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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2017)

The room of the editor-in-chief for the Seattle Daily Times in 1900
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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2017)

Illustration of Dijkstra's algorithm search, a search algorithm for finding path from a start node (lower left, red) to a goal node (upper right, green) in a robot motion planning problem.
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RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:19, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA Cullen328

My opposing !vote is in certainly no way opposing "civility", it is based on a higher level of sensitivity than the admin to be -hopefully by just casually tripping, and not commenting himself- demonstrated by using the ambiguous phrase "take care" as a reply in an environment full of allusions to admins behaving brusque, if not threatening. In spite of opposing to all the PC-derived crap of urbanity, civility, safety of spaces, ... I still try to adhere to a higher level of sensitivity, more fully de rigeur, than what I perceived here. Purgy (talk) 10:50, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

15:58, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

16:43, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Vandal IP report

Hello, I am asking you for administrator intervention against vandalism of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.183.157.199 . Almost every his edit can be marked as vandalism. If you can help, thanks you very much. --ThecentreCZ (talk) 23:31, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

@ThecentreCZ: There are two things I'd like to point out:
  1. Vandalism reports should be made at WP:AIV.
  2. The user you reported is not a vandal and the edits they're making is not vandalism. This is a content dispute; please try dispute resolution. This is not sufficient and is not an adequate means of resolving a content dispute; you merely slapped a templated warning on their talk page without encouraging discussion or explaining why you feel their edits are problematic.
k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:58, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

John Daly Article

is it really poorly referenced if it is John himself saying it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CuckMaster (talkcontribs) 23:18, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

@CuckMaster: I'd encourage you to read WP:YOUTUBE and Wikipedia:Video links. Note that YouTube generally isn't considered a reliable source, although exceptions can be made. Also note that content uploaded on YouTube may be in violation of copyright laws, and if they are, they shouldn't be used on Wikipedia. I don't quite see evidence that the uploader owns the rights to that video. (Note that I have no real interest in the subject in question, just saw the edit while patrolling) —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:54, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


@K6ka: If you have no interest in the subject, perhaps we should leave it to someone WHO does in fact have an interest in John Charles Daly. I believe that many of the episodes now are in public domain, and the episode I have linked is in fact from 1960 which means it is certainly in the public domain. This is certainly a case where an exception can be made considering it is from an episode of the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CuckMaster (talkcontribs) 00:05, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2017)

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Pictured is an image denoting global participation in the Genocide Convention in 2008.
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This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2017)

Films based upon the theme of blackmail have been made, such as the 1929 film Blackmail.
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Newbie question

Hey k6ka ☺ I spent the last couple of days reading about CVU, but noticed here that there are currently no instructors available. How do you suggest I proceed? Should I just read through wikipedia pages and get familiar with anti-vandalism practices and wait for a free instructor?
btw how did you get that fancy "new section" thing on your talk page? I want one too ♥  — Superuser27  talk 21:45, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Superuser27. Sorry to hear that there are no available CVUA instructors at the moment. You can try contacting them and asking if they're willing to take you once a slot becomes available. Failing that, you can read the links under "Help" and then try your hand patrolling Special:RecentChanges and seeing if you can revert any vandalism. Don't be afraid if you seem slow or are overwhelmed by everything (I was in that boat when I first started vandal fighting here on Wikipedia!). The best way to get better at vandal fighting is to do more of it. Don't expect to get everything on your first try; just learn from your mistakes and keep rolling. While having a CVUA instructor is great, it is also possible to learn the basics on your own too (I did not have a CVUA instructor).
As for the fancy "New section" text box, I used the following:
<inputbox>
type=commenttitle
page=User talk:K6ka
</inputbox>
To change the inputbox for use on your own talk page, change the "page" parameter to "User talk:Superuser27". More documentation on how to create inputboxes like these can be found here. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:58, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
Again, thank you!
Btw starting a line with :: is opening up an emoji table below the edit box and I can't close it unless I put another :
Edit: It appears that when I start a second line with the same indentation, the annoying box goes away. Still maybe someone should have a look at it, maybe add a "close" button :)
Superuser27  talk 06:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
@Superuser27: I'm not seeing an emoji table when I type two ::, are you using a mobile device? —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:20, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
No, I was on my PC, just like now, but I'm not able to reproduce the problem. Maybe it was just a glitch in the matrix ;) — Superuser27  contributions - talk 13:17, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2017)

An automobile engine is an example of an intermediate good, and is used in the production of the final good, the assembled automobile.
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To thank you for the help you gave me and how kindly you introduced me to the tools of WikiPedia! — Superuser27  contributions - talk 13:52, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

23:29, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Well then...

I guess Freenode is off the wagon... lol ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:46, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

It's back! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:47, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Ehh... maybe not. I'm connected but it's being hella slow authing me... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:49, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
@Oshwah: Not too sure what happened, since I was asleep at the time. I'm guessing freenode staff misfired and accidentally K-Lined a whole bunch of legit users, and a whole mess of users trying to reconnect probably slowed the network down to a crawl. I also noticed a ton of spam private messages being sent to me between 3AM EST and 5AM EST. Looks like freenode's suffering from its size again. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:33, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
Yup, that's exactly what happened. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:39, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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TheMagnificentist, the username you have requested is not eligible for usurpation; it has made significant edits on other wikis. You should also be patient when filing an usurpation request, since there is a waiting period (about one week at WP:CHU/U; about one month at m:SRUC). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:23, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
Should I request at m:SRUC then? — TheMagnificentist 11:26, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
@TheMagnificentist: It has made significant edits on other wikis. It can't be usurped at all, regardless of where you file the request at. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:27, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
Ah okay, I'll look for a different username then. — TheMagnificentist 11:32, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2017)

East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent emigration westward.
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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2017)

One 24-ounce energy drink has 330 calories, more than a fast-food cheeseburger, and the equivalent of 18 single-serving packets of sugar.
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A small pond hockey field
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Wikky love

Thanks for pointing out the automated page blanking edit summaries thing Edaham (talk) 19:11, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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A spelling error on a road sign
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2405:204:3018:EA24:F81B:6385:6F54:8174

Could you remove talkpage access please? Thanks. 67.184.233.10 (talk) 16:31, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Ask and ye shall receive. Er, I mean,  Done. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 16:32, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

I'd give it one day until it's removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.25.196.71 (talk) 20:12, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not the place for you to paste irrelevant links onto, not even for a short period of time. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:19, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey there! How'd you get your wikipedia profile to look so nice?

I just joined and I have little to no experience with wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 26thDay (talkcontribs) 20:50, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

@26thDay: With a little time, a little patience, and some self-taught wiki markup lessons. k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 21:11, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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George Lazenby at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2014
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ACC needs help!

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17:10, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

global renamer

Since you are a global renamer yourself, I would like to ask you, what are my chances of having a successful request for permission in case I reapply?? --Kostas20142 (talk) 12:22, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

@Kostas20142: Not very likely. I only see about 19 edits to WP:CHU/S in your last 500 edits to the Wikipedia namespace, and the last one was almost a month ago. Refer to your unsuccessful nomination and you'll see that the primary concern was your lack of experience. Experience generally doesn't come within three months. It takes time and effort to attain; making nineteen clerk edits to WP:CHUS isn't enough experience. I clerked WP:CHUS for well over a year, to give you an idea of what it takes. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 16:32, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Yeah although I check this page twice a day at least (except when was in hospital), I have trouble finding inappropriate requests or request requiring further actions before carried out, to comment on (since commenting on the rest would be useless I feel). Anyways thank you for your input. --Kostas20142 (talk) 17:12, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2017)

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Hero

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Tanner Hiller edit

Hi. Thanks for the heads up on my edits to the Tanner Hiller page. In actuality, I am the reference. I started flying there in about 1980 and was a good friend of Leonard's. We were actually partners on one of his aircraft, the O-1D Bird Dog he owned. My changes were accurate. The aircraft mentioned in the original was not the aircraft stored in his Quonset hut....

John P Sacco — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.136.49 (talk) 19:50, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

I have responded on your talk page. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:44, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

23:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Banned from #wikipedia-en-revdel?

Hi K6ka. I'm contacting you because you seem to be the most recently active person listed at Wikipedia:IRC#List_of_users_who_are_willing_to_help_with_IRC. I am trying to access #Wikipedia-en-revdel, but I am getting a message that I have been banned from the channel. My username on Freenode is the same as on Wikipedia, and I don't think I've ever used the channel so I'm not sure why I would be banned. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE
) 20:45, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

@Ahecht: I had a look at the channel ban lists and I don't see anything that matches you. I'm not in #wikipedia-en-revdel so I can't be sure if a possible ban entry was removed before I had a look. The only thing that comes to my mind is that the channel had a join throttle, and that you may have been unlucky enough to have been caught in it. Were you forwarded to another channel when you first tried to join #wikipedia-en-revdel? For the record, I did try joining the channel myself and had no problems doing so. In any case, I saw another admin was able to assist you on IRC, so at least that problem is solved. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:53, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. It seems to be working now. I must've just been throttled. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE
) 14:46, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2017)

Wikipedia is sometimes criticized for being used as a source of circular reporting.
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This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2017)

A fire sprinkler with red liquid alcohol in the capsule
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A 1912 illustration of Robin Hood and Little John
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Username change request

I request to change my username again, because I forgot to add the punctuation at the last username change.

Check it out, please.

(Jindrich Klas -> Jindřich Klas) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jindrich Klas (talkcontribs) 06:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Also, you should take a look at this. usernamekiran(talk) 21:21, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2017)

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Choreography

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Halloween cheer!

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

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

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  • The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

  • Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
  • Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
  • Featured List – Canada Bloom6132 (submissions) and Japan 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Cascadia SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
  • Featured Topic – Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
  • Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
  • Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
  • In The News – India MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
  • Good Article Review – India Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

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I started a discussion there, since you did not reply to my concerns on the Cluebot Commons.

Respectfully,

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:57, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

I have responded. FWIW I'm not an operator of ClueBot NG, so I could not accurately address the question you raised on the bot's talk page. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:26, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2017)

"Pay no more than Ceiling Prices", WWII U.S. poster
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Price ceiling

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2017)

An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. (See Checker shadow illusion.)
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