trace the precedent discussions.
Hmm, would it be worth writing this up as a draft guidance page? – Fayenatic London 08:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, this is very helpful. Yes, I think writing a guidance page would help a lot, though I understand of course it can take a lot of time.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:23, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt. I've started this at Wikipedia:Category redirects that should be kept. – Fayenatic London 11:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Great, thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:43, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Kazakh famine[edit]

I think you mis--understood the edit you reversed. I think the editor was saying "between 38 and 60" -- not from one percent value to the other, which I think is what you were thinking of. In that case, starting with the lower number makes sense in normal English. If you concur, then change accordingly. Best would be to check the source, of course.Kdammers (talk) 18:14, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

I think they did not change the numbers, only interchanged the order, this is why I hope they should correspond to the source (I can check it later). If you can formulate it in the way it makes sense (because reduction from 38 to 60 does not), please do it, I will be more than happy.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:17, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

United States Park Police is now listed at WP:AN3[edit]

See this entry. Since you recently did the semiprotection you may have an opinion. Maybe WP:DR is the next step. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 13:41, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look now.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:46, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

List of rural localities in Bashkortostan[edit]

Hey I'm working, sorry, I just overwrote a bunch of your edits because I'm in the middle of list sorting and would've lost a bunch of what I was doing. Please let me finish. ♠PMC(talk) 15:16, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

My apologies for the intervention, please finish, I will fix later if anything still needs to be fixed at that stage.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:33, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
All good, I just didn't want us to be tripping over each other :) ♠PMC(talk) 15:34, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Question - how would one go about verifying Kataeva as a valid Russian place-name? The article was created from a redirect in 2016 and has been unsourced ever since, and doesn't give a district name or much other info. The relevant Russian wiki articles (ru:Катаева and ru:Катаев) are disambigs about last names and aren't much help. ♠PMC(talk) 17:40, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Most likely it is a hoax, and I reverted it back to a redirect. If it is a selo, it should be in OKATO and in Yandex Maps, and none of them knows it. It could have been Katyevo, but such a rural locality does not exist in Bashkortostan either. It is either an outright hoax, or (unlikely) a former settlement, or smth else (for example, it could have been Novokatayevo, which does exist). Anyway, one user now creates articles on all Russian rural localities, using the census sources (this is how you have so many starting with Ab and Av, and also quite a lot in Adygea), I hope at some point he creates all of them.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:58, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Perfect, thank you for looking at that! I've seen that guy's work I think, lots of them are turning up in the August/September 2018 orphan categories. I'm working my way through all orphaned rural localities right now because they're easy to get rid of, but after I'm done the current crop I'm not likely to get back around to them or make any more lists. This Petscan query may be of some future use to you (or him) in locating and linking those new articles. ♠PMC(talk) 18:06, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. This is not my immediate activity, but I am of course interested in having the rural localities lists in a decent state.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:26, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

City of Kiev on the Desna[edit]

Ymblanter, what is your problem? Kiev is located on Desna River. It is located on confluence of Dnieper and Desna to be more precise. One of the Kiev's administrative city raions is named after the river as well. Desna flows within the Kiev's city limits. That fact is also mentioned in the article. The river is the sixth longest river in Ukraine. Why are you reverting my edit? What do you mean by saying Kiev on Dnieper and Chernigov on Desna? Have you even visited Kiev to say things like that? Or at least read the city's geographic description? Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 14:36, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Well, I did visit Kiev, and I also looked at the map. The confluence of Desna is opposite to Vyshgorod, and is in Kiev Oblast, not in Kiev. For example, the Google maps are pretty clear on this. However, this is not a matter of life and death to me, I will not revert it any further.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:40, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for handling Mariowashere. Just as an FYI, that is User:Jenulot. You can tell because of the changing text on my talk page, complaining on Jimbo talk about how admins are bad in incoherent English, and also the overlap with Oshwah. I've tagged it, but wanted to let you know in case you run into him in the future. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:54, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Sure, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:55, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive Editing on America's Got Talent[edit]

An IP User or two, has committed three disruptive edits towards America's Got Talent, within three hours of each other - I believe it is the same person. Any chance of giving the article some Semi-Protection, as a matter of caution, in case this continues? GUtt01 (talk) 08:16, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done, protected for a week.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:20, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

YGM[edit]

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Revision of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Wiki[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck_Institute_for_the_Science_of_Light

The revision was undid because of copyright violations. I am an employee of the institutes press office responsible for the wiki site and the content of the webpages. The text passage (about the "Marquardt Division") I copied from the website was written by an institutes employee so there shouldn't be a copyright violation.

If this passage still cannot be used, would it be possible to display all the other changes I made, like updating the "Research Groups"-section?

Thank you very much.

Sincerely, J. Wagenbrenner — Preceding unsigned comment added by MPLpresse (talkcontribs) 08:47, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, and the website says the text is under copyright which is not compatible with our license. If you want to relicense this part of the text you would need to contact WP:OTRS. Concerning the other chenges, I will have a look now, that should be possible--Ymblanter (talk) 09:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 Done, and also written a couple of lines about the theory division.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:11, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Political Status of Crimea[edit]

I am willing to talk about how to format the page. Should we discuss the topic here or on the main page's talk page or on my talk page? If you say main page I will start the discussion there and we can go from there.~~fenetrejones (talk) 2:44, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

It obviously should be the talk page Note that the IP who removed Serbia was not me, I do not know who it was, but they clearly brought up the same arguments as I did.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:41, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Ok, I am about to put it on the talk page.~~fenetrejones (talk) 15:42, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Ok, I have added the section, let us discuss from there.~~fenetrejones (talk) 15:42, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 09:25, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for acknowledged your part of fault concerning the warnings. My English are not as good as they should have been and I didnt explained properly my argument. Clearly, I share much burden for the misunderstanding. As for the Reverts, I am more than sure that you acted in good faith. Actually, when I was reverting for the last time, I was thinking "this is not going to look good on history log, but it is not a violation of 3 RR or the reverting policy, I used talk page so many times and asked for third opinion". I thought that if an admin sets his eyes on the history log, (s)he will ask me what's going on before blocking me and I will explain. Anyways, I am going to insert the wikilove flowchart as it is in your User page, to mine user page so I ll know better. Wikilove must be the trick. Cheers Τζερόνυμο (talk) 20:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Great. Actually, 3RR is a way of edit-warring where chances are that blocks can be given without prior warnings, and in your case you never broke 3RR but (in my view) edit-warred. I would suggest adding a ref to the ANI thread on your talk page to the block topic, so that you can always retrieve it if the block comes into a discussion. (I do not quite understand the WikiLove part - I do not think I have anything WikiLove related on my user page, but this is tangential).--Ymblanter (talk) 20:08, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
You ve got a flowchart in your User page. There, Wikilove showers have a pivotal role. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 20:14, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Oh, I see.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:22, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Help needed[edit]

Hello Y. The WarnerMedia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) article that you protected has shown up in the Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates. I think it is because you added a PC template when the article is fully protected instead. When you have a moment if you could change the template that would be appreciated. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk 18:27, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

You are right, I inserted a wrong template. Now corrected. My apologies and thanks for noticing that.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:33, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
No apologies needed Y. Things like this happen. Many thanks for the quick fix. Enjoy the rest of your weekend :-) MarnetteD|Talk 18:41, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
Sure, thanks--Ymblanter (talk) 18:43, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Avianca Flight 011[edit]

I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but did you see my apology on the Avianca Flight 011 talk page (and the draft, which I'm okay with you editing)? I just felt the need to double-check. Tigerdude9 (talk) 16:00, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, sure, I have seen that, thanks. At this point, Isaidnoway is working on the article, so may be you could coordinate with them. I am not planning to make any major changes, I just happened to have this article on my watchlist.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:06, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
I was going to put a message on Isaidnoway's talk page but I then saw that he was "semi-retired" and that I need to email him instead. What is his email address? Tigerdude9 (talk) 17:55, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
They might have wikimail enabled, I did not check. But they edited the article today.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:57, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya[edit]

Hello, could you let me know why this has been removed? Things such as names of the university, its images, references have been removed without citing any valid reason. Also, the person is using socks and making the same edits: Muhandes, Capitals00 and others are all his own accounts, he's the one behind the infamous Vrghs Jacob. In the past, I've got several of his accounts blocked. He's not an Israeli, but an Indian. He's not a PhD, he's not even a graduate. He studies at GNLU and have a look at that article, totally promotional. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.137.203 (talk) 13:40, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

My apologoes, but I did not look at the content, I only checked there is no vandalism and there are no serious violations reinserted. You should raise the consent questions at the talk page of the article, and suspicions about sockpuppetry at WP:SPI.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you! There was a long discussion on the Talk page,he couldn't argue convincing and left. Later, he used another of his multiple accounts to remove the content. Also, since you're an admin I'd like to suggest that mobile and /or email validation should be made mandatory for new editor creation. Also, all existing IDs should be required to provide email / mobile to continue using Wiki. This will keep the socks at bay.
Since, it is semi-protected, I cannot make changes to it, could add the changes or someone else, I'd be happy to assist in any manner posibble. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.137.203 (talk) 13:52, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, I can not help. You can leave a edit-protected request.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:53, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Where? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.137.203 (talk) 13:55, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

At the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:58, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
I don't think anyone will discuss on the talk page since no one seems to be having a problem except the sock.Could you remove the protection so that I can edit it myself, it was till 4th Oct anyway. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.137.203 (talk) 14:44, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
@Ymblanter: this IP is Wikiexplorer13 evading blocks. -★- PlyrStar93 Message me. 17:32, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Most likely indeed. Anyway, I do not unilaterally remove protections at socks' requests.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:24, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you![edit]

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Keep up the good work. 7&6=thirteen () 13:47, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:37, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Kathleen Weiß[edit]

Hi Ymblanter, Kathleen Weiß page was part of a mass deletion of user Sander.v.Ginkel created pages. It was first moved to Draft:Kathleen Weiß and while a draft its contents were worked on including references. Another user (MFriedman, who turned out to be another account of Sander.v.Ginkel, the user targeted with mass deletion) moved the draft back to the mainspace before the page returned to a draft form and later finally being deleted. At the time of deletion the page had been expanded, could you please check if the page can be undeleted (as a draft or in the mainspace) based on its latest revision contents prior to the deletion? Could you advice what is needed to have the page undeleted? Thanks and regards 94.208.106.53 (talk) 13:11, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

I undeleted the article and moved it to Draft:Kathleen Weiß. It must be checked whether all the material (literally every word, since with SvG it is not always the case) is supported by reliable sources, and then it can be submitted for the move to the main space.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:36, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
Deletion was throwing of several babies with the bathwater. Last version by SvG contained three sentences and a single reference; the article was heavily edited by 94.208.110.76 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) afterwards, who is a prolific sports articles editor and presumably the same person as above, and has 62 references now. I will AGF (on behalf of the IP, not SvG) and move the article back into the mainspace. No such user (talk) 14:03, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
No problem with me, I am sorry, I am in a hurry now and can not check the article properly.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:05, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
@Ymblanter: @No such user: Indeed 94.208.110.76 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is my old IP address, I worked on few of the babies thrown with the bathwater (articles created by SvG) and is good to see something which required so much time and effort back at the mainspace. Thank you both for helping, regards 94.208.106.53 (talk) 14:51, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Andrew Rannells[edit]

There have been reverts lately; would this justify extending PC-protection? George Ho (talk) 20:38, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 01:21, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane Michael[edit]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that we are having trouble with Hurricane Michael again. I think extended confirmed protection is needed. FigfiresSend me a message! 10:03, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

I have seen it at RFPP, but I believe it is time another administrator should have a look. I am generally not a fan of extended confirmed protection for vandalism and prefer blocks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:11, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Alright... however, we have had a wide range of issues... Copyright Vio., poor grammar, unsourced content, dead links, and test/disruptive edits. Just hope someone looks at it soon. FigfiresSend me a message! 10:21, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
Articles about hurricanes that are notable storms (such as this one) should not be extended confirmed protected. These questions aren't too severe, and that article is not a policy or guideline. See Wikipedia's protection policy and you will know more. 61.244.97.142 (talk) 10:40, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Mail[edit]

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I am behind the Great Chinese Firewall, I will unlikely see it begore Monday.--Ymblanter (talk) 00:45, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Usman Dar[edit]

Hello, you locked this page and the reason was sockpuppetry? Only I removed that violation material on that page, who was the second whats sockpuppetry? Did you explore Talk:Usman Dar? that user is continuously adding contentious material to that blp regarding his degree issue. All his concern is to filling that blp with that degree issue and he explains it like Dar is done some crime. Is not its violation of BLP? I guess you have to see this too [3], please remove that material its clear partiality that you locked that page and Senior users has authority to do anything with that blp and defaming that person. If you have any question regarding that degree issue I will answer you. Please investigate that case 119.160.119.4 (talk) 15:36, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

I did investigate the case, and my conclusion was that you were removing material which was reliably source. Please go to the talk page and argue you case based on our policies.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:49, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Blocking from Kiev page move[edit]

Did Nychypir (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

I don't know who the user is but the user definitely not trolling, you should have given a warning instead of indef blocking the user. Hddty. (talk) 06:10, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

I do not mind unblocking (and then somebody else will have to deal with them later), but why do you think it is a user in good standing. They registered just to leave a comment in a heated discussion, and the comment is inflammatory and noot to the point. They clearly knew what they were doing. We had plenty of such users in the pastt, both from Russian and Ukrainian sides, and they are usually blocked indef on sight. Any reason why this one should be treated differently?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:19, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
The user only make one edit. Notice that WP:NOTHERE only use the word/phrase "long-time history", "excessive", "repeated", "major" that justify for a WP:NOTHERE behaviour, not for one and only edit. Nonetheless, it's up to you then, you have dealt with this matter for years. Hddty. (talk) 08:11, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback. Let me take it to AN to evaluate the block.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:18, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Please evaluate the block of Did Nychypor--Ymblanter (talk) 08:58, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane Vandalism[edit]

Hurricane Michael is being vandalized now that the protection has expired. I put up a request, but it's been several hours. IPs are the ones causing issues. FigfiresSend me a message! 10:07, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done for a month, though I believe you are panicking - there was only one vandal edit and one good-faith edit which was deemed inappropriate and reverted.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:17, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you![edit]

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Thanks for realizing your mistake! Balkywrest (talk) 12:30, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, and my apologies again.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:31, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

October 22[edit]

Hi, I think Wikipedia hiccuped or something with the date, as I submitted my protection request at 02:49, 22 October 2018 (UTC) not the 15th and signed it with the quad tilde. Thank you for you assistance on that request. Hopefully this signature will say the 22nd! Zinnober9 (talk) 19:13, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Never mind, it was a valid request anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:14, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Please help/check at Ung County[edit]

Hi,

a bit of time ago I asked your help maybe you could know/be able to retrieve Rusyn names of former Hungarian Counties. Then you said you cannot help. Recently I noticed a new editor adding Rusyn names to some Transcarpathian cities. I asked him/her in his/her talk page to make the proper supplement on the same page where only one fragment is known. It was made by him/her, and after I asked him/her to make the same in other counties where Rusyns lived.

However, it was suspicious that why the "Komitat" was removed, and I put to google translator the given addition ([4]), and "horrible zoo" came out...I have to utmost good faith, but I cannot read or verify cyrillic alphabet, and google translator I could only choose Ukrainian as translate from...

So I don't know if I was fooled or not, but I assume you may check and read at least if the given addition has any connection to "Ung County" or not...Thank You(KIENGIR (talk) 00:09, 23 October 2018 (UTC))

I do not know, but the Rusyn Wikipedia also says Ужанська жупа, and it does not strike me as smth weird (Уж is a part of the name of Uzhhorod which is Ungwar in Hungarian, and жупа is presumably from Župa).--Ymblanter (talk) 05:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Thank You, and thanks to you, I became to know which is Rusyn Wikipedia...then it seems I can trust the newbie editor.(KIENGIR (talk) 10:02, 23 October 2018 (UTC))
Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:04, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Protection[edit]

Can you please explain the reason behind your upgrading edit-semi-protection to extended-confirmed as over here.I don't see the need for ECP.WBGconverse 19:47, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Well, it says move warring - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 19:52, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
Actually, I did not upgrade it, I only added move protection as there was move warring earlier that day. Extended-confirmed protection was configured by Swarm in August for three months.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:54, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for help[edit]

Здравствуйте, уважаемый Ярослав! Я обращаюсь к Вам, поскольку мне известно, что Вы на должном уровне знаете как русский, так и английский. Если Вас не затруднит, просьба создать на английском коротенькую статью (как русская версия примерно) про политика, учёного, изобретателя, бизнесмена и так далее, через интервики. Сам я такое не смогу, мягко говоря. Надеюсь, Вы не против. Спасибо! - 95.29.129.84 (talk) 22:48, 23 October 2018 (UTC).

Нет, к сожалению, совершенно не относится к моим интересам.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:41, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  • Весьма жаль, Ярослав. Не думал я, что личный интерес способен стать помехой (Вы за пару минут можете создать статью (опыт огромный), тем более ничтожную по размеру). Но если так, просьба посоветовать мне человека, который возьмётся. Ай пи пусть Вас не смущает: провайдер тот же самый, а ай пи динамический. - 128.73.62.153 (talk) 16:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC).
    Честно говоря, я не знаю. Проще, наверное, в русской Википедии кого-то найти.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:07, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
  • У нас сплошной эгоизм. Я надеялся, что Вы свободны от этого, прочитав про Вас статью в Википедии. Именно статью (не личная страница). - 95.29.73.26 (talk) 15:45, 25 October 2018 (UTC).

Thanks[edit]

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I don't know if anyone else is thanking you for the hard work you're putting in while the rest of us joke around about that IP posting porn, but seriously: Thank you so much. You're getting shit done, and that doesn't go unnoticed. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:11, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Sure, thanks for thanking me.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:12, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Another article by Панн[edit]

I see the AN/I section has been archived; rather than unarchive it, bringing this to you here. Runawayangel left me a message on my talk page to look at Sergey Morozov (politican), which was created last month by Панн. This looks like an adequate stub at first glance, but everything except the name in the infobox is about Alexander Zhilkin. On the same day he created the article, Панн added to the latter's article that he had left office on 26 September, which corresponds to what the Russian article on Zhilkin says, but I am unable to check whether he was in fact succeeded by Morozov, or whether any of the references are in fact about Morozov; the text isn't. I don't have the reading ability in Russian. Clearly the article text is wrong. (Also, I have to get ready for work!) Панн's work may have to be retroactively checked and articles like this deleted; hence I have pinged him here. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:17, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

I have speedy deleted the Morozov article as G3 as it was just copypasted from Zhilkin article (other speedy criteria apply as well, for example, as a copyright violation). The Zhilkin article is sourced, but not all sources are good and not all mention him, I wil try to clean it up in the course of the day--Ymblanter (talk) 08:21, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! I thought it seemed like an exact copy including the refs but wasn't sure whether there were Zhilkin edits I should also be concerned about; apparently I was right to be suspicious. Thanks are due to Runawayangel also. Yngvadottir (talk) 15:34, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

And Runawayangel also found Lyudmila Porgina, created by Панн on October 27 after your clear message on October 23 about machine translations. It appears to have been created as a machine translation of ru:Поргина, Людмила Андреевна; I was about to tag it as a rough translation and report it at Pages Needing Translation, and I see you have neatened it up a little bit—I count 4 of us. But it may be time to drop the hammer on the editor, or alternatively reopen the case at AN/I, so I'll hold off on the tagging and reporting till this evening my time in case you want to stub it instead. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

I think they need to be blocked but I also do not think I should be the blocking admin given the history of my communication with him. This means we need a new ANI thread. I am about to go to bed, and I will appreciate if you can start it, otherwise I will try to do it tomorrow (I am going to be pretty busy in the coming weeks but just finding a couple of diffs should be feasible for me).--Ymblanter (talk) 21:40, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, but in terms of bed, me too;I now have to get ready for work, so it'll have to wait till I get back. If you haven't posted to AN/I by then I'll start writing it up. Thanks for your help. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Categories for discussion/Working[edit]

Pls stop adding car categories to bot task list (renaming them) until discussion is alive , thanks -->Typ932 T·C 09:09, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

@Typ932: I am not quite sure what you mean. I added those which were not opposed for 48h, and not added those which were opposed. (Unless I am missing smth, I am done with all of them). If you think I have processed an opposed category, pls let me know, I will see what I can do.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
pls stop editing or renaming anything to related to cars or automobiles for a while , until the discussion is over, thank you -->Typ932 T·C 13:24, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Did you actually read my response? Care to indicate what discussion you are talking about? Thank you for understanding.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:27, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2018_October_26 this one or this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Automobiles#Cars_not_automobiles -->Typ932 T·C 16:32, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
This is great. You do realize that I am not a mindreader, and I can not know of a discussion unless it is on my watchlist (none of these are) or somebody tells me about its existence (nobody did before today), right? My workflow for the categories is described here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy. If a category is nominated, we wait for 48h, check that the rationale is valid, and thet nobody opposed, and then move the category for discussion. Many of the automobile categories were nominated last week, all of them before 26 October, when the discussion you mention started, and nobody opposed speedy moves of most of them. These have been moved. Some were opposed, and, whereas usually we keep them longer to make sure that was not a misunderstanding, today I moved all of the remaining categories to the corresponding section, so that these have not been processed before the discussion on Category:Cars has been completed. If the outcome of the discussion is such that it gets moved back, the subcats will also have to be moved back, via the same speedy page.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:42, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Raghavendra Thirtha.[edit]

Hello Ymblanter Since it's many edit requests to remove word died. Without knowing the background of the culture and the terms ,it's hard to comment on anything. Before surpassing small things and naming it as bullshit, consider and understand the facts about it.

Thank you.

Rhalasur113 (talk) 09:24, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
I am sorry to say, but this is not going to happen. We are not a Hindu (or, for that matter, Christian or Jewish or Muslim) encyclopedia. If you want this information to be added to the articles you need to start your own project.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:27, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi Rhalasur113 (talk) 09:29, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I am aware of this concept.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:30, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Another page from Wikipedia. Died is different word from Samadhi. Rhalasur113 (talk) 09:30, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Well, but the guy died. He was alive and now he is dead. We do have articles on people with dog's heads, because someone believed that they exist, but we do not write in Arctic that it is populated by people with dog's heads.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:33, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

"Kalaya Thasmai Namaha". Have a great day. Rhalasur113 (talk) 09:40, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

IP you blocked recently[edit]

I've blocked the whole range, it's all him. Doug Weller talk 11:57, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for checking.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:00, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

Michael D. Higgins[edit]

Can you extend the protection that you placed on this article until after his inauguration on 11 November? Perhaps until the 13th. ww2censor (talk) 10:51, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 11:17, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Vitaly Savelyev page[edit]

Hi! Could I ask you to move the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Savelyev because of incorrect spelling. The name should be Vitaly Saveliev. This spelling is long-standing writing of Vitaly as Aeroflot CEO and would be recognised easier. Thank you in advance!Chimera love (talk) 07:13, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

This is not how we work. The name is currently spelt according to our romanization rules, WP:RUS. If you want to change the name, you need to open a move request on the talk page of the article and prove that in English-language reliable sources he is much more often referred to as Saveliev and not Savelyev. In this case, it will be established that his most common name in English is Saveliev. If there is no most common name in English, we just use romanization rules. I am sorry to say, but the opinion of the subject of the article and also how he is spelled in the passport is irrelevant, only how third-party English sources call him.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:28, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you so much for your prompt reply. Chimera love (talk) 06:11, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Article protection request[edit]

The article Richard Wright (author) needs protection it keeps getting vandalized.Catfurball (talk) 19:25, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 20:15, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Attention needed[edit]

Dear sir, if you can, please watch and help to protect the following article: List of wars involving Russia. It has recently been attacked by a militant nationalist vandal (see: [5]) who removed/rewrote entire sections, claiming that medieval Rus' "was Ukraine, not Russia" (which is ridiculously absurd), and it is not once that clearly disruptive edits have been made there and left for many hours, days or weeks. The administration and common Wikipedians alike seem to have very little interest in that page, unfortunately, and I believe that we need at least one administrator to watch it; as well as that you are undoubtedly one the best candidates, given your professionalism. Thank you. 180.14.135.235 (talk) 06:24, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

At this point, the level op disruption is not sufficient for protection. I added the article to the watchlist.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:30, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

disruptive editing/semi protection.[edit]

Hi Ymblanter. Hope you're well. I requested indefinite semi protection on Benson Taylor as the page is constantly having content removed for no reason by IP addresses only to be undone by editors. If you check back through the history you will see this. The reason you gave was the protection had expired on this page, but no protection was ever on there. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orchestralnut (talkcontribs) 12:07, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

@Orchestralnut:, yes, you are right, the page was never protected, and an IP added today a protection template (which was then removed by bot). I will protect the article now.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:11, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for doing so, Ymblanter. Do you not believe the page needs protecting indefinitely due to the amount of disruptive editing here? On review on the history page it's constant. Thank you. --2A02:C7D:46CD:7E00:909F:B9D4:C4EE:7D6A (talk) 12:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

The page has never been protected before, and an indefinite protection is usually not a good starting point.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:24, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

thank you[edit]

there are some others as well... endless, including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeritaSatu - appreciate your recognising the problem JarrahTree

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 10:38, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Kateryna Handziuk[edit]

Hi there. About this. Can we somehow get User:Zararah/Kateryna Handziuk into the mainspace? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:01, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Ping: User:Zararah

Link: User talk:Zararah#Speedy deletion nomination of Kateryna Handziuk

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:04, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

It currently 90% copyright violations. I can remove it and move a stub to the main space, but the creator asked to have the references. May be I can just get the references to the talk page. I will look at it now.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:07, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 Done as a two-line stub.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:12, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much, my friend. I'm very happy to see it in the mainspace. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:21, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:27, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
Your quick action paid off. Cheers, :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:26, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


Sometimes I feel like a motherless Child[edit]

You say my edit was a copyright violation? Can you explain what I 'plagiarised'? I did adapt content from the Richie Havens article elsewhere on Wikipedia is that plagiarised? I found the interview the quote is from - using a quote from an interview is not copyright violation? Is there a conspiracy to cover up the most famous performance of the song? Please explain, I want to understand what is going on. Stub Mandrel (talk) 14:27, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

If I search for one of the sentences (not quotes) you added I get here as the first hit. Btw even if you copy text from another Wikipedia article, and this is not your own text, you need to attribute it.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:36, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Constant vandalism![edit]

@Ymblanter: The article James Springer White has been vandalized at least three times that I've counted now this is crazy, stupid vandals. Can you put protection on this article.Catfurball (talk) 22:03, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done, though this is a borderline case IMO.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:06, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you![edit]

Red Kitten 01.jpg

Thank you for protecting James Springer White, from those naughty vandals.

Catfurball (talk) 22:09, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:01, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Scholastique Mukasonga[edit]

Hi! I'm a bit confused by the revert here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scholastique_Mukasonga&oldid=prev&diff=868302558 - Arent the refs supposed to have article URLs? WhisperToMe (talk) 09:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

The watchlist was loading too slow, and instead of clicking on smth else my click was interpreted as a rollback. I noticed this and immediately reverted with the comment "misclicked". Unfortunately this happens on a regular basis, there is very little we can do to completely exclude such accidents.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
I see! Anyways, happy editing! WhisperToMe (talk) 11:30, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Tnx.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:40, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

................ Hello Ymblanter - I write regarding Quilla Constance page citations as I notice you've applied page protection for this article. I've just found new links online for many of the existing broken links (see below). I've done some work on this page previously and as a result, I've recently been accused of having COI. I'm therefore wondering if another editor can step in and help update broken links on this page? I've listed link replacements below. If you can assist, that will be a great. Here's the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilla_Constance. You can also refer to the talk page for Quilla Constance to see the thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Quilla_Constance Thanks, Phil

Link 1: https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/symposium-dis-identifications

Link 2: Page 4 of TW Magazine: https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/documents/388/1413-St_Johns-TW_mag-2016_10W1.pdf - a full page article about Quilla Constance exhibition, as reviewed in The Oxford Times, and her involvement in celebrating female students at St Johns.

Link 3: (scroll down) https://wearefierce.org/?s=Eva+meyer-Keller

Link 4: http://gotlottery.uk/eastern/bedford/bedford/?s=name&page=5 (the 6th, 7th and 8th listing down says Jennifer Allen was awarded £14,500 and £14,550 three times from Arts Council England. I expect there will be other official records of this available in public funding records and via Arts Council website.

Link 5:Equity Magazine Page 6: https://issuu.com/martinebrown/docs/equity_magazine_spring_2012 - there's quite a large article on Quilla Constance winning a case. I also found this article in Londonist which supports the statement about Equity - https://londonist.com/2011/06/in-pictures-quilla-contance-protest-performance-outside-punk-soho, and this: http://archive.westendextra.com/news/2011/jun/equity-called-over-punk-double-booking-quilla-constance-stage-street-protest-over-gig-

Link 6: If you scroll down and click on 'Artists' you will see what looks to be the official list of artists with work in David Roberts Collection. Jennifer Allen is listed towards the top. http://davidrobertsartfoundation.com/collecting/

Link 7: I currently can't find a new link for Quilla Constance Freud Museum online, but I did find this article about Quilla Constance which discusses her work and the Electra Complex. Perhaps this could be cited elsewhere on the page? https://theoxfordculturereview.com/2016/04/15/review-qc/ and I've found this review of Quilla Constance work in The Oxford Mail -https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/artandbooks/art/14394631.Performance_artist_Quilla_Constance_challenges_taboo_at_St_John___s_College__Oxford/ - and The Freud Museum piece might be archived in print, off line. I will search for this at some point when I have time. Thanks, P — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:E70E:7E00:89DC:D1C:FC7F:B43B (talk) 16:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Please post this at the talk page of the article, I am sure interested editors will either pick this up or get involved into the discussion why the additions are not appropriate. I have no opinion myself, and I have no particular interest to the subject of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:57, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Deletion Question[edit]

I just discovered my "Watchlist" and found that you made some deletions. From that, I cannot find the area showing what the deletions were. Further, the policy "RD3" was given as a reason, but the link to that "redirects" to RD2, which covers a lot of information, so at this point I have no idea 1) What I did, 2) What was deleted, 3) Why it was deleted, in order to 4) avoid doing it again. Any information you could provide would be appreciated.Tym Whittier (talk) 22:07, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

I looked around some more and think that because I am "watching" the tea house page, I get notifications for everything, whether it involves me or not. True?Tym Whittier (talk) 22:16, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Yes, Tym Whittier, if you add the Teahouse (or any other page) to your watchlist, then you will get a notification on that list whenever the page is edited. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 22:20, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
I am not exactly sure about the context, but I might have revision-deleted (essentially, hidden) some disruptive edits from the Teahouse page a few days ago, and these deletions probably made it to the watchlist. These deletions had to do with a long-term vandal, and Tym Whittier certainly did not do anything related to this situation.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:47, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Constant vandalism![edit]

@Ymblanter: The article Prince (musician) has been vandalized at least four times that I now of this year. Can you put protection on his article.Catfurball (talk) 16:25, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done for 2 weeks--Ymblanter (talk) 16:29, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you![edit]

Kitten in a helmet.jpg

Thanks for putting protection on Prince (musician), stupid vandals.

Catfurball (talk) 17:38, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:42, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Personal Image and mention of the Badasvlad game[edit]

Ymblanter, thanks for your input. I noticed you removed the mention of the Badasvlad game citing unreliable source. The game has its own dedicated website and it is available on iTunes, Google and Amazon Appstores in both English and Russian versions. It has youtube and text descriptions along with game pages on Facebook, Twitter, VK and Instagram. The game name, description and appearances speak for itself. Could you shed some light on your rationale? ThanksTimelan (talk) 18:40, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

You may want to read WP:N and WP:RS.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Cholera epidemic in Lexington, KY[edit]

Would you be opposed to moving this back to the student's userspace so they can work on this? This definitely isn't ready to be a live article by any stretch and I think that the student may have been confused, thinking that they had to move their notes live. I'm going to give them some advice on how to work this into a proper article. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

As soon as it is not in the main space I am fine. The article is absolutely not ready for the main space and should not have been moved out of the draft.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:54, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
  • I whole heartedly agree and left the student a long message about this. Since you have the AfD open, would you be willing to move the page? I can move it myself, if you'd be willing to tag the AfD for deletion since no one has participated yet. I just don't want to overstep any boundaries as far as the AfD goes since it's one of my students. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:14, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
     Done I move the article to the draft: Draft:Cholera epidemic in Lexington, KY, and withdrew the nomination, which now must be closed by an uninvolved user.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:20, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
  • Thank you! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:54, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
    Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:06, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

212.112.122.132, misplaced block request[edit]

212.112.122.132 (talk · contribs) has posted a block request in Russian several times the past few days to Talk:Обсуждение участника:212.112.122.132, from what I can gather in regards to edits made by IP 91.122.197.13 on the Russian Wikipedia. Could you guide them in the right direction? Sam Sailor 22:09, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done, though apparently they are not interested in unblock, they want to have someone else blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:16, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Yes, that was what I wrote. They have not been blocked (at least not here) themself, so I don't know where "unblcok" enters the picture. Anyway, thanks for your assistance. I trust you G8 the talk page. Sam Sailor 22:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Let us keep it for some time, I so far do not see any potential for abuse.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:28, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Maratha Empire[edit]

Somebody is constantly adding a blatantly false Map of the Maratha Empire which is a user generated Map . How do I stop it from being constantly edited and protect the page from being changed ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subratadass (talkcontribs) 05:12, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Please start discussion at the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:27, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan representative[edit]

Could I ask you to talk to Красницкий Максим Анатольевич? His edit summaries on Nurlan Yermekbayev invoke the Kazakh Ministry of Defence (I asked for clarification on his user talk and he said that was what he meant by "MOD" and "mod"), and his edit request now that the article has been fully protected states that he is an official representative of the ministry. There is another editor with a Cyrillic user name, Храмулин Владимир Валерьевич, active at the same article and others, but I have not evaluated their editing, and I believe the self-identified official representative needs to be informed of our policies. There are messages in Russian on his talk page already, but I do not see any engaging his statements that the ministry should control the page. Yngvadottir (talk) 06:07, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I responded there in Russian, though in my experience unfortunately they will have difficulties understanding our policies. This "officially approved" stuff is everywhere, they often think that if they want this, the whole world must immediately comply.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:40, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Thank you. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:15, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Добрый день! Я официальный представитель пресс-службы Министерства обороны Республики Казахстан. В случае необходимости готовы официально подтвердить указанного пользователя как официально публикующего от имени Министерства обороны Республики Казахстан. Официальное письмо будет направлено через Департамент международного сотрудничества на Ваш адрес. Напишите пожалуйста адрес куда необходимо будет направить официальное письмо. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Красницкий Максим Анатольевич (talkcontribs) 08:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Добрый день. Видите ли, это не имеет никакого значения, как я там и написал. Совершенно неважно, кто пишет статью, будь это хоть сам министр обороны. Важно, чтобы статья удовлетворяла нашим правилам. В данном скучае, как я понимаю, возникли проблемы с проверяемостью (WP:V), важны также правила о биографиях ныне живущих персон (WP:BLP). Всё это надо обсуждать на стравице обсуждения статьи.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:30, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Я прочитал ваши правки. Но там мало информации о биографии и в Ваших правках отсутствую ссылки на статьи которые подтверждают ваши правки. Хочу уточнить почему наши правки где хронологический описывается биография министра обороны Республики Казахстан не удовлетворяют Вашим требованиям. Я согласен Вы правили в Параграфе "Образование" названия учебных заведений и указали ссылки. Пусть будет параграф "Образование" по Вашему. Но информацию параграфе "Биография" прошу оставить нашу версию. Мы должны придти к общему знаменателю. Спасибо за Ваше понимание. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Красницкий Максим Анатольевич (talkcontribs) 10:50, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Это какое-то недоразумение. Я вообще не правил эту статью. Пожалуйста, попробуйте обсудить это на странице обсуждения статьи.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Unprotection of Sofia Airport[edit]

Hi, can you please unprotect or reduce the protection of this page because the user who asked for the protection of the page has vandalised the page and added unsourced information, removed sourced information and hasn't followed the guidelines of WP:AIRPORT-CONTENT, the page has been reverted to out date information, the page is not up to date and needs to be updated to the correct information as its all incorrect. If not can you please revert the users edits so it is back to date the last up to date edit was this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sofia_Airport&diff=869187473&oldid=869186841 Thanks. CBG17 (talk) 21:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Please reach consensus at the talk page that protection is no longer needed.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:52, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

21st Century Fox[edit]

Thanks for protecting 21st Century Fox Pepper Gaming (talk) 10:24, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:30, 18 November 2018 (UTC)