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* '''Hello and welcome to my talk page! Click the + button at the top of the page to create a new discussion or use any of the "edit" buttons to contribute to an already existing discussion.'''
== I am out of here ==
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* '''Note:''' I was once known as Chillum, so perhaps you already know me. ] 20:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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:Hello there,
:Since i have been blocked with adding my own credits (I think by you) , i was wondering if you could update my page with my new Paramount plus series"1923" in which I play Father Renaud and other credits which you can find on Imdb and also is it possible to change the photo that was posted by a fan with a more flattering and recent photo of me. The one that is posted is from 10 years ago.
:Thank you
:I was wondering when I can have access to my own page to correct the errors made by the people administering my page. I still struggle to understand how Misplaced Pages can do this. I would be willing to work with an administrator in tandem to give them the right info.
:Thank you
:Best
:Sebastian Roché ] (]) 22:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC)


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Because the community has been consistently failing to protect its members from abuse, and because those that do attempt to prevent such abuse are treated so hostile I am out of here. I will find a project that has minimum requirements for treating people with decency, I don't want to relive grade school again. I love the idea of Misplaced Pages but I don't see why I should keep getting kicked in the teeth and ask for more. Cya. ]<small> <sup>(Need help? ])</sup></small> 03:50, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

*Chillum, no arm-twisting here, but I for one am sad to see you go. Feel free to come back and wipe your a** with MF's comments. Happy trails. ] (]) 04:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
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:Thank you very much! <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 06:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

== Since I screwed up the ping ==

It's not an issue directly concerning to you, but since I mentioned your recent discussion with Neutralhomer at ], I figure I should notify you. See ]. --] (]) 03:10, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
:Thank you for letting me know. I am frustrated with this user. I tried to help them and they took an adversarial position with me. I may comment on the discussion, but I will not be supporting an unblock at this time. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 11:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
::In the course of catching up with what I've missed the last day or so, I re-read his talk page and your discussion with him, and realized I stepped on your toes a little, bringing this to AN/ANI after you said you'd consider doing so. Sorry. --] (]) 00:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
:::Oh not at all. I did decline to do so after he got impatient, but I mentioned that perhaps another admin would like to. You can give someone advice, but you can't stop them from making a mistake. I knew their request would end badly if made this early, but sometimes people just have to see with their own eyes. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 00:40, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
If he sticks to ''not'' evading his block. I'll support his unblock in April 2022, even though he did (months ago) suggest that I was a bigot or racist, because I questioned another editor's competency. ] (]) 00:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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:Given that the IP address will still be visible to vandal fighters I think session based makes the most sense.

:However has a hybrid approach been considered? If someone shows up with no cookie using an IP than has been used in the last week just append to it. So User:Anon3406 becomes User:Anon3406-2 or something similar. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 23:43, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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On 10 December, you wrote at ] that you had blocked the IP from editing. It doesn't seem to have worked (unfortunately, see ]. Not that I'm seeking a 'normal' disruption block - yet. I just thought you might want to know.) --] (]) 15:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

:Hi John. As with all IP blocks, the block I did was temporary. It was for 2 weeks. It is very common for IPs to change owners. I looked at the IPs most recent editing and am not seeing any clear indication it is the same person. I believe the original block has served its purpose.

:If there is a fresh issue with this IP please feel free to let me know here and I will look closer at the matter. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 23:15, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
::Ah, ok, I inferred (!) that it had to be a static IP, else why complain? Of course that presupposes that the author knows about such arcane lore, which is a big suppose. "No further action at this time". --] (]) 16:35, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

== Draft Veracity of statements by Joe Biden ==

greetings: i will ask you because you seem less hysterical than the admin who declined my unblock request. there exists on Misplaced Pages an article on the veracity of statements made by Donald Trump, and if you look at the deleted revisions for the deleted draft (overlooking my juvenile and POV terminology for Pres Biden) you will see quite a few links to reliable sources questioning the truthfulness of Pres Biden. these links could demonstrate notability for this topic imo, but before i even bother with trying to restart the article i would like to ask you whether this article would stand a chance in hell of surviving on Misplaced Pages. plz advise if you would be so kind. sincere thanks, ] (]) 00:15, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

:Articles about ] are held to a much higher standard. Perhaps such an article could exist, however it would be held to those much higher standards. Frankly having read what you wrote I doubt you are willing and able to meet such standards. I suggest you find another subject to contribute to Misplaced Pages on. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 00:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

:I also find {{ping|Yamla}}'s interpretation of your block and the actions leading up to it to be very reasonable and far from "hysterical". This gives me further doubts at your capacity to judge your own writing relative to the standards of the project. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 00:42, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

well alright im not going to get defensive over that but i think simply the act of asking you versus how i did it before was an improvement but alright sorry i bothered you. ] (]) 03:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

:I don't think it was a competency issue. I think it is a bias issue. That article you wrote was clearly an attack on a political figure you don't like. It was not a mistake based on ignorance, it was an intentional attack page. While I am very confident that I can improve a user who is struggling to understand the goals of Misplaced Pages, I have little confidence that I can convince someone with a strong political bias to act in a neutral fashion. <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 06:24, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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You might like to look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:AquitaneHungerForce&diff=prev&oldid=1068820319
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== Bots Newsletter, January 2022 ==

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Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Misplaced Pages's ''Bots Newsletter'', your source for all things ]. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Misplaced Pages's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever.

Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost ''two'' years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020.

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*A new ] release dropped support for ], and it was expected that support for ] would be removed in coming updates. ] itself planned to drop Python 2 support in 2022.
*Two new bots dropped in January 2020: ], the successor to ], and ], whose task was to perform a weekly update of four "massive" wikitables for ].
*], an ] operated by ] since 2006, was ] after going berserk on categories that hadn't yet been ]'d.

<span style="font-size:125%">'''February 2020'''</span>
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*On February 1, some ] were raised about ] performing "nonsense" edits. Semi-active operator ] (who originally coded the ] of ]) was pinged. Meanwhile, the bot was temporarily <span class="plainlinks"></span> for several hours until the issue was diagnosed and resolved.
*On February 18, ] got into a <span class="plainlinks"></span> with ], and had to be partially-blocked from ].

<span style="font-size:125%">'''March 2020'''</span>
* {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] ·] ]
* In March, a long ] was started at ] by ] about the troubling trend of bots "expiring" without explanation after their owners became inactive. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- ] changes break code, hosting providers' software updates break code, hosting accounts lapse, software changes make bots' edits unnecessary, and policy changes make bots' edits unwanted. The most promising solution seemed to be ] hosting (although it has some problems of its own, like the occasional necessity of refactoring code).
* Some of the twelve bot tasks approved this month were ] (removing blocked users from ]), and ] (removing ''unblocked'' users from ]). ] was approved to refine geographic stub tags. New bots approved this month were ] (to patrol ]), ] (to merge stub tags), and ] (fixing DISPLAYTITLE modifications, DEFAULTSORT errors and broken behavior switches in ]).
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*], an impressively meta bot task, was approved this month for maintaining a list of bots running on the English Misplaced Pages. The page, located at ], is updated every 24 hours; it contains a list of all accounts with the bot flag, as well as their operator, edit count, last activity date, last edit date, last logged action date, user groups and block status.
*Other approvals for this month were ] (processing redirects in {{tl|R from scientific name}}), ] (allowing users to schedule bot reminders for themselves), ] (removing blocked/locked users from ]), ] (updating ]), ] (adding <nowiki>{{</nowiki>]|living=no<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to talk pages where their associated article is in a year of death category), and ] (deleting and nominating empty categories).
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*Seven bots who fell below ] (with neither the bots nor their operators having any edits or logged actions in two years) had their bot flags removed. They were ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
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*In July 2017, ] made a ] that a section of the ] be devoted to bots and technical issues. In November 2019, ] code was written superseding ]'s tasks on that page, and operator ] was asked to stop them so that the new code could be deployed. After no response to pings, a ] of Legobot for the dashboard was proposed. Some months later, on June 16, Headbomb said: "A full block serves nothing. A partial block solves all current issues Just fucking do it. It's been 3 years now." The next day, however, Legoktm disabled the task, and the dashboard was successfully refactored.
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*Two new bots had their first BRFAs approved: ], to replace ] for handling the ], and ], to remove {{tl|user sandbox}} from articles in draftspace using ].

<span style="font-size:150%">'''Conclusion'''</span><br />
* What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?
:*Will Citation bot ever be set free to roam the project?
:*What's the deal with all those book links that ] is adding to articles?
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:*What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits?
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== Avoiding edit war ==

Hello, Last year I got in trouble for edit warring (you denied my appeal), and I would like to avoid that this time. I have changed some of the language I was proposing last year for ] to address some of the objections raised at that time. Some of the editors from that time are knee-jerk reverting/deleting this content without really engaging in good faith on the talk page. I have requested mediation on WP:DNR. One question I have is this: If I am engaged in an edit war with another user, aren't we both guilty of edit warring? This is the aspect of the policy I don't understand. Other users have made little effort to ], ], or ]. ] (]) 00:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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I was looking at an old AFD you participated in and hovered over your name to see when you were last active and saw you were editing today. I hope you are returning! We could use more admin help plus it's great to see once active editors come back after a WikiBreak. Hope to see you around the project. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 00:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

:I am popping in from time to time. Good to be noticed though! <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 16:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

== What is, or who are "Alcase"? ==

I happened upon an article titled , (a finely crafted slander against Misplaced Pages), and couldn't find anything at all about "Alcase.org". It's "About Us" section gives no hint. I emailed brian@alcase.org, (provided by them), linking them to my userpage, my (), and a 2020 "Independent" article titled . I politely expressed the view that their article is wholly misleading and suggested they ought to take it down. I suspect their target audience are sheep and that Alcase are a religious sect "tending the flock". A search for Alcase turns up an unending series of ads for holidays in Alsace, and nothing else.

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  • Note: I was once known as Chillum, so perhaps you already know me. HighInBC 20:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello there,
Since i have been blocked with adding my own credits (I think by you) , i was wondering if you could update my page with my new Paramount plus series"1923" in which I play Father Renaud and other credits which you can find on Imdb and also is it possible to change the photo that was posted by a fan with a more flattering and recent photo of me. The one that is posted is from 10 years ago.
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I was wondering when I can have access to my own page to correct the errors made by the people administering my page. I still struggle to understand how Misplaced Pages can do this. I would be willing to work with an administrator in tandem to give them the right info.
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Thank you very much! HighInBC 06:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Since I screwed up the ping

It's not an issue directly concerning to you, but since I mentioned your recent discussion with Neutralhomer at WP:AN, I figure I should notify you. See Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard#Block_review_of_Neutralhomer. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:10, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. I am frustrated with this user. I tried to help them and they took an adversarial position with me. I may comment on the discussion, but I will not be supporting an unblock at this time. HighInBC 11:32, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
In the course of catching up with what I've missed the last day or so, I re-read his talk page and your discussion with him, and realized I stepped on your toes a little, bringing this to AN/ANI after you said you'd consider doing so. Sorry. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Oh not at all. I did decline to do so after he got impatient, but I mentioned that perhaps another admin would like to. You can give someone advice, but you can't stop them from making a mistake. I knew their request would end badly if made this early, but sometimes people just have to see with their own eyes. HighInBC 00:40, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

If he sticks to not evading his block. I'll support his unblock in April 2022, even though he did (months ago) suggest that I was a bigot or racist, because I questioned another editor's competency. GoodDay (talk) 00:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Given that the IP address will still be visible to vandal fighters I think session based makes the most sense.
However has a hybrid approach been considered? If someone shows up with no cookie using an IP than has been used in the last week just append to it. So User:Anon3406 becomes User:Anon3406-2 or something similar. HighInBC 23:43, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

150.101.157.18

On 10 December, you wrote at User talk:150.101.157.18 that you had blocked the IP from editing. It doesn't seem to have worked (unfortunately, see User talk:150.101.157.18#Caduceus. Not that I'm seeking a 'normal' disruption block - yet. I just thought you might want to know.) --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 15:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi John. As with all IP blocks, the block I did was temporary. It was for 2 weeks. It is very common for IPs to change owners. I looked at the IPs most recent editing and am not seeing any clear indication it is the same person. I believe the original block has served its purpose.
If there is a fresh issue with this IP please feel free to let me know here and I will look closer at the matter. HighInBC 23:15, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Ah, ok, I inferred (!) that it had to be a static IP, else why complain? Of course that presupposes that the author knows about such arcane lore, which is a big suppose. "No further action at this time". --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft Veracity of statements by Joe Biden

greetings: i will ask you because you seem less hysterical than the admin who declined my unblock request. there exists on Misplaced Pages an article on the veracity of statements made by Donald Trump, and if you look at the deleted revisions for the deleted draft (overlooking my juvenile and POV terminology for Pres Biden) you will see quite a few links to reliable sources questioning the truthfulness of Pres Biden. these links could demonstrate notability for this topic imo, but before i even bother with trying to restart the article i would like to ask you whether this article would stand a chance in hell of surviving on Misplaced Pages. plz advise if you would be so kind. sincere thanks, 173.87.170.14 (talk) 00:15, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Articles about living or recently deceased people are held to a much higher standard. Perhaps such an article could exist, however it would be held to those much higher standards. Frankly having read what you wrote I doubt you are willing and able to meet such standards. I suggest you find another subject to contribute to Misplaced Pages on. HighInBC 00:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
I also find @Yamla:'s interpretation of your block and the actions leading up to it to be very reasonable and far from "hysterical". This gives me further doubts at your capacity to judge your own writing relative to the standards of the project. HighInBC 00:42, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

well alright im not going to get defensive over that but i think simply the act of asking you versus how i did it before was an improvement but alright sorry i bothered you. 173.87.170.14 (talk) 03:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I don't think it was a competency issue. I think it is a bias issue. That article you wrote was clearly an attack on a political figure you don't like. It was not a mistake based on ignorance, it was an intentional attack page. While I am very confident that I can improve a user who is struggling to understand the goals of Misplaced Pages, I have little confidence that I can convince someone with a strong political bias to act in a neutral fashion. HighInBC 06:24, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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Yes this is the best move. Sorry I was not more helpful. HighInBC 20:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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I was looking at an old AFD you participated in and hovered over your name to see when you were last active and saw you were editing today. I hope you are returning! We could use more admin help plus it's great to see once active editors come back after a WikiBreak. Hope to see you around the project. Liz 00:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

I am popping in from time to time. Good to be noticed though! HighInBC 16:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

What is, or who are "Alcase"?

I happened upon an article titled [ The Questionable Validity of General Booty Misplaced Pages, (a finely crafted slander against Misplaced Pages), and couldn't find anything at all about "Alcase.org". It's "About Us" section gives no hint. I emailed brian@alcase.org, (provided by them), linking them to my userpage, my (xtools history), and a 2020 "Independent" article titled Can we trust Misplaced Pages? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong. I politely expressed the view that their article is wholly misleading and suggested they ought to take it down. I suspect their target audience are sheep and that Alcase are a religious sect "tending the flock". A search for Alcase turns up an unending series of ads for holidays in Alsace, and nothing else.

Either way, Admin need to read the article, (my email to them available, should anyone want it). Mark 11:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

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