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hi

lol--RealCyGuy (talk) 21:54, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks

Although I can see your message on the edit history of my talk page for some reason I can't see it on the talk page itself. Thanks for the thanks, and thanks for all your hard work too. It's my birthday today and although I always work I am not that self-centred I might have a little bit of fun. I do take Wikipedia very seriously but occasionally I take a light tone or throw in an odd anecdote just to stop people getting far too grumpy for what should be an enjoyable hobby. The articles should be serious but the talk should be friendly: that's my general approach. I see your hard work too and thank you for it: of course we will not always agree but that is why there is a discussion. Si Trew (talk) 00:13, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on the birth of your son. Regards, -- Ohc ^¡digame! 01:51, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks mate. He is nearly two months old and all is well. What a ride! John Vandenberg ^(chat)

My congratulations as well. No wonder you are on Wikipedia so much, must be keeping you up at nights! Si Trew (talk) 03:29, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Edit filter manager?

Yo, John Vandenberg, I saw that you gave SimonTrew edit filter manager. Isn't that a bit bigger a deal as far as permissions go? Reading Wikipedia:Edit filter makes it seem like it's a pretty sensitive right; certainly a lot bigger a deal than rollback; it says that there has to be a period of discussion before it can be granted, that it needs to be granted only for explicit needs, etc etc. Anyway, I'm not really the type to make a big fuss over this or whatever, but maybe it's not a good right to be giving out when people haven't even asked for it? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 05:27, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Yea, I've removed it. I must have clicked the wrong thing when giving out rollback. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 06:32, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Ah, okay, thanks! Not that I think he would abuse it or anything, but the forms must be obeyed. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 01:05, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

@Writ Keeper: Oh, on my talk page I suggested to JV it should be removed, I have no idea what it even is. I don't know if you or JV are admins, but I do not want to be an admin. I am a gnome. I just created the stub Black & Decker Workmate and will add a pic when it gets light (the birdies are awake and the cat is in so can't be long yet) I am using mine as my garden table in the absence of anything better also rather handy for working in the house and is a bit dirty with paint and my hole saw and stuff so it probably will make an apt piccy, you don't want one looking too new. Si Trew (talk) 03:12, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

(@Writ Keeper: I assume JvB don't need a ping) I only just noticed the date on the original post. Perhaps it was a birthday present. How did you know?! Did the right ever get taken away? I've never used it – no idea what it is or what it's for. Si Trew (talk) 09:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

The 'edit filter manager' right was removed, but you still have 'rollback' rights. I am sure you can use it wisely, if and when required, or when you are bored enough to read WP:ROLLBACK. You may have mentioned that it was your birthday, but I dont recall. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:59, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Australian Renewable Energy Agency

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Rich Farmbrough case clarified

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Template:Did you know nominations/Theodore Katsanevas

Hello John, the time this nomination is taking is truly ridiculous, any idea on how to unstuck it? It seems any editor is allowed to boycott a nomination by replacing a sourced hook proposal with a piece of original research which will then be rejected. --Nemo 08:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Adding: the next thing going to happen is that the review will be questioned because the reviewer is "defined a disgrace". Remember, ALT7 is approved, someone could simply confirm that, - I could be construed as involved (I wasn't), otherwise I would do it, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

On mobile & travelling atm so I cant do much. I suggest a new hook something like: that greek judge ... has ordered that a phrase in the Greek Wikipedia biography of Theodore K... be removed. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Sounds good. Source? (I really was not involved.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

the judge may have ordered the article deleted. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 11:16, 22 April 2014 (UTC) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/wikipedia-mounts-courtroom-defense-for-editor-sued-by-politician/

thank you, done --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

OER inquiry

Hi John Vandenberg, I'm sending you this message because you're one of about 300 users who have recently edited an article in the umbrella category of open educational resources (OER) (or open education). In evaluating several projects we've been working on (e.g. the WIKISOO course and WikiProject Open), my colleague Pete Forsyth and I have wondered who chooses to edit OER-related articles and why. Regardless of whether you've taken the WIKISOO course yourself - and/or never even heard the term OER before - we'd be extremely grateful for your participation in this brief, anonymous survey before 27 April. No personal data is being collected. If you have any ideas or questions, please get in touch. My talk page awaits. Thanks for your support! - Sara FB (talk) 20:43, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Has this been approved by the meta:Research Committee ? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:33, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Some advice

Don't you know that philately will get you nowhere? [1] EEng (talk) 21:14, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Australian Renewable Energy Agency

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

T:WPMA

I see the discussion was closed as "no consensus". T:WPMHA would work for me; does that work better for you? - Dank (push to talk) 17:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

That would address the main issue I raised at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 April 22#T:WPMA. Thanks. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 22:27, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Done, with a note at the link you just gave. - Dank (push to talk) 22:45, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Proposed wikis

	Thanks
	Hello there. This is to say thank you for your support for NonFreeWiki; it is much appreciated. Green Giant supports NonFreeWiki (talk) 12:54, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Mera Tera Rishta Purana

Can you move this Mera Tera Rishta Purana article history in Ye Hai Mohabbatein? Actually this article's title has been changed. 101.59.171.71 (talk) 15:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

 Done John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:54, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

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Vera Charles

Thanks for more correct information on her, including a great photo. MerielGJones (talk) 21:28, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

And thanks MerielGJones for cropping that photo and heavily revising the article. It is looking much better now. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:29, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:CAULmed.png

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User:Stefan2, this file had a FUR, but it was removed by user:Sfan00 IMG because at the time the PD-ZA tag was consider sufficient. Now that URAA is being tackled, it would make sense to check the history of images for similar FUR removals before templating images which were uploaded to English Wikipedia in 2007, which means they have been subject to many non-free reviews already. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 06:18, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Per WP:NFC#UUI §7, that FUR doesn't address WP:NFCC#2 correctly. Therefore, just reinstating the old FUR is no option, as that FUR is insufficient. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:20, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry but this situation is contrary to the policies you quote. The image I uploaded is an edition published long ago and of much lower quality - the commercial value of the photograph is not diminished by this low res, low quality edition of a image that is not replaceable for the massacre article - I see it is also on another article, and I have no opinion on its utility there. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:36, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Per WP:NFC#UUI §7, photos from press and photo agencies may not be used unless there is sourced critical discussion about the photo itself. This one is sourced to three different agencies. WP:NFC#UUI §7 does not say anything about the age of the photo. I am not sure why you are bringing WP:NFCC#1 in; WP:NFC#UUI §7 is only about WP:NFCC#2, and WP:NFCC#2 needs to be satisfied independently of WP:NFCC#1. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:40, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

So you are alive

In your absence I've been making friends and influencing people [2]. Hope all is well. EEng (talk) 06:22, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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• John, how do you feel about Commons saying *screw the URAA*? This could be hosted a lot more safely there, assuming we have proof of first publication in SA. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:28, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
  • User:Crisco 1492, have you read c:Commons:Review of Precautionary principle? --Stefan2 (talk) 12:17, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
    • That and the changes to commons:Commons:URAA. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:01, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
      • Note that c:COM:URAA hasn't been updated with regard to c:Commons:Review of Precautionary principle. The things changed in c:Commons:Review of Precautionary principle also need to be taken into account. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:50, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
  • User:Crisco 1492, images like this can be really hard to determine ownership/publication. I did make a few calls last time this image went through the disputed FUR process, but didnt get to the bottom of it then, and doubt the situation has changed much (however I am sure that several additional corps would be now making dubious claims to rights they have on it.). John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:27, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
    • Only reasonably concrete thing to do would be to find a 1963 publication of the image.... but yeah, they are grabby. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:01, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

IPC European Swimming Championships

Hi John, I may be wandering over to the wrong person but I'm going to try to focus on the article 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships this summer. Do you know if there are any attempts to grab some photos of this event. It would be great if we could have a Wikipedian from Eindhoven just to take a shot of the stadium with the logo, but it would be better to get some actual athlete shots. Any advice on this would be appreciated. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:37, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

G'day FruitMonkey. You're wandering in the roughly the right direction, but I can only try to refer you on, as Australia wont be going to that event. Probably the best people to ask are Wikimedia Netherlands, and I am guessing from wmnl:Contact/wmnl:Bestuur that user:Ronn is the best person to speak to. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:23, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Someone else to talk to is User:Effeietsanders, and/or try to email photographers in Category:Wikipedians in the Netherlands and c:Category:Wikipedians in the Netherlands. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:40, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

I suggest you try nl:Wikipedia:Afbeelding_gewenst, the requests for images page. Poke User:FruitMonkey. effeietsanders 19:24, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikimania?

Are you going? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 11:24, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Not this time for me. Are you? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:09, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Yep. And catching up with relatives. Mostly the latter - but I'm hoping to meet up with a couple of Wikipedia critics, too. (I'm just deciding what to pack ). --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 12:25, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

About the Superprotects rights

Hi John, I hope you and your people are doing fine. I've just read what is going on about the Superprotects rights on WO and then in Meta, and I thought my idea might be of some interest. I don't know if there can be a solution fighting against this kind of abusive position (which is not uncommon unfortunately...) but well you know the Catalan page/petition created in Meta (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CAT/Members] was probably helpful in the creation of thorgs (there were also tags showing users' support), and then the Catalan thorg. Therefore, creating a page of people opposed to the Superprotects rights could act as some kind of pressure on Wikimedia, having people there gradually showing their discontent in a similar fashion. If you should need some help in translating and reaching other wikipedias if you should ever decide to do it, just let me know, I'll be glad to help! Take care and I wish you and your family a wonderful summertime! Claudi/Capsot (talk) 14:42, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

G'day Claudi, I am hoping this ends with WMF backing down, which they eventually did for meta:Community Logo/Reclaim the Logo. I hope the meta RFC provides a forum for discussions that allow the WMF to see how this will lead to losses of their volunteer workforce, and probably credible forks arising. I'll give the WMF board a few months to rectify this, as we did last time; if they don't, we'll need to get a bunch of the community together to design and build a better mouse trap. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Man, you're really optimistic, I hope you'll prove right! I tend to think that time usually plays against the ones who don't have the power: they get more divided, discuss a lot, some get tired, don't care anymore or get busy with new problems... but well let's hope some people in the Foundation will realize they will have more losses than gains if this thing goes on... Good luck! Wish you all the best! Claudi/Capsot (talk) 18:26, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) Media Viewer RfC

You are being notified because you have participated in previous discussions on the same topic. Alsee (talk) 17:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Indonesian

Is there any chance you could add a translation to Template:Contrib-id1 in the style of Template:Contrib-ta1, pretty please? Bazj (talk) 13:42, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

No worries, I'll take it to WT:WikiProject Indonesia. Bazj (talk) 12:46, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Australia and the world
Thank you for years of service, adding countless quality articles on literature and journals, in Australia and the world, creating disambiguations pages, caring about people, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:05, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 288th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Four years ago, you were recipient no. 288 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:26, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

• Everyone misses you. EEng 06:29, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Seven years now, and yes, we miss you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

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Your Eastern Europe alert

Hi, I am somewhat concerned about your decision to issue me with an Eastern Europe alert template and to log this as a notification on the case page. As an administrator, you know that this alert was superfluous because I am active as an admin in this topic area and have issued many discretionary sanctions myself, which is apparent from how often my name appears as sanctioning admin in the log you edited. Because of this, I was already plainly aware of the existence of discretionary sanctions in this topic area, and your alert served no useful purpose that I can discern. Moreover, it is not clear why you chose to log this as a "notification" even though, as you must know, the procedure documented at WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts has replaced logged notifications with non-logged alerts. Could you explain why I should not consider this a disruptive issuing of alerts, which is subject to sanctions also per WP:AC/DS#Awareness and alerts? Thanks in advance,  Sandstein  12:26, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

While it is not strictly necessary to alert you, given that you have issued warnings to other people before, I felt it was necessary in these strange circumstances to make sure it is quite official-like to ensure you know that you are now subject to sanctions, which I thought was pretty clear from the section title and message that follows. I dont believe you have been issued with an alert in the last 12 months, so I believe it is not against procedure to issue with an alert. I'd be delighted if you could point me to the precise passage which is your basis for threatening to sanction me for alerting you. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 12:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Per WP:AC#Awareness and alerts, "any editor who issues alerts disruptively may be sanctioned". I believe that your issuing (and unneeded logging) of the alert was disruptive because, as you write above, you knew that it was not necessary to inform me about the existence of discretionary sanctions. It therefore appears that you used the alert procedure and the log entry not to actually inform me about discretionary sanctions, but that you misused the procedure to mark your disapproval of the speedy deletion I made, which you also commented on. That is not the purpose of alerts, and it is not how admins are expected to communicate with each other about disagreements concerning each other's actions. I'd like to ask you to acknowledge that you will not again use the alerts procedure in this manner, and to remove the out-of-process log entry. Regards,  Sandstein  13:02, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

May I ask how you're able to ask John to remove the discretionary sanctions, above, but elsewhere on Wikipedia, where you're the administrator issuing discretionary sanctions, you've said they cannot be revoked. Which is it ? Nick (talk) 13:36, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

This isn't about discretionary sanctions themselves (which by the way can be revoked, by way of an appeal), but about an alert that was logged contrary to a procedure adopted by the Committee specifically to, among other things, omit the need to log alerts on a page. The previous discussions you may remember were about notifications that used to be logged prior to the adoption of the procedure now in force.  Sandstein  13:41, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

What part of "... I felt it was necessary ...", in my previous message above, didnt you understand? I believe it is necessary to ensure you're officially notified that it now applies to you and your administrative actions in this area. I do feel in these circumstances it is necessary to also log it on the case page log, but I am checking whether that is now forbidden; if it is, I will remove it. If you would prefer, I am happy to take this to ANI or A/R/A for review. Up to you. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 14:09, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Why don't you come spend your time somewhere where everyone's friendly and calm, like Talk:Phineas Gage? EEng (talk) 15:30, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

"friendly and calm" hmm .. I go to Wikisource or Wikidata when I need a bit of that. :-) John Vandenberg ^(chat)

Loner-geek. How's the kid? And are we ever gonna get to you project we discussed 10 months ago? EEng (talk) 15:52, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

I've checked quite a few of the arbcase log pages, and see that admins are now logging these as 'warnings', which typically include the standard alert and a more specific comment; I can give many examples if you like. So, please consider yourself officially warned; I've updated the terminology in the arbcase log. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:49, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

As you suggested, I have asked the Committee to review this matter at WP:ARCA#Clarification request and appeal: Discretionary sanctions alerts.  Sandstein  16:22, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

John Vandenberg: your "alert" and subsequent "warning" were not only both out of process (Sandstein has said everything necessary about the "alert" thing, and as for logged "warnings", the fact is we really don't do these any longer; the whole thing about the "alert" reform was to make problems about contentious or misapplied logged warnings go away). Your warning was also wrong and unjustified on its merits. Your entire objection to Sandstein's action was apparently based on the notion that there had been a prior AfD, which you thought barred later application of a CSD. However, Sandstein is obviously right in saying that the facts relevant to the CSD in question (authorship of a banned sock) weren't brought up in the AfD at all. It is common policy that an AfD keep cannot preclude later speedies on the basis of facts that the AfD didn't address and/or that weren't known at the time of the AfD, and about which the AfD therefore couldn't possibly create a consensus.

I strongly recommend you simply remove your warning from the log yourself. If you insist on letting it stand, you will have to make a case how Sandstein's administrative action constitutes a serious breach of expected standards of editorial behaviour – which, if I may add, will quite likely backfire against you (as would, obviously, any attempts by you to follow up on the warning by actually imposing a sanction in any further comparable case). Alternatively, I will add another note to the log myself, as a third and uninvolved administrator, marking your "warning" explicitly as out-of-process and as lacking consensus. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

I trust you have made yourself aware of the extensive history involving Sandstein and Russavia, which stretches back more than four years, and has included five blocks placed against Russavia's account by Sandstein, one of which involved talk page access being withdrawn, and the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Russavia-Biophys case, where Sandstein was the filing party. I'm assuming the utmost good faith here, releasing that Sandstein has taken DS enforcement action many users, but his claim I remember Russavia only as an editor with whom I interacted in an admin capacity because of misconduct in the Eastern Europe topic area before they were apparently site-banned. I think I issued blocks or other sanctions against them a few years ago. is not an accurate reflection of his involvement with Russavia.

The deletion of Polandball probably should have raised, at the time, some concerns of involvement which could have been dealt with in 2012. Sandstein, who deleted Polandball, had previously blocked Russavia (under Arb Enforcement) and filed an Arbitration Case against Russavia. The closure itself isn't bad and it was a very finely balanced argument; it could easily have been closed as a Keep or No Consensus, but given the past history and simple human nature which could lead to unconscious decision making, it should have been closed either by another administrator, or another administrator confirming Sandstein's decision.

The deletion was possibly a little problematic, but the involvement of Sandstein in the deletion review is really well into being far too involved to consider their behaviour and comments as impartial and neutral. The comments today genuinely raise concerns of involvement, of battleground mentality and abuse of administrative tools to further some sort of dispute or vendetta. I've said previously but will repeat it again, I would never consider it appropriate to warn someone (or notify them, as it's being put) that they're open to being sanctioned when they open a Deletion Review to contest a deletion decision I took. It looks absolutely terrible, like administrators are running their own private little fiefdom, where editors, the serfs, dare not speak out when they think something is wrong.

We're here to service editors and provide content for readers, not fight with each other. The behaviour I've seen from some of my fellow administrators today makes me really sick and very worried for the future of a project that's already looking like it's at death's door. Nick (talk) 20:10, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

User:Future Perfect at Sunrise, I suggest that you put forward your opinions at WP:ARCA, which Sandstein has chosen as the venue to discuss it. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 01:11, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Request re the Arbcom clarification request

I've been under the weather for a few days, so haven't kept up with the goings on at this clarification request. An arb has requested that it be archived.I am preparing to do so, but I note the statement from @AGK: indicating that John Vandenberg needs to decide whether he wanted to caution and sanction Sandstein (it appears he did) or alert him. If it is the former, he should issue Sandstein with a hand-written caution (and delete the alert template, which he may not use for that purpose). If it is the latter, Sandstein is already aware per point II of the relevant procedure and he must not attempt to 're-alert' him.

In my archival, I include a brief summary of the disposition. Can you let me know whether you ended up with a caution and sanction or an alert? Or something else?--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

G'day Sphilbrick, it was a caution. While it did contain the alert template, which apparently is now strictly forbidden for warnings, it did include a hand-written note explaining the problem at hand. I couldnt delete the alert template from Sandstein's talk page as AGK requested and many arbs agreed with ... because Sandstein had already removed it .. I dont think anyone picked up on the fact I dont have a time machine and dont have any intention of getting into a fight with Sandstein on his WP:OWNTALK to re-add the text to his talk page and then remove some of the re-added text in order to comply with a bunch of arbs who are very fond of their new rules. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 14:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks --S Philbrick(Talk) 14:45, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Clarification request closed and archived

The clarification request, initiated by Sandstein, and involving John Vandenberg, has been closed and archived here, For the arbitration committee --S Philbrick(Talk) 15:25, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Hiya again Sphilbrick, I can't find the brief summary of the disposition..? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:56, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Because there are some templates on that page. the summary, which would normally be in the upper right, floated down to mid-section. However, I was just informed that I archived it tot he wrong location, so hold that thought while I update the location.--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Location updated, the brief summary will be easier to locate now)--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Nicely done. Much appreciated. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 18:54, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi. The clarification request resulted in the arbitrators agreeing with the following advice by AGK:

"John Vandenberg needs to decide whether he wanted to caution and sanction Sandstein (it appears he did) or alert him. If it is the former, he should issue Sandstein with a hand-written caution (and delete the alert template, which he may not use for that purpose). If it is the latter, Sandstein is already aware per point II of the relevant procedure and he must not attempt to 're-alert' him. (...) I would remind him and all administrators generally that, before engaging in this process, you must take five minutes to update yourself on these changes. If you do not, you can be sanctioned by the committee, and given that this process is hardly in its infancy you are likely to find the committee exercises this right."

In the light of this, I'd like to ask you to either decide that you meant to issue an alert, and as a consequence that you undo all your messages and log entries regarding my admin actions concerning this matter. This would end the matter as far as I'm concerned. I advise you to do this because I consider these messages and log entries both procedurally mistaken and materially unfounded.
If on the other hand you decide that you meant to issue a sanction, please tell me (by way of the "hand-written caution" AGK refers to) which specific edits by me you consider to violate which Wikipedia rule of conduct, and on the basis of which arbitration remedy you mean to enact which sanction. This will allow me to appeal the sanction in a reasonably focused manner, and to consider whether I should ask for you to be sanctioned for the frivolous use of the discretionary sanctions procedure.
Thanks in advance for your prompt reply. I am also sending this to you per Wikipedia e-mail.  Sandstein  20:37, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Did you read the discussion above? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 20:56, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes. And?  Sandstein  21:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Well there is your answer. If you cant see it, let me know and I'll give a more detailed response tomorrow - its 4:30am here. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 21:37, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

I see that the closing clerk wrote: "Vandenberg confirmed that a caution was intended and the alert template was removed." However, this is not very helpful: I can't see where you did confirm anything or where you issued the "hand-written caution" that AGK asked you to write. I therefore ask you again, one last time, to expressly confirm whether you intended or intend to issue an alert or a sanction, and, if a sanction, to state expressly which edits by me violated which conduct rule and on the basis of which remedy you intend to impose which sanction. Thanks,  Sandstein  21:45, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Because you have not responded to my request above, I have again seized the Arbitration Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Amendment request: Eastern Europe, where you may make a statement.  Sandstein  19:36, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

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@Stefan2: this was caused by a good faith but very misguided edit by an anon removing the image from the article. Are you using a script? If so, which one, so it can be improved to identify the real problem for you.

Thx user:ChrisGualtieri for correcting the problem. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 21:46, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Adding search to {{pagelinks}}

Hi John,

Over at WT:RFD I suggested that it would be nice to have "Special:Search" as something we could add to {{Rfd2}} nominations, since continually when trying to search for alternatives etc.

My rationale specifically for RfD is that I get hooked through the redirect to the very thing I don't want to see, i.e. its current target, rather than searching for other things that may possibly be retargets. This is made harder that the various quick search tools on the toolbar etc tend to jump through the link rather than did what they used to which was bring up Special:Search, but perhaps that is just me and YMMV, I don't use a skin or anything like that just Plain Old Wikipedia.

Even so, when looking for example {{R from title without diacritics}}, putting it in the search bar finds the title with the diacritics (the clever lot they are, but too clever) so that I can't find easily if the title exists without the diacritics, to make the R for it. I don't tend to make the R since patently the search engine has got better and no need to do so, but you see my point: it's hard to hunt for exact titles because the search engine guesses. Which is great for readers, not so good for gnomes who want to go to EXACTLY WHAT THEY TYPED not something NEARLY LIKE IT. (Not shouting there, emphasising.)

So I made the addition and put it at Module:PageLinks2. I think this is good to go, obviously we then can add "s" as the link into Rfd2 to get "Search" on the page links to the EXACT TITLE of the page to bring up Special:Search. I'd like your opinion and maybe review the code, since I've not been able to test it really because the whole chain is page protected, if you have any suggestions how I could test it to make sure it works.

I think this would be useful as an option on XfDs beyound RfD, but baby steps...

I should say also thanks for your hard work at Wikipedia. At least one editor notices it, but is terrible at saying thanks. That would be yours, sincerely Si Trew (talk) 09:34, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Sounds like a good idea. @Jackmcbarn: where did it disappear to? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:00, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

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Amy ideas on this one? It comes up second on my gsearch after WP:RFD. It doesn't work and doesn't look very good, but you're the expert with the modules, so I ask you first. I wouldn't even know how to get it deleted. but gsearch comes up with it as second.... a new one on me. Si Trew (talk) 04:06, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Si Trew, I dont understand the question/problem. Could you show me an example of the problem? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:23, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

I'll try to explain more clearly. On my google search (I live in Hungary) WP:RFD comes up first but Module:RfD comes up second. That's a new one on me, and a surprise that it does. I am happy to sort oput the Lua or whatever at Module:RfD but I wondered if someone is trying to make it a replacement for WP:RFD without consensus- (I didn't mean you, I know you are always in good faith). I thought you may have some idea about it, that's all. (Deliberately have not cross linked so as not to confuse matters.) Si Trew (talk) 20:07, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

What is the search term you are using Si Trew? 'wikipedia rfd'? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:34, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

No. I try to find the exact link for you, but "Wikipedia Redirects for Discussion" comes up that way, I tend to use Mozilla. Hard for me to find you the exact link cos naturally it throws me through the redirect! Si Trew (talk) 09:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Actually it has changed overnight. I tried on Google and on Mozilla and now I get the DaB RFD about various organisations. This is trying to hit a moving target and perhaps we should forget it, unless I find a blunderbuss very quickly. Si Trew (talk) 09:07, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm a liar. http://www.google.hu/search?q=WP:RFD&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=CaoCVZfrMsjWapPYgIgD from a Mozilla search which redirects through a Google search. What I am apparently doing in Greece, I don't know, can't even get out the house, front door lock broken. Si Trew (talk) 09:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

It looks like this is because RFD's now link to Module:RfD, as seen by the 85 links on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Module:RfD&limit=85 , which means it is edging out other pages in the Google search ranking algorithm, but I doubt it will be able to replace WP:RFD any time soon, unless some truly nefarious search engine optimization is done. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 04:10, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hi John! I just talked to s1991 on IRC today. He's looking to get in contact with you and get started on T74065. Can I find you somewhere on IRC? I'm 'halfak' in #wikimedia-research. --EpochFail (talk • contribs) 16:57, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

I am typically found in #pywikibot , but yesterday we had a network outage in my area. I've added some more microtasks to the task. Has s1991 completed a microtask? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:37, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

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Hi I'm resolving dabs on Peter Allens and came across Wikipedia:GLAM/State Library of New South Wales/Paralympics Workshop/History of athletes and staff. Now, I can't tell which PA you intend, but in any case, this looks like a stale draft. Views? --Dweller (talk) 15:44, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

I can see you're not so active at the moment. I have too much respect for you to do anything without your say-so. Drop me a line when you're next in. You might need to remind me of this though - my memory is so bad I often don't fini --Dweller (talk) 20:54, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Hey Dweller, that list was created from a Word doc posted by user:Tony.naar to the WP:HOPAU mailing list, containing 'Steelers' competitors in the tri-nation (Australia, USA, and Canada) match held in Sydney November 2013, so he is almost certainly not any of the people currently mentioned on the Peter Allen dab page and doesnt appear to have a bio yet, so I've updated that list so he is a redlink. I couldnt quickly see whether he is notable - I didnt see any Paralympic engagements in his careeer, so the tri-nation might have been his most prominent appearance, which might not be sufficient as wiki people tend to have higher notability requirements for disabled sports than the better funded and reported abled sports. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:39, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Smashing. Thank you! --Dweller (talk) 08:30, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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I have mentioned you on my talk page, please check the last section of my talk. Thank you. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 02:13, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Looks messy! But the immediate problem has been resolved...? (i.e. do I need to understand this, or can I run awake screaming...) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:41, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Escalated, and likely failing to resolve if you saw WP:ARC. Actually I had made an error too, that I posted the "any longterm patterns of poor judgment" after 6 declines. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 03:56, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi John. Just wondering what this edit filter is supposed to be doing. From looking up the mentioned bug it appears to be trying to stopping new users from creating more than 2 other accounts, but a look at the log suggests that it's not catching the correct edits, nor is it set to disallow anything. Could you clarify what it's supposed to be doing or if it's still needed? Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 21:48, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

@Samwalton9:, I believe it is still working; see abuse log entry for user:Mg_Thet. If you have further queries re this private filter, shoot me an email please. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 23:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

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Ah! Is the trick good use of the timeslider? ResMar 22:42, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

I forgot how I did it, but I remember hating the software intensely for a few minutes before figuring it out, and walking away still hating it, but a little less intensely. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:21, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

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Sorry I didnt notice that! I reverted, and reattempted to remove the page from Category:Pages with syntax highlighting errors, but my voodoo isnt good enough. :/ John Vandenberg ^(chat) 13:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

No worries. All's well that ends well. Thanks for the fix. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:20, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

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Another thanks for the thanks

Thank you for acknowledging my small contribution to the IBM Cambridge lab. It was part of a larger effort cleaning up and/or creating articles on the company's principle labs, historic and current. The subject indeed needs more folks to pitch in, especially surviving veterans of those facilities in the company's heyday as global computer leader while they are still with us. Yours, Wikiuser100 (talk) 14:46, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Surviving verterans is a somewhat odd way of putting it. Is working for IBM often fatal? EEng 15:17, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

@Wikiuser100: Thanks for the thanks re the thanking ... ;-)

Indeed. This period of history is incredibly hard to add to Wikipedia, with its sourcing requirements, as the details are usually only found in technical manuals that are seen as primary sources, and only people who were there at the time know the real details.

Unfortunately I am not a surviving veteran, being born too late.

My main interest in this area is the article IBM Type-III Library ('open source' before that was a thing) and software which was part of that catalogue. I had the fortune of collaborating with surviving veteran User:Spinality (Trevor Hanson) in 2006 on those topics. Feel free to drag me into any related articles that you are working on. ;-) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 02:54, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

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fixed. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:33, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi

Hi John, it's nice to meet you. I'm glad you came to the Jacob Appelbaum page. First of all, I love the quote on your User Page from Jefferson. On the issue of JA, I'm concerned about the POV-pushing of kencf0618, and I've done my best to try to balance-out the article, which was really an attack-piece not befitting Wikipedia. At this point, I'd like to suggest that the section addressing the defacing of his house be removed. Only one article in Germany mentions it: most legitimate news-media have ignored it. It's a crappy thing to be done (even if he's done what's been said he did), and why, I wonder, does kencf0618 need it to be up there? Thanks for your attention. QuelleChose1 (talk) 11:40, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

I answered on the talk page about the specific issue of the graffiti. I wont have time to review the article history in order to determine who, if anyone, has been pushing a POV. If you want to make that accusation, best you make it on an admin board. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 14:35, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:UTC with local time link

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Invitation to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of RDF query language for deletion

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Proposed deletion of New Zealand men's national wheelchair basketball team

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Brisbane meetup

Come along, if you are passing by Brisbane! Kerry (talk) 04:02, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

	Brisbane Meetup Next: To be decided (watch) Last: Saturday 13 January 2018
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Proposed deletion of Australian Financial Services Licence

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apparent dicdef

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi John Vandenberg.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

List of facts listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect List of facts. Since you had some involvement with the List of facts redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. heather walls (talk) 01:23, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Kosmopolan

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An update from the Sustainability Initiative

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Hi, John Vandenberg! Thank you again for supporting the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 200 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

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Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

Hello, I'm Jamesjpk. I wanted to let you know that the Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia, has been tagged with a semi-active tag. I am messaging you about this because you are listed under the wiki-project's list of active participants. Please contribute to the WikiProject if you want to keep it alive! I hope that it becomes active again! Jamesjpk (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Céline Dion

Just noticed that you reverted my edit of many years ago, which corrected the spelling of her first name to include the accent. Not sure I understand your comments. Do we require a consensus for every friggin' correction now? Her first name is correctly spelled "Céline", no matter what the majority of Wiki-illiterates decides. "Pelé" and "José Bautista" include the same accent; "Lech Wałęsa" includes a whole lot more accents ... so why is "Céline Dion" an exception? Smratguy (talk) 20:46, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

I believe we discussed this seven years ago at User talk:John Vandenberg/Archive_10#Céline Dion. I dont recall touching that article since then.

John Vandenberg ^(chat) 04:51, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

An editor you unblocked on the condition of mentorship in 2009 has returned but is no longer being mentored

This agreement was made September 16th 2009. He edited for six days and then left, only to return this month and apparently ignoring the mentoring agreement. I found him fat Talk:Exodus. Weirdly talk page now shows no blocks in the block log, I'm not sure why. I found them though.[3] Doug Weller talk 17:12, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

hi John. i did not ignore the mentorship agreement, but after some time editing the articles we discussed i took time off for 8 years. i thought we have finished with mentorship. i have not been involved in any edit wars since i came back. i have not reverted any edits by other editors, but discussing edits on talk pages and getting a third opinion. i thought i am in good standing to edit articles, as long as i keep respectable and follow Wikipedia etiquette. i am trying to make a fresh start. hope it is possible. thank you Igor Berger (talk) 19:19, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

John,, I'm happy for you to decide, but please look at my comments on his talk page. Thanks.Doug Weller talk 20:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Given the comments there by other editors and his comment on the cancer that he thinks is spreading on Wikipedia along with what seems to be a statement he's leaving, I've reblocked, telling him he can appeal to the community that both banned and unblocked him. If you disagree, feel free to unblock. Doug Weller talk 11:52, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

His return was without my knowledge, and he never did very much once unblocked.

I would have recommended he continue with improvement of some low profile articles, such as those listed last time. The same redlinks still exist, not touched.

But alas, he returned to the same grounds. I've no intention to unblock if he doesnt want to do some serious content creation work.

Igor, if you want to be unblocked, you need to agree once more to work primarily on specific per-arranged areas for a while. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 04:46, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Ha!

So reports of your death really were exaggerated! EEng 05:03, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

RfC Announce: Wikimedia referrer policy

In February of 2016 the Wikimedia foundation started sending information to all of the websites we link to that allow the owner of the website (or someone who hacks the website, or law enforcement with a search warrant / subpoena) to figure out what Wikipedia page the user was reading when they clicked on the external link.

The WMF is not bound by Wikipedia RfCs, but we can use an advisory-only RfC to decide what information, if any, we want to send to websites we link to and then put in a request to the WMF. I have posted such an advisory-only RfC, which may be found here:

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Wikimedia referrer policy

Please comment so that we can determine the consensus of the Wikipedia community on this matter. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:33, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Indonesian Small Islands Directory

The article Indonesian Small Islands Directory has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of notability

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More notable than most little Indonesian scrappy stubs - even a recent BBC item re the numbers etc JarrahTree 05:19, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Roads of Jakarta

Template:Roads of Jakarta has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:48, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to discussion about Per-user page blocking

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Re: Curriculum vitae

Some years ago you wrote User talk:Dchmelik#Curriculum vitae, but there's an off-topic comment in that section... did you make that while not logged in, for some reason, or was it anonymous spam I can delete?--dchmelik (t|c) 04:05, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

this; no that isnt me! ;-) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 05:54, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Brisbane meetup - Sunday 10 December 2017 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland

If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Sunday 10 December 2017 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page. See you there! Kerry (talk) 21:56, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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Brisbane meetup: Saturday 13 January 2018 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland

	Brisbane Meetup Next: To be decided (watch) Last: Saturday 13 January 2018
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If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Saturday 13 January 2018 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page. See you there! Kerry (talk) 05:45, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you!

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Nomination for deletion of Template:WPJournalsCotW-Article

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Help us design granular blocks!

Hello :-) The Anti-Harassment Tools team at the Wikimedia Foundation will start building these granular blocking tools in a few weeks and we've asked WMF designer Alex Hollender to help us make some wireframes so the tools are intuitive to MediaWiki users.

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T190350

We have a first draft of how we think this tool should work. You can read the full proposed implementation here but here are the significant parts:

• Granular blocks (page, category, namespace, and file uploading) will be built on top of Special:Block. These blocks will function as if they were regular blocks and allow for the same options, but only take effect on specific pages.
• We will add a new checkbox for "Block this user from the whole site" which will be checked by default. When it is unchecked the admin will be able to specify which pages, categories, and/or namespaces the user should be blocked from editing.
• Granular blocks can be combined and/or overlap. (For example, a user could be simultaneously blocked from editing the articles Rain, Thunder, Lightning, and all pages inside the Category:Weather.)
• Only one block is set at a time, to adjust what the user is blocked from the administrator would have to modify the existing block.
• Block logs should display information about the granular block
• When a blocked user attempts to edit an applicable page, they should see a block warning message which include information on their block (reason, expiration, what they are blocked from, etc.)
• If a category is provided, the blocked user cannot edit either the category page itself and all pages within the category.
• If the File: namespace is blocked, the user should not be allowed to upload files.

We like this direction because it builds on top of the existing block system, both a technical and usability wise. Before we get too far along with designs and development we'd like to hear from you about our prosposal:

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4. Should there be a maximum number of things to be blocked from? Or should we leave it up to admin discretion?

We appreciate your feedback on this project's talk page or by email. For the Anti-Harassment Tools team, SPoore (WMF) (talk) , Trust and Safety Specialist, Community health initiative (talk) 20:54, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

My poem is bad but my apology for the bad links is sincere!

Roses are red,
Good message links are blue,
My proofreading stinks,
So here's a good link for you SPoore (WMF), Trust & Safety, Community health initiative (talk) 16:23, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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Melbourne Wikimeetup (June/July)

	Melbourne Meetup Next: Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/46 - Tuesday 13 August, 2024 (watch)
See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook)

Hi, I've just made a doodle poll to vote on the best date for the next Wikimeetup in Melbourne (Beer Deluxe, Fed Square). Would be great to see you there. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 12:23, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Date of next Melbourne meetup decided:

• When: 6-8pm, Sunday 8 July 2018
• Where: Beer DeLuxe, Flinders St

T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 01:26, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikisource Adminship discussion

Greetings! Your adminship status at Wikisource is up for renewal. Please weigh in on the discussion if you would like to maintain this status. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:33, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I would have missed it. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:46, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:WikiProject Central African Republic

A tag has been placed on Template:WikiProject Central African Republic requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is an unused duplicate of another template, or a hard-coded instance of another template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is not actually the same as the other template noted, please consider putting a note on the template's page explaining how this one is different so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{substituted}}</noinclude>).

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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Problem with Template:IPC profile

The links generated by Template:IPC profile, a template you created, no longer work. All the examples on the documentation page come back as 404 links, as do other uses. Please fix this.--Auric talk 14:31, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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Your old user script

Its now at User:John Vandenberg/WikiProject Deletion sorting/delsort*js* Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:00, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Category:Thai people of Karen descent has been nominated for renaming

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Category:Azerbaijani numismatists has been nominated for splitting

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Paternoster Row

Thanks for your early edits on this article, on a lost London street. I'm pleased to say with a couple of visits, and some research it has been found again. If you get a chance to visit a London meetup, I'll be happy to take you around the area. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:15, 28 April 2024 (UTC).

Nomination for deletion of Template:Listed Invalid ISSN

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Nomination for deletion of Template:IPC event results

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