User talk:Mfield/Archive 8
Re: DZAY Alay Radyo
[edit]Though actually the one you just blocked appears to be a Betrand101 sockpuppet, as his propensity for creating bogus radio station articles is his modus operandi, amongst other things. Blake Gripling (talk) 07:22, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.
Administrator changes
NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13
Guideline and policy news
- A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
- Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
- Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.
Technical news
- When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
- Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
- The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.
Obituaries
- JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA
[edit]| LA Wikipedia Day Celebration (February 18) | |
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YOU COMMENTED: Information icon Hello, I'm Mfield. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Revolving stage have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Mfield (Oi!) 04:21, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
WE COMMENT: We are the largest rotostage manufacturer and renter in the US, probably the world. We updated the page because it was nearly completely inaccurate and not useful. Rotating stages are not primarily theater pieces, 20 times more use is in trade shows and musical shows, not to mention weddings. Modern stages are not build as indicated. The links we provided is to the current rotostage webpage, and contains the web's most up to date information about rotating stages now available in the marketplace.If you want to keep the unhelpful, misleading content we will not attempt to assist further. I can be reached at admin@amerevent.com. Bob H. Amerevent Group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.63.3.237 (talk) 15:21, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Yamashiro Historic District images
[edit]Hallo Mfield,
Would you mind taking a look here Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_California/Los_Angeles_task_force#Yamashiro_Historic_District_images for your help, or ask a user in the task force who might be able to help? Thank you very much. Gryffindor (talk) 15:08, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
Come and join us at the Wiknic
[edit]| LA Meetup: 6th Wiknic, 7/15 @ Pan Pacific Park | |
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LA event this Thursday
[edit]| LA Meetup: September 7 edit-a-thon near DTLA | |
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Hak5 Article Page - Transfer to my user space?
[edit]Hi,
Can you please transfer a copy of the now deleted Hak5 article page to my user space?
The link for this deleted article is at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Hak5_(2nd_nomination)
Ill take a look through this article and see what need to be done to restore it to a useful condition.
Thanks in advance for your help! :-)
Simon Zerafa @SimonZerafa — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonZerafa (talk • contribs) 20:26, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
- Done, at Hak5 am going to post some comments on your talk. Mfield (Oi!) 20:50, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia Day LA, March 31
[edit]| Wikipedia Day LA 2018 | |
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Please join us from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, March 31st for Wikipedia Day LA 2018 at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. There will be speakers, panel discussions, a presentation on Wikidata, flash sessions, and a discussion about the formation of an LA User Group. There could be dramatic readings of LA-related talk pages, and there will be truly excellent cake. Please RSVP on the event page if you're thinking of joining us. We hope to see you there! JSFarman (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:19, 9 March 2018 (UTC) To opt out of future mailings about LA meetups, please remove your name from this list. | |
Use of rollback
[edit]Ummm .. rollback is for vandalism. If there is an explanatory reference to someone being a concentration camp commandant, and you change it to "soldier," that is not appropriate use of vandalism tools. Especially by an administrator. --2604:2000:E016:A700:F81C:D427:6CB1:E49F (talk) 07:10, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
What happened here? APK whisper in my ear 06:00, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- wow, yeah that’s an embarassing story that it just took me a while to figure out. My son had installed a Chrome plugin that text swaps the name with random insults, which apparently it does also in the editor. Needless to say it has been removed, thankfully it chose one of its less offensive options that time around. A definite unexpected edge learning case there. Mfield (Oi!) 07:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Ahh ok that makes sense. APK whisper in my ear 07:21, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- wow, yeah that’s an embarassing story that it just took me a while to figure out. My son had installed a Chrome plugin that text swaps the name with random insults, which apparently it does also in the editor. Needless to say it has been removed, thankfully it chose one of its less offensive options that time around. A definite unexpected edge learning case there. Mfield (Oi!) 07:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC)