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Successful RfA

Congrats..The admins' T-shirt for you. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 13:04, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned

Hi Anarchyte, I am a relatively a new user and would like some advice for content disputes. One editor that I have been having disputes with is continuously removing edits without leaving reasons, and does not use the talkpage significantly to dispute. Also makes bad faith assumptions on other users in the edit summaries and added tags (COI/recentism/autobiography) on a specific page (Anthony Hudson (football manager)) that do not have any justifications. Could you please review this page and review his edits or help to resolve the dispute. Thanks very much for your help! -Rumorattic (talk) 01:57, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

@Rumorattic: Hello. I've left a 3RR warning on NZ Footballs Conscience's talk page and I believe you've already gotten a warning for it (from Hammersoft). You've attempted to talk on the talk page, but nothing came of it so I suggest you take the discussion to a page such as WP:DRN before blocks for edit-warring start occurring (for both of you, probably). For future reference, WP:AIV is used when the user you're reporting has been making obvious vandalism, such as adding "you suck" etc to articles continuously even after being warned. It shouldn't be used to stop an edit war, which is what is going on here, from my observations. Have a great day. Anarchyte (work | talk) 02:14, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your help and insight into WIkipedia editing. I will try to use the templates mentioned for future references. Have a great day to you too.-Rumorattic (talk) 02:59, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
@Anarchyte: Hi Anarchyte, sorry to bother you again but I have had some negativity on my talkpage from a user 92.26.171.185 and has placed comments with no good faith. Not sure why he is this aggressive towards me and assuming my edits as COI/recentism/autobiography towards the page in question. How do I need to respond to this please.-Rumorattic (talk) 03:25, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
@Rumorattic: Sorry, but I'm not too experienced in issues like these. I've only been admin a few days so I'm still learning the ropes. Ritchie333 or KrakatoaKatie might be more useful here. The worst bit of the edit war is over, from looking at the article's history, and I suggest you talk to them to try to defuse the situation entirely. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 05:15, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
@Rumorattic: Agree that the edit war seems to be over, so let sleeping dogs lie for now and let those warnings go. Continue to engage on the article talk page and try to work through any differences. If you're not the article subject, you're not the article subject, and that's fine. You can remove those warnings from your talk page if you like. Katietalk 07:55, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

A(n also belated) brownie for you!

Congratulations on your very successful RfA! Wishing you the best of luck in your adminship! Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 06:51, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

Late congrats to your successful RfA! lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 01:55, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Belated congratulations

Sorry I missed your RfA, but better late than never I suppose. Congratulations on becoming an administrator! I'm sure you'll do a great job. 👍 Kurtis (talk) 02:08, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I didn't miss the RfA but I am a little late with the congratulations. Congratulations and good luck. I also am sure you will do a great job. Donner60 (talk) 08:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
@Kurtis, Donner60, and Jjjjjjdddddd: Thank you all . Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:13, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
I am late to the party but just want to say great admin work so far! Alex ShihTalk 02:43, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter

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OUWS deletion - still opportunity to add evidence of notability?

Hi Anarchyte.

I've been tracking the Oxford University Wine Society page, which was deleted this morning. I was hoping to update the page in question this weekend to evidence it's notability futher, but sadly it got deleted before I could get to it (I'm working in China currently and the internet is not great).

As noted in the discussion, the Society does go by the name Bacchus, Oxford University Wine Society, which I suspect is why people don't always immediately as much info as there is relating to this e.g. in addition to the existing book and wine magazine articles cited in the entry, here's a quick list of other relevant articles of interest I was going to cite to evidence this in the deletion discussions (there is also more hard-copy published evidence, this is just what's accessible online):

OUWS-developed materials for professional wine tasting have been cited in the following academic journals, books and blogs:

  • Denton Marks. Seeking the Veritas about the Vino: fine wine ratings as wine knowledge. Journal of Wine Research Vol. 26, Iss. 4, 2015.
  • History, Science and Culture of Wine https://es481.edublogs.org/2017/04/03/lanigan-grape-varietal-pinot-noir/
  • Wine and Economics: Transacting the Elixir of Life. Denton Marks, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015. ISBN 1849805970, 9781849805971

Widely reported tasting notes, e.g.:

News articles:

Also, news and articles are not always in English, given the nature of the international wine trade (like the Japanese wine trade journal already cited in the article):

My question is, is it still possible to edit the page and see if this meets notability guidelines? How best to go about doing this?

Thanks in advance for your hard work maintaining Wikipedia. Ed (PS I can't currently log in from my network in China) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.242.141.240 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Good morning 103.242.141.240. Oxford University Wine Society was deleted at AfD because there was consensus to do so. A couple of possible sources were brought up, but they were considered to be insufficient to indicate notability. The four links you posted above (Oxfood, CellarTracker, Bacchus Vintage, Oxford Wine Tasting) all give hints to unreliability, as well. For Oxfood, it's hosted on Wordpress with no indication of it being anything but self-published. Sometimes this is fine, but from looking at his "About me" page, I'm sensing it's unreliable. CellarTracker has reviews posted by people, and Wikipedia doesn't accept user-generated content as references (from our article on it: CellarTracker is free to use and relies heavily on its users for data input, constantly increasing the number of tracked bottles as well as user tasting notes). The final two are very much like the first one: they're personal blogs.
I'm not entirely sure on the reliability of the next two (Majesitc Wine and Civilta Del Bere), though the first one looks to be a company's website, specifically the final paragraph in the article and on their "About us" page: Majestic Wine is the UK’s largest specialist retailer, with 210 branches in the UK and 2 in France. We help people find the wines they will love through over 900 highly trained, specialist store team members.
It should be noted that prior to the AfD, it was deleted due to an expired PROD with the rationale The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. It was refunded by Graeme Bartlett in June, but still had the same issues. From all of this, I doubt the subject is notable (at this time), but feel free to start a draft at Draft:Oxford University Wine Society and use Articles for Creation procedure to get a good understanding of what is required in an article to make it pass the necessary guidelines and policies. Also, remember to sign your posts with ~~~~ (4 tildes/squiggly lines). Have a nice day. Anarchyte (work | talk) 03:00, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Cowboy

Hi! Thanks for dealing with the revdeletion at Cowboy. Are you sure that the second diff really needed to be hidden? I had checked Justbean's second attempt and found only a few suspect phrases from here and here. I'd meant to leave a note on his/her talk to advise using Earwig to check and fix those, but forgot to do so, mea culpa – he/she had made a real and laudable effort to understand and conform with our policy. I'm anyway not sure that White Arabian Filly reverted on copyright grounds alone. Could you perhaps either look at it yourself, or un-hide that revision for now? Thanks! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:44, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: You're right. It doesn't contain enough plagarised content to warrant removing. My mistake, must've copied the same ID twice when trying to check both. I've un-revdel'd it. Have a great day! Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:02, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Move review for Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast

An editor has asked for a Move review of Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk Oblast. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 17:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

@GeoffreyT2000: Thanks for opening and notifying me of this. I wasn't watching that page, so I wouldn't have found out otherwise. I've left a comment there, have a great day. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:53, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:25, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
I do appreciate your support, Anarchyte. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:25, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
No problem Cullen328. I'm glad you ran and I'm sure you'll do splendidly. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:45, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

A rather disgruntled user

Hey - please could you explain why you deleted the page I created for a record label? This was the original web address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0E0E

I spent a good few hours creating it, and now it's nowhere to be seen. I'd like an explanation please.

Thanks, Cmtjcmtj (talk) 14:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC) 27th July, 2017

(talk page watcher) Another user (Not Anarchyte) tagged the article for deletion with a list of concerns, and left you a notification that they had done so. After 7 days, no one had addressed the concerns nor removed the tag. Anarchyte simply performed the routine action of deleting a page with an expired deletion tag. Also, it appears you are creating the article for promotional purposes, which is against Wikipedia policy. -- ferret (talk) 14:01, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

It's not for promotional purposes. It's for informational purposes. The reason for deletion, to my understanding, was that there "no coverage whatsoever" about the record label. Despite, there being many articles online on very reputable sites noting 0E0E releases. Examples listed below.

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/declan-j-donovan-fallen https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/slutface-issue-feminist-punk-screed-get-my-own-listen/ http://www.kerrang.com/37403/slutface-premiere-new-video-shave-my-head/ http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/harlea-miss-me-listen-1188405 https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/tempesst-broke-down-blues Cmtjcmtj (talk) 14:36, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Coverage about releases isn't the same as coverage for the label itself. Please don't take us for idiots. You keep writing "our record label" and "us" and "we" and later changing it. It's clear this account is acting in a promotional matter for articles related to this record label. -- ferret (talk) 14:55, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
@Cmtjcmtj: Ferret has said everything that needs to be said. I would usually refund the article, but seeing as you obviously have a conflict of interest, I don't see the reason to as it'll just get G11'd immediately after anyway. Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:02, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Nawaz Sharif

Anarchyte, there have been plenty of unconstructive edits on the bio since you applied pending changes protection. Shouldn't fully protecting the bio for a few days would be a good idea? --Saqib (talk) 13:51, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Another admin (Favonian) has given it semi. It was worth a shot putting it back onto only pc, but obviously it didn't work out. Anarchyte (work | talk) 00:45, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

added Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
removed Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Anarchyte, would you be open to reviewing and editing a page my friend created?

Hi Anarchyte,

My friend created a page about a software company a few days ago. She has left a note on the draft's talk page and is currently awaiting feedback. In the meantime, I was wondering whether you would consider reviewing the draft for impartiality? I myself just joined the Wikipedia community and am still trying to figure out how everything works.

Best, Ray — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayumichelle (talk • contribs) 01:27, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rayumichelle. I'm not sure which draft you're talking about. Could you please link it? Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:19, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me, Anarchyte. Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:AccountSightRayumichelle (talk) 04:24, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Rayumichelle and Ruchika2017:. For starters, the article is written in a promotional tone; I'm not seeing a neutral tone in its writing. Are either of you affiliated with the company in any way, shape, or form? This problem is only increased by the lack of reliable sources in the draft. For starters, the History section is completely unsourced. As for the sources you've supplied, many are considered to be unreliable. For example, Medium is user-generated (as in I could go on their and write an article if I wanted to) and Wikipedia is also considered to be an unreliable source (see WP:CIRCULAR). The CBO source was written by someone at AccountSight and you've also referenced their official site directly (ref8). There's no harm in that but we like to be able to verify everything using third-party sites. I'm not sure about the other references, though GetApp doesn't look too reliable either. Also, why is the text surrounded by <big> tags? Anarchyte (work | talk) 05:16, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Anarchyte, I appreciate the feedback. Speaking for myself, I am a user at AccountSight. As for promotional content, would you mind pointing out which areas you think sound promotional to you? My friend tells me she attempted to reference a few software Wiki pages to get an idea first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayumichelle (talk • contribs) 05:30, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

No problem Rayumichelle. The sections that really stood out as being promotional were the history and the features sections. The history section doesn't need to mention everything they've added, only the most important. When I read the features section I feel like I'm reading an advertisement for the product (It does this, this, and this! Order within the next 10 minutes!). I suggest you read over the articles of other companies similar to the one you're writing about and see how they structure themselves. I'm going to add your page to WP:AFC so that you can get further help when you're ready to submit it. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 05:37, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Oops!

Looks like I've left decline reasons next to some of yours at AIV. That was my bad; my apologies for that. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:04, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: All good . Reassuring to know that my analysis of the report is the same as other admins. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:06, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
True that ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:09, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Martin Landau

Hello,

I am not a sock puppet. I do not understand why my I am being targeted and why my revision was removed. I got a message about being blocked earlier before I registered, and emailed Wikipedia administration and was told to register. I followed their directions, only to be targeted by you and MarnetteD.

I quoted his death certificate, which is the most accurate source there is. I also cited it. The credit source that is there now is the Daily Mail, which is the UK equivalent of the National Enquirer. His cause of death is exactly what I posted, per his legal death certificate.

Please explain. Adamsapple3041 (talk) 06:36, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@Adamsapple3041: I'm sorry, but I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about as your account has never been blocked. The article Martin Landau has been temporarily protected from editing because there were multiple accounts/IPs making very similar disruptive edits. The Daily Mail is a tabloid and is considered to be unreliable. Also, for transparency I'll ping the other user you mentioned in case they have anything to add: MarnetteD. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:43, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Did you read my question? I was the one making all of the edits, which are accurate per his death certificate. I found myself blocked (an ineffective attempted block to be 100% accurate ) when posting without logging in so I contacted Wikipedia Administration and was told to register which I did. I then posted the same edit, only to have it removed again. I placed a notation referring to the fact that the information came from his death certificate. The current source that is cited on the site is the Daily Mail which is a tabloid. Added by Adamsapple3041 (talk • contribs) 06:48, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@Adamsapple3041: Was 2606:6000:624e:ce00:cc9d:a124:bf86:ee39 (talk · contribs) also you? You've crossed the bar for WP:3RR (I'm counting 8 reverts by you, if the v6 IP was also you) so I suggest you start collaborating with other users on the article's talk page while the article is protected. The protection will run out on the 2nd of August, which gives you three days. MarnetteD has opened a discussion here which might interest you. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for the pings Anarchyte. There is now a discussion on the talk page - though it is only the two of us at the moment I am hoping that other editors will chime in. My AGF is a bit stretched as a) this editor told me they weren't socking yet, just above, state that they were the one making "all the edits" and b) as far as I can tell neither 2606:6000:624E:CE00:CC9D:A124:BF86:EE39 (talk · contribs) nor 66.87.64.240 (talk · contribs) "contacted an admin" - of course it is always possible that I am missing something. I will continue to try and resolve this through the normal WikiP policies and guidelines. Thank you for your efforts to explain things. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 16:34, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Do you people not understand English. I will repeat it again very slowly. I made an edit to Martin Landau's page. I noticed that the edit had been undone so I fixed it placing the accurate cause per his death certificate on the page. I further quoted his death certificate utilizing your own language so that there was a clickable "1", which would bring up a text note stating where it came from. After this repeated a couple of times I got a message stating that I had been blocked. I went about my normal routine, my cell provider uses multiple networks so the IP changes dynamically depending on where I am at any given time it never stays the same. I am not doing it intentionally my cell provider does it on their own. They utilize several Networks as well as WiFi. All of the edits were me I was not intentionally trying to get around anything. This person marnette is targeting me for something that I did not do and I do not appreciate it and I am about out of patience. I contacted Wikipedia Administration by email after I was blocked I was instructed to register to avoid being blocked which I did. Ergo the username. Again the cause of death listed on his page at this time is not close to accurate and the source that It quotes is a tabloid. I read marnette's edit notes and she comes across as an arrogant " Know it all" with way too much power. There should be no such banter in those edit notes.

For the final time I am not a sock puppet, I followed the instructions that I was given and I have the emails to document it. If you do not leave me alone I will pursue a complaint through whatever mechanism Wikipedia has. Everything I've done is carefully documented and I can back up every statement I've made.

You can ping to your heart's content I frankly do not give a s***, because as I am being 100% transparent, there is nothing to debate. But I will not stand for being called something that I'm not when I have been 100% transparent from the beginning.

If marnettes Power Trip does not stop I will take it to whatever level is necessary to stop her through whatever mechanism Wikipedia provides. I am sure there must be an anti harassment Statute in the rules.

I want to request that any discussion (that which Marnette refers to, about this be removed immediately since I'm giving you all of the unexpurgated facts. There's no need to speculate about anything. There is no need to further commit libel against me. Which is what all of this is. I will consider suing Marnette directly, if this doesn't stop immediately. I did not disrupt anything, nor did I vandalize anything and I will not stand for being characterized in that manner.

I clearly did not know about the three revert rule. I will obviously follow it. Had I known I would have taken this issue to the proper department after two. Since when is it a crime for wanting the page to be accurate which it is not at the present time.

I still feel that citing the death certificate fulfilled the requirements. Surely the spirit of the rule is not satisfied by quoting the Daily Mail.

Adamsapple3041 (talk) 19:57, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

At this point I would suggest you read WP:NLT Adam. Anarchyte since my last post here others have added to the discussion on ML's talk page. MarnetteD|Talk 19:58, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
I read it and I still feel that my source the death certificate is the most accurate source that there is. The complaint was that I did not cite a reliable source which in fact I did the current cause of death sites a tabloid website. You cannot say that that is an accurate source. If what you were looking for is an active link to the death certificate I will gladly post it once your restriction enzyme plan on changing it back to the accurate cause of death and I will place a link to the actual death certificate.
I read the notes over there I also responded to them respectfully request that you remove any mention of my user ID. I quoted an accurate source period. If my request is not honored I will email Wikipedia and file whatever type of complaint they allow me to file against both you and Marnette. Adamsapple3041 (talk) 20:51, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Your site, TMZ, is also a tabloid as well, and a very sleezy one at that. Moreover, even a cursory review of the document makes it clear it's been altered, beginning with the addition of Martin Landau's name. So your argument that the Daily Mail is unreliable as a tabloid applies equally to TMZ. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 21:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
@Adamsapple3041: There have been no libelous comments here. We've simply asked you to discuss the matter on the article's talk page. Sock puppetry is when someone uses multiple accounts to continue to make disruptive edits, which is sort of what you did (hence the protection). It is against Wikipedia policy to legally threaten someone (over Wikipedia), so please cease making those comments before someone eventually drags this over to the drama board. I hope that all the parties involved can come to a reasonable consensus over on the talk page. Things are starting to get of hand on this page, so I request that unless you've got something more to say directly to me, please centralize the discussion at Talk:Martin Landau. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:37, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
If we could all get along, we'll reach a WP:CONSENSUS

(talk page stalker) It's fun being an admin, isn't it Anarchyte? I haven't waded through the talk page discussion, but my opinion is as follows:

Adamsapple3041 - if the death certificate's information has been reproduced in a reputable source (eg: New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune), use that. It's generally a bad idea to cite the death certificate itself, as it's near impossible for any random person to be able to check what's on it, and our verifiability policy demands that anyone (in theory) can validate the facts we write about. If you want to complain about MarnetteD, the place to go is WP:ANI, but be aware they will look at what you have done as well (it isn't nicknamed the WP:Slough of Despond for nothing).

MarnetteD, we should not use the Daily Mail as a reputable source for a biography of a living (or recently deceased) person as it has been banned from Wikipedia. That means if Adamsapple3041 wants to revert, he is on reasonable ground to be excused from edit-warring sanctions via WP:3RRBLP.

I think I'm done, so here is a picture of a kitten. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Requesting for removing uncontroversial redirect

Hi there Anarchyte ! Nice to meet you again, as you are one of the most polite and kind-hearted administrator, no talk page can be better than this for the request.

I request you to pay attention at the redirect of Nari Gursahani Law College, the page was redirected without taking to Afd or requesting move through consensus. The page was initially nominated for speedy deletion by the author i.e me, many months back when I was new after sometime I nominated it for author requested speedy deletion but as other contributors performed some edits so the db-author criteria didn't applied, I requested again deletion as I thought it won't pass notability standards (as with the passage of time I got informed about notability policies), but an administrator retained it stating all law schools are notable.

Then it was redirected without achieving consensus by an experienced user, I spoke with him on his talk page Talk page of winged blades of godric He said obviously I can revert the redirect, but it seems like the reverting method of uncontroversial redirects have disappeared from my memory. So can you please help. Thankyou Anoptimistix Let's Talk 04:36, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Anoptimistix. I've taken a look at the page you've linked above and according to WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, most independently accredited degree-awarding institutions and high schools have historically been kept except when zero independent sources can be found to prove that the institution actually exists. If you disagree with the redirection all I can say is to undo it and tell them to try AFD if they don't think the article should exist. From looking at it, if it is kept (assuming they try AFD), it could be stubified. Two sections were unsourced which is an issue. Also, in my opinion the current destination isn't very good because it doesn't directly mention the law school. Hope this helps, and thanks for the compliments . Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Anarchyte: Can you please provide me the link for undoing it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anoptimistix (talk • contribs) 07:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Anoptimistix: Here. Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:47, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you dear anarchyte you are so sweet! I hope wikipedia may get more and more administrators like you :) Anoptimistix Let's Talk 07:54, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Request for Relook at RPP for Yusof Ishak

Hi @Anarchyte:, I saw that you declined the RPP for Yusof Ishak saying we should try alternative means of dispute resolution. I've already trying to get the IP editor to engage on the talk page, but he/she still refuses to. As mentioned, I already tried to direct him to the talk page a few edits ago, and another editor even asked for sources for his/her changes at the IP editor's talk page but that has also been ignored. The IP editor has just reverted yet again with the very cryptic No questions asked. Its hard to resolve a dispute with someone who's only known action seems to be edit-reversion. Zhanzhao (talk) 13:32, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zhanzhao: A similar issue was addressed over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Reid62 with the Halimah Yacob article. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 16:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
@Zhanzhao: The IP has been blocked. If it picks back up I'd be inclined to give it very temporary full protection because it's an edit war. @Ritchie333: What do you think? Anarchyte (work | talk) 23:54, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, and really sorry to trouble you. I and the other editor really did try our best to get the IP editor to discuss about his edits and reversions; we've been assuming good faith and asking for reliable sources for his/her claimed version, but it had been a WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT situation. Hope this gets the errant editor to the talk page finally. Zhanzhao (talk) 04:13, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Would it be ok with you if I unblocked Communication wapes so he can change his username?

Hi Anarchyte,
It looks to me like there was a bit of a WP:BITE incident there. Of which I was a willing and WP:SHOULDHAVEKNOWNFARBETTER participant. Looks like you've blocked his IP as well (not that I have much clue how IP addresses work). I would be happy to guide this editor, should he be unblocked. Shirt58 (talk) 09:27, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

@Shirt58: Sure, go right ahead . I believe the IP blocking is automatically ticked when using the hard username block present in Twinkle. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:49, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Akinbo/(Dr)_Gabriel_Olubunmi_Fakeye was recently deleted as not a webhost. It popped back up on my watchlist as a restored but blank page. I can't figure out what the edit was, maybe an accidental page creation. Legacypac (talk) 08:14, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

@Legacypac: Hmm, not sure what to do then. I'll undo my removal of the CSD tag and maybe another, more experienced admin, will weigh in. Anarchyte (work | talk) 13:36, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
It was deleted as a clear G5 on 12 June 2017. How it reappeared is not clear to me.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 15:14, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Ok cool. Thanks. Legacypac (talk) 17:29, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Relisting AfDs

Please review the recent updates in WP:NOQUORUM which followed a community RfC before continuing to relist AfDs such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earl Schuman. ~ Rob13Talk 18:09, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@BU Rob13: I was aware of the guideline, but didn't know that they had to be treated as PRODs (I usually closed them as you did after one relisting). I'll keep this in mind. Also, could you please link the RFC? I must've not seen it. Anarchyte (work | talk) 22:42, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
The RfC was here. ~ Rob13Talk 01:36, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Revolution Media recreated

Hi Anarchyte. You deleted Talk:Revolution Media per WP:G8 a few days ago, but it has been recreated once again by Aliyahasan. Based upon User talk:Aliyahasan#Help me!, User talk:Aliyahasan#Your request for help and this WP:UPOL post, Aliyahasan seems to be unable to understand or unwilling to accept that Revolution Media has been deleted and is unlikely to be restored anytime soon. Do you think it might be necessary to WP:SALT the talk page or article page? I am also wondering if Aliyahasan is starting to move into WP:IDHT or WP:CIR territory. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:24, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I've gone ahead and deleted the talk page under G8 once again and the user should be aware that they're not going to get their article refunded (per the answers to their "help me"s on their talk). I don't think protecting is warranted just yet, but if either the talk or the article is created one more time I'll give it a few months of full salt. If you want to discuss issues of CIR, I think ANI would be a better place. I'm not too experienced in how to act in CIR-related issues. Have a nice day. Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:08, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a look. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:39, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
Article has been recreated once again. It's already been tagged for speedy deletion, but it will probably keep being recreated by Aliyahasan each time it is deleted. Aliyahasan, by the way, also appears to be one of the founders of the company. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:35, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
Fully salted for 1 month. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:16, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for checking. Aliyahasan seemed to continue with the edit warring over the speedy tag, but there's probably no point in WP:AN3 now that the title's been salted. Hopefully, they will not try and recreate it under another name. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:26, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Tolkien family

Hello Anarchyte. Thanks for your protection of Tolkien family. The same issue was reported on my talk page, and I perceive it to be a verbatim repetition of a dispute from 2010 where I took some action. The last time this matter resurfaced was in 2015, where I made the argument that 'Wikipedia needs to protect itself from legal trouble.' Since the identical thing is still being charged after 7 years, and there was a previous decision that the charges laid by Christopher Carrie did not belong in Wikipedia. I would like to consider indefinite semiprotection. Would this be OK with you? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:38, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: Good morning. In my opinion indefinite semi isn't justified just yet. I wouldn't be opposed to indefinite pending-changes protection though as this issue has obviously been going on for a while. It falls under the criteria for PC, too: low edit rate (besides earlier this month) and occasional BLP vios. It went a full 2 years without being protected, so I think we should ease into it instead of going from "yup everyone has been able to edit since April 2015" to "we're not letting a majority of our readers edit because a few people had a short-lasting feud over a discussion that took place in 2015". Having PC will allow for everyone to be able to edit for the majority of the time and if a temporary dispute sparks up for a day or so we can give it a day or so of semi. I could have this all wrong, so I hope to hear back from you soon. Anarchyte (work | talk) 22:39, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
I've never been a fan of PC protection, but if you think it's worth trying I won't object. This is a case of a returning BLP-violator who would be indef blocked if they had an account. EdJohnston (talk) 01:59, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
@EdJohnston: I've applied PC for now. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:56, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Could I get your impression on something?

Hi Anarchyte, stumbled across something I'm not sure how to approach, so thought I'd seek your perspective. I was working on the pending changes backlog when I came across this edit, which I denied/reverted because it was removing content without and edit summary explaining why. The IP then responded, seemingly in good faith, with a repeat of the edit that includes an edit summary which made it clear that content is regularly removed if it is no longer being broadcast on the network. I took a second look at the article, and sure enough, it's entirely geared towards being a constantly updated list of what the station is broadcasting, rather than an encyclopedic article about a concrete topic of lasting and significant notability.

This seems like a pretty blatant violation of WP:NOTDIRECTORY; even if they stop short of listing air times, the fact is that this article is being used to host (and arguably promote) the current line-up of a television channel, and seems to have done so for years. The talk page is completely devoid of discussion of substantial topics, and wouldn't have anything on it in the last seven years, if not for the handful of rejected edit requests, which are themselves the result of a sequence of page protections have been added intermittently over the years (most recently, User:Ymblanter put the page under semi-protection a couple of weeks back in response to disruptive editing--doubt they know much more about it though, as it was an RfPP request). There are two AfD's lited on the talk page, one from 2006 and the other from 2008. Interestingly, only the first one references WP:WWIN, and actually the consensus there is against what the article is being used; the keep !votes in that AfD made it clear that channel lists are only acceptable where they chronicle historical facts about the programming, not a "currently showing" list (this is consistent with community consensus as best I know it, going back a long time).

Thoughts? I'm not thinking I can approve the IP's edits, even though they are good faith efforts at improving the article in a manner consistent with how it has been apparently used for a long while. But to be honest, I'm not even sure which noticeboard to take the matter to. I could AfD it, again, and probably could probably get it deleted with the right argument too. Thing is, I'm not 100% sure that's the most appropriate course of action. WP:VPP? I guess one could RfC if it came down to it. Snow let's rap 09:52, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Evening Snow Rise. I don't know enough about that network to comment directly on the issue of that edit, but just remember that there's no rush to accept or refuse it. Obviously the best place to start off discussing the issue of it only including current shows would be the talk page. The page has 95 watchers so you're bound to get at least one reply, which would be a good start. If you wanted a more general consensus on whether these types of articles should be a thing ("list of programs on xyz", etc) then an RfC would be the most reliable way to go. I've got no strong opinion on these articles, and for this reason I barely touch them. I've always had an inkling of WP:NOTDIRECTORY when looking at them, but I don't think deletion would be the way to go. Merging the most notable shows into the parent article is a viable option, assuming it wouldn't venture into WP:SPLIT soon after. The references in the list are piss-poor to put it nicely; almost all are sourced directly to the channel. Northamerica1000 is quite active on AfD from what I've seen. What do you think of all of this? I could be talking out of my hat for all I know . Have a nice day/night. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:28, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

RM closure guide

Hi,

I've noticed you often close RM discussions and as I have begun doing so myself I thought I'd write a guide for new page movers on the technicalities of closing the actual debates because I originally found it slightly confusing, especially as automated closure tools don't work on it. It's at User:DrStrauss/Simple RM closing instructions. Any feedback?

Thanks,

DrStrauss talk 10:47, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

All the steps are written out here already. Do you plan to just make a simpler instruction booklet? 22:27, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm going for a more WP:42 style essay, I think a super-short, super-simple guide to one of the most complicated steps would be helpful. DrStrauss talk 12:01, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
@DrStrauss: I think it's good. I've fixed a small error you had in the relisting instructions, but that's about it. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:17, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:PREVIEW

Hi, you deleted Wikipedia:PREVIEW as a G11 speedy. This was an improper deletion, since the page had been hijacked: before carrying out a deletion, it is your responsibility as an administrator to ensure that speedy deletion requests are valid. WP:PREVIEW is a shortcut redirect that has existed for over eleven years, and should not have been deleted (or repurposed) without a formal WP:RFD. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:37, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

@Redrose64: My bad. Thanks for alerting me. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:19, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Anarchyte can you please add your voice on the Talk:Political appointments by Donald Trump Under RfC: Should we include career diplomats? Here is a link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Political_appointments_by_Donald_Trump#RfC:_Should_we_include_career_diplomats.3F Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.36.68.29 (talk) 03:36, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi. I appreciate the ping but I'm not too informed on this issue and I don't want to add an uninformed opinion to the RfC. Have a great day! Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Another redirect "How was that?"

Hello. I saw that you closed Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 August 7#How was that as "delete". What will you do with another redirect "How was that?" Must I nominate it for deletion or something? --George Ho (talk) 14:00, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

@George Ho: It'll need to go through the process too, but I doubt it'll have any issues. Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:50, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 Done. --George Ho (talk) 14:24, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Union Cane for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Union Cane is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Union Cane until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Whpq (talk) 18:08, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Whpq: I don't remember having any part in the creation of this page, but cheers for the notification. I'll leave my thoughts on it there in just a moment. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:29, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Ironclad warship issues

I see you recently fully protected Ironclad warship. Could you change it to semi? The dispute/edit-war issue is that one IP-hopping editor is adding low-quality sources to support an extraordinary/fringe view, as you will see on the article talk page. No registered editors are in support of this IPs position.Dialectric (talk) 14:52, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

@Dialectric: 1 year of semi has been applied. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:43, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
Thank you.Dialectric (talk) 16:44, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

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User:Christopher Marrs requesting unblock

I came across this while patrolling CAT:RFUB. See User talk:Christopher Marrs. Since you originally blocked him under the name MaGICLandscapes, he has got his account renamed to something no longer promotional. If you think he now understands the spam and copyright issues, you may consider whether to unblock him. I checked out the content of the now-deleted article that he created and it would appear very hard to source properly. But in his unblock request, he says he might work on adding a European section to Green infrastructure. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 01:05, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: I'm happy with giving him another chance. I've guided him towards a couple of pages to read before editing. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:12, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Janet Jackson - State of the World Tour (Setlist)

Hello Anarchyte,

I see you protected the State of the World Tour page. I appreciate that, because there have been a lot of edits on the page's setlist that are wrong. I have personally made an edit to the page because of two factors: 1. I was there. I was at the opening concert in Lafayette, LA. I use that as a primary source. 2. I am the one who sent the setlist to various websites and blogs. So I used some links as secondary sources. Of course, these websites did not get the setlist 100% correct, since people make mistakes, but I am able to correct them because of my primary source, me being at the concert. If you have any questions about my edit, can we please discuss it first before you undo the edit? Or block me from editing the page? I would appreciate that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenjaminButler123 (talk • contribs) 20:25, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

@BenjaminButler123: We cannot accept your first hand recounts as a source. That would fall under original research, which we don't allow on Wikipedia. Unless you are able to find a reliable source that has the same information as you want to add, you're going to need to go along with the reference that Livelikemusic has added. Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:25, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

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Stagflation

I personally don't care about the content of Stagflation. I really don't know much about it nor care anything about it. Bank's fault or government's fault. However, given the change and my recollections on that sort of change, I strongly suspect a POV-pushing, anti-big-government editor. Given the editor's multiple IP changes and comment "you're done for the day. See you in 24 hours.", you know the IP's likely gaming the system. As I am only interested in doing RCP, I am not going back to the article unless Huggle pops up further suspect edits. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 07:53, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jim1138: Understandable. I'll leave the full protection in place to try to deter them, but if the IP continues after it ends, I'll just put a bit of semi protection on it. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:27, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
I asked for advice on Doug Weller's talk page, and then a RfPP after no reply. I don't plan on revisiting Stagflation after the PP expires. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:46, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Rainbow Fish

Thanks for dealing with the vandal who was messing with Rainbow Fish. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 02:16, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Nice job on the various admin work you have been doing. Are you getting used to the tools? Anyways, here is a nice kitty. Take care of it!

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Hey RileyBugz. Cheers for the kitten. I'd like to think I'm getting used to the tools . Anarchyte (work | talk) 13:58, 15 September 2017 (UTC
Well, that's good. RileyBugz会話投稿記録 21:55, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
I'd like to add that it's really nice working with you! Alex ShihTalk 17:26, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Anarchyte, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 20:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Burges High School (El Paso, Texas):

Thanks!! Didn’t realize it went beyond that edit. Editing mobile right now and didn’t see it. -- Dane talk 08:25, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

@Dane: Yeah, looks like some of the IP edits went untouched. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:27, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

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For your userpage

You may want to change:

{{User Featured Article|1}}

to

{{User Featured Article|Fallout 4: Far Harbor}}

Alternatively, if you want to display the number of articles promoted, you can use:

{{User Featured articles|1}}

The difference is subtle, but they are two different templates, not very clearly named perhaps.

Just something I noticed, hope it helps. Otherwise feel free to disregard the suggestion.

Samsara 12:11, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Cheers Samsara. That'll look much better until I get around to making a second FA. :) Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:38, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Regarding the article "Notorious CHRIS"

Hello, regarding the article you declined "Notorious CHRIS" what is everything that needs changed for it to be accepted?

Thank you Jesspeulen (talk) 09:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

@Jesspeulen: The most important issue is the lack of reliable sources helping to indicate the subject's notability. At the moment most of the sourcing on the draft is either to iTunes/other primary sources, or to press releases (that duplicate each other [1] [2]). I suggest you read WP:REFB and WP:GNG to get a good understanding as to what's required in an article. Also, try to incorporate the references into the lines (see WP:ILC). Cheers, and I hope this helps. Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:08, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

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Reviewing candidates

Hi, Anarchyte - I was looking at RfA and your review of Headbomb 4, and was wondering if you could share the best/easiest way to review a candidate in a step 1, step 2 style? I know to look at their contributions, articles created, etc (all of which are on the same page) but is there a special tool that lists AfDs, various requests, and other things we should review all in one place like "user contributions" or is it on that page and I'm not seeing it? Atsme📞📧 12:14, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

@Atsme: I usually run off Kudpung's criteria. I don't believe there are any places that list all the stats on one page, but you can find AfDs here, edits to BLPs here, edit summary usage here (which is sometimes an issue), and articles created here. Those are the basic content-related things people look at. Then you've gotta check their experience in the areas they intend to work in. Do they plan to work at AIV, yet only have 4 edits there? That could be an issue. Do they have poor AfD stats and want to work there? That's usually an issue. Obviously you'd hope the candidate has no warnings for vandalism (at all) or edit warring recently (6 months-year) and no blocks recently, either. For Headbomb in particular, it looks like I may have missed something (given the oppose section), but I think I'll stay in support unless something else comes up. There seems to be a focus, primarily, on one incident (ANI for philoSOPHIA). I don't believe—or at least I hope—that this one incident isn't enough to outweigh 11 years of good contributions, but chances are it'll be withdrawn soon (less than 60%). Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 22:25, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I run off Kudpung's criteria, and also now use User:Chris troutman/My RfA criteria too. I've also got a bunch of Python / Pywikibot scripts written to do other checks for things like AfDs against consensus and declined speedies. I also mean to expand it to include ANI threads about them and talk page warnings. I haven't made them public because they're slow, difficult to use, and per WP:BEANS not everyone makes judgement calls on the results instead of just looking at blind numbers. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:08, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Unfortunately there's also 11 years of unabated incivility but unless one has been the target of it or involved in it, one wouldn't know about it or even think of looking for it. I think probably, unlike perhaps most the supporters, many of the opposers have known the candidate for a long time or have witnessed such issues first hand. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Rash act

You have blocked Visa requirements for Iranian citizens. User Guanaco has locked the map.

The article has a stable version. [3]

User Milad Mosapoor has made controversial edits. He received clarification about the cancellation of his edits. This was done in the comments to pravam article. The user has received all the explanations.[4]

Did you see the war of edits? Three user cancel these changes. But you freeze an article with the controversial edits. Why? Why the stable version was ignored by both of you? Rash act. --Norvikk (talk) 10:03, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

See The Wrong Version -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 10:04, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
@Norvikk: Building off what There'sNoTime has said, at the top of the article there's a disclaimer that reads "This protection is not an endorsement of the current version." Basically, I'm not on either side of this argument (and neither is the article) and it's up to you guys to find a consensus on the talk page during the time it's protected. If I had protected the version you liked, then I would have gotten flak from the other side of the debate. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:37, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
@Anarchyte: Thank you so much for this consideration. There are much violation from 2 guys at the article spreading untrue facts. I hope they can find the truth within these 3 blocked days which you privileged them! Milad Mosapoor (talk) 14:12, 12 October 2017 (GMT)
Checked the stable version should be the priority. You chose controversial. Your choice. I think that is wrong and unworthy of an administrator.
The consensus has long been found. This uniformity 400 visa articles. I'm tired of repeating the same thing. Several times a year there is a user who believes that he is doing better, but his edits violate the balance of opinions.
All edits will be deleted. Read the previous comments, explore other visa article. End of discussion. --Norvikk (talk) 14:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Anarchyte has correctly followed the protection guidelines. It's not required of him to make a decision in a content edit war, only to stop the war, and the banner clearly indicates that the current version may not be the preferred version. Involved editors in the dispute need to stop posting here, and start discussing on the article's talk page, which has not been edited since May 2017. -- ferret (talk) 14:34, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

@Norvikk: Please come to the Image Talk Page for the further negotiations --> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Visa_requirements_for_Iranian_citizens.png Milad Mosapoor (talk) 14:57, 12 October 2017 (GMT)

HindWIKI

Hello, I am HindWIKI. I have a request, can I nomination himself for rollback rights. Please see my all of edits and created article and give me some suggestions. Thanks (HindWiki (Love My India) • Talk to Hindustani ! 04:15, 15 October 2017 (UTC))

@HindWIKI: From what I can see, you've only been fighting vandalism for less than 3 days. I don't consider that enough to garner a measurable track record, which is one of the more vital requirements when nominating yourself for the rollback right (you've also got less than 200 total edits). I suggest waiting a bit and getting more experience. Also, creating articles doesn't go towards your eligibility for that role so I didn't look at them. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:41, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Ok, Thank you very very much for suggestions. Really Respect yours very much. I will be getting some more experience before nomination. (HindWiki (Love My India) • Talk to Hindustani ! 05:06, 15 October 2017 (UTC))

IPv6 ranges

Hi Anarchyte, just related to your range block decline at AIV. In case you aren't aware, with IPv6, /64 subnets are allocated to a single connection, depending on the type of connection that generally means one person. So, when blocking IPv6, you can generally block the /64 subnet. In fact, if the IP editor knows that, it's generally necessary to block the /64 range. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:50, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah my apologies Callanecc. I assumed that ranges would apply to more than just one person, which is why I erred on the side of caution. If you think it'll be a good idea to block them, please do. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:47, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
No up to you, just thought I'd let you know for the future. :) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:51, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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You commented on my request at "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Hi again, 

RE: my earlier reply that is posted to the previous page.

I do apologize because I am entirely confused on how to work with this messaging system. I tried to reply to your first comment after receiving an email to say you made a comment, but I did not hear from you again by email, so I am not sure what to do now. After reading the Wiki instructions, I was hoping to interest an accomplished Wikipedia editor to revise what I wrote and help me present an addition to the existing text on the "To Kill a Mockingbird" Wiki page article. I 75 years old and it seems I am less than amateur at this, so I need a lot of help to even get started. I am confused further with the protocol I should follow to respond to those who comment on my request. So if you have the time and patience to try to help me make this addition, I will be much obliged. If you tell me steps to do what needs to be done, I will happily do that. If emailing is Ok with you, it might be easier for me to respond to you. (Redacted) is my email address. But if it is too much work to make the addition I suggested, just let me know on this page, and I will drop this project and not bother anyone further. Thank you for trying to help. Yours fair and square, Randy Seckatary (talk) 03:00, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello Seckatary. I never received an email, chances are you replied to the automated notification message. If you wish to contact me via email that can be done by clicking here, though for the purposes of this discussion I feel it'd be better to discuss it openly (as it affects an article). I assume the comment you're referring to is this one from February 2016 as that's my only contribution to that page. If so, that edit request was declined because it didn't follow the suggested "change X to Y" format. (i.e. "change the claim of "Joe drives his car" to "Joe drove his car""). What modifications do you want to be made to the article? Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:02, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Reply to your message of today about To Kill A Mockingbird

Thank you for your kind reply. If I am doing this reply to you in the correct section for you, it is fine to correspond on this page. I was thinking email would be easier because I am not sure if I am clicking on the right section to reply to you here. If you can help by doing any reorganization or rewording of my Wikipedia suggestion so that it is acceptable to make the addition to Wikipedia text, I will be very grateful. Thank you.

All I want to do is add some text to the existing To Kill A Mockingbird text on Wikipedia to include the information about the comment the book author makes at the end of her story - the actual text on the last pages of To Kill A Mockingbird book. I included the actual text from the last pages of the To Kill A Mockingbird book at the bottom of my comments / suggestions. The www.seckatary.com website is a source because it has images of actual letters from the book author, Harper Lee that state her favorite books.

Below is my suggested text for the addition to Wikipedia text:

Harper Lee uses the principles of one of her favorite childhood authors, Robert F. Schulkers, and the Seckatary Hawkins children’s adventure series to end her story. ([1])website: www.seckatary.com Quotes of Seckatary Hawkins books Stoners Boy and The Gray Ghost are used to illustrate the moral lesson of this story.

The final 3 pages of the first edition of To Kill A Mockingbird (2 pages in later book editions) follows: Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).................................................................................................................................................................. First ed. Pages 294,295,296 , To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee "Atticus was in Jem's room, sitting by his bed. He was reading a book. "Is Jem awake yet?" "Sleeping peacefully. He won't be awake until morning." "Oh. Are you sittin' up with him?" "Just for an hour or so. Go to bed, Scout. You've had a long day." "Well, I think I'll stay with you for a while." "Suit yourself," said Atticus. It must have been after midnight, and I was puzzled by his amiable acquiescence. He was shrewder than I, however: the moment I sat down I began to feel sleepy. "Whatcha readin'?" I asked. Atticus turned the book over. "Something of Jem's. Called The Gray Ghost." I was suddenly awake. "Why'd you get that one?" "Honey, I don't know. Just picked it up. One of the few things I haven't read," he said pointedly. "Read it out loud, please, Atticus. It's real scary." "No," he said. "You've had enough scaring for a while. This is too-" "Atticus, I wasn't scared." He raised his eyebrows, and I protested: "Leastways not till I started telling Mr. Tate about it. Jem wasn't scared. Asked him and he said he wasn't. Besides, nothin's real scary except in books." Atticus opened his mouth to say something, but shut it again. He took his thumb from the middle of the book and turned back to the first page. I moved over and leaned my head against his knee. "H'rm," he said. "The Gray Ghost, by Seckatary Hawkins. Chapter One..." I willed myself to stay awake, but the rain was so soft and the room was so warm and his voice was so deep and his knee was so snug that I slept. Seconds later, it seemed, his shoe was gently nudging my ribs. He lifted me to my feet and walked me to my room. "Heard every word you said," I muttered. "...wasn't sleep at all, 's about a ship an' Three-Fingered Fred 'n' Stoner's Boy...." He unhooked my overalls, leaned me against him, and pulled them off. He held me up with one hand and reached for my pajamas with the other. "Yeah, an' they all thought it was Stoner's Boy messin' up their clubhouse an' throwin' ink all over it an'..." He guided me to the bed and sat me down. He lifted my legs and put me under the cover. "An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice...." His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. THE END" ............................................................................................................................... Seckatary (talk) 14:54, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Seckatary: I'm afraid it'd be pretty difficult to add such a large amount of text to a featured article, especially when it's not properly sourced and could be seen as unnecessary plot information. To make a claim like "Harper Lee uses the principles of one of her favorite childhood authors" we'd need it to come from one of the community vetted reliable sources. We might not be able to accept your website because we don't know of it's reliability. Also, I suggest you take a look at the formatting guidelines, too. I hope this helps. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 00:11, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Dear Anarchyte: Thank you so much for staying with me on this. I can imagine helping me along so slowly is frustrating for you. I am sorry I am so helpless in this, but that is why I am asking for more than the normal kind of help. At my age, this is formatting and procedure set is simply too confusing for me to grasp. I am truly impressed at how natural it seems for you.

I was not trying to get all that 18 lines of text into my addition, just the first 2 lines. The 16 lines at the bottom are a direct quote from a first edition of a To Kill a Mockingbird book that I typed there to make it convenient for you and others who may be looking at this case and who may not have access to a TKAM book at hand. I thought that using the TKAM book as the source of my statement would be an acceptable way to do it. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird wrote it exactly that way, citing Seckatary Hawkins and The Gray Ghost and Stoner's Boy as the ending of the book. I was thinking the reference or source for that would be - instead of 16 lines of text - something simple such as ("As written in the TKAM book pages 294,295,296 "); but I could not figure out how to enter that either without you or any reader having the book pages to read at the same time.

So what I meant to be added to the article would be something like the below text (with some type of reference to the TKAM book pages 294,295,296):

"Harper Lee uses the principles of one of her favorite childhood authors, Robert F. Schulkers, and the Seckatary Hawkins children’s adventure series to end her story. ([1])website: www.seckatary.com. Quotes of Seckatary Hawkins books Stoners Boy and The Gray Ghost are used to illustrate the moral lesson of this story."

Any condensing or re-arranging of those words would be fine with me; but again, I am not able to figure out what Wikipedia would require for that to happen.

Saying that these were Harper's favorite childhood books is not necessary, I just added that thinking that more credible evidence might be needed for all this, and my website would probably not be substantial enough on its own. But the scan shown on the website of the actual letter from Harper Lee saying that Stoner's Boy and The Gray Ghost were her favorites would be acceptable. Is that possible?

Thanks again.Seckatary (talk) 02:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

@Seckatary: I'll be frank, I know very little about TKAM (read it once, but that was it). I suggest you bring this discussion back to Talk:To Kill a Mockingbird without the edit request template, allowing more people to have their say. It also might be a good idea to ping some of the active contributors to the article, which can be seen here, though it looks like many haven't touched the article in years. If you do want to ping a few of the more active users, at the start of your message simply put {{ping|username}}. To ping more than one person, just add more |username's, i.e. {{ping|username|username|username}}. There are also shy of 400 page watchers, so discussion should happen in due time. Before any of that, what's the direct link to the scanned clipping? I've skimmed over your site and I couldn't find anything; maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. Anarchyte (work | talk) 03:01, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

.................................................................................................................................................... OK, I will try. I did not notice any names for active contributors, so I just made up a new two lines of text and explained a little bit of what I am trying to do. FYI, the page I went to was a different one than you and I have been using. I did start this long ago, and that must be what I found. Seckatary is still the name, but when I went to the talk page, nothing was there. Hope I didn't mess things up even more. Do you see two Seckatary talk pages?


And sorry the scans of Harper lee’s letter and signed book are missing from the website. In the recent clean-up revisions by the volunteer webmaster, they must have been mixed up with other things being deleted. I have directed the scans to be put back on the Harper Lee page. Is there a way I can get the scans to you in the meantime so you know what I mean? I looked at the email choice you showed me, but it will not accept images. Thanks again for all you have done to helpSeckatary (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2017 (UTC). Randy

@Seckatary: Click here to post to the right place. No one is going to see it when it's on your user page. As for a place to upload your image, try this website. Anarchyte (work | talk) 03:27, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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@Anarchyte: OK, I uploaded 3 images - the front of the card/letter is at http://tinyimg.io/i/vCUsJku.jpg -- the back of the card letter is http://tinyimg.io/i/0uUi4mn.jpg -- and the book Harper sent to grandpa is http://tinyimg.io/i/h8rcGuD.jpg. I could not see a place to put a title for the uploaded links. I copied the ping text you had for me, substituted your name and put it at the front of this message. Is that the right way to do it? Thanks for everything. Randy Seckatary (talk) 13:07, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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@Anarchyte: Hi again. I did put the info on the page you recommended, but, sorry, forgot to ping you on that. I EDITED this edit after I sent it to put the ping to you on it. I am learning, but slowly. I did not name you in what I wrote there because I did not know if that was proper or desirable for you. The page when I entered my info was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:To_Kill_a_Mockingbird#To_Kill_A_Mockingbird_suggested_addition.5Bedit_source.5D

I posted another image for what I wrote here - http://tinyimg.io/i/4NDqEuk.jpg​ -- I hope that is OK with you. tinyimage/io is a great page, I did not have to register for it - is it your personal program? http://tinyimg.io/i/4NDqEuk.jpg​ Seckatary (talk) 13:40, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@Seckatary: Great! We'll have to wait for some responses now in an attempt to find some sort of consensus. I suggest you keep all content related replies on the other page and only use this if it directly concerns me, simply to keep all of the discussion in one place (transparency's sake). You don't need to ping me on my own talk page because I already get a notification, and no, tinyimg is not my site, though it's incredibly useful. Also, I've cleaned up the formatting you used to make it more readable, hope you don't mind. When replying to people instead of starting fresh each time, put colons at the front of it (:) increasing by one each reply (:, ::, :::, ::::, etc). This will allow for threaded conversation, meaning that it's easier to understand who's replying to who. Anarchyte (work | talk) 05:55, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

.............................................................................................................. Thanks again. I am not certain I saw what you cleaned up formatting on, but it is surely OK - that is what I was asking for from the start. I see the following text there is colored green, so I assume that is what you mean as follows: [Harper Lee uses principles of one of her favorite childhood authors, Robert F. Schulkers, and the Seckatary Hawkins children’s books ″Stoners Boy″ and ″The Gray Ghost″ to illustrate the moral lesson of the story. ([1]) book, first ed 1960: ″To Kill A Mockingbird″, pages 294, 295, 296]

You replied to Rivertorch, so you saw we had one credible response from a person who, it appears, knows Wikipedia pretty well. I replied to his comments, but have not seen a reply yet. Thank you for identifying the "conversations" you and I have had here. I did not know how to do that, or if I should, as I stated in my first note on the page you told me to use: my comment is followed by [Seckatary (talk) 14:15, 30 October 2017 (UTC)Seckatary (talk) 13:30, 31 October 2017 (UTC)]. I wrote the following: "I have had some kind help recently by an experienced Wikipedia user/editor who has shown me how I may have confused things by putting way too much text in the previous page edit idea."

BTW - my website is back up with the Harper Lee letter, signed TKAM book, and an image of the final pages of TKAM book text, all as scanned images.Seckatary (talk) 12:36, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

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Disruptive IP back to vandalism

Hi, just wanted to let you know that the IP 139.216.12.52 is once again vandalizing MMA event articles right after his block expired. I've had to revert his edits twice so far here and here Alexander Gustafsson (talk) 03:47, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

@Alexander Gustafsson: I suggest giving them a lvl3 or 4 vandalism warning and if they continue after that, report them to WP:AIV. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:45, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Thank you for your help. Would you be so good as to keep an eye on the article once it's unprotected? It'll be too easy for me to return to reverting promotional edits, what with all the highly sophisticated enhancements, and what students are provided and exposed to [5]. I'm anticipating more of the same. Thanks again, 2601:188:180:11F0:AD9C:39F3:1470:72E2 (talk) 02:03, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I hope the users will be dissuaded by the protection, but yeah, I'll keep it on my watchlist for a few weeks. Anarchyte (work | talk) 02:52, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Hey guys, you don't have to worry about this. I won't be making any more edits without an administrators approval first however, I am still interested in updating and expanding the page with good sources and new information. It has very little information on there and some of it was over a decade old. I am also interested in creating a new wikipedia page regarding the force sensing table technology (stupid name, I know) that was invented by a professor at the school. He created it several years ago and many other chiropractic schools around the world are beginning to adopt it and use it regularly. It's actually really fun to use. Since you two are so passionate about keeping this 'not very popular page' within wikipedia policies, could I work with one or both of you to update it? I'm happy to give you two final say as long as you work with me to get the important information about the school up on that page. I've read a lot over the last 12 Hours about wikipedia and I will continue to learn so I can better serve the community but I see a lot 'good faith' remarks. If you two are willing to work with me in good faith then I see no problems but if you two are only interested in keeping the page small and outdated then you can see my frustration. (I'm not sure how to ping the other person's IP address) THANKS! D4NN7N (talk) 13:51, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
@D4NN7N: Hi. You don't need administrator approval, all you've gotta do is gain a consensus before any major changes are made (for an article like this it's usually couple of responses to get the gist. There are less than 30 people with the page on their watchlist). I'm not too interested in this topic and I also don't know that much about it, so I doubt I'll be of much help developing the article, though feel free to ask me any Wikipedia related questions. WP:WPSCHOOLS and WP:COLLEGE could be good places to get help. Also, I'm not sure another article is warranted for the "force sensing table technology". From a quick google search I wasn't able to find very much. Anarchyte (work | talk) 14:30, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Hey Anarchyte, thanks so much! I fully understand what you're saying now that I've studied up on the community. I will follow your instructions. I may have a couple more Wikipedia related questions over the next year but I will be sure to avoid bothering you too much. Thanks again for the guidance. D4NN7N (talk) 14:36, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
@D4NN7N: No problem! Don't worry about bothering me; I'll try to reply as soon as I can :). Just a note, you can't ping IPs. To get their attention simply leave a {{talkback}} template on their user talk page with a link to the discussion. Anarchyte (work | talk) 14:38, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

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119.160.118.192 (talk) 15:32, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Please stop recreating the page unless you actually want to make a draft. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Your signature

Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors. Your signature is also causing Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links.

You are encouraged to change

'''<font face="Papyrus">[[User:Anarchyte|<font color="##0d80ad">Anarchyte</font>]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Anarchyte|<font color="#0d5fad">work</font>]] | [[User talk:Anarchyte|<font color="#0d5fad">talk</font>]])</small></font>''' → Anarchyte (work | talk)

to

<b style="font-family:Papyrus">[[User:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d80ad">Anarchyte</span>]] <small>([[Special:Contribs/Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">work</span>]] | [[User talk:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">talk</span>]])</small></b> → Anarchyte (work | talk)

Respectfully, Anomalocaris (talk) 21:13, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@Anomalocaris: Appreciate the message but your suggested change goes over the 250 limit (252). Is there any part that could be cut down by 2 characters? Anarchyte (work | talk) 00:08, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
I agree with your count of 252 characters, but the limit is 255, and when I enter the string in the signature field on the preferences page, there is room for three more characters. Are you sure the signature field was empty before you pasted in the proposed new signature? —Anomalocaris (talk) 00:39, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
@Anomalocaris:. Ah, sorry! I've been a bit preoccupied with life at the moment and I haven't touched the sig preferences in ages. I remembered the limit as being 250 for some reason. Anyway, I've modified it. Thanks! Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:44, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, but I forgot to escape the markup for the pipe character, and as a result, your signature now has an unescaped pipe character, which can lead to problems if you "sign" any template. I should have asked you to change your signature to
<b style="font-family:Papyrus">[[User:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d80ad">Anarchyte</span>]] <small>([[Special:Contribs/Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">work</span>]] &#124; [[User talk:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">talk</span>]])</small></b> → Anarchyte (work | talk)
but that is two characters too long! The quickest workaround I can think of is to use a very close 3-digit color to replace a 6-digit color:
<b style="font-family:Papyrus">[[User:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#18a">Anarchyte</span>]] <small>([[Special:Contribs/Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">work</span>]] &#124; [[User talk:Anarchyte|<span style="color:#0d5fad">talk</span>]])</small></b> → Anarchyte (work | talk)
I hope that this slight difference is acceptable. —Anomalocaris (talk) 02:12, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
@Anomalocaris: Done . Anarchyte (work | talk) 02:18, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:15, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

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Would you consider increasing the level of protection here, those disruptive are already autoconfirrmed. Regards, Mahveotm (talk) 12:13, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@Mahveotm: Yeah, I noticed after I had gave it semi. I was going to leave it be in the hopes it'd just deter them from continuing, but I don't wanna take any chances so I've upgraded it to ECP. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:26, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Sukarno

Could you please protect this page, as well? Thanks! Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! • Contribs 06:42, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Done. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:44, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Survivor: Ghost Island

Check the page's history. The same person keeps removing content and it's a back and forth revision war. I've reported this to WP:DRN and the other person tried getting me block by WP:AIV. Do you think the page needs to be locked again? 100.37.125.19 (talk) 18:04, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

I have only removed content that is not backed up by any sources, the IP user has continually added three contestants are not sourced by the sources in the article whatsoever and I gave them several warnings before reporting them for adding unsourced content, another user has also tried to revert this IP's edits, but the IP has also reverted their edits. VietPride10 (talk) 18:07, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
I'd say just let the DRN play out and have a fresh pair of eyes look over the matter. That being said, if another revert happens I'll give it another few days of full. You're both walking a fine line with 3RR at the moment. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:24, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

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Miscellaneous

  • Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.
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