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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. | |||
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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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| :Sebastian Roché ] (]) 22:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
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| == Merchandise giveaway nomination == | |||
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| Your bot hasn't been running for about 12 hours as of now and UAA is becoming cluttered. ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 07:21, 5 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| :Thank you very much! <small>] <small><sup>Need help? ''']'''</sup></small></small> 06:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
| :Thanks for pointing that out, it seems I have an error: | |||
| == Since I screwed up the ping == | |||
| Not a HASH reference at ./HBC AIV helperbot.pl line 330. | |||
| 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) | |||
| :I will look into that when I have some time. I have started it back up again. ] 07:44, 5 February 2015 (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) | |||
| == How we will see unregistered users == | |||
| :I have a fix for this but I want to add code that shows me what is causing it so I can test the solution by reproducing the cause. I will try to keep it running in the meantime. ] 20:41, 7 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Re your note on my page: | |||
| ::Short story is I screwed up, bot did nothing wrong, sorry for any concern. I reverted my revert once I could figure out what happened. Sorry, my fault. ] (]) 21:33, 7 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed. | |||
| No worries at all. I was just trying to fix a bug and was concerned I had introduced a new one. I wanted to check with you before turning it back on so it did not edit war with you. If it ever is malfunctioning feel free to block it, you won't hurt its fealings. ] 21:36, 7 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin '''will still be able to access the IP'''. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on ] to help. | |||
| {{ping|Cncmaster}} I think I have fixed the fault, if it does not crash in the next week or so I will publish the new code and raise the required version for the UAA page. Thanks for the report. ] 21:39, 7 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| 18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
| So you deleted my article on majhost, eh? | |||
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| :Given that the IP address will still be visible to vandal fighters I think session based makes the most sense. | |||
| WELL, I'M PUTTING IT BACK!--] (]) 18:03, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| :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) | |||
| :{{ping|LooneyTunerIan}} If you insist on remaking an attack page without sources I will just block you. You have been here 3 years and you know how it works. ] 18:08, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| == 150.101.157.18 == | |||
| :{{ping|Chillum}} It is not an attack article, it was just for reference. Majhost.com is a real image hosting website. Just ask anyone who used it. And besides, don't you have to give the user some kind of warning stamp or something like that on their profile before you attempt to block them? --] (]) 18:16, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| 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) | |||
| ::I just did warn you. You need references and you need to make it neutral. Unreferenced entirely negative articles are deleted on sight, we don't host such articles. If you do recreate it please do not do it in its prior form, take into account our ] verifiability requirements. ] 18:29, 8 February 2015 (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. | |||
| == Please delete talk page? == | |||
| :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) | |||
| Seems I created it after you deleted the page. Heh, my fault. Anyway, I made it to justify the non-notable other CSD criteria since I wasn't sure of attack page covered non BLP. The website isn't notable according to alexa. | |||
| ::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) | |||
| https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Majhost | |||
| ] ] 18:19, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| == Draft Veracity of statements by Joe Biden == | |||
| :Thanks for pointing that out. ] 18:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| 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) | |||
| ::I should be thanking you for being faster than me. :) Cheers! ] ] 18:33, 8 February 2015 (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) | |||
| ==Just don't...== | |||
| :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) | |||
| Chillum while I understand your efforts to help another editor you are doing it for nothing. - ] (]) 21:45, 8 February 2015 (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 am well enough aware of the futility of my efforts. It was worth the try for the benefit of the project but nothing will come of it. ] 22:39, 8 February 2015 (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) | |||
| == Interested? == | |||
| ==Hi!== | |||
| Hi Chillum,<br /> | |||
| You might like to look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:AquitaneHungerForce&diff=prev&oldid=1068820319 | |||
| You must be interested in ] as you had a suspicion. - ] (]) 17:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| ] (]) 12:03, 30 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
| == Bots Newsletter, January 2022 == | |||
| :Yes, I did find those two to be a bit quacky earlier on. Since then it appears to have become more obvious. Thank you for drawing my attention to that. ] 17:11, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| == Thank you for the extended block of 108.25.73.174 == | |||
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| !colspan=2 style="font-size:150%; padding: .4em;"|''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. | |||
| I tried to be civil to him. Really, I did. But due to his constant misdemeanor from the lack of understanding, he had to be dealt with severely. Thank you for that, he won't be causing anymore trouble for a lengthy time. ] (]) 22:17, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| 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. | |||
| :Try to avoid calling other editors childish, even if they are. It is best to just report, block and ignore. ] 22:17, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| <span style="font-size:150%">'''Overall'''</span><br /> | |||
| I will do so in the near future. I see now that there are vandals that can't be reasoned with and best to report instead as you told me. Again, thank you. ] (]) 22:20, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| In the first half of 2020, there were 71 ]s. Of these, {{yeac}} 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with {{nayd}} 8 denied, {{idkc}} 2 withdrawn, and ] 2 expired). | |||
| <span style="font-size:125%">'''January 2020'''</span> | |||
| :Cheers. ] 22:21, 10 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| * {{yeac}} ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ], ] | |||
| *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> | |||
| == A barnstar for you! == | |||
| ] | |||
| * {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] | |||
| *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> | |||
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| * {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] ·] ] | |||
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| * 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). | |||
| |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar''' | |||
| * 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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| <span style="font-size:125%">'''April 2020'''</span> | |||
| |style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for reverting the vandalism done to my user page! :) ] ] 02:13, 11 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| ] | |||
| * {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] ·] ] | |||
| *A ] on the bot noticeboard, "Re-examination of ListeriaBot", was started by ], who pointed out repeated operation outside the scope of its BRFA (i.e. editing pages in mainspace, and adding ] to others). Some said it was doing good work, and others said it was operating beyond its remit. It was <span class="plainlinks"></span> on April 10; the next day it was unblocked, reblocked from article space, reblocked "for specified non-editing actions", unblocked, and indeffed. The next week, several ] were implemented in its code by Magnus; the bot was allowed to roam free once more on April 18. | |||
| *] joined the stable in April, after a BRFA started in December was finally completed. As an adminbot, it was authorized to block ]es belonging to ], public ]s, and ]s. New tasks approved for existing bots included ] (] categories), ] (taking over some tasks from the inactive ]), and ] (updating data at {{tl|Interactive COVID-19 maps}}). Also, ] was approved to scale down non-free ]s — I didn't even know that was a thing. | |||
| * A ] at ] was started by ] about whether ] should explicitly specify that bot operators must be responsive to concerns raised on English Misplaced Pages specifically (as opposed to ], ], ], et cetera). Eventually, the policy was amended to its ]: | |||
| :<blockquote>Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Misplaced Pages. Pages reachable via ], like a talk page at ] or at ] could also be acceptable External sites like ] or ] (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise ]) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.</blockquote> | |||
| <span style="font-size:125%">'''May 2020'''</span> | |||
| ] | |||
| * {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ], ], ] · {{idkc}} ] | |||
| *], 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). | |||
| *General syntax fixing tasks were approved for ], ], ], ], ], and ], as well as ] ], ], and ]. | |||
| *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 ]. | |||
| *On May 12, ] was ]. | |||
| <span style="font-size:125%">'''June 2020'''</span> | |||
| ] | |||
| * {{yeac}} ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] · {{nayd}} ] · {{idkc}} ] | |||
| *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. | |||
| *On June 7, ] blocked ] for ], saying it was "still removing links after request to stop". A couple weeks later, a ] was opened, saying "it is a widely-used and useful bot, but it has one of the longest block logs for any recently-operating bot on Misplaced Pages". While its last BRFA approval was in 2011, its code and functionality had changed dramatically since then, and ] requested that BAG require a new BRFA. Maintainer ] responded that most blocks were from years ago (when it lacked a proper ]), and problems since then had mostly been one-off errors (like a ] in which a ] had "weaponized" the bot to harass editors). | |||
| *] opened a discussion about ], and proposed that they not. He cited a recent case in which a maintainer had said "I can only suppose that the code that is available on GitHub is not the actual code that was running on ". Some disagreed: ] said that "I like free software as much as the next person, and I strongly believe that bot operators should make their bot code public, but I don't think it should be that they must do so". | |||
| *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? | |||
| :*Should we keep using Gerrit for MediaWiki? | |||
| :*What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits? | |||
| These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the February 2022 ''Bots Newsletter''. Tune in, or miss out! | |||
| Signing off... <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">''']'''×''']'''</span> 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
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| == New administrator activity requirement == | |||
| :Any time. ] 02:14, 11 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| {{ivmbox|The administrator policy has been updated with new ] following a successful ]. | |||
| == ] == | |||
| Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have: | |||
| You deleted the page ] on Feb 8. I'd like to see the deletion discussion but have so far not been able to find it. Secondly, you may have used the wrong deletion reason. You cited "Negative unsourced BLP". However, that relates to people while majhost is an internet page. And maybe a thorough rework of the article would have sufficed. I'm not fond of hasty deletions. --] (]) 19:32, 11 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
| #Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR | |||
| #Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period | |||
| Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. | |||
| :Hello. Per ] companies are seen as people by our BLP policy. While I have no objection to a neutral and well sourced article what I deleted was entirely negative and without any sources. Any article on the subject would need to be fundamentally rewritten. It was deleted under ]. ] 19:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| :Speedy deletions are done at the discretion of an administrator, they are not the result of debate. It was marked as an attack page per ] by an editor and I saw it in the category and upon review decided it was an attack page and deleted it at my discretion. ] 19:46, 11 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| Chillum, I want to apologise to you for I made on my talk page a few days ago. It was unnecessarily rude and not even entirely accurate. I doubt that you and I will ever be exchanging Christmas cards, or our opinions of Gamaliel ever coinciding, but I don't despise you, and it was wrong of me to say that I did. ] ] 18:26, 12 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| :I really appreciate that Eric. Thank you. ] 18:27, 12 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| *Response to above paranoid schizophrenic behavior. Not an account holder nor am I a boggy man and never made any claim to be a new user so that makes you a liar as well. It seems your paranoid behavior has led to a knee jerk paranoid action. Sorry but that is the truth that you cannot handle. Hey go ahead and range block, as it a cellular IP you will only block a few million of a major provider. It would be another ignorant but predictable move. Your online friend also salted the well laid out SPI investigation about an obvious sock or meat puppet of RGlouchester and a brand new account Jobrot. Don't worry I saved it and will post elsewhere as more evidence of you get what you pay for which is not much when it is free. Interesting cultish behavior where without any evidence you make false accusation and attempt to bury well founded evidence. Keep up living in your little world of make believe. More evidence that project is failing to come close to its stated goal. Thanks for the evidence and your behavior is a bit rich. ] (]) 23:37, 22 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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| *Outsmarting a paranoid ] is quite easy and if you link my edits to other edits with a similar IP's you will see I have been editing for years so your paranoid behavior is just that. I have been fighting spam, promotional articles, COI, and unprofessional admins for years and quite successfully. Sorry I have to call out unsophisticated foolish behavior but you did it to yourself Chillum. And again no one impersonated you, they just reposted you elsewhere to highlight your paranoid behavior. I have made it very easy for you to see who I am so you will not go after anyone else due to your ]. ] (]) 08:48, 23 February 2015 (UTC) P.S. Keep deleting and I will keep reposting. It only takes 5 minutes to get a new IP so maybe you should reconsider that range block or just leave it up so the community knows. It automatically changes all the time as well, sorry that led you to act paranoid. I am betting you will range block and yes that is a taunt. Of course it would do little good, as I have other access, and block millions but that would be a great move on your part. You could at least block my current IP and all the other one for a least a year or permanently. That would be screwing some other unfortunate sap who just wanted to edit anomalously and highly unlikely ever affect me after tonight due to the thousands of IP the carrier randomly assigns. You could complain to the carrier but they would do nothing as they would have no idea who used to have an temp IP and unlikely to give a ]. Hey a new article to create if you ever decide to do something constructive here. | |||
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- Note: I was once known as Chillum, so perhaps you already know me. HighInBC 20:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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- 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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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)
- 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)
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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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.
Thank you. /Johan (WMF)
18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
- 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)
Hi!
You might like to look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:AquitaneHungerForce&diff=prev&oldid=1068820319 Doctorhawkes (talk) 12:03, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Bots Newsletter, January 2022
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Hello. You are listed as a member of the Bot Approvals Group but it appears you may not be actively helping in this area anymore. Do you intend to return to BAG-related activity on Misplaced Pages, or are you happy to be removed from this list? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:02, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
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- Yes this is the best move. Sorry I was not more helpful. HighInBC 20:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Welcome back?
Hello, HighInBC,
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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