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Out over the tips of your skis?

You're threatening to take any admin who dares to reverse you to ArbCom if they don't have the exact same level of overwhelming consensus for an unblock that would be required to reverse a DS sanction. That is identical to demanding that all your blocks be considered de facto DS blocks. Please tell me this was an isolated incident of you getting out over the tips of your skis. Please strike out the ArbCom threat, which has an extreme chilling affect on any uninvolved admin who sees a "normal" consensus to reduce or unblock in that discussion, but doesn't want to go thru an ArbCom case. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:10, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

  • I've unblocked. Bishonen | tålk 03:40, 27 March 2021 (UTC).
    As disappointing as it was inevitable. A day and a half and thousands of words, arguing over the difference between a BLP violation and a personal attack, no recognition of the actual problem. Benefit to the project? Nil. Though not nearly as disappointing and inevitable as events elsewhere in project space. Time to get back to the mainspace before I drive myself insane. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:58, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
    Consider that it might have gone differently if you didn't block right away. Next time, maybe don't block right away. Let your colleagues discuss and decide instead. Levivich harass/hound 13:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
    • If you imposed a block knowing an unblock was "inevitable", that sounds like a violation of WP:POINT. A huge amount of editor time was wasted on a block you now say you knew would be overturned. Huh.
    • Failure of the community to recognize the "actual problems" you see might be due to your refusal to participate in the discussion beyond a big wide swipe with the tar brush [1].
    • And speaking of the tar brush, I was particularly wounded (metaphorically speaking, of course) by your claim that I have a pattern of going over [the line], getting blocked, then backtracking and saying he didn't really mean it or the silly admin took his remarks out of context or a brigade of humourless editors is determined to rob him of his fun. As an admin you know that Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence constitute a WP:Personal attack, and that Serious accusations require serious evidence, usually in the form of diffs and links. I would hate to see you run afoul of that policy, particularly in the context of a highly visible discussion on our most-watched noticeboard. But no doubt you have lots of diffs that demonstrate the pattern you refer to. Please ping me when you've had a chance to assemble a list. Thanks.
    EEng 13:32, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
    EEng, I'm not sure what you hope to achieve by posting here, beyond beating a dead horse still further. But since you're here ... I made what I considered to be a routine admin action, and an entirely proportionate response to disruptive editing. If I could relive the experience, I probably wouldn't block you again. Not because it wasn't the right thing to do (it was) or because it was procedurally incorrect (it wasn't), but because my Wikipedia time is limited and this is my hobby and I ended up spending most of the time I'd planned to spend on article work arguing in projectspace, which is something I try to avoid these days. It was only after the ANI thread developed, with people beginning to post bolded votes to unblock and talking about reducing the duration to "time served" without even feeling the need to give a rationale (or with rationales that closely resembled those at WP:Unblockables, that I realised the inevitability of your being unblocked. Point by point:
  • I certainly was not trying to make a point, beyond the point that you should comply with policy and be more mindful of the effect your comments can have when commenting on the biography of a real, living person. I don't think we have history; if we do, it didn't impact on my decision—I'd have taken the same action regardless of the username on the other end, with the possible exception of adjusting the duration to take account of experience and previous blocks.
  • I don't think I used the term "actual problems", though the problems seemed to be well recognised by the majority of commenters, even those advocating a reduction or removal of the block. And please do not presume to lecture me on "refusal to participate"; Wikipedia is not compulsory (that's policy, btw) and I have a family and a full-time job. You would see, if you weren't so keen to see that my editing tends to be in sporadic bursts beyond very simple actions easily done from a phone in a quiet moment. I did everything I could to be available to respond to comments and questions about my actions without badgering every commenter who disagreed with me, but ultimately my input or lack thereof would have made little difference to the discussion.
  • Far from tarring you, I consider that an accurate summary of your block log, the incidents leading to the blocks, and the comments in the ANI thread.
  • I would politely suggest that there is little utility in continuing to discuss the matter, but of course you are entitled to a right of reply. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:44, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
    • I would politely suggest that there is little utility in continuing to discuss the matter – As noted in conjunction with your rush to close the discussion overturning your administrative action, no big surprise that you'd suggest that.
    • but of course you are entitled to a right of reply – So gracious.
    • do not presume to lecture me on "refusal to participate" – OK, sure, you blocked me and then stayed silent during the subsequent discussion, other than to make a personal attack on me which you now can't back up with diffs. Your right, Mr. Admin.
    • I did everything I could to be available to respond to comments and questions about my actions – You posted once and went silent for 36 hours.
    • I don't think I used the term "actual problems" – Uh, yeah you did, right here in this thread (singular actual problem, but the point remains).
    • adjusting the duration to take account of experience and previous blocks – You said you made a "review" of my "history" [2] but you must not have reviewed very carefully, because then you'd have seen that my superficially impressive block log is really full of blocks ending like this one and this one and this one. You can keep chanting the plaint of unblockability, but like the wise man said [3] In some cases "unblockable" has meant "behaves inappropriately but has too many supporters to keep blocked". But in some cases it may mean "repeatedly triggers others to behave with inappropriate authoritarianism and is unblocked when it becomes apparent that the authoritarianism was inappropriate".
    • not sure what you hope to achieve by posting here – I was hoping to find out if you're the type to take responsibility for his actions. I got my answer.
    Still waiting for diffs for my pattern of going over [the line], getting blocked, then backtracking and saying he didn't really mean it or the silly admin took his remarks out of context or a brigade of humourless editors is determined to rob him of his fun, but I've got a feeling it'll be a long wait. EEng
    For the love of god, take the W and move on. Trying to twist someone in the dirt over this is just strange, you know? Especially so long after the fact, for absolutely no gain, other than I suppose, reveling in your tepid burns like that last line. If we pretend everyone stood up and clapped after you dropped the mic, would that assuage your ego about this? People clearly agreed with you, not him, for whatever's that worth. Nothing less funny than a comedian who can't tell when he's the joke. Parabolist (talk) 05:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
    Well, I did want to establish that HJM's bullshit about pattern of going over [the line], getting blocked, then backtracking was just that -- bullshit that he can't back up. That kind of talk becomes an echo chamber, so it's useful to have the vacuity of it on the record for the future. EEng 14:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
    Parabolist has a point. Do you really think your conduct was appropriate? Or that doubling down on it when you were asked to stop (instead of asking for outside opinions or acknowledging that maybe you'd crossed a line) was sensible? I don't think you're a bad editor, but I think you sometimes cross the line from being funny or strident into being disruptive and this was definitely one of those times. I would strongly recommend that you rethink your approach next time somebody tells you you've crossed the line, otherwise you'll end up blocked again and there'll be another waste of everyone's time at ANI. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:24, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
    Do you hear yourself? "How about next time you do what some high-handed admin tells you to do, whether they've got the wrong end of the stick or not, 'cause otherwise someone like me who just shoots from the hip will waste more of everyone's time blocking you again." You thought I was disruptive; the community does not. You, in your magnificaent self-certainty, imposed your judgment before the community's discussion had even begun. Jesus, have you learned nothing from this? And no, I don't mean, "Yeah, I learned that EEng is unblockable", because I certainly am not. I just have a better understanding than you of the varieties of ways in which thoughtful grownups -- including Wikipedia editors -- interact.
    • Do you really think your conduct was appropriate? Or that doubling down on it when you were asked to stop (instead of asking for outside opinions or acknowledging that maybe you'd crossed a line) was sensible? – I understand and accept that I was more forceful than was helpful, especially in dealing with an IP. But like I said elsewhere [4], if GW had simply said, "To be clear, you're criticizing the idea of using tree in the article, not your fellow editors, right?", I'm sure I would have said, "Well, I did let myself vent a bit there, and I know I need to keep in mind that not everyone understands why we can't incorporate an avant-garde wording like tree into an article", and that would have been the end of it. But no, she had to go all ex-arbitrator authoritarian on me.
    As far as I'm concerned my job is done here. Up, up, and AWAY! EEng 14:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Anomobryum

What's happening on the Anomobryum article? Is it or is it not supposed to be protected? I have been watching recent changes this past 15 minutes and can make no sense of what is happening there. I reverted Ashleyyoursmile who is not actually a vandal, and he reverted me back and asked me to explain myself while I (in tandem) told him not to keep adding PP. Sorry I am befuddled!! --Coldtrack (talk) 19:56, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@Coldtrack: The article has been the target of a serial sockpuppeteer recently, including two new accounts today, although the edit they were making (removing the protection template) was technically correct. I've made a null edit now to remove the rollback link from the sock's edit which will hopefully make clear that there should be no more reverting. If any more accounts come out of the woodwork, I'll semi-protect the article again. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:13, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
OK thanks for clarifying. So the article for this past half hour and at present is not protected. So Ashleyyoursmile was wrong on both occasions to restore the template. I don't do much recent patrol activity. What is the purpose of the null edit? --Coldtrack (talk) 20:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Coldtrack, yes I was wrong to revert on both occasions and my edits were immediate consequences of reverting the sock. Apologies. Ashleyyoursmile! 20:21, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Ashleyyoursmile, have no worries. It's all getting into focus now! --Coldtrack (talk) 20:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Coldtrack, the null edit made by Harry is to ensure that the last revision is not the one made by the sock, so the if more accounts arrive, they won't be able to undo earlier versions. Ashleyyoursmile! 20:28, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
I'll continue on your own talk. --Coldtrack (talk) 20:29, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
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Arbitration

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Question

Since this was several years ago, I have to ask you about: "conditional unblock: ARBPIA topic ban remains in effect" [5], the topic ban is still in effect? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 12:03, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

I haven't been as active at AE as I once was for some years but looking at the logs it appears I imposed the topic ban in 2014. While that was indeed a long time ago, I can't find evidence of any appeal. I was entirely inactive for a year but I don't recall being notified. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:19, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Loose Women - Kaye Adams

Hi HJ Mitchell,

Would you consider Kaye Adams as a regular presenter on Loose Women again? She has presented 6 Episodes within the last 3 weeks.

--29485O (talk) 23:12, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

29485O, that sounds like a question for the article's talk page. I'm vaguely aware of what Loose Women is, but I've never heard of Kaye Adams. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:16, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
HJ Mitchell Apologies, I was looking to edit the article but seen your name attached to a note saying the article was semi-protected due to Persistent disruptive editing. I will ask on the articles talk page and see if I get a response. Thanks --29485O (talk) 23:21, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Promotion of Death of Mark Saunders

Congratulations, HJ Mitchell! The article you nominated, Death of Mark Saunders, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:06, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in DS Consultation

Hi HJ Mitchell. I'm not sure if you're aware of the current community consultation around Discretionary Sanctions but as someone who has participated in DS related activities recently I'd like to invite you to participate. You have the opportunity to participate at whatever level you wish; there are questions that are higher level (theoreticaly) in scope as well as opportunities to give feedback about specific areas of DS. The consultation will run through April 25th and I hope you'll participate. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Barkeep49, I was vaguely aware of it but it had dropped off my radar. Thanks for jogging my memory. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:28, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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You’ve got Mail

Hello Harry, you should have two pieces from me - I’d be interested to hear your opinion on the most recent one. Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 06:38, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Pahunkat, sorry, busy week. I haven't been online much. Day off tomorrow though so I'll hopefully get back to you then. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:38, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Don't worry about it - nothing's particularly urgent :-) Pahunkat (talk) 16:37, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

On disruptive editing and blocks

Hi. Ekaditya, the editor I reported at WP:ANV is disruptively editing, edit warring against an established consensus past a fourth-level warning. Where do I have to report them in order for them to be temporarily blocked and stop the disruption? I can't stop it on my own, or I'll end up violating the 3-RR. Or can you just block them but not for vandalizing but for disruptively editing? —El Millo (talk) 07:58, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Facu-el Millo, as a very general rule of thumb, if it takes more than a sentence or two to explain or a couple of minutes to look into, it doesn't belong at AIV. AIV is very much a summary process for obvious cases to free up the other noticeboards. WP:ANI is the best place to get more eyes on difficult or complicated situations. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:29, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Death of Mark Saunders scheduled for TFA

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Barney's Good Day Good Night

I no longer think pending changes protection is necessary on this page. It has been almost five months (December 1) since the last disruptive edit. Scorpions13256 (talk) 20:29, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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TV Vandal

Hi, I discovered that this user: User talk:64.231.141.73 has recently created this article that turned out to be false. He/she has a history of vandalizing articles in the past like this recent one. -184.146.36.142 (talk) 23:22, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Edit to one of your talk pages

Hi HJ, I submitted an article and it was deleted. Id like to request to have it emailed to me or copied to my page. Jamaallewis82@gmail.com Please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 14. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 22:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Done CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 05:53, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

TFA

Thank you today for Death of Mark Saunders, introduced: "Another in my occasional series of articles on British police shootings. This one is interesting because (unlike most such incidents), the person shot was not a career criminal or an armed robber pointing a gun at somebody's head, but an upper-middle-class lawyer with a drink problem and a legally owned shotgun. This incident didn't attract as much academic attention as some of the others, but The Guardian covered the investigation and the inquest in detail from start to finish. I think these are important stories to tell, and I'd like to think this article tells this one fairly."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

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  • The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

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FAC Mentoring

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Sinn Féin

Hello HJ! My name is Ben, and I am a somewhat new editor to Wikipedia. Been editing for I'd say a year and a half now! But anyways, I am here to ask, if you would be so kind, for permanent pending changes protection for the article Sinn Féin. It is a political party that has a troubled past after being the political wing of various paramilitaries during a conflict known as The Troubles, and since recently is a hot topic once again as they won an election in 2020 for the first time since 1919. This article is extremely controversial due to its troubled past and as a result, is often a very high target for vandalism and sometimes even sockpuppetry. However meaningful and sourced additions from unregistered users should have the ability to add on to it. So I am hereby requesting the least strict form of protection, in permanent pending changes protection. If you could do this for the article, that would be highly appreciated by me and many more hardcore contributors to this specific topic. Thanks for your consideration! B. M. L. Peters (talk) 20:19, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Note, this request was made previously to WP:RPP on the 12th March and it was declined as not enough recent disruption on the article and plenty of eyes. Canterbury Tail talk 21:09, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Additionally they have also directly asked User:Mjroots, User:El C, so at this point B. M. L. Peters is admin shopping to get a protection on a page that isn't needed. Canterbury Tail talk 21:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

DS 2021 Review Update

Dear HJ Mitchell,

Thank you for participating in the recent discretionary sanctions community consultation. We are truly appreciative of the range of feedback we received and the high quality discussion which occurred during the process. We have now posted a summary of the feedback we've received and also a preview of some of what we expect to happen next. We hope that the second phase, a presentation of draft recommendations, will proceed on time in June or early July. You will be notified when this phase begins, unless you choose to to opt-out of future mailings by removing your name here.
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A Request

Hello, I am User:SRV2021. I was wanting to request that https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Mughal_dynasty.png be deleted and any pages on-line with it be removed of it. Also, I mistakenly edited while being signed out so my IP shows, so if that can be removed as well I would appreciate it. As for the file link, if you check the description I have commented on its false nature. It was submitted to Wikipedia in bad faith or by mistake. I will delete my user account soon. My last request is that this comment on your talk page be deleted when you have finished with the rest of my request. Thank you so much for your help HJ, all the best!

Hi, the image is hosted on Commons, so you'll need to request deletion there, but you'd need to provide evidence of a problem. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

User talk:176.221.121.64

Hi, HJ. You've blocked 176.221.121.64 three times before for disruptive editing. The latest block just expired, and the editor is back at it. Would it be possible to block that account again? Instant Comma (talk) 20:22, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Instant Comma, looks like SQL has dealt with it. Sorry, I've been busy in real life lately so I'm not about as much as I'd like to be. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:33, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. You shouldn't apologize for having a life outside Wikipedia! Instant Comma (talk) 18:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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Invitation for Functionary consultation 2021

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extended confirmed user Keith-264

Just noticed that you added this to my account, 2017-10-07 17:26. would you mind removing it please. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 11:52, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Template:Infobox outbreak

Template:Infobox outbreak is currently template-editor protected. At just 555 transclusions this seems excessive. Module:Medical cases chart is only extended-confirmed protected which I think would be more appropriate. The talk page is quite active with suggested changes so I think it would be helpful to widen the pool of people who can edit it. As you protected it would you consider a downgrade? User:GKFXtalk 21:06, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

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Arbitration

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Template:Infobox outbreak

Hi. As per this request and at WP:RFPP I'm going to reduce it to ECP. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 22:58, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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User talk:Jimbo Wales

Please consider unprotecting User talk:Jimbo Wales. Indefinite protection makes a mockery of Jimbo's "open door policy" (the unprotected subpage is a joke, I'm pretty sure he's forgotten about it), and the level of disruption hasn't changed much compared to the months before the protection was applied. Thanks, 2601:194:300:130:C849:BAB9:595B:CE43 (talk) 15:25, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Now at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for reduction in protection level. 2601:194:300:130:250D:335F:8C60:4259 (talk) 00:44, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Moved to WP:AN#Protection review: User talk:Jimbo Wales. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Guideline and policy news

  • Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
  • An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

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  • IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

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Chandler's Ford shooting scheduled for TFA

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Nevermind on the email

Hi, Harry - I fixed the issue I emailed you about. Thanks anyway!! Atsme 💬 📧 22:47, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

If you have an email no one wants you can send it to me. I repurpose them for charity. EEng 00:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Red (Taylor Swift album) peer review

Hello HJ Mitchell, I have opened a peer review for Red prior to taking it to FAC. I am reaching out as you commented on Blank Space's FAC. If you have the time and are willing, I would greatly appreciate any comment or advice that you could give at the review. If you are unable, that is totally fine as well. Thank you! --TheSandDoctor Talk 01:58, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Reversion Of Nigeria Information

Hi HJ Mitchell, I made some contributions today to my country page Nigeria[1] on the religion section with proper citations from [2] after some hours you revert it back to the obsolete information. I want to know exactly why you revert the information. I am a Nigerian I want to know why you have to update my country page with outdated information. Cooklabel (talk) 23:53, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Sorry, I did not notice on the Teahouse that the user had the wrong editor. The reverts were by user:Gheghji Meters (talk) 23:58, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

Thank you for your Welcome Note, 14 years ago. Just to let you know, I have just passed 100,000 edits. Again, many thanks and Enjoy. Denisarona (talk) 08:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

TFA

August songs

Thank you today for Chandler's Ford shooting, introduced: "This is a slightly thinner article, on a slightly more recent subject, than I normally bring here but I've had little luck in attracting feedback (though I'm grateful to SchroCat for casting an eye and helping to dig up some more sources). It's part of my back-burner project on British police shootings. This one wasn't especially controversial in that the people shot were pointing a loaded handgun at a security guard, but police shootings in Britain are few and far between so they always attract plenty of attention and they're the subject of some academic study. This one raised some interesting questions about police tactics, being a pre-planned operation with the stated aim of apprehending the robbers. Also of note is that the whole event was caught on video by the police, and (somewhat sensationally) the video of the shooting was later played in court at the trial of the surviving gang members."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

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a rangeblock

Shouldn't this be anon only? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 20:44, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Jpgordon, almost certainly. I've fixed it. Thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:33, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Hey, this is a person who was affected by the unfortunate accidental block. Just letting you know thanks for fixing it! BigCheese76 (talk) 12:58, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

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Portsmouth War Memorial scheduled for TFA

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Butt rock

I see you protected this article from creation eleven years ago. Eleven years later, I'd like to redirect it to Post-grunge#Pejorative label, where butt rock is presently best represented. Time to reconsider? And if you or your merry band aren't the people to ask, could you point the way to the proper venue? Thanks. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:35, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

OK, point taken, I'll find my own way out. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:54, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
InedibleHulk, you may not have noticed but my edits here are sparse at the moment because my free time is limited. I don't see a problem with the title being redirected in good faith so I've unprotected it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:38, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
I hadn't noticed, but thanks for sparing a moment, will get on that. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:22, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

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Please check WP:AIV

Right now its clogged but i sent an very important report recently, you need to check and clear it. MoonlightVectorTalk page 17:15, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

2 years, 270 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes and 36 seconds??

Regarding this: [6] ... I must know. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:14, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Floquenbeam, It's 1001 days but it doesn't display properly because of a change to MediaWiki a few years ago! :) In other words, an arbitrarily long duration that's more than a year and less than forever because we're not supposed to indef IPs. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:22, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
LOL. So 1001.000 days from now, once it goes thru the MediaWiki sausage grinder, comes out with a leftover fraction of days. That's funny. I can guess why, but still funny. OK, that makes sense (well, no, but that explains it). While I'm here, don't think I've said "hi" in a while. So Hi. Hope you and yours are well. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:32, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Floquenbeam, it used to display as "1001 days" and it makes me a little bit sad that it doesn't any more, but the slightly garbled duration is still amusing I suppose. I'm good, thanks. I try to stick to writing articles and blocking vandals on the wiki these days and leave the politics to others. I got a promotion at work a few months ago so I've not had the time to be on-wiki as much as I'd like. I've got a few days off and the mrs is working so I'm trying to finish off a back-burner project and procrastinating by clearing out AIV! Hope things are okay with you? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:43, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Oh, I'm mostly into the politics (but at least I'm self-aware). Primarily using WP as a procrastination tool (but not to avoid writing an article!). Off wiki, work sucks but family is doing great. Enjoy your bridge article. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:05, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Work always sucks (and I like my job, some of the time at least!), but it pays the bills! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:16, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Harry. I just dropped by to say how just like old times it has been over the last day or so, seeing your messages at AIV, which I haven't seen for years, but which remind me of far off days, when you practically lived at AIV. What an interesting coincidence that when I got here I found this conversation about your 1001 night blocks, because they are the thing which has most stuck in my memory about you from all those years ago. (Well, apart from hats, which I won't mention, because I promised you I wouldn't.) Floquenbeam, I remember when Harry's blocks stopped showing up as 1001 days, and switched to the bizarre kind of thing you noticed, about ten years or so back. I assumed it was an accidental side effect of some software change, but I met one of the developers at a meetup, and he told me it was quite deliberate. He also explained why it had been done, but I'm afraid at the end of it I could only think of what Byron once wrote about Coleridge: "I wish he would explain his explanation." JBW (talk) 12:54, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Good to see you're still around, James! I pop in when I can but I don't have the time that I used to, and I prefer to spend it in the mainspace but I still get a kick out of blocking vandals. We'll have to have a pint one day now that it's possible again, and I promise we won't discuss hats! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:03, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Goodness, "James". I am so unused to people calling me that now that it comes as a bit of a shock. JBW (talk) 13:18, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
I suppose it will have to remain one of life's mysteries; It's unlikely I would understand an explanation either. And yes, I agree it was good to see Harry's name pop up on my watchlist. --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

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Defining vandalism

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 Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  06:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Discussion at User talk:Cerambycidfreak § image copyrights

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User:'zin_is_short_for_Tamzin

I'm guessing you blocked because it tripped 809? That one actually is a legitimate alt of Tamzin, I assume she was trying to trip 1170 and ran into 809 instead. You'll see RoySmith-testing up to the same shenanigans. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:13, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@GeneralNotability I'm inclined to go ahead and unblock (per the red message at the top of this page), since this seems like it is probably a mistake related to a bot-reported false positive at AIV. SQLQuery Me! 21:34, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and unblocked. I've got to step away for a few hours shortly. If my unblock is in error, please feel free to reblock. SQLQuery Me! 21:37, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
@SQL and GeneralNotability: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Without context, I assumed it was a troll account. This is exactly the sort of scenario the red message is for, so thank you. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:03, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
Well hey, speaking of red things, you let that bright-red userbox on my userpage come true, if only for a while. Plus I got answers to a few things I'd been wondering about Android push notifications when blocked. My only regret with this is that I'll have to edit the bit on my disclosures page that says "I have never been blocked on any account/IP other than my main one." :D -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 08:18, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
  2. ^ https://countrymeters.info/en/Nigeria
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