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:Thank you for leaving that comment in the ANI discussion. It definitely shows that there are ongoing issues with the user involved. I just hope that the message I left on the editor's user talk page is what helps to turn these issues around. I've managed to help users turn things around with messages like the one I left; all in all, there's nothing to lose by trying. :-) Cheers, and thanks again for the message - [[User:Oshwah|<b><span style="color:#C00000">~Oshwah~</span></b>]]<sup><small><b>[[User_talk:Oshwah|<span style="color:blue">(talk)</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Oshwah|<span style="color:green">(contribs)</span>]]</b></small></sup> 05:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC) |
:Thank you for leaving that comment in the ANI discussion. It definitely shows that there are ongoing issues with the user involved. I just hope that the message I left on the editor's user talk page is what helps to turn these issues around. I've managed to help users turn things around with messages like the one I left; all in all, there's nothing to lose by trying. :-) Cheers, and thanks again for the message - [[User:Oshwah|<b><span style="color:#C00000">~Oshwah~</span></b>]]<sup><small><b>[[User_talk:Oshwah|<span style="color:blue">(talk)</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Oshwah|<span style="color:green">(contribs)</span>]]</b></small></sup> 05:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC) |
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Phillips_%28activist%29&type=revision&diff=935788902&oldid=935787530] OK, if you're going to be that way, I'll just use a direct quote from the source. By the way, besides using rollback against policy, falsely accusing someone of violating BLP can also get you blocked. [[Special:Contributions/155.19.91.37|155.19.91.37]] ([[User talk:155.19.91.37|talk]]) 19:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC) |
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Happy Holidays!
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- Hi Fylindfotberserk! Thank you for the holiday wishes, and I hope that 2020 is a great year for you! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you very much sir. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
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Hi Oshwah, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas |
- Hi Iggy the Swan! Thanks for the holiday wishes! I hope that 2020 is an excellent one for you! I'm sure that I'll see you around on Wikipedia (as per usual); until our paths cross again... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:33, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Happy Holidays
Thank you for continuing to make Wikipedia the greatest project in the world. I hope you have an excellent holiday season. Lightburst (talk) 21:40, 22 December 2019 (UTC) |
- Lightburst! Sorry for such a late response, but I wanted to thank you for the holiday wishes and to wish you a great 2020. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:34, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
No subject
Greetings. I noticed you're striving for the rank of Veteran III, and making a lot of "Reverted" edits in a short period of time[1]. --For future reference, in the article S.M. Lockridge, I'm just wondering how you determined the link where Lockridge himself states the title of his sermon, was "unnecessary/inappropriate"[2] to validating the correct title of the sermon.
Thanks, Lee Gordon (talk) 04:15, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Edit Question
Greetings. I noticed you're striving for the rank of Veteran III, and making a lot of "Reverted" edits in a short period of time[3]. --For future reference, in the article S.M. Lockridge, I'm just wondering how you determined the link where Lockridge himself states the title of his sermon, was "unnecessary/inappropriate"[4] to validating the correct title of the sermon.
Thanks, Lee Gordon (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi WikiLeeGordon! I did not make those edits or changes - you're asking on the wrong user talk page. To get in touch with Thegooduser, you can message him on his user talk page by clicking here. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:11, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Hi WikiLeeGordon. In addition to what Oswhah posted above, please don't add links to that YouTube video to any Wikipedia pages for the reasons explained in WP:COPYLINK, WP:ELNEVER and WP:YOUTUBE. It's highly unlikely that the person who uploaded the audio of that particular sermon to YouTube is actually the copyright holder, which means it can't really be used on any Wikipedia pages, and that might have been one of the reasons why it was removed from the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:20, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thegooduser
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._M._Lockridge&diff=prev&oldid=932054389
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thegooduser
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._M._Lockridge&diff=prev&oldid=932054389
- Making so many reverts now people think I'm oshwah? lol :) Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 21:36, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Links
Hi, I'm a newbie here. You removed a link I added on the Automated Content Recognition page. I thought that was okay since I noticed that the page listed Intrasonics which also has an external link. What is the difference between that one and the one I added? thx. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryannelang (talk • contribs) 08:05, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Maryannelang, and welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed that your first changes were adding external links to multiple articles and to the same program and website, and I suspected that your account was just being used to advertise the product or the website. Please accept my apologies if this isn't the case; you have to understand that many users attempt to do this daily on Wikipedia, and it's become a significant problem. Please feel free to restore the changes you made to those articles.
- Since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. It will provide you with many helpful walkthroughs, guides, interactive lessons, and other information that will be very helpful to you. Most users who take this advice and complete the tutorial tell me later that it was significantly helpful to them and saved them hours of time and frustration they would've experienced otherwise. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them and help you. Again, I welcome you to Wikipedia and I hope you enjoy your stay. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Hi Maryannelang in addition to not adding any external links to Audible Magic's website to any Wikipedia articles, you should probably also add its name to any articles as well unless you can provide a secondary/independent reliable source that can be used to verify the content you're adding. Generally, Wikipedia articles only really should mention something by name encyclopedically relevant to its readers and this tends to mean things which have Wikipedia articles already written about them. There are perhaps many companies which may consider themselves to be ACR technology providers, but there's really no possible way for Wikipedia to list them all; so, Wikipedia has to try keep such mentions as limited as possible and one way of doing this is to limit them to companies with Wikipedia articles written about them. (FWIW, I think entire section should be removed because it's basically a case of name dropping without a real encyclopedic value even though the other companies mentioned do have Wikipedia articles written about them, but that's a different question altogether) Anyway, perhaps Audible Magic should have an article written about it per Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and if you think that's the case, then you can try to write one. Until that time, however, any mentions of the company anywhere on Wikipedia are going to require some fairly strong sources to be cited in support to be justified. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:16, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
New message
Hi Oshwah. There's a new message on your Meta-wiki user talk page. Would you take a look? Happy Holidays. 2402:1980:8256:D960:2153:FF2C:3653:E600 (talk) 08:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi there! Ah, I saw your message there, and I will take a look and see what I can do. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
December 2019
Hi. My edit was actually "constructive" as the character is actually being blackmailed about his homosexuality. However, if you think that's a spoiler I have no problems with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:861:3F40:6670:FD52:7975:F119:F0A2 (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi there! Thanks for the message and for letting me know about this. If your edit was in good faith, then please accept my apologies - I'm sure you understand that seeing an edit like the one you made here would strike as suspicious. :-) Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help, and I'll be happy to lend a hand. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy Holidays
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Draft:Jailbreak (ROBLOX Game)
please delete this page. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 22:34, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thegooduser - Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:38, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
huggle
so we can say that the firewall is now not part of the issue? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:05, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thegooduser - The only way to be sure is to use it while your antivirus and your firewall are either completely disabled or turned off, or while they're uninstalled. I've known many antivirus and firewall software that offer the ability to "exempt" applications and programs just to find out that they're only allowing them to perform certain additional functions without raising issue, and that they're still under the radar and restricted to some degree by the real-time protection and monitoring offered by the antivirus / firewall. :-/ ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:43, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Is the dark web dangerous just wondering? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- A "dark web" or "deep web" in itself? No. That's just a broad term for a website that's not available on the general World Wide Web due to not being indexed by search engines or by Domain Name System servers. Hence, they just require special software, browsers, settings, or a combination of those in order to access the specific "dark" network or site. I've surfed on the infamous "dark web" (the one you've probably read about online many times)" a couple of times; there were websites that hosted pretty much every bad thing you can imagine (not surprisingly). That being said, a "dark web" or "dark net" in itself isn't what's dangerous or bad, it's the content that some people choose to host that's bad. The principle and philosophical concept is similar to people who use BitTorrent... "torrenting", in itself (using the protocol and a file sharing service to transfer files), is not what's "dangerous" or "illegal"; it's the exact content that's hosted and downloaded that can be (and often times is). To be clear, I'm not advising you to go and check out any dark networks or surf "the dark web"... lol. That whole area, just like BitTorrent, is best left alone if you're not someone who has a deep understanding of computers, software, networking, and how to keep yourself protected. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Oshwah Thegooduser, yah, the deep web is just as safe as the clear web, deep web is just stuff like unlisted YouTube videos and your google drive files and shit like that. The Dark web is where you would find illegal content and stuff like that, but a good amount of stuff on the dark web is just stupid pages, not illegal, just dumb. Like a page of some anime girl dancing with the words "Go Fuck Yourself" at the bottom.LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 13:53, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- A "dark web" or "deep web" in itself? No. That's just a broad term for a website that's not available on the general World Wide Web due to not being indexed by search engines or by Domain Name System servers. Hence, they just require special software, browsers, settings, or a combination of those in order to access the specific "dark" network or site. I've surfed on the infamous "dark web" (the one you've probably read about online many times)" a couple of times; there were websites that hosted pretty much every bad thing you can imagine (not surprisingly). That being said, a "dark web" or "dark net" in itself isn't what's dangerous or bad, it's the content that some people choose to host that's bad. The principle and philosophical concept is similar to people who use BitTorrent... "torrenting", in itself (using the protocol and a file sharing service to transfer files), is not what's "dangerous" or "illegal"; it's the exact content that's hosted and downloaded that can be (and often times is). To be clear, I'm not advising you to go and check out any dark networks or surf "the dark web"... lol. That whole area, just like BitTorrent, is best left alone if you're not someone who has a deep understanding of computers, software, networking, and how to keep yourself protected. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Is the dark web dangerous just wondering? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Revert
Hi I'd like to talk about one of the reverts you've made on my Huntington Beach Highschool EditJackmor1010 (talk) 01:35, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Jackmor1010 - Okay, go ahead... What do you want to discuss? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:44, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Help
Hi Oshwah, where do I report ducks? CraigCathcart76 & Craig Cathcart fan 123 are the ones. Minorax (talk) 01:41, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Minorax! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your question. Wow! What a mess! I'm glad you reached out to me and let me know about this... I've blocked both accounts and reverted the article back to the revision it was before they started editing it. In the future, to report users who are engaging in sock puppetry and in violation of policy, you'll file a report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Just follow the instructions under the "How to open an investigation" collapse field, and you'll be able to file a report so that they can be investigated. :-) Please let me know if you have any more questions or if you need any more assistance; I'll be more than happy to help you with anything you need. :-) Thanks again for the message, and I wish you happy editing! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:47, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. However, WP:RfCu states that "Obvious, disruptive sock puppet ---- Block, no checkuser needed" so filing a report might just be a waste of resource and space. Minorax (talk) 01:51, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Minorax - Oh yeah, for sure.... for something like this, just do what you did above - flag and admin down and point them toward the damage. However, in cases where urgency isn't dire and when an investigation is warranted, you'll want to visit WP:SPI and get to know and understand the process and how it works, since that noticeboard is the main point of contact regarding the investigation of sock puppetry policy violations. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:57, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Alright. Thank you for your help! :) Minorax (talk) 01:59, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Minorax - No problem; always happy to lend a hand. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hello again & sorry for disturbing you. I found 2 more ducks, they are Mohd Israr Rza & Mohdisrar100. Minorax (talk) 08:22, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Minorax - No problem; always happy to lend a hand. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Alright. Thank you for your help! :) Minorax (talk) 01:59, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Minorax - Oh yeah, for sure.... for something like this, just do what you did above - flag and admin down and point them toward the damage. However, in cases where urgency isn't dire and when an investigation is warranted, you'll want to visit WP:SPI and get to know and understand the process and how it works, since that noticeboard is the main point of contact regarding the investigation of sock puppetry policy violations. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:57, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. However, WP:RfCu states that "Obvious, disruptive sock puppet ---- Block, no checkuser needed" so filing a report might just be a waste of resource and space. Minorax (talk) 01:51, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Technical Barnstar | |
thanks for all you do here in the technical norm of Wikipedia! Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:03, 24 December 2019 (UTC) |
- Thegooduser! Thank you for the barnstar! I appreciate it very much, and it means a lot to me. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:43, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy Holidays
- Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
- Hi DBigXray! Sorry for the late reply! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays went well and that 2020 turns out to be an excellent year for you. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Medievil
Hello, I don't really see why stating the fact that Paul Darrow did the voice work on the game has any baring on me being neutral or otherwise? It's just a fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintuijl (talk • contribs) 22:37, 24 December 2019 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediEvil https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201696/
- Hi Justintuijl, and thanks for messaging me with your thoughts and concerns regarding the revert I made to your edit here to MediEvil. The reason that I reverted your edit was because you stated in the article that Paul Darrow "did a lot of voice work" for the videogame. That's an opinion, which does not belong within an article per Wikipedia's policy on wording content in a neutral point of view. Please review the policy page and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them if you do. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:48, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, I should have put "did the voice of Zarrock" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintuijl (talk • contribs) 19:25, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- Justintuijl - Sorry for the delayed response. Yes, that would be a much better way of adding that specific content to the article. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Ok, I should have put "did the voice of Zarrock" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintuijl (talk • contribs) 19:25, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Good luck
- Miraclepine! Sorry for the late reply! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays went well, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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Hello Oshwah, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. |
- Donner60! I apologize for such a late reply to your message here. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope that your holidays went well, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Merry Christmas, Oshwah!
- From my family to yours, wishing you a very merry/happy Christmas and New Year! Here's to 2020 --TheSandDoctor Talk 07:39, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
- TheSandDoctor! I apologize for such a late response here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to leave me this message and wish me a happy holiday. I hope that your holidays were fun and stress-free, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
- Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
- Hi Everedux! Sorry for such a late reply here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays were fun and stress-free, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Idea for a new article, advice wanted
I think an article about Separated twin pairs would be interesting and useful. Many kids fantasize about having a misplaced identical twin -- and some people do have them.[1] Research uses separated twin pairs. Separated twins are popular in fiction -- e.g. The Parent Trap and Sister, Sister (TV series). In short, an article about "separated twin pairs" could bring together interesting facts from different areas. Any advice, pro, con, or how to? Thanks and I hope you had a fun Christmas. HouseOfChange (talk) 19:43, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi HouseOfChange, and thank you for leaving me a message here with your request for input and advice. I apologize for the extreme delay with responding to your message here. I've been busy lately, and I'm just now catching up with all of the Wikipedia messages, emails, requests, tickets, and discussions I received. As you of course already know, I'll be more than happy to answer your questions and help you. ;-)
- Without looking too deeply into the particular subject itself, my initial thought is that I don't believe you'll have an issue in regards to meeting Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, but that's something you'll want to make absolute sure is met, and before you start any kind of serious planning or (Heaven forbid) any construction or writing of the article itself. I cannot stress and emphasize this advice to you enough; if you can leave here and remember only one piece of advice from this discussion in regards to article creation, it's that you must do the research necessary in order to make absolute sure that the article subject you wish to write about meets Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, and as the very first step (other than making sure that an article doesn't already exist on the subject, of course). If you don't do this at all, or if you don't do this first and before you start planning, construction, and writing of the article - you're going to have an extremely frustrating and infuriating experience with article creation on Wikipedia. That mistake can result in having hours, days, if not weeks worth of your time, energy, and effort completely wasted due to planning and writing an article about something that ultimately doesn't deserve its own article in the first place. The time I spent with planning, researching, and writing Windows Push Notification Service or Universal Windows Platform (both were not significantly huge articles upon my first publication of them) was at least 8-10 hours, just to give you an idea with how much time really goes into creating an article. ;-)
- I'm fairly sure that there are some famous (and infamous) cases where twin babies were separated from one another at birth (for one reason or another) and then reunited later in life, but again, you'll want to make sure. After you've made sure that the article subject gets the "green light" in respect to notability, you'll want to do some research and plan out exactly what you're going to write in the article. Collect a big list of reliable sources that you can cite and reference in the article, and think about the different sections that would be included - summary paragraph (writing this section very last is my advice), the concept and any origins, any scientific studies that have been conducted (if applicable), notable cases, references / use in media, etc. Afterwards, you'll begin to start piecing the article together - getting an infobox built (if applicable), finding an acceptable image for the infobox, locating the relevant categories that this article should belong to, adding a "see also" and "references" section to the end, and then adding the section headers and the content you're going to include (among other things)...
- If you're brand new to the concept of article creation, you should read through this help page as well as this project page for more information and advice. I'd also consider using the new article wizard or the articles for creation project process to make sure that you have the necessary guidance and guardrails... at least until you become proficient with creation. ;-) I hope that my response here was at least somewhat helpful to you. If you have any more questions or if you need any additional input or advice, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. ;-) Let me know how things go with your creation of this article subject! I'd love to be kept updated! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks very much, Oshwah, for the time you took to give me such good advice. I will move this topic idea further up my to-do list, hoping to be less busy once February arrives. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- HouseOfChange - Awesome! No problem; always happy to lend a hand! Don't get overworked or burnt-out, and I hope you're able to get what you need finished. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any more questions or if I can provide any input or advice. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:12, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks very much, Oshwah, for the time you took to give me such good advice. I will move this topic idea further up my to-do list, hoping to be less busy once February arrives. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Fixed it
fixed my huggle, I forgot to change the damn setting so i wasted all your time, sorry. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thegooduser - No worries! Glad you finally found what I was trying to have you locate and change. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:42, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
December 2019
Hello, I'm No1FanofHHT. Today you left a message in my talk page. You said that I made a made a mistake in the article Thani Oruvan. That movie was directed by Mohan Raja.[1] But in the short description, it was entered wrong as 'M. Emran'. No1FanofHHT (talk) 11:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi No1FanofHHT! Thank you for messaging me and for providing a source to the changes you made. I apologize for reverting them; please feel free to restore the changes you made. If you have any questions or need any help, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:35, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
References
Page Moving
Can you move List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes to A Certain Scientific Railgun T. SpectresWrath (talk) 19:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi SpectresWrath! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your request. I'm a bit confused; is A Certain Scientific Railgun T an article about the same exact subject as A Certain Scientific Railgun, or are they two completely different anime series? I see that the articles List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes and List of A Certain Scientific Railgun episodes both exist, as well as A Certain Scientific Railgun T and List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes. I want to avoid duplicating articles and work, as well as avoid making things unnecessarily complicated, if I can do so - can you take a look at these articles and let me know if they're of the same subject? I'll be happy to help once I have a better understanding of these articles. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
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Happy New Year!
- – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.
- CAPTAIN RAJU! I'm so sorry for the late reply here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays - it meant a lot. :-) I hope you had a great holiday season, and I wish you a great 2020! ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Es204L again
Hi Oshwah, sorry to bother you during this festive season but Es204L, a user you issued a final warning to back in May for adding unsourced content, has been making problematic edits again, in particular this series of edits, as well as additional warnings on their talk page. The fact that I checked their contributions for the whole of December and haven't seen them adding sources by themselves is also... worrying, to say the least. I'm not sure what else can be done here. Best regards, ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 09:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- And now it's turned up at ANI... welp. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 10:43, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi KN2731, and thanks for leaving me a message here and for letting know about the continued issues with this user. I apologize that this response comes after such an extreme delay; I was busy these last two weeks and I'm just now getting caught up with all of the Wikipedia messages, emails, requests, discussions, etc that I've received while I was offline. Fortunately, it appears that this matter was escalated to a subsequent ANI discussion (as you point out above). Having detailed information added to the user's block log for their two-week block appears to have helped the issue and the latest ANI discussion come to a quick and desired close. I remember this ANI discussion quite well, and I predicted at the time that the two week block I imposed wouldn't stop the problems, and that this user would end up indefinitely blocked... but I had to try. I'm sorry that the issues continued, and I hope that they didn't cause too much frustration or aggravation upon you. I'm just happy that (one way or the other) it's no longer a problem. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if I can be of assistance with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help. My user talk page is always open to you, and you are welcome to message me here any time you need or want. :-) I hope you had a happy and stress-free holiday season and new year's celebration, and I wish you a great day and happy editing. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:13, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Happy 2020!
Have lots of fun in the New Year, just like this one! --CiaPan (talk) (talk page stalker) 09:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- CiaPan - HA! That's funny, and I've definitely done that before when I've accidentally discovered a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio that I didn't know existed. "What just happened?" Control-Z. "What'd I push?" Tries key combinations again. :-P ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Creator template
Hello and Happy New Year, You’ve been very helpful in the past, and I hope that you can help me now. On the page of the Biblioteca Marciana, I added images of the 21 roundels in the ceiling. I then added more details on each of the image pages. I have three problems. 1) For all of the artists involved (except one), there were creator templates. So I was able to add them. For one artist (Giovanni de Mio (or Demio)), there was not. I did some research and came up with this:
| Wikidata = Q16559911
I added it to the image page (together with other coding), and it did create the template. So, it worked. However, the template does not appear at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creator_templates. I assume I did something wrong. Was I supposed to publish that code somewhere else? 2) For three of the roundels (12, 15, and 19), if you click on the image and then on more details, the titles and artist names appear twice (once outside the info box and once inside). This does not happen with any of the other roundels. I cannot figure out what I did wrong. 3) I would like the three columns to be equal in width (the center column is larger). How is this possible? Again, I thank you for whatever guidance/assistance you can provide. Have a good day.Venicescapes (talk) 13:59, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Venicescapes! I apologize for the delay responding to your message, your questions, and your request for help with the Biblioteca Marciana article. I'll be more than happy to help you, assuming that my assistance is still what you need? Let me know when you can; if you still need help with this, no problem! ;-)
- To answer your first question: I'm not overly familiar nor an expert with the {{creator}} template on Commons, but I managed to connect some dots and poke around some documentation for you. The reason that Giovanni de Mio doesn't have a creator template on Commons is most likely just due to the fact that nobody has created one for him yet. You'll most likely be just fine if you follow the necessary instructions and create it. ;-) I was able to locate this commons page and this template details page that will provide you with information and instructions for how to properly get that creator template created for this person. What you did by adding the "Wikidata" parameter in the infobox (as you pointed out above) seems to work perfectly fine, but if you want to have the categories and automated connections performed for you (as well as keep everything consistent), you'll want to have that creator template made for this person, then use that creator template on the image afterwards... That's what I believe is correct after reviewing the documentation, but I might be wrong. Check those pages out; they'll tell you what to do. :-)
- I took a look at image for roundel #12, and I didn't notice a duplication of the title and artist names - is this still an issue? Let me know if it is, and I'll be happy to look into it further. Make sure that you've also purged both your browser cache as well as the server cache - this will resolve weird formatting issues that might have surfaced after performing edits involving templates or other linked pages.
- Regarding the table column spacing: All three of those columns are different sizes than one another; you just only happened to notice that the center column was larger than the other two. ;-) Taking a look at the entire code for the table, I see that you specified a width of 90% (meaning 90% of the page width) for the table. Sure, that's fine... However, that style setting only applies to the table; it won't mandate or set the dimensions of any rows or columns contained inside of it - you have to set those values if this if you want (in this situation, you don't care about the specific width of each column; you just want them to be the same). Otherwise, if the height or width of a row or column isn't specified, it'll be done automatically (usually, they're set to the size of the tallest and the widest object contained inside of it). I went ahead and modified your table for you - you can see exactly what I changed by clicking here. I just specified the width value of each column to be 33% (meaning 33% of the width of the table, which is set to a width of 90% of the page), and as you can see - this set the table column widths perfectly to what you were asking for. I didn't have to set each and every row to be 33%, but not doing so leaves ambiguity, and the table can be translated and displayed differently depending on the browser that the viewer is using. Better to just set them all as a principle of good coding practice. ;-) Oh, and I also centered the width of the entire table as well. If this isn't what you want, feel free to remove the code I added here. :-)
- Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hello Oshwah. Welcome back. Thank you for taking care of the column width and the centering. I'm not at all technically inclined and am always afraid that I'll crash Wikipedia. So it is greatly appreciated. I'm still struggling with the creator template. I've read through the various pages, and I seem to have the proper coding (it worked on the single image description page). But it's not clear where I'm supposed to publish it so that it is available for others and can be readily updated with information. I'll continue to look into the second matter. I connected from another computer and still see the problem. It only happens with three of the roundels (which is odd since I copied and pasted). Basically, when you open the image and then click on "more details", you reach the page with the infobox for the painting. I see the title and artist mentioned both within and above the box. Is there any way I can send you a screen shot?Venicescapes (talk) 13:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Venicescapes - Crash Wikipedia? Nah, making simple mistakes with table formatting or the code within a page you're editing won't crash the website. Just use the "show preview" button to double-check your changes before you save them, and you won't risk accidentally publishing anything that makes everything worse. ;-) Screenshot? Sure! You can email it to me if privacy or another issue is a concern to you. Just use a free image hosting website like imgur to upload your screenshot, then you can send me the link to it in an email. Easy peasy. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 13:52, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hello again. I sent you an email with a link to some images.Venicescapes (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Venicescapes! I received your email. Please forgive my stupidity; I didn't see or notice the issue with the table until I took another look at it again later. :-) I did some editing and playing around on the three image file pages (namely, the 12th image - take a look at the edit history). After re-arranging a few things and scratching my head, my answer to your question regarding what's going on with these three file summary pages is "I don't know"... lol.
- Hello again. I sent you an email with a link to some images.Venicescapes (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Venicescapes - Crash Wikipedia? Nah, making simple mistakes with table formatting or the code within a page you're editing won't crash the website. Just use the "show preview" button to double-check your changes before you save them, and you won't risk accidentally publishing anything that makes everything worse. ;-) Screenshot? Sure! You can email it to me if privacy or another issue is a concern to you. Just use a free image hosting website like imgur to upload your screenshot, then you can send me the link to it in an email. Easy peasy. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 13:52, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hello Oshwah. Welcome back. Thank you for taking care of the column width and the centering. I'm not at all technically inclined and am always afraid that I'll crash Wikipedia. So it is greatly appreciated. I'm still struggling with the creator template. I've read through the various pages, and I seem to have the proper coding (it worked on the single image description page). But it's not clear where I'm supposed to publish it so that it is available for others and can be readily updated with information. I'll continue to look into the second matter. I connected from another computer and still see the problem. It only happens with three of the roundels (which is odd since I copied and pasted). Basically, when you open the image and then click on "more details", you reach the page with the infobox for the painting. I see the title and artist mentioned both within and above the box. Is there any way I can send you a screen shot?Venicescapes (talk) 13:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- As soon as I removed the "title" parameter from each of the artwork templates within those three file summary pages, the issue resolved itself. I also believe that the "information field" template may be clashing with the "title" parameter inside of the "artwork" template when both of them are used together, though I'm not absolutely certain. Who knows... this may be just an issue with a bracket or parameter missing that I didn't catch and is causing inputs to shift, or this may be an issue that would require deeper troubleshooting in order to find. All I know is that removing the "title" parameter and the content you set it to resolved the problem (you used both the "it" and "en" templates, I had to remove both of them).
- I spent over an hour or so troubleshooting and narrowing down the problem just in order to locate where it was. Forgive me, but while I'm decent with templates, parameters, coding, and building them - I'm not an expert on these particular ones and their requirements. It might be worth it for you to read and review the documentation for the artwork template and double check that we're not missing something or adding something that's incorrect. Let me know what your thoughts are. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Miss Show Business
Hey there Oshwah!
I recently came across a Reddit post about them being blocked on Wikipedia. I've seen off-wiki rants before, but this wasn't the kind mean-spirited screed I expected. The user seemed rather reasonable and polite. I told them to DM me on WP:Discord, and I'd take a look at their unblocking situation. That's basically where we are now.
The user in question, Miss Show Business, seems to have actually had a case of mistaken identity. This is the typical edit of the blanned sock user. It generally involves completely erasing Synth-pop from the article. Sometimes they remove {{hlist}} as well. Lastly, they refer to the Synth-pop genre as synth-pop, but never synthpop.
Take a closer look at this edit from MSB. They keep "synthpop" in the lead and infobox (just putting dance-pop in first place). Then take a look at this edit. It's a different set of tags when MSB is on mobile... it's not the iOS app.
If you combine this all with the fact they also added a reference and the fact they are a Clean start account, then I think the case is strong that this is a different user.
Finally, it might be worth running a check on Evervessence728. I don't suggest this to disprove a connection with WSB, but because that sockpuppet's MO is to generally create a bunch of accounts at once, so it might be worth checking for potentially other alternate accounts.
Thank you so much for your hard work! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi MJL! Thank you for the message, and I apologize for the delay responding to it. I think the best thing to do in this situation is ping a checkuser such as Bbb23. The edits definitely appear to be doing the general same thing, but I also want to have your thoughts and input taken into account and for my actions resulting from the relevant SPI report to be given fair scrutiny in the event that you are correct and that I was wrong. Hence, pinging a third-party who has a good degree of experience with SPI (and, of course, the necessary tools) is the best way to have this looked into. Thank you for sharing this message with me and for expressing your concerns. Either way, I hope to have it resolved - even if it means that I'm found to have been incorrect with my assessment of the SPI case. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Regarding Zarb-e-Sukhan
= Can you help to reopen the article, Zarb-e-Sukhan of Ehsan Sehgal which was dishonestly removed, while it had multiple authentic sources, even though, ill motives contributors removed that unfairly. I found it on Google search - https://en.wikiredia.com/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Zarb-e-Sukhan. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.194.208.220 (talk) 11:17, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
- This link you provided is not to an official Wikimedia host or domain. Why are you using this website instead of the Wikimedia official domain? If you click on this link, you'll find that the article is a redirect to Ehsan Sehgal, which exists just fine... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
I would like my email removed from my page history that I created
Would like my email removed from my page history I created yesterday. Dragoreman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragoreman (talk • contribs) 19:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
PeterJack1 Sockpuppets
Hi. It appears you were the administrator that blocked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Peterjack1 back in April 2019. Based on several factors, such as the articles where active, content added/changed/removed, activities, tone/behavior, I suspect that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/68.160.217.229 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Smith0124 may be sockpuppets of Peterjack1. I think an investigation is appropriate. For example. both the IP address and Smith0124 have an affinity for NY area highways and the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election (a very specific interest area). Also, Smith0124, like Peterjack1 before, likes to make and defend specific and particular edits on many NY area highways and is insensitive to criticism (such as poor sourcing or word usage). I also want to mention Smith0124 was recently blocked for 24 hours for edit warring (a block that was lifted by another admin). I could be wrong and I don't have the time and resources to investigate, so I wanted to bring this to the attention of those who do. Thanks. 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:07, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
––Hi, just as update, I also believe that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mark_P._8301 is affiliated and may be a sockpuppet of the several accounts I listed above. My main proof, other than the roadway and video game articles that this uses edits, the Mark P 8301 user page seems to have been created by Smith0124 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mark_P._8301&action=history). Thank you for your assistance. 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:27, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) definitely needs investigation: the user page creation by another user is a big red flag for me. Perhaps you could make a post on their SPI page. It is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Peterjack1. You could copy and paste what you have written here there in a new report. You can follow the instructions on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations to make the report or I can copy your statements if you want. Thanks for finding this and happy editing, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 16:42, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Dreamy Jazz, thanks for responding. Do you mind copying my statements and making the report? I am still learning my way around and do not want to do it improperly. Thank you and happy editing to you, too! 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:49, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- I have copied your statements to the Sockpuppets investigation page. Thanks, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 16:57, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Dreamy Jazz, thanks for responding. Do you mind copying my statements and making the report? I am still learning my way around and do not want to do it improperly. Thank you and happy editing to you, too! 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:49, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- Dreamy Jazz - Thank you for responding and for helping this user while I was offline. Much appreciated. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Suspicious edit/reverts
Oshwah, you might like to see Special:Contributions/109.149.79.79; one of those two edits was of a similar sort (and a nearby IP) and on the same page as one you revdeleted. Thanks, –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:06, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- And a few others on similar topics: [2], [3], and [4]. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:27, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Deacon Vorbis! Thanks for leaving me a message here regarding these talk page comments and your concerns. I've glanced through the diffs you provided, and I've rev del'd the ones I felt were the most necessary (which were serious BLP violations). This is definitely trolling by the same person; my primary concern given the timeline is to have any BLP violations or other serious matters removed. ;-) Thanks again for letting me know about this. If you run into any more edits by this person, please let me know. If the edits need to be ran over with the "revy devy", just remember to send those requests to me by emailing them instead of leaving them here for anyone to read. As of the time of this writing, my user talk page has 1015 user accounts that actively watch it. Messages with rev del or OS requests that are left here will almost always trigger the Streisand effect as users read the message and quickly rush over to view the revision and the content before they lose the ability to see it. This results in the content receiving the opposite level of attention than we want to give to it. ;-) Thanks again for the message, and I wish you a great day and happy editing. :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Overwriting your comment - sorry
Sorry I overwrote your comment accidentally. I don't know why it did that. I should have gotten an edit conflict notice, shouldn't I? I only noticed what happened when I peeked at my contribs and saw my comment reduced the page's size. -Crossroads- (talk) 05:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Crossroads! Thanks for the message! Ahh, no worries... it's no big deal. I've accidentally done the exact same thing a number of times before, too... It's an accident. They happen. ;-)
- To answer your question: Yes, you normally should be redirected to an edit conflict notice page in the event that you've attempted to publish changes to a page or section that has since changed after you started editing it. However, this won't happen in certain cases. The usual case where accidental overwriting happens is when someone edits a page and then copies the entire content in order to make the modifications elsewhere (like in Notepad or on a different program). What frequently happens in this scenario is that the editor will close the page after copying the text, and then click "edit" again when they're finished in order to paste the modified content back into Wikipedia. Since they closed the editing page when they copied the text, and then opened a new editing page after they finished their modifications elsewhere, the software doesn't know that they're editing based off an old revision and where new revisions have been published, and it accepts what was pasted and overwrites everything that was updated.
- Thank you for leaving that comment in the ANI discussion. It definitely shows that there are ongoing issues with the user involved. I just hope that the message I left on the editor's user talk page is what helps to turn these issues around. I've managed to help users turn things around with messages like the one I left; all in all, there's nothing to lose by trying. :-) Cheers, and thanks again for the message - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Illegal use of rollback
[5] OK, if you're going to be that way, I'll just use a direct quote from the source. By the way, besides using rollback against policy, falsely accusing someone of violating BLP can also get you blocked. 155.19.91.37 (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC)