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I'm not a barnstar advocate, amigo, but...
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
I see you helping out demanding clue-deprived AN/I posters, and offering to be a mentor to editors who even fall outside my event horizon as within the scope of redemption, almost every day, and, seriously, you make me want to be not just a better Wikipedian, or even a better real-life-"language professional" (for lack of a less-self-outing-y way of putting it), but, really, a better human being. Not remotely exaggerating. I am so glad I have had the privilege of getting to know you here, Oshwah.
Julietdeltalima (talk) 00:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC) |
- Julietdeltalima - I literally sat here for ten minutes attempting to come up with the words and phrases I felt would accurately describe the level of gratitude and appreciation I feel right now; I really don't think I have any in my vocabulary. It makes me very happy to know that the effort and time I spend trying to provide help and assistance to angry, problematic, difficult, or even belligerent editors is making a positive impact on not only those I assist, but others that see it as well. As you probably already know, working with difficult and angry editors can be very, very difficult at times; you have to maintain your professionalism and remain cool no matter what, and keep the situation and the conversation on-topic and about Wikipedia guidelines... all while the person you're trying to help is cursing at you, being uncivil, and being straight-up nasty towards you. Some perfect examples of this happening is this nice conversation I had, as well as this one (just to name a very select few out of the many others in the archives... haha). It can be very difficult, but someone's gotta do it!!! Plus, after a long time of doing it, it becomes second-nature and you get used to what makes it so difficult :-).
- Julietdeltalima, I want you to know that your very-thoughtful barnstar, your honest and kind words, and the time you took to create it for me - it put a big smile on my face. I appreciate it greatly and beyond the words that my feeble brain I can come up with right now, and I thank you so very much for sharing with me how much that it means to you. I'm happy and extremely humbled to know that my time and efforts actually have a good and noticeable impact towards others, and the crazy difficult projects and areas I choose to participate in (I also do anti-vandalism patrolling on top of all of this... yeah, now you see how crazy I am... lol) are actually making a difference. I will proudly put this barnstar on my shelf, and I will cherish it dearly. Thank you, Julietdeltalima. It really made my day :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
that wasn't me sorry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.232.69 (talk) 01:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
- I can't delete that IP's horse-hockey, but it's his, not mine, if there was any question... Julietdeltalima (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
hi I need to talk
I just deleted some useless words on Chinese women volleyball team. Because it is called current roster which means it should be at least a 2016 Chinese roster rather a 2014 or even 1994 Chinese roster. So I would like to request you to remove those outdated words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 大梅伦敦登顶 (talk • contribs) 01:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Scoring difference do make playing differences in any and all games. I'm an expert and Director and ACBL Teacher.
I'm an expert, as a Certified ACBL Teacher for decades, a Ruby Life Master and an ACBL Director.
Based on that, my statement is relevant for those wanting to understand the differences between Rubber Bridge and Duplicate Bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdmcc (talk • contribs) 02:07, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Decay
The picture was VERY old and needed updating, this is the most recent one from this month, leave it alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SickPup2 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
- SickPup2 - Sorry man, didn't mean to revert that. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:25, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
taik
Thanks to help the page for C57, cause I found some lack in this page, but I don't know how to deal with that, I'll be care for next time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 邱奕賢 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
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EXCUSE ME!!! This is my own wiki page! I should have the rights to make edits (not "vandalise") to my page. Thankyou and goodnight :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoff Goodfellow (Poet) (talk • contribs) 05:39, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
- Geoff Goodfellow (Poet) - Instead of running over here with guns blazing, you should take a look at the history page of your user space. You made these edits while you were logged out, dude. To me, it appeared that a random IP address was vandalizing your user page, so I reverted it - how was I supposed to know that it was you? I performed that reversion in good faith, and (what I believed to be) for your benefit and to protect you. I apologize for upsetting you, but you need to understand exactly why I made the reversion. Had you been logged in when editing your user page, I would have known it was you, and I wouldn't have reverted it. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:42, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Nikola Tesla sources
After an investigation, very clear that HighInBC is correct. I've noted this at the SPI case. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 14:34, 15 May 2016 (UTC) | ||||||||
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Hello. I have spent a few days researching and finding and translating the 3 sources (newspaper articles from 1892) I had posted. I would just like to post them, since those sources were never previously known on the topic. I don't see what's so wrong with that. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 21:48, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
If you are really willing to look at my post instead of taking for granted that I'm troll, here's the comment I would like to post. It consists of 3 newspaper articles from 1892, of which I had personally found and translated the first one while I had found the other 2 online. The second source has an image of the newspapers with the article. 141.138.22.91 (talk) 22:06, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi. The discussion on the ANI is closed. The admin there suggested the same thing as the admin who had closed that report for page protection, that I could have used links instead of pasting a lot of text to the talk page. However, I can't use a link to the newspaper articles from 19th century written on foreign languages. I would certainly like to post them in entirety. Can we format it better so people can drop down the article if they please so we don't have a wall of text? I'll look into how to put some spoiler/hat or whatever you call it here on Wikipedia. Although I'm not new to Wikipedia, I've never used more advanced formatting so I'm unfamiliar with that. 89.164.248.16 (talk) 12:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC) What do you think of this formatting. I think the post is now quite concise. Contemporary sources on Tesla's ethnicityI went trough a lot of past topics and people had posted the following self-declaring statements by Tesla which he apparently gave during his visit to Belgrade:
Since none of those statements was confirmed by any (contemporary, primary) source, I spent quite some time researching for those sources sources, so at least we know where this statements are drawn from. I found Serbian and Croatian newspapers from that days and I'm posting the whole articles I had found.
I couldn't find a newspaper which would share the mentioned Tesla's quotes, however the newspaper articles from that time mention Tesla as both Croat, and a Serb, which is apparent from the provided articles. The Serbian newspaper article from the time Tesla had visited Belgrade does not mention Tesla declaring himself as a Serb, although in many instances it mentions that he is a Serbs. I don't see how Tesla's self admission is missing from that articles and since there is no source for all those quotes I can only conclude that those quotes are not based in contemporary sources. They seem to be a product of later period. We can also see contemporary sources are in dispute like today's sources are also in dispute. Should that dispute be mentioned in the article? 89.164.248.16 (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2016 (UTC) Just a heads up that this person is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Asdisis. They have been attempting to exhaust the communities patiences for years now and have caused the extended semi-protection of several pages. Their arguments have been heard so long that they got a community ban for not dropping the stick. HighInBC 13:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC) I bare no connections to that disruptive user. Sources I had posted were not seen before on that topic. I had actually myself searched 19th century archives and found and translated those sources. Two reports have found that nothing is wrong with me posting sources. How can I be in any way connected to that disruptive user? I'm not disruptive. I don't see why I should be banned from posting sources because one user was vandalizing that page some time ago. 89.164.134.197 (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2016 (UTC) |
- A big thanks to both HighInBC and Dennis Brown for keeping up on this over the weekend and for letting me know about the SPI. Saved me a lot of time and work. I was okay with giving the benefit of the doubt (although I was suspicious), but with this SPI evidence, there's obviously enough for me to move on. Again, thanks a million to the both of you :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:51, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
The edit on L Balaraman
Hello it's me and I was wondering if you could allow me the chance to edit but on a less personal level? I would really love to shed some light on him as he is my role model. I would think by his story would help others and be influenced. As well as to be a good person and to work hard as he did. Please write back on your thoughts!Haritha dog lover (talk) 01:16, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
- Haritha dog lover - Editing an article is fine, but you cannot add personal opinions, analysis, or non-neutral points of view to articles. This is why I reverted the addition to the content that you made here. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:20, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Medina Ridge addition you said had no citation
The citation is me. I was the platoon sergeant of one of the 4, 1/1 Cav platoons abreast that led the attack that night. I was there and for 4 hours one single squadron of 37 Bradley maintained contact with those 3 Republican Guard Divisions, directed artillery, fired mortars, used direct fire from the Bradleys until the Tanks finally got refueled and made it to the fight, by the time they got there all that was left was the Medina on the ridge and why that's all they talk about is Medina Ridge for the "big" Tank battle. It's amazing no one ever says "what happened to the other two divisions in front of Medina ridge you mention before the battle". Anyway, leave it off, doesn't matter anyway, not like this would get 1/1 Cav any recognition at this point anyway. 37 Bradley faced off against 300 plus Republican Gaurd armored vehicles isn't as impressive as a division of M1's against one Brigade of Republican Guards...lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:485:4103:5CF0:7487:FFC1:14F6:5720 (talk) 01:59, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Gershwin Piano Concerto
Oshwah, Thank you for leaving a reply on my talk page. I am a new editor to wikipedia and am a bit nervous, since this is my first time editing. I appreciate your comment and am sorry about that edit. I thought I had accidentally put it there and didn't know if it was already on the page before I edited it. Thank you for letting me know. Sarahshipp (talk) 02:18, 14 May 2016 (UTC)Sarahshipp
- Sarahshipp - No need to be nervous! We encourage you to be bold and make mistakes, and we promise to make the assumption that it is one and help you to learn and grow. If you have any questions for me, you're always welcome to message me and ask. Happy editing, and welcome to Wikipedia! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:53, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
A banstar for you!
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
You're fast on catching vandalism while I tried to do anti-vandalism work. KGirlTrucker87 talk what I'm been doing 03:06, 14 May 2016 (UTC) |
- Hi CitiesGamer66! Thank you for the barnstar! I very much appreciate you for taking the time to leave me this, as well as for the kind words :-). By the way, if you like the username KGirlTrucker87, you know that you can change your username, right? If it's not taken, it'll be a standard username change. If it is taken, it'll be an usurpation. Just thought I'd let you know ;-). Again, thank you very much, and I'll see you out on the battlefield! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:09, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- I'm considering changing username next year as seen on my userspace, otherwise cheers. KGirlTrucker87 talk what I'm been doing 19:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
Aaron Dingle
You keep reverting my edit in the Aaron Dingle page. I'm changing his name to Aaron Dingle to match the title of the page, but you keep reverting it back to Livesy. The character is now known as Dingle as he has changed his name, and he will no longer be referred to with the surname Livesy. LeonM96 (talk) 03:11, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Please Do Not Delete and Help. This is not a Hoax Article : Les Sauvages Mafia.
Please fix the article so it can stay up. it is one hundred percent factual as i live in montreal and have researched this organization for 5 months. please fix it so it can stay up because it is a legitimate article that I have worked very hard on. Francois Benoit (talk) 04:48, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
- Francois Benoit - I did not originally tag the article for speedy deletion myself. However, I noticed that you were removing that tag yourself, which is not allowed. To properly contest the tagging, you need to follow the directions on the tag and leave a message on the article's talk page and contest it. Removing the tag yourself is seen as disruptive (especially if you do it repeatedly despite being asked not to). Keep that in mind, okay? Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:57, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Mr. nanosecond-ninja-vandalism-reverter and compsci extraordinaire, I heard you like kittens.
CoolCanuck eh? 07:05, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi CoolCanuck! Thanks for the kitten! Indeed I do! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:41, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
My Richard Lussick contribution "was not constructive"... I do not know what you mean exactly. It certainly was not meant to be derogatory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.247.155 (talk) 07:16, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
- I just simply meant that it was not an improvement. It appeared to be a mistake... what happened? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:36, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Section editing and responding
Hi Oshwah. When you respond to messages on your talk page, we can't see to which section you are responding. That way, when you have responded to a bunch of messages, each time we have to go and check all your responses to find out whether you might have responded to the one section we're interested in. Would it perhaps be possible to edit the separate sections when responding? That way the edit summary contains a direct pointer to the relevant section and we can see whether we need to actually look at the edit. Thanks and cheers. - DVdm (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- DVdm - You know what? It's my fault. I accidentally removed the section header from the edit summary when I responded to that last section (the one you all were interested in). Yeah, that was my bad. I'll keep that in mind and be mindful not to remove that from my response edit summaries. Thanks for the message and for the heads up. I very much appreciate it. :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
- HA... marvelous, this reply. Now there's this little arrows in the edit summaries, taking us directly to where we wanna go . Thanks mate! - DVdm (talk) 17:10, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Apologies
So sorry for what happened with The User A guy saved by Jesus page. Please don't block me I promise not to vandalize every again. Here my word. Jesus can do all! (talk) 00:34, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Behavior speaks much louder than words here. You had ample opportunity to stop after the first warning, and did not. Why should we take your word for anything now? General Ization Talk 00:41, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
¡i dont care! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.202.167 (talk) 00:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- If this is indeed the previous user (signed out?), I'd advise you to be a little more accepting of others' advice. We hope you do end up being a good contributor, so take into account our constructive criticism and stay true to your word. If it's not, then I am not sure why this IP made such a comment on an unrelated thread. Zia224 (talk) 01:48, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Hey man Im pretty sure everyone agrees that colour kid was pretty damned kool, and if you think otherwise that is your personal opinion and I wont care if you change it or not BUT, you shouldnt remove something that the majority of the people in Rwanda agree on. Caman man
How do I sign up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.210.34 (talk) 02:12, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
OpenID
unsigned comment added by 67.241.210.34 (talk) 02:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
Hi Oshwah. In relation to the change I made to the OpenID article, I don't have any sources I can link to, as the information was provided in an email to me from Symantec. What's the correct way to handle those situations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk • contribs)
- In this situation, there should be a reliable source covering this, which is what you will want to locate and cite with your edits. If you find one and reference it with the content you wish to add, you'll be good to go! Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the Wikipedia guidelines I linked you to. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:03, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hrm...looks like I found a source - https://pip.verisignlabs.com/login.do has a footer that says "This service will be discontinued on 12 September 2016". Is that sufficient? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:05, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- It's better than nothing at all, but it's a start. It's best to find a technology news article or a reliable article or source that talks about this announcement you're seeing here (that's what a secondary source is, which is what we prefer). If you can locate a secondary source, you'll be 100% golden! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Use these sources: 1, 2 - these are secondary and reliable. Add those and you'll be good to go :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Those references relate to Symantec's certificates - not Symantec's end-of-lifing of their OpenID portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:50, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I see; I try my best to be objective and offer my wisdom wherever I can, but I'm not perfect :-). I noted your changes to the article citing both the Symantec site and another source. I acknowledge that you took the time to cite your content, and I appreciate it very much. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:52, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Those references relate to Symantec's certificates - not Symantec's end-of-lifing of their OpenID portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:50, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Use these sources: 1, 2 - these are secondary and reliable. Add those and you'll be good to go :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- It's better than nothing at all, but it's a start. It's best to find a technology news article or a reliable article or source that talks about this announcement you're seeing here (that's what a secondary source is, which is what we prefer). If you can locate a secondary source, you'll be 100% golden! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hrm...looks like I found a source - https://pip.verisignlabs.com/login.do has a footer that says "This service will be discontinued on 12 September 2016". Is that sufficient? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.133.17 (talk) 03:05, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
You're really killing my vibe man :/ Frigida (talk) 04:56, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Seriously?
You slapped a welcome template on User talk:Roxanaa Advertising Services, which clearly violates Wikipedia:Username policy and is obviously WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia? Please review such edits before saving them. Such accounts are typically blocked quickly (as this one has been). I'm seeing a lot of obvious spammy user talk pages with three sections on it: 1. Welcome! 2. Your article will be deleted. 3. You are now blocked. It does look weird. ~Amatulić (talk) 05:36, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Amatulic: Twinkle does have that "insert welcome if absent" option that might be enabled for Oshwah given that they only made one edit on that user's page. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Amatulić - Adding a welcome template is automatic for Huggle to do when leaving a speedy deletion notice. I enabled it by default to avoid appearing as a biter. I was the one who tagged his advertising for deletion, and I also was the one who reported this username to UAA. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:56, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- Understood, and thanks for the explanation. One more reason why I don't use automated tools. It just seems strange to post a welcome message for an account that is clearly not in fact welcome, and never will be welcome. Such accounts are indef blocked, and in the rare instance that the block is appealed, the appeal doesn't succeed. You don't have to be concerned about appearing as a biter. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:23, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
GPX Global Systems Inc. AFD closed?
Hi, Something looks a bit fishy over at GPX Global Systems Inc.. The creator and one other editor voted in the afd and then closed it as a keep. I looks like it is back open, but it looks strange. Could you check that if you get a chance? Thanks, Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant (talk) 06:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC) (clue look thru the history page, o my)
vandal tag
Hi, I have been editing both https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fires_in_Canada and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wildfires to update the size of the current Fort McMurray wildfire as it grows. On the first page, the list of fires in Canada, someone has tagged one of my edits as possible vandalism. I'm not sure why and I have no idea who to ask, who tagged it, or where those discussions happen. It is not vandalism but I do expect there will be an update every day or two until the fire burns out. I think it's important that the information be updated regularly rather than just waiting until the fire's over. If my citation is not in the proper format I'd also appreciate help with that. Right now the citation is a link where the content of the page changes as the government issues updates. I don't have a link to any fixed number. Any help would be much appreciated. I also have no idea where I would find any response to this message. I made this login about 10 years ago and haven't used it again until today. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrplastic (talk • contribs) 14:34, 17 May 2016 (UTC) Mrplastic (talk) 14:36, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
- (page stalker) I didn't see any edits from Mrplastic, but I assume you mean these edits here [6], [7] from IP 216.223.132.243 (careful about editing while not logged in). The Wikipedia software tagged it in the edit summary as possible vandalism. I wouldn't worry about that; it's just a robotic guess, and so far no humans have reverted the edits. Normally, if an edit changes something without updating the source, then it's effectively unsourced. In this case, though, you say the government is updating the given source regularly (makes sense), so, as long as a reader can look at the source and verify the information, it's all right. I'd be more worried about editing while not logged in. Some people see that as evidence of Wikipedia:Sock puppetry, see especially WP:LOGOUT. Cheers. Willondon (talk) 16:31, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Jonathan Austin (filmmaker)
Hello, this is Jonathan Austin. I noticed you are monitoring my Wikipedia page. Thanks for helping and guiding me in the right direction. I would like to remove all content except for my name, picture, age occupation and years active. Can you remove it or should I. Please do not revert any edits I have make, without explaining why directly to me first.
My hope is that by doing so it will clear the following alerts:
A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (April 2016)
This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. (April 2016)
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2012)
I can be reached (Redacted) Thanks Oshwah! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaustin5017 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
Sandbox
I appreciate the heads up. I was trying to practice editing on a private page. This is to be done on the Sandbox and not my user page? Bermsalot (talk) 14:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC) Bermsalot
- Bermsalot - Editing your user space is fine, but people warned your IP because you edited it while logged out accidentally. They (we) believed that someone else was making edits to your user space other than you, since your IP (not your username) was showing up in the page's history. Just make sure you're logged in while you edit, and you'll be 100% golden! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:39, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Can we talk about Huggle?
Hi Oshwah. I’m reaching out because our logs tell us you’re a highly active Huggle user (#1, actually!). The Wikimedia Collaboration Team is researching a project that we hope will be useful to people who use Huggle and others engaged in edit-review and anti-vandalism. Using artificial intelligence programming (in ORES) and other means, we believe we can create feeds of Recent Changes that are better tailored to the type of work you do, helping you to be more effective and efficient. (The technology will have other benefits as well, which we can talk about.)
We're in the early stages of planning this and want to speak with people like yourself to better understand your work, goals and issues. If you’re interested in helping, I’d like to set up a time to meet by video conference, so that you can explain and demonstrate (via screensharing) some of your workflows, and we can ask and answer any questions.
To participate, please email the following information to me, jmatazzoniwikimedia.org, or send it to designresearchwikimedia.org:
- Username
- city/time zone
- Best time to talk to you?
- Email where we can reach you
- Please use the subject line: Huggle User Conversations
Thanks! JMatazzoni (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi JMatazzoni (WMF)! Jeez, #1? lol I don't know whether to be proud of that or ashamed of that :-P. You bet! I'll get you my information this weekend! I'd be more than happy to help! Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:26, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
- Congratulations Oshwah. Definitely something to be proud of. :-) --PatientZero talk 17:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Your edit to Pelham, NC page
As an NC resident, I feel a responsibility to highlight some of the issues we share. This includes towns that are home bases for hate groups like the KKK. The "yikes," yeah, I could have left out. But it's important for people to know that Pelham, among other towns, is not a place that one should visit... This article names the town, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyal_White_Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan. If we're going to whitewash articles about municipalities then there's a lot more cleaning up to do. That said, I won't touch the article. Somebody should. 75.110.32.96 (talk) 00:55, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
- I don't believe your particular edit here to be necessary nor neutral (especially when you add the word "Yikes" to the end). This is why I reverted your changes. Please review Wikipedia's policies on neutrality and neutral point of view and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you -- ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 20:32, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Tazz page
The Tazz was only used for his run in the WWE. in ECW, TNA, and everywhere else he competed under that name, it was only one Z. i feel my edit was completely correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by WHOSHE71 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Regarding the article "Bottle Cap"
I found the Wikipedia page by way of a search to find out what kind of steel crown caps are made of, and in the process I found another puzzle for which I cannot find an online answer. What is "yieldwafts metal," the metal that screw-top bottle caps are made of? I can find no inventor by that name, nor a listing for the alloy under that name. Even the term 'yield waft' can only be found in contexts, rather than by definition. Would you be able to help clarify this, or suggest places I might find an answer?
Thank you for your time. BLummus (talk) 02:06, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thank you for your hard work
Allaboutjane8181 (talk) 04:33, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
- Allaboutjane8181 - Hey, sorry for taking so long to respond and offer you my "thanks"; I've been very busy lately. Thanks a bunch for the kitten! I appreciate you for leaving this on my talk page. I see that you've started editing Wikipedia recently. If you have questions or need help with anything, please do not hesitate to message me and ask. I'll be happy to help you with whatever you need! Cheers, and thanks again! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:58, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- Oshwah - No problem! This is so new to me and really interesting to learn about the community and rules. It helps me understand how Wiki is shaped and the policies are super interesting. Also, I now see the hard work people like you put into it. Thank you again! Allaboutjane8181 (talk) 03:15, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- Allaboutjane8181, please take off your jacket and stay awhile! We need good editors! And we need you! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:06, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Tuck School of Business Edit
Hi,
Why can't I edit the Tuck School of Business wikipedia page? My contribution does not require a citation. Tuck is an ELITE business school, and that's what I want the world to know. I have to add this as it'll help some of my work. Can you add it yourself? It doesn't require citation.
Waiting to hear from you!
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.51.151.43 (talk) 01:22, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it does. If you state that it's ranked as an elite school, as you did multiple times, then you need to cite sources to satisfy Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Lacking citations with the edits you made can also imply neutral point of view violations as well. Please review the policies I linked you to, and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:35, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
You're ridiculously insane. Every sentence must not have a citation. How did you even get this job? You come across more as an inflexible asshole. You've messed up all my work with your stupid stiffness, douche!
- (talk page stalker) It's not about 'messing up your work' unfortunately, it's simply ensuring all articles are kept neutral as per Wikipedia policy (see WP:NPOV) and sourced (see WP:CITE). Additionally, note that Oshwah (and me, for that matter) are unpaid volunteers, along with virtually every other Wikipedia user - and the attack above on him is completely unwarranted. Mike1901 (talk) 09:38, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I've blocked the IP for disruptive editing and personal attacks. However, taking a look at the article, I have to say that talking about keeping it neutral is a bit derisory. It's so full of promotion and peacockery that the additions actually didn't make much difference. And the first sources I clicked on didn't work. Would somebody perhaps like to clean it up? Bishonen | talk 09:52, 27 May 2016 (UTC).
- Never mind. It's a featured article, for goodness sake, and the lead consisted of self-sourced self-praise, all criticism had been removed, etc. I've reverted to the featured version. That version is old (2007), and I'm hoping people will add genuine updates of fact (not renewed peacockery). It might need taking to Wikipedia:Featured article review. Bishonen | talk 10:10, 27 May 2016 (UTC).
- Awwww, was enjoying giving that a good clean before we edit conflicted! Probably the sensible thing though, thanks Bishonen! Mike1901 (talk) 10:12, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Changes to Leslie Feinberg's wikipedia page pronouns
Hello Oshwah, I apologize for just noticing your messages after several adjustments. I believed that Feinberg's main pronouns in the article should be zie/hir because Wikipedia is a neutral place (neither a transgender exclusive place nor cisgender exclusive place) and it seemed to make the most sense. In the article that Feinberg's quote about hir pronouns comes from, the interviewer uses the zie/hir pronouns in the introductory paragraph.
Thanks Forever ineros (talk) 00:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)Ineros
- Hi Forever ineros! Thanks for leaving me a message. To be honest, gender identity didn't cross my mind until you mentioned it here (so, thanks again for the message!). I want to direct your attention to this section in Wikipedia's Manual of Style, as this is currently the accepted way to refer to genders. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me them. I'll be more than happy to assist you with anything that you need. Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy your stay with us! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:28, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Edit
Hi Oshwah, i saw you take away my edit to Troy Williams page. I am citing facts that are true and should be known to the fans of the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.199.50 (talk) 00:59, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
How do you help?
Are you a moderator?Theoreoheist24 (talk) 01:32, 28 May 2016 (UTC)oreo§
- (talk page stalker) No. But he has various rights that enable him to fight vandals.Clubjustin Talkosphere 01:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Ghostbusters
What was my mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.21.41.40 (talk) 01:33, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Are you a moderator?
How do you find me so fast? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theoreoheist24 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Allegro Non Troppo edit
What is your problem with it? That is exactly what happens in the movie. During the finale the host (who earlier believed that Fantasia was his idea and calls the Disney representative on the phone a liar) starts to describe to his colleague the conductor what he believes to be his new brilliant and original idea which clearly consists of making Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with the title Sleeping Beauty (the two famous Disney movies I mentioned). I do not see there was any neutrality issue with my description of the host's comical lack of understanding about Disney movies. Please restore my addition unless you can better explain how it is not neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jszigeti (talk • contribs) 03:44, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Jszigeti, and thank you for leaving me a message with your concerns. I saw this edit here, but I think you explained what I didn't notice at first: that this is part of a plot summary and not commentary regarding the article itself. Please accept my sincere and humble apologies, and feel free to revert my edit. If you're not sure how to do this, let me know and I'll be happy to do it for you. Thanks again for leaving me a message, and I hope you have a great weekend. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:54, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
dave grohl is a sick lad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.187.139.63 (talk) 08:01, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Hey Oshwah
Hey how's it going, Wikipedia has got me through so many School Assignments! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammmmmmeyyyyy boy (talk • contribs)
No subject
Hello! I'm mohaimin. I want permission to publish some book written in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics by the help of wikipedia's article, but some information are useless in a book such as, see also, external links etc. So I need to edit them when needed (If wikipedia authority permit). I promise that I'll restore them after publish the books. Mohaiminul9644 (talk) 08:16, 28 May 2016 (UTC)mohaiminMohaiminul9644 (talk) 08:16, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
That was fun ....
..... the sleeping sock woke up from hibernation.--Cahk (talk) 09:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Cahk! Indeed! Thanks for helping me out back there! It made a huge difference! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:13, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Considering nom for GA
Hi Oshwah, I'm looking over Windows Push Notification Service with a view to nominate it for GA - can the content be expanded upon? I'm checking over the basics (spelling, grammar, references) and it's looking okay -- samtar talk or stalk 10:11, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Samtar! HA! You don't need my blessing or my permission to expand the article! Have at it, bud! I'll be happy to revisit the article too and help you expand it as well. If you think it's good enough to make it to GA, lets make it happen together! *fist bump* -- ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- I think I misworded my question! I meant, is there anything you think could be expanded on, but I'll look to improve it too -- samtar talk or stalk 10:17, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - OH! HAHA!!! I thought you were asking if I was okay with you expanding it. I thought to myself, "How silly! Samtar knows that he's welcome to edit my stuff! I don't own any of it!" Looking through the article again, I guess I could expand a bit more upon how the push architecture works (I'd need to find some more sources that cover this in-depth), and I'll definitely need to find more sources that aren't from Microsoft (since those will be considered primary). But other than that, it's a service that doesn't have crazy coverage, meaning that there really isn't much that needs to be talked about. I'd say that the article is solid, but good? I'll let you be the judge ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:32, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Well I think it's a little way off at the moment, but I can't see anything in the criteria which it doesn't meet to my interpretation. Perhaps I'll get someone from the Microsoft WikiProject to have a once-over and make a judgement before plunging it into GA territory! -- samtar talk or stalk 10:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - Could you do that? I'd seriously owe you one or five beers if you could talk to them. I'm looking for references and other content that could be expanded upon (I've added a couple just now); definitely keep me posted! I'd seriously like to get the article to GA status if it really does have a shot and it's close to being there! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - I added some content that I think is relevant, and added some more sources (diff is here). That should definitely help quite a bit! What do you think? I saw that you made some cleanup and spelling fixes -- thanks!!! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hold on to your hat.. -- samtar talk or stalk 12:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - I added some content that I think is relevant, and added some more sources (diff is here). That should definitely help quite a bit! What do you think? I saw that you made some cleanup and spelling fixes -- thanks!!! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - Could you do that? I'd seriously owe you one or five beers if you could talk to them. I'm looking for references and other content that could be expanded upon (I've added a couple just now); definitely keep me posted! I'd seriously like to get the article to GA status if it really does have a shot and it's close to being there! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Well I think it's a little way off at the moment, but I can't see anything in the criteria which it doesn't meet to my interpretation. Perhaps I'll get someone from the Microsoft WikiProject to have a once-over and make a judgement before plunging it into GA territory! -- samtar talk or stalk 10:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Samtar - OH! HAHA!!! I thought you were asking if I was okay with you expanding it. I thought to myself, "How silly! Samtar knows that he's welcome to edit my stuff! I don't own any of it!" Looking through the article again, I guess I could expand a bit more upon how the push architecture works (I'd need to find some more sources that cover this in-depth), and I'll definitely need to find more sources that aren't from Microsoft (since those will be considered primary). But other than that, it's a service that doesn't have crazy coverage, meaning that there really isn't much that needs to be talked about. I'd say that the article is solid, but good? I'll let you be the judge ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:32, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- I think I misworded my question! I meant, is there anything you think could be expanded on, but I'll look to improve it too -- samtar talk or stalk 10:17, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
You're welcome!
If you thank me for one rollback, I should thank you for all the times you've beaten me to the punch on reversions & warnings, so thank you! Joel.Miles925 (talk) 14:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Joel.Miles925 - HAHA! That made me laugh :-). I appreciate the message, and I hope you're doing well and enjoying your weekend! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 14:21, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
No subject
Actually, Lawrence Murphy, James Dolan, and John Riley were members of the Santa Fe Ring and so were certain others involved on the Murphy side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:193:8200:3133:105C:356F:B3F4:A6D8 (talk) 16:03, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
May 2016
Hello Oshwah, It's B-Dog 12.0. I am writing to tell you that I made those edits to the template pages because the information about the delegates was wrong according to AP. Please let me know if this source is reputable. Thank you.B-dog12.0 (talk) 18:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi B-dog12.0! Right on! Thanks for taking the time to message me and discuss your changes to Template:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 and Template:Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016. I'll be more than happy to offer you some assistance and some things that you should know about moving forward.
- I have gone ahead and closed the report; your account will not be blocked. I took a look at your changes to the template, and I agree with others that (at first glance) they appear concerning. There were some edits where you completely erased content, and also did it here when you say that you were just "fixing error"... you also did it again here and here. This will appear to other editors that you're making bad-faith content removal without care, or with the intention of causing disruption when you do this. No worries; we can go over edit summary usage later. When a template is displaying outdated or even false information, we definitely do not want to just remove the content completely as you've been doing. We want to instead fix the content and cite a reliable source so that the template is now showing up-to-date information and the changes you made are verifiable.
- To begin, can I ask what exactly you think is "in error" on these templates? What needs to be modified or changed? Is it completely false? Or just out-of-date? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 18:46, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hi B-dog12.0, I'm the editor who reverted your changes. You're in good hands with Oshwah here! Templates can get very complicated, but help editing them is always appreciated (just like on articles)! I'd recommend looking at Help:Templates and also use the sandbox to test your edits before hand. Changes to a template can affect hundreds of articles at once, so editors there tend to have a "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. Thanks for the help, and hopefully I'll see some great contributions from you in the future! Wugapodes [thɔk] [kantʃɻɪbz] 18:58, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
Why did you change my stuff? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.224.233.86 (talk) 22:38, 28 May 2016 (UTC)