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You have...
...mail. Email to be precise, I replied to your message. (I thought I'd create a new section and let the other one be archived) Btw, congrats on getting Lindsay Lohan up to GA. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- puts on best Monty Burns impression* Eeeeexcellent! I shall check it in a moment, I'm just prettifying my userpage (I think it lacks colour atm). I have a bot that archive it now- this page just gets too long too quickly to archive manually, but it fucked up my Roman numeral archiving system. :( Thanks for the congrats. It was a hard slog, but I'm glad it's done. I might have a look at her discogrpahy with a view to getting it up to FL- it's not too bad atm, but it's almost completely unsourced and it'll need a serious copyedit. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- I've just sent you an email. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 15:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- And another one. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 20:47, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
- Ping! "You have mail". - JuneGloom07 Talk? 22:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
- You don't have any mail from me this time, but do you still want to review Hello Goodbye (Ugly Betty) for me? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- I don't see why not. I'll have a look in the morning- I take it you've learned enough of my pet peeves to have it in good shape? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- Everything should be okay. Let me know when you're online and I'll go nominate it. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 11:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- You're getting closer to WP:100. :) Anyway, are you free? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:15, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, sure. Go ahead and nominate it and I'll pick it up. I'm not really up to reviewing anything atm, but I'll certainly be able to make my initial comments and check the technical stuff. Let me know when you've added it to the list. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nominated and thank you. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- I replaced the ref you flagged up, but I'm unsure what to do about the second point you raised. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well it would be nice if you could find some material from cast/crew etc about the end of the series, but I just feel that the article as it is seems to mention that it's the last ever as an afterthought- for example, the lead says it's the last in the current series, but doesn't make it clear that it's the last ever episode. Any help? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:09, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I haven't forgotten about Hello Goodbye, just had a few distractions today. Made my first trips to both AN and ANI today, AN wasn't for anything interesting, just requesting some help with the AIV backlog. ANI was to see if there is anything to be done about a serial sockpuppeteer. Anything interesting happen to you today? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nothing "interesting", I've just been loitering. I spent a bit of time on the new account log earlier (I was bored and there was nothing interesting on my watchlist!) and I've been working on 2010 London Marathon- some gent has uploaded a load of photos to Flickr and freely licensed them all so I'm having a field day uploading them to Commons, trouble is there's about 20,000 of them! I also stumbled across a vandal creating a page with nothing but "4 and 6" copied and pasted a few hundred times and had to get a checkuser after he did it with three different accounts! I've been to AIV a few times today (the joy of having a watchlist like mine!) and it seemed busy- I saw your AN note and left another one. I think Xeno cleared it. Did you manage to find any stuff on the end of the series? It would go quite nicely in the article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'm still having trouble finding anymore info about the episode, to be honest I don't think many people care about it. Like one of the critics said "Ugly Betty attempted to earn a place in TV history, but I fear their last episode will be quickly forgotten by the fans". It was no where near to getting as much press (or viewers) as the Friends finale. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:17, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Sling that in then unless you think it's too negative-a-note on which to end it. I'll probably pass it in the morning anyway. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I've already added it, plus a reaction to the axing by Vanessa Williams and I tweaked the lead too. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for passing Hello Goodbye! :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Don't forget to add HG to your running total at the backlog elimination drive. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 12:42, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'd forgotten! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I've already added it, plus a reaction to the axing by Vanessa Williams and I tweaked the lead too. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Sling that in then unless you think it's too negative-a-note on which to end it. I'll probably pass it in the morning anyway. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'm still having trouble finding anymore info about the episode, to be honest I don't think many people care about it. Like one of the critics said "Ugly Betty attempted to earn a place in TV history, but I fear their last episode will be quickly forgotten by the fans". It was no where near to getting as much press (or viewers) as the Friends finale. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 23:17, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nothing "interesting", I've just been loitering. I spent a bit of time on the new account log earlier (I was bored and there was nothing interesting on my watchlist!) and I've been working on 2010 London Marathon- some gent has uploaded a load of photos to Flickr and freely licensed them all so I'm having a field day uploading them to Commons, trouble is there's about 20,000 of them! I also stumbled across a vandal creating a page with nothing but "4 and 6" copied and pasted a few hundred times and had to get a checkuser after he did it with three different accounts! I've been to AIV a few times today (the joy of having a watchlist like mine!) and it seemed busy- I saw your AN note and left another one. I think Xeno cleared it. Did you manage to find any stuff on the end of the series? It would go quite nicely in the article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I haven't forgotten about Hello Goodbye, just had a few distractions today. Made my first trips to both AN and ANI today, AN wasn't for anything interesting, just requesting some help with the AIV backlog. ANI was to see if there is anything to be done about a serial sockpuppeteer. Anything interesting happen to you today? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well it would be nice if you could find some material from cast/crew etc about the end of the series, but I just feel that the article as it is seems to mention that it's the last ever as an afterthought- for example, the lead says it's the last in the current series, but doesn't make it clear that it's the last ever episode. Any help? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:09, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- I replaced the ref you flagged up, but I'm unsure what to do about the second point you raised. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 00:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
- Nominated and thank you. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, sure. Go ahead and nominate it and I'll pick it up. I'm not really up to reviewing anything atm, but I'll certainly be able to make my initial comments and check the technical stuff. Let me know when you've added it to the list. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- You're getting closer to WP:100. :) Anyway, are you free? - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:15, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- Everything should be okay. Let me know when you're online and I'll go nominate it. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 11:23, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- I don't see why not. I'll have a look in the morning- I take it you've learned enough of my pet peeves to have it in good shape? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for getting rid of the vandalism on my talk page. :) I hope karma comes and kicks that user's butt. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 16:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome. They didn't even have the decency to sign! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:37, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Give me a moment...
and I'll have some content for you at User talk:HJ Mitchell/gaffe transwiki... When you're done, let me know and I'll re-delete. — Scientizzle 17:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- Much obliged, thank you :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:29, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- The history moved with the content. Can you copy it now? — Scientizzle 17:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- I just checked out [1]...I guess the transwiki is more complicated than either of us thought? — Scientizzle 17:46, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- Follow-up: Wikipedia:Wikinews states
I guess I'll go ahead and delete the userified content now... Thanks for trying! — Scientizzle 17:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)As noted at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects#Wikinews, "Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. Copying material to Wikinews would relicense it under the CC-By license, which is incompatible with CC-By-SA and GFDL. However Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia."
- That was the conclusion I came to on WN. It was worth a shot. Thanks for your help. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
- The history moved with the content. Can you copy it now? — Scientizzle 17:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
Request
Could you please remove Cristián Berríos name from:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chile-related_topics
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Chile
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975
It is cross-wiki spam and I'm doing the job to revert that. :-) Cheers --Diego Grez let's talk 03:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)
Done. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:34, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
And there are more:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_language_poets
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_language_authors
Again, the same name to remove, Berríos. Thanks Nerdy. --Diego Grez let's talk 03:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I have removed all occurrences of Cristián Berríos in the article space. Glad to help. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help, NSD :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome, HJ. BTW, you already have 100 supports on your RfA. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 14:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I know. 101/20/4 with 44 hours to go. Not that I'm counting ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:37, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome, HJ. BTW, you already have 100 supports on your RfA. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 14:35, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help, NSD :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks NSD. And HJ Mitchell, you win! :-D --Diego Grez let's talk 21:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Let me be the first to congratulate you HJ. I know that I'm a day ahead but barring 30-40+ opposes in a matter of 36 hours, you'll be handed the mop. Good job and Good luck. And congrats to you too NSd for the speedy response to MW's request.--White Shadows you're breaking up 22:45, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sure you'll understand if I keep the champagne on ice for another 35 hours- nothing's set in stone, after all and anything's possible! Thanks for the kind thoughts, though! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Oh I understand. He in farmer land we use the saying "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched". I just wanted to be the first to cangratulate you. You know, beat the crat congrats?--White Shadows you're breaking up 22:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sure you'll understand if I keep the champagne on ice for another 35 hours- nothing's set in stone, after all and anything's possible! Thanks for the kind thoughts, though! :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Oliver O'Grady
Hi. I was the one who updated the Oliver O'Grady page to include his current whereabouts. I didn't know it was a violation of the BLP policy to do that. Sorry. It most certainly wasn't vandalism - he is definitely in Dublin, and definitely did leave after the airing of the documentary (to assume coincidence, when evidence to the contrary exists, is a bit silly, but I understand that BLPs are a different breed). I thought the page could do with that information, as currently it is clearly incorrect. 217.91.140.27 (talk) 16:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well as you've probably seen your edit was tagged with "possible BLP issue or vandalism". I don't think the edit was vandalism but it could be considered a BLP violation and we need to be especially careful with information on living people. I hope that helps :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:28, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
- I did see that, but I don't know how it could violate the BLP, as it's not accusing him of anything, other than simply clearing up his location. The linked article has photos of him where they say he is. Again, sorry if I did anything wrong :) 217.91.140.27 (talk) 10:53, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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ITN/C
Hey, there are two items that seem to have consensus under WP:ITN/C#April 29 if you have a moment. Thanks for the support in my RfA, btw, it's very much appreciated. All the best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- In regards to the oil spill, I was in the middle of adding it (added the size to the article first though, and then got a bit distracted). The World Expo one obviously should be put up, but the opening ceremony has not happened yet. -- tariqabjotu 00:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
-- tariqabjotu 00:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- That was pretty cool, I've never been a part of anything like that before. Thanks! Aalox (talk) 12:11, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
BBC News GAN
Hi HJ Mitchell - I was just dropping you a message about the GA review you are conducting of BBC News. It has been over a month since there was a comment by either you or the nominator, and a ping by Wizardman has gone unanswered for over a week. As this article has been under review for over a month and a half, it's probably time to make a decision on this one :) Thanks for all of your work reviewing GAs, it's great to have dedicated reviewers! Dana boomer (talk) 01:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Indeed, much as I hate to fail an article, I've been meaning to get round to doing so for a while. I'll do it now while it's on my mind. :( Thanks for the poke. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Done and I've left a note for the nominator. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response! It's unfortunate when an article has to be failed, but sometimes it must be done :( Dana boomer (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Wanted to orange bar you about Speedbird 712- I replie over on my talk page. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I see no barriers t passing this Talk:BOAC Flight 712/GA2; if you concur, I'll sign off on it and do the paperwork. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed. You've got 97 minutes to pass it and log it :)! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:24, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I see no barriers t passing this Talk:BOAC Flight 712/GA2; if you concur, I'll sign off on it and do the paperwork. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Wanted to orange bar you about Speedbird 712- I replie over on my talk page. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response! It's unfortunate when an article has to be failed, but sometimes it must be done :( Dana boomer (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Re: Hey
I'm good how 'bout you? What you been up to? Of course, if I abandon it, and people add whatever the hell they want, the article will lose it's beautiful star, which will not happen, cause that's not how I roll. I want my work to continue being excellent and I will not allow its status to be demoted. Ooh, nice. I'll drop by later. Besides the latter, are you busy? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 18:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's always good to hear from ya. :) Yeah, a whole bunch of people that I know do that wiki gnome thing. Oh, okay ["I don't want to get into anything too heavy while my RfAs on"] I was just wondering. Nice work on the 2010 London Marathon article. Yeah, I hear that working on discographies are hard, that's why I've never attempted to work on them. Yeah, I hate the fact that people come here and do that sort of stuff. All the hard work one does and some idiot comes and just wants to trash it. Do these idiots not have anything better to do? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 19:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I was just wondering if you could review one of my nominations at GAN, but if you're busy, then forget it. Yeah, working on discographies are hard work, cause there's a lot of research to do, like finding out when the song/album charted or was released, etc. It's a shame they log in and just start vandalizing, giving us more problems. The fact that he "lost" weight eating Subway sandwiches and getting the pounds back, and people criticizing him for it. I just don't understand how people can come here, do their vandalism crap, and be proud of themselves. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- "Jackie Jormp-Jomp" should be short and easy to do, and it'd be good for the elimination drive. "Floyd" is pretty long, so I wouldn't recommend doing that one. Yeah, we should block them so that they stop coming back, that's how I see it. Sure, some IPs do good, but they're really the ones who start the problem. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:34, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
- I was just wondering if you could review one of my nominations at GAN, but if you're busy, then forget it. Yeah, working on discographies are hard work, cause there's a lot of research to do, like finding out when the song/album charted or was released, etc. It's a shame they log in and just start vandalizing, giving us more problems. The fact that he "lost" weight eating Subway sandwiches and getting the pounds back, and people criticizing him for it. I just don't understand how people can come here, do their vandalism crap, and be proud of themselves. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 20:10, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
And another request, and another request, another one bites the dust!.
I have posted my comment for IEs4Linux's AfD. I have a request to post a Strong Delete on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cristián Berríos.
- STRONG DELETE Cross-wiki spam by the subject, currently locked. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#Global_lock.2Funlock_for_Cristi.C3.A1n_Berr.C3.ADos In addition to be a blatant fake and constant disruption and flood on other Wikipedias. --Diego Grez let's talk 03:53, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Done. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 04:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations!
Well, it's 12:19 am here on the east coast, I don't see how you could get a swarm of opposes. So allow me to congratulate you on becoming the newest sysop, you truly do deserve it and I'm sure you'll be among the best. --SKATER Speak. 04:18, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- It's not quite time to celebrate yet. There are still six hours to go. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 04:23, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Looks like a pass. Has finished set time, but nobody has closed it yet. So I say congrats. — Cargoking talk 11:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- I was the first to congratulate you! I did it a few days before it even ended. Anyway here's my formal congrats to you becomeing WP's newist admin. Good job and good luck :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 13:03, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Looks like a pass. Has finished set time, but nobody has closed it yet. So I say congrats. — Cargoking talk 11:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well thanks guys (and thanks NSD for helping Diego above!). I'm really flattered by your supports. It's a few hours overdue by the looks of things so hopefully a 'crat will close it soon. I'm kind of glad though- I wanted to be online to see it closed! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- CONGRATULATIONS! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD --Diego Grez let's talk 14:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, Diego :). Just need a 'crat to close it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:24, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'll offer my congratulations too, I'm sure you'll do a great job. Just remember what I said about not forgetting the little people. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 14:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- How could I forget the little people? Most of them supported my RfA and I doubt they'll be inclined to let me forget it ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'll offer my congratulations too, I'm sure you'll do a great job. Just remember what I said about not forgetting the little people. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 14:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks, Diego :). Just need a 'crat to close it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:24, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
A fitting occasion to catch up with you. Congratulations HJ! :-)) --220.101.28.25 (talk) 14:43, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- It's official now! Congrats, I knew you'd make it one day. ~DC Talk To Me 16:41, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations on a successful RfA
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(ec x1) I have closed your RfA as successful and twiddled your bit. Congratulations on passing through the gauntlet of the valley of death on your second attempt. :) If you have any questions regarding anything to do with adminship, your new tools, etc., please let me know. Once again, good job. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:44, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hooray, it's over! Aiken ♫ 16:45, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Awesome news! -- RP459 Talk/Contributions 16:54, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well done. You deserved it! Alzarian16 (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations!! I knew you could do it! :) -FASTILYsock(TALK) 17:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congrats from me as well. Now go get that shiny mop dirty and start doing some work! Bradjamesbrown (talk) 17:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) (on my own damn talk page!) Thank you, Fastily. Your nomination meant a lot to me. And thank you to everyone queueing up to offer their congrats! It's very much appreciated. Thanks Brad, I'll go and do something administrative in a minute! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:16, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well done!! --5 albert square (talk) 17:23, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations, HJ! Good luck with the mop! :) ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 17:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Nice job, I suppose I'll have to let that edit that I pointed out slide. :) Hi878 (talk) 17:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- for the third time. Good job :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 17:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well done, my man! :) Orphan Wiki 18:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- for the third time. Good job :)--White Shadows you're breaking up 17:32, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Nice job, I suppose I'll have to let that edit that I pointed out slide. :) Hi878 (talk) 17:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations, HJ! Good luck with the mop! :) ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 17:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well done!! --5 albert square (talk) 17:23, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations!! I knew you could do it! :) -FASTILYsock(TALK) 17:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well done. You deserved it! Alzarian16 (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Congrats HJ Mitchell! Hamtechperson 18:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you guys. It means a lot. You all know where I am if you need me :). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Way to go! --220.101.28.25 (talk) 19:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congrats from me as well -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you, thank you! All of you, your congratulations are very much appreciated :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:37, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congrats from me as well -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- CONGRATULATIONS! Now, about that early support before your RFA went live... You mentioned somewhere that you might run again. I decided that I would support you and watchlisted your #2 RFA while it was still a redlink! Again, Congrats; use the mop wisely. Acps110 (talk • contribs) 22:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- "Pile-on" congratulations. Your new admin tools will serve ITN well, I am sure. --ThaddeusB (talk) 03:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hooray, hurrah, etc! Now the pressure begins when everyone wants your help. --candle•wicke 08:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your participation in the April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, I'd like to especially thank you for your efforts over this past month's GAN backlog elimination drive. It has been nothing short of a complete success, which hopefully results in more expedient good article reviews, increasing users' confidence in the good article nomination processes. Even if you made just a small contribution, it still helped contribute to the success of this drive. Here is what we have accomplished this last month in this drive.
For those who have accomplished certain objectives in the drive, awards will be coming shortly. Again, thank you for your help in the drive, and I hope you continue to help review GA nominations and overall improve the quality of articles here on Wikipedia. |
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Vandalism or not ?
The suspect of vandalism is busy deleting whole paragraphs of existing articles. He actually did nothing else since his official arrival on wikipedia two months ago, and I strongly suspect he's a sockpuppet. When I restore the paragraphs, he deletes them 5 minutes afterwards. His ideological motivations are clearly exposed on his own user and talk page, he is a monomaniac "anti-assyrianist" contributor, I created and contributed to a lot of articles on many themes. Suppressing content is vandalism, or not ? That sort of people should not be allowed to stay on wikipedia, and I don't think of just a 1 or 2 days block, rather of a permanent one, given his record. --Pylambert (talk) 18:29, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- It's vandalism if it's done in bad faith. It doesn't help when the two of you take your dispute to AIV. If you must raise it somewhere, ANI would be the place to do so- AIV doesn't deal with sockpuppets, content disputes or anything else that isn't blatant vandalism. While you're here, I had a look at your contribs- no matter what the other editor has done, please be civil in your editing and your edit summaries. Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
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20:46, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
I noticed this report on AIV when I reported an IP you just blocked. Clearly not a suitable case for AIV, but perhaps you can save us all a hassle and block anyway as an obvious sock of User:CarolineWH, per WP:DUCK. Btw, congrats on getting the mop. I see you waste no time in putting it to good use. :-) --Atlan (talk) 22:54, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I've only had the mop for a few hours and I'm not familiar enough with the history here to be comfortable in making a block. I suggest you contact User:Tanthalas39, who blocked the original account or try ANI. Sorry, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:59, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Block of 70.77.52.188
I'm struggling to see why you have blocked User:70.77.52.188 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs). I can only see this edit which certainly warrants a warning but not does amount to persistent harassment. It is only a one off, was a response to vandalism, and the IPs other recent edits are good faith. Am I missing something else. SpinningSpark 23:06, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- you confused me with the wrong IP! As for the right one, I blocked after an AIV report (this one to be precise) but if you think it's unwarranted or excessive- feel free to unblock. I'm not going to get territorial over my admin actions. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:13, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh yes, just did not go back far enough in that ones history, sorry to trouble you. And congrats on the mop by the way. SpinningSpark 23:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you and no trouble :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh yes, just did not go back far enough in that ones history, sorry to trouble you. And congrats on the mop by the way. SpinningSpark 23:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
working administrator
Ah ha, great. Thank you for the protection on Shawn White. (take it easy) Off2riorob (talk) 00:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome. As I said there, do let me know if it resumes after the protection expires and I'll protect it again. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, look at you... adding stuff to ITN by yourself... -- tariqabjotu 02:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I wrote the admin instructions before I got the bit. The only thing that's different is I can do it myself rather than mollycoddle another admin! Oh, and the screen's pink! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- So as not to hijack your blurb, may I suggest that you add "In thoroughbred racing," at the beginning of the sentence, and possibly lob off the "2010" in "Kentucky Derby" (while, of course, maintaining the link to the same article). -- tariqabjotu 02:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Done. Can you check I haven;t screwed anything up with the image please! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Other than misidentifying him as Omar al-Bashir, it looks okay. Maybe someone will crop it though. -- tariqabjotu 02:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Schoolboy error! It's easy to know it in theory! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:51, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Other than misidentifying him as Omar al-Bashir, it looks okay. Maybe someone will crop it though. -- tariqabjotu 02:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- So as not to hijack your blurb, may I suggest that you add "In thoroughbred racing," at the beginning of the sentence, and possibly lob off the "2010" in "Kentucky Derby" (while, of course, maintaining the link to the same article). -- tariqabjotu 02:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I wrote the admin instructions before I got the bit. The only thing that's different is I can do it myself rather than mollycoddle another admin! Oh, and the screen's pink! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, look at you... adding stuff to ITN by yourself... -- tariqabjotu 02:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
It's hard to say what duration to protect this article. The current vandalism seems recent (1.5 - 2months) so I first thought of protecting for 3 months. But then I noticed several IP edits with staying power, so I figured reducing it to one month was worth a shot (hopefully, this particular batch of vandals will move on fast enough). But you got there first so it's entirely your call from here! --RegentsPark (talk) 03:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I left a note for the editor who requested protection in which I said I'd review it in about a month (after all, indefinite doesn't have to mean infinite) so I'll stick to that. If you hadn't reverted yourself, I would have been quite happy with a month and wouldn't have complained. I went for indef because the vandalism was violating BLP and the article had been protected before, but (for future reference) do you think I was a little over-zealous? After all, I only got the mop a few hours ago! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- No worries. Different ways of doing things is what makes this a better encyclopedia! Congrats on becoming an admin. --RegentsPark (talk) 12:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks! Congrats on becoming an admin!!! I see you are putting the tools to good use right off the bat :). I don't think indef was overzealous, as it can always be changed and because it is a BLP. I like your style - notifying people on their talk page when the article the requested protection for is protected/not protected. Every other admin has just left a note on RPP without notifying the nominating user. I dunno... it just feels more... friendly? (Can't find the word for it). Keep up the good work :). Airplaneman ✈ 05:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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The "time and date" user name fiasco
Just to let you know, we all really tried to be welcoming and polite and urge the user to pick a different name. The edits in response ranged from aloof to passive–aggressive. Though Beeblebrox feels that the user name is acceptable, a look at watchlists, diffs, and histories shows that editors will spend 10 seconds a pop trying to make heads or tails of the "date and time" in the wrong place. 10 seconds lost on each encounter will add up for the edits already made. Imagine 5,000 edits with this "time and date" showing up in the wrong place. You nipped it in the bud. I think the editor didn't give an inch or see the point of view of the community at all. Nobody wants to see a new, productive editor blocked, but it was made clear that it was not he about to be blocked, but the account name. And now we are meant to feel like we chased him away. Not fair play. I feel that you had no choice and made the right decision. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I agree with Anna here, HJ. What you did was absolutely correct. I found it rather surprising that said user was not willing to change his name. That signals trollish(?) and potentially disruptive behaviour. Here's more proof: Just when I wrote a reason justifying a block, that user blanked his talk page, instead of resolving the situation. Consensus was very clearly on your side (very, very clearly). What one admin (Beeblebrox) felt alone was not enough to justify continued use of that name. The name was disruptive, and you did what any admin with a bit of sense would do. Aditya Ex Machina 07:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi
Just to let you know, your new-found admin powers might come in use on this users talk page. Everyone has tried to explain to him why his edits are being reverted but he's refusing to listen, he seems intent on thinking that no-one else's opinions matter and on turning some parts of Wikipedia into a forum. Several others have tried explaining things but no joy.
Oh and the comment about talk page stalkers is that aimed at me? I'm not a stalker, I'm not! :p --5 albert square (talk) 12:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!
Leaky Caldron 13:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome :). No hard feelings on my RfA? If the BLP crap keeps up after a week, let me know and I'll protect it again. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- lol, none whatsoever. IIRC you were 61/2 when I left my oppose so you were a shoe-in really, and I just wanted to encourage a little bit more community examination. A great many supporters in many RfA just don’t do research. Very best of luck with it; your patience and civility will stand you in good stead. Best. Leaky Caldron 13:49, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Please unprotect? The protection blocks normal edits too. Jaroslav3 (talk) 15:31, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- The article has been Semi-protected, which prevents edits from anonymous users (IPs) and edits from any account that is not autoconfirmed (is at least four days old and has ten or more edits to Wikipedia) or confirmed. You can use the {{editsemiprotected}} template to gain the attention of a user and they can look at your request. I believe your account was only created today, which is why you're having trouble editing the article. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 15:44, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Or I can use my magical admin powers to confirm him ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:54, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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Congratulations on becoming an Administrator!
Okay, first of all, I know you probably have no idea who I am, which is why I would like to let you know that the reason I voted "Strong Support" on your RfA was because I have seen some of your edits, and they are constructive edits. Anyways, congratulations on becoming an administrator! Good luck with the tools! :) --Hadger 16:50, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I know who you are- I've seen you around :)! Thanks for the support and the congrats. And for stopping by. If you need any admin help, you know where I am! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Where? =O Aditya Ex Machina 17:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- .*points vaguely into the distance* oh, and congrats HJM, I failed to say that earlier.~ mazca talk 17:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, great job. You won't make any more mistakes like that one I pointed out, I hope? :) Hi878 (talk) 18:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Congratulations look forward to working with you on ITN--Wikireader41 (talk) 18:55, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, great job. You won't make any more mistakes like that one I pointed out, I hope? :) Hi878 (talk) 18:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- .*points vaguely into the distance* oh, and congrats HJM, I failed to say that earlier.~ mazca talk 17:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Where? =O Aditya Ex Machina 17:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
University of Health Sciences Antigua
Thanks for your swift intervention, and congratulations on your recent promotion. You are certainly off to good start ;) Favonian (talk) 18:20, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- You're welcome and thanks. I've blocked all of those sock now and I'll open an SPI. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Just a pro-tip on blocking IPs, if they're that dynamic, then long blocks are pretty much pointless and can result in collateral damage down the road (especially these IPs that come from mobile phone networks like AT&T or Crackberry). For future reference, –MuZemike 18:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- OK thanks for the tip! I've shortened all the blocks to 24 hours, is that reasonable? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:53, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Hi HJ, and thanks for your work. I note that all the IPs are blocked for 24 hours, as you mentioned above. Are you done with the case then? Just checking if I can archive it; in the future if you slap a {{SPIclose}} at the bottom (with no arguments) this is an indicator to us that it can be archived. Thanks! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 19:01, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Welcome to the fun and exciting world of being an admin
I hate being the first one, but you might as well get used to it. An incident which you were involved in is now under discussion at WP:ANI. The relevant section is titled "Block Review." Beeblebrox (talk) 18:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I was just coming here to leave a comment about that! I would ask you to reconsider your block of 21:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC) - FWIW I think it's a stupid name, but WP:UNCONF says Some usernames appear problematic without fitting clearly into one of the four categories. This is often the case with confusing or extremely lengthy usernames, which are highly discouraged but which are not so inappropriate on their own that they require an immediate block. (red text my emphasis). I'm not going to risk a Wheel War over it, but I would like you to reconsider your decision. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:28, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I saw your post on their talk page. So much for my first few days as an admin going without controversy! I think now it's at ANI, it would be better to let the consensus emerge there- I think unblocking now would cause more drama than it would solve. I won't consider it wheel warring if you were to unblock (hence the note in red at the top of the page) but I'm not sure it would be a good idea. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:37, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- HJ, it wouldn't be wheelwarring anyway. Wheelwarring needs a third action, not just a second. Aiken ♫ 19:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'm familiar with the policy, but nobody wants to start a chain of reverts. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)HJ, Aiken is quite right - if I reversed it, and then you reversed that, it would be wheel warring! Welcome to the wonderful world of the admin! I've yet too do something really controversial - well, done my friend on achieving that so soon! I understand why you did it (it is a damn silly name!) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I don't have any objection to you reversing the block if you feel it's best, but as I said above (lost in the sea of words!) it would probably cause more drama than it would solve. I can't quite believe I've managed to cause this much controversy on my second day on the bloody job! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:48, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, are you beginning to regret it yet? ;) Just kidding. Aiken ♫ 19:56, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- See, this is why I opposed (*cough cough*). I knew someone with an edit like this couldn't be trusted with the mop. :) Hi878 (talk) 20:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- A few quick points: Since I had already declined the block and then that decision was overturned, I think it would be wheel warring if I or another admin had gone back and undid the block, hence the need for a discussion. I'm also not so sure it's a good idea to close a conversation that was a discussion of one of your own admin actions, but I'm not such a policy wonk that I see a need to pursue that any further. There does seem to be support for the block, so I guess I'll just have to accept that. I doubt this exact issue will even come up again, even I can freely admit that it was a very odd choice for a username. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- See, this is why I opposed (*cough cough*). I knew someone with an edit like this couldn't be trusted with the mop. :) Hi878 (talk) 20:22, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, are you beginning to regret it yet? ;) Just kidding. Aiken ♫ 19:56, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I don't have any objection to you reversing the block if you feel it's best, but as I said above (lost in the sea of words!) it would probably cause more drama than it would solve. I can't quite believe I've managed to cause this much controversy on my second day on the bloody job! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:48, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- HJ, it wouldn't be wheelwarring anyway. Wheelwarring needs a third action, not just a second. Aiken ♫ 19:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I saw your post on their talk page. So much for my first few days as an admin going without controversy! I think now it's at ANI, it would be better to let the consensus emerge there- I think unblocking now would cause more drama than it would solve. I won't consider it wheel warring if you were to unblock (hence the note in red at the top of the page) but I'm not sure it would be a good idea. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:37, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Page protections
I really think the page protections you made on the articles I requested to be protected is nowhere near long enough. When there's vandalism that violates WP:BLP constantly, normally, long-term protections are put in (see Tim Tebow, Peyton Manning, & JaMarcus Russell for examples). The Walter Payton article was shortly protected before, but the second it was unprotected it suffered heavy vandalism. The Charles Rogers article has suffered from slanderous IP edits that sometimes go undetected to other editors, and I find it really hassling that just about every time I log on (which is just about every day) I see vandalism on the Peyton, Couch, or Rogers articles- especially considering that that can all be avoided with a simple page protection. Most vandals are probably too lazy to create an account and make enough good edits to be able to edit protected pages. RF23 (talk) 21:48, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- The trouble is that your reports aren't coming after a flood of vandalism- it's clear from the history that there has been vandalism, but I'm not going to apply long-term protection for vandalism that was three or four days ago. Protection isn't "simple", it's supposed to be the last resort- if you get a vandal, revert warn and report to AIV. Only when you get multiple vandals in quick succession should protection be applied. I dare say I'm more liberal with it than many admins, especially on BLPs, but I'm bound by the protection policy. If your troubles resume when the protection expires, let me know directly and I'll seriously consider a longer protection. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi HJ, thanks for dealing with that anonymous vandal for me. Unfortunately, it appears that the same user has migrated to a slightly different IP address and is continuing to make the same disruptive edits to the same articles. If you could also block User:213.107.100.86, or even semi-protect 2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season as a last resort, that'd be awesome. Cheers. – PeeJay 21:53, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- OK, give me a minute to look into it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Blocked. I'm sure he'll be back, but I'd rather play whack-a-mole for half an hour than protect it if not absolutely necessary! Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:02, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Recent Vandal Block
Was your blocking here not a tad lenient? User talk:76.17.193.211 is obviously unable to edit sensibly. He/she had inflated chart positions in at least six articles as well as changed source release dates to unsourced ones.Lil-unique1 (talk) 22:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- If it was a registered editor, I would have indef'd them, but for a first block, I think it's reasonable. If they continue after the block expires, you can just take them straight back to AIV and they'll get a longer block :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- (Uninvolved party wondering by to see what all the fuss is about on this page - re:above ANI discussion) For what it's worth, I agree with the block length. It's also worth noting that it could easily be a dynamic IP address, and even if the vandal 'deserves' a longer block, he/she might be on a new IP address by the time this block expires. I help deal with the collateral from blocked IP addresses on a daily basis, so have an idea of 'the other side'. Peter 22:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you- I now have a bucket for my mop! Thanks for the help above, too :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the extra information and explaination. It is quite useful.Lil-unique1 (talk) 22:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you- I now have a bucket for my mop! Thanks for the help above, too :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Helllllooooo! Are you aware that bots are reporting vandalism at WP:AIV and then going on to report it at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism/TB2? Just I've never seen them report it on both pages before so thought I would check that this should be happening? --5 albert square (talk) 22:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I know nothing about bots, but I know that TB2 is transcluded onto AIV. I have AIV on my watchlist and I haven't seen bots editing it directly. Take another look at the histories! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Well I never, I have honestly never noticed that before, lol you learn something new every day --5 albert square (talk) 22:52, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
On the topic of AIV...
- Hiya, on the topic of AIV, I just wanted to give a little advice. Your response here: [2], is that there is no vandalism, however if you check the deleted contributions there was some vandalism/disruptive editing hidden underneath an innocent edit summary. I have deleted the vandalism and blocked for 31 hours, so all is well, and I feel bad to pounce upon you so soon into your adminship, however do be careful and take lots of time to look into situations. Sure, another admin may have long since blocked the user by the time your done analysing, but its better to be safe than sorry. Regards, best of luck, --Taelus (talk) 23:04, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Indeed. Having examined the diffs in more detail, I was about to block for incivility but you beat me to it. Thanks for the advice though :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:07, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Edit Filter
- Additionally, since I am a tad confused, can you explain User talk:85.75.143.79 too as I don't get the context. I checked the edit filter, and it seems it was just a coincidental flagging since the IP only tried to tag them as dead links. Thanks, --Taelus (talk) 23:28, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I was trying to figure out that myself when I got distracted by a vandal. That IP was reported by a bot as having tripped an abuse filter that detects socks of a banned editor, but now I'm not sure... HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hmmm indeed. The abuse filter is a blunt instrument really, it is not a precision tool. I'll drop a note by one of the abuse filter managers, since this is probably a problematic false positive if this is the case. --Taelus (talk) 23:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Unblocked since the links they were tagging are infact dead, thus it seems good faith to me. If they are innocent, no more will occur. If they are the banned user, they will trip the filter in less ambiguous ways, then we can handle it. Regards, --Taelus (talk) 23:40, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) (talk page stalker) I have to agree this does not seem to fit the pattern of the banned user in question, but I also note this is one of the filters that I am not familiar with. The filter seems to be primarily maintained by User:FPaS so you may wish to inquire there as to exactly what's going on. My knee-jerk reaction is that one of the conditions in the filter is way too generic, but I don't want to discuss exactly what that is here as this is a private filter and posting those details in a public venue is a bad idea. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 23:41, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks to both of you for your help. Shirik, don't worry- even if you gave me the details, it'd go right over my head! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:43, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)Yeah, just to throw in an opinion, I have to say that I run into AIV reports from these kinds of specific filters every now and then - generally, I find that if (a) I don't personally understand what the filter's doing, and (b) the edits taken on their own are not self-evidently bad, then I just leave it. Best to not block them unless you can stand behind it and say what you actually blocked them for! In this case it seems pretty ambiguous to me, maybe FPaS can indeed shed some light. ~ mazca talk 23:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hmmm indeed. The abuse filter is a blunt instrument really, it is not a precision tool. I'll drop a note by one of the abuse filter managers, since this is probably a problematic false positive if this is the case. --Taelus (talk) 23:34, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- I was trying to figure out that myself when I got distracted by a vandal. That IP was reported by a bot as having tripped an abuse filter that detects socks of a banned editor, but now I'm not sure... HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
- Additionally, since I am a tad confused, can you explain User talk:85.75.143.79 too as I don't get the context. I checked the edit filter, and it seems it was just a coincidental flagging since the IP only tried to tag them as dead links. Thanks, --Taelus (talk) 23:28, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
You have been accused of abusing your adminship
Read [3]. KingOfTheMedia (talk) 01:01, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Good close, there was no way in hell that article was going to be deleted. I did have to fix the formatting though. For future reference, the "{{subst:at}} '''RESULT''' ~~~~" goes on top of everything, including the "===[[Article name]]===" line. Leaving that header on top seems to be a common error in AFD now of days commited even by experienced admins. I fix 2 or 3 of these every time I do relists.
- If you plan on closing a lot of AFDs, I recommend this script. it let's you close at the touch of a button. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:51, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
{{#if:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{Wikipedia:Whacking with a Wet Trout}}{{-}}}} For telling a vandal to place an {{editsemiprotected}} tag on Vandalism in order to vandalize the article over on WP:RfPP. Your mop is quite shiny though, so this won't happen again (I hope). Cheers! Hamtechperson 01:06, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Potential vandal- their one and only edit was to RPP and I wasn't about to unprotect it on the say so of one IP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:08, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Erm... hope I don't come across as rude, but I think HTP is trying to say that you shouldn't have necessarily taken the request so seriously. –Juliancolton | Talk 01:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)