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• Draft:Hermaphrodites with Attitude
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• Draft:Doris Norton - resurrecting this one. Musician, composer, Apple consultant, assoc. w/ Jacula, married to it:Antonio Bartoccetti.
• Draft:Antonio Bartoccetti - as above. Article on two other wikis. Redlinks here.
• Draft:Tor Ekeland - started. Notable lawyer.

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• Draft:Shirley card - see Color chart#Shirley cards

Anyone else - feel free to work on these - Alison 21:45, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Alison!

Alison,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. –Davey2010 11:56, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Laura Wilson

In 2009, you fully-protected this disambiguation page.

Please consider reducing the protection to pending-changes or semi-protection (or both) and putting an expiration date on it (I suggest 1 year - if there is no attempted abuse during that time then let it expire).

Also, the file that was in your editnotice has been deleted from the commons. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:59, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Alison, I just had a conversation with User:Wbm1058 and he suggested I contact a Checkuser. Yours was the first name on the list so I am writing to you first. I have been accused of being a sock and would like to prove my identity to the Wikimedia Foundation please. Can you assist? Faithfully YuHuw (talk) 07:17, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

You have come to the right place. This is someone I trust ;o) Wbm1058 (talk) 07:19, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Karmanyevadhikarste...

Hi ! I had created this page. After creation of page someone had added that "Please translate this page in 2 weeks, after that we delete it." After this notice I had done some translation work in that page. After translation someone put that page in Speedy deletion and an admin deleted that page. Because first person have given me 2 week's time. So I was doing my translation work slowly. This was the point one. Second point is I want to create that page again see here and guide me about content. Third point is someone putted my commentary under copyright violation test. So please tell me how that text was under copyright violation ? And is this commentary under copyright violation ? NehalDaveND (talk) 09:33, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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You've got mail!

Tiggerjay (talk) 02:27, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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Interested in Feminism

Hi Alison,

I am an American University student / Washington DC, I am doing a blog about Wikiproject-Feminism, and I would like to know more about your experience, and why you were interested in being involved in this section.

Sy1744a (talk) 21:11, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Tor Ekeland

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List of state leaders in 2016 Rfc

Howdy Alison. There's been concerns raised about the neutrality of an Rfc at List of state leaders in 2016. Was wonder if you would review this & consider closing the Rfc - with freedom to make your own judgement on how it should be closed, of course :) GoodDay (talk) 19:53, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon

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-Sockpuppet investigation

Hey, I noticed recently that a user expressed concern I may be a sock of user UnbiasedVictory. Would you mind clearing this up? Thank you for your time. Blade of a Ka-Bar (talk) 22:32, 23 February 2016 (UTC)}}

• Ok - done - Alison 23:19, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

It's a little unusual that a sock puppet would call in a CU strike on his own position, but - well, thanks for that, and thanks for keeping an eye out for sleepers. This fellow is persistent. JohnInDC (talk) 00:28, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Here is an editor, account created on the heels of the block of the blocks above, who leapt right in to make edits echoing those of an antecedent sock Wowser Bowser, down to the edit summaries - compare one and two as well as three and four. The common identities of these are all laid out at the SSI archive. If you have time for one of those sleeper checks, this might be a good time! Let me know too if you'd prefer I submit a report at SSI. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 17:07, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Yep,  Confirmed - No others that I can see - Alison 17:28, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

ACC CU Backlog

Hello, there is an ACC CU backlog of 15+ right now, any help would be appreciated. -- Cheers, Riley 05:09, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

• Okies - I'll try get to this in a bit :) - Alison 05:34, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Untitled

I know nothing about Misplaced Pages and how to format properly; however, I was just stopping by to say hello. My name is Josh and I'm 24 years old, from Cleveland, Ohio.

I am just stopping by because I learned you have been editing Misplaced Pages for over 10 years, and I want to commend you for that.

I've seen the ignorant-assed people here so this is not an easy job I'm sure.

At any rate, take care, hope to hear back from you. :)

-Josh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.20.135 (talk) 17:53, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Alison, I have a question about if it's possible to get some help finding out the IP-address of a specific user name? I am quite new here and I have built a new article (Anders Grahn). And the thing is that one person has tried to destroy it for about 6 times already. The user is putting ”fun names” and stories in the text. Nothing violent though, just some kind of "vandalism". So, is it possible to find out who that person is? Or should I just continue to clean up the article?

Do you have any tips how to make things like this stop?

Thanks and regards, ~~AceWi~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by AceWi (talk • contribs) 15:20, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Nyaaa, Ally-Chan...!

I am truly not worthy of your gracious Irish presence, but it's good to see you still sticking around here. Last time we spoke, the Lord and Saviour of mankind was still around. Anyway, cha.--Type 59 (talk) 23:19, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

OTRS

Alison, it seems you're one of very few people to be both OTRS operators and members of WP:MED. Could you please take a look at ticket:2016042710023692? I'd rather it be handled by someone with some medical experience. Perhaps we could win plenty of great stuff here (for Commons, Wikisource, perhaps other projects), perhaps it's all bogus, I have no idea. //Halibutt 00:23, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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Please do a checkuser check on user:Vegasceltics55 and user:Lakerlover6969 for they were both vandalizing DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story at the same time. Please block the IP address where they originate from. 2602:306:3357:BA0:4021:617C:E657:19B8 (talk) 02:16, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

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You've got mail!

MediaKill13 (talk) 17:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Robert

Hi Alison; I've been mugged by Robert (User talk:Rms125a@hotmail.com). It's frustrating for me; to deal with him; Should I just live with him? He's a nuisance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.246.255.200 (talk) 22:08, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

The person is trying to do battle with me. When I asked Robert to do better, he put this in: Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk | contribs)‎ . . (156,998 bytes) (-336)‎ . . (rv garbage) (undo)

Garbage... hm... 130.246.255.200 (talk) 22:29, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello Alison. To save you some hunting the edits at this article Christopher Hogg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) are the ones in question. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 22:37, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Abuse filter

Hi, because of an irritating AbuseFilter bug, we (Kaldari, MusikAnimal and I) are going to do an update next week that will affect one of your filters. We hope we'll fix all affected filters ourselves, but we're of course grateful if you want to help us. The issue is explained here; the current plan is here. The filter in question is "Imma let you finish ..." new meme and seems to be inactivated but we wanted you to be aware what's happening, and you're very welcome to help out of course. /Johan (WMF) (talk) 12:56, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Paid advocacy / COI?

The images added to Misplaced Pages and pushed by Peter Isotalo in Bra were not just uploaded by him, but were paid for by a swedish government agency looking to support a certain POV. See this posting. Is this paid advocacy/COI? It's one thing to add the images to Misplaced Pages and let others use them. It's quite another to push them on articles - not because they are good images, but because they are by design meant to push a POV and paid for by a government org. Thoughts?Mattnad (talk) 22:59, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Spacecowboy420

Hey Alison, there's a situation developing with edits to Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand pages by this user. I've made 3 reverts to the Caster Semenya page as part of that situation due to WP:BLP violations. If you're able to take a look I would appreciate it. Thank you! Trankuility (talk) 13:39, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Trankuility - If you're that concerned about a situation developing, why did you revert me on the Dutee Chand article, with the comment "WP:NPOV not evident in edit summary" ? Personally, I revert content, based on the actual content. Are you reverting me, based on not liking my edit summary? Seriously? Spacecowboy420 (talk) 13:54, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

The edit summary clearly explained your rationale. Trankuility (talk) 13:57, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

I removed " She is one of four daughters born to the poor weaver couple. " from the article. Look at the edit, not the edit summary or the editor. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 13:59, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

• And I have restored that edit and provided references. Please bear in mind that WP:BLP doesn't just apply to article content. There's a reason edit summaries get redacted around here. Mocking subjects like that is just a shitty thing to do as a human being anyways - Alison 01:53, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Why would "hahaha. NO" in an edit summary, be subject to anything to do with BLP? Why would you think that you saying that I'm doing something "shitty" is any less offensive, than me saying "hahaha. NO"? BTW. The source you provided didn't mention her parent's occupation or the family's poverty - that's what I wanted to remove. Well, that and the poor English " She is one of four daughters born to the poor weaver couple" (the content you restored) was not correct in the context of that paragraph. If you had asked me why I had removed that content, I would have told you. Surely stating that someone came from a poor family, without any supporting source, is a BLP violation? Spacecowboy420 (talk) 06:41, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Your edit history, including times and order, is recorded on your "Contributions" page, Spacecowboy420, here. Trankuility (talk) 07:51, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. I was actually aware of that, but I appreciate the effort to provide useful tips. Or was there a point that you were trying to make? Spacecowboy420 (talk) 08:18, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Article created by banned editor

I sent you an email about this (the Korephilia article and the editor who created it). Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:25, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

I see who it was. Thanks for handling that. I sent more emails. Get back to me when you can. There is something so suspicious to me about this case. I mean, the style is uncanny for that one article, but some socks do think alike. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 07:14, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

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Taleb and GMO

I added a comment/sources to your discussion here (I don't know or care much about the issue and probably won't be editing the actual page any time soon) Costatitanica (talk) 18:27, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Sarsaparilla

Alison, I know that you must think I'm wrong about this case, which is why you did not weigh in. But I'm not wrong. This latest editor is Tisane. All of the behavioral evidence is there. And I keep finding more. Would you please weigh in on this at the sock investigation page? For example, your opinion on the checkuser data and/or the behavioral evidence? I think you are familiar with Tisane's behavior. If not, consider looking at some of what I noted. What are the odds of another editor consistently editing with the asterisk like that? Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:40, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

More BLP hijinks at Alicia Mochado

This. This guy wants to changed "gained too much weight", which itself is messed up to begin with (see my comment), to "swelled". As in "this living person swelled in weight". Marteau is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia (and it's mostly his edits that had to be rev del'ed) just to use it to attack people.

At the very least this guy needs a BLP warning... wait, he's already had one .Volunteer Marek (talk) 15:55, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

"Swelled" was the term the source (The Washington Post) used. The post did not say "gained too much weight. That you consider my removing the subjective phrase "too much" and substituting what the source actually said meriting a BLP warning is ludicrous. Marteau (talk) 20:26, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

The source used "swelled" to describe the ridiculous coverage of the phenomenon in tabloid press, it did not use the word as a description of what happened. Are you honestly going to pretend that a mainstream newspaper would use "swelled" to describe someone gaining weight? You knew this too, because it was pointed out to you. You're also wanting to put in crap about "rumors began to spread".Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

The source used the term, and not to "describe the ridiculous coverage". You are projecting an intent that is simply not there in the source. They used it unironically and used it to describe her gain. To "swell" means "to become larger"... there is nothing pejorative about it despite your bizarre hang up about the word. I simply do not understand why you are going on and on and on and ON about this... I was willing to drop the matter upon first objection of anyone and did not pursue this word's inclusion any further after first objection, but you keep harping on this, and I'm not sure why, but you genuinely seem to have become unhinged about this and other matters with the encyclopedia and I sincerely recommend a long Wikibreak. Marteau (talk) 06:24, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Is English your first language? Because I don't know where you have obtained this idea that the term "swell" is bad... it is actually a common medical term. I encourage you to go to Google, and put "weight swelled" into it (with the quotes, to capture the phrase). It will demonstrate that the word is not a pejorative, it is not outrageous, and it is actually a mainstream term. Marteau (talk) 06:35, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

200,000 edits+

I reached another milestone, although the edit counter now says 199,637 but I know it's more. Don't know, some kind of glitch, I guess. (Not including certain other edits made under, shall we say, other noms de plume , way back in the dark, tenebrious, distant past.)
Always,
Quis separabit? 06:26, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Please see deleted comment from talk page

Hello, I've chosen you as a random admin to look at this issue. Please look at User talk:Icarus of old and Ocean Vuong. I've tried to resolve a dispute in good faith through this editor's talk page, and he or she has responded by deleting my entire entry on their talk page. I don't want to say anything more, in order not to create bias, so I'll let you research this. Thank you for your attention to this. Castncoot (talk) 20:59, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

In the event you're on a Wikibreak, I've reverted his edit in the article and also restored my own constructive entry on his talk page. Best, Castncoot (talk) 18:04, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Actually, intervention might not be needed after all, perhaps you may want to just hover for now – thanks! Another admin (User:EdJohnston) informed me that this editor had the right to delete a comment from his own talk page, so I have re-deleted that comment. Best, Castncoot (talk) 18:58, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Alison.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

I stumbled across your page, and I absolutely love the AE-tan! Jionunez (talk) 16:23, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks! Glad you like it :) I used to know the original artist, a few years back - Alison 07:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Alison. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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rev del needed

Because of the edit summary for BLP reasons. And yes, he's being cute about it, basically using another editor's comment to sneak in an inappropriate insult/BLP violation.Volunteer Marek (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

• Looks like someone else hit it! - Alison 07:35, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Curiouser and curiouser

• Hi Robert. And Nollaig shona dhuitse, freisin! :) I'm not sure what's going on there, but I reverted it for now. The IP traces to some Singaporean mobile IP, as do some of the others on that article. I'm largely retired, but I'll keep a watch here. For now, I'd say just ignore. You've certainly done nothing wrong here - Alison 07:31, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I know but I figured I should show you. It's just such a weird, bizarre thing (like something from the bad old days) to come from out of nowhere. Singapore, huh -- I don't think I have any enemies on that continent, but the world is getting smaller!! :) Quis separabit? 07:37, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Will always be grateful for your help. Thanks for seeing something redeeming in me. I spend so much time on Misplaced Pages that my brother and my best friend are constantly assailing me. Now that I am not working, it gives me something to do and a feeling of worth. Irish language version of the above courtesy of Google.com/translate is:

An mbeidh a bheith i gcónaí buíoch as do chabhair. Go raibh maith agat as féachaint rud redeeming i dom. chaitheamh mé an oiread sin ama ar Vicipéid go mo dheartháir agus mo chara is fearr ag assailing gcónaí dom. Anois nach bhfuil mé ag obair, tugann sé rud éigin a dhéanamh agus a mothú ar fiú dom.

-- I somehow suspect something(s) were lost in translation. Quis separabit? 07:58, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Checkuser input needed

Came to you after picking some random entries at Special:Listusers with CU selected. Is there a CU noticeboard? I would have gone there, rather than coming to you (and a few other random CUs) directly, if I could have found anything beyond the clerks' page.

Would you please visit Misplaced Pages:Templates for discussion/Log/2016 December 8 and offer input in the {{IPsockCheckuser}} section? It was nominated on the grounds of "This exposes Checkuser info to non-Checkusers", which makes sense, but on the other hand it's been around since 2008, so if it's truly a violation, it probably would have been deleted by now. I've voted "keep until we hear from some CUs", so hearing from you would be helpful. Thanks!

Finally, a bit that I didn't include in the above message, which I copy/pasted to four other CUs' pages — your editnotice uses File:Emails.jpg, which was deleted in early 2015. Nyttend (talk) 13:11, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Merry

Season's Greetings, Alison! At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a wonderful holiday season! MarnetteD|Talk 16:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Real Life Barnstar
	Thanks for your many kindnesses over the many years we have been acquainted. Everything I wrote on your talk page is true. May you have a blessed and peaceful holiday season and a prosperous 2017. Quis separabit? 23:02, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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Comment: Transgender and intersex task forces

Hi Alison. Funcrunch has proposed creating a transgender/nonbinary task force, and I thought it might be an opportunity to create a small intersex task force as well. Would you be interested in commenting? Thanks! Trankuility (talk) 03:45, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

• I think that's a super idea. Sign me up! :) Mind you, I'm largely retired these days - Alison 07:04, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks! There's a discussion at WikiProject LGBT studies#Transgender and intersex task forces about how to tackle the issues. The project is currently not at all inclusive. There has always been an open question about if it should be. Comments there would be very helpful, if you have time. Trankuility (talk)

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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Alison, from the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 12:03, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Abortion in Ireland

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Sock remains unblocked

Just mentioning that confirmed sock User:Ali Yazdi from Iran (Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Mangoeater1000) remains unblocked. Cheers. 185.17.159.200 (talk) 08:17, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

March 2017

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Meow Wars, from its old location at User:Alison/mw. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. North America 13:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

10 years of adminship, today.

Thanks! - Alison 01:12, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

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Thank you! :) Can't believe it's been that long! - Alison 01:11, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Pokes head in, you are aging backwards. =) Congrats Alison! - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 01:30, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

ED

Upon doing some digging, I see that an exception was made in the past to wrap Encyclopedia Dramatica's url in nowiki tags for the purpose of its article. Fair enough. However, do we have any reliable sources about the authority of the url we're pointing people to? It would not be the first time some random person hosted a mirror of this sort of content just to exploit the incoming traffic. This comes up all the time with Tor .onion links, which have no central registration authority and so very frequently subject to a copy of a site going up at a different address, with different intentions... Seems to me reliable sources are in order to provide any "unofficial" url, no? — Rhododendrites \\ 12:30, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

• Hi there. Given that it's Encyclopedia Dramatica we're talking about, you're not going to find much in terms of a WP:RS which will authenticate the .rs TLD switch. I happen to know that it's the same crew that ran the .se site, but that's obviously a primary source. My recommend would be to leave it as-is for now - Alison 18:25, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
  • We had the Daily Dot for the previous one, I believe, but I don't think "there are no reliable sources for it because of the nature of the subject" is a good reason to include something without reliable sources. The opposite, really (regardless of its content). Linking to unsourced unofficial domains hosting mirrors of a site run, presumably, by just some user/fan of the site, especially when that site is associated with trolling, harassment, doxing, etc.... seems seriously problematic for WP:EL. — Rhododendrites \\ 23:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
    • Hi there. I didn't actually say that there are no reliable sources. What I did say was that "you're not going to find much" in terms of a WP:RS. And we've been over this ground again and again over the past 5 or 6 years, starting in 2010 when the .com domain was taken down by Girlvinyl, and subsequently popped up again at .ru and .es, finally settling down for the longest time at .se. Each time, it's basically the same crew running the show. In fact, I know a number of them, given that I'm an ex-sysop there. Not that that helps, as it's a primary source. My point here is that yes, it's the same site, as time will prove out. But in the meantime, there will be the same back-and-forth over the links. Because - let's be honest - many folks would rather there was no link at all there due to ED being taboo on Misplaced Pages. WP:*IS*CENSORED, if you like. There was an entire failed policy proposal around exactly that, in fact, about a decade ago - Alison 01:30, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Mail

Request for protection reduction

Hi there,

Can you un-protect my User page, as I am no longer retired?

Many thanks

The Halo 13:39, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok -  Done, and welcome back :) - Alison 15:40, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

... and the first! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

• Wow - has it really been that long? :O Seems like only yesterday!! Thanks for the reminder! - Alison 02:47, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

... and again true on this Valentine's Day: Ten years! - Have a happy day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the prompt response to my problem. Much appreciated. Darwinian Ape 02:46, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

Here's another ;) - May May music on texts by Irish women make you smile ;) (on the Main page today) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:59, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Four years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

... and five --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

• Thank you!! I should be here more often :) - Alison 06:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

You made me smile again ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

... six years now --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Bad incounter with user

A user "Quis separabit?" accused me of making harmful edits and vandelism and when I asked on their page about it, they just wiped their talk page. I tried to repost and was met with a agressive and uncalled for retort in the edit history page. I reach out to you randomly since you have posted before on his page. Is this acceptable on Wiki? Will I actually get banned? Thanks. 108.54.93.183 (talk) 00:22, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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Dead?

I think User:Mr Accountable may be dead. No edits since 2011. Talk page full of automated entries, no replies at all. --Manorainjan (talk) 16:05, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

You're describing around 95% of Misplaced Pages's user talk pages (at the time of writing we have 31,327,765 registered accounts, only 31848 of which are active in even the broadest sense). Unless you have any actual evidence that a user is deceased, this kind of comment is grossly inappropriate. ‑ Iridescent 20:17, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

This answer is in no way relevant for me. --Manorainjan (talk) 21:42, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Whether you think it's relevant or not is—er—irrelevant; if I ever see you make a grossly inappropriate comment like this again without evidence, you're blocked. The BLP policy applies to Misplaced Pages's editors just as much as it does to its article subjects, and you can't get much more of a BLP violation than claiming someone is dead without evidence. ‑ Iridescent 21:54, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Where is the bus? --Manorainjan (talk) 22:18, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

request for IP block exemption permission

Hi, I would like to request for Misplaced Pages:IP block exemption#Used_for_anonymous_proxy_editing. Because my network does not allow direct access to most web site at specific hours of each day. At those hours, Tor is the only way for me to access and edit wikipedia.

Thanks, --Ans (talk) 05:36, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Requesting a copy of Linuxbeak s "admin stuff" page about JarlaxleArtemis

Greetings, Alison. Sorry to disturb you but I was checking the arbitration and LTA pages of JarlaxleArtemis and frankly, I was quite interested on how long his case is and that he had over 3 (!) arbitration cases. In one of them, it says case was closed due to a permanent ban by reasons detailed in Linuxbeak s admin stuff. But when I tried to view it to learn more, it was for some reason blanked as an "Courtesy" and all previous revisions were revdeleted. Since I have a knack for history and that I would like to learn the full picture, I request a copy of said article before it was revdeleted and courtesy blanked. As I don't like censorship and absence of information. Along with screenshots of his most serious violations. For example, that attack on his teacher. Feel free to blur out personal details if you like I just want more info. Eric8123 (talk) 07:01, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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Drafts for Move (company) and Realtor.com articles

Hi, Alison. I noticed you are a top contributor to the Zillow article, so I was wondering if you might be willing to review proposed drafts I've submitted for consideration on behalf of Move, since they are somewhat similar to the Zillow article. I have saved expanded and updated versions of the Move (company) and Realtor.com articles; you can view the Move draft here and the Realtor.com draft here. Both articles have edit requests on their respective talk pages.

During this project, Move has provided feedback to ensure accuracy. Given my conflict of interest, I will not edit either article directly and ask independent editors to review them for accuracy, neutrality, and verifiability. I noticed the Zillow article has been tagged for conflict of interest editing, but I'm working transparently and have added appropriate COI banners to both talk pages. Do you have any interest in reviewing either draft, or know someone who may be? I've posted some notes on WikiProject talk pages but so far no changes have been made to either article. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:02, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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Hello, Alison. I've send you an email. Please have a look at it. RadiX∞ 00:27, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

• I never got it, for some reason - Alison 00:32, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

I just sent you another email using the Special:EmailUser feature. RadiX∞ 10:20, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi Alison, I sent one several days ago. If you didn't get it, please email me.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 12:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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• Ok - fixed, thanks! - Alison 02:17, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 09:04, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

With ivy, shamrock and bright holly berry, be Christmas to you both blessed and merry! (I didn't make that up, in the interests of transparency)

Alison, for shame -- "deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors" !! I am shocked. Shocked. (LOL). Anyway, just came to say, "Nollaig Shona agus
Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit". Quis separabit? 15:24, 24 December 2017 (UTC) ❤

• Hi Robert!! Belated Merry Christmas to you, too, and best wishes for the New Year. Good to see you around here still :) - Alison 02:18, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

January 2018

Happy New Year =) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:11, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Came across some of your posts from arbitration and other discussions from a decade ago. Want to express appreciation and admiration for your continued involvement in the project, especially since those efforts began at a time when Misplaced Pages was (in comparison to its current state) a fledgling operation. Take care! SecretName101 (talk) 02:47, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Allie! Just a quick note to say hello! Been a long time. x Miss Bono 19:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

How do I cite these sources?

There are tons of bare references on the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament linking to some web pages. I want to fill in the bare references but don't know how. Could you help me? Laundry Machine (talk) 04:11, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

11+ years of adminship

Wow! It has been 11 years! Congratulations, Alison! :) Acalamari 15:42, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Whoooosh the time flies by. Many congrats Alison. MarnetteD|Talk 16:09, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh my goodness - has it really been that long??!! Thanks, everyone :) Moving on to the next 11! - Alison 22:54, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Major kudos for such a milestone! Snuggums (talk / edits) 14:11, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!! I'm largely retired these days, mind :) - Alison 00:59, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Taleb reverts

I am very disappointed to see you edit war without responding to my clearly stated objections to the content as you insist on reinstating it in the article. It's undue because (as noted, explained, etc.) the two authors are not knowledgeable experts who have the understanding to evaluate whether Taleb "predicted" such events. The meaning of "predicted" is not defined either in the article or in the sources -- and although you may not be familiar with the issues that "prediction" entails in this context, I assure you they are numerous and complex. Finally "he is credited with..." in Misplaced Pages's voice, without telling our readers the authors are an op-ed political pundit and a British fiction writer who dabbles in newspaper work is indeed WP:WEASEL -- and rather egregiously so.

I'm at a loss to understand why you would edit-war this stuff with a derisive/dismissive edit summary rather than engaging on talk to establish your reasons and also to help focus this article on a better-sourced and more encyclopedic treatment of Taleb's work. And among other things, it sets the example (with your snarky edit summary, of endorsing or enabling the other editor's dismissive abuse of Rollback to do the same thing you just did. @NeilN: in case he's interested. SPECIFICO talk 01:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

If you were not aware, or did not believe me when I stated on the article talk page that the Medium is a self-publishing platform, you can easily verify that by following the link to RSN that I provided to {{ping|Limit-Theorem]] on the article talk page. SPECIFICO talk 03:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

With all due respect, SPECIFICO, having known Alison for many years, I can say without fear of contradiction that she is not dismissive nor does she engage in edit warring. Quis separabit? 16:20, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Welcome back, Alison

I know you're largely retired but nice to see you make a guest appearance. (By the way, "Leave a message, go on. I love getting those orange things" is outdated -- they are no longer orange, and I used to hate getting them for reasons you can imagine if you can remember far enough back!) I miss you.

I have no idea why or when I ever watchlisted Dunshaughlin but somehow I am glad I did. How is Silicon Alley dealing with the sturm und drang going on at Facebook? Quis separabit? 16:20, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Some wikilove for you!

{{:kittens}}. No, but srsly, ilu. --Machop was my favorite housie (talk) (Sockpuppet of 'Vark) 18:41, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Unblock my page please

Alison, please unblock my page. I’m Flowerdoodle. You deleted my page 5 years ago. Not sure why. Flowerdoodle (talk) 22:20, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

• Nothing seems to be blocked, from what I can see. And your page was deleted some years ago, because some editor called Zoinx accidentally left a message there, instead of your talk page. There was nothing on it, so feel free to go ahead and re-create it - Alison 05:27, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding inappropriate edit

Hello Alison, Greetings!
Could you please have a check on the edit (Link) done by IP address: 27.57.169.126 user. The translation of the abusive content which is in Hindi language, goes like this: Link. Isn't the IP eligible for a block?
Thank you, --Gpkp (talk) 06:28, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

• Hi there. It's basically editorialism. It's inappropriate, but not block-worthy. Best thing is to revert it and followup with the anon editor. If they persist, then an admin can maybe step in. But just not yet! - Alison 07:01, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thank you, Alison.
--Gpkp (talk) 07:09, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

I am Dark Mistress from three or 4 years ago.

I have forgot the password to it. I stopped changing Misplaced Pages since then, despite the fact I still view the site. I know for certain that the older account has no email with it. I do not know if it is possible to get it back, but I can give evidence of it being me. I am however not willing to create a new account yet. How do I get it back? I can give an older password that I used but not the current one. --70.35.188.218 (talk) 18:47, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

MOOT. I got my account back using email recovery. No longer need help. However, I am not edeting wikiepdia anytime soon after this however. Pretty les♀♥, Dark Mistress, talk, 20:52, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

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kaniz almas khan

I have make a draft article- Draft:Kaniz Almas Khan. Please review it and move main article namespace if possible. Thanks-Shahadat Hossain (talk) 08:39, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago

Awesome

Ten years!

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Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/Schmuckythecat Ya wanna CU me? haha SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 03:56, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Sent you an e-mail, Alison

The e-mail is about an editor who I've discovered is a creep and a predator. Lolifan (talk) 13:48, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Realised, thanks to talking to Bishonen, that I should be sending it to ArbCom, not to random admins basically asking "could you block this person?". If you see my e-mail, please delete it - I intend to send it to ArbCom. Lolifan (talk) 21:14, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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I am just dropping a message to say hi, and that you are appreciated! ^-^ I honestly hope you don't fully retire as you have done a lot for Misplaced Pages and so many people here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:02, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks! :) I'm very little here now, but dip in every now and again. Thinking of maybe getting more involved in CU, or retiring the bit - we'll see! - Alison 18:03, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

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Wow Alison! You have exactly the same check user stats as Jimbo Wales! Sarah777 (talk) 18:48, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well A. MarnetteD|Talk 19:35, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

* Thank you :) - Alison  20:00, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

IP Block Exemption Request

Hello. Because you are a CheckUser I am requesting that you allow me IP Block Exemption access in order to edit Misplaced Pages over Tor. I am leaving my current country for an extended period of time to live in a country where censorship is prevalent. I will require Tor access in order to continue to edit Misplaced Pages. -Splinemath (talk) 03:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

• Hi there. Sorry for the delay, but I'm semi-retired these days. Looks like IPBE went ahead already - thanks, @Risker: - Alison 19:40, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

You have mail

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU 21:50, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Tuam Home scandal - again....

Hello again, Alison. I don't know if you have the time - or patience! - to revisit Bon Secours Sisters the content disputes. Another editing war has recently erupted over attempts to constrain unneeded and distracting details of the scandal on this page; see Talk:Bon Secours Sisters for more on the dispute. Essentially, the scandal already has extensive coverage in several other pages that are specific to the Tuam institution and the related investigations. Lending a moderating hand might help. I've raised this matter here. Thnx Alison, & Stay Safe! jxm (talk) 01:27, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Mail

• <de-lurk> Ok, all done and sorted - take a look The original edit which caused this was a test edit by a new user - Alison 22:55, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you; I have just sent you an unnecessary e-mail. Can you explain what the user had done which prevented me from either seeing, changing or deleting the archive? ----Anthony Bradbury 22:07, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Anthony. Yes - they just edited your talk page and changed the link to the archive. You can see it in the comment above when you click on the link. I just renamed the link back to where it should have been :) - Alison 23:07, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Malia Obama: should the redirect be unprotected?

• Malia Obama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Alison. This redirect goes to Family of Barack Obama#Malia and Sasha Obama. Of the admins who protected this redirect in the past, you are the only one who is still active. See the proposal for unprotection at RFPP. Do you agree with unprotection? Since there was originally an AfD (more than 10 years ago) should there be a DRV to allow creation of an article? Thanks for any opinion, EdJohnston (talk) 19:59, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Please help

hello my name is mark. i have been editing wiki for a long time (years). i apologize for bothering you. But I think I need help. My account has been flagged for some kind of violation callef a “Sock puppet“. I am a 50-year-old not particularly coumpter savvy guy. I love editing Misplaced Pages and it gives me a great sence of perpose.  Again I apologize, I’m crying while trying to type this in with my stylus. i dont know why someone would want to prank me. but i use just one account and do not understand what is going on. Im afraid my reputation on Wiki has been destroyed. i am disabled with only partial use my fingers and hands so it is hard for me to type. I am afraid that I’m not going to be able to edit on wiki anymore. Please help me.--Marked4life (talk) 20:48, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Marked4life, As an editor who noticed this plea for help I am alerting Materialscientist who issued a block on Dunecorrino earlier today. They are a highly experienced admin here and will be able to work with you directly to understand with you what is taking place. Fiddle Faddle 21:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Marked4life, They have access as an admin to areas I do not, and are able to get the drains up. As a non admin all I can see is that the user blocked earlier has an interest in armed forces as do you.

May I suggest that you relax over this, and await the admin I've pinged to have a discussion with you. I'm somewhat confused because sock puppetry when proven usually gets all involved blocked.

You could always have a chat with then on their own talk page. All the dealings I've had with them have been 100% straightforward. We expect that of all our admins Fiddle Faddle 21:19, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Fiddle

thank you for your reply. I will try to maintain my Calm. I have now lost acess to my Email, the password seems to have been changed. Since i can no longer acess my email i will have to try to make some alternitive arangment for a new one. What a mess this is, ivd had that same email adress since i was in my 20s. all i want is to make my small contribution to wiki--Marked4life (talk) 22:07, 24 July 2020 (UTC)