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Thank you

October

... with thanks from QAI

... for your clarifications and efforts in Ritchie's case, - nice to be not alone. I typed a lot on my talk this morning, ending on "should be unblocked", - and then found out he was ;) - "don't believe in miracles, rely on them" (Mascha Kaléko).

Today, I decorated my talk in memory of one who wanted reformation, and one who told him to go on with life laughing, - I gave him Precious that day, seven years ago, first in style, - memory lane. He was an arb cand many could agree on. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, he's still missed every day. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:16, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes. In my edit notice for wikilife. And here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

I was cited to WP:Great Dismal Swamp, take a look please, header Chuckstreet. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Unless it's really, really straightforward, I'm not sure I'll have a lot of time to look at anything remotely complicated until later. I'll try to find some time. Maybe I'll get lucky and it will be simple. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:12, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

It's simple. We have a new user reported by someone who went for dispute resolution within the first day of an alleged dispute (over the MoS observation in headers, of all-importance), and when that was closed, went to ANI, where it was solved in Misplaced Pages style by blocking the new user (who had said some things, being annoyed, no surprise ...) - all while I slept. I explained in more detail there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I've taken a look, and I think I'll decline to get involved. I'm not sure it's accurate to call User:Chuckstreet a new user. While I can understand his frustration, he acted obnoxiously enough that, while maybe the dispute could have been solved without blocking, I'm not going to spend my limited time arguing for an early unblock, or arguing the block was wrong. The only thing I see really wrong here is that I don't understand why User:AnUnnamedUser wasn't blocked too. They were both acting disruptively, both edit warring, both getting way too carried away, both not assuming an iota of good faith in the other user. I guess the only difference is AnUnnamedUser stopped short of calling people names; right or wrong, that does seem to be the most important thing around here. Every time I look at a dispute like this, I lose a little more faith in humanity as a whole. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:17, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes. But then there's people like you, to restore the faith. On vacation, - I use "your" blue design to indicate that on my talk, did you see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally, who has much in common with Schumann! - I restored the arb thread to his talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Tis the season for arb threads. We were never able to convince him. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:17, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

These positions which require people with a brain, but no people with a brain would be willing to fill ... - Thank you for using yours to supply a rationale the other day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

80.25.203.19

80.25.203.19 (talk · contribs), an IP whose only edits have been to ‎articles about Cirque du Soleil, was warned by you that they would be blocked if they continued to revert without discussion. Unfortunately, they have since done so. Dorsetonian (talk) 08:16, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Blocked for a week, hopefully to get their attention. Let me know if they resume after it expires, and I'll significantly increase the duration to try to force discussion. Also let me know if a new IP starts making the same edits. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:20, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Very many thanks! Dorsetonian (talk) 08:44, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Help to publish first article

hello dear sir... may you please check my sandbox to see my first article and help me to improve it before publishing on the wikipedia? thanks Adamrizi12 (talk) 20:46, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

@Adamrizi12: I'm a little puzzled how you chose me; have we interacted before? Maybe under a different user name? Sorry, that's not really my skill set, and I'm a little busier than normal anyway. See WP:My first article, or ask for advice at WP:Teahouse. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:20, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

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

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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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Somebody's got to...

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:24, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

You should have just told them to floq off. –xeno 00:03, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I was disappointed this wasn’t ArbFloq Round 2. –xeno 00:04, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Dude. Don't give them ideas... --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:43, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Aardvarkrbitrator Floquenbeam Mark II. –xeno 02:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Oh. My. God. I thought you meant you thought it would be funny if they'd taken me to ArbCom. But you mean you thought the thread title implied I was going to run for ArbCom? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. (takes breath) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:39, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

You wound me sir! –xeno 07:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

You forgot a ha. TonyBallioni (talk) 07:02, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

If you don't run, nor SBHB, who will say "no foul, play on"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

You know if you are just going to do the work of an arbitrator, you might as well take the hat. It's one of the handsomest hats, too. –xeno 18:55, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Off-wiki responsibilities

Santa?!?-- Jezebel's Ponyo 20:49, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

(takes out a list, makes a black mark next to Ponyo's name) Mind your own business, young lady. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:53, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Trust me, it's not the first time my name's been crossed off that particular list. Ah, the good ol' days! -- Jezebel's Ponyo 21:38, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry

Saw your note on Arbcom. Acknowledging and complying. I also wanted to say how refreshing I found your tone in your earlier comment. You represent what Misplaced Pages used to be back in the days of Phaedriel and others. Hope you're having a lovely day! Jokestress (talk) 19:02, 8 November 2019 (UTC)