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Hi! I noticed that you accepted an edit to 15 April however days of the year pages now require citations as per WP:DOYCITE so I've reverted it. The guidelines were changed due to the high number of errors and the number of links to articles with no or little reliable sources. Any names or events added before these guidelines were implemented are currently in the process of being referenced or removed. If you'd like to find it more, please see WP:DAYS. Thanks, Suonii180 (talk) 14:48, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm IAmChaos, and I just edited the archiving template on your userpage. The maxarchsize paramater was duplicated, throwing an error. It was the same value in both, so I just removed one duplicate. I wanted to jump in and let you know I made that change anyway, so you don't think random people are messing with your talk page. Happy Editing--IAmChaos03:25, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Hallo Drummingman, zonet zag ik dat de babelboxen op je UP niet echt mooi gecentreerd staan boven de andere boxen. Misschien wil je het wel aanpassen en, à propos, wat was er niet goed aan je handtekening dat je verzocht werd hem aan te passen? Cheers. Lotje (talk) 11:42, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Beste @Lotje. Als ik het goed hebt begrepen, heeft dat te maken met het beleid op enwiki. Vandalisme gevoeligheid etc. Zie ook de links boven naar WP:SIGNT. Ik heb dat aangepast en gebruikt op deze wiki de Standardhandtekening weer. Is mijn UP zo beter? Met vriendelijke groeten van Drummingman (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Translation to English, so that anyone can understand it:
Hi Drummingman, just noticed that the babel boxes on your UP are not really centered nicely above the other boxes. You might want to adjust it and by the way, what was wrong with your signature that you were requested to adjust it? Pros. Lotje (talk) 11:42, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Dear @Lotje. If I understood correctly, it has to do with the policy on enwiki. Vandalism susceptibility etc. See also the links above to WP:SIGNT. I have modified that and am using the Standard signature again on this wiki. Is my UP better this way? Best regards from Drummingman (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
I see it :-) and yes, now your boxes look just right again. Lotje (talk) 11:55, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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Greetings, Drummingman. The Tutnese wikipedia page is not meant to be shared publicly as it is a closed cultural practice for african americans. Please be respectful and remove this page please. Have a wonderful day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hededahdedoo (talk • contribs) 15:03, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi. You may not be familiar with this person, but it's a long-term vandal. There's no point in reverting since that just means more cleanup. Report immediately; we'll clean up afterwards. The IPs typically come from Kentucky or Ohio; it usually involves well-known Americans, and contains the BS that you saw. Oh, and a Level 1 warning for that kind of shit is giving a vandal too much credit. For that kind of material, start at 3, or report immediately. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:16, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear, @Drmies, in retrospect you are absolutely right, this is indeed serious vandalism, with level 1 being far too weak. However, this was posted automatically because I was using SWViewer, I will use standard rollback more often for this kind of abuse, and issue warnings via Twinkle. Then I can immediately give warning level 4im, which would have been more appropriate here. Kind regards, Drummingman (talk) 16:37, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Oh, you are using a tool I am not familiar with. When the levels were redone, a couple years ago, editors like me and Mandarax did not like the phrasing at all for level 1 and maybe level 2--they were way too weak. For vandalism, I usually start with level 2. For this--well, even if this weren't an LTA, an immediate block is called for. But yeah, your judgment is actually appreciated: see what you think, and warn accordingly. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 22:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Well, for me, the problem wasn't that the new warnings were too weak. It was mostly the moronic "Hello, I'm Mandarax". I still use customized level 1 warnings for minor infractions by users without previous warnings, but if it's clearly intentional vandalism, I usually jump to a higher level, and if they've already got lots of warnings, I never start over with a level 1. When I do issue a level 1, I don't use the new, standard warnings; I use the pre-moronified versions preserved at User:Double sharp/uw/. Fortunately, Twinkle makes it easy to issue custom warnings. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 01:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Incidentally, editing a name as you did here does not generate a ping. To do so, you would have to create a new comment with a mention of the user, and include a new signature. For more info, see WP:MENTION. What I recommend in such a case is that you edit the text just as you did here, so it displays as desired (but doesn't ping), plus link to the user in your edit summary, which will generate a ping. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 21:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for this edit at Template:Welcome-foreign/Dutch. It's a subtle but accurate point. The German and Swedish ones already do it that way, and the snippets in many other languages express it differently, such as "Wikipedia en español", "Wikipédia en français". I wonder if "Wikipedia in het Nederlands" would've been better, or is Nederlandstalige more colloquial?
The irony of the situation, is that I don't even know why we bother with Dutch in this template: in my year of living in Holland, I met only two people who couldn't speak English (even the drunks and panhandlers were bi- or trilingual), and I think it would be extremely difficult to find a native Dutch speaking Wikipedia editor whose English was so poor that this template would be appropriate. The only scenario I can imagine, is an immigrant who learned Dutch but not English (I did meet a handful of those), but then, we could just use the correct language in those cases. Anyway, thanks for the fix to the template. Mvg, Mathglot (talk) 22:03, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear, @Mathglot, thank you, :). By the way; the Dutch wiki also calls itself the Nederlandstalige Wikipedia. That was the reason I change it. It is after all not only for the Dutch and Belgians, but for Dutch-speaking worldwide. Subtle but important difference. Best regards from, Drummingman (talk) 22:21, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Dear, @Mathglot, Buddy Rich Of course. He was one of the best drummers in the world. Although, I am not a jazz drummer, Jazz is one of the most difficult drum techniques. He is an example for me, anyone who can do that well, wow. Drummingman (talk) 13:22, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Drummingman! I'm sorry if that edit summary I put when I reverted your edit sounded snarky, I didn't intend it that way. I almost reverted the same edit before I saw that misleading username. I reported that person to UAA, it looks pretty obviously misleading. Just wanted to let you know, thanks! SPF121188(talk this way)(contribs)15:42, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Remove the "Double Dispatch in Effiel" section because Effiel is not a widely used language, and therefore it does not serve as an good example of double dispatch but takes up ~50% of the content of this page
Dear anonymous, I think you are right. After all, but given how much you have removed, it would be helpful to get consensus on the article's talk page. Yours sincerely, Drummingman (talk) 20:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
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Dear 81.202.0.61 I don't immediately see a duplicate link, but it's not really disturbing. Especially in this place, it is convenient to have links to other pages. Greetings, Drummingman (talk) 08:55, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
I am actually ryan starr.
I am ryan starr herself. I made these changes because they are the real truth. If you want to verify I am me then send me a message on my official verified instagram @she_is_ryan ( im very frustrated my Wikipedia is so false or just wrongly explained). I am determined to remedy this false information as well as my birth name being so prominent over my current name. Thank you for keeping it a safe place even so. I really appreciate you. I know its hard to tell what’s true and not. Hopefully I can remedy this. Thanks Ryan. 22189millchl (talk) 17:34, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
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