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User talk:Addshore/Archive 16
Revision deletionHi, could you redact this grossly offensive edit per WP:REVDEL? [1] Thanks. Logical Cowboy (talk) 05:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
Bot flagHello, I hope to fix the bot when I have time so would prefer the bot flag to remain to save my administrative overhead. If I have to reapply for a flag it will become still more difficult to find time to repair the bot! Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 06:51, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
RfA questionThanks for the clarification. Though I think it would be perfectly fine to take part in a crat discussion because the purpose of that discussion is to evaluate the validity of various arguments. For the record, I agree with your opinion on the argument itself :) --regentspark (comment) 14:06, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
hyyyyyyyyhyyyyyyyy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.220.53.154 (talk • contribs) Did you mean ...?Hi. Your reply to Q13 concluded: "I feel I have proven myself as a trustworthy administrator and see no reason for this trust to be carried over to the bureaucrat role." Did you mean "... no reason for this trust not to be carried over ..."? :) --Stfg (talk) 14:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
RfA/RfB nominee silencingI've noticed an unfortunate and ongoing trend in which there is a significant and noticeable element of silencing discussion and nominees in RfA discussions. In various discussions, it appears that you have simply responded in good faith to speak your mind. Some of the contributors at your RfB have immediately stated that you have "badgered" people. Of course, this is not the case whatsoever. In the "real world" it is functional and righteous to address matters and to point out observances that one finds significant, particularly in work environments. While Wikipedia is part of the real world, it sometimes doesn't function as such. It appears that some contributors to RfA (and related) discussions have made a routine of immediately dismissing rational discourse as "badgering", a one-word explanation to oppose, in response to a person simply speaking (via typing) in a discussion. Intelligent discussion is certainly not pestering people. Good faith efforts to state or address concerns should never be dismissed using a one-letter word. How absurd. I encourage you to avoid caving-in and self-censoring because of some editors misinterpreting discussion as "badgering," which has unfortunately become part of the status quo at RfA (et al.) discussions. At my (first and only) RfA, which I went into cold with absolutely no preparation whatsoever, I also received some opposition because I spoke there. Rather than retreating and silencing myself in hopes to improve my chances, I instead just spoke freely when I felt that it would help to clarify matters. Freedom of speech is an important tenant in human rights; it's strange that people who contribute to an encyclopedia appear to contradict this so vehemently, eagerly discouraging nominees from speaking. In fact, it's just wrong. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Interwiki link requestsHi there. Is there a page/form for submitting requests for Addbot to update/remove certain interwiki links that are still on a Wikipedia? Namely, now that the English page Gloriosa superba has been created, it is incorrect for its equivalents in other languages to manually link back to en:Gloriosa_(genus) (see e.g. [2]). Best, It Is Me Here t / c 20:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
AddbotAddbot removes the 'Orphan' tag from Edgel on the grounds that it is linked to from Edgell. However the latter is not an article page but is a disambiguation page and my understanding is that this doesn't stop Edgel from being an orphan. If you agree could you prevent Addbot from de-orphaning items that are only linked to from disambig pages? Keep up the good work! Best wishes S a g a C i t y (talk) 11:44, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
merge tag does not negate orphan tagHi, I just added a merge tag to Tactics of terrorism suggesting that Typology of unconventional terrorism tactics should be merged into the former. Addbot automatically removed the "orphan" tag from Typology of unconventional terrorism tactics which probably shouldn't happen. It's not a big deal, but if it's possible to filter for this, it might be a good idea. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 19:13, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
AddbotIve just had to approve a page edit by Addbot. Shouldnt Addbot have auto-confirmed status, or something better? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29&action=history -- Nbound (talk) 16:42, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
I'd beat the 'crat....But if I'm reading your RfB right, that would now be you. Congratulations! --j⚛e deckertalk 00:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
PingingJust thought I should let you know I got to the bottom of the pinging issue, see here. I added the links after I added the main reply, therefor I did not sign in my edit and it did not ping :D ·addshore· talk to me! 09:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Rollback?Hi there! I was wondering if I could have rollback privileges so I can use the Huggle feature, I also wanted rollback because it would be easier to revert vandalism via browser, you can check my contributions if you think I am ineligible, if so please tell me why :) Thanks! --PrabashWhat? 02:05, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
Damn...I go away for a week, and I miss your RFB...congrats btw. :) Steven Zhang Help resolve disputes! 12:37, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Congratulations  I've closed your RfB as successful. As the result was certainly very close, I hope that you will keep in mind the concerns raised in the opposition. Good luck with your new tools, Maxim(talk) 00:03, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Using my own name for user nameI've read about it and I am comfortable with using my real name as user name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pandiaeee (talk • contribs) 04:11, 8 June 2013 (UTC) A pie for you!
Hi, Addshore. Sorry for bothering you but can you review my bot's task 4? Thank you. --Meno25 (talk) 12:29, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Recent CHUHi, I saw your rename of User:WilliamTaylorSimpson to User:IntlWriters, and I'm concerned. First, the stated reason for the username change isn't true. Any 'issues' the user has been experiencing are as a result of massive WP:IDHT and have nothing at all to do with their username. Second, I'm concerned about the new username itself, which seems corporate/organizational on its own, and doubly so when you look at some of the references and wording he uses. — The Potato Hose 16:55, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
William Taylor SimpsonYou renamed WilliamTaylorSimpson (talk · contribs) to IntlWriters (talk · contribs). I think the new name violates our policy against corporate user names. Or am I being too fussy? Please reply by endorsing or contradicting my request at User talk:IntlWriters#Username. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 21:28, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! I have read the comments above and his comments are not accurate or relevant. It seems that RHaworth continues his quest and I might add that I have no idea what caused it.WilliamTaylorSimpson (talk) 00:03, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
awbIt was broken the infobox. Please give me a chance to compete the remainings. --777sms (talk) 14:07, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Threateninghere you accuse yitan of threatening you, where exactly has this happened? ·addshore· talk to me! 14:14, 12 June 2013 (UTC) I have had enough of this. I tried to join wikipedia to help add articles but you are all bullying me and i want to leave. How do i delete my account?
I've tried to explain things to User_talk:GossipQueenNoughties but it appears she completely missed the point every time and just kept vandalizing my Talk. Not sure what else I could have done. Yintan 14:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
I am a fan of musical theatre here in the uk and i wanted to add an article about someone i saw in a show and yintan was extremely derogatory in his reasons for submitting a deletion request. I feel he was threatening me saying i would be blocked. He also states "now that was a dumb thing to do" I took this as a direct threat as he implied a consequence. I then tried to be the mature one and reason with him stating that perhaps i did need some help with my contributions but he was not forthcoming with help at all. I then deleted everything and told him this should be the end of the matter but he keeps reinstating it to his profile. I feel extremely unwelcomed by him and as an 'admin' he should be supporting people not looking for fault and being aggressive. I would appreciate any assistance you could provide me with in deleting all matters to do with my article and i would also like to delete my accout GossipQueenNoughties. Many Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GossipQueenNoughties (talk • contribs)
Well i do not feel i have been treated fairly or kindly by yintan or his cronies that ganged up on me. I was going to do profiles for all of the people in the show but i dont want anything to do with wikipedia as evidently you condone bullying. I will be informing the police of what goes on here. You ought to be ashamed of allowing such behaviour on a site that actively encourages contributions. GossipQueenNoughties (talk) 14:52, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Looking foward to getting into touch with those who have written or edited the entry about Osvald SirenI am a PhD student in China doing a dissertation on Chinese Art connoisseurship collecting.
I am interested in Osvald Siren's stay in Peking in the early 1920s. I guess he might have visited the most prominent collector of Chinese art in early Republican-era Peking, Ching Hsien( also known as King Pu-sun or Ching Pu-sun).
But unfortunately I have no access to Osvald Siren papers or his works.
I think if the name Ching Hsien(Ching Pu-sun or King Pu-sun) appeared in indexes to Osvald Siren's works, it might suggest that Osvald Siren might have visited Ching Hsien.
I look foward to getting into contact with those who have written or edited the entry about Osvald Siren.
My email address is
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777smsThe changes have been made to all the articles and I double checked the work; there should be no issues on any of the affected pages now. I'll be online for a bit running different checks momentarily. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 22:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
awbI had made the remining thing done, and it works good. I did the duty sincerely. Please give me a chance to do it. I see the talk and I promise I will use it prudently.--777sms (talk) 09:04, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Category Updating (birth/death)I wish to do Category Updating (birth/death) with AWB. So I tell you on your talk page. :)--777sms (talk) 12:02, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of User:Addshore/Sandbox
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that User:Addshore/Sandbox, a page that you created, has been tagged for deletion. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
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 "Click here to 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 removed 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. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 13:08, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
name changeBureaucrat note: "Are you aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name?" Quoted HAL, 27/06/2013 ·addshore· Yes,thanks
Please shoot me an emailI just got a subscription request to wikien-bureaucrats that I'm 99.9% sure is you, but just to verify, please send me an email and tell me what your email address is. Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:17, 14 June 2013 (UTC) WP:Snuggle is live at snuggle.grouplens.org Snuggle, the newcomer socialization tool I've been building, is finally ready for general use. All you need to do to get started is point your browser to https://snuggle.grouplens.org. Let me know if you run into any trouble. I'll be watching WT:Snuggle. Or you can also just contact me directly. Thanks for your patience. See also:
--EpochFail(talk • work) 19:46, 14 June 2013 (UTC) Re: Snuggle on LabsSee User_talk:EpochFail#Snuggle_on_Labs. --EpochFail(talk • work) 01:44, 15 June 2013 (UTC) Alexgriz username changeYes, I am aware of what might happen- I hope my edits are non-controversial enough that I will not run into trouble, and I can use an anonymous post if necessary. I have to admit, though, I am making the request with the idea that if it gets bad, I will revert to a more cryptic username, possibly my old one. If that is the wrong attitude, then don't make the change, but I feel like I would like to try using my real name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgriz (talk • contribs) 19:08, 16 June 2013 (UTC) You are invited to the Bristol Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Commercial Rooms, 43-45 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT on Sunday 28 July 2013 from 1.00 pm. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Bristol topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC) Global name change requestI would like to request a global username change now that my simple username change has been completed. The goal is to also change the Commons username from Elcaminoplaza to Peterzapp. Thank you for your assistance.Peterzapp (talk) 05:03, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Regarding Simpsons episode: KABF21You edited the article of the episode "The Burns and the Bees" a few months ago, so I thought you'd be good to ask. A bit of a dilemma on a scene. In the episode, at part of the bees forming a beard on Lisa, one part had me worried. Before that, the queen be stung her cheek and then she had hold the stinger in place in order to give off-- er.. "phere-mones" to attract the rest, but Lisa still looked unharmed and it confused me. I understand that a queen bee has a barbless stinger which can be used several times and that seems to indicate me that her sting can be stronger. If a queen bee stings can it be seriously toxic and/or do any paralysis of any kind? Is the queen be dangerous when made contact with, that is when it is healthy? I've never been stung myself, but I understand that an allergy to bee stings runs somewhere in my family, I worry about how dangerous it can be. Anyway, why was nothing else said about Lisa getting stung, nor was any mark left? The regular show shows mainly natural content now and then while in canon running. It may not matter and I may just be getting touchy, but I just can't stand by. Please reply soon. -- User:CastellanetaFan —Preceding undated comment added 02:49, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Christopher DornerWhy has my edit on this true legends' page been removed? The man stood up for what he believed in and sacrificed his life to root out corruption in the LAPD. He is the definition of a national hero. Please Re-instate his Hero status on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.62.23.184 (talk) 09:10, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
cant tell if up for reviewSo i wrote an article. It said it was a draft and not pending review So i clicked where it say submit for review, but on that page the actual info itself still has a box saying not submitted for review but below at the end of the page says in yellow it is submitted for review...i am so confused on how to tell i its up for review or not — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnotherStreamFan (talk • contribs) 12:14, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
So i thought i did that, but when i visit my contributions page and look at the article it has a grey box in the middle saying its just a draft, and at the bottom of the page a yellow box that says it is submitted for review....which one is correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnotherStreamFan (talk • contribs) 12:21, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Ohhhhh okay that makes sense. Thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnotherStreamFan (talk • contribs)
Why did you move the Tanzania articles?Given that the Tanzanian government entitles its ministries "Co-operative" and "Co-operation", on what basis did you move these articles? Cheers. AfricaTanz (talk) 21:40, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Several account namesHi, addshore, you changed a user name above. I got to that name change because I was looking at T.A.V, which has been tagged for speedy deletion. That led me to this subpage of User:T.A.V Tunes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Putting aside the merits of the A7 tag, although User:T.A.V Tunes hasn't edited since September 2012, I'm assuming he is the same person as RohanBose, who didn't disclose this connection when requesting a user name change. This is twice this week that I have gotten caught in the thicket of user name changes, which before this, I never had anything to do with (and as a non-crat have no authority anyway). Is there any reason for concern here? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:23, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
You are invited for discussionHello, As one of the participants in the original discussion, you are invited to participate in the follow-up discussion to a Mass removal of indefinite rangeblocks under controlled conditions. Your views will be appreciated. Cheers, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 06:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC) Name changeSalutations Addshore! I was just hoping you could give me an idea what goes on behind the scenes in name changes? At Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple, I see every few hours admins. doing what they do, yet I always get passed up, w/out comments...I'm not complaining, nor asking for special favors, I'd just like to know what/if any issues are preventing my name change. Thank you! EzPz (talk) 22:21, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Changing user nameCould you please tell me what are the risks would I have to face? What you mean by detaching account from global account here?
meta:Steward_requests/Username_changes. ·addshore· talk to me! 10:25, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
BOT for COI Request EditHi Addshore. About two months ago there was a successful bot request to test Template:COI editnotice on the Talk page of articles about extant organizations. I was circling back to see if the template had produced more Request Edits on those articles and realized there were only 40 articles in the category I suggested we test it in! Naturally, we need a sample size closer to 1,000, seeing as 5 Request Edits per month on 1,000 articles (16% per of them per year) would be a reasonable success. Is it possible for us to expand the trial implementation to a larger category?. CorporateM (Talk) 14:02, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Posted here. I noticed the original bot request said it would effect 1,000+ articles, so now I'm unsure if we needed a larger category or if the bot was never run on the entire category, since he was still doing some trouble-shooting. CorporateM (Talk) 14:13, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Username change requestI am new on Wikipedia, I want to contribute my free time to add some genuine content and information. Please change my username, Its blocked by mistake. I want to new start sir — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaratechnofutures (talk • contribs) 13:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
urgentI want to add some picks of one Indian politician please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaratechnofutures (talk • contribs)
Username change requestI request you to please rename my account as The One. I assure you that I will not bring any disgrace to new username and I will be very responsible, active and fruitful wikipedian. Thanks. neo (talk) 07:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Hi, addshore, you renamed this account on July 2. User:ItsZippy blocked Sticks for edit warring. Carly came along and continued the edit war. I could just block Carly for the equivalent time as the Sticks account, but it seems that more is needed. What are your thoughts?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:17, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 Dairy Farm SimulatorThis regarding Dairy Farm Simulator. I don't get why Dairy Farm Simulator gets removed while others like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Architect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtonomics Still are up their. Dairy Farm Simulator is an unique. It is the first and only game out their that ever was create of this genre being as realistic as possible. That's why it should be up on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PatrickNZVDM (talk • contribs) 01:56, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
I have found some references, One in particular using which the games uses these formulas and methods for calculate milking times that no other similar game uses this for their milking algorithm -> http://www.cowtime.com.au/Main.asp?_=Shorter%20Milking%20Secrets — Preceding unsigned comment added by PatrickNZVDM (talk • contribs) 15:40, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
I have found another reference http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66240947 as especially in New Zealand milk payouts are calulated as milk solids and Dairy Farm Simulator does exactly that instead of others like per liter payout. PatrickNZVDM (talk) 01:36, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Does this count: http://www.xcheque.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4915:making-sense-out-of-units-of-milk-price&Itemid=67&tmpl=component&print=1 PatrickNZVDM (talk) 22:38, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
I found some more references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazing#Rotational , http://www.hrwc.net/rotationalgrazing.htm PatrickNZVDM (talk) 05:38, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
Is that enough to hold up the page or do I need to find more references.PatrickNZVDM (talk) 04:21, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Will do. Can you please remove the protection of the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_Farm_Simulator so I can add the references to them.PatrickNZVDM (talk) 02:04, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
http://www.cowtime.com.au/Main.asp?_=Shorter%20Milking%20Secrets http://www.xcheque.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4915:making-sense-out-of-units-of-milk-price&Itemid=67&tmpl=component&print=1 http://www.hrwc.net/rotationalgrazing.htm PatrickNZVDM (talk) 05:11, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
UnbundlingHi. I noticed your question about past discussions around un-bundling the admin tools, at WP:BN, and was curious. I had a quick search, and found Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard/Archive_28#Tools as the most recent abstract discussion in that forum. I also added 2 more examples to Peren. HTH. Now back to other tangents! ttfn, –Quiddity (talk) 05:40, 13 July 2013 (UTC) Naming IssuesHi Addshore, I got recommended here off the IRC:I have a naming request. On the IRC, due to . not working, my name is Matty007. My username on WP is Matty.007, and I was advised, upon a query, to register the username Matty007, with a redirect to my normal user page, such as User:IDoH redirecting to User:I dream of horses for IRC reasons. However, Matty007 was registered in 2007, see here. As someone on the IRC said, please could you "rename it and let you [me] have the username"? Thanks, Matty.007 11:23, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
IRC office hours for wiki-mentors and Snuggle usersHi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to try out Snuggle and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in #wikimedia-office connect on Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC. See the agenda for more info. --EpochFail(talk • work), Technical 13 (talk), TheOriginalSoni (talk) 17:07, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
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The Dan Crary article,That article is not an autobiography or the work of anyones self interest. It is the Biography of a renowned musician. Yes it needs work but it does not require anything other than assistance. This assistance has been requested on the articles Talk Page. I removed the tags your bot placed on the article and am looking around for a tag that says something such this article needs help. Thanks for your help. And feel free to join in on the editing of this article. Michaelgossett (talk) 22:30, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Hey Addshore. For reference, WeldingBot, which you blocked as an unauthorised bot, has also been found to be a sockpuppet. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LogoSubcheck for more information. No action is required, I just thought you might appreciate being informed. Thanks! --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 23:14, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
'Aryan' webpageHello,,can you please take a look at what has been happening on the 'Aryan' webpage,,Administrators are deleting all material relating to the Gaelic word Tara as having a possible link to the word Aryan,,even though it has perfectly valid references.They are even deleting material from the talk page and from the undelete request page and they have locked the page,one of the Admin by the name of Paul B started abusing a user also with the word ,Domn't, . Something very wrong is going on here, can you please help sort this out.--Fomact (talk) 23:29, 18 July 2013 (UTC) Username Change pleaseHello. I would like my name to be renamed. My current username does give away my name and the year I was born. I would like it to be changed to SweetMustard. Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timee96 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Request for attentionYou're listed as an active member of the Bot Approvals Group. I would like to draw your attention to the outstanding WP:BRFA requests (including requests that are specificly flagging as need BAG attention). Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule and take a look at the open requests. Thank you Hasteur (talk) 18:09, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
URGENT DELETION MESSAGEDEAR ADMINISTRATOR, I request that my account be deleted with immediate effect, and that all my edits in the past, and past edit histories, be permanently removed from public viewing. Deletion of my account, City of Lukington, would be immensely appreciated. I hope that this reaches you soon and that you are able to act upon my request. Yours sincerely, Unknown user (formerly City of Lukington) — Preceding unsigned comment added by City of Lukington (talk • contribs) 20:31, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Question on changing account nameHi Addshore, One of the admins said they don't like my account name. Now that I have a little experience with Wikipedia, I get that this account name sounds sort of sanctimonious in debates. WP:Account says "User accounts with few or no edits might not be renamed, as it is quicker and easier to simply create a new account." How do I determine if I have few enough edits to create a new account? If I create a new account, is there anything I need to do (besides never accessing the old account) to avoid any appearance of sockpuppeting? Thanks for any info -Truthwillneverdie (talk) 20:50, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Misuse of {{Unreferenced}} by Legobot?Hi. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_Innerå "(cur | prev) 02:00, 6 August 2013 Legobot (talk | contribs) m . . (5,820 bytes) (+19) . . (BOT: Dating templates: {{unreferenced}} (1). Errors? stop me) (undo)" There are tens of references to articles for this profile, why was the {{unreferenced}}- tag put in?
Need help regarding deleted fileHello, could you be as kind as to inform me as to who was the original uploader of this file? I'd like to contact this user to obtain a copy of the file, as it was deleted on both the Commons and Wikipedia. Thank you. Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 23:52, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
RequestAddbot moved 5 interwiki links from Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union to Wikidata on d:q4204204 and left 3 interwiki links in the article. I don’t know why the 3 interwiki links are left. It seems to me they should be moved as well. --Psychiatrick (talk) 23:44, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
I vote to have Fut.Perf.☼ Administrator status removed!I am sorry if I am bothering you. This is not a personal attack on this guy, but when I was discussing a proposal that I made on both the Roman and Byzantine Empire talk pages, user and administrator [[User talk:Future Perfect at Sunrise|☼] came off extremely rudely on both, closed the discussions on the Byzantine Empire talk page and went as far as threatening to block me from editing if I were to discuss it further. That was completely uncalled for! I brought this up on my talk page and even though this user who has almost as many rights as [[User talk:Future Perfect at Sunrise|☼] does opposed the proposal, he did agree that what the administrator did was abrupt and rude and did not know why he did such. I went on to [[User talk:Future Perfect at Sunrise|☼] calling him out on it and asked for an apology and he has yet to give me one. I have not been a user on Wikipedia for that long at all. In fact, I have only been a user on Wikipedia for 3 weeks. I have never encountered someone who has come off so rudely or has been rude or mean like that period. Many people have also complained to him about how he flags other users contents. With all of this being said, it is safe to assume that he has been abusing his administrator rights and deserves to be stripped of his administrator status. Keeby101 (talk) 22:41, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
One last favor. :)I sincerely hope I am not wasting your time with this topic. I will try my hardest to explain this. This is a current edit war that has been going on for a while. I am not sure if I should have gone to a Bureaucrat about this a long time ago or not, but I probably should have as it has gone on for too long and keeps getting rehashed. If you see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire it has been going on for four years. When I was a brand new user on Wikipedia, my first edit was on the Sasanian Empire article and I went on to the talk page of the article to discuss it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sasanian_Empire#The_map_of_the_Sassanid_Empire and it kinda got out of hand. One of the users named Constantine ✍ came off strong and I fired back (didn't know guidelines at the time) and then I made new maps, but another user came in and complained about the color so I made another map and then that Constantine ✍ came off strong again and then I made another map and had multiple sources to back it up. It eventually came to the point where I put in a dispute resolution request and asked for as many administrators as possible to either come on to the talk page and decide which map would be the infobox image or take a vote on on having a brand new map being made by one of the Administrators or from somewhere on the internet , but it didn't work as the request was closed as unresolved and only one who commented on the discussion was Constantine ✍ who is the main user that I have been edit warring with. User Kathovo has agreed and disagreed on some of my maps. In fact Kathovo has been rather neutral on the matter. Then an administrator named Stephan Schulz came onto the talk page and originally he did not aknowledge most of the sources that I cited so he went on to my talk page and said and I quote "Hi Keeby101. I've tried to look at the list of sources you provided, and it is indeed not always easy to figure out what you re referring to. While there are many different academic styles to citing, the core idea is always the same: Identify the source in a way that makes it possible (and convenient) for the reader to find your source. Thus, for a book you typically provide title, author, publisher, and year of publication. When you only use a small part of the book, a page number is appropriate. Some books are really collections of individual essays. The Sassanian Era is an example. You can usually identify these because the book has an editor, not an author. In that case, you usually cite not the book, but the individual essay (say Nicholas Sims-Williams (2008). "The Sassanians in the East". In Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Sarah Steward. The Sasanian Era. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. pp. 88–102. Retrieved 10 August 2013.). You don't need to use the templates, but do provide the information. Sims-Williams has his own bibliography online here - you can see how the author himself list his publications. Good luck!" Back on the Sasanian Empire talk page I was confronted by a user named Laszlo Panflex who had been involved in the edit war for quite a long time and I told him that I am indeed very busy in real life and as a result I do not have enough time to those very same books that I read long ago and even if I did, I do not exactly keep track of the page numbers and then I told him that I have a hard time citing the pages and if I was able to do so I would cite them and quote from them and most certainly win the edit war. I asked him to help me try to cite the pages and then he ended up saying "You are asking me -- no, "everyone" -- to teach you how to do research and cite sources. I'm sorry, but I don't have time to be your tutor, and I have research of my own to conduct in the limited time I do have. You say you are busy but disregard that we are, too. You do not have to link to everything you cite, but providing page numbers is essential. Simply saying, I read it a long time ago does not help someone who wants to look up the source. (Ultimately, WP is a research source to lead others to more comprehensive sources; if you do not cite with precision, it does not help people find information they are seeking.) If the book is online, provide a link. How? Look at how Constantine cites his sources and follow that. Go to tutorial pages (as I have directed you to before) and figure it (like we have had to do). Ask at the help desk where people volunteer to help. How to do research? Google research methodology and read up on the subject. Take some courses -- I've spent years learning to do thorough and precise research. Want an example of how to cite a statement, here you go: "Avoid excessive emphasis: CAPITAL LETTERS are considered shouting and are virtually never appropriate. Bolding may be used to highlight key words or phrases (most usually to highlight "oppose" or "support" summaries of an editor's view), but should be used judiciously, as it may appear the equivalent of the writer raising his voice. WP:SHOUT." I've repeatedly encouraged you to review etiquette guidelines and other wiki-policies (including the page I quote here), but you continue to lose your temper and disregard them. Getting in constant edit wars with people should tell you that you are approaching this improperly. I tried to explain that a couple of weeks ago, but it is simply taking up all my wiki-time and is apparently not helping. I replied back saying "Alright, understood and actually your explanations to me are helping a little. On the bolding and shouting part, I aknowledged all of what you said and stated on my talk page that I will no longer do that. I will not bold or use caps anymore, repeat, will not do that anymore. Now I have not disregarded the pages you have directed me to. At least not all of them, I disregarded the tutorial pages for reasons I have no idea why and I regret it. Truly I do not mean to bold or use all caps. I indeed have a short temper and I will fix that. Now I will go to those tutorial pages when I have spare time and when I figure it out (which will take a while) I will cite the pages as you all have asked Ok. Peace ☮" No one has responded since then, but I know that someone will and when that happens tensions are going to heat up again. I put up this map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sasanian_Persian_Empire_ca._620_A.D.jpg in the mean time which is from what I have read in books that I have rented from my local libraries (which were the books that I cited on the talk page) and Encyclopedia Iranica accurate. The reason why I am bringing this up is because I do not know what to do about this situation anymore. A consensus has not been reached and probably never will by the looks of the way this edit war is going and the dispute resolution didn't work either and no matter how many administrators I try to get involved to try to end this it won't end, instead it either is briefly calm or it ends up escalating. I truly do not know what to do about this anymore. So I have decided to turn to you and see if you can possibly bring this thing to an end and possibly prevent an edit war like this on that talk page from being rehashed like it has been for the past 4 years (well before I was even a user here). I just wanted to see if you could do one last favor. :) Keeby101 (talk) 01:32, 12 August 2013 (UTC) P.S. I hope that this is not considered Canvasing. To be brutally hontest I didn't know what Canvasing was until an hour ago when administrator Sowlos mentioned it to me. Still I hope you can do this one last request of mine, I am not saying for you to take my side, I just thought that you will take a neutral course of action and end the edit war on the talk page via neutral point of view. Peace ☮ Keeby101 (talk) 20:33, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Addbot removing orphan template from orphaned pageHello. I recently added {{orphan}} to the article Will McCants, which was reverted by User:Addbot on the grounds that it's linked from McCants. However, McCants is a disambiguation page, and WP:ORPHAN#Criteria clearly states that links from disambiguation pages don't count. (Perhaps the bot couldn't tell that McCants is a dab page as it doesn't have 'disambiguation' in the title?) Anyway, that aside Will McCants has no incoming links, so the orphan template should be restored. Robofish (talk) 18:05, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
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