User talk:Coldstreamer20
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Coldstreamer20 (talk) 02:09, 4 January 2022 (UTC) Smaller unit TemplatesHi @Dormskirk and @Buckshot06, I'm currently trying out a new 'template' (so to speak) on the expansion of minor unit pages/creation using a certain template. For instance, the history, organisation, at-least one picture (if needed), at-least one physical reference, and an infobox. The reason I bring this up is because I'm trying it out and if you have the time, I would appreciate a peer review. The two units I've used this 'template' on are here: 1st Regiment, Royal Military Police and 211th (Wessex) Field Hospital. Cheers, Coldstreamer20 (talk) 01:24, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 1st Prussian Infantry RegimentHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1st Prussian Infantry Regiment you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shushugah -- Shushugah (talk) 21:41, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Template:Coat of arms with common ornaments / parameters Test, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC) User:Coldstreamer20 (J-Man11) and WP:PRIMARYSOURCESDear Coldstreamer20, in view of your editing after my note of 4 January above, I have raised what is effectively a preliminary ANI regarding your editing and the previously proposed site topic ban. See wt:milhist. Regards, Buckshot06 (talk) 08:44, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
MovingHello again @Dormskirk, so regarding moves with redirects, I'd like to move Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur to just simply Philippe Henri Ségur. However, the latter has a redirect already, so I'm coming here to ask how to deal with that. I know it caused issues regarding both Commander Field Army and Field Army, so I'd like to know how to go about it without creating a bunch of double redirects. Coldstreamer20 (talk) 13:46, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
NoteHi there @SmartyPants22, I use YouTube rather often, and love a channel called "Battle Order". Thought I would tag you as you might find this video: [1] rather interesting. This channel goes in-depth with army structures, history, and roles, etc. Recently a video was done regarding the upcoming 1st Deep Strike Reconnaissance Brigade and might find it useful/interesting. I know it can't be used as a source, but still a good little video to describe it all. Coldstreamer20 (talk) 13:49, 8 January 2022 (UTC) Question about imagesHi there @Dormskirk, I noticed you've uploaded a few images every now and then, so I thought I would ask you this question, but I'll also ask @Thewolfchild. I've uploaded images lately for the new updated cap badges to Wikimedia Commons. However, according to a few people and a good explanation, I know I shouldn't, and in-fact need to upload them here as per the MoD's license regarding uses images specifically on Wikipedia. So, my question is do these: File:Royal Scots Fusiliers Cap badge.png and File:Queen's Own Highlanders Cap badge.png look fine regarding copyright information, free use rationale, etc.? Cheers, Coldstreamer20 (talk) 20:34, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Again, tags?Hi @Thewolfchild, again for some reason I don't get your messages, and I have no idea why. I added the archive fix that you added, thanks for that! Coldstreamer20 (talk) 22:47, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Moved 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, 651 Squadron AAC and 1 ISR Wing editsIn November 2021, you moved "18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment" to 18th Signal Regiment (United Kingdom). In the edit comment you wrote "As per discussion on talk page, titles being streamlined." There is no discussion on the article's talk page about moving the article. Why did you move the article changing its sourced designation from "18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment" to "18th Signal Regiment"? In September 2021, you edited No. 651 Squadron AAC that according to a FOI response "the squadron comprises 6 x Britten-Norman Defenders, in addition 3 are in the sustainment fleet". The response is dated January 2020. The Defender was retired from service in June 2021. In August 2021, I edited the Britten-Norman Defender that it had been reported in July that the Defender had been retired from service in June 2021. I have removed your edit and updated the article that the Defender was retired. In August 2021, I pinged you in Talk for No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF that I couldn't find any references for your uncited intro edit that the Wing was formed as a result of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. I edited the intro adding citations. As you never replied, I have removed the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 from the article.--Melbguy05 (talk) 02:34, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Request for reviewHi there @Buckshot06 and @Dormskirk when you have the change, if you wouldn't mind could you review a new page I just created. NOTE: I did use the RAF website as a reference for a few things, but they are ALL backed up by secondary references. See here: No 1 Air Mobility Wing RAF. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 04:50, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Right so, Buckshot now that we've both calmed down a bit after yesterday's skive, I'd like to ask about something which I haven't seen any comments from you specifically on. I've created several articles, almost 1/2 of which are now Good Articles regarding the Napoleonic Wars and before that (my main specialty). For instance, 1st Swiss Regiment (France), Dauphin's Cavalry Regiment, Armagnac Infantry Regiment, Breton Chasseurs, and Tirailleurs du Po. May I ask how you specifically feel about this, and if there is anything you see which needs improvement, or things you see which are good I could do more of, or bring over to others, etc. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 16:56, 12 January 2022 (UTC) New British Army Special Forces Template duplication of existing UKSF TemplateColdstreamer20, last month you created a new Template:British Army Special Forces. The template is largely a duplication of the existing Template:United Kingdom Special Forces. Why is there a need for two templates? The only difference I see is that the Army Special Operations Brigade, the Ranger Regiment and the Future Commando Force are included in the new template. These units are described as "special operations forces" distinguishing them from "special forces". The term special operations forces is used interchangeably with special forces. Countries use either term to describe these units. Special operations forces is a re-direct and wikilinks to the special forces article. I have not seen these new units officially described as "special operations forces" but rather as "special operations-capable".[1] The Special Boat Service and Future Commando Force are not British Army. Why can't the existing template be modified to include special operations-capable units? --Melbguy05 (talk) 06:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
References
Royal Navy 2021 sandboxI did quite a considerable amount of work on this - is there a copy anywhere accessible now? Buckshot06 (talk) 05:46, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
January 2022 BlockYou have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating the non-free content policy, as you did at User:Coldstreamer20/Structure of the British Army in 2010. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} . — JJMC89 (T·C) 18:03, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Coldstreamer20 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: Uhm.. Hi there @JJMC89:, for some reason your bot just blocked me for reverting edits for icons on a sandbox? It was my understanding that the icons are fine if they aren't in the mainspace. I can revert my edits and remove the icons, but I wasn't aware I couldn't use them even in sandboxes. If need be I'll appeal this block since I didn't understand I couldn't use it in my sandboxes (sorry for saying that a million times). I'll remove the icons since that was my mistake, apologies about that. To be honest I wish you had given me a warning and where to view the issue, since I didn't know I couldn't use them on sandboxes even. Sorry for the inconvenience. Look at it now, I didn't see until just now about the part regarding "Restrictions on location. Non-free content is allowed only in articles (not disambiguation pages), and only in the article namespace, subject to exemptions." Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 18:15, 13 January 2022 (UTC) Decline reason: Firstly, thank you to CS20 for their patience and for those who have tendered their positions alongside relevant details. I've declined on the basis that the appeal doesn't sufficiently make me confident on the multiple grounds raises: copyright, the milhist areas and so on. That said, I don't believe I remain as confident of these judgements as, say, JJMC89 is, and, as such, would suggest that CS20 make an additional appeal covering the various areas that I can then place on AN for a community review. I would suggest they also propose their own editing restrictions within it and state the reasons why they'd be relevant. This isn't mandatory (another admin might accept a direct appeal), and does come with the reminder that should AN review and decline, it will become a CBAN. Nosebagbear (talk) 09:38, 31 January 2022 (UTC) If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
January 2022 Copyright issueYour edit to No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. --Melbguy05 (talk) 12:53, 14 January 2022 (UTC) January 2022 Non-free content imageThank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload files. However, it appears that one or more of the files you have uploaded or added to a page, specifically File:Badge airborne delivery wing 1024x1024.png, may fail our non-free policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted file of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Melbguy05 (talk) 13:58, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
Your GA nomination of 1st Prussian Infantry RegimentThe article 1st Prussian Infantry Regiment you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:1st Prussian Infantry Regiment for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Shushugah -- Shushugah (talk) 02:21, 23 January 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022
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Coldstreamer20 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: So, I'm trying this appeal again here, per the recommendation from Nosebagbear. I was blocked back on the 13th of January for using (what I thought at the time) as copyright images free to use on sandboxes, but not on main space pages. Now, this quickly became an issue when @JJMC89 (who I thought was a bot at the time) kept reverting the images which caused the issues. These images, I can say I knew were copyrighted, however I didn't until around the 15th or so understand the images issue on Wikipedia. After I learned the issues this could cause, I began trying to fix the issue, but was blocked while removing them in my edit. Later on, I learned (after this block) that JJ is in-fact not a bot, and a real person so we were going back-and-forth. Editors can see here the back and forth issues. So, this brings us to the issues which at the time, but now after the block realise: * 1) JJ is NOT a bot (something I thought, because the first edit says the user is 'JJMC89 bot', and didn't see the others weren't from this bot * 2) The reverted edits from JJ stated "Removed WP:NFCC violation(s). Non-free files are only permitted in articles." Something which at the time I actually thought was just an automated message. * 3) After realising my mistake, I saw I was going back-and-forth as I stated with JJ, not realising he was actually an admin removing copyrighted images. * 4) Why was this an issue for me? Well, I wasn't aware at the time that I couldn't use the copyrighted images even on my Sandboxes, which I hadn't understood. After the block, I took the time to check the image issues and noticed the problems it causes and the issued I didn't understand regarding the use of the images. I thought that they were fine to be used on sandboxes because they aren't in the mainspace, but I then learned this isn't the case, and can't be used at all, ONLY on the page is for. * 5) What can I do? Well, #1 As I stated, I took the time to check what the issue actually was, and I will admit, after the block happened because I hadn't realised JJ was not a bot and wanted to stop with the back-and-forth. #2 after I took the time to check the issues, I saw how this can be an issue and very much understand how the images can only be used on the pages they are for, and nothing else. #3 Restrictions: ** #3A) Remove ALL images from my sandboxes, and only add them with consent of an admin or someone who wouldn't mind checking over the page first. ** #3B) Require all pages moving from sandboxes go to draft first and be reviewed, and in that case have an admin check for image/copyright issues, which can be problems on the page and down the road. * 6) Where does that leave me? I will admit that when this was all occurring at the beginning of the month, I honestly didn't realise that JJ wasn't a bot. As I stated, that first edit was from his bot, and immediately assumed that they were all from the bot because it was the same changes every time. This caused issues, and I can freely admit now that this wasn't just a copyright issue, but a problem because I was reverting an admin's edits. I very much know how this looks to others as if I couldn't care about JJ's authority or his good work trying to make sure copyright issues don't occur. * 7) As I stated, I freely admit I was wrong, and not just wrong, but an idiot (frankly) and acted like a fool, not checking that it was in-fact JJ, and not a bot who was reverting the edits so that way copyright issue wouldn't occur. At the time, I had no idea that the images couldn't be used on sandboxes, but now that I know this I very much see the problem this causes and an/will cause for me and my background for edits. I hope I've answered everything which was needed to be answered, and hope I'm able to be un-blocked, because I really want to do more on Wikipedia and have plenty to share. The images issue is a very recently problem for me, as I've typically not done much in the way of images, and made an honest mistake which unfortunately JJ took far very quickly without warning. I know that even when I had this issue occurring, I was planning on making changes to my pages and such, especially regarding copyrighted images which need to be replaced, adding my own made images, and remove myself from post-1900 military edits as per the discussions by Buckshot06. I very much want to come back though, and hopefully get rid of this stain and not do any image additions which would cause copyright issues. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 18:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC) Decline reason: Appeal was rejected by the community. Yamla (talk) 11:04, 4 March 2022 (UTC) If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Your appeal was unsuccessful, with the closing rationale being: FOIA responseHello there @Buckshot06, since you wanted to see the Royal Navy structure changes since 2020, I'll provide a link here for you. I was able to finally get my FOIA answered regarding command post, their star rating, establishment dates, and which commander they report to. See it here. Hope it helps. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 00:17, 5 February 2022 (UTC) Wrong LinkHi there @Nosebagbear, I noticed you tagged the discussion which I appreciate, but you tagged the wrong one. The correct discussion is here. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 15:20, 8 February 2022 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:UBX/Trump SupporterUser:UBX/Trump Supporter, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:UBX/Trump Supporter and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:UBX/Trump Supporter during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Dronebogus (talk) 01:42, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Bias deletion requestHi there @Rosguill and @Nosebagbear, can I ask you to look here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:UBX/Trump Supporter. This is clearly a bias deletion request considering it ends with: "was rigged/fake/whatever bullshit". Please fix this or atleast comment on here to remove this bias request for deletion. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here or see my made pages! 01:46, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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Coldstreamer20 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: Background: I've been a member of the Wikipedia community since June 2017, and free to admit that my time has been, well sketchy at best. When I first stated, I had issues with sourcing (as everyone does in the beginning), however then, I not only had trouble asking for help, but didn't stop making frankly awful edits. This culminated in a series of blocks, including the 22nd October 2018 by Buckshot06 for "poorly-sourced pages and not communicating", then the 13th of November for "disruptive editing", and then the 16th of November again for "disruptive editing". Then, in 2019 three more blocks followed for "poor editing quality and disruptive editing", and once again in September of 2020 for "socking". All of these times, the block was for the some basic issues (except the socking one) – that is poorly sourced edits and a lack of communication. Now, as I said when I started my sourcing was awful, and even to this day, it's still sketchy and I have freely admitted multiple times that I have trouble with understanding the difference and also when & when not to use Primary vs. Secondary edits. Blocks and my Issues: During the summer of 2021, I began getting help for a short time from the amazing Mr. Rosguill (User:Rosguill/J-Man11 primary sources practice), which helped expand my knowledge regarding Primary vs. Secondary, however the help went off the deep-end due to Rosguill's business as an administrator. During this period, the editor's assistance was very useful, and I very much wished it continued. After the drying up of assistance, I then moved to the discord and achieved a lot of help via. other editors and an adopter who helped a lot with understand when and when not to use primary vs. secondary sources. After a lengthy block, I finally returned and vowed to make my edits better and my pages. In this area, I made significant headway including several of my first Good Article nominations and later acceptances for them. However, as per normal, there were issues, especially on modern-era (referring to post Second World War here) pages and edits. In this field, once again I will admit there were not just issues, but headaches for both sides, myself and Buckshot and other editors, as it was not just him. The infamous example would by the Structure of the British Army in 1989, where the issue of Primary vs. Secondary get heated. Initially, my thought was that primary sources could be used if they were old enough (30 years in this case), however I quickly figured out this was not just incorrect, but completely opposite of the truth. Up until, and slightly past the latest block I still couldn't understand the issue, but now understand the difference and why I was in the wrong here. Once again, I'll say it a million times if I have to, I WAS WRONG, not only that, but I was IGNORANT, and frankly looking back acting like an idiot. Not only did I clearly not accept help, but I refused to stop making crappy edits when I was told not to, offered help my other editors, and given help directly, especially by Buckshot who I probably will cause a heart attack for him. Not just was I wrong, I never moved on, at least for the majority of the time, I focused on recent military history and used primary sources galore, especially on current changes. What I can, and will be doing: Why would I bring it up, well I want to show and 100% state here and now that I was wrong and the blocking admins, Buckshot, and the entire community was correct, but I was too ignorant to care. I not only have and was started to make changes, but they were too slow. I've now planned on 100% dropping modern military history from 1900 onward (really 1865 to be specific), and decided to remove myself from the First and Second World Wars, Cold War, Post-Cold War era, and order of battle projects and pages. This will not just help other editors who are sick and tired of me, but my own terrible editing which hasn't improved in these areas, and I'm at the point where I'm giving up in these areas. In response, I will be focusing on what I've gained a rather healthy amount of support and acclaim for, that is before 1865, notably the Napoleonic Wars, and also modern politics, where secondary sources thrive for me, and I don't have any issues with primary sources. Again, I believe my good article nominations and acceptances for the Napoleonic and pre-Napoleonic time periods show that these are the areas I should stick to. Buckshot also even recommended this before, and I began the shift, though moved too slowly. Not only am I removing myself from these areas, but I've decided to not even be involved in these modern military history changes anymore, and will move my focus to the older history as previously stated. Future: I want to remain part of the Wikipedia community, as I love sharing my knowledge, however the way I was doing it cannot remain. I need to change, I am changing, and I believe I've been someone who had to learn that the hard way. My continually terrible edits and later my sourcing issues have shown that post-1900 military history is not my thing and I need to read the writing on the wall as one can say. I therefore will be withdrawing from all post-1900 military history projects and no longer be editing in these fields without explicit permission (if 100% need to edit) from an admin or a reviewer. I will instead focus on pre-1900 military history and all politics, which I do not have any complications or issues from/with. What to change: The main issue I've had is the difference between primary and secondary sources, and therefore I would like to have a limited-block (I believe they are termed project blocks?) placed on me for all post-1900 military edits and further have a requirement for all military history articles must be approved via. draft/sandbox before publication. This will not only help me to learn what I have made mistakes in from other editors, but help improve in areas I might not realise I am having trouble with. Images: Before really the beginning of this year, I didn't have much to do with images, and I now again, like military history have learned the hard way. My current block is due to a discrepancy where I believed a blocking admin was actually a bot, as it was his bot that kept reverting edits on a sandbox of mine. I then asked for help, but I was blocked very quickly by the person for using images incorrectly. I then decided to go via Wikimedia Commons and learn more about copyright, and what does and doesn't indicate "fair use" and "copyright violations". I now understand this, especially since I had uploaded many images under the incorrect licences (UK Crown Copyright V.3 & Public Domain) and attempted to fix them, but was blocked while doing so. This also included the use of fair use images on my sandboxes, which at the time I wasn't aware I couldn't use on even sandboxes. I now know they "fair use" is used for just one article, and if needed for more than one needs to be discussed BEFORE adding them to even a sandbox for copyright violation issues.
I therefore, ask that my block is reviewed and my limitations are added if unblocked including the major No post-1900 military history edits and a review of all new military history pages which come close or possibly pass this year because of earlier histories. In addition, I will be removing all of my sandboxes and drafts which have to do with post-1900 edits and will completely drop modern orders of battles and structures. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here! 22:59, 31 March 2022 (UTC) Decline reason: You seem to have a sock puppet in User:PutnamSpotter. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC) If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
British order of battle 1940Dear Coldstreamer20, did you ever do a 1940 British order of battle draft? Somebody on my talk page is asking for help.. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:22, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
@Jean1505: (aka 2A01:EOA:4B8:A80:etc:etc...BA7E/90DD) First, I would ask that you sign into your registered account when editing, as it is, you've now contributed to this discussion from at least 3 different accounts. That said, I know your new and you aren't familiar with all the rules, but we have a policy that basically states that talk page discussions should be about contributing to the project. This is not a social media site, talk pages are not message boards for chatting about games. Some people may not mind, if they know beforehand (for example: when I linked to your original question above, I thought you were discussing ways to improve an article). I would encourage you to check out the information on your talk page. I have added a couple templates there that contain a lot of useful information for new users. - wolf 20:09, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Again, not attacking anyone (and certainly not "seeking any information"). I did however provide relevant information for a new user and backed it up with linked guidelines here, along with welcome templates on their talk page. And I already explained why losing tp access would not help CS towards getting his account unblocked. (I think he made a mistake and deserves another chance, don't you? But, this is his page, if he wants to discuss his block, or military history, or Monopoly, or ask people to make edits for him, that's his choice and at his peril.) Anyway... that said, this whole thread is just becoming increasingly bizarre, so I think I'll bow out now. Have a nice day - wolf 03:13, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Hey, whoa...! I'm not "attacking" you... in fact, far from it (so I'll ask you to strike that), and I haven't "blamed" you for anything either (so maybe strike that too). I'm one of the few here that have actually stuck up for you in the past and put in a good word at some of the ANIs you've been taken to, more than once, so it's kinda strange that you could somehow think that I would now "attack" you out of the blue. I was just trying to give you a 'heads up', that's all. Usually when you're blocked, you're really only supposed to use your talk page to discuss the block and/or request that you be unblocked. If some admins see you using it for other reasons, you might find one them revoming your access - I was just letting you know that. BS06 asked you a question, so that's not on you (though I can't imagine he thought it was for a game either. I would bet he figured it was for an article, like I did.) But you are also asking others to edit pages for you, basically asking they act like a proxy. Though I believe you're doing so in good faith, if it's viewed as a form of puppetry and your tp access is removed, that is not going to help you with your current situation, is it? In fact it'll just make things worse. Just something you should think about. - wolf 20:09, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
FOIA responseHi there @Buckshot06 and @SmartyPants22, you might find a recent FOIA I request to be of use regarding Future Soldier. My question was about the two new public duties companies each battalion will form while in the SFA role. You can see it here. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here! 14:44, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Removal of pagesHello there @JJMC89, I was wondering since I'm now blocked, if you would be able to remove some pages which are of course now no-longer needed:
These aren't needed since I'm not doing modern warfare anymore here (I'm aware I'm still blocked, but still don't need these pages). Since I can't request a deletion of them myself, I'm tagging you on it. Thanks for any help. Cheers, Coldstreamer20, feel free to chat here! 16:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Sockpuppet again?Hello there Mr. @NinjaRobotPirate, you seem to have denied my above appeal for my block regarding "sockpuppetting" yet again. May I ask you this, if I did indeed have another account here, would I really edit on it when I had not been blocked from March 2021–January 2022? Now, lets assume you're correct here, how would I be able to edit on this so-called sockpuppet page if I'm blocked for both creating accounts, IP blocked, and blocked here. I will quote, "JJMC89 talk contribs blocked Coldstreamer20 talk contribs with an expiry time of indefinite (account creation disabled) (Non-free content policy violations)". So how could it be that I had a sockpuppet in this user if I can't even edit other than my own talk page? If you look at this user here, the first edit was back in August 2020, and continued editing till they were blocked in late April. If you'll care to see, I was blocked in mid-January, and thus unable to edit anything but my own talk page, which I've tried appealing because of the frankly ridiculous nonsense I got myself into with going back-and-forth with an admin. So, once again I'll ask you, how is it possible that user can be my sockpuppet if it was not only created before my block, but continued editing during the time I was blocked, when I can't even edit anything sitewide. Coldstreamer20 (talk) 04:39, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Concern regarding User:Coldstreamer20/Archive:Order of Battle of the Waterloo campaignHello, Coldstreamer20. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:Coldstreamer20/Archive:Order of Battle of the Waterloo campaign, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace. If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 03:06, 31 May 2022 (UTC) Your draft article, User:Coldstreamer20/Archive:Order of Battle of the Waterloo campaignHello, Coldstreamer20. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Archive:Order of Battle of the Waterloo campaign". In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 23:03, 28 June 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. is closed. "On your talk page, it is written that you are not eligible for consideration until November. It is August. You are community banned. Any unblock request would need to be concise and convincing enough to persuade the folks at WP:AN. They are not easily persuaded. Ultimately, this is a check user block. A check user will need to confirm that you have not been evading your block. Best -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022
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