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GAN backlog elimination drive - 1 week to go

First off, on behalf of myself and my co-coordinator Wizardman, I would like to thank you for the efforts that you have made so far in this GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a success, and that is thanks to you. See this Signpost article about what this drive has achieved so far.

We're currently heading into the final week of the drive. At this time, if you have any GANs on review or on hold, you should be finishing off those reviews. Right now, we have more GANs on review or on hold than we do unreviewed. If you're going to start a GA review, please do so now so you can complete it by the end of the month and so that the nominator has a full 7-day window to address any concerns.

See you at the finish!

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:15, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI

You might want to weigh in here. --causa sui (talk) 15:46, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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SNAFU

I am not aware of how that happened; I was editing another section on that page and did not get an edit conflict message. Sorry. Duke53 | Talk 23:16, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

I would love to know how that happened. Are you sure you didn't get an edit conflict notice? Were you editing a section because it doesn't show up in your edit summary? It was a bloody nightmare to fix, but I've put all the comments back where they were. Thankfully someone spotted what happened before too many more edits were made. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:22, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
I am SURE that I didn't get an edit conflict message ... I hit the 'save page' button and my comment [1] was saved. Duke53 | Talk 23:27, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

It's not a one-off - it does have to do with the inability of Wikipedia software to cope with edit conflicts. Sometimes it thinks it's coped (so you don't get the edit-conflict message), but has actually screwed the page up. Unless/until the foundation invests in software capable of doing the job properly there's not a lot we can do, except be vigilant and do our best to fix it when it happens. DuncanHill (talk) 23:29, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, Duncan. Duke, you got the wrong diff above- this is the one that caused the mess. Your next comment was fine (though it gave me an edit conflict trying to fix the damn edit conflict!). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:33, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Re:Image question

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RFA

'Bout time you decided to run again, count on my support.--SKATER Speak. 13:41, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Well thank you, it would be an honour to have your support. It'll probably be ready in a day or 2. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I see you've got your first support already. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 20:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
That's odd, it's not even live yet! Did you give any thought to a 3rd co-nom or are you happy? If you want to be high up, I suggest you keep a close eye on it, though I don't know exactly when it'll go up. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:14, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
And another support now, lol. I think I'll leave the noms to Fastily ‎and Brad, they'll do a good job and I don't know how much 'HJ is awesome' will help. :P - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
At this rate, the nominator won't make the top ten supports! I'm sure they will, and just make sure you say that on the RfA ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:50, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm in a bind here- I've got lots of thoughts- and a couple drafts- of how to word a co-nom, but so much of what I need to say depends on what Fastily covers. I'm afraid I'm in a holding pattern until I see what points he discusses. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 00:20, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Fair enough. I'll look forward to reading it. Strangely enough, I already have two supports and the RfA isn't even half-complete! What do you think to my answers- anything I've missed, anything I should add/remove etc? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:37, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, Q1 is very strong- acknowledge your weaknesses regarding CSD and tackle them head-on. Q2: this is personal preference, but I'd only mention things you had a significant hand in as your content contributions; leave out those things where your main involvement was nominating (I don't know what that would do to your ITN count, though.) Q3; Nothing wrong there, for anyone who really want sto go back to December and read the ANEW report, it's linked in RFA #1. Is not mentioning MisterWiki anywhere in these answers intentional or not- you know there will be questions about that situation. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 01:10, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
It's not intentional, but I'm not sure it really fits with the questions- I wouldn't call an acrimonious ANI thread (even one where I kept my cool in the face of assumptions of bad faith and insults) one of my "proudest" contributions, though I wouldn't call it a "conflict" because that has negative connotations and I'm not planning to use admin tools in the area, with possible exception of suppressing redirects when moving his drafts into mainspace. In one sense, it's probably best to tackle it head on, but in another, I'm tempted to wait because someone is bound to bring it up and I'd rather answer a specific question than leave myself open. What do you think? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:25, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
It's up to you, but by bringing it up, you can frame the discussion, waiting allows someone else to cast the situation in whatever light they see it in. But, you almost have brought it up- the last sentence of Q2 is viewable as a reference to that ongoing situation. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 01:42, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
OK, so how do you think I should work it in? I agree on the "first mover advantage", but I;m not show how I should bring it up. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:11, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm finished with the nomination statement. Feel free to transclude whenever you're ready. I'm confident, and hopeful that you will pass this RfA with flying colors. Best of luck to you, FASTILY (TALK) 03:25, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, Fastily, I truly am honoured and quite humbled. It'll probably be up in a day, maybe 2, once I'm happy with everything. Thanks for everything HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
See what you think, and feel free to correct any stupid mistakes I made due to it being 3 AM local time! Bradjamesbrown (talk) 07:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Btw, sorry, I thought it was already transcluded- I'd had it on my watchlist. If it's annoying you that I voted too early, feel free to remove my !vote for now. :) SS✞(Kay) 09:21, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Gervais

I have to query this; bit bitey, for this first edit? Or maybe there is some 'back-story' I don't know about? I'm all for defending BLPs and zapping derog. stuff ASAP, but I think 'only warning' for that is a bit sharp, no? I wouldn't normally question it, but I was checking the RfA, and...well, thought I'd ask here.  Chzz  ►  14:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I think the 4im was justified for the "avid masturbator" comment- that's not something one would write if they were trying to improve the encyclopaedia. The rest of it is just petty vandalism, and would be worthy of a level1 or 2 at most, but, imo, calling someone an "avid masturbator" could be considered libel. Of course, I welcome healthy disagreement and I'm happy to discuss it with you, but I think the 4im was justified in the circumstances. Thanks for stopping by, 14:40, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Agree. The reason we have WP:BITE is so we don't scare off constructive editors. That was not a constructive editor, that was a vandal. I think anyone messing with BLPs like that should be blocked on sight. Warnings are a privilege, not a right. Aiken ♫ 14:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Hey, Aiken! I don't necessarily agree with blocking on sight, but I think a one and only warning is justified for a BLP violation like that. Thanks for your support, btw, I meant to stop by your talk page earlier. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:50, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
I think we are too lenient with blatant vandals, such as the one in this case. They were already vandalizing another article before moving onto the BLP. Testing is fine, but vandalizing is not. I think four warnings is far too many as well, I think two is plenty for testing. If someone ignores a warning more than twice, they are clearly not here to be constructive. Vandals spoil this encyclopedia, and in some cases, spoil people's lives. They deserve nothing less than a block, least of all a warning. Aiken ♫ 14:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)Of course, I will almost always go up to the four warnings when vandal-fighting, otherwise admins refuse to block... Aiken ♫ 15:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Everyone deserves a second chance, but not a third chance to defame somebody like that. Maybe I'm just an optimist? That's not necessarily the case- WP:GAIV#When to report is (I think) deliberately ambiguous on the point, saying that vandals should receive "enough" warnings, but it doesn't say "must receive 4 warnings". Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
I think it means "at least one". With the nature of "anyone can edit" though, we have no idea if someone's account or IP is their first. Aiken ♫ 15:26, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Yep, a good, reasonable, considered answer (HJ), thanks; as you've maybe gathered, my intent in asking wasn't so much to complain, as to help decide my !vote. Thanks again,  Chzz  ►  14:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Well thank you. Nothing wrong with making me question my judgement- it keep me on my toes. Thanks for your time. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Your RFA

I've added in my own rather cheese co-nom. Sorry It was a bit late but I just saw your RFA. I hope that you pass this time. You deserve it. Good luck :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 15:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, I was flattered when I read that! :) Seems to be going well so far, but it's early days yet so who knows what'll happen? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Oh don't mention it, you are the first person that I've ever added a co-nom for :) you knew that I'd at least support you right? It's the least I can do for you for all of the work that you've put in this site. And don't worry about the RFA. It will pass. You've improved a lot in the past few months.--White Shadows you're breaking up 16:05, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
My head's spinning! It's only been up a few hours and I have 33 supports from a bunch of editors, including you, that I hold in very high esteem! The only thing that's really worrying me is CSD, but I'm hoping that I can head off opposition based on that by just being open and honest (hence the answer to Q4). Evidently you're happy, though, since, as I recall, CSD was part of your neutral rationale last time :). I can't quite believe it, I have almost as many supports now as I did at the close of RfA #1 and I only transcluded it a few hours ago! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:17, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
you hold me in high esteem? anyway, good job. This shows you that you have improved and you are a very good editor :) Good job.--White Shadows you're breaking up 17:09, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: May I...

Mistakenly clicked on rollback using the Lupin anti-vandal tool. WWE Socks 02:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah, now worries! It happens to the best of us, I was just a little confused. I was going to ask what tool you were using- I didn;t recognise the edit summary. Anyway, happy editing, my friend :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry and happy editing to you too. :) WWE Socks 02:07, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

RfA Thanks


I wanted to thank you for participating in my RfA, which succeeded at 134/4/0. I am truly amazed but equally elated by the result and I hope I am able to serve as a good administrator. It was a surreal experience to succeed, and I will strive to meet your expectations.

More specifically, thank you for your support. You were very helpful in regards to the WT:RFA that was sparked and I wish you good luck with your own RfA.

Thanks! ceranthor 15:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Well thank you- not least because its nice to receive thanks for my participation in a successful RfA for a change. I don't know exactly how helpful I was in the discussion, but I felt it needed saying and I didn't think it was fair that people were opposing over a guessed age. Evidently for the other 134 (myself included), the maturity of your contributions is what mattered. Have fun with your mop and be sure to whack lots of vandals with it :). Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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Move protection

Hmm, I guess that east718's move-protection admin script is dead... —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 01:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Must be. I expect it's due to whatever it was that buggered all the bots the other week, but having the TFA unprotected for an hour is not good- if it keeps up, sooner or later, someone'll take advantage. Thanks for your note. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
I went to protect the queued TFAs, but Raul hasn't scheduled tomorrow's yet. Feel free to drop me a line if you need another protected (until you get your own mop, that is ;) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 01:08, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Will do- are you usually on around midnight UTC then? Seems to be one of those weird "where the hell have all the admins gone" times of the day. Thanks for the support- it's very much appreciated ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:11, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Normally, but I won't be tomorrow. No problem, you'll do great with the tools :) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 01:13, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 London Marathon

Once again, very nice work - Dumelow (talk) 23:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, just noticed your RFA as well. I'll head over in the morning and add my support, I'm sure you'll be a great admin for the encyclopaedia! - Dumelow (talk) 23:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Measurement system of the 2010 London Marathon

Hello HJ Mitchell,

First of all, contracts on your article about the 2010 London Marathon. It is good and complete. Secondly, as you realized quite rapidly, I added the metric system in the article. I saw you switched to put the imperial system first, mentioning the UK uses miles as primary measurement. In practice you are right: the UK in fact uses miles for distances and miles per hour for speed. However, officially, the UK does use the metric system. In addition, the rest of the world (US, Liberia and Myanmar excluded) uses the metric system. Hence, could you reconsider your modification and put the metric system first.

Thank you in advance, have a good day. Xionbox (talk) 00:27, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello :). Thanks for your note, and thanks for the compliments, I enjoyed writing it. In my experience, the imperial measurements tend to be more commonly used in the UK, however, since the main article- London Marathon- puts the metric measures before the imperial, I'll defer to that for consistency. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:32, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

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:-/

Hey. Someone told me you were going to RfA. I took a look, and I feel very guilty about you being very critiziced. I feel you have done a good job, and you are very good editing. I would like to support you (y'know I can't), but I know you will pass it and best wishes for you as admin :-) Cheers. --Diego Grez let's talk 03:40, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

Oops sorry. I was trying to make it easier so that people would recognize when they were born. I understand what you mean. CharlieJS13 (talk 19:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

It's OK- in some senses I prefer it your way, but the guideline says otherwise and it's better to keep things consistent :). Did you have a look at hotcat? Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I did yes, and I know what to do now! Thanks for the pointer. CharlieJS13 (talk) 20:51, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

AfD

Hi HJ Mitchell,

If you looked at the article for deletion discussion page for List of ice hockey players of Semitic descent, you can see that no consensus was reached and the article is no longer up for deletion. (It's listed under List_of_ice_hockey_players_of_Asian_descent, as the nominator grouped three related articles together.

So if it's okay with you, I'm going to remove that AfD tag again :D

Cheers,

207.6.175.124 (talk) 23:55, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

The Userpage Shield
For reverting the vandalism on my talk page 5 albert square (talk) 00:36, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome. They came after me, too! I just happened to spot them on my watchlist making a nuisance of themselves. I reported him though and Materialscientist blocked him for a week. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I like it, "block me and I'll take away your admin powers". Er, WHAT admin powers, I am not admin! Merely a rollbacker with Twinkle and Huggle by my side :) --5 albert square (talk) 00:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, we'll see him in a week, no doubt :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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Clegg's Religious Belief

From how he has described his religious beliefs, he sounds to me more of an agnostic than an atheist. He seems open to some kind of spiritual reality. I would be curious to hear your take on it. By the way, your edit in the "Beliefs" section reads much more cleanly than mine - good job! I am really interested to see if the Lib Dems can take out Labour and maybe even the Tories. I have a sneaking suspicion that there are a lot of voters that have never voted Lib Dem in the past for fear of wasting their vote. With the Lib Dems on 31% I am betting a lot of those same voters will vote yellow because it might count this time. I can't help but thinking that the polls are very soft on Lib Dem support. Is it actually possible that there could be a Prime Minister Clegg? Hmmm.... With this election as strange as it is, anything is possible! It will be an interesting 9 more days. Cheers mate - Take care! DaysOfFuturePassed (talk) 00:59, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Interesting. The problem with that, especially with Clegg being a living person is that either agnostic or atheist would require sourcing beyond shadow of a doubt- ie something along the lines of him giving an interview and pronouncing "I believe in god/I'm an agnostic/I'm an atheist" etc, rather like we handle sexuality. The main reason I reverted it though was the tone. I'm sure it wasn't supposed to sound like that, but we must avoid any appearance of judging him based on his religious beliefs (or lack thereof) which means we have to be very careful with our words.
I'd love to see him become PM, but it's sadly unlikely, though we can hope for a hung parliament! Anyway, I hope that helps and feel free to raise any queries here or on Talk:Nick Clegg. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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Give me a moment...

and I'll have some content for you at User talk:HJ Mitchell/gaffe transwiki... When you're done, let me know and I'll re-delete. — Scientizzle 17:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Much obliged, thank you :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:29, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
The history moved with the content. Can you copy it now? — Scientizzle 17:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
I just checked out [2]...I guess the transwiki is more complicated than either of us thought? — Scientizzle 17:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Follow-up: Wikipedia:Wikinews states

As noted at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects#Wikinews, "Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. Copying material to Wikinews would relicense it under the CC-By license, which is incompatible with CC-By-SA and GFDL. However Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia."

I guess I'll go ahead and delete the userified content now... Thanks for trying! — Scientizzle 17:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
That was the conclusion I came to on WN. It was worth a shot. Thanks for your help. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

You have...

...mail. Email to be precise, I replied to your message. (I thought I'd create a new section and let the other one be archived) Btw, congrats on getting Lindsay Lohan up to GA. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

  • puts on best Monty Burns impression* Eeeeexcellent! I shall check it in a moment, I'm just prettifying my userpage (I think it lacks colour atm). I have a bot that archive it now- this page just gets too long too quickly to archive manually, but it fucked up my Roman numeral archiving system. :( Thanks for the congrats. It was a hard slog, but I'm glad it's done. I might have a look at her discogrpahy with a view to getting it up to FL- it's not too bad atm, but it's almost completely unsourced and it'll need a serious copyedit. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I've just sent you an email. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 15:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
And another one. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 20:47, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Ping! "You have mail". - JuneGloom07 Talk? 22:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
You don't have any mail from me this time, but do you still want to review Hello Goodbye (Ugly Betty) for me? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
I don't see why not. I'll have a look in the morning- I take it you've learned enough of my pet peeves to have it in good shape? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Everything should be okay. Let me know when you're online and I'll go nominate it. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 11:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
You're getting closer to WP:100. :) Anyway, are you free? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:15, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, sure. Go ahead and nominate it and I'll pick it up. I'm not really up to reviewing anything atm, but I'll certainly be able to make my initial comments and check the technical stuff. Let me know when you've added it to the list. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Nominated and thank you. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
I replaced the ref you flagged up, but I'm unsure what to do about the second point you raised. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Well it would be nice if you could find some material from cast/crew etc about the end of the series, but I just feel that the article as it is seems to mention that it's the last ever as an afterthought- for example, the lead says it's the last in the current series, but doesn't make it clear that it's the last ever episode. Any help? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:09, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I haven't forgotten about Hello Goodbye, just had a few distractions today. Made my first trips to both AN and ANI today, AN wasn't for anything interesting, just requesting some help with the AIV backlog. ANI was to see if there is anything to be done about a serial sockpuppeteer. Anything interesting happen to you today? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Nothing "interesting", I've just been loitering. I spent a bit of time on the new account log earlier (I was bored and there was nothing interesting on my watchlist!) and I've been working on 2010 London Marathon- some gent has uploaded a load of photos to Flickr and freely licensed them all so I'm having a field day uploading them to Commons, trouble is there's about 20,000 of them! I also stumbled across a vandal creating a page with nothing but "4 and 6" copied and pasted a few hundred times and had to get a checkuser after he did it with three different accounts! I've been to AIV a few times today (the joy of having a watchlist like mine!) and it seemed busy- I saw your AN note and left another one. I think Xeno cleared it. Did you manage to find any stuff on the end of the series? It would go quite nicely in the article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm still having trouble finding anymore info about the episode, to be honest I don't think many people care about it. Like one of the critics said "Ugly Betty attempted to earn a place in TV history, but I fear their last episode will be quickly forgotten by the fans". It was no where near to getting as much press (or viewers) as the Friends finale. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:17, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Sling that in then unless you think it's too negative-a-note on which to end it. I'll probably pass it in the morning anyway. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
I've already added it, plus a reaction to the axing by Vanessa Williams and I tweaked the lead too. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for passing Hello Goodbye! :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Don't forget to add HG to your running total at the backlog elimination drive. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 12:42, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I'd forgotten! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for getting rid of the vandalism on my talk page. :) I hope karma comes and kicks that user's butt. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 16:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. They didn't even have the decency to sign! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:37, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Request

Could you please remove Cristián Berríos name from:

It is cross-wiki spam and I'm doing the job to revert that. :-) Cheers --Diego Grez let's talk 03:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  Done. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

And there are more:

Again, the same name to remove, Berríos. Thanks Nerdy. --Diego Grez let's talk 03:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I have removed all occurrences of Cristián Berríos in the article space. Glad to help. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, NSD :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome, HJ. BTW, you already have 100 supports on your RfA. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 14:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I know. 101/20/4 with 44 hours to go. Not that I'm counting ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:37, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks NSD. And HJ Mitchell, you win! :-D --Diego Grez let's talk 21:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Let me be the first to congratulate you HJ. I know that I'm a day ahead but barring 30-40+ opposes in a matter of 36 hours, you'll be handed the mop. Good job and Good luck. And congrats to you too NSd for the speedy response to MW's request.--White Shadows you're breaking up 22:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm sure you'll understand if I keep the champagne on ice for another 35 hours- nothing's set in stone, after all and anything's possible! Thanks for the kind thoughts, though! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Oh I understand. He in farmer land we use the saying "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched". I just wanted to be the first to cangratulate you. You know, beat the crat congrats?--White Shadows you're breaking up 22:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Oliver O'Grady

Hi. I was the one who updated the Oliver O'Grady page to include his current whereabouts. I didn't know it was a violation of the BLP policy to do that. Sorry. It most certainly wasn't vandalism - he is definitely in Dublin, and definitely did leave after the airing of the documentary (to assume coincidence, when evidence to the contrary exists, is a bit silly, but I understand that BLPs are a different breed). I thought the page could do with that information, as currently it is clearly incorrect. 217.91.140.27 (talk) 16:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Well as you've probably seen your edit was tagged with "possible BLP issue or vandalism". I don't think the edit was vandalism but it could be considered a BLP violation and we need to be especially careful with information on living people. I hope that helps :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:28, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I did see that, but I don't know how it could violate the BLP, as it's not accusing him of anything, other than simply clearing up his location. The linked article has photos of him where they say he is. Again, sorry if I did anything wrong :) 217.91.140.27 (talk) 10:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

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ITN/C

Hey, there are two items that seem to have consensus under WP:ITN/C#April 29 if you have a moment. Thanks for the support in my RfA, btw, it's very much appreciated. All the best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

In regards to the oil spill, I was in the middle of adding it (added the size to the article first though, and then got a bit distracted). The World Expo one obviously should be put up, but the opening ceremony has not happened yet. -- tariqabjotu 00:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

ITN: Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion

-- tariqabjotu 00:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

That was pretty cool, I've never been a part of anything like that before. Thanks! Aalox (talk) 12:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

BBC News GAN

Hi HJ Mitchell - I was just dropping you a message about the GA review you are conducting of BBC News. It has been over a month since there was a comment by either you or the nominator, and a ping by Wizardman has gone unanswered for over a week. As this article has been under review for over a month and a half, it's probably time to make a decision on this one :) Thanks for all of your work reviewing GAs, it's great to have dedicated reviewers! Dana boomer (talk) 01:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, much as I hate to fail an article, I've been meaning to get round to doing so for a while. I'll do it now while it's on my mind. :( Thanks for the poke. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 Done and I've left a note for the nominator. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response! It's unfortunate when an article has to be failed, but sometimes it must be done :( Dana boomer (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Wanted to orange bar you about Speedbird 712- I replie over on my talk page. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
I see no barriers t passing this Talk:BOAC Flight 712/GA2; if you concur, I'll sign off on it and do the paperwork. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. You've got 97 minutes to pass it and log it :)! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Hey

I'm good how 'bout you? What you been up to? Of course, if I abandon it, and people add whatever the hell they want, the article will lose it's beautiful star, which will not happen, cause that's not how I roll. I want my work to continue being excellent and I will not allow its status to be demoted. Ooh, nice. I'll drop by later. Besides the latter, are you busy? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 18:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

It's always good to hear from ya. :) Yeah, a whole bunch of people that I know do that wiki gnome thing. Oh, okay ["I don't want to get into anything too heavy while my RfAs on"] I was just wondering. Nice work on the 2010 London Marathon article. Yeah, I hear that working on discographies are hard, that's why I've never attempted to work on them. Yeah, I hate the fact that people come here and do that sort of stuff. All the hard work one does and some idiot comes and just wants to trash it. Do these idiots not have anything better to do? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
I was just wondering if you could review one of my nominations at GAN, but if you're busy, then forget it. Yeah, working on discographies are hard work, cause there's a lot of research to do, like finding out when the song/album charted or was released, etc. It's a shame they log in and just start vandalizing, giving us more problems. The fact that he "lost" weight eating Subway sandwiches and getting the pounds back, and people criticizing him for it. I just don't understand how people can come here, do their vandalism crap, and be proud of themselves. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
"Jackie Jormp-Jomp" should be short and easy to do, and it'd be good for the elimination drive. "Floyd" is pretty long, so I wouldn't recommend doing that one. Yeah, we should block them so that they stop coming back, that's how I see it. Sure, some IPs do good, but they're really the ones who start the problem. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

And another request, and another request, another one bites the dust!.

I have posted my comment for IEs4Linux's AfD. I have a request to post a Strong Delete on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristián Berríos.

(talk page stalker)  Done. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 04:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Well, it's 12:19 am here on the east coast, I don't see how you could get a swarm of opposes. So allow me to congratulate you on becoming the newest sysop, you truly do deserve it and I'm sure you'll be among the best. --SKATER Speak. 04:18, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not quite time to celebrate yet. There are still six hours to go. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 04:23, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Looks like a pass. Has finished set time, but nobody has closed it yet. So I say congrats. —  Cargoking  talk  11:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I was the first to congratulate you! I did it a few days before it even ended. Anyway here's my formal congrats to you becomeing WP's newist admin. Good job and good luck :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 13:03, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Well thanks guys (and thanks NSD for helping Diego above!). I'm really flattered by your supports. It's a few hours overdue by the looks of things so hopefully a 'crat will close it soon. I'm kind of glad though- I wanted to be online to see it closed! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
CONGRATULATIONS! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD --Diego Grez let's talk 14:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Diego :). Just need a 'crat to close it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:24, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I'll offer my congratulations too, I'm sure you'll do a great job. Just remember what I said about not forgetting the little people. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 14:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
How could I forget the little people? Most of them supported my RfA and I doubt they'll be inclined to let me forget it ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

A fitting occasion to catch up with you. Congratulations HJ! :-)) --220.101.28.25 (talk) 14:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Congrats! Connormah (talk | contribs) 16:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:
  1. Remember you will always protect the wrong version.
  2. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5)
  3. Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll.
  4. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block.
  5. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology.
  6. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.
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Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive

GAN backlog elimination drives chart up to 1 May

On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive.

  • 661 total nominations were reviewed. 541 of them passed (~81.8%), 97 (~14.7%) failed, and 23 (~3.5%) ended on hold.
  • The WP:GAN page started at 110,126 bytes length on 1 April and ended at 43,387 bytes length at the end of 30 April (a 66,739 byte reduction in the page, about 60.6% less).
  • Excluding extremes, the longest wait for someone's GAN to be review was about 11.5 weeks at the beginning. (I mistook the figure when I reported to the Signpost that it was 13.) At the end, with the exception of one that was relisted, the longest wait is now at 10 days.
  • 63 different users participated, each having completed at least one GAN, with others also having helped out behind-the-scenes in making the drive a success.
  • The drive started with 463 GA nominations remaining and 388 unreviewed. At the end of the month, we ended with 89 remaining (374 or about 80.8% less) and 47 unreviewed (341 or about 87.9% less).

For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia.

–MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 17:44, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism or not ?

The suspect of vandalism is busy deleting whole paragraphs of existing articles. He actually did nothing else since his official arrival on wikipedia two months ago, and I strongly suspect he's a sockpuppet. When I restore the paragraphs, he deletes them 5 minutes afterwards. His ideological motivations are clearly exposed on his own user and talk page, he is a monomaniac "anti-assyrianist" contributor, I created and contributed to a lot of articles on many themes. Suppressing content is vandalism, or not ? That sort of people should not be allowed to stay on wikipedia, and I don't think of just a 1 or 2 days block, rather of a permanent one, given his record. --Pylambert (talk) 18:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

It's vandalism if it's done in bad faith. It doesn't help when the two of you take your dispute to AIV. If you must raise it somewhere, ANI would be the place to do so- AIV doesn't deal with sockpuppets, content disputes or anything else that isn't blatant vandalism. While you're here, I had a look at your contribs- no matter what the other editor has done, please be civil in your editing and your edit summaries. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

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User:AmyFuller

I noticed this report on AIV when I reported an IP you just blocked. Clearly not a suitable case for AIV, but perhaps you can save us all a hassle and block anyway as an obvious sock of User:CarolineWH, per WP:DUCK. Btw, congrats on getting the mop. I see you waste no time in putting it to good use. :-) --Atlan (talk) 22:54, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I've only had the mop for a few hours and I'm not familiar enough with the history here to be comfortable in making a block. I suggest you contact User:Tanthalas39, who blocked the original account or try ANI. Sorry, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Okay, no problem. I'll see what I can do later.--Atlan (talk) 23:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Block of 70.77.52.188

I'm struggling to see why you have blocked User:70.77.52.188  (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). I can only see this edit which certainly warrants a warning but not does amount to persistent harassment. It is only a one off, was a response to vandalism, and the IPs other recent edits are good faith. Am I missing something else. SpinningSpark 23:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

you confused me with the wrong IP! As for the right one, I blocked after an AIV report (this one to be precise) but if you think it's unwarranted or excessive- feel free to unblock. I'm not going to get territorial over my admin actions. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Oh yes, just did not go back far enough in that ones history, sorry to trouble you. And congrats on the mop by the way. SpinningSpark 23:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Thank you and no trouble :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

working administrator

Ah ha, great. Thank you for the protection on Shawn White. (take it easy) Off2riorob (talk) 00:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. As I said there, do let me know if it resumes after the protection expires and I'll protect it again. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Oh, look at you... adding stuff to ITN by yourself... -- tariqabjotu 02:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I wrote the admin instructions before I got the bit. The only thing that's different is I can do it myself rather than mollycoddle another admin! Oh, and the screen's pink! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
So as not to hijack your blurb, may I suggest that you add "In thoroughbred racing," at the beginning of the sentence, and possibly lob off the "2010" in "Kentucky Derby" (while, of course, maintaining the link to the same article). -- tariqabjotu 02:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 Done. Can you check I haven;t screwed anything up with the image please! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Other than misidentifying him as Omar al-Bashir, it looks okay. Maybe someone will crop it though. -- tariqabjotu 02:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Schoolboy error! It's easy to know it in theory! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:51, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Liam Hemsworth

It's hard to say what duration to protect this article. The current vandalism seems recent (1.5 - 2months) so I first thought of protecting for 3 months. But then I noticed several IP edits with staying power, so I figured reducing it to one month was worth a shot (hopefully, this particular batch of vandals will move on fast enough). But you got there first so it's entirely your call from here! --RegentsPark (talk) 03:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

I left a note for the editor who requested protection in which I said I'd review it in about a month (after all, indefinite doesn't have to mean infinite) so I'll stick to that. If you hadn't reverted yourself, I would have been quite happy with a month and wouldn't have complained. I went for indef because the vandalism was violating BLP and the article had been protected before, but (for future reference) do you think I was a little over-zealous? After all, I only got the mop a few hours ago! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
No worries. Different ways of doing things is what makes this a better encyclopedia! Congrats on becoming an admin. --RegentsPark (talk) 12:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! Congrats on becoming an admin!!! I see you are putting the tools to good use right off the bat :). I don't think indef was overzealous, as it can always be changed and because it is a BLP. I like your style - notifying people on their talk page when the article the requested protection for is protected/not protected. Every other admin has just left a note on RPP without notifying the nominating user. I dunno... it just feels more... friendly? (Can't find the word for it). Keep up the good work :). Airplaneman ✈ 05:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

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