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please help me

Hello Shellwood, Please help. I - (by mistake) seem to have removed the 7th Nizam's - "Mir osman ali khan"'s photo from wikipedia. Please un-do those changes made in the photo format by mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quadirsaab (talk • contribs) 10:06, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

It seems like the problem is already solved, and you can undo this kind of mistakes yourself just push the undo button next to your edit and username in the history log of that page. Shellwood (talk) 13:01, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Cumbernauld

Username and edits already at Oversight. Meters (talk) 18:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks! Shellwood (talk) 00:38, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hi Shellwood. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! – Juliancolton | Talk 03:18, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Shellwood (talk) 19:23, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your revert on the University of Edinburgh page - it alerted me to several destructive edits by the same user on Timothy O'Shea's page, now fixed. Cheers! Amkilpatrick (talk) 18:17, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Thats good, cheers! Shellwood (talk) 18:25, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

1949 Wilkes 200 vandalism

Hey sorry, when I was editing the 1949 Wilkes 200 page I saved unfinished work. I wasn't trying to vandalize the page. I was fixing the work when your vandalism report was sent and I lost all my work. I'll be more careful in the future. if you have any advice it would be appreciated. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.183.125.162 (talk) 20:04, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Its alright, no worries. Shellwood (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, if any problems with my edits ill happy try to correct the errors. 104.183.125.162 (talk) 20:21, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Emily Ratajkowski

What was wrong with that? As evidenced in the "Blurred Lines" song by Robin Thicke, which, by the way, is the clip that kickstarted Emily's career, the author who was inspired by Emily (a model at the time, although, not as well-known) throughout the verses calls her a "good girl." But, regardless of that, you can see that she is indeed a good girl. A feminist, a socialite, and not a contraversal person in any way. I'm sorry, but I don't see what is wrong with it.

Maybe I will add an article in "Simple English" on her, that seems more fair.

It's not an appropriate term to use here, it's misleading, subjective and non-pov. There is a difference when an author describes a person in a book and when we do it here. Shellwood (talk) 16:23, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Random dude you told off twice a few moments ago

Hi, sorry about that. I was pissing my friend off and wanted to screenshot a fake "article" to annoy him. Apologies for any annoyance caused. I should point out it was the "babba" thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:388:354:215:0:0:1:10 (talk) 21:45, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Alright, try use the sandbox next time. Shellwood (talk) 21:49, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

i wanted to ask something

Sorry i bothered you, i wanted your attention because i want to know who's the author of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_ban are you the one who made this? This is for research purposes. I will gladly accept your answer I'm just a highschool student — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.198.73.246 (talk) 12:12, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello, 

I was updating Lanny Davis' information and received a note that it was vandalism. How can I move forward with making edits?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.129.129.166 (talk) 20:34, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Im not sure which user account you used in making edits there but the problems with the recent edits seems to in violations of WP:ELNO[1] and also blanking sections. My suggestion is to take this to the article's talk page and discuss any further edits before editing in order to avoid conflicts. Shellwood (talk) 21:13, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Substitute Edit

Hi Shellwood. Thanks for your message. I don't agree that my edit to "The Substitute" page wasn't constructive. The original reads "Shale arrives at Columbus High School and is, at first, taken back by the lowly conditions." My edit changes "back" to "aback." The "lowly conditions" didn't take Shale anywhere. He was shocked by what he saw when he entered the school, so the correct phrase should be that he was "taken aback." What do you think?

I primarily deal with reverting vandalism and disruptive editing here, often in huge quantities, sometimes mistakes do happen. Thank you for pointing this out. Shellwood (talk) 05:04, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

John the Apostle

Hi Shellwood! With my edit (the one you reverted) I myself tried to revert an earlier edit (by 143.207.98.174) that seemed to be either vandalism or broken code. Maybe you could review it, and tell me if I'm mistaken? Thanks! Ddke1811 (talk) 14:05, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Done, thanks for notifying me about this. I tried to revert it myself but this error happen. Shellwood (talk) 14:09, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Guiding a user

Hi,
there is this new user, User talk:Eagle2468. Both of us have come across that user previously. I believe this user is acting in good faith, but doesnt know how the wikipedia works. Would you please guide them a little? I would have done that, but when it comes to teach a total newbie, i have no idea how to do it. Thanks. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:12, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

I will try, thank you. Shellwood (talk) 19:33, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
thanks a lot for your kind gesture :) —usernamekiran (talk) 11:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You've got me beat several times on striking down vandal edits! Kudos to you, my friend! Thank you for your tireless contributions as an anti-vandal. A well-deserved barnstar (surprised to see you haven't gotten one already! Or perhaps its been hiding from plain sight!) Jiten Dhandha • talk • contributions • 09:36, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work! Shellwood (talk) 09:40, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

My Name

Eagle2468 (talk) 16:29, 31 March 2017 (UTC) You know you dont have to call me Eagle2468, just call me eagle. thats wat all my friends call me.

Ok. Shellwood (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Hallo Owen Mugiya (talk) 17:34, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

WHY

why did you change my "recent contributions" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anyminous gal (talk • contribs) 18:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

You are vandalizing this site, keep doing this and you will get blocked. Shellwood (talk) 18:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Jamaican Patois page

Kudos with the page, but it seems you have reverted a native speaker's(ME) attempt to correct it. I would like to know why. BulbAtop (talk) 02:16, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Are you joking? Adding "I'm" in the lead sentence in an article about a language is not constructive at all and will be reverted by me or someone else, WP:LEADSENTENCE. Also I see you must have used a different account then, read Wikipedia's policy about multiple accounts so no misuse happens. Shellwood (talk) 11:23, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

OK will so that. Didn't know the in constructive nature of that; I am new to Wikipedia😶😶 BulbAtop (talk) 12:06, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

ANI-notice

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. (it wasn't me) Kleuske (talk) 20:17, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me about this, the user got blocked and the case is closed. Shellwood (talk) 14:33, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

My vandalism.

Hello, I do not mean to sound rude, but I did not voluntarily vandalise Escape from Pompeii. This was just an accident, as I was not experienced in making references and citations. I am sorry for this. Cookieman234 (talk) 16:46, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

User:Slipperyneil

I don't know how to stop him.Xx236 (talk) 13:03, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

@Xx236: The user has been reported to WP:AIV. A block will likely follow. Shellwood (talk) 13:09, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I hereby award this barnstar to you for your significant anti-vandalism contributions. Keep up the good work! Kostas20142 (talk) 15:24, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
@Kostas20142: Thank you very much for this! Cheers! Shellwood (talk) 16:47, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

article Numberblocks

Hi,
Recently, protection has been granted to Numberblocks. Would you like to help me in improving article by copyedit? Not sure if you do this, I mean you seem interested mostly in anti-vandalism work. —usernamekiran(talk) 16:50, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

@Usernamekiran: Sure I can have look and see if anything can be improved. Shellwood (talk) 14:22, 19 May 2017 (UTC)


WASP

What should I have done differently? I live in this area and there are a lot of Upper Class Episcopal's who have strong cultural ties within their community. I added two sources with links. The same source was already used for a different place. I did not intend to vandalize anything. What should I have done differently? --Jahraymoore (talk) 16:19, 4 June 2017 (UTC)Jahray Moore

Please let me know what I did incorrectly when editing this article. I had two sources for my information. I did not intend to vandalize Wikipedia. I just want to know how I can avoid doing it again. Jahraymoore (talk) 18:28, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

@Jahraymoore: Thanks for letting me know. I see the revert was made with Huggle [2]. Feel free to restore the sourced part. Shellwood (talk) 21:30, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Don't Delete

I don't know what the problem is? I really don't know why you/they wanna delete the site of my client DJ Seezy? He is a (underrated) Producer from Germany and really worked with this artits via sending them beats and these listed artitst picked the beats for there tapes! We all know that the new producers in the hip hop community don't get the recognition they deserve especially producer from overseas who placed beats on notable tapes for well known artits. He is right know on that point to level up his career and this site helps him. [User:Zaza716|]] 00:21 20 July 2017 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaza716 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Zaza716: You blanked the AfD page about that article, which is disruptive. The arguments presented there are well-founded and gives strong support to delete the article. Besides Wikipedia is not to be used for promotion or advertising, WP:NOTADVERTISING. Shellwood (talk) 22:40, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:16, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Kawah Ijen Crater Lake sulphuric or hydrochloric acid?

"Kawah Ijen Crater Lake, at the top of the volcano, is the world's largest such body of water filled with hydrochloric acid. In fact, it's the acid that makes the water green. Werner explained how the lake became so acidic: The volcano emitted hydrogen chloride gas, which reacted with the water and formed a highly condensed hydrochloric acid with a pH of almost 0." - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140130-kawah-ijen-blue-flame-volcanoes-sulfur-indonesia-pictures/

The Wikipedia entry for Kawa Ijen claims the acid contained in the lake is sulphuric acid and cites a youtube video.

@73.93.174.82: Thanks for notifying me about the mistake, I have restored your edit now. Shellwood (talk) 03:40, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You've earned this barnstar for helping me with the "Putin pooted" vandal.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 06:15, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
@I dream of horses: Thanks a lot. Always glad to be at service! Shellwood (talk) 06:24, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

A reversion..

Any comments on this reversion in light of this post.Winged Blades Godric 09:50, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric: Yeah, all other wikis mentions 9 August as well as the external link in the article [3] and [4]. So the reversion I made was in good faith. Shellwood (talk) 13:30, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
Not doubting your good faith at all!! I arrived here because of an OTRS ticket.Cheers:) Winged Blades Godric 14:54, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Sofia Hellqvist - My Love

Could you please tell me how to upload photos onto the Wikipedia page of Princess Sofia (Don't worry, ill use the ones Wikipedia offers, but could you also tell me how to upload ones wiki doesn't offer?) Also, you said it looked bad, but on mobile it was completely fine. Is it different on computer? Timix321 (talk) 17:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

@Timix321: This will help you WP:UPIMAGE, WP:IUP but be cautious when doing these edits so you dont violate any copyrights and make sure that all content you add is done from a neutral point of view and constructive. If you still have any problems the Teahouse is a good place to ask for assistance. As for the mobile it was not a matter of looking bad or not, you removed a lot of sourced content from the article. Shellwood (talk) 18:21, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm guessing this is where you reply, but the reason I removed stuff was because it's bad. It doesn't show her amazing Wonder Woman side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timix321 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Book of Daniel

Shellwood

Hello,

What is wrong with the edit that I made at Book of Daniel, and why is it considered "non-referenced" when I left many references in the paragraph?

Please unblock me and explain this to me.

Thank you,

Ramzinicholas (talk) 00:12, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Please don't say the same things that JudeccaXIII kept saying. That it was not referenced and that it was my research. Lol because if you look at the post that I made, you will see that I referenced every assertion that I made.

Thank you,

114.199.104.35

Ok I will revert all "plateaux" into "plateaus". 114.199.104.35 (talk) 18:50, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Dear mr Shellwood

why do you want to delete the article named Kostoulas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.220.244 (talk) 14:26, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@94.66.220.244: I don't necessary want to delete it, Im not the nominator. I want you stop removing the AfD template on the article, it's against Wikipedias policies. Shellwood (talk) 14:33, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
@Shellwood i am so sorry because i saw thart template for the first time and  didnt know what to do  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.220.244 (talk) 14:38, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Help me

please can you remove that template? this article isthere for a long time — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.66.220.244 (talk) 14:44, 28 August 2017‎ (UTC)

In a word, no. The deletion discussion will remain open until it is finished. You are welcome to continue improving and working on the article, and discussing at the AFD discussion, but the AFD templates must stay there until the discussion is through. Primefac (talk) 14:56, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Please can u delete Miguel Ferreira Campos page ? Inaccurate information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobyleites (talk • contribs) 13:16, 30 August 2017 (UTC)


Please this information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solange_Gabernet is wrone, remove.

Help in blocking this IP address

Hi there!

I've noticed that this IP address : 175.156.1.51, has been vandalising a lot of pages lately (mostly related to Taiwan and the ROC), He has repeated this vandalism in the 2017 Summer Universiade page multiple times, and I believe the only way to stop this is to either block this IP address or protect the page.

He continuously tries to manipulate the articles so that Taiwan and the ROC are obsolete.

May I ask your help in resolving this problem? Thank you :) Vincenty846 (talk) 18:19, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Vincenty846: Hi, the anon IP has been reported to WP:AIV so its just wait and see. Shellwood (talk) 18:23, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Here's the link to the user page : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/175.156.1.51 . Could you please help in looking at his edits and see if they are in any way destructive or considered vandalism?

Thank you :) Vincenty846 (talk) 18:24, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

All right. Thank you very much :) Vincenty846 (talk) 18:25, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

@Vincenty846: I put the articles on my watchlist, hopefully it will be the end of it. Shellwood (talk) 12:46, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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Lack of ambiton

I honestly don't see the problem with this. He played junior football when he could have easily played pro. And he is a hypocrite. Don't Էսպերանտո my user page Hi and j (talk) 00:09, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

@Hi and j: The problem here is that your edits to that article are disruptive, please stop this. Shellwood (talk) 00:14, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

I didn't realize that it matter that much. Ok I will stop Hi and j (talk) 00:30, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for thanking :D :D

0xSkyy (talk) 22:52, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

@0xSkyy: Thanks! :) Good job with fixing the article! Shellwood (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Not vandalism

It wasn't vandalism. The original text mischaracterized the source. 2001:62A:4:42F:E9EB:E4DE:D0C1:45BA (talk) 13:16, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, but you could have rephrased that better by not using an exclamation mark in the middle of a sentence. This is an encyclopedia. Shellwood (talk) 14:08, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi there, I have no idea how this works so I'll just try writing here. I tried to edit AN Wilson's page. Basically there is not a balanced amount of criticism on his page - we would like there to be some positive as well as negative criticism of his works. Can you help? Thanks 217.138.30.186 (talk) 15:08, 12 September 2017 (UTC)On behalf of aitken alexander

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your great effort at cleaning vandalism off of Wikipedia! Miles Edgeworth Objection! 01:04, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
@Miles Edgeworth: Thank you so much for this! Keep up the good work cheers! Shellwood (talk) 14:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

OHM updates

Hello my ohm updates continue to be deleted please advise OssianMills (talk) 18:11, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

@OssianMills: Your edits goes against WP:NOTADVERTISING please read through carefully. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Please

Hi there my name is Natacha Peyre and I legally changed my name to Elena Belle. I would love to have this info about Natacha peyre removed. I tried to edit but you keep changing it back. I really beg you if you please can help me delete this. I'm pregnant and I really don't want to be associated to my old name. This really hurt me in several ways. Would you be willing to do that.

I'm thankful in advance

/ Elena Belle Wooki85 (talk) 22:21, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I have left the user a message about this at User talk:Wooki85. —C.Fred (talk) 22:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
@C.Fred: I see, thanks for the response. Shellwood (talk) 22:28, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Reverting Look at My Dab

Ok, I should understand next time that proper titling is necessary, especially for the mixtape for the aforementioned article in the title it was originally on (apologies for trying to write it as it would appear on the mixtape itself). But at the same time, you also reverted back to the last vandalized edit by a guy named Cool teens online (where he said "Big Dan" over "Bitch Dab", as in "Originally titled Big Dan/Bitch Dab"). Just wanted to let you know, as I have noticed you reverted back to that. MindsEyeTHPS (talk) 22:49, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for notifying me about it. Shellwood (talk) 22:52, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

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Mother goddess

I've just discovered that for some unfathomable reason, BoH had been allowed to do a complete rewrite of Mother goddess in 18 April of this year to, and I quote his stated reason in the history log, "reflect fringe theories", that resulted in cutting 16KB worth of content that includes a lot of well-sourced information. I'm writing this to inform you that I've manually reverted the page back to the last version before BoH's inexplicable mass-vandalizing edit pending official staff action (which I hope you know how to perform, since I so rarely delve into these matters at Wikipedia that I have practically no idea what to do or where to go). MarqFJA87 (talk) 23:40, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Restored vandalism

You just edit warred with an IP to restore this blatant vandalism to an article three times. Please be careful when restoring blanked content. --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 00:10, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Thanks for letting me know, since revisions have been removed I cant comment on what the content was. I do a lot cleaning up after vandals but unfortunately mistakes do happen sometimes. I will do my utmost to avoid this. Shellwood (talk) 12:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
Completely understand and your work here is hugely appreciated. It was just upsetting to see some pretty horrible BLP violations being restored to the article.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 15:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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Roberto Perez

I don't see how my comment was vandalizing. Please explain. That's his nickname. Mpt19899 (talk) 17:02, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

@Mpt19899: Please find a source then before you edit. Shellwood (talk) 17:05, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry, does every single thing in the world sourced? I didn't know there were articles written these days showing nicknames. The source is the Indians clubhouse Mpt19899 (talk) 17:09, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Medo-Babylonian war against Assyrian Empire

Hi Shellwood, you reverted one of my edits on the Medo-Babylonian war against Assyrian Empire and you were right as i provided no explanations for that. I'm a quite new user and the content i removed was one of my edits which aimed to add an infobox in this article (which is an article i created a few days ago), but i have seen that i failed, so i deleted my own edit to try again, but i haven't found an infobox about battle in the military and war infoboxes. I come here for getting some help if possible. Thanks a lot by advance. Wikaviani (talk) 13:25, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying, I can have look at it but I recommend you to try solving this in your sandbox. The teahouse is a good place to ask for further help. Shellwood (talk) 13:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)


It's okay, i did it (at last...). If you have comments about my infobox, you're wellcome. Thanks. Wikaviani (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for your activity reviewing new pages since being granted the right earlier this month. Its always great seeing new people working the new pages feed. Your effort are noticed and appreciated. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:04, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
@TonyBallioni: Thank you very much Tony, always glad to be of any help. Cheers! Shellwood (talk) 08:10, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

120.16.73.197 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

You may want to watch out for this IP. This IP is currently making personal attacks on you like they did with [5]. Pkbwcgs (talk) 09:38, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Fuck tha Police

Hi, can you elaborate on what you meant by my edit not being "constructive"? --2.97.81.69 (talk) 21:20, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Shellwood, I'd appreciate a response to my above message. The message you left on my (previous IP's) talk page was not very helpful in specifying what the problem with my edit was. --2A02:C7F:9A0C:DA00:29A3:1B58:CF23:F930 (talk) 23:18, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

I see, well next time you remove portions of text from an article a good idea would be to discuss this on the talk page too. Just to avoid situations like this and for clarify things. Feel free to do as you wish with the article above. Shellwood (talk) 09:59, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't understand. Are you saying that there was no problem with my edit, and you made a mistake? And if that is the case, surely the responsibility was yours to read the edit summary where the purpose of my edit was made perfectly clear? By implying that the responsibility was mine to leave unnecessary messages on the article's talk page justifying reasonable edits, you do not assume good faith, and I think recent changes patrollers should uphold this guideline more than anyone. --2.97.81.159 (talk) 02:14, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
@2.97.81.159: These are not "unnecessary messages" but a necessity when you are dealing with suspected OR and other issues. Point out why you suspect it to be OR when you revert it or simply leave a tag in article. Dont mix up criticism with users not assuming good faith. And finally recent changes patrollers are not part of any special or privileged user group, they carry the same accountability as you and me. Shellwood (talk) 12:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Help for a New Editor

Hello, I'm seeking help since I am new to editing Wikipedia. On the William V. Harris page, another user keeps deleting a section that I added, without providing any justification. I have cited sources and written in a neutral point of view (on the talk page, I provided a justification for why it is a note-worthy inclusion. Another user has deleted this section three times now. I'd really like some guidance. If there is an issue with my contribution, I'd like to have feedback to improve the section, but this other user has not begun a dialogue in any way. Thank you very much. Ninjalemur (talk) 01:02, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

@Ninjalemur: Hi and thanks for your message. It seems that the user you refer to has been warned and stopped editing for now. Removing sourced content without explanation is not constructive and can be seen as disruptive. I suggest you try having a conversation with the user on either the article's talk page or the users own talk page if problems arise again. If this still doesn't help report it to WP:ANI. Shellwood (talk) 15:55, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Please help

Hi Shellwood! FYI, the article Cup of Salvation has been nominated for deletion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cup of Salvation). Please help me out. --Omer Toledano (talk) 12:42, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

@Omert33: Hi Omer! I'm afarid there is little I can do about this AfD, I'm not familiar about the book or author. Perhaps a redirect to Pesach Wolicki is an alternative for now, as some users have suggested. Shellwood (talk) 15:51, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Apologies for edits. Not intended to be vandalism, but a lesson on Wikipedia

Haven't used talk pages before, so I'm not sure if this is exactly where I'm supposed to send a response to your comment. I have been frequently editing the Wonder Woman page. This is not done to vandalize the page. I'm a librarian and I'm currently teaching a course on research and this is usually how I demonstrate why it's recommended that Wikipedia not be used academically. I can tell them using words, but I find that seeing me actually edit the page works better to make sure the lesson sinks in. I do intend to go back and revert the changes, but usually by the time the lesson is done, the bot has already corrected it. I was expecting that editing privileges might be affected, though I am only one user on a campus that serves hundreds, so I hope that the editing privileges for the entire campus wouldn't be removed due to my lesson. But I'm hoping that addressing this and that it isn't intended to be vandalism, but a lesson on Wikipedia (and a change I don't intend to leave as is) will help avoid that. 209.156.172.82 (talk) 19:22, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

I appreciate your clarification, but this website can't work as a tool for your lessons in that fashion. Even though you have good intentions, these actions are harmful in the end. My suggestion is that you try to find an another solution for how to reach out to your classes without editing like that in the future, perhaps register an account and use the sandbox[6]. Shellwood (talk) 19:46, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Actually I do believe there are exceptions for educational purposes. Some IPs can be flagged as schools that do just this thing. Leitmotiv (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
@Leitmotiv: No, they are prohibited. Shellwood (talk) 21:44, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Not from what I've seen. Maybe things have changed since I last saw an example, but I've seen IPs tagged that way, where no one bats an eyelash. Leitmotiv (talk) 23:32, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
@Leitmotiv:[7] Shellwood (talk) 23:36, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
I really wish I could show you the admin pages and discussions I read on it, but I don't save links to that stuff and Wikipedia is notoriously hard to navigate concerning stuff not typically viewed by the common laymen. As it was, it was probably 3 or 4 years ago now. Ah well, things have probably changed anyway. Thanks for the link. Leitmotiv (talk) 00:59, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

I will admit, I don't understand why the changes are harmful as long as they are undone. 209.156.172.82 (talk) 21:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia and not something to disturb just by showing a class that it works to add stuff in articles. Your thoughts are sincere and your edits are not vandalism, but they disturb the project and will likely be reverted by a bot or a user if you try it again. I recommend you to try something different for next class. Shellwood (talk) 21:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

I have to say, I still don't understand how it's a disturbance if it's a minor change that is either immediately reverted by a bot (or myself, though the bot usually beats me to it). But I have informed my class that I have been prohibited from editing for the purposes of demonstration. I don't want to get my entire organization banned because of a simple two-word edit.

@209.156.172.82: These experiments are prohibited as it says in the link, no selfrevert was made and I suggest you use other means of instructions in your future classes. Shellwood (talk) 14:37, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Page Review

Hi, i just written the article on Wikipedia. As you have new page reviews rights on english wikipedia, i prefer you (or anyone else) to review MY NEW ARTICLE (if it meets wikipedia criteria). - SingerLuch! (talk) 10:39, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Asking assistance for Wiki editing

Could you assist me with some information?

1. Dispute Resolution Noticeboard: Since the parties are not obligated to comply with the advise of DRN moderator, what's the solution when someone is sure that the other parties are not going to agree with him anyway and a ruling from a judge is essential. I am sure DRN is not an option in this case. Could "Mediation" be an option? Is any user, even an administrator obligated to comply with the advise of Mediation Committee? If not, then is "Arbitration" an option? Is any user, even an administrator obligated to comply with the advise of Arbitration Committee?

2. What’s the difference between Dispute Resolution Noticeboard and a specialized noticeboard such as “Fringe theory noticeboard”? I know specialized noticeboards are subject specific. But my question is that whether the moderators in “Fringe theory noticeboard” are only administrators or general users as well? If there are general users as well, how can I become a fringe theory noticeboard volunteer? Do I need to list my username anywhere and/or add any template in my user page?

3. When I am in a dispute with a couple of admins in a Wikipedia page, what’s the process of reporting those abusive admins. Let’s say, the admins are reverting any edit that is against their personal views and beliefs. And those admins need to be removed from the page. The Wikipedia manual says as admins can be removed through a dispute resolution process. But it doesn’t explain how. Because DRN moderator or Mediation committee may not be able to remove an administrator. So, if an user is in dispute with administrators, should he directly file a case to Arbitration Committee?

4. How can I add a new section and subsection to a Wiki article and remove an existing section from a Wiki article in visual editor?

5. I found that some contributions are deleted from “History” page of an article. So how to delete a contribution and who can do it?

6. Wiki policy states as I should not copy contents from other websites and should rather write my own contents. But what if the contents are open source contents? Can I directly copy those in Wikipedia? Are online news posts open source, including the images in the news? Can I use these texts and images in Wikipedia without editing? Can I copy and paste statements of medical national and international organizations in Wikipedia without editing?

7. Where to find images for a Wikiedia article if the image is not already available in Wikimedia? Are the images collected from news posts open source? And many sites don't have their images copyrighted. Do those images qualify as open source? When I upload an image, Wikipedia asks for copyright information. I have no idea what information to provide? What info should I provide if the image is in open source? And if the image is owned by me? Wikipedia asks me to contact the copyright holder and ask them for copyright information for the image. But some websites don't have "Contact us" section, some other sites are unresponsive when they are contacted, and even when I contact a website owner, he may not be able to provide me copyright information as the images are not copyrighted. So what information to provide Wikipedia in such a case? How do Wikipedia verify if the images are already copyrighted or not. If I claim to be granted permission for reuse from the copyright holder, how does Wikipedia verify the copyright holder has actually granted me permission for reuse of the copyrighted content?

8. How to add videos to a Wikipedia article? Do I need to provide copyright information for a video available in Youtube? Are there other policies on videos such as policies for graphic videos?

9. When I create a new article, how do I save my private draft for the article. If I click on "Save", the draft will become public and will be accessible for anyone. But I like it to be private. Is it possible. Furthermore, when I edit on an existing article, is there a way I can save my edits as a draft before publishing? It is an essential function. Because some posts may be very long and will take a long time to write. So, my unsaved works can be lost if browser tab is closed or if the texts are accidentally selected and deleted. So saving draft is essential.

10. Where can I save the usernames of my co-writers in my Wikipedia account like a phone book? I can't memorize the usernames of every persons. Thus, I need to have a phone book when the usernames will be saved in the respective categories.

11. How can I be connected with the community to improve each Wikipedia article? I know each important article is being monitored by some administrators. But how do I know which administrators is monitoring a page so that I can discuss with them about improving the article? How to get connected with the community for editing articles? I heard that communication is important here. But how? Everyone is stranger here. Whom to contact among these random people?

12. What’s the use of pending changes reviewing by administrators and “pending change reviewers”? As much as I know anyone can revert another user’s edit. In that case, what will change if an edit is approved by an administrator or a “Pending changes reviewer”? Will other users be unable to revert the edit back then? If not, then what’s the use of pending changes reviewing? Furthermore, how do the users know an edit has been approved by a administrator or a pending changes reviewers? Will the approval appear anywhere such as in the “History” page?

13. What’s the requirement and process for becoming a pending changes reviewer? Can anyone become a pending changes reviewer?

Abir Babu (talk) 12:47, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

FYI - I've already answered all of his questions on my user talk page. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:53, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Hey hey...

Hey - thanks for checking out my most recent article. I was looking at your about information and I'm wondering if you can help me properly address something that seems troubling to me - I also hope this is the right place to ask ;-)!

Over the summer I picked up a copy of a book by a TV personality I really enjoy and I thought it was great. I was going to create an article about him and what he does, but saw one was already there - and boy does it seem to be very mean spirited!! I want to introduce a more unbiased tone to the article (there seems to be a few authors who definitely do not seem to like this guy (he's an E! entertainment personality)) but I also don't want to get pounced on!

What is the best way to approach this?

Thank you for any input you have to offer! Akrumoftruth (talk) 23:08, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@Akrumoftruth: Hi, I would be glad to help if I can, what article are you talking about? I assume its about a living person, some very good guidelines can be found here: WP:BLP Shellwood (talk) 12:58, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


@Shellwood: - You rock! I'm just leaving town for the weekend, but I'll send you the deets when I'm back at my desk Sunday/Monday (and I will check out the guidelines you suggested before I write back). Thanks again for responding. Much appreciated! :-) Akrumoftruth (talk) 22:21, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
@Shellwood: - Hey - so, the article is about Tyler Henry who is a medium on tv (E! Network I believe). It just seems like from all that I've seen (from television and youtube); and all the stuff I have been reading, whether or not he has 'powers' he certainly doesn't need to be discredited so aggressively in the article about him. Like couldn't they put all of that stuff in a section and be more un-biased in the article? I love being a contributor to Wiki and certainly don't want to stir up trouble, but in all of the years of being on this site, I've not seen an article about a person like him be written the way that one is. Just would love some insigt. Recpectfully... Akrumoftruth (talk) 01:10, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Shellwood - note that I am >95 % certain that Akrumoftruth is an undisclosed paid editor despite their denial. As you can see from e.g. Special:Contributions/Sasslandia the fact that they are interested in this article is just further evidence. SmartSE (talk) 09:50, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the info, we shall see what our friend here choose to do next since there is no 100% of proof paid editing being the case. But I will distance myself from this since I'm totally against that concept undisclosed or not. Shellwood (talk) 15:17, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Guys, I am not a paid editor; but as a human being and a person who believes in un-biased reporting, I do think it’s sucky what seems to be going on with Tyler Henry’s article - something that seems to be off track with what Wiki should support. There’s nothing more going on with me: I got his book and thought it was great (it's called Between Two Worlds btw); and I like what he does; so I started to research him and saw the article here and felt it was written from the point of view of skepticism - which is fine to have in the article (I think) - it just seems a bit pointed because it’s in the intro section of the article and in the talk page about it there clearly seems to be personal opinions being expressed about what Tyler Henry does, or claims, to do (check out the Praise section; and the ones below it where the people posting defaming stuff refer to him as a "grief vampire" etc). Again, the tone of the article and the way it's written doesn’t seem to jive with what Wiki should be about and I just feel like that article would be well served if the all the negative stuff went into a section focusing on his critics, criticism and the skeptics. And I was simply asking Shellwood for some input as to what, if anything, I can or should do. All I have done - which I can’t figure out for the life of me what I did wrong - is add three links to legit articles about the one thing I know the most about him which is his book (links from Simon & Schuster, the Today Show and The Sentinel). This is the extent of my involvement in his article to date - aside from having a passing interest in just re-arranging it so it read less biased. I had/have zero intention of trying to remove the criticism - that's not what bothered me. Just thought I could arrange it properly. I’m sad you think there’s something more nefarious going on with me SmartSE, but there’s not. And it’s upsetting to me on many levels, mostly as someone who has loved wiki for over a decade, that I would some how offend you two. I get passionate about the things that interest me like you both clearly do. But as always, I am here to grow and learn, and if neither of you wants to give me some tips or advice re what I was initially reaching out to Shellwood for, I accept that. I appreciate you both and I'm sorry for wasting either of your time. Respectfully, Akrumoftruth (talk) 21:29, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Cynthia Damon

Hi, Shellwood, thanks for your help. This article is part of the WP Women’s Classical Committee, which I was collaborating with today. I don’t edit often on WP:EN, my main work is on WP:PT, so I was wondering if this article needs more sources to comply with WP:Notability. I did read the guidelines at Wikipedia:Notability (academics), so please let me know if we need more sources. Greetings,Domusaurea (talk) 16:23, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

@Domusaurea: Hi Domusaurea and thanks for your message, although no expert on the subject I would say I see no major concern with the article, but again others with more knowledge might find constructive ways to expand it. Shellwood (talk) 11:56, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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Is this really vandalism?

I added a point to the Wikipedia page about the Sweden Democrats campaing ad having over one million views, when it does in fact have over one million views on Youtube. How is stating that vandalism? NutteLarsson59 (talk) 11:37, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

The page was about the 2010 swedish election. NutteLarsson59 (talk) 11:38, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

@NutteLarsson59: I told you after your first edit what the source in the article claimed and you continue to revert it, its becomes a disruptive then. Find a source that supports the information you add next time. Shellwood (talk) 11:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

I have now cited the video which has over one million views. NutteLarsson59 (talk) 12:57, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Why did you delete my contribution to political prisoners in Spain page?

I added a commentary because it is false that in Spain there are a political prisoners. It is absolutely FALSE. I add references but you delete everything. It is very serious to say that. Spain is a great democracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.130.173.29 (talk) 19:25, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Help with possible vandalism

Hi there, I’m new at this But I hope you can help. Please look into recent edits done by some users on La Luna Sangre Page. There appears to be a lot of vandalism since I last edited. There are a few who add obviously derogatory words like “weak, loser”, but I’m most concerned about fake information such as the one entered by IP address 124.106.251.186 today. The user recently entered about 7K characters of false information descriptions of fake characters. I’m positive it’s malicious intent because the information is false and appears made up. Please revert these edits today and can someone reverse other false edits. I am a fan of this series and I edit this page for the simple reason that I like this page to be accurate. Many of the grammar entries are poorly written so I try to fix the errors when I spot them. I’ve done a lot of work improving the sentences and narratives. Thank you. Pipamidalton (talk) 18:49, 24 October 2017 (UTC) Pipamidalton (talk) 18:49, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

2017 Spanish constitutional crisis

I suggest you to the change the title of ther article "2017 Spanish constitutional crisis" to "2017 Catalonian Coup d'État" because according to Wikipedia, a coup d'état is "an illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus". This is exactly what is happening in Catalonia, where a part of the state (The Generalitat of Catalunya) is illegally assuming power which constitutionally corresponds to the legitimate Government of Spain.

Don't turn this into a political debate here, seek consensus on the talk page of that article if you are so eagar to move the page. It most likely won't happen since this is a constitutional crisis after a referendum not a coup d'etat. Shellwood (talk) 19:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Edit #807512172 to Trade bloc

Hello, Shellwood! I replaced File:Trade blocs.png in Trade bloc by File:Free Trade Areas.PNG, which I think is more accurate and deep to illustrate regional economic integration (this map is more used in other wikis). And I added these 4 maps in the gallery for ease of reading the article. Sorry I have not described it in edit summary. With respect, 109.238.80.85 (talk) 13:23, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. Shellwood (talk) 13:26, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Template:Attached KML/Empire Builder

I followed a possible vandal and saw you restored this page. Could you explain what this is? Looks like garbage code, not a WP page. I will delete if needed. Thanks. -- Alexf(talk) 14:30, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@Alexf: Yeah you are right, my bad. Shellwood (talk) 14:32, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
Deleted. -- Alexf(talk) 15:06, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Blanking page muse tour

This was a page I created and have been told many times by other editors it’s not sufficient enough and that it will be deleted. I’m blanking the page because I can not be bothered defending against the brother hood of Wikipedia editors. I get threatened of being blocked when I create the page so I’m confused why you’re now threatening me for blanking it

@Kuriboh500: First of all you do not own the pages you create WP:OWN and these are not threats but warnings you have been given. There is a deletion tag on the article dont remove it. Shellwood (talk) 19:21, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

About your reverts

They'ře from different IPS but from the same person.

Accused of vandalism

I feel you have unfairly accused me of vandalism. Why can't I add to the current Wikipedia page of a politicians work in a current committee? There is no information on it? Tamo tamo (talk) 22:04, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

If I quote newspaper articles will it help? Tamo tamo (talk) 22:07, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

@Tamo tamo: The edits you made is WP:POV I'm afarid. Always assume a neutral point of view when editing here and use a reliable source. Shellwood (talk) 22:15, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For always getting to vandalism before I do and warning the perpetrators appropriately. PhilrocMy contribs 17:52, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
@Philroc: Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work you too! Shellwood (talk) 18:05, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Perhaps it's time to request edit protection of ".xxx"?

Greetings and felicitations. I noticed that you have been cleaning up vandalism to the .xxx article. Perhaps it might be time to request edit protection for it? I don't feel comfortable doing so, as the last edit to be reverted by an IP address user was mine, and I'd like to avoid the conflict of interest and a potential edit war. I've asked the user about it, but I don't expect a (constructive) reply.

If you do request edit protection, please feel free to mention the above about me to the admin.—DocWatson42 (talk) 22:44, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@DocWatson42: Hi and thanks for your message. Im not sure the admins would protect this page since there is no persistent vandalism going at this time. The article is on my watchlist now and I will take the matter to WP:RPP if needed. Shellwood (talk) 18:31, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Okay. I just noticed a pattern of reverted unconstructive edits (five in about the last month, not counting mine), which seemed to me to be excessive. —DocWatson42 (talk) 21:11, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Clackers

On Clackers, you reverted an edit (not mine) with the comment Unexplained removal of content. Yes, it was unexplained, but I think that this user just deleted hoax paragraphs, and you reinstated them. Google for these paragraphs, you won't find anything apart from mirrors. And when you go into the history, you will see that these paragraphs already surfaced in 2011 and always were quickly deleted. Seattle Jörg (talk) 13:21, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

@Seattle Jörg: Well this kind of things happen from time to time, feel free to revert it back since you state you cant find any soruces, the content is unsourced and the template message is over ten years old. Shellwood (talk) 18:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Niddah

Hi Shellwood. You said I did "vandalism" by changing title of a picture of a menstural hut. I did not. I am scholar in the field, professor from a major university. We do not call the group known as "Betha Israel" "Ethiopian Jews", and they did not use the term "Niddah". The picture is of a typical menstrual hut that is found in many places in Africa. I would appreciate it if you revert my changes. All my changes are supposed to improve this entry, and have it with high academic standards. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reli697 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining this. Shellwood (talk) 21:44, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reli697 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Template:Fake heading/doc

Not sure what was going on here, but I've put back [8] the documentation that actually belongs there.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  19:59, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Nice Work!

Yupwaqar (talk) 04:11, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you and apology

Hello, you undid my shenzou edit, I made a mistake, heres what happened. I put a description in the inboxes page but it showed up on the Shenzou page and I tried to delete that text on the top and it deleted the Shenzou template, please forgive me, I tried to undo the edit but then you did. YuriGagrin12 (talk) 22:41, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me now. Shellwood (talk) 22:43, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay thank you for understanding, and I meant there was a text at the top of the page that said this is an infobox for spacecraft classes, thats what I tried to remove but accidentally deleted the whole template. YuriGagrin12 (talk) 22:48, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

I understand, hope everything works out! Shellwood (talk) 22:49, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello its me again I had a question on the infobox, a few hours ago I edited the Soyuz infobox to show shenzhou as a derivitave of the Soyuz. While I was editing the Soyuz I saw a box that said derived from, and then later I went to the shenzhou page that had the same template and it doesn't say anything about that because I was going to add derived from Soyuz but there isn't an option for related spacecraft even though it was the same template, why is this? (thats what I was originally trying to do before I accidentally deleted the template) YuriGagrin12 (talk) 00:08, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@YuriGagrin12: Hello! Im not sure why that option dosent exist on that template but you can simple add this to the infobox to fix it:


| derivedfrom = | derivatives =

Hope this works for you. Shellwood (talk) 09:40, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay thank you! YuriGagrin12 (talk) 14:25, 25 November 2017 (UTC) Thank you, I put that down now. YuriGagrin12 (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Eternal child

I made the dit to eternal child, though my wiki skills may not be the best I associate eternal child with the phycological and character archetype, I feel "puer aeternus" is jargonistic speak and is not immediately accessible without explanation.

Jenny Longuet

Sez "London" in body too. I'll leave it to you. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 01:27, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Added a notable soccer mom

Why did you get rid of my soccer mom edit. Anyone familiar with Steve Harrington would know that it is true and a bit humorous. It is not a nonconstructive edit and I don't see why it should result in the edit being deleted. The page was bout soccer moms and I stuck to the subject. Amar bozzi (talk) 13:15, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Well this is an encyclopedia, please read our guidelines and policies before editing. Shellwood (talk) 13:22, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

I understand it's an encyclopedia, so what is the problem with adding the name of a notable person that has to do with the subject? Would you delete someone's edit on the page about president if they added the names of a few well known presidents? Amar bozzi (talk) 17:47, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

It is fictitious and not notable at all, you just want to be funny and this is not the right place for trying to be that. Shellwood (talk) 17:59, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Just because you aren't familiar with Mom Steve doesn't mean no one is. And last time I checked, Joe Keery was a real person. Amar bozzi (talk) 18:08, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

No your editing is disruptive and all your past edits have been reverted. Continue down that path and you are heading for a block. Shellwood (talk) 20:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

thank you dear buh can you still chat me up if you re chanced??

Jasmine201 (talk) 01:57, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

@Jasmine201: What? Shellwood (talk) 02:25, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Please monitor and protect the Mangalore article from Vandalism

I request you to give protection to the Mangalore article and monitor it, regarding vandalism.
No Administrator is protecting this article and it could be delisted (removed) from the list of Featured Articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_review#Mangalore 223.186.38.187 (talk) 09:01, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I am not an admin so I cant protect it. But you can request a page protection at WP:RPP. Shellwood (talk) 12:32, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

IP vandalism at Richard Hammond

Those edits really should have resulted in a report at RfPP rather than simply reverting over and over again. That will WP:DENY the IP attention and do away with the vandalism, and potentially get the IP blocked, which is clearly needed in this case. I've taken care of the report now, but in future you might want to bear that in mind. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 03:05, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@Drmargi: I reported the IP to AIV thats more effective, I have done my part. Shellwood (talk) 03:23, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
We're covered both ways that way. Now if someone will do something about the toe rag, we'll be in good shape. ----Dr.Margi ✉ 03:30, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! Shellwood (talk) 11:58, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

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Vandalism

Someone as recently vandalized a page & I want to edit it but the page is locked. How can I fix this BossChick (talk) 07:42, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

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