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| Hi Drmies, I have been topic-banned from a couple areas of Misplaced Pages for many years. I wonder two things: first, would it still be okay to start a private email correspondence about such a Misplaced Pages article with an editor of that article to point out an error; second, am I allowed to discuss anything in these topic areas at BLPN or at the article talk pages? Incidentally, I think both topic bans were bullshit and basically intended to slant article content; ] said he would reconsider the second ban after six months, but then he promptly disappeared from Misplaced Pages. I have no desire to deal with ArbCom again as long as I live. Thanks in advance for answering my question. I hope you’re well! Cheers.] (]) 07:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC) | Hi Drmies, I have been topic-banned from a couple areas of Misplaced Pages for many years. I wonder two things: first, would it still be okay to start a private email correspondence about such a Misplaced Pages article with an editor of that article to point out an error; second, am I allowed to discuss anything in these topic areas at BLPN or at the article talk pages? Incidentally, I think both topic bans were <s>bullshit</s> questionable and basically intended to slant article content; ] said he would reconsider the second ban after six months, but then he promptly disappeared from Misplaced Pages. I have no desire to deal with ArbCom again as long as I live. Thanks in advance for answering my question. I hope you’re well! Cheers.] (]) 07:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC) | ||
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Prayer for Ukraine
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I took a pic in 2009 that was on the German MP yesterday, with the song from 1885, in English Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Now, you can also listen on YouTube, and more music, the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices call "Freiheit!" (freedom, instead of "Freude", joy). Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
on Bach's birthday: the places where I sang his Dona nobis pacem --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers, and btw: the TFA is a young writer's first --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Your comment moved me to tears. - Bach's No. 1 today - stand and sing! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
Sunday flowers and sounds, don't miss the extraordinary marriage of the beginnings of the theme of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, and Prayer for Ukraine - here! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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memories: two people on DYK, both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss yesterday's video of Pink Floyd given to me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages:Main Page history/2022 April 13: the TFA is hard to overlook, but there are also peace prayers, a soprano and a theatre manager, - if you don't find them try here --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
after Easter and relilience: dance and singing, peace doves and icecream --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
another Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Dove sono (Where are those happy moments ...?) - concert with Kyiv orchestra and Aleksey Semenenko (quite a story!) tonight, Symphony with war and peace in the subtitle --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
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today performances in Ukraine - for Ukraine - for peace, at the bottom an imaginary set of eight DYK --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
today more pics, and should this woman have an article? - or only her sons? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:26, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
today Melody (not by me), and more pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:54, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Parameters
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My attempt at cleanup wasn't entirely successful: I have the feeling that the "population blank" and the other blank result in no punctuation. I tried some other parameters from Template:Infobox settlement but I think it's just going way over my head. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Well, the short answer is that you're probably putting that information in the wrong place -
|population_blank1=is, I'm pretty sure, meant to contain a number, as it has a {{formatnum}} which strips out the,(and why your commas are being stripped out of your value). I'll have to refresh my memory of how this template works but I'll post back here in a few minutes when I've figured it out. Primefac (talk) 17:05, 30 April 2022 (UTC)- Yup, that's what I thought - things like language, ethnicity, and religion go into the
|demographics1_titleX=and|demographics1_infoX=. Primefac (talk) 17:07, 30 April 2022 (UTC)- Sorry, I couldn't get that to work. I couldn't even figure out why some of those parameters have two sets of numbers. Why is there a demographics1 and a demographics2? Is that to make separate sections within the box? I managed to screw it up somewhere. Drmies (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies, your page dropped off my watchlist for some reason. If I get a chance this afternoon I'll see if I can shift things around. As near as I can tell, though, yes, there are different numbering systems to group them differently. Primefac (talk) 10:30, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Done! If you think anything needs changing, by all means feel free to do so (or let me know) - that is not a user-friendly template... Primefac (talk) 08:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Primefac, thank you so much--you're fancy. One thing this has taught me is just how much there is under the hood, and how much we owe to the developers and the writers of code. Thanks again! Drmies (talk) 17:30, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Apologies, your page dropped off my watchlist for some reason. If I get a chance this afternoon I'll see if I can shift things around. As near as I can tell, though, yes, there are different numbering systems to group them differently. Primefac (talk) 10:30, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, I couldn't get that to work. I couldn't even figure out why some of those parameters have two sets of numbers. Why is there a demographics1 and a demographics2? Is that to make separate sections within the box? I managed to screw it up somewhere. Drmies (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Yup, that's what I thought - things like language, ethnicity, and religion go into the
Help with Jamberpilot
Hello. I’m here to ask for your further help with this user who has recently switched to this account after making misleading edits as an IP. He doesn’t appear willing to stop editing in regards to abortion in Ohio. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:38, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Also, I’m having trouble with my internet connection, so it’s difficult for me to keep up now. And I really don’t know how to manage this. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:43, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
I hope that you’ll be able to keep an eye on him, as I really do need to go to sleep and don’t know how to put any protections in place. There will certainly be a lot more traffic to pages related to abortion in the coming days, and Jamberpilot clearly has a malicious agenda to misinform the people who will be relying on Misplaced Pages for accurate information. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 06:15, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
VictimOfEntropy
Hey. VictimOfEntropy seems to be maliciously changing any and all pages related to Abortion. We had a little discussion on the Talk page for Abortion in Ohio, where they were completely uncivil and unconstructive. Could you please intervene? This is getting ridiculous. Understandably, this is a contentious and hot issue currently. However, this does not justify the opinionated changes and reversions they are making. Any help would be appreciated. Jamberpilot (talk) 05:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Drmies is the other user who reverted your vandalism, Jamerpilot. And I will also direct Drmies to the personal attacks that you have made on me. Stop your ridiculous assault on logic. Misplaced Pages is meant to inform, not mislead people. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 05:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Your inclination to call something 'false information' and immediately revert something is poor behavior. As noted in the Talk page, I realize what you are trying to ensure is said on the page. However, the additional information that you removed is valid information. You could have easily made an edit to the page adjusting this, not gone nuclear. This isn't a personal attack, I don't know you personally. What I do know is your behavior here in this context- and it's not constructive at all. Jamberpilot (talk) 06:02, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
My behavior on Misplaced Pages has never been anything but conducive to improving the quality of articles on this site, something that you have no history of despite your apparent skill at navigating it. You have made accusations against me which are blatantly false, but true in regards to yourself. Drmies also undid your entire edit as it was plainly clear that you were acting maliciously. And you ignored Drmies instructions to discuss on the Talk page and put your misleading edit back on the page immediately, despite me quickly arriving to explain how wrong you were, and now you’re still complaining about it, despite how ridiculous and deceptive you’ve been, Jamberpilot. VictimOfEntropy (talk) 06:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Hey Drmies. You'll find that I made appropriate adjustments from reviewing the Talk page, and the version history- despite this problematic user's clear intention to ensure a bias remains in place. I would like to note that this user had came to my personal Talk page to threaten me posing as an admin, on top of their persistence for edits. It's very evident that this user is very passionate about this matter, understandably in such a pivotal time. In my own opinion, that is a huge indication that this user should be kept from having edit permissions from any subject matter related pages. They have gone through many different Abortion pages to mock up tone-charged edits because they know, and even admitted it above, that there would be a lot more traffic between now and the coming weeks so they want to moderate it. I am trying my best to deliver information in a simple and unbiased manner, and you will see that in my various edits. The only reason I came here to even make an edit in the first place is because I have a friend who is currently experiencing a pregnancy scare conveniently at the same time of this pivotal litigation. I investigated the laws myself for them to provide them with potential realities, and I had to do that because there was a lack of research done on the current law text. So, I decided I wanted to make that information available for others that may be concerned as well, or is simply curious. I offer my apologies that you had to deal with this. Jamberpilot (talk) 07:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, VictimOfEntropy and Jamberpilot. "ANI 2.0" night shift on call. Could you please both stop reverting each other, while we await the good doctor's opinion? Because regardless of which of you is right, what you're doing right now is edit warring, and if people edit-war across multiple pages we can't fix that just through page protections, so we have to block them, which would be a shame, since I do think both of you are participating in good faith here. On that note, could you please stop calling each other vandals? See WP:NOTVANDALISM. -- Tamzin (she/they) 08:42, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- I gave 'em both warnings for edit warnings. They are both blockable at this point. Watching the page --Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:01, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- I sure missed a lot of excitement, didn't I--if you kids are in the same time zone as me, I sure hope you got a good night's rest. (Sorry, Tamzin--can you tell I've been reading Winston Groom this morning?) Yes, this back and forthing is just really unnecessary and unhelpful. And I just left a note Victim's talk page, before I saw what all had been happening here. I don't think either side has a good showing here, but Jamberpilot certainly jumped the gun, and Girth Summit rightfully warned them about the sourcing issue--there is a good reason we use secondary sources, and simply parroting or, worse, reinterpreting primary sources is never a good idea. This page simply needs a few experts with cooler heads. Drmies (talk) 14:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)
On 6 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist)
On 6 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
- Uncle G, I'm really quite tickled with this hook. DYK that the Canadian one got even more hits than the American one? Drmies (talk) 00:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- If I had thought about that ahead of time, I might have suggested some A/B testing, Doktoro, running the sentence each way around for some hours to see whether it was simply the case that the first hyperlinked subject was the more viewed one. Uncle G (talk) 06:05, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Secret recipe
Whilst you are enjoying yourself with Colonel Sanders's entirely factual secret stuff, some of us are looking for sources that do not turn out to be (yet again) Isaac Hopper upon investigation and are having to read about "quackery" employed by Middle English people. Uncle G (talk) 15:32, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
- I wish. I'm grading essays. It's bad. Drmies (talk) 16:23, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Francis Orray Ticknor
On 9 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Orray Ticknor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Francis Orray Ticknor was a country doctor whose fame as a poet relies on "Little Giffen", a poem about one of his patients who died in the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Orray Ticknor. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Francis Orray Ticknor), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
Technical news
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:33, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Nomination of Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Peepoodo & the Super Fuck Friends (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
--Historyday01 (talk) 00:38, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
I'm one of the curators of the article on Anti Patterns.
Please see my comments in the talk page. If there is no valid reply within a week or two, I'll proceed with a revert of the mass deletion and we can go from there.
- Valid reply given, for your curating eyes. Please sign your messages. Drmies (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Revdel?
Mr. Bond (musician) had a source that looked to be a court document uploaded to a random upload site, and was used as a source with no proof it was real. It sourced the real name of someone who's name hasn't been released in RS, as well as a DOB. I think that it should probably be revdel'd up to my last edit, and it might qualify as an attack page. If it's not an attack page, it looks like BLP1E is probably at issue. That said, I implore ANI 2.0 to take a look and see if revdel applies, and some input on the BLP1E/attack page issue. The guy seems pretty horrible, but amplifying him and making him seem more notable than he is probably isn't the right move. As always, any assistance is appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:41, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I hope some of your ANI regulars can have a look. Drmies (talk) 00:45, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Night shift's off to a fun start! Okay, @ScottishFinnishRadish, I initially RD'd everything, and then in discussion with an oversighter determined that "Philip H." is supported by RS. So I restored that, but the full name is OS'd. Initially I'd thought this might be an outright WP:BLPDEL situation, but now that I see he was actually convicted (which I've since made clear in the article), probably not... But, as someone who thinks it's never BLP1E (not because I'm an inclusionist by any means, but just because most people seem to have not read the damn policy), this might actually be BLP1E. -- Tamzin (she/they) 01:19, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks a ton. I'm on mobile right now, so I didn't search for more sources about the conviction, but I did see Philip H. was used in the sources, so I had left that. I'll do some more looking around tomorrow to see if I think AfD for BLP1E is the right move. Thanks again for the help. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:24, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Another ANI 2.0 request
, and pretty much the rest of their editing. Do we need more, or is this enough for action? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:04, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
I wonder if I'll get a reply
You haven't fixed the email issue I presume? It would be nice to chat about SPIs. Doug Weller talk 14:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Ohhhh, brother!
They're parroting. It's like you say. No idea what any of it means.14:55, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Endorsed unblock, without further admonishment. Waste of breath, well, fingers. And at my age, am daily (painfully) reminded that breaths and keystrokes are numbered. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:00, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- And-- as "all's fair in vanessy," why shouldn't he have a go? --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:49, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Southern Magazine
On 16 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Southern Magazine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Land We Love, a little magazine that merged into Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Southern Magazine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Southern Magazine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Little magazine
On 16 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Little magazine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Land We Love, a little magazine that merged into Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Southern Magazine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Little magazine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi
Thought you might be interested in the similarties between User:ErikWIKI and User:ErikFelik. Doctorhawkes (talk) 09:35, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. Genre warriors are sad. Drmies (talk) 15:59, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
He's Back
Good morning, that persistent disruptive editing person who has been blocked many times using different ip addresses is back at it again with a new ip address. His last edit was to the Jersey City Fire Department page, which I fixed. He's using 2603.6011.DF01. Please assist in blocking, this ip address is already blocked from 4 different pages by friedokra, or deepfriedokra. Thank you, Doriden (talk) 15:16, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Gotcha. I blocked the /64 range; perhaps Deepfriedokra feels like the /34 range needs it as well. Drmies (talk) 16:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you Serols for your assistance. This person has been at it for several years, same content, same types of editing. Anyway, I appreciate your response. Doriden (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Sure thing! Drmies (talk) 16:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you Serols for your assistance. This person has been at it for several years, same content, same types of editing. Anyway, I appreciate your response. Doriden (talk) 16:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, like I mentioned, he or she has been at it for several years, different ip addresses, same subject matter, he has been blocked many times too under different ip addresses. OK, Doriden (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, I must defer to The Doctor with Magical Eyes. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
June Parker
Thoughts on this? To me, it signals a pretty critical failure to understand BLP, of the sort we normally indef over. My involvement with them so far has been entirely administrative, and my edits to 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting and its talk have also all been administrative or noncontroversial, but since that does add up to like 20 edits across those two pages, out of an abundance of caution I thought I'd bring the matter to you and ask your opinion. -- Tamzin (she/they) 18:48, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think that the edit itself is worth an indefinite block, but it was certainly worth a warning. EvergreenFir addressed the matter before (and right below) the editor used the word. But in general I've been thinking this editor is headed directly for a NOTHERE block--by a thousand cuts, so to speak. Drmies (talk) 20:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- That edit itself may not be but their overall editing pattern is definitely blockworthy. They appear to have an axe to grind and accuse any editor who they come into contact with that doesn't agree with them of "shadowing" and racism. PRAXIDICAE💕 20:08, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Watch out, they don't appreciate being mentioned. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:46, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- ScottishFinnishRadish, I saw that, and that was silly, but you don't have to bring that up here. Tamzin, I don't know what your thinking is right now, but I think that you, with your organizational skills, should be able to compile a concise and convincing body of evidence that you can either use as a block rationale or for an AN post. I think this editor has totally worn out their welcome. Drmies (talk) 00:12, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Tamzin: +1 --Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:39, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- "organizational skills"??? You fucking take that back. The same organizational skills that had me reply in April to an email you'd sent in October about an RfA I'd been planning to run in January?I'm good at putting a lot of words into a semi-coherent order, though, so I did that, and then blocked them. Eight years without starting an AN(I) thread on someone, looking to keep it that way as long as I can. -- Tamzin (she/they) 01:58, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- I take back nothing. You explained it well, I think. Drmies (talk) 02:43, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- ScottishFinnishRadish, I saw that, and that was silly, but you don't have to bring that up here. Tamzin, I don't know what your thinking is right now, but I think that you, with your organizational skills, should be able to compile a concise and convincing body of evidence that you can either use as a block rationale or for an AN post. I think this editor has totally worn out their welcome. Drmies (talk) 00:12, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Edit summary
Concerning https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Southern_Historical_Society&type=revision&diff=1088610062&oldid=1069878142, this was a confusing Edit summary. I think you just got carried away. Best wishes, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 03:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- I think--well. Drmies (talk) 03:54, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Caleb George Cash
On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Caleb George Cash, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mountaineer and geographer Caleb George Cash was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to the first known atlas of Scotland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caleb George Cash. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Caleb George Cash), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Blaeu Atlas of Scotland
On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mountaineer and geographer Caleb George Cash was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to the first known atlas of Scotland? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caleb George Cash. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blaeu Atlas of Scotland), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Topic ban
Hi Drmies, I have been topic-banned from a couple areas of Misplaced Pages for many years. I wonder two things: first, would it still be okay to start a private email correspondence about such a Misplaced Pages article with an editor of that article to point out an error; second, am I allowed to discuss anything in these topic areas at BLPN or at the article talk pages? Incidentally, I think both topic bans were bullshit questionable and basically intended to slant article content; User:NeilN said he would reconsider the second ban after six months, but then he promptly disappeared from Misplaced Pages. I have no desire to deal with ArbCom again as long as I live. Thanks in advance for answering my question. I hope you’re well! Cheers. Anythingyouwant (talk) 07:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Ima jump in and say no. This was not a unilateral action by NeilN. It was a result of this Arbitration Enforcment
- You may appeal as instructed at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions#Appeals_and_modifications --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:08, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- After skimming that thread, I'm afraid your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN. YMMV. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- You can request review of the sanction at WP:AN. Probably the easiest route. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:22, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- After skimming that thread, I'm afraid your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN. YMMV. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Something that happens off Misplaced Pages is not on Misplaced Pages--but this is one of those cases where I'd ask the editor first to see if they're OK with it. Second, no, and what Deepfriedokra says. It's not NeilN's ban--there's a consensus there, and I see my dearly-missed friend User:Shock Brigade Harvester Boris was involved in that discussion as well. Drmies (talk) 16:28, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- 😥 Miss them --Deepfriedokra (talk) 18:38, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for answer about contacting editors offline, I obviously would stop communicating with an editor if they reply with a request that I stop. As for the rest, I told you accurately what the admin who requested and imposed the ban told me, and I have no intention of dealing with ArbCom again. If Misplaced Pages had any interest in preventing lynch mobs and censorship-by-other-means, they would use randomly chosen jury-type proceedings. I have proposed this many times, but it’s always difficult for centralized and successful power structures to cede any power. Also note that even Facebook has realized that indefinite suspensions are unwise and draconian. Anythingyouwant (talk) 19:32, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Like I said. Admin Noticeboard would ne a good choice. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- You suggested above that a lifetime topic ban is warranted, and I have no reason to believe that the AN-ArbCom appeal route would disagree with you. As I stated above, I like to point out errors, which I personally think is an admirable motivation. YMMV. I’m not a udarnik. Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- No such thing as a "life-time ban." Indef bans can be appealed after six months usually. AFAIK. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:06, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Any prisoner in jail for life can try to get the decision modified. In fact, he’d have a lot better chance than me. The default is life. Sufficient admissions of wrongdoing will not be forthcoming from me. As things stand, you’ve already said above that “your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN.” Ergo the ban is for life. Anythingyouwant (talk) 21:13, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- What sort of apology would you require from me, user:Deepfriedokra? Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- I changed my mind and submitted an un-TBAN request here. Anythingyouwant (talk) 02:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- What sort of apology would you require from me, user:Deepfriedokra? Anythingyouwant (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Any prisoner in jail for life can try to get the decision modified. In fact, he’d have a lot better chance than me. The default is life. Sufficient admissions of wrongdoing will not be forthcoming from me. As things stand, you’ve already said above that “your reason for wanting to jump back in might argue against lifting the TBAN.” Ergo the ban is for life. Anythingyouwant (talk) 21:13, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- No such thing as a "life-time ban." Indef bans can be appealed after six months usually. AFAIK. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:06, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- You suggested above that a lifetime topic ban is warranted, and I have no reason to believe that the AN-ArbCom appeal route would disagree with you. As I stated above, I like to point out errors, which I personally think is an admirable motivation. YMMV. I’m not a udarnik. Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
- Like I said. Admin Noticeboard would ne a good choice. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:21, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
Yonkers Police Department Page (Again)
Hey sorry to bother again but I am having a bit of a issue. I am attempting to post the Yonkers Police page again which I revamped but it is not letting me stating "Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Misplaced Pages's blacklist or Wikimedia's global blacklist." Is there anyway you can help me out with posting the page again? Thank you for your time.