User talk:TheAstorPastor
This is TheAstorPastor's talk page, where you can send him messages and comments. |
Article policies
|
Archives |
No archives yet.
|
This page is archived by ClueBot III.
|
Welcome!
[edit]Tutorial
Learn everything you need to know to get started.
The Teahouse
Ask questions and get help from experienced editors.
The Task Center
Learn what Wikipedians do and discover how to help.
- Don't be afraid to edit! Just find something that can be improved and make it better. Other editors will help fix any mistakes you make.
- It's normal to feel a little overwhelmed, but don't worry if you don't understand everything at first—it's fine to edit using common sense.
- If an edit you make is reverted, you can discuss the issue at the article's talk page. Be civil, and don't restore the edit unless there is consensus.
- Always use edit summaries to explain your changes.
- When adding new content to an article, always include a citation to a reliable source.
- If you wish to edit about a subject with which you are affiliated, read our conflict of interest guide and disclose your connection.
- Have fun! Your presence in the Wikipedia community is welcome.
Happy editing! Cheers, JML1148 (talk | contribs) 07:31, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Dear TheAstorPastor,
Thank you for taking an interest in "Waltzing Matilda". I hope that you have a good knowledge of the topic as well as as an understanding of the requirements of Wikipedia. Both are necessary for constructive editing. I will accept your deletion of my last edit although I am not sure that that I agree with your reason for doing so. Magoffin did some high quality research on "Waltzing Matilda" and also some poor quality research. I criticised his evidence as being very tenuous. This is justified by the cited reference. I also said that he seems to be biased which was perhaps based more on a book he wrote in 2005. I did not reference this book as it is very poorly written. I will accept your deletion because it is not supported by the references in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BDW82 (talk • contribs) 07:31, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Greetings, BDW82
- I reverted your edit because it did meet the requirements of WP:NPOV.You may add the content again to the article, but please provide a reference and a reliable one.And one more thing: dont forget to sign your comments by using four tildes TheAstorPastor (talk) 08:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I have noticed you have reverted a good faith IP edit and left a level 3 warning template on the editor's talk page. Please remember that anonymous editors are human too. I suggest that you strike out the warning template, apologize to the editor and be more careful in the future. Thanks, CpX41 (talk) 15:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, the IP did not explain why they removed the content and just wrote "
trimmed tagged redlines
" and due to their past history of disruptive editing and the past level 2 warning template,I left a level 3 warning template.I am sorry and just going to leave an apology at their TP :) I also striked out the template The AP (talk) 15:54, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
May 2024
[edit]Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.
If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you should review the guide to appealing blocks, and then appeal your block by adding the following text below this notice:
{{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}}
. Note that anything you post in your unblock request will be public, so you may alternatively use the Unblock Ticket Request System to submit an appeal if it contains information that must be private.Administrators: Checkusers have access to confidential system logs not accessible by the public or by administrators due to the Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy. You must not loosen or remove this block, or issue an IP block exemption, without consulting with a checkuser or the Arbitration Committee. Administrators who undo checkuser blocks without permission from a checkuser or the Arbitration Committee may be summarily desysopped.
Unblock
[edit]TheAstorPastor (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
First of all, I am really sorry that I evaded my partial block, which was due to CIR and reverting good edits. I still revert edits but I don't revert any good edits and even if I did,it was due to a misunderstanding.I help Wikipidea by countering vandalism, and I am even working with User:Generalissima on this User:Generalissima/Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. This was good faith, and I am trying to cover up my previous mistakes by making useful and good contributions.User:ExclusiveEditor recently confessed to sock puppetry, and the community decision was to overturn his block. I hope the admin who will view this appeal would unblock me as I have only made good decisions.
Decline reason:
You were caught violating WP:SOCK rather than confessed to it. Thank you for admitting you were trying to cover up your actions, though. There's no chance this account will be unblocked but you can still use your original account, which is only partially blocked. Note that your abuse of multiple accounts to get around the sanction on that account will be held against you. Yamla (talk) 18:36, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Sockpuppetry
[edit]@Spicy , @Yamla, @Doug Weller, as these users have previously blocked me or reviewed my unblock request on either this account or Harvici . Well, I am really sorry that I created this account and violated WP:SOCK, and I know that I shouldn't have created it. But if you go through my contributions, you will notice that I haven't shown any CIR cases (which was the reason [Harvici] was partially blocked) .WP:IAR is also one of the reasons I created this account, with others helping Wikipidea. When I disrupted the project previously (through my this account), I tried to cover up my mistakes, which was indeed wrong and I am sorry for that. With this new account, I am trying to help Wikipidea by not just reverting blatant vandalism but also trying to improve article with off-wiki discussion.I hope anyone of you would unblock me in good faith, as what I want to do is just help Wikipidea in some way. And one more thing: is it possible to permanently block User:Harvici and partially block this account as I don't have the password to Harvici and the linked email account. The AP (talk) 14:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- It has been a day so pinging you guys again @Spicy,@Doug Weller,@Yamla The AP (talk) 12:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Don't do this. It's abusive. --Yamla (talk) 12:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Ok won't do it but would you read the above rationale The AP (talk) 12:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Also is it possible to permanently block User:Harvici and partially block this account as I don't have the password to Harvici and the linked email account. The AP (talk) 12:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- I see no path forward for you except via WP:SO which requires zero edits for six months. If you don't make any further edits (including responding to this message), that would mean you'd be eligible on 2024-11-06. I won't respond further. --Yamla (talk) 12:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Yamla Hello, I'd like to appeal my block as I haven’t made any edits in the last 6 months, making me eligible to submit an appeal today. The AP (talk) 13:21, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:GAB explains how to contest your block. You'll need to address your block evasion and I suggest asking for a block on the Article namespace, until you've demonstrated a series of constructive WP:EDITREQ. You are free to quote me saying there's no technical evidence of recent block evasion. --Yamla (talk) 13:51, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Yamla , I have appealed my block here, and I would highly appreciate it if you added the comments that there is indeed no technical evidence of recent block evasion The AP (talk) 14:26, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Yamla I have already appealed my block here Could you add your comments that no technical evidence of recent block evasion has been found, and when can I expect it to be reviewed? Many thanks! The AP (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- No need. You can point to this discussion. Also, I see you don't plan on offering up a ban on the Article namespace. --Yamla (talk) 17:27, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- What do you recommened? Since I find it easy to edit articles directly and during these 6 months I ended up going through the policies extensively. The AP (talk) 17:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- I've already told you what I recommend. --Yamla (talk) 17:37, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- What do you recommened? Since I find it easy to edit articles directly and during these 6 months I ended up going through the policies extensively. The AP (talk) 17:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- No need. You can point to this discussion. Also, I see you don't plan on offering up a ban on the Article namespace. --Yamla (talk) 17:27, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Yamla I have already appealed my block here Could you add your comments that no technical evidence of recent block evasion has been found, and when can I expect it to be reviewed? Many thanks! The AP (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Yamla , I have appealed my block here, and I would highly appreciate it if you added the comments that there is indeed no technical evidence of recent block evasion The AP (talk) 14:26, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:GAB explains how to contest your block. You'll need to address your block evasion and I suggest asking for a block on the Article namespace, until you've demonstrated a series of constructive WP:EDITREQ. You are free to quote me saying there's no technical evidence of recent block evasion. --Yamla (talk) 13:51, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Yamla Hello, I'd like to appeal my block as I haven’t made any edits in the last 6 months, making me eligible to submit an appeal today. The AP (talk) 13:21, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- I see no path forward for you except via WP:SO which requires zero edits for six months. If you don't make any further edits (including responding to this message), that would mean you'd be eligible on 2024-11-06. I won't respond further. --Yamla (talk) 12:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Don't do this. It's abusive. --Yamla (talk) 12:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Unblock Request
[edit]TheAstorPastor (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Hello! I want to appeal my current block (i.e., the checkuser block), and I want to address how I evaded my partial block earlier. Previously, I edited under the username Harvici, during which time I was partially blocked by Doug Weller from editing the article namespace due to CIR concerns. My efforts to reverse vandalism sometimes unintentionally removed constructive edits, and I mistakenly attempted to game the system. Although I was unaware of the gaming policy at the time, I understand it now, and I realise my actions led to the revocation of my permissions.
After this partial block, trying to act cunningly, I created TheAstorPastor account and continued editing, primarily focusing on reverting vandalism and responding to COI edit requests. However, my actions led to a block for sockpuppetry by Spicy, and my initial appeal was denied. Yamla told me that the only path forward was to refrain from editing for six months before appealing again, which I have now done.
Since the block of TheAstorPastor, I also lost access to my Harvici account, which prevents me from using it. During this six-month period, I have taken the time to review Wikipedia’s policies and reflect on my past actions. Although I was aware of the sock puppetry policy, I misunderstood the severity of my actions at the time. Since my block, I have avoided any further edits and spend some time on understanding Wikipedia’s policies and Yamla has confirmed that there is no technical evidence of recent block evasion
I am sincerely interested in returning to Wikipedia with a commitment to policy-compliant and constructive editing. I hope you can consider allowing me back to edit in the article namespace, but I fully respect any decision the reviewing administrator may make. The AP (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Accept reason:
I've run my own checks and found no evidence of socking. Per the standard offer, I'm going to unblock you, and fully block the Harvici account as you state you have no access to it. I trust that you've learned your lesson and matured a bit since your previous blocks. Please don't do any more socking, WP:GAMING etc. or the block will be reinstated. Spicy (talk) 21:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
The AP (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
- Doug Weller, Spicy, what do you think about unblocking, with a (temporary?) pblock from article space? -- asilvering (talk) 22:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- This would need a CU check before unblocking. Spicy (talk) 18:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see any obvious evidence of recent socking.-- Ponyobons mots 18:33, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hey @Spicy , @Yamla has already stated that
"there's no technical evidence of recent block evasion"
The AP (talk) 19:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Asilvering So? The AP (talk) 14:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think I can unblock you directly, sorry. It's above my (metaphorical) pay grade. But I think it would be reasonable to unblock you most of the way, leaving a temporary partial block from article space. You'd be able to use talk pages to suggest edits until that block expired, so you can build up some evidence that the CIR concerns are a thing of the past. -- asilvering (talk) 15:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I believe that a checkuser should be able to unblock me then? The AP (talk) 17:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- The checkuser tool was used to see if there were obvious signs of recent socking; the negative finding does not mean you automatically get unblocked. An admin still has to review and act on the appeal (whether that be to accept or decline). -- Ponyobons mots 17:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- No I meant an admin who has checkuser rights and has checked for any socks of mine can weigh on merits and decide to unblock me . Since @Asilvering said
above my (metaphorical) pay grade
. The AP (talk) 18:16, 10 November 2024 (UTC)- Hey guys, @Asilvering, @Ponyo, @Yamla, and @Spicy It has been 6 days since I put up the unblock request. Could anyone of you review or do I need to wait for any other admin to intervene? The AP (talk) 09:58, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
- No I meant an admin who has checkuser rights and has checked for any socks of mine can weigh on merits and decide to unblock me . Since @Asilvering said
- The checkuser tool was used to see if there were obvious signs of recent socking; the negative finding does not mean you automatically get unblocked. An admin still has to review and act on the appeal (whether that be to accept or decline). -- Ponyobons mots 17:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I believe that a checkuser should be able to unblock me then? The AP (talk) 17:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think I can unblock you directly, sorry. It's above my (metaphorical) pay grade. But I think it would be reasonable to unblock you most of the way, leaving a temporary partial block from article space. You'd be able to use talk pages to suggest edits until that block expired, so you can build up some evidence that the CIR concerns are a thing of the past. -- asilvering (talk) 15:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- This would need a CU check before unblocking. Spicy (talk) 18:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message
[edit]Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}}
to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)