User talk:HiDrNick



HiDrNick!

Yeah, this picture is like 10 years old.
Yeah, this picture is like 10 years old.

Heyo. I’m Nick, a data scientist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. I had a baby girl about a year ago five years ago (wow, has it been that long?) seven years ago (yikes!) eleven years ago (!!), which had curtailed my on-wiki time severely.

I used to spend a lot of time on-wiki removing fair-use galleries from articles, but it seems that the crusade has finally been won, for the most part. Then I would Huggle in my copious free time, and lurk at WP:ANI, WP:RFA, and WP:MFD, where I occasionally chime in. I also enjoy making {{editprotected}} requests on the upcoming blurb for Today’s featured article; it has all of the cheap thrills of seeing your work on the main page, but with none of the grueling work of actually writing an FA.

Nowadays, if I'm editing, I was probably reading an article and noticed a quick issue.

Let me know if I can help you with anything, and I'll do my best, or point you in the direction to someone who can.

Please sign your comments using four tildes (~~~~). Place comments that start a new topic at the bottom of the page by starting a new thread, using a descriptive header. Please link usernames and page tiles. I will normally answer on this page, and ping you on your talk page as well.

For the record, I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real Nick.


Ways to contact me:

Talk page archives:

Commendation for bold initiative and hard work which you put into Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Scooter for Yaksmas. - Gavin Collins - 16 January 2008 For reverting the page blanking and vandalism placed on my talk page. Thank you very much! - MelicansMatkin - 28 January 2008 Wish I had your communication skills, you seem to be heading for a much better outcome of the Kafziel case. I do hope saner heads prevails but felt your level headed comments were due some recognition. - WeeCurryMonster - 24 January 2014


Your notification to me

You alleged that I made an edit to a page concerning some type of molecule...

This concerns me, not because I am ashamed/guilty of any malicious act, but because I never made any such edit. Perhaps the notification of the edit was sent to the wrong I.P.; other possiblities, such as someone else operating under my I.P., are the concern I feel.

I wanted to respond to let you know that I wouldn't make any sort of joking-edit (i.e. the edit that was allegedly made on the page.. very silly), and that other nonproductive edits from this I.P. should be approached cautiously (I'm not sure what that means in substantiation).

Regards, M.Ciesler — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.195.236.12 (talk) 00:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Goodness, that notification was left way back in October 2009. IP addresses can change fairly often, so I imagine that message was not actually intended for you, but rather someone else who was using that address back then. If you enjoy editing Wikipedia and would like you avoid this issue in the future, you might consider registering an account; of course, it's not required, and IP contributions are always welcome. HiDrNick! 01:23, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you

The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Wish I had your communication skills, you seem to be heading for a much better outcome of the Kafziel case. I do hope saner heads prevails but felt your level headed comments were due some recognition. Regards, Wee Curry Monster talk 14:40, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm humbled. Like two ships in the night; I was in the middle of a post on your talk page. Thanks, HiDrNick! 14:45, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I made no error

I saw that the page had an error. Somebody must have let their child get on the computer while the page was open. It had the error that the cats "emerged" 25 million years ago. Now I am not going to lie to you, I have not been on too many walks in my lifetime, but not a single one of the few walks I have been on included a new species flying out from a rock or dirt mound. What luck the person that witnessed such a thing as a whole species of cat "appearing" must have had. Jake Dinger — Preceding unsigned comment added by VinceCarter32 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Involved admin

Good summary, but I think you meant "lifted by any uninvolved administrator". Bishonen | talk 22:13, 15 March 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Derp. Fixed. Thanks for the heads up. HiDrNick! 22:40, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't remove comments from the talkpage.

The comments at Talk:2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident are part of an ongoing discussion about whether or not to tone down the discriminatory tone towards the fraternity brothers and whether or not the Obama administration flouted the separation of powers. It's all relevant to the article. Please don't remove them.Zigzig20s (talk) 14:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is the edit being referenced. @Zigzig20s: I'm not going to edit war over this, but will continue to remove screeds when I see them. Please keep your comments on the talk page focused on the article and reliable sources. Wikipedia is not a forum for offering your opinions about current events. Your editing around this topic is bordering on disruptive. HiDrNick! 15:17, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New edits

Hi Nick. I fundamentally disagree with this edit, which removed relevant information and was done without consensus. The fact that Boren's action was "illegal" is not excessive information; it is new information. The same goes for the fact that Boren's actions reflect badly on the university. I also disagree with this edit, which added some information about another chapter, which is off topic. I also believe this edit is not particularly helpful, as it is a direct quote. Please let me know if you would like to revert all those edits. If you don't, please let me know why not. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have little interest in getting into a proxy edit war. Let's be patient and see how the article shakes out. HiDrNick! 19:13, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP Conservatism

The WP Conservatism has been removed from the SAE racial incident page. Would you please add it back? I still don't feel welcome on that page, but others at the WP will be interested as it falls within its scope (constitutional issue), so the tag should not have been removed. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic Calendar: Maome image of Mohammed forbidding intercalation

Sorry to try and drag you back into this but I think a bit of expansion on your closing statement may or it might be wishful thinking help reduce the issues with an IP editor. SPACKlick (talk) 14:25, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've been following the thread on the talk page. In my experience, the best way to handle an editor who refused to drop the stick is to just not engage them, but I'll see if I can think of something intelligent to add. HiDrNick! 14:55, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New question raised regarding Talk:Hillary Rodham Clinton/April 2015 move request

Some opposers of this move have now contended that there is a "Critical fault in proposal evidence", which brings the opinions expressed into question. Please indicate if this assertion in any way affects your position with respect to the proposed move. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:38, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RFA

Thanks for all the kind words! The best part about Wikipedia has always been the people :) Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:56, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alas, it was worth a try. I had hoped to garner runaway support before you had a chance to shut it down. Perhaps you could drop a prominent note on your talk page the next time you go on vacation? Cheers, HiDrNick! 13:01, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:SanFranBan listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:SanFranBan. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:SanFranBan redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. GZWDer (talk) 16:37, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. Cheers, HiDrNick! 13:13, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have emerged victorious... this time: Wikipedia:SanFranBan. Redirects are cheap! HiDrNick! 00:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Pavlov's RfA reward

Thank for !voting at my recent RfA. You voted Support so you get a whopping three cookies, fresh from the oven!
All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar

A well done for administrative work on Wikipedia is a breath of fresh air. A lot of feedback for such work is along the lines of "you suck"---not that I can blame someone for being upset with me, for example, for deleting their article. Thanks again! Maxim(talk) 14:11, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wbm1058's RfA

Hi there. Thanks for your recent bold clerking experiment at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wbm1058, but I feel that consensus at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Wbm1058#Location of comments was against what you did. Over the past few hours, I've messed about quite a bit with that RfA, and basically undone all your hard work. I'm too tired to find diffs and links and stuff; I trust you can find and understand my changes. I hope you find the "hatting" compromise, which is currently implemented, okay. I genuinely do appreciate the bold efforts you made to improve the RfA format, but I worry it might have been at the expense of Wbm1058 and his RfA. I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#Hatting long comments in response to all of this, which you may like to opine at. — Bilorv(talk)(c)(e) 22:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, @Bilorv:. Thanks for the note. If hatting long comments at RFA becomes the norm, I'll consider my efforts a success, and I hope that you will, too. Cheers, HiDrNick! 00:11, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RFA vote

Bit random but thanks for restoring my !vote[1], After looking through the revisions just now to see what the hell's been happening I was bloody shocked to see my !vote disappear altogether , One of these days this place will give me a heart attack , Anyway thanks again, Happy editing. –Davey2010Talk 01:52, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for supporting my RfA

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SanFranBan

I just stumbled upon Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_June_28#Wikipedia:SanFranBan as I wanted to create such a redirect. I'd support getting it undelete if you ever decide to restart the discussion (please ping me if this happens). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:15, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SANFRAMBAN is a valid redirect nowadays, yet my redirect was deleted in 2015. 🙄 Dubious. HiDrNick! 23:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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