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New South Wales Marine Corps
Hi Euryalus, Happy New Year. Note: I still remember that when I was taught to spell in Australia (it never really took all that well), in the mid to late 1950s, it was "i-ZED-e-d". Times change. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 22:48, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Regarding this
That IP is a longtime troll and nothing they do should be taken seriously. I am actually also working on the article at the moment as well. —DangerousJXD (talk) 11:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
- @DangerousJXD: Yep. Materialscientist beat me to the first block, but I got the second one. If the return let me know and will semi-protect the page. Be good, however, if you could add some more references to demonstrate notability. I imagine that this should be fairly easy for such a lengthy franchise, but a) it's not my area, and b) i'm on a mobile device so research work isn't ideal. Good luck with your article improvemens, and please do remove the tags once you've added some refs and strengthened the notability claim. -- Euryalus (talk) 11:45, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
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- I'm just about finished for the day so I won't be around for about nine hours. Judging by their recent activity, they'll probably return in two hours with some other tactic. References will be in the article within three days, probably tomorrow. —DangerousJXD (talk) 11:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
DYK for HMS Stork (1756)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Your removal of Extended confirmed from Marlo Jonesa
Hey there, quick question, Per Motion, the Arbitration committee has specifically said:
–Administrators are not permitted to remove the extendedconfirmed user group as a discretionary sanction. −Administrators must not remove the extendedconfirmed user group as means of bypassing defined arbitration enforcement procedures (for example, removing the user group as a normal administrative action to avoid banning an editor from the Gamergate controversy article.
Your removal seems to be counter to that motion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.40.144.21 (talk) 13:04, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hi, and thanks for the message. The removal was not a discretionary sanction or a "normal administrative action;" it was the outcome of a defined arbitration enforcement procedure at WP:AE. -- Euryalus (talk) 13:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Emporium Melbourne
Hi there
You deleted the article Emporium Melbourne last August. Could you please restore it to Draft:Emporium Melbourne so I can see whether the article can be brought up to scratch? There is clearly some interest in it with several previous attempts and numerous articles linking there.
Many thanks. —sroc 💬 15:15, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Sroc: Done, it's at User:sroc/Emporium Melbourne. Went with userspace draft rather than just Draft, as I've noticed the occasional tendency in draft cleanup drives for draft articles to be moved into mainspace prematurely and then speedy deleted. Good luck with expanding and sourcing the article. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:06, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Quarterly Milhist Reviewing Award: Oct to Dec 16
Military history reviewers' award | ||
On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons for reviewing a total of 2 Milhist articles at PR, GAN, ACR or FAC during the period October to December 2016. Your ongoing efforts to support Wikipedia's quality content processes are greatly appreciated. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste |
- Thanks, though two reviews is pretty poor for a quarterly tally. Will do better for the Jan-March report. -- Euryalus (talk) 09:28, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017
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A barnstar for you!
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
Thank you! Marlo Jonesa (talk) 22:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC) |
- Thanks, but assume this is meant ironically as my response was not especially diplomatic.-- Euryalus (talk) 01:52, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
- I wanted to thank you for your efforts, anyway thank you and apologize for the inconvenience, wish you a happy day.--Marlo Jonesa (talk) 02:04, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Jimbo's user talk
First of all, thanks for intervening in my argument with Beyond My Ken. I agree that letting it continue the way it had been going wasn't likely to be productive.
That said, I'm concerned about what the eventual outcome will be if we just cut if off. As I mentioned in that thread, I have past experience with other editors following me from one discussion to another, assuming bad faith about all of my edits. When that happens and nothing is done to address the root issue, it can go on for years.
In this case my concern is that the same argument, about whether the circumstances of my 2010 topic ban excuse other editors from having to assume good faith about any of my edits, will just resume on some future talk page where I decide to participate. (And that's something else I've experienced in the past.) Short of requesting an interaction ban, can you think of any way to avert that outcome? --Captain Occam (talk) 07:49, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the message. Really, i'd just go edit some articles. If you're concerned that others may try to mischaracterise your work, try working in some uncontroversial fields to start - that way any bad faith exhibited by others will be more easily identifiable as such. If people deliberately hound you, raise his on the relevant noticeboards, but otherwise just build up a solid editing record and you'll find that some of the naysayers lose their impact. You also mentioned a GA you worked on some years ago - pick an article you like and make another one. In my view that's more rewarding than any number of abstruse discussions on Jimbo's talk page.
- Just suggestions - you're not prohibited in any way from continuing your Jimbo's discussion, but it's really going nowhere at present and I'd say it's time to move along to some content work.
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- I'd appreciate you and the other arbitrators taking a look at these edits: [1] [2] [3] I don't expect this to necessarily change the nature of your advice for me, but it's relevant to one of the things I recently brought up on the ArbCom mailing list. When I expressed concern there about other users possibly trying to spread their grievances from the R&I arbitration case into other topics, I got the impression that ArbCom thought I was just being paranoid.
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- As I said in Jimbo's user talk, I experienced basically the same thing from other users before my ban, so this is all very predictable. Do these edits give ArbCom better understanding of why my concerns are justified? --Captain Occam (talk) 23:51, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- You're correct; those were inappropriate edits, and they've been removed. I note the editor who made them has also agreed not to do it again, and nor should they. There will understandably be some people who are less than welcoming given the previous ban, but as above I think these will fade over time if you now build up a productive content editing record. As a personal opinion, the Jimbo Wales talk thread is not especially productive and doesn't help cast your current editing in a new light. But as above, you're not "prohibited" from continuing it in any way. -- Euryalus (talk) 00:03, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
- As I said in Jimbo's user talk, I experienced basically the same thing from other users before my ban, so this is all very predictable. Do these edits give ArbCom better understanding of why my concerns are justified? --Captain Occam (talk) 23:51, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Once again!
I've made a request on extended confirmed but has been rejected again!!?.--Marlo Jonesa (talk) 17:13, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Marlo Jonesa: Hi, apologies for delay in replying - its 83 degrees here so am a bit slow moving. You are still editing within the prohibited topic area, and those edits will continue not to count toward approval for extendedconfirmed. Suggest in the first instance you discuss this with Samtar as the declining admin. -- Euryalus (talk) 05:17, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
- No problem at all, thank you and good day.--Marlo Jonesa (talk) 13:46, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Signpost Arbitration interview request
Hi there. I am lead writer for the Signpost's "Arbitration Report" and am wondering if you would be interested in answering some interviews questions as a newly elected Arbitrator. The questions can be asked through email, unless answering them here would be a more suitable choice. GamerPro64 20:26, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
- @GamerPro64: Feel free to ask any questions here. -- Euryalus (talk) 21:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)