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User talk:194.75.171.33

I can see where the user undid edits by an administrator, but not administrative actions (which would be AFD and other discussion closures, and handling requests for unblock or edits to protected articles). Does this refer to edits that have now been deleted from the contributions page? Peter James (talk) 22:40, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Your RFA vote

Please substitute your templates. Not doing so will cause the bot to ignore you and throw off the tally. I have done so for you in the Callanec RFA.—cyberpower _Online 14:38, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Recovering a deleted page's content

I see that the resolution of the debate on List of Web Performance Resources was delete, but I would like to obtain the most recent content of the article so I can move it elsewhere. I understand that this content is not appropriate for Misplaced Pages, so I would like to add it to a more appropriate place. Is there any way you can get that to me? Jnklein314 (talk) 22:49, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Jnklein314: I've sent you an email with the page's contents at the time of deletion. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 22:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I got it. Cheers, Jnklein314 (talk) 22:55, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Potential sockpuppet of Levineps

Recently, User:Oriole85 (contribs) has been sporadically popping up on my watchlist for category-related changes. A lot of new users do that, so it wasn't a particularly noteworthy thing for me. But then he kept showing up with a higher frequency, oftentimes making (what I thought to be) completely unnecessary over-categorizations to articles. I've been on Misplaced Pages long enough to know that User:Levineps (contribs) is one of the most notorious over-categorizers we've ever seen (and has the community sanctions, block records, and bans to show for it). So, I did about two minutes' worth of research and discovered that Oriole85's account was created / his edits began on November 5, 2013. When was the last edit by Levineps? November 4, 2013. That is not a coincidence IMO. I don't have (a) the time right now, nor (b) the motivation to formally open an SPI, but I'm hoping that one of the many people I'm notifying about this does. If you're wondering why you're being pinged about this, it's because I saw where you were one of the people who has left messages on Levineps' talk page at some point regarding his inappropriate editing. So now, in addition to all of the aforementioned issues with Levineps, it looks like a probably sockpuppet to throw into the mix. Jrcla2 (talk) 05:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Jrcla2: I appreciate the heads up and have blocked both accounts. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 15:50, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Re:

I actually undid the change because I thought it was legitimate... until I saw that he was a sock of someone who had been banned/blocked for aggressive overcategorization. ViperSnake151  Talk  17:34, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Thomas A. O'Donnell categories

Hello. You made 2 category changes here. I can't figure out the rationale. Seems the other categories were more specific. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 18:18, 5 December 2013 (UTC) Oh. Actually I see you are reverting a sock. If you don't mind, I'll put in the more specific categories myself. 18:21, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

WTF.

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, like your non-existent edit summary, perhaps you should be as considerate of others as you demand for your own actions. The "Edit Summery" is for *everyone*, not just the Hoi Polloi such as myself. =//= Johnny Squeaky 22:40, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not going to put in an edit summary for the over 1,000 edits that were done by this user, and I'm not required to do so. Perhaps you should read our WP:ROLLBACK policy again my friend. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 23:11, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Parent categories and sub categories

I've noticed that you have been removing many articles from categories and adding parent categories. As an example, I just reverted Todd Mitchell where you removed "Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio" and added "People from Toledo, Ohio." Per WP:SUBCAT, articles should rarely be in both and there really isn't a reason this article (and many like it) should be in the less specific parent category when the entire sub-category is already in it. I just wanted to give you a heads up that I plan to revert the basketball articles where this was done. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 01:10, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, now I get what you were doing. There were still several instances where valid sub categories were removed, but I am sure that reverting so many edits you weren't able to spend a lot of time scrutinizing them all. Sorry for the trouble. Rikster2 (talk) 01:32, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

I understand your intentions were good... but I'm getting tired of seeing editors misuse their rollback rights. Simply put, you are not allowed to use rollback to revert policy permitted administrative rollbacks. I'm considering removing the next person's rights who does this. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:38, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

You have reverted a great number of perfectly valid categorizations without any reason that I can comprehend. I've reverted a handful, but I fear it will take quite some time to get them all. Please help me understand what on Earth you thought you were doing. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:30, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

User:Orangemike: You're the 5th person to not take the time to see that the user that made those edits was banned, and that the community has already said they don't want this over-categorization. If you notice... those categories you added back are now deleted. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 15:57, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Coffee, you're not the first admin who has started a mindless march through Misplaced Pages to undo edits by a banned user, without taking even a moment to realize that a significant and overwhelming percentage of the edits you have reverted make Misplaced Pages worse. In classic We had to destroy the village to save it fashion, the failure to take a fraction of a second to distinguish between useful edits and non-useful edits in this editor's case would have shown that the community you are defending is only harmed by your actions. Count me as the sixth person to notice that your actions are making Misplaced Pages worse with each of these indiscriminate reverts. Alansohn (talk) 16:05, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Did you notice that you had added redlinked categories to those articles? I think you're talking out of your ass. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:07, 6 December 2013 (UTC)