NE Ent has decided there are too many wikibreak templates to sort through, so let's just say he'll be gone awhile and feels awkward referring to himself in the third person.
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Angry Young Editors
Nice reference! They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known! It's either sadness or euphoria.[1]--Milowent • hasspoken 13:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gamaliel and others date extensions
The evidence and workshop closing dates and the proposed-decision date have been extended to 6, 13 and 23 May, respectively. For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 17:37, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Clarification request motion enacted
A motion resulting from your clarification request has been enacted and is archived at WT:Arbitration/Requests#Clarification request: Oversight blocks (May 2016). For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 16:02, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
ANI
Why on earth would you object to a {{NAC}} template being put by your name in a ANI case closure? I always used put one in when I closed a case before I became an admin and other editors routinely include them. It's not controversial and it's useful to note when a case has been closed by an admin and when it has not, it matters to some editors. Liz Read! Talk! 20:37, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
In order of importance:
- That was not a good thread. If it continued, someone could have gotten hurt. Given the original poster is a fairly new editor, but one who has contributed 4k mainspace edits, and, at 75% mainspace, is not a dispute resolution board regular, it was in the best interest of the project if he was gently firmly encouraged to move on. We didn't need more of a pile-on, and we didn't need him digging a deeper hole.
- Per Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Archive_12#Review, there is no particular significance to whether a thread is closed by an editor with or without a mop, unless implementing the close requires the technical abilities of the administrator WP:UAL.
- Because the editor was new, they could have interpreted your attaching the stigma of "nac" to the close as an invitation to the poster revert my close and resume digging, or another editor to revert to continue piling on.
- If you read the documentation of {{nac}}, it clearly says "This template should be added after the closing rationale when a non-administrator user closes a deletion discussion." While there's a metaphysical argument that closing an ANI thread is "deleting drama," we both not that's not what is meant by "deletion discussion" on Wikipedia. If other editors choose to misuse the nac template, it's not that important to me, but I'd prefer not to b perceived as someone who doesn't follow best practices.
- If it matters to an editor what privileges another has, they can use Special:ListUsers.
- Per WP:TPO, altering other's comments (except in the special cases listed), is kind of rude. Imagine if an editor went around after your posts adding (Woman) to your signature, because it matters to some editors.
P.S. The AC:A/N facepalm was totally unnecessary -- it wasn't logical to expect the committee to post a notice about Gamergate related decision on a case they're repeatedly saying is not about Gamergate. I only noticed because I had the page watchlisted. NE Ent 02:19, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Amendment at AE
Hi, NE Ent, thought you might want to take a second look at your most recent edit to AE. Your "violation" diff points to Wordsmith imposing the topic ban and not to any edit by MB. -Starke Hathaway (talk) 02:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
- oops, that was silly; fixed it, thanks. NE Ent 02:50, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
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There is nothing wrong with this title https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Legacypac/Godsymoves so why tag it for G10? Was that an error? Legacypac (talk) 14:36, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
- Did I did it by accident? Nope. Was it declined by the reviewing admin? Yes, so according to that individual the G10 tag was inappropriate. Doesn't actually matter to me -- I'm actually trying to help you. Of the five editors listed at [2], three are currently blocked. Having an open ANI thread with your name in it is a risk; up to you whether you want to face it or not. Rather than worry about whether a page with another editor's name on it is, or is not, appropriate, it is safer to have a non-descript name. Drafting it off-wiki, as BaseballBugs suggested in the ANI thread, is even better. My free advice to you remains to {{Db-u1}} the redirect and work out of the sandbox, but that's entirely your choice.NE Ent 00:22, 6 May 2016 (UTC)