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Thanks, and a request

Hello, Swarm. Thank you for deleting several articles that I tagged with G7. I've been looking for an administrator to help me clean up my copyright violations, but so far I haven't found anyone who is both willing to help and on speaking terms with me. Can you help, or suggest another administrator I might contact about this? It would require selective purging of the revision histories of articles, for example Religion and Nothingness, where I removed a couple of paragraphs of copyvio here. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 04:34, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

• @FreeKnowledgeCreator: hey, no problem. I’d be more than happy to help you! Anything you need, just let me know.  Swarm  talk  04:46, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of Homosexuality: A Psychoanalytic Study of Male Homosexuals except for the current version? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 07:40, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:18, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. There may be a delay of a few days before I make another request. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 05:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good, I'll be around. ~Swarm~ {talk} 06:27, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of Sexual Preference (book) beginning with the first edit that started the article on January 4, 2012 (there is a link to it here) and up to and including this edit of May 19, 2016? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 03:21, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~Swarm~ {talk} 00:30, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of The Homosexual Matrix beginning with the edit that started the article on October 1, 2013 and up to and including the edit made here on January 18, 2017? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 03:51, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~Swarm~ {talk} 03:57, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women prior to the edit I made here just a few minutes ago? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 06:35, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~Swarm~ {talk} 14:17, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology starting with this edit, which I made as Polisher of Cobwebs on July 8, 2012 and up to and including this edit? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:06, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

@FreeKnowledgeCreator:  Done ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:47, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Swarm. The next request: could you please remove the visibility of all revisions of Reading Capital beginning with this edit I made as Polisher of Cobwebs on October 23, 2012 and up to and including this edit I made on February 27, 2019? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi Swarm, I saw your profile on the Misplaced Pages:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters page, and I would like to take the chance if I can seek adoption from you.
Some background from me: I created my profile 3 years ago, but I only became active for the past few months. I do part-time Misplaced Pages editing, usually after my full-time job and weekends. Most of my edits are sports stuff and different programs under the Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International organization (listed on my user page).
Whether you would accept or decline, I would like to thank you in advance and God bless you! elivic (talk) 21:13, 12 January 2019 (UTC)elivic

• Yeah, I'd be happy to adopt you! Was there anything specific you wanted help with now, or just someone to contact if you ever need anything? Either is fine, just let me know!  ~~Swarm~~  {talk}  03:25, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Swarm, thank you for your quick response! Either is fine for me as well. For now, I would like to know if there are best practices in creating sports and TV program articles? Advices are highly appreciated as well. Thank you! elivic (talk) 10:34, 14 January 2019 (UTC)elivic

I'm also having this trouble of the article 4th Wish 107.5 Music Awards being speedily deleted because "the subject is not important enough" and "referencing the notability from a high-quality third-party source". Unfortunately, Philippine media does not tend to support competitor TV and/or radio stations, and this event is unGoogleable except for the FM station that presents it. May I get some advice from you regarding this? Thank you in advance! elivic (talk) 15:24, 14 January 2019 (UTC)elivic

It was not deleted because it was "not important enough", it was deleted because it did not "indicate the importance or significance", and looking at the article, I agree. There was no claim of importance or significance. For more information on this concept, see WP:SIGNIFICANCE. But, to simplify, why is that award ceremony important or significant? There are a lot of awards out there, most of which aren't notable, and even the ones that are, that doesn't mean their annual ceremonies are notable. Why should this one get an article?  ~~Swarm~~  {talk}  22:41, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Swarm, this event is the only music awards in the Philippines (maybe the only one in the world as well) that donates money to charities, which are picked by the winners. The advocacy of the founder made it unique through public service. elivic (talk) 15:40, 19 January 2019 (UTC)elivic

@Elivic: Sorry for the delay. Since you have a claim to significance, you shouldn't have this issue again. Just make sure it's reported in the article with a source.  ~~Swarm~~  20:54, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Response to userbox

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		Saw your userbox, just letting my favorite admin know that you are far from useless. And I appreciate everything you do A 10 fireplane 16:22, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

• Wow, thanks for the kind words A 10 fireplane! Much appreciated. Please let me know if there's ever anything you need. Best,  ~~Swarm~~  22:29, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

• No problem, I definitely will A 10 fireplane 23:48, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Your signature

~Swarm~{talk}

Hi Swarm! How is this one? --Ruyaba (talk) 05:29, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

• Hahaha, you've noticed my changing sigs, huh? It's pretty nice. I'll try it out for awhile. Thanks, ~Swarm~{talk} 06:06, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Not a bad looking sig --TheSandDoctor 00:15, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Title customisation

Hey there Swarm, for a while I've been trying to improve my user page in every possible way, and when I came across your custom title, I immediately wanted to add something like it to my own user page. Unfortunately, while I am aware of the DISPLAYTITLE template, I am still a bit of a noob when it comes to HTML and wiki markup. I've had several failed attempts to write a code for my user page, so could you help me out a bit? Cheers! GN-z11 17:43, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

• @GN-z11: Hi. So, I'm not that great at understanding these codes myself, actually, but I can tell you the basics: So, first, you start with {{DISPLAYTITLE: User:GN-z11}} (or User talk: on your talk page obviously). You cannot change the text itself, you can only modify the style, so if you modify any of the text, none of it will work. So, how to modify the style? The basic parameters that I know of are <span style="background:(color);color:(color);font-family:(serif, sans-serif, monospace);text-shadow: (#)px (#)px (#)px (color)">(text being modified)</span>. I've added an example on your user page, here, and I removed the grey background here so you can see the shadow effect (play around with the numbers to get it how you want). You can also add tags like <u> for underline, <i> for italics, <big>, <small>, as I did here. If you have any questions about what I did, just let me know. ~Swarm~ {talk} 03:20, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Swarm: Big kudos! I briefly changed the code you already saved, and voila! Much appreciated. GN-z11 13:05, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@Swarm: could you help me with this title I can't seam to get it wo work A 10 fireplane 19:28, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

@A 10 fireplane: fixed. Note that it will not transclude to your main userpage, you will have to copy the code to the main page and remove "/Userpage" from the title. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:07, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Awesome thank you A 10 fireplane 21:29, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Accepting Adoptees still?

Hello Swarm:

I saw your name on the List of Adopters. Would you consider adopting me? I am trying to be a more experienced user to contribute more efficiently to the project.

Thank you for your consideration.

Kindest Regards, ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 23:16, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

• @MattLongCT: Sure, happy to help! Did you have any questions to start with? If not, feel free to come by any time. ~Swarm~ {talk} 00:11, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

  Swarm, I have no clue what to even ask to be honest. I'm unsure how it normally works. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 02:26, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

  Swarm, Actually, I just thought of something! I've asked this to another user, but I would like a second opinion. I made an RfC, but no one has really commented much on it. I really want to promote it (even if people tell me it's the worst idea they have ever heard), but I do not want to get accused of WP:CANVAS. I'm also trying to be mindful of WP:BLUDGEON, but no one seems to want to respond there besides me... Thoughts? Advice? ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 04:12, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

@MattLongCT: Just to be clear, there's no firm structure to this or expectations from you. I will be here to mentor you as needed. I'll be your point of contact whenever you have questions, need advice or guidance, or if you get into any difficult situations and need assistance. I'll also check in periodically if I don't hear from you for a while. Anyways, to answer your question, it already looks like you've advertised it around pretty well, and it's transcluded at WP:VPP. I actually think it's getting a reasonable degree of attention so far, and it has unanimous support! I would say so far, so good! One more thing you can do though is add it to WP:CENT, which is for discussions with a widespread impact. Since you're proposing an entirely new noticeboard, it would be appropriate to add there. I'll go ahead and add it for you (see below)! Other than that, I honestly think you've advertised it as much as you can! Now all you can do is be patient! :) ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:32, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

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Swarm, woah! Thank you! I wasn't sure whether or not it warrarented being included on WP:CENT since it was unclear whether or not a discussion needs to meet certain participation criteria to get there. I really appreciate the willingness to help, Swarm! ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 02:31, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Anytime. :) ~Swarm~ {talk} 19:58, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

RfAWB

Sorry for annoying you again Swarm, but I've submitted an WP:RFP/AWB request recently and nobody reviewed it. I've contacted other admins but all said they're not familiar with giving extended rights. Since you're (from what I see) the busiest and most active admin in giving extra permissions, could you please review it? Cheers, GN-z11 06:59, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

@Swarm: You seen this yet? GN-z11 10:36, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

@GN-z11:  Done earlier, sorry, I forgot to reply here! ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:16, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Okay, silly question...

How do I get my userpage to be cooler? I can't seem to do anything besides put one userbox on top of another. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 23:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Swarm, Also... another silly question: Do you think I have enough experience to be a WP:rollbacker? I know you generally handle those sorts of things. Cheers! ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 14:08, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

@MattLongCT: So, I'm not a userspace design expert by any means. What little customization I do have has been ripped off of other users over the years! I would say the very fundamental aspects, in my personal opinion, are organized userboxes, and a picture. Beyond that, it all depends on how in-depth you want to go. I made a header, and a list of quick links. You can see the above section for instructions on how to customize the way your user page title displays. Most of my userspace is utilitarian, but in the past, I had a ton of userboxes, interesting photos, a collection of on-wiki quotes that I had saved. But if you really want to get into it, you can look at Worm That Turned's user page, which is heavily customized. I don't know how he did that, but I imagine that you can get something really impressive just by copying his code and tinkering with all the different parameters! My approach: scan around and rip off what you like! To answer your second question, yes, in terms of baseline experience, you're already qualified for Rollback. However, Rollback is reserved for experienced recent changes patrollers, who have demonstrated the ability to correctly screen for and revert vandalism, and appropriately warn users. We need to see that you can differentiate between vandalism and good faith disruptive editing, revert with appropriate edit summaries, issue appropriate warnings. If you'd like to get involved, see WP:RCP and WP:CVU. It's really not difficult for most people, and if you take a day or two to demonstrate experience with anti-vandalism patrol, I'd be happy to grant you Rollback, and Pending changes reviewer as well! ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:15, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Btw, if you have any specific ideas for your userpage and you're just not sure how to implement them, let me know and I'll be happy to assist. ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:32, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

swarm, Oh my gosh that is so helpful!! I'm really trying to diversify my on-wiki experiences. Though, I am already a pending change reviewer. I'll be taking on the task of monitoring WP:RCP when I get home. Thank you again, Swarm!! ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 17:54, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Swarm, alright. Would you mind taking a look at my edits? I think I did some decent anti-vandalism stuff. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 21:24, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

@MattLongCT: Looks fine, I'll go ahead and grant Rollback. That said, it looks like you're going most of your editing manually. Have you tried Twinkle? It makes a lot of things easier, including reverting, issuing templates, warnings and welcomes, making reports to admins, tagging articles, nominating them for deletion, etc. Highly recommend. ~Swarm~ {talk} 10:57, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Swarm, Oh my gosh!! this was the coolest thing I have done! It is so much more efficient!! I've been meaning to check out twinkle, though. I just have to get a handle on it. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk- 15:42, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

@MattLongCT: Haha I know right? It's amazing. Don't get me wrong, I also started off editing manually, and I being able to do so is a fundamental ability that any decent editor needs to master first, before they start using scripts. But it makes it so much easier. You can enable plenty of other helpful tools like this from the "gadgets" page (in preferences). There is also an extended list at Misplaced Pages:User scripts/List. I actually don't use too many, but you may find a few others that would be helpful. ~Swarm~ {talk} 00:53, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

UTRS ticket 23913

Hi,

Just to let you know, User:Jezzy-lam who you blocked, has lodged an unblock request on UTRS. Your input, if you can offer anything further, would be appreciated.-- 5 albert square (talk) 09:08, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

• @5 albert square: I replied at UTRS. In short, I agree with your approach. User has not responded to your queries. ~Swarm~ {talk} 03:57, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the input - perhaps I should have made it clearer that it's just to see if we can restore TPA for them to post an unblock request. I suspect they've not responded because I've asked them to explain their previous edits and why they were wrong which does not fill me with hope because it then looks as if they still don't understand. Sometimes I think blocked editors assume that they will be automatically unblocked if they use the Unblock Ticket Request System *sigh*.-- 5 albert square (talk) 12:56, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Adoption

I was wondering if you were still adopting. If so, can you adopt me? NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 23:25, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes, sure. If you have any questions, let me know. Is there anything in particular you're interested in getting involved with? ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:00, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I was just wondering if you could teach me some of the basics on how to do most of the things on Misplaced Pages like Infoboxes and other stuff on Misplaced Pages pages. NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 13:32, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

• @NerdyKaiExpo: Alright. Well, let's start with the basics. Infoboxes are a little advanced. For a basic introduction on how to edit, see The Misplaced Pages Adventure. Once you've completed it, you can let me know what you're still confused on, and we can get into infoboxes. ~Swarm~ {talk} 23:30, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I finished The Misplaced Pages Adventure. NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 16:41, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

• @NerdyKaiExpo: Awesome! Are you feeling comfortable with the basics of editing, or was there anything you're still unsure about? ~Swarm~ {talk} 18:03, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

I’m pretty comfortable with the basics, and as of right now I havn’t run into anything to difficult but I will come and ask if I do find something. NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 18:12, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good! Remember to indent your posts when you're replying! Did you still have any questions about infoboxes? ~Swarm~ {talk} 18:15, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Yeah do you need to have all of the information filled into the Infobox in order for it to be considered a “complete” Infobox? NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 21:05, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

How do you do the pushpin picture things for Infoboxes? NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 00:46, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

You absolutely do not need to have all of the information filled out. Virtually no infobox does! Whatever is necessary, appropriate, and/or achievable will always suffice. Now, I'm not sure what you mean by "pushpin picture". Can you show me an example? ~Swarm~ {talk} 06:13, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Go to the article Charlotte, North Carolina and look in the Infobox. NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 13:50, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Are you referring to the buttons, where you can switch between the maps? @NerdyKaiExpo: ~Swarm~ {talk} 02:34, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes, but I want to do it with different pictures not maps. NerdyKaiExpo (talk) 17:31, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Well, that infobox parameter is specifically for maps. As far as I know, there's no precedent for using pushpins to switch between general images. We instead use image galleries. However, you may wish to ask at WT:INFOWATCH, they may be able to expand on this subject. ~Swarm~ {talk} 20:45, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Revdeletion

Hi! I saw that you revdeleted the history of Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women – a page I have watchlisted because of the CCI for the author(s). But I'm not immediately seeing where any copyvio has been removed; what am I missing? Best regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:57, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Justlettersandnumbers: Hey! See #Thanks, and a request. FKC is cleaning up their own copyvios, I'm just handling the revdel side of things. If you want the specifics, you'll have to ask them. But, feel free to restore revisions as needed so FKC can show you the diffs. Hope all is well! ~Swarm~ {talk} 14:37, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Swarm – of course a clean-up is very good news. Could I suggest, however, that there should be some sort of trail left of what's been done? Perhaps if FreeKnowledgeCreator would identify the source(s) of the copied material in each case, one of you could then leave a {{cclean}} on the relevant talk-page? Happy to help with this if needed. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:02, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

@Justlettersandnumbers: Okay, that sounds perfectly reasonable to me and I'm willing to do what I can. But, speaking pragmatically, as you can see, we already have a huge number of requests actioned. I'm honestly not sure how feasible it will be to go through every single article again and sift out the source of the original copyvio. Maybe FKC can do it, I'm not sure, but it seems like a fairly large task. ~Swarm~ {talk} 06:11, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

AE – Sarah Jeong

IPs are back to vandalizing the article. Would it be worth restoring WP:ECP for this? —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:31, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, between the vandalism and the recent talk page comments, there is clearly still an issue, as expected. ECP reinstated indefinitely. ~Swarm~ {talk} 01:27, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

No need, but thank you.

For what it's worth the feeling is genuinely mutual. To find myself in disagreement with you...the realisation hit me that perhaps I wasn't being as clear or cogent as I ought to have been. Or like to think myself as! For myself, I'm just sorry if I came across as an officious tosser; have noted the pressure-cooker environment I then did bugger-all to lower the temperature with my replies. I hope you're keeping fine, Swarm—cheers. ——SerialNumber54129 18:07, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Serial Number 54129: Thanks, I appreciate that. I completely feel the same on my end. Your reply is a weight off my shoulders. Getting overly worked up and playing into the escalation of such "pressure-cooker environments" is not ideal, and rationally, I would like to say that I am already above that, but apparently this is one of my many flaws that I have yet to fully eradicate. That said, unpleasant incidents like this are important reminders of the areas I can improve on as an editor, administrator, and person. Sometimes, that's just how we learn. A less experienced Swarm would have implemented the indef unilaterally rather than arguing about it in a discussion, and I'm not going to say I wasn't tempted to, but I've done that sort of thing before, and I've learned that escalating such a situation is not fun or beneficial for anyone, much less the project. I did still let my passion get the better of me, but progress is progress. I'll see you around, Serial Number, and I look forward to our paths crossing on friendlier terms. All the best, ~Swarm~ {talk} 05:18, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

ACC tool access approved

Thank you for your interest in returning to the account creation team. I have verified that you have signed the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information and reactivated your account.

You may now access the interface here. Before you begin handling requests, please ensure you have read and understood the account creation guide and username policy as there have been changes since you were last active. As always, if you have any questions, please ask, and if in doubt on a request, it is always best to ask questions or to unreserve it.

Please also remember to resubscribe to the ACC mailing list before handling any requests. Please pay special attention to the instructions for verifying your on-wiki identity using Special:EmailUser.

Finally, if you'd like access back to our IRC chat channel (#wikipedia-en-accounts ), please join #wikipedia-en-accounts-unreg , and I or another channel operator will get you set up with access again.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again, welcome back! — JJMC89 (T·C) 19:50, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

• Awesome, thanks JJMC89!! I look forward to getting back involved, and I will definitely take my time in re-reviewing the pertinent information. I'll have to retrain myself to use IRC, but I will join the channel so I can consult with others when needed. Is the channel active? I remember back in the day, we'd sit in the IRC chat and wait for the requests to come in. When one did, we'd get a ping, and it was a rush to be the one to reserve the request first. If you weren't in the IRC, you had no chance of catching any of the requests. How things have changed! ~Swarm~ {talk} 02:33, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

  That happened when the backlog was under control. With our current backlog there isn't a need to wait for new requests. The channel isn't too active but there's often some people around to answer questions. — JJMC89 (T·C) 07:55, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

  @JJMC89: Hey, my email is "banned" from the mailing list lol. Can you fix this? ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:10, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

  

  The entire domain was banned due to a period of list subscription spam. I've removed the ban. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:19, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

  @JJMC89: Thanks, but now, when I try to subscribe, I get a message saying "You must GET the form before submitting it." What does that even mean?! ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:21, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

  I've never see that before. I just did a test subscription, and it worked fine. Could you try again? If it doesn't work, then just do the EmailUser part and I'll subscribe you. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:03, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

  @JJMC89: Huh, I tried it multiple times before and got that same error message, but when I just tried it again, it did work. Weird. Anyway, I've subscribed and sent the verification email. Thanks for all your help. ~Swarm~ {talk} 00:06, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

  I haven't received your subscription request. Did you receive the confirmation email from mailman? — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:26, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

  Oh, I didn't realize I needed to confirm. Done now. ~Swarm~ {talk} 00:36, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• Oh, and you can send the subscription fee payment directly to me. ᴵᵗˢ ʷᵒʳᵗʰ ᵃ ᵗʳʸ SQL 02:03, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• Okay, I can't figure out IRC, it's been too long and it's too confusing. ~Swarm~ {talk} 07:28, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

PewDiePie

T Series passed PewDiePie so I don’t know y you change it they passed him for 8 minutes they should be recognized as the most subbed channel unblock It RomanReignsHEEL (talk) 05:24, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

• Please read the talk page. ~Swarm~ {talk} 06:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

T Series should be recognized as the most subbed channel fix it or unprotected the page if you don’t do it I’m giving you until 8:40 PM Feb 24 Eastern Stantard Time,24 hour to fix it From Romanreigns heel RomanReignsHEEL (talk) 01:36, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

• Replied on your talk page. ~Swarm~ {talk} 02:23, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Most Subscribed Youtuber Talk Page section merger

In your full protection statement last night you said that we should have a single discussion. That has not happened and instead people are making spam edit requests and the page looks like spaghetti . IDK if this is necessary but can you give me permission to blank some of these sections and create only 1 talk section about this page convict. BMO4744 (talk) 12:29, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

I am going to do it at 6:00 ust because it is just a hot mess.BMO4744 (talk) 16:53, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

• I planned on cleaning up the talk page, but I’m on mobile and it’s too difficult to do it on a phone. I was gonna consolidate all the protected edit requests into a single section and remove the templates, and then collapse them with {{collapse top}} and {{collapse bottom}}. They are spammy and annoying, but I don’t think outright blanking is permissible under WP:TPO. Feel free to to do this task for me, alternatively, they can be archived. Thanks for your help! ~Swarm~ {talk} 17:02, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Ok, I have cleaned up. I am going to combine the discussion later. IDK how to merge all the different threads into 1 but I will probably just create 1 feed and ask people to only use that feed. BMO4744 (talk) 19:28, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Life of Tau: Please actually read what I said before becoming hostile, and @BMO4744: I specifically explained the forms of cleanup that would be appropriate, and I specifically said that blanking isn't permissible by policy. So I'm not sure why you misrepresented what I said and wrongly claimed you had permission to blank comments. That sort of thing can get you into hot water. Thank you for trying to help out, and thank you Tau for correctly restoring, makes it easier on me. ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:52, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

United States

You clearly haven’t seen Talk:United States#New York or New York City in the Infobox? as well. IWI (chat) 09:09, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Huh? There's no formal, or even informal, consensus in that discussion. But, it appears that more people seem to favor "New York City" over "New York", so I'm not sure what you're getting at. ~Swarm~ {talk} 09:28, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

No, I know, but this proves what the status quo was during the ongoing discussion. So Castncoot was edit warring against status quo, something I think you missed. IWI (chat) 15:29, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

I respect you as an editor but you have definitely made an error. IWI (chat) 21:41, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

The user's immaturity is highlighted as he has removed my comment from his talk page twice and won’t discuss with me. He is circumventing policies and guidelines to get his way (e.g. he has every right to remove my comment, but it’s not exactly a civil thing to do to someone trying to resolve a dispute) and I don’t know how to resolve this and I would like some guidence before I go to noticeboards. IWI (chat) 01:20, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) IWI, you should just let this go. Castncoot is completely within their rights to remove your posts from their talk page and repeated attempts to discuss those removals, either on Castncoot's talk page or elsewhere, is only going to get you into trouble.--regentspark (comment) 02:08, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Hello, would you be able to remove my templateeditor rights.

Hello,

I would like for my templateeditor rights to be removed. I won't need them anymore and so for security it will be better if one less account has the rights.

Thanks, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 18:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Dreamy Jazz, that's a thing people do? You really don't need them... so you are giving them up? (talk page stalker) ―MattLongCT -Talk- 18:55, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

MattLongCT, yes. I am becoming semi-retired, so won't use them. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 18:58, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Dreamy Jazz, oh... that's unfortunate. Just so you know, that is a loss for the project. :') ―MattLongCT -Talk- 19:01, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Will reply on your talk page. ~Swarm~ {talk} 08:31, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

"My sole purpose here is to help."
... you were recipient no. 1866 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

We give thanks, we give thanks ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)

• @Gerda Arendt: Thank you very much! I can't believe it's been a year already! It was a great honor to have been recognized this way in the first place, and to have such an anniversary recognized is humbling. ~Swarm~ {talk} 08:30, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, it was meant to be uplifting, not humbling ;) - I made "we give thanks" my motto for 2019, so can't thank enough. Did you notice Ray's Rules? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Regarding my current ban

I was wondering if I am allowed to use {{Edit request}} to make edits to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Or is that disruptive as well? The reason why I am asking is this. Misplaced Pages has "Blocks may be used to enforce bans" but the page does not reflect the updates that the WMF staff had. Awesome Aasim 17:43, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

PS you may remember me as UpsandDowns1234. Awesome Aasim 17:43, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

@Awesome Aasim: Hey! So, in general, I think you should steer clear of making edit requests for policies and guidelines, because you agreed to "refrain from unnecessary edits or participation in the Misplaced Pages namespace or in any Misplaced Pages meta-processes", unless "related to the uncontentious improvement of articles". That's pretty straightforward. Of course, we can be reasonable and hear you out if you think there's a very good reason to make an exception. What exactly is the issue you need to raise? ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:58, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay. Maybe you can update my username on WP:ER/UC but that's it. I have no plans to appeal my sanctions right now because they are ensuring that I am only making encyclopedia-improving edits and because I now have a better understanding on how policy-related edits are disruptive. Awesome Aasim 22:01, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

 Done. Btw, good job keeping out of trouble. Hope all is well! ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:11, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes Evad37 There'sNoTime Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ritchie333

CheckUser changes There'sNoTime Keegan • Ks0stm Oversight changes There'sNoTime Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Misplaced Pages talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

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TheSandDoctor 23:18, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Noticed your changing signatures

~~Swarm~~{talk}

Hi Swarm,

I've noticed you changed your signatures over the past few weeks. The current one (since last month) only had 2 tildes, so this one above is the same as current, but now with the standard 4 tildes, as noted. How does it look now?

~~AirTSC~~{talk}

• Yeah, I actually had been using the four tildes as a tribute to another user who inspired me to become involved here, who used the four tildes in their sig. I initially adopted this one simply because a user dropped by and suggested this design (they had also noticed me changing sigs). It pained me to drop the four tilde concept, but when I tried the new design with the extra tildes, I realized I liked the smaller, more minimalist design. Part of the reason I kept changing my sigs was because I kept feeling like it was too aggressive, and when I tested this sig with the extra tildes, I still felt that way. This one, for whatever reason, doesn't make me feel like that, so I like it better. Thanks for stopping by though! ~Swarm~ {talk} 20:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

There ain't any Copyvio

Dear Friend, Please look at and help to xplain to Rossguill that there ain't any Copyvio because the text can be used freely via the OTRS decision. Thank you for everything.Borgatya (talk) 12:14, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

• It was just a mistake. No big deal. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:03, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Adoptee Report: Gaming the system from YCTiberius

Page: User:YCTiberius/sandbox

Guideline: WP:GAME

Relevant Links: Special:Diff/886522752

Comment: Clear gaming the system by making 10 sandbox edits to get user autoconfirmed. I recently posted to WP:AN/I, so I don't want to make another post there at the moment. I figured I would submit this to you since you're my adopter. Thank you, –MJL ‐Talk‐ 20:43, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

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YGM

Removal of revision

Hello Swarm, it would be great if you could remove the first version of https://commons.wikimedia.org/search/?title=File%3AEduard_Joseph_Schmidtlein.jpg (22:31, 9 March 2019). Cheers, ~~Metrosideros~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metrosideros (talk • contribs)

@Metrosideros: That file is hosted on Wikimedia Commons, which is a different website (albeit a closely-related sister project of Misplaced Pages). You'll have to make the request over there. ~Swarm~ {talk} 19:07, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Coral Restoration Foundation

Hello Swarm,

This is a repeat of an email to you because I'm not sure of the best way to communicate.

I'm seeking help with publishing a new article on Misplaced Pages and would appreciate your assistance.

The new article is on the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) based in Key Largo, FL. I'm a volunteer with CRF, and I understand Wiki's prohibition against promotion and the advice against authoring an article about an organization that I'm a member of. However, I feel CRF's work is important, and the public needs to see the facts about the many threats to coral reefs worldwide and the vigorous efforts by various organizations and government agencies to mitigate those threats.

In the longer term I'm very interested in working on a variety of issues with Misplaced Pages, particularly vandalism and misinformation. I'm a long term Wiki user and donator. I would like to further the goals of bringing solid factual information out to Wiki users.

So, would you be able to help me with my article?

Thanks! FLkeyseditor (talk) 18:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello Swarm, You haven't responded to my 15 March request for adoption. Does that mean that you don't have availability? Should I try for another editor to adopt me? Thanks,FLkeyseditor (talk) 18:17, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

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Re: Adoption for assistance with my Coral Restoration Foundation article. Please check your email. Thanks. FLkeyseditor (talk) 14:22, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Missed the point

Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#Concerning further proposals: You appear not to have understood the nature of the objections at all. WP:Process is important; we have WP:VPPOL for a reason, and we have WP:AN for a reason, and they are very different reasons. An order of magnitude more people pay attention to VPPOL than AN, and this is by design, since the latter is focused on admininstrators' stuff, and the former on site-wide decisions making. While it's correct that something like WP:CENT can be used to draw sufficient attention to an RfC or similar discussion at any page (i.e., make it act as a VPPOL surrogate in the case of some site-wide decision that needs rendering), that did not happen in this case. Your "as long as wide-reaching proposals are properly advertised to the community, it makes no difference" proviso simply was not triggered. You really ought to understand that, or not close such discussions, especially not with the kind of patronizing, sarcastic, finger-wagging tone you used. You don't get to personally decide what people are allowed to be concerned about, nor to override the entire community having established a venue specifically for decisions of this sort, and a very separate venue for internal deliberation about admin matters. PS: It did eventually get added to CENT, but only shortly before it was closed.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  20:40, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

• Sorry, I didn't mean condescend in any way, and I do apologize for that. However, I do strongly disagree with your characterization that I am personally making some sort of arbitrary rulings. On the contrary, my only intent here was to neutrally clerk the discussion and to straightforwardly convey policy. VPP is, obviously, an appropriate place to discuss policy-related proposals, but there is certainly no requirement, in theory or in practice, that consensus can only be formed there. So, in the context where there is a central discussion at a community noticeboard, that is already well-underway, saying "wrong venue" is meaningless. That's exactly what I would describe as a petty procedural objection, and that's exactly the type of thing WP:NOTBUREAU is a check on. You can't just shut down a discussion with a "wrong venue". "A procedural error made in a proposal or request is not grounds for rejecting that proposal or request." The relevant policy here is WP:PROPOSAL. It stipulates that policy proposals should: a) be an RfC, b) be announced at VPP and/or VPR, and c) be listed at CENT. There is no mention or implication that "correct venue" matters in any way. The only current policy proposal satisfies all these requirements. If the previous ones didn't it doesn't matter, because they went nowhere. The only other proposal is to shut down the WikiProject, which was DOA, or to generically "reform" the WikiProject, which does not have anything to do with policy, and could likely be done via local consensus building. If future ones are improperly advertised, that should be handled on a case by case basis. "Wrong venue" is not the correct response to proposals that are insufficiently advertised. The "wrong venue" complaints simply have no teeth and are not going to go anywhere. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

  There are numerous non-Admins in the discussion and it has been widely advertisted, including by TTH. Sorry the idea this is some kind of a star chamber hidden debate holds no water. Legacypac (talk) 23:10, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

  Um, at the time you closed the discussion X3 wasn't an RfC; I added the RfC tag 12 hours later. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:36, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

  So, there was not an RfC tag, that has nothing to do with "wrong venue" objections. Good on you for noticing and adding one, though, now there are really are no outstanding issues. ~Swarm~ {talk} 19:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

March GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Possible block evasion by Honethefield98

I am notifying you since you were the administrator who blocked Honethefield98. I believe that Honethefield98 (talk · contribs) is evading his block by using 12.86.50.98 (talk · contribs) and 2601:243:400:F535:5186:BBB2:72B3:7608 (talk · contribs) to continue editing. The first IP edited the same topics as the banned user, while the second IP edited the Heavy metal music page, which was also edited by the first IP (same content added by both). Both IPs come from the Chicago area. – Sabbatino (talk) 22:19, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

• @Sabbatino: Excellent catch. Both blocked, thanks for letting me know. ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:47, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

An interesting editing case for your judgment

With due regard for your warning that you are terribly busy I just wish to submit to your judgment a recent editing case in which I was involved. I perceive that it may contain some important matter of principle and application of policies & guidelines. Please do not bother to comment if you do not consider the case as important. 154.44.138.30 (talk) 18:26, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

2019 Cricket world cup > Group stage > Points table is vandalized_Group_stage_>_Points_table_is_vandalized-2019-03-23T06:05:00.000Z">

It seems that, someone has already added 4 teams to semifinals, before the world cup starts! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iammilind (talk • contribs) 06:05, 23 March 2019 (UTC)_Group_stage_>_Points_table_is_vandalized"> _Group_stage_>_Points_table_is_vandalized">

AN thread about article probation

Please see Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#Old probation editnotices. You helped to tidy up some old article probation sanctions earlier. In fact, community sanctions are not dead, so even if we no longer use the phrase 'article probation' it is possible that a notice could be placed saying that general sanctions are active for those topics. As with WP:GS/SCW. Assuming there is an ongoing need for sanctions on the five articles being listed at WP:AN. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 04:23, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

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TheSandDoctor 16:18, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

User:Spoonkymonkey and User:Midlandino sockpuppeting to violate BLP

Based on their editing patterns, it also appears that User:Spoonkymonkey used the sockpuppet User:Midlandino to edit the Jesse Brown (journalist) article back in January. Both editors have added the same derogatory information, sourced to Twitter. 104.222.125.138 (talk) 22:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

This close

I don't think it's worth making a big deal over at ANI, and I'm certainly not going to revert you, but could I gently urge you not to make a habit of this please? We have a rule against making involved closes because we don't want people making involved closes; blurring that line, even if your particular instance of it is not terribly problematic, is not helpful in the long run. Was there anything so terribly urgent about that it couldn't wait for someone uninvolved to come along and do it? GoldenRing (talk) 10:38, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

• No problem, you're right. I'm not in the habit of doing so nor do I plan on making it one. Thanks for your feedback. ~Swarm~ {talk} 19:17, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

• I just realized no one pinged you or notified you about the continuation of the ANI thread you closed (WP:ANI#Death threat). I've unblocked Drilou per the consensus at WP:ANI#Bad close (and, frankly, per the consensus at the original thread). The new thread is still open if you want to comment. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks @Floquenbeam:, good unblock! My block was clearly in error due to a failure to detect sarcasm, and I see that now. I've made this clear at AN/I, and I will apologize to the user directly. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

• Since that ANI thread is closed, and you wrote any subsequent feedback is welcome on my talk page, here's mine. In your block and close, you seemed to be making your own argument for the user to be blocked. In my opinion, you did not even attempt to even assess the consensus, and thus failed in your main duty as a closing admin. That's quite a grave mistake in my book. starship.paint ~ KO 03:47, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

• The block was discretionary. In other words, it was an independent admin action. I did not imply that I was actioning a consensus. Closing AN/I threads as "discretionarily actioned" like this is routine. ~Swarm~ {talk} 04:53, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

• Well, okay. Alright then. starship.paint ~ KO 07:02, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Apology

I want to unequivocally apologize for the rude things I said to you at WP:ERRORS. I have no excuse, and you did nothing to deserve the rudeness. I am sorry. --Jayron32 10:52, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks, @Jayron32:. No hard feelings. These things happen to the best of us. I won't pretend I didn't also get overly-worked up there, so apologies for the tone I took as well. The situation surrounding that blurb is a shitshow, and was from the very beginning, and I think the most constructive thing to preserve my sanity and to stay far away from that trainwreck. ~Swarm~ {talk} 22:17, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

  Probably not a bad idea. --Jayron32 02:11, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Adam's still at it

I really shouldn't have to put up with stuff like this more than seven months after your fina warning. Would you mind having a word with him? Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 02:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello, could you indef block me.

Hello,

I noticed you are in the category Category:Misplaced Pages administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks. Would you mind placing an indefinite self requested block? Could you also block my bot (and remove its bot rights) User:Dreamy Jazz Bot indefinitely too?

Thanks, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 16:41, 31 March 2019 (UTC)