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New user page mess :-(

Hi there, Oshwah. You were recommended to me by another editor who said you were of great help to them. I'm hoping you can help me get something straightened out. The story - I was working on adding some content to a page for Neil Gross. I copied the existing page into a sandbox page but, being new, failed to include the correct information at the top to let others know what I was doing. To be honest, I never expected anyone to even LOOK at my sandbox. A well meaning and more experienced user (Comatmebro) decided to take my sandbox page and make an article page from it, adding the subject's middle name. The new page is Neil Luis Gross. When I saw this I let Comatmebro know that there were now two pages for the same person with the same content (seems they would have realized this). They then made the original page into a draft page (Draft:Neil Gross). the Draft page has all of the old history since creation on 1/24/14 and the new one only has history since that page was created on 7/10/17. Since this happened another editor added a new section to the Neil Luis Gross page. So, what I think needs to happen is that the Draft page needs to be restored to being an article page with the new section from the Neil Luis Gross page included and the Neil Luis Gross page needs to eventually be deleted. I really have no idea how to do any of these things. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! 1stCoastal (talk) 04:57, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

U can just redirect the one page 2 the other 172.56.13.9 (talk) 04:58, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi 1stCoastal! Sure, I'll be happy to lend you a hand and help you out. I see that Neil Gross exists, but I don't see that Neil Luis Gross exists, nor are there any logs of its deletion. I'm looking through Comatmebro's contributions, but I don't see the edit for the page creation. Can you point me to the location of the duplicate page? I'll be happy to take a look and help you from there :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

1stCoastal - Ah, I see now. The Neil Gross page now redirects to Neil Louis Gross. You should be able to add the content from your sandbox now that it's merged and in one place. Let me know if you need any more help, and I'll be happy to do so :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:56, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Oshwah. The Draft:Neil Gross page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Neil_Gross), created in 2014 by Brainy J, is actually the original page as it existed before I touched it and has all of the history from before that time. The Neil Luis Gross page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Louis_Gross) started out in my sandbox as a copy of the original page and was mistakenly (but with good intentions) moved to article space by Comatmebro on 7/10/17 (with the addition of the middle name "Luis") and does not have all of the history. I don't know how to "undraftify" the draft page and, since the newer NLG page has a number of edits since it came into being, I don't know how to combine the two pages to preserve 1) the history from what is now the draft page and 2) the history from the new edits on the NLG page. Hope this is more clear and thanks again for your willingness to help!1stCoastal (talk) 04:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: So I'm hoping you will still be able to help me with this :-) as it is a dilemma. If I add my new content to the NLG page, it won't have the early history from the original page. If I add the content to the Draft:Neil Gross page it will have the history but not the other new content that other people have added to the NLG page. My understanding is that they somehow need to be merged. I know I can't do that and at this point I don't even know what to ask for. Thanks again (I hope). 1stCoastal (talk) 05:09, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: OK, sorry if I'm being a pest (and please let me know if that is the case). I really don't see what is supposed to happen at this point (maybe you don't, either?). Should I add my additional content to the draft page (Draft: Neil Gross) and then request a merge with the Neil Luis Gross page? :-) 1stCoastal (talk) 03:35, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

1stCoastal, don't ever think that you're being a pest by asking me questions or doing what you feel is right for the project. I won't ever bring you down in that way and make you think that :-). Since the Neil Gross page is already published, you can just add the additional content to that page. Just make extra sure that any content you're adding is referenced by a reliable source since this article is a biography of a living person. Drafts are simply meant for those who need help creating a new article on a subject that doesn't yet exist. Since the article exists already, you don't need to go through that extra step ;-). Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Please accept my apologies for the late response, by the way. Life kept me busy recently and I'm just now catching up on my emails and messages. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:06, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

As it turned poorly last time

User:SethAdam99 has been told before about moving pages without consensus. As you recall it turned out poorly and resulted in their 4th block. Due to this I have moved the page back but issued no warning or comments to their talk due to the last interaction. Suggestions?? Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 05:00, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

WarMachineWildThing - Has that user moved additional pages without consensus since their last block? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:37, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes the page here I just moved back yesterday that I mentioned above. It was the first edit they had done since coming back from their block for personal attacks. I believe they were blocked for moving pages before our last interaction and warnings I issued the last time they did this. It's not the first article they have done it to, no talk, no concensus, no nothing. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:25, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

After looking at their block log its all been behavior issues not moving, but after the last run in I had when I warned them about moving pages without consensus, then the first edit they make after being blocked previously for threats and harrassment, is to move another page when they have been told it's against policies, I see a clear pattern with them. Which is why I chose not to warn again and ask for guidance. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:39, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

WarMachineWildThing - I've warned the user and asked him to discuss any future article moves in that topic before actually moving them. Hopefully this will be all it takes to resolve this matter, but let me know if it does not and page moves continue without discussion. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:43, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Got it Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:46, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: I think this user may need to be watched by you carefully. It seems they made a personal attack towards you, following your warning against them. WarMachineWildThing warned them of this, as soon as they spotted it.GUtt01 (talk) 08:37, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

GUtt01 - Yeah, I saw. WarMachineWildThing and I were talking about this on IRC earlier today when this was going on. If their conduct continues, he'll be indefinitely blocked. He was indef'd in the past and unblocked with the condition that the conduct not occur again. It has obviously continued; an ANI discussion might be the solution here. I don't want to block the user in response to what he said on his talk page to me, since this could be viewed as retaliation for his personal attack towards me (and hence, WP:INVOLVED could be asserted). I obviously don't want to step in and take administrative action in situations where this even might be raised ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:49, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

While I appreciate your keen eye and I'm sure Oshwah does as well you shouldn't revert some one on their own talk, dont want to seem ungrateful but Per WP:REMOVED users can remove warnings from their own talk page, nothing to say they can't. I also see There'sNoTime has told you about this before a few days ago. Not worth getting yourself in trouble over and I don't want to see someone doing something in good faith get the wrong end of the stick so to speak. If they want to blank the page then so be it, warnings are still in the history. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 11:40, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Magnus Bocker, Former Singapore Exchange CEO, Dies at 55

Hi

I was trying to update the information based on the article below and I am trying to figure out how to place references.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-28/magnus-bocker-former-singapore-exchange-ceo-dies-at-55

Please kindly resumed what I have added so I don't have to re-edit it again.

Thanks Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.255.142.142 (talk) 02:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! I've added the reference and content you requested to Magnus Böcker. Thanks for letting me know, and please don't hesitate to message me here if there's more that needs fixing on that article. Happy editing, and thanks again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:34, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Revdel favor

If possible, could this diff be deleted from my talk page history. I'd just rather not have it at all. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 03:03, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:05, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! - BilCat (talk) 03:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - You bet. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

and one more sock on Onogurs ‎

[1] Meters (talk) 03:28, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Meters -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:29, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Diango Hernández

Hi Oshwah, why [2], oh why? After dealing with a team of related COI accounts that have for years maintained an unsourced resume filled with cruft, why restore the problematic version? 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:50, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

If the current revision is problematic, make an edit request with the preferred revision and what's wrong with the current one. I (or someone else) will take a look at it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:52, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

It looks like JJMC89 has restored a more preferable version. Let me know if there are still issues on the article. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

See FIM's edit summary for more details. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:59, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

JJMC89 - Seems perfectly reasonable to me :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail

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John from Idegon (talk) 04:38, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

John from Idegon - Just replied to your email. Thanks again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:47, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Response to your removal of my Tupelo, Mississippi edit

The two members of Rae Sremmurd are Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi, not Slim Jimmy. This is viewable on the main Rae Sremmurd page here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Sremmurd#Early_life) or by references to him by XXL Magazine (http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/07/slim-jxmmi-loses-100000-chain-crowdsurfing/) or Complex (http://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/slim-jxmmi-rae-sremmurd-loses-100-thousand-dollar-chain-crowd-surf-paris) for example.

71.224.69.199 (talk) 05:16, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Ah, got'cha. The edit looked like a mistake or a test to me, which is why I reverted it. Feel free to restore the change back. Thanks for leaving me a message and for letting me know :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Check Evansville Indiana Wikipedia if you think I vandalized Night at the mueseum

Read Title Troll A Robinson (talk) 06:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Janitorial duties can be stressful and thirsty work. Cheers for helping! EvergreenFir (talk) 06:30, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi EvergreenFir! Thanks for the tea! It comes with the job. I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't enjoy the responsibility. Thanks for being so diligent and for reverting the disruption. Message me any time you need something :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:32, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

You'll regret that offer! Lol, just kidding, but thanks. EvergreenFir (talk) 06:38, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

EvergreenFir - HA! You bet. Keep in touch :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:39, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Wrongfully reverted information

I am the WIFE of the player this page is on. We have 2 children and I am attempting to add to as well as monitor this page for my husband. This is a legacy for our boys and you had no right to delete that information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basarond (talk • contribs)

Hi Basarond, and thank you for leaving a message here with your questions and concerns. Sorry, but editing a page where you have a conflict of interest is a behavior that's not encouraged by the community. This is due to the inability for those users to maintain a neutral point of view with their edits. Any content added can also be cited as original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia articles. Original research is content that's referenced off an editors personal experience, relationships, findings, and references (even if its published). You can also call it "citing yourself". This is not allowed because such content cannot be verified for authenticity or accuracy. If the article contains content that is unreferenced and controversial or negative, let me know and I'll be happy to take a look. Thanks again for the message, and I appreciate your understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

We request that you take down the entire Wikipedia page. You keep removing our family from the page and telling us that's strangers can add info but we can't. If you can't verify that he has a wife and two small kids, there's something wrong with your process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basarond (talk • contribs) 07:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Basarond - You need to contact the Wikipedia Volunteer Response Team by following the instructions here. They have the tools and training to verify your identity, and assist you with your particular concerns. This is what you must do in order to receive the assistance you're looking for; continuing to revert the page is disruptive and will only make getting assistance more difficult, not less. Thank you for understanding, I wish you well, and I wish you good luck. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Check the disputed page's history log, as soon as you can. The user who contacted you, tried to falsely claim they were restoring two archived external links to the article, but a review of what they did showed they just added in the information that is in dispute; a Citation Needed template was added by Wiki-Bots, but I removed the content for being put in under false pretenses. I think you were right about them needing to maintain a neutral point of view, but I don't think someone should be sneaky by claiming something in their edit summary, that does not match their edit.GUtt01 (talk) 10:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

GUtt01 - I see it; thanks for fixing that. I would have done so myself, but I had reverted this user's content removal five times, and I didn't want this to be seen as edit warring (in fact, it probably was since it was content-related). Either way, it's fixed now :-) - thanks again! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: To be quite honest, I probably should have put forward an Edit Warring notice with them upon seeing the page's log; you were reverting their edits because of their behaviour and unjustified reasons, so you would not be in danger of this yourself, simply because you were stopping them acting in a behaviour not condoned by Wikipedia. I suspect that if they do this again, it might be prudent to consider that they aren't listening to reason, may not be who they say they are, and probably are being disruptive, and thus it may be justified to block them from editing for a small period of time. But that's my view. :-)GUtt01 (talk) 10:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

GUtt01 - I appreciate the input :-). I'm hoping that the user followed my directions and contacted the response team using the link I gave her. Otherwise, she's only going to make things harder on herself as well as getting her concerns addressed. We shall see, I guess ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: I'll keep a close watch on this. GUtt01 (talk) 10:14, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Cool deal; thank you. Let me know if things go off the deep end again and I'll take a look. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah:I'm not sure if this user has done it again, but someone tried to put back the information in dispute, to the relevant article once more. They were an IP User, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same user, operating under an IP, in order to avoid being blocked when putting the information back up. I checked, and they're the same IP User you reverted before.GUtt01 (talk) 16:27, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Oh joy. Okay, I'll take a look. Thanks for the heads up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:05, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

I've semi-protected the page for two days for persistent BLP policy violations. I'm hoping this will encourage the user to seek the proper channel to have the concerns expressed here addressed. Thanks again, GUtt01. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Look at you, Oshwah!

You're so loved tonight! Amaury (talk | contribs) 07:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Amaury - HA! My talk page always gets a lot of... "love" :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:02, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

({help me)}

i am new in wiki i can not understand how to updte articale or talk with friends so guide me — Preceding unsigned comment added by SAEED AHMED JEHO (talk • contribs) 08:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

SAEED AHMED JEHO - Welcome to Wikipedia! You should go through our tutorial here, as it will teach you all of this plus a lot more! Let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Again, I welcome you to the project. That tutorial will help you with your questions here :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:23, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

({thanks})

oh yes i will ask you. for any problem — Preceding unsigned comment added by SAEED AHMED JEHO (talk • contribs)

Cool deal; go through the entire tutorial and if you need additional tutorials, I can give you additional ones that will help you greatly :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:31, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

No subject

I am one of the directors of AI Global Media.

Over the weekend someone not related to the company created a rather slandarous page for us, which I am trying to delete. When I delete the text again can you please leave it deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatHallAIGlobal (talk • contribs) 10:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

KatHallAIGlobal - What parts of the article are false or (I think you meant) libelous? I can certainly take a look; do you mind explaining so I can understand better? :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:57, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

KatHallAIGlobal - I removed the section that made claims about the company's awards, as they appear to be referenced by sources that aren't considered reliable. I think the article is good as it stands now. Let me know if you have any questions or see more problems that I should look at. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

The is also a link to 'vanity awards' on the opening line on our page. Can this link be removed and the word 'vanity' be removed please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatHallAIGlobal (talk • contribs) 11:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Sure,  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:13, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

I can see that the AI Global Media Ltd page also has the category 'vanity awards'. Please remove this category. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatHallAIGlobal (talk • contribs)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Also please remove the link 'vanity awards' in the opening paragraph and replace the text 'vanity awards' with 'awards' only. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatHallAIGlobal (talk • contribs) 11:21, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Also  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:24, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

[3] — fortunavelut luna 11:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - I'm looking at this link now. What's this supposed to be? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Ah, it's a database of legal complaints and requests for online content removal. Interesting... thanks for the link :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:21, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Change of DOB FATIMA JINNAH

Hi,SHARJEELJOURNALIST97 IS HERE, good to see you, google also made the mistake of Fatima jinnah about DOB is also send a request to correct this.That all, if i found something wrong in anything i will tell you.  :) THANKS.. Regard SHARJEELJOURNALIST97 — Preceding unsigned comment added by SharjeelJournalist97 (talk • contribs) 11:48, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Benniejets

Could you take a look at the recent edits of Special:Contributions/Benniejets? I'm about ready to take him to ANI, but am not looking forward to that. I can barely understand a thing this guy writes. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 22:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

And now he's claiming I hate Catholics! - BilCat (talk) 22:02, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - I responded to the user regarding the statement he made about you "hating Italy and all Catholics" here. What are the content-related edits that started this whole dispute? What article is this dispute over? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:42, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

OK but i like good feith.Just to start i offered a honest compromise for light carriers article.About Ernio48 i checked his past anyway i've no enemies ,just potential friends.Benniejets (talk) 22:46, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Benniejets - I have no idea of what you're talking about. What article are you having an issue over? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:53, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Primarily Blue-water navy and Light aircraft carrier. - BilCat (talk) 22:56, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Aaand both articles are now fully protected :-). There's definitely content-related editing disputes on both articles and over the last 24 hours (and not just between you two). So... what's the exact content that you two are in dispute over? I've partially read through the discussion on User talk:Antiochus the Great, but I got lost pretty quickly lol :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:03, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

I beg your pardon but in the second article (light carriers) i said no Cavour carrier in the list.This status quo isn't correct.Thanks.Benniejets (talk) 23:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

How isn't it correct? Are there references that support the addition of this carrier in the list mentioned? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:08, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

No.For both the italian ones.Garibaldi anyway is light.Cavour not otherwise also the french,the russian,the chinese and the indian should be listed there as light ones.Benniejets (talk) 23:09, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - What are your thoughts regarding this response? Do you have references from reliable sources that state or show otherwise? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm not involved with the Blue-water navy dispute, as most of those types of categorical classifications are just national peeing contests without real meaning. As to Light aircraft carrier, I've mainly reverted to what was there before the dispute began, and will probably let another editor run point on the discussions, as there's too much of a language barrier for me to discuss at the level that I'm used to. - BilCat (talk) 23:12, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't certain with what portion of this dispute involved you directly. In that case, I think we should back up a bit: Benniejets, have you started a discussion on the articles' talk pages regarding the content changes that you're disputing? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:15, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

BilCat we agree.Garibaldi is light and Cavour not.Cavour should be deleted from article light carriers.So all matter is solved.Here time to sleep)Benniejets (talk) 23:16, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

I really don't have a problem with Cavour being removed, as it's primarily an LHD with a secondary light carrier role, but other editors might have a problem. He really needs to make that proposal on the article's talk page. - BilCat (talk) 23:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

French ,russian,indian and chinese have the same size so should be set as light.I agree with you to delete Cavour from light carrier article.Oshwah can you act?Don't forget to delete Cavour from light carrier article.)Thanks for your good action.BilCat i trust your good feith.Benniejets (talk) 23:21, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

I'll delete Cavour carrier from article about light carriers as we agreed here when article will be unlocked.Thanks again User:Oshwah)Benniejets (talk) 14:00, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

You need to comment on the article's talk page so other editors can comment. I'm not the only person who reverted you, so I cannot make an agreement for them. - BilCat (talk) 09:27, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm not the only person that has my opinion .I'll write on Talk page and i'll delete Cavour.When User:Oshwah asked you here ,you held 0 references to classify a light carrier like Cavour (otherwise french,indian,russian and chinese carriers should be added at the light carriers list,even the new british one).You even wrote that you had no problems to delete Cavour from light carrier, so don't care for others User:BilCat.Are you retreating your words?Who wants Cavour in the article must post very clear and trustble references to support it as Oshwah asked.The problem is for them not to you.Oshwah can testify for you and me.Benniejets (talk) 13:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Good acting Benniejets (talk) 23:22, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

A flag for you!

File:Admin flag explosion.png	Admin flag
	Here is the coveted admin flag, with, in accordance to your specifications, an explosion. Don't get burnt! RileyBugz会話投稿記録 01:28, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

problems with article: "Hanuman Books"

Hanuman Books (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi Oshwah - I've twice uploaded an entry on "Hanuman Books", an important series of books about contemporary art published in the 1980s out of New York. Very little information is available online about these books, which nonetheless have a cult following. I have drawn my information primarily from the University of Michigan website (where the archives are housed) and from an article in Parkett Magazine. I have rewritten this information entirely except for passages - such as the list of book titles - which cannot be edited. Twice however, my page has been removed, even after I have done substantial editing and rewriting. Can you help me understand why? Byranadasgupta (talk) 07:27, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

User needs to be talked to - Connected to editing dispute with The Lego Movie

Heya,

I need you to have a word with this user - Joeymiskulin. He's acting like a spoilt kid for not being told off about his actions; another user gave him a 3-revert Edit-Warring notice over his reversions of edits on The Lego Movie article. The reason I ask is because he's made changes to the article, removing HIDDEN TXT I put up that requests Wikipedians to go to the article's talk page about the infobox layout for the two directors of the movie. I am not gonna revert this, because I don't want to become too involved in the matter, but his edit summary for the changes is not at all something I expect a Wikipedian to do:

"I'm done with the 3-revert rule, I'm serious!"

Can you handle this for me, please? Would appreciate it. :-)GUtt01 (talk) 13:12, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

GUtt01 - I've blocked the user for 36 hours for disruptive editing and edit warring at The Lego Movie. Let me know if I'm needed anywhere else and I'll be happy to take a look. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:16, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: I wasn't expecting you to block them, just talk to them, but I suppose the way they behaved was likely to earn them this. Hopefully they'll amend their behaviour. Cheers for looking into this. :-) GUtt01 (talk) 13:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: The user has tried to put forward an Unblock request, over the Block they got from you. Apart from not reading what it states about putting the Unblock Request below the Block Notice (they instead just write in the notice on the code section for Unblock Requests), they are giving a reason that is not valid. Or rather, they are just angily asking why they were blocked for disruptive editing... I've advised them in my Edit Summary what they should do, and reverted their edits on their Talk Page, but they just wouldn't listen; they repeated their same mistake and same Reason once more. I've reverted this again, but I think it might be wise to keep an eye on this and advise them on what to do. GUtt01 (talk) 11:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: User has given at least a decent reason now. Bad news is, they still put it within the Block Notice; I don't think they realize that they're supposed to put the Unlock Request template at the bottom of their talk page, under the notice. Why don't they just wait until the Block runs out? GUtt01 (talk) 21:51, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Okay, I think you need to extend Joeymiskulin's Block, because they are not heeding the Block Notice in their talk page, have been writing in it deliberately, just to state why they were blocked or to question it, and I caught two edits they did when they removed it when they shouldn't have until time was up. Either that, an extension of the existing Block and a Block on their editing in their own talk page, or a stern word from you. I'm gonna exasperate myself if I continue to monitor this anymore... Please help sort this out as soon as you can, please. :'-( GUtt01 (talk) 07:21, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Actually, hold off on that. I'll keep a watchful eye on them and the article page they were disruptive on. However, do have a word with them about what they shouldn't do to the Block Notice in future, and what they should do if they wish to request an Unblocking of their editing privileges. GUtt01 (talk) 19:50, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Okay, just let me know if you need my help, or if I need to step in again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:08, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Greeneville TN

Hi oshawa the thing about greeneville TN i am not a serious editor i was trying to be funny sorry if i'd inconvenienced you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.218.133.81 (talk) 13:34, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Reporting at AIV vs SPI

Hi Oshwah,

Thank you for taking care of my report at AIV. I had second thoughts after I posted it, and then I saw your reply I have now opened an SPI case as you suggested.

This particular guy has a very specific MO (adding poster images to the same articles again and again). I have previously reported IP editors doing the same edits to AIV (where they have been blocked), because I was under the impression that SPI reports cannot connect an IP address with a specific account. Maybe I'm mistaken, though; would you suggest I report any future cases like this to SPI instead? Thanks! –FlyingAce^✈hello 15:32, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi FlyingAce! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your response and your question. In cases of vandalism, definitely make reports at AIV when they've been warned enough or the severity of the vandalism blatantly calls for it. If it's a case of sock puppetry and not necessarily *vandalism*, you'll want to instead gather as much evidence as you can and create an SPI with that evidence. Remember to provide diffs and give as much information as you can - the more information you provide, the more helpful it will be for clerks and admins to determine what to do. If it's sock puppetry that involves vandalism, file an AIV first (so we can stop the vandalism) and then file an SPI also (with evidence of course). In cases of sock puppetry by an LTA where it's so blatantly obvious (such as the username being threatening, the account is making threats or harassing users, or engaging in gross vandalism), AIV is fine :-). Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Please excuse my late response, by the way. I was busy the last few weeks and I'm just now catching up with messages and emails. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:14, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protect

Can you semi-protect Crying in the Club, Know No Better (song), Lauren Jauregui, Cry (Sigma song), Now That's What I Call Music! 97 (UK series), Still Got Time and Down (Fifth Harmony song) to persistent long-term abuse of Wikidesctruction vandal. 115.164.218.235 (talk) 17:03, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! I've applied temporary semi-protection to the articles that I felt warranted the need for it. There were a couple that haven't been edited in a few days, so I held off on protecting those. Overall, you should be all set :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:15, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

administrators noticeboard

Hey Oshwah, thanks for dispute resolution info. I will use that to resolve the problem. I am disappointed no one addressed any of the complaints I had about others, only the complaints others had against me. Perhaps that was not the right place for that and dispute resolution is. I do appreciate the fact you realized I am new at this, yes I have been here 8 months but only have a couple hundred edits. Heck some of you guys are doing a hundred edits a day. How do you do it? I did offer a compromise to objective3000 which is what you are supposed to do, correct?Aceruss (talk) 17:56, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Aceruss, and thanks for leaving me a message here with your questions and concerns. I'm sorry that you feel that the discussion was one-sided, in that you feel that your issues were not given a fair analysis and discussion. This is a situation and a feeling that I've seen many times in my experience; it can be disheartening and make you feel unnecessarily targeted. I want to assure you that this was absolutely not what the discussion intended to do. Everyone was new here at one point and it's completely okay to make mistakes; what's truly important is that you learn from them, make the necessarily improvements to reflect what you've learned, and move forward with the experience you've gained. Don't let yourself feel that you have to make edits and contributions in comparison or to the level of frequency of another. Your time and energy is beneficial to the project no matter how much or how often you edit here. It's appreciated just as much, and you're just as welcome to the project as anyone else. There's a lot of policies and guidelines that new editors have to become proficient with and from the very start; it can be quite an overwhelming task becoming proficient with them and making sure that your edits comply with them -- shoot, I remember being very overwhelmed with everything when I first edited here. It's an unfortunate normality that has been the center of discussion regarding how we can improve Wikipedia and retain editors. That's why we understand that new users will make mistakes; it's inevitable and nobody will ever be perfect here. Just take things one step at a tie, ask questions if you're unsure about anything, and take any feedback that others give you to heart. Do that, and there's no doubt that you'll excel here. Please do not hesitate to message me here if you have questions or need my help with anything. I'll be happy to help you with anything you need. Best regards -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:42, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Oshwah, I haven't gotten much good welcoming feedback. I will take you up on your offer of help and answering questions. Best regards to you as well.Aceruss (talk) 17:18, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Aceruss - I'm sorry to hear that. While feedback should be honest as to not waste your time going down the wrong path and guide you in the right direction, feedback should also not be discouraging or leaving you feel put down or insulted. If someone engages uncivilly towards you (such as making personal attacks toward you), please do let me know so that I can put a kibosh to it. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:17, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Protect "Body Like a Back Road"

Please, could you protect Sam Hunt single "Body Like a Back Road", in the last weeks, a lot of IP users and accounts are changing the genres without a source, if you can, can it be a long time protection please, thank you. (24.41.228.188 (talk) 18:40, 1 August 2017 (UTC))

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:28, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Beth Porter page - your edit - please help!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Porter

Hello Oshwah - everything below will seem a bit like deja-vu because I've only learned of your edit/s to my Wikipedia page. Without going into too much detail, the eMail notification of your change/s was mis-directed to my spam folder and then my system crashed. When I reconfigured everything the message was lost. So earlier today I was checking on my Wiki entry and noticed some changes and your alert message popped up.

It's hard for me to recall the previous version, but one thing I noticed was the entry for my US television appearance in an episode of Kojak ... the footnote number 17 refers to that which now leads nowhere. There's also an error that's been added in the last paragraph of the section called Career ... the phrase should read "Woody Allen's sister-in-law in Love and Death." My character Anna was married to Woody's brother Boris - so I'm not sure why it was wrongly changed. Also, in the penultimate para of the Later career section, I was going to update the penultimate sentence to read "2017 was her 20th year as a nominating judge for the international WebbyAwards..."

Can you please help by 1] explaining what you've changed ... I think the notice said it was in April 2016... and 2] whether you think the new editing system is a good option for me in future. Over the next couple of months I'll want to add notice for two of my latest books once they're published. I'd also like to add some info to some of my acting credits.

Thanks in advance for your help; hoping to hear back from you soon. Best wishes Beth Bethporter (talk) 18:41, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Bethporter - I made a number of changes to the article. The bigger issues, however, are other things. First of all, it appears that you're creating an article about yourself as well as adding original research and unreferenced content to it - these behaviors are highly discouraged because this not only represents a conflict of interest, but it makes the article nearly impossible to be worded in a neutral point of view... since you're writing about yourself. People who do this tend to leave out negative or controversial things as well as keep the article positive and aimed toward building one's reputation, as opposed to being worded neutrally and having all sides with due weight expressed. Please read these important policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:25, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the cookies and the site links I think those will be very helpful to me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaxon Boothby (talk • contribs) 20:16, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jaxon Boothby! You bet! Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy your time here, and if you need help with anything - let me know! Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:25, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Brandi Glanville

Why are you deleting my posts? She was never a high fashion model. Not once, not ever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.71.82.140 (talk) 23:04, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Well not to seem rude but it states here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3508157/Brandi-Glanville-pines-modeling-days-throwback-photo.html And countless other websites that she was. I haven't seen one that says otherwise. Dinah In Wonderland 23:09, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I suggest you stay away from the page until you read over sources. If you find one that says otherwise you are welcome to change the page but until then please leave what is there 173.71.82.140 Dinah In Wonderland 23:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you feel frustrated with the changes made, but you need to understand how we constitute sources that are reliable from those that are not. Please give this guideline a read, and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Blocked IP

Hello @Oshwah: may I ask you why I was blocked yesterday? I only removed information from those pages because it broke a rule on Wikipedia as it was an example of synthesis of published material. So why was I blocked? I am not a vandal or anything like that. Are we not supposed to follow rules here on Wikipedia? I don't think it's fair that I got blocked just because the other user was angry with the removal of information. The information, I repeat, was removed because it broke Wikipedia rules. I specifically told the user to add a source before adding the information back in, so how does that warrant a block? I only edited those Zara Larsson-related pages because she performed on an Australian TV show yesterday to know what the name of her songs were. I have never made any edits to her pages before, because I am not a huge fan of her. In general, I hardly make edits to music pages. I generally make edits to geography and culture-related pages such as Japan foreign marriage, Decline of Buddhism in India, Colorism, Merina people, Assamese people, Bamar people, Malaysians etc. If you look at the edit history of those pages you will see a slew of different IPs that geolocate to Victoria, Australia. How was I confused with another user? I have never owned an account here, could you tell me how I was conflated with another user without any evidence? (121.219.32.128 (talk) 04:30, 2 August 2017 (UTC))

Let me take a look at the contribution history and articles involved and get back to you. If I blocked you by mistake, please accept my most sincere and humble apologies. I'll follow up with you here as soon as I'm done taking a look at everything. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:11, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you @Oshwah:. Here are some of my previous IP addresses to make the job easier. 101.160.163.49 (talk · contribs), 110.148.128.52 (talk · contribs), 137.147.133.217 (talk · contribs), 121.214.32.26 (talk · contribs), 110.148.152.148 (talk · contribs) and 121.219.13.43 (talk · contribs). (121.219.32.128 (talk) 05:52, 2 August 2017 (UTC))

Great, thank you for providing these. I'll take a look at each of those as well. Stand by. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:57, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much @Oshwah:. (121.219.32.128 (talk) 06:10, 2 August 2017 (UTC))

No problem; I'll just need some time to go through everything. I occasionally make mistakes (which sucks and I absolutely hate doing), and I probably did in this instance. The least I can do for you is explain what I saw and what led me to believe that you were block evading. Then you can point and laugh at me, call me a moron and a dunce, and pledge to kill my first-born child for what I mistakenly did. It's only fair :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:42, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

I don't have children, but if you want to count my upstairs neighbor as my first-born, please do. He stomps on the floor late at night and wakes me up and I wouldn't miss him at all :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hahaha it's okay @Oshwah:. It's not the first time I've been blocked by mistake. In 2015, I was mistakenly blocked after the perpetrator commented below my report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. (121.219.32.128 (talk) 07:25, 2 August 2017 (UTC))

@121.219.32.128: I didn't report you because I was "angry with information being removed"; I reported you because your behaviour and manner of speaking mirrored IPs I have interacted with before. I don't report users because I disagree with their way of doing things. Also, I repeat, the information you removed from So Good (Zara Larsson album) was already sourced besides one sentence at the beginning that called the song a single because it was not in a source when you removed it. The rest of it was fine. I never "restored unsourced material" that "broke Wikipedia rules"—you reverted me again because, despite my adding a source that called the song a single from So Good, I forgot to add the beginning of the cite web template, which made the URL I supplied include the pipe (|) next to it instead of the code reading that as the beginning of a separate parameter; it's right there in the article history. You, sensibly, stopped reverting when I and the user @Dinah Kirkland: pointed out to you I already did provide a source for the claim. You also claimed on my talk page that I added the information to the page months ago, whereas I never did any such thing, and you may want to make sure you have the correct user before you get belligerent on their talk page about something they never did. If you are not said user I confused you with using a proxy—which has happened before (they are not a vandal anyway, just a user with a very bad attitude who contested much sourced material because they disagreed with it), then I apologise, but your manner of speaking made me initially believe you were, and, not that I can speak for Oshwah, but behavioural evidence is sometimes enough to block users for evasion. Perhaps in future the evidence should be a bit more compelling. Ss112 15:27, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Si I followed through with every single thing that had to do with these two and everything @Ss112: says is true. Dinah In Wonderland 15:26, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ss112: I removed it because it was synthesis of published material. The information you were claiming that was in the source was not in it. Yes, it's a single but the source never said it was from her album, that is why I removed the unsourced information (not the source). Now that you found a source, there is no problem. (101.160.4.240 (talk) 22:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC))

@101.160.4.240: I have told you at least three times now, including above, that I was not the one who originally added the information to the page. Please get your facts straight before accusing other editors of adding unsourced material. When I reverted you, I added a source. I am aware of why you removed it; you don't need to keep stating it. However, I don't think it's synthesis of published sources, just not supported by what was there. The fact that it was a single from Larsson's album was unsourced. Edit: As the IP has repeated at least twice now that "The information you were claiming that was in the source was not in it", when I never claimed such a thing—and I was not the editor who created either page—here's the first edits to Symphony (Clean Bandit song): A user named Djdjpollard15 claimed it was a single from Zara's album. Unreal7 later restored the page after I redirected it with more information, including the problematic claim. On So Good (Zara Larsson album): an IP editor added to the prose that "Symphony" was the sixth single from the album. Anonpediann later added the source next to said claim. Ss112 22:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Just wondering if you looked through the IP addresses I gave you, no worries if you haven't. I know I don't use the blocked IP address anymore and I know this might sound petty, but I would like if you removed the block log if you found me not guilty. It's just that I don't like to carry that baggage, sometimes I get the same IP addresses that's why I would like it removed if you were wondering. (121.219.3.3 (talk) 10:31, 3 August 2017 (UTC))

A block can't be cleared from a record, only another action taken to unblock said editor. It was only for a period of like 36 hours. Ss112 14:07, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

@Ss112: I understand but I don't think it was right to block me without any evidence. I don't know who I was apparently "block evading" because I have never owned an account here. I'm sure you wouldn't like it if you were blocked for something you did not do. (137.147.32.46 (talk) 23:24, 3 August 2017 (UTC))

@137.147.32.46: I didn't block you and it ultimately was not my decision. Now please stop pinging me on this topic. I'm done. Ss112 23:27, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Ah so your that IP. I saw you around while doing my research. Dinah In Wonderland 14:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah

Hello it will be very beneficial if you change the page's title to 'Sylhet Surma Sixers' and if you think I'm wrong do give me evidence why I am wrong. You could set up the current squad table and add Liam Dawson, Dawid Malan and Chris Jordan as they are confirmed by bdcrictime.com and Jamuna TV. Please do me a favour and let us make think page a better one

May God keep us safe and secured

CDveChilliers (no I'm not from some country other than BD) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CDveChilliers (talk • contribs) 05:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

CDveChilliers - It sounds like we need to file a move request. I'd do this so that others can weigh in, as well as come to a consensus with what the best title should be for this article. After all, (n 1) heads are better than (n) heads ;-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:31, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Town doesn't exit

I live here and this town doesn't exist. Nevins Florida. Have no idea where this information comes from. Dagster3 (talk) 14:30, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It relates to the Nevins Fruit Company, which had a warehouse there. The best I could get (without enough sourcing to add it to the article) is that it was a railroad name, possibly a siding or a station. It is listed in the GNIS, which means that at least at some point in time it did exist, and therefore should have an article. John from Idegon (talk) 15:02, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Archive?

Could you please point me in the direction that tell me how to archive my talk page? Please keep in mind I have the mobile view so I might not understand some of what you say. Dinah In Wonderland 15:32, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Also 2 more questions; am I allowed to make a Humor page? And where can I add my Userboxes that I've Created? Dinah In Wonderland 15:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dinah Kirkland! Thanks for leaving me a message with your questions! I apologize for the late reply; I've been very busy lately and I'm just now catching up with my messages and emails. I choose to archive my talk page completely manually and by hand, but there are automated and much easier ways for you to do it that are pretty much 100% hassle-free. See this help page; it'll provide you with the different ways to do it, as well as instructions for getting started. Humor pages can certainly be created, but must be done so carefully, in the correct namespace, and in a manner that is not disruptive nor against policy (such as making a "humor page" that personally attacks other editors or any living person). I highly recommend that you become proficient with Wikipedia, it's policies and guidelines, processes, namespaces, and have been here for a little while before making a humor page. This assures that you have a full understanding of the culture, what is and is not okay policy-wise, and what things can and "should" be humored. This essay on humor is a good read, but I'd seriously wait for awhile before considering it. When you refer to "adding userboxes you've created", are you talking about adding userboxes to your own user space? Let me know what you mean exactly, and I'll be happy to help you out. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions about anything I've said in my response here. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:40, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Ah thanks! And I actually withdraw my UserBox question! As for the humor page thanks! I'd never think of insulting another user and I've read the policies so I think I have a good hang on this! I'll keep what you said in mind! ♠Dinah♠ 🎤 19:42, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Wrong information

There is know proof than Kane Williamson is the captain and Faulkner, Shanto, Jayed are playing and the team is in talks with Bishoo!!! Please correct the current squad box as I tried previously but NH4293 keeps messing things up!! Please check your sources before editing!

CDveChilliers — Preceding unsigned comment added by CDveChilliers (talk • contribs) 15:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Oshwah. I noticed you deleted everything I added to Patricia Cardoso's Page. I'm right now working with her and you're just making it more complicated since I have to rewrite it again. Can you please restore it or tell me why you deleted what I wrote? Next time I will explain my edit but please don't delete it without telling me first. I was updating and I'm going to continue updating her information according to what she wants on her wikipedia page, adding sources and references, so it would be nice if you could just check the information beforehand. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathalielibos (talk • contribs) 15:52, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@Nathalielibos: Hang on... I read this, and it seems to me that you're editing of this article may not conform to WP:NPOV, particularly as you say "I'm going to continue updating her information according to what she wants on her wikipedia page". @Oshwah: Oshwah, do you think I might be right on this? GUtt01 (talk) 19:45, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

About the article of Sally Hemmings

I don't see how my edit was not constructive. Sally Hemmings was a 14 year old girl and Jefferson was a 46 year old man. This is definition of rape. I cannot see how a factual statement could in any way not be constructive when the common narrative serves to sugarcoat this fact. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C5C4:7650:EC60:C8D9:889C:18EC (talk) 16:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed this fact afterwards. Please accept my apologies for the confusion. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:30, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

blocked christian borle

hey, i get why you changed the christian borle page but under spouses there is an incorrect statement. it states that christian is married to andrew rannells which is false and an invadement of privacy. please change this, someone named deanna made this change in the first place because people think they are married. this is incorrect. please change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayoooo1119 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

It is unsourced so I removed it as a BLP. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 16:46, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Gayathri raghuram,actress india

Why we cudn able to edit her wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.62.186.142 (talk) 19:57, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Simple. The page was put into semi-protection, because of persistent vandalism on the article about the Indian actress. Only autoconfirmed Wikipedians can edit on this page. The level of protection is temporary. GUtt01 (talk) 06:57, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Giuseppe

I've seen that you've write that brawl stars is a game in two different platforms (iOS and Android). Brawl stars (Android) not exist, so why do you write this information? Have you got any information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.41.227.163 (talk) 11:52, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

This was not information I wrote but a page revision I restored to in order to remove vandalism... however, technically what content I restore bears the burden for me to prove... so technically I did write it? Anyways, if there isn't an Android version, remove the content (but make sure to state what you're doing any why in the edit summary). If you have any more questions, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for leaving me a message here :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Moshe Gaon

Hi Oshwah,

Wondered why you think putting up my personal biography is promotional. I added it because many people search about me and its available in Hebrew but not in English. Also would love it you look at what we do: yoocanfindcom and if you find it important add it to Wikipedia so more people will know about it and improve their life. Thanks (GaonM (talk) 12:43, 3 August 2017 (UTC))

@GaonM: There are some issues in putting up a personal biography of yourself - it goes against Wikipedia's policy regarding autobiographies, because it is considered a conflict of interest. Others can write about you, and you may edit personal biographies of yourself if, as the policy article states, "you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our {Wikipedia's} biography of living persons policy". Also, if you want people to know about that website, don't ask people to check it out; that's promoting it. If you want an article about the website, create a draft and then have someone check it to ensure that it maintains a neutral point of view and adheres to other policies of Wikipedia. GUtt01 (talk) 14:19, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Joeymiskulin - Guess what has happened now...

He's only gone and blown the blinkin' doors off! Nah, only kidding...

He's gone and got himself blocked for three days now. Why? Guess which article he's gone and committed further reversions and changes to, which are the same as before? If you guessed The Lego Movie, give yourself a cookie. Honestly... Anyway, I thought you should know.

Also, the message above this - not being too involved, but I gave him a response in regards to the things he said, and I hope you agree that what I stated is correct. Anyway... Back to the grindstone of enjoying Wikipedia! :D GUtt01 (talk) 14:23, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: I had to remove a message from this section, because someone was trying to send you a new one, but attached it to this. User who did this, is one who sent you a rather... disturbing, and rather 'adult' request. I think you may have to decide on a course of action with them, as I got a feeling they may have created the account, just to be a troublemaker. GUtt01 (talk) 17:51, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

You got mail

Hello. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Marchjuly (talk) 11:59, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Marchjuly - I responded (albeit late) to your first email and I received your follow-up response. I'll respond today to your message - just hang tight! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:44, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

No worries. Time is on my side. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:29, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I sent a reply back. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:57, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Resorted Categories under "certain letters (and more sensibly so)" - Is this... correct or makes sense?

Oshwah, I'm a little confused over someone's edit in regards to categories for an article. The article in question is The Lego Ninjago Movie. A user has done an edit to the article in which they modified two categories, by adding in "|Ninjago" to the category "The Lego Movie", and "|Movie" to the category "Lego Ninjago", claiming that they did so, so "they are resorted under certain letters (and more sensibly so)", but I can't understand what is sensible about doing so. I mean, there's hardly any difference at all in how they appear in the category layout at the bottom of the article; I mean, they still retain the name of the category, regardless of the addition of these words within the [] format. I don't know what to think on this - does the Wikipedian believe this is correct but is actually wrong and shouldn't have made the edit, or is it correct, and do I need an explanation about this to help me understand it?

Please reply ASAP. :-) GUtt01 (talk) 16:13, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

They do not change the category appearance on the article page, but they do change where the pages are located on the category pages. Where previously the article was sorted under L at Category:Lego Ninjago, the change I make now adds a custom sortkey, which sorts it under M. --Izno (talk) 16:20, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done Matter resolved. I got a better understanding on this now from Izno. Problem solved, and I learnt a bit more as well. GUtt01 (talk) 16:27, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Awesome! Sorry for being so late to the party! I've been extremely busy and I'm just now catching up with my messages and emails. Glad you received help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:46, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Urgent Request - Defuse tense situation by reviewing behaviour of an IP User

Oshwah, mate:

I need you to step in and review the behaviour of an IP User, 24.178.250.78, who is currently involved in an Edit War on an article - Terrell Owens - and who has been disruptively arguing on Talk:Jared_Taylor, in which a comment by another user stated that they refused to accept sources on an article and wanted to demand it consisted of Original Research; another on the IP's talk page believes they are using the article's talk page as a forum to state out their viewpoint. The user has been reported for Edit Warring on the affected article, as can be seen here; a check of the history log shows that they are continuing to act disruptively, despite the warning that they have been reported. I want to put a stop to their behaviour, and ease tensions for the users who are becoming frustrated by them.

There is a lot of strong evidence that the user appears to be disruptive and aggressive in their manner, and also is being biased and not neutrally editing articles. GUtt01 (talk) 07:10, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi GUtt01 - I haven't dug into the details of the content being disputed yet, but I'm seeing long-term back-and-fourth edit warring between two parties (the IP and an extended-confirmed user). Because of this, I've added full protection to the article for three days until the dispute is sorted out, or (if applicable) any action is taken for any policy violations that may be occurring. Thanks for the heads-up; I'll take a look at this and see what's up. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:51, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

The article was fully protected on August 9th (less than a week ago) due to the same two people edit warring. Looks like it's time to start escalating how these two are warned. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:53, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Rename log..

Any idea why this link draws a blank?Cheers!Winged Blades ^Godric 09:07, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric: Erm... What exactly are we being linked to, per se? It's not quite clear what this is supposed to be that we are going to, via the link. GUtt01 (talk) 10:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@GUtt01:--User rename log of Renamed user jC6jAXNBCg.Winged Blades ^Godric 10:05, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

(tps) The account Renamed user.. has not had a subsequent name, so it doesn't show up there. It's not hard to get the original name, but there is only one normal way to do this, sometimes, AFAIK: this -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:20, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@Zzuuzz:--Thanks!Winged Blades ^Godric 10:33, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric and Zzuuzz: That's not it: the correct link to the local rename log entry is here. Yes, I know it's a bit wonky, but the "Target" field for local rename log entries is for the old username, while in the global rename log, "Target" is for the username they were renamed to. As an added bonus, the global rename log has a "Previous username" field. The one downside to the global rename log is that it doesn't list renames made before global renaming was a thing. A simpler way of looking up the previous global renames done to a user is by using m:Special:GlobalRenameProgress and then typing in the new username of the user in question (In this case, you'll want m:Special:GlobalRenameProgress/Renamed_user_jC6jAXNBCg) —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 11:18, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

The simplest way is to look at contribs to talk pages. If they signed any, they'll still be under the old username. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:29, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@Dweller:--That's surely a good idea!Winged Blades ^Godric 07:39, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Why did I leave warnings on K.e.coffman's page? That's a weird question.

"Why did you leave these warnings on K.e.coffman's talk page?" Why did I leave warnings on K.e.coffman's page? Why wouldn't I? First of all I had put a lot of thought into it and I did what vandalism page suggests and what I wrote was quite clear imho but I'll reiterate. I am sorry but I can't shake of the feeling that you didn't pay much attention to details.

"If you have a dispute over content, please follow proper dispute resolution protocol and discuss it on the article's talk page." We don't. It was blatant, nonconstructive 100% content removal. K.e.coffman simply decided to remove contents of 5 pages I listed, I haven't seen any signs of discussion about the idea and IF it was ever done I couldn't find it nor was it pointed to. The reason given was lackluster, as he just decided these were "not independently notable" thus removing content and leaving redirs. Moreover these lead back to their page of origination creating a loop. I have to say here I am not the only one, as The Art of War (Sabaton album) page history shows, to disagree with coffman's overeager removals. A lot of people had put effort in creating those pages which was simply undone because a singular individual decided that. I see no reason why he shouldn't have improved the pages instead of removing all their meaningful contents.

On the other hand your removal of the warnings I left on his talk page is suspicious, I left those where they were so they are clearly and undeniably visible, as any warning should be. Isn't talk page meant for meant for disputes? I thought quarrels like this should be resolved and not swept under the rug making me the bad guy here while it was K.e.coffman who basically cleared those 5 pages of content in a relatively short period of time 04-23.06. Maybe the question that you should have asked is "why would anyone (me) feel the need to leave such warning(s) on your page K.e.coffman, why did you do that?" Lastly I don't think it is me who should be explaining myself, or at the very least, not the only one. If my warnings were unfit I ask you to issue a fitting and firm warning so that he refrains from similar, destructive actions in future. From what I've seen he has been accused of that in the past which means his editing "style" could use an improvement to make less controversial.

Ultimately, regardless of the way, my goal is to keep those 5 pages in existence, and the rest of album pages, and not as redirs, clearly. Avoiding similar removals in future is a preventive goal. Tyrael pl (talk) 13:22, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

My talk page

I have another IP being very offensive on my Talk page. I've reverted the edit, but I would like it hidden per RD3 please. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 07:28, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  Done --MelanieN (talk) 14:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Absence is not permitted

The admin chair requires good balance!

Doing regular patrols around the project, I became accustomed to seeing your name plastered over the project from various admin functions. Your promptness in handling these issues is very much appreciated! Over the last several days, I started noticing a delay in things being processed, and wasn't seeing your name. Knowing that 1 1 = 3.141592653598793, depending on the observational frame of reference, I decided to see if you were active or not. I see that since August 2, you've gone largely inactive :( This brings me to comment on something I've been meaning to say for a bit...

Don't burn out!

On occasion that I've seen administrator statistics since you became an administrator, I've seen that you are rapidly rising through the ranks of the admin corps in terms of admin functions performed. It's obvious you are part of the extreme left side of the pareto diagram. This concerns me as I'd hate to see you burn out. We need you! I'd rather have you operating at half speed for a lot longer than full tilt for a short window. Take time for yourself, and don't burn yourself out. The full circle element here is that you need to be repeatable, to be able to keep at it.

So, I hope you haven't burned out and you're still with us. If, on the other hand, you're just on holiday for a bit...stop being a slacker and get back in your damn admin chair! --Hammersoft (talk) 14:21, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Hammersoft! Don't worry! I'm not burning out ;-). I've been busy with real life stuff lately and plan to be back starting tomorrow or Saturday - you'll see me around! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

That's just not allowed. An invoice for 50% of your administrator's salary will be coming forthwith under separate cover. And if it happens again, a guy will be around to collect the key to the private admin only bathroom! John from Idegon (talk) 01:26, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Dude. Kelapstick totally blew up that bathroom. We're out in the bushes. Drmies (talk) 01:28, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

LOL! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:25, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

I was wondering why the smell around here rather dramatically and suddenly improved ;) --Hammersoft (talk) 03:03, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Problem with Tommy Sotomayor page being vandalized again

Hello, it seems the Tommy Sotomayor Wikipedia page gets vandalized quite a bit, here is the latest person to vandalize the article, in the past the article was locked for a year to stop this activity, if you could speak to or warn or temporarily block this user to keep this from happening:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2602:306:3109:F010:84E7:CF39:799:9A85

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Sotomayor

Thanks! Neptune's Trident (talk) 03:35, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Neptune's Trident - It looks like this article is now semi-protected. This should stop the vandalism (at least for now). Please let me know if you need anything else and I'll be happy to assist you further. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:11, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, sir! Neptune's Trident (talk) 22:11, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Neptune's Trident - You bet! Always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:12, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Able to do some Administrator work on WP:AN/3?

Heya mate. Just read the message above the one above this, and just wondering if you might be able to take a look at some of the reports on WP:AN/3, if possible. See, there's some reports that need attention; there's one that's 3 days old and hasn't yet been dealt with. Mind taking a look at them and providing some closure to them, please? :-) GUtt01 (talk) 09:31, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

GUtt01 - Sorry for the late response; I've been very busy lately and I'm just now catching up with all of my emails and messages. Sure, I don't mind sorting out AN3 reports if they're currently backlogged and in need of administrator attention. I'll admit that I help with AN3 occasionally compared to most other places; I guess it's just a place I haven't let myself venture into just yet. But if AN3 is severely backlogged, I'm always happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:15, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for dealing with it. I didn't know you were online. I'd have contacted you . Adam9007 (talk) 01:16, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Adam9007 - You bet! Always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:16, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Re: facts

Hey. I noticed you got the information wrong on the edubble wikipedia page. According to Tommy, (The Co-Creator of Black Paisley) Evans death cause was unknown, as the doctors later retracted their statement that it was an infection. They did that because the medicine they tried was entirely ineffective, ruling it couldnt have been what they thought. Tommy said to this day they still dont know what the cause wa, and if you need proof ill more than happily send you a photo of that text from tommy. Just note that I will blur out the rest, because its very personal info. my twitter where you can find me at is @MattTBU — Preceding unsigned comment added by FattIsObease (talk • contribs) 05:02, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

FattIsObease - I'm looking at the history page of the E-Dubble article, but I don't see where I recently made any changes to it. Can you provide me with the exact diff of the edit you're referring to so that I can answer your question and assist you? The confusion aside, I see that you state that you have a text message as proof of the content you're changing. Sorry, but this does not constitute a reliable source, and would actually be considered original research. I highly recommend that you view these two policies and make sure that you fully understand them. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:21, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Verification of an account

Hey, I verify the originality of this account. The info is available in ticket:2017071610001095 where he has contacted us via his official e-mail at my request. Please let me know, if there's any questions in this regard. Thanks. --Mhhossein ^talk 06:28, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mhhossein! Thanks for the message! If the user has verified their identity via OTRS, can you add this verification to the user's talk page using the appropriate template? This way, process is followed, the right steps are taken, the verification is "official" for me to proceed, and the user isn't at risk for being blocked again for the same thing. Let me know when you've done this and I'll be happy to proceed with the unblock. Thanks :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Mhhossein - Never mind; I did it for you. I got in touch with another OTRS user and we verified the validity of his identity. I've added the template for you and have unblocked the account. Thanks again for leaving me a message with the update; much appreciated. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:47, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the unblocking and for the template. Special thanks for your offer of help. You seem to be of the kind and helpful admins of the project, I'll let you know if there was anything. --Mhhossein ^talk 05:14, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Mhhossein - You bet! Always happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

africans

why u revert back to original its true dont u watch youtube sorry if im rude but its a true fact im just tryna help

Warn him Where?

You declined my request for temporary protection on 13 August 2017 for the List of proposed provinces and territories of Canada article, advising me that I should "Warn the user appropriately". Given that I had already repeatedly informed him of his violations of policy both in edit notes and on the articles talk page I would have to ask where you wanted me to warn this anonymous ISP hopper? Do you want me to create pages for all of the ten or twelve ISPs that he has used so far in the off chance that he may use one of them again some day? I think the warnings he has already been given through the channels available are more than sufficient in this case. Mediatech492 (talk) 15:07, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mediatech492, and thanks for leaving me a message with your thoughts and concerns regarding the protection request that I declined recently. The reason I declined the semi-protection request wasn't simply because you "hadn't warned the user enough" (although I might have responded stating such, and if I did please accept my apologies), but because (as of this writing) there have only been 9 total edits to the article this month (August), which isn't frequent enough for me to justify that we semi protect the article and disallow all anonymous or unconfirmed users from editing it. However, looking through the article's history again, I think that pending changes protection is justified given the fact that multiple IPs have been reverted for adding unsourced content and for quite a long time... I should have done this instead of outright declining your request, and I sincerely apologize for this. I've added pending changes protection to the article for one month; if the issue continues after it expires, let me know and I'll extend it. Thanks again for messaging me with your thoughts and concerns, and I apologize for declining your request instead of taking the appropriate action. Please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:53, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

FIN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 321idk123 (talk • contribs) 07:54, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Question about deleted page...

The recently added page: 01:38, 25 May 2017 Oshwah (talk | contribs) deleted page Demetrius Klee Lopes, M.D (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement: http://www.demetriuslopesmd.com/about/lopes-biography/) has been deleted. Would it help if I reference the biography in the external links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mithrandir281 (talk • contribs)

Hi Mithrandir281! And thank you for leaving me a message with your questions and request for help. There's much more to things than just adding the external URL; you have to paraphrase any content you're referencing, cite the source in-line so that it can be peer-reviewed and the proper credit is given, as well as other things. This guideline page on close paraphrasing will explain why this is important. It's also extremely important that you read and understand Wikipedia's policies on copyright violations and plagiarism. Violation of any of these policies I listed here are taken very seriously by the community; users are usually blocked if they repeatedly violate them - so definitely take my advice and review these documents! If you have any questions about them, please ask and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for your message! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:59, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Photo

Is that photo of you? 85.255.236.134 (talk) 19:36, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I would assume and hope so, I mean that's what the file description says. (talk page stalker) SkyWarrior 19:38, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Indeed it is ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:59, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Disruption on articles about Indian history

Hello. The same IP-hopper (geolocating to NJ, USA) who was disruptive on Maratha Empire is doing the same on History of India, so would you mind protecting that article too? - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:47, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thomas.W -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:00, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Big Smile~!

Hello Oshwah, Dinah Kirkland has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

♠Dinah♠ 🎤 21:03, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dinah Kirkland! Thanks for the smile! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:26, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm a new member Of the Department of Fun so smiles for everyone~! ♠Dinah♠ 🎤 21:41, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Awesome! I always like seeing new members! Welcome :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you~! ♠Dinah♠ 🎤 21:48, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Rock Mafia Discography Removal

Hello, I am trying to remove the discography section from the Rock Mafia page. I work for the company and the owners would like it removed for reasons of professional privacy. How can i ensure that it is successfully removed. Thank youJacobkoransky (talk) 00:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Jacobkoransky - You need to contact the Volunteer Response Team by clicking here. They have the tools and training in order to verify your identity and assist you with this particular matter. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding how to contact them, and I'll be happy to answer them. Best of luck :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:28, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Henrik Steffens Professor

Are you sure about the redirect from Henrik Steffens Professor? The subject appears to be different. Thank you, however, for blocking the author for his repeated removal of speedy tags. It was up to others to decline the speedy, as someone indeed did before your redirect. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

David Biddulph - I actually am not sure about that... lol. I left a message on Malinaccier's talk page regarding this. I didn't realize that he had declined the speedy tag until after I had turned the article into a redirect - he thinks they're two different things as well. I apologized to him for the mistake and told him that he was welcome to undo my change without need for my approval. Since the page is now fully protected, I want to be careful and discuss all changes like this before they are made. This is to prevent us from making an edit that may be controversial while the page is fully protected. Thanks for leaving me a message here with your thoughts and concerns. I think you two may be right on this one... I think the page would be better off if my edit was reverted. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:25, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

We should have this chat on one talk page. I volunteer/sacrifice User talk:Malinaccier#Ruh roh! since I suggested a course of action there. Malinaccier (talk) 01:29, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:31, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

User Manchild1's unblock request

In case my pinging didn't work, I've responded to your request on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Manchild1#August_2017 . I strongly suspect this user is the serial vandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/TomWatkins1970 ; don't get drawn in to their innocent act!Nqr9 (talk) 02:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Nqr9! Thanks for responding to my question on Manchild1's talk page. I wasn't implying that you did anything wrong; I was just curious (plus the user also wanted to know). The user asked some legitimate questions (which I answered and ended up fixing in the articles mentioned); I wasn't sure if maybe this user was caught in a block that might have happened too quickly (making good faith changes and mistakes), or if there were other details that I wasn't aware of. I'm going to wait for the blocking administrator's input as well and see what he thinks, and do some digging myself. I'm still not entirely sure... this might be an AGF situation, or it might not be ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:58, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I know I can't offer concrete proof that this user is TomWatkins1970, but the (deliberate, I think) poor expression and grammar is very similar to that used by his sock puppets - I think this user has spelt answer "anwear" before, which appears on the unblock request section of Manchild1's talk page. If you look through the archived sock puppet cases for TomWatkins1970, the pattern of editing is very similar.Nqr9 (talk) 03:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

About Re-adding link

Hi, I don't care about nofollow attribute i am not going to promote my site, i just want to refer people also try fast password generator in reference that this is also tool like free passsword generator, random password generator etc..

Just want to add a reference or external link not spamming i needto add link at relevant page with password generators.

Please help me how i do it?

Waqas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rightrester1 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Rightrester1 - Wikipedia is not the place to list external links for people to try. See Wikipedia's guidelines on external links here - it'll provide you with all of the information you're looking for, as well as when adding an external link is appropriate and when it is not. If you have questions about this guideline, please do not hesitate to ask me here. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. Thanks for leaving me a message, and I wish you happy editing :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:10, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello

You seem to be following me around the 'pedia. Not, that I mind it's nice to have a friendly admin follow me around. Whispering 04:55, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Whispering! I don't believe that we've met before :-). I'm quite active on this site and in many different areas; you may find that I've made edits or changes to a number of pages (past or present) that you may be editing as well - don't worry; I'm definitely not following you or stalking you... lol. It comes with the activities and tasks that I do ;-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I highly doubt you would of I just got back from a three year Wikipedia sabbatical. I tend to stick around new page patrol and vandalism patrol. So most likely we'll cross paths again. Whispering 23:55, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi

Right. I will let you handle these. Thanks. I was being ironic.... 損齋 (talk) 04:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi 損齋! No worries and cool deal; it definitely seems like the IP is who started all this. I hadn't looked into anything yet, which is why I had worded the message I left toward both of you (as to remain neutral and not be one-sided). I've been here for quite some time; I completely understand how frustrating and irritating that situations (and other people - lol) can get at times. However, you definitely want to do your best to not let any of that get under your skin. The very instant you start becoming defensive or start stooping to their level and engaging in the same incivility that the other user started, you've just lost any and all credibility that you've tried to build with that user; you've given them exactly what they wanted and you've now dug yourself into the same hole and allowed yourself to be at risk for the same action that the other person may deserve. Don't get sucked into that hole! Trust me - it's rarely if ever worth it ;-). If you have questions, need help, need advice or input, or just some mentoring - please don't hesitate to ask me for help. I'll be more than happy to help you with anything you need :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Alan McCann

Can you help with the Alan McCann page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.54.163.70 (talk) 05:20, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Sure! What exactly do you need help with? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:21, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Mistake

It was a mistake. I updated back — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yash 0703 (talk • contribs) 06:21, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Page Deletion Query

Why My page named TestOrigen Software Testing Services Page is deleted?

I really wanted to known what type of content is used in any company's page for wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archanayadav66 (talk • contribs) 07:21, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Archanayadav66 - The reason this article was deleted was due to meeting this criterion for speedy deletion. What I suggest you do is create this article by using the wizard here - it will provide you with information and guide you through the process of creating your first article. Alternatively, you can go here to create the article in the draft space. This will give you all the time you need to complete it. Once it's done, you'll submit the article for approval and (when approved) it'll be moved to the article space. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Best -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

University of Newcastle (Australia)

Thanks for protecting University of Newcastle (Australia). It's become quite ridiculous today. --AussieLegend (✉) 08:55, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

AussieLegend - No problem. Always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:57, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure the protection is long enough though. I'd suggest a week might be more appropriate given the length of time that this has been going on and the number of IPs that have been involved and the lack of interest shown by other editors. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:00, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

AussieLegend - I felt that way initially as well. I'm going to start it at three days. When it expires, lets re-evaluate and go from there. There's no harm in applying it again if it's needed ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Please excuse me if I'm pessimistic. At least the original IP was leaving the status quo up. An IP arbitrarily decided to incorporate the disputed text today. After I reverted him (because there was no consensus) Cjhard decided to do the same (a bit coincidental if you ask me) and then, when yet another IP jumped in, he/she was reverted by uninvolved editros who I don't believe even bothered checking what they were reverting. One even left a message on the IP's talk page saying they should use an edit summary, which they had on both occasions. The thing that really shocked me was Cjhard's complete lack of understanding of BRD, statusquo and revert wars. And Cjhard is a DRN volunteer!!! I can see this article becoming a rel mess and I'm getting quite disillusioned with Wikipedia. Sorry for the rant. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:10, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

AussieLegend - No apologies are needed. I've been an editor here for a long time as well; I understand the frustration ;-). Once I saw back-and-fourth reverting between two users that were extended confirmed (or had 500 edits), which I saw today, that was my reason for applying the golden lock on the article. Even the best editor can get sucked into an edit war; hell I've tripped over the edge a few times. Just let me know how things go, and if things go off the fritz - give me a holler! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:27, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Caucasian race IP block

Hi, could you please block 47.8.6.114? He's been adding unsourced content after your notice. He's also an obvious sock of 112.196.188.140, an account that has already enjoyed the three-levels-of-warning-before-being-banned experience. Thanks.—Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 10:12, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Cpt.a.haddock - Looks pretty obvious to me ;-).  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:20, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Merton College

I attempted to edit some information on the Merton College page, I'm trying to remove the inaccurate line about "where fun goes to die". I'm new to wikipedia editing but as I assume one doesn't need a reference to remove incorrect information especially as I go to Oxford myself. IldertonJ (talk) 11:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi IldertonJ! Welcome to Wikipedia! I'll be more than happy to help you out :-)! Because you represent a conflict of interest with the article (since, after all, you go to this school haha), it would be better and within Wikipedia's guidelines if someone uninvolved takes a look and makes the change instead. I can certainly do that for you - exactly what content on the article is problematic? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hope you don't mind me butting in, but I couldn't resist this time. IldertonJ, the phrase in the MCR Graduate Freshers' Guide 2014 is Merton’s reputation as a workaholic college can be used against it. Be prepared to laugh dismissively at the phrase “Merton is where fun goes to die” far too frequently. The phrase from the article is Merton students have expressed ambivalence towards this reputation, with the popular (mis)description of the college as 'the place where fun goes to die' reaching student-written prospectuses. I can see how a bias has crept in and perhaps distorted the intended message. I can't see where ambivalence was expressed in the Guide. It's more a warning to expect taunting. I'm going to change it to read "Merton's students have earned the college the reputation as workaholic, and it is frequently referred to as 'the place where fun goes to die' by others outside the institution." Oshwah, does that sound fair?  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 13:25, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Myk Streja - No, not at all. I didn't get a chance to read through the article yet; it sounds like there's content that obviously needs modification or removal. Go for it! Fix and remove away! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:29, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 13:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry but if anything the recent re-edit has made things worse, you've now gone from 'students feel ambivalent towards the reputation' to 'they are now workaholics who have caused this reputation' I'm trying get rid of the bias caused by referencing one informal source which constitutes an opinion not a fact. My problem is that the accusation that students are workaholics who have no fun doesn't belong in a wikipedia article at all.IldertonJ (talk) 14:29, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Why, will it harm the college's rankings, do you think? — fortunavelut luna 14:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

No but it gives the wrong impression to potential students, especially when it isn't accurate. I just don't think it should even be included.

IldertonJ (talk) 18:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I see; but- surely- the encyclopaedia isn't actually here to give any impression to potential students? — fortunavelut luna 19:46, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

The Freshers' Guide is written by doctorate students, overseen by a college staff member, for the benefit of incoming students. (Based on the text, I assume it's a guide for Freshman students.) As far as I can see, the statement is intended to encourage the serious student. Certainly it's better than saying it's the place to party. If you can thiink of better wording that does not slant the information provided by the guide, you are encouraged do so here.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 20:13, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

User talk:The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture

You may wish to revoke talk page access as well.--Cahk (talk) 17:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Cahk -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Nice one Cahk- Such a catchy username I bet you've been humming it most of the day! ;) — fortunavelut luna 19:47, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Best place to take up a discussion about an article that needs improvements, or suggestions regarding what needs to be done

Heya mate,

So... I was wondering if you might know a good place on Wikipedia, where a Wikipedian like me can go and put up an article that could be given some TLC - namely, improvements that are urgently needed to an article, which has got some good notability to it, only to be let down by a lack of information that was put in by its creator that has not been expanded upon, along with a lack of citations and poor grammar. The article in question is on a Russian ATV, the Avtoros Shaman. I put in a multiple issue template on the page, but I wonder if more could be done about this article. Personally, I don't want this to be put up for deletion; the car exists, it featured on my favourite motoring show (Top Gear), and there are webpages for it.

I don't know if I will take care of it, but... maybe you could suggest some things in regards to it, perhaps? :-) GUtt01 (talk) 19:51, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Re: Only warning notice you left

Hi. I didn't leave a warning notice due to this edit. It wasn't even vandalism. But please check user's other contributions. He removed wikilinks, places of birth of footballers, e.g. [4] [5] [6]. Regards. Cynko (talk) 20:12, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Am I an idiot?

Hi,

About what happened last night: my concern was for upholding the rules (that a creator of a page is not allowed to remove CSD tags from it). I didn't have an opinion on it, nor did I really read the article (my stupid comment at the AfD is proof of that! ). If I had read it and declined the CSD, all hell would have broken loose (not that all hell hadn't already broken loose by that point), so on reflexion, I suppose I had no choice but to restore it and wait for it to be properly declined (the phrase "damned if I do, damned if I don't" springs to mind: I either get reported for edit-warring, or topic banned from CSD declining. It's also possible that people might have taken a refusal to keep restoring the CSD tag as an endorsement of its removal, which could also have led to a topic ban. Reverting the creator and then self-reverting would lead to the same outcome.). As for AIV, the editor's past behaviour contributed to my thinking their report wasn't honest (the editor had previously labelled another editor's restoration as vandalism and trolling (also, the fact he/she did something after being told he/she is not supposed to made it harder to AGF)). Adam9007 (talk) 22:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Adam9007! The short answer is "No"; the long answer is "Noooooooooo". You are not an idiot :-). Remembering back, I understand that your situation here is quite unique. As someone once told me, "Once bitten, twice shy" - you were afraid of the possible ramifications that you might have faced for declining the speedy tag, but you were also in a position to restore the tag that the page creator deleted. Remember that if you're sure that the speedy deletion tag should be declined, by all means - do it. But I think what may have happened (and please correct me if I'm wrong) was that you may not have been certain, which was why you felt the way you felt. If you're unsure about what to do, remember that you can always do nothing and take no action, and instead get someone else to step in. I found the ANI thread that you referred to - the discussion took place just over a year ago - July 2016. I think you've done a great job moving on from this and have done well with re-training yourself and stepping back into the role of declining CSD tags and in a slow and steady pace. But don't let yourself get stuck in a bubble of where you've taken action when you weren't certain and are now feeling like you're now in a lose-lose situation. It's not a weakness to say that you're unsure and that you need someone else to help you. In fact, it's a strength... a great quality that all experienced long-term editors that are looked upon and respected by the community possess. Shoot, I find myself asking for second pairs of eyes and for input all the time - (n 1) heads are better than (n) heads ;-). Coming back from the ANI a year ago isn't a fast process; and it certainly won't be without making mistakes - it happens. Don't dwell on it. Take what happened and learn from it positively - understand what happened, what caused you to act and why, and take things from there. You'll come out of this just fine - just don't be afraid to say "ehhh... maybe someone else should take a look at this...". I do it a lot. If anything, it makes things easier for me ;-). Please feel free to message me any time you need input, mentoring, or just someone to help you. My talk page is always open to you and you're welcome here any time. Keep up the good work, expect mistakes to happen, learn from them, move on, and don't think of yourself a fool. Fools don't give the amount of effort and dedication into improving themselves as you've been giving :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:16, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm referring not only to the ANI thread 13 months ago, but also to more recent - dare I call them this - show trials (sorry, but they really do feel more like show trials than proper discussions) on my talk page. Many seem to have decided that I'm always wrong about CSD declining, and I really do think that any more declining will inevitably lead to a topic ban, regardless of whether I was right or wrong. At one point I got so fed up with the endless carping and castigating, I decided I couldn't continue on Wikipedia. I really do feel like I'm in a lose-lose situation there, and situations like what happened last night and what happened at the end of April it feel like I'm (slowly, but surely) heading that way in anti-vandalism too . Adam9007 (talk) 23:41, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

You're beating yourself up - the exact opposite of what is actually going to actually help you :-). One thing you should realize is... most people who legitimately have not demonstrated improvement and kept digging themselves deeper would be topic banned by now. You went through a tough ANI as well as a few bumps and scratches since - yet you're still here... and you're not topic banned :-). You've been under threat and scare of the storm, yet after just being involved in an ANI over a mistake... the storm didn't come :-). Nobody ran at you with torches and pitchforks, and nobody jumped on you and roped you down over your past. Instead, people just said, "Hey, next time don't do that. Do this instead" and that was it. You've been traveling down a rough path; nobody will doubt that for a second. But you shouldn't doubt yourself and make yourself feel that a topic ban is the only path that you're given and hence will take. Just keep up the good work you've been doing, and take this as a small bump in the road - which is really what this situation actually was. I understand and respect you greatly for viewing this as a major incident. This tell me that you've legitimately taken the feedback the community has given you to heart, and you're trying your very best to improve yourself and learn from all of this. People who don't care or don't take the project to heart wouldn't feel this way. Let yourself feel bad for a small bit if you feel that you have to, then pick yourself up and keep truckin' it. The community (as we've all seen) is quite good at instilling the scare that a storm is brewing, but if you keep doing what you're doing... only good things will happen :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:02, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

By the way... I'm glad you decided to come back, and that you didn't leave Wikipedia. I mean that. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:03, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

you're not topic banned Not formally anyway: I believe some consider me to be informally so. I understand and respect you greatly for viewing this as a major incident Anything that genuinely (I'm not counting trolling and the like) goes to ANI is major in my book. If it was not minor, it probably wouldn't have gone there, and would have been confined to talkspace. I'm glad you decided to come back, and that you didn't leave Wikipedia I suppose I really did "go gay" . It's just a shame that, no matter how hard I try, I can't be so gay here: I'm always worrying about something, such as ANI threats or my GANs failing . Adam9007 (talk) 00:28, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

172.58.136.42

Hi,

Do you reckon all the pornography he posted should be revdeled? Adam9007 (talk) 02:51, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Nah. I save rev del for the really bad stuff. We both know what that means... porn? Nah. Not grossly insulting or purely disruptive. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:59, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

It's not like it was worth looking at the first time around.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 03:07, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Hmm... Looking at what the IP User did... don't you think it might be more prudent to extend their block to Indefinite status? From what I saw, it was nothing short of pure vandalism. I mean poor Adam9007 had his talk page vandalised by the IP, and another Wikipedian... What's to stop them doing that again? GUtt01 (talk) 09:20, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

@GUtt01: The problem is, IPs aren't kept by one person/household for life. So that means that if a user who wants to contribute to Wikipedia suddenly gets that IP, tough luck for them, and tough luck for us too, as we just lost one more contributor. I think that a bit of vandalism is easy to clean up—but losing a contributor? That is hard. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 02:50, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia - White Pride

The current version of this article is a racist interpretation of white people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.181.28.152 (talk) 03:14, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Well, first off, the article is literally about the use of "white pride" as a slogan for racist groups. If you find anything explicitly racist (against whatever race), then you might want to leave a note at the talk page, accessable (or however you say it) by clicking the "talk" button at the top left of the page. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 02:47, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Red vs. Blue (season 15)

Hey, I made a minor edit to the cast section on Red vs. Blue (season 15). Just added a few links to existing articles, changed the credits very slightly, and added a couple credits that were not included there after checking their authenticity on other places. It got undone, which was attributed to "because it did not appear constructive". I wasn't really trying to vandalize it or anything. I was trying to make an honest contribution. Is there some kind of problem on the page or something?

P.S: Is it just me, or is the episode list out of date? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.113.111.70 (talk) 04:32, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Why did you ban me?

Why did you ban me from editing on the alex gilbert article. not fair. you should be fair to all the editors. i will wait until the protection comes off. i see it's not perminent. thanks for your contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EditorAtBest (talk • contribs) 04:56, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Me7

Result!! Can you help me out. You are kool I hope 82.26.176.191 (talk) 05:05, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello.

Hello. I think most religious leaders do have a criticism or controversial issue in Wikipedia pages. If you can moderate this or help toning the language it is appreciated. Chin Kung himself made pronouncements on issues that are controversial but no on a neutral manner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.188.93.140 (talk) 05:19, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) If you give us the name of the article that concerns you, someone will be happy to help you.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 14:03, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Srikanth.N.B

Help me to know if I done any wrong edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yash 0703 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Both of you, to better know who you are, please sign your messages with ~~~~ at the very end. Your signature will be automagically added when you are done.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 14:03, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

@Yash 0703: go back to the page listed above to see it and the talk page.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 17:33, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Crompton (surname): Requesting a consult

Howdy! Please look at the most recent addition to this page, from a user who left a let's-just-say-"demanding" message on my talk page the last time I reverted his addition. Normally I'm pretty much ironclad with respect to such "OUTRAGE", but this has been an exceptionally oxidative week IRL, and the world will be better for my tendering such matters to another member of the fleet until I can restore my rust protection. Anchors aweigh! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 21:11, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've removed it again, and left a note on their talk page about Nick Crompton also. We'll see what happens. I've already been called a really "nice" name today, so another such comment won't bother me. Not that I'll keep it either! :) - BilCat (talk) 21:30, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Yup, I'd say removing the person from the list is perfectly fine with me. The person being added doesn't have a Wikipedia article nor does he seem to be notable. Let me know if you need my help with anything more, or if I need to step in and take any possible action. I'll be happy to help out ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:25, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Help with reporting vandalism-only accounts

I recently reported a vandalism-only account to WP:AIV, as the account had vandalized one article three times before then. However, after I reported the user, you left a comment on AIV stating that the user hadn't vandalized since they were given a final warning. I thought that I should report a vandalism-only account before breaking a final warning, rather than waiting until they violate their final warning (the Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism states that "Vandals should always receive enough warnings before being reported unless they are vandalism-only accounts"). Basically, my question is this: if I see a vandalism-only account vandalizing articles quickly and recently, how many warnings should I give them before I report them to AIV? Thank you in advance for any advice! Name goes here (talk | contribs) 23:33, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hope you dont mind me answering your question. Usually, a user is reported to AIV only if they make a vandal edit after the final warning, as suggested by the final warning itself which states "You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia...". Also, warnings dont have to go in order in the sense that you can directly put a level 3 warning without the first two if deemed necessary. If an editor is being excessively disruptive, that is, blanking several pages or reverting edits almost instantly, chances are they aren't going to heed a warning. Nonetheless, I put a level 3 warning and if they make just one edit after that warning, I put a level 4. If they stop after that, all is well and if they dont, then I report them to AIV. If the editor isnt excessively disruptive, but has made 2-3 "troll" edits, I start with a level 2 warning and go up from there with each edit (in cases where it is more than 3 edits, I put a level 3). I tend to follow these rules regardless of whether the editor is an IP or an account. It comes off almost instinctively with practice. Jiten Dhandha • talk • contributions • 09:53, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

@Jiten Dhandha: OK, I guess I'll try leaving initial level 3 warnings (in special circumstances) on vandalism-only account talk pages. Thank you for the advice! Name goes here (talk | contribs) 13:45, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Award time...

	"Ass In High Gear Award"
	Your work as an admin is not being graded, But it certainly is much appreciated, To know that you see with vision that's clear, And don't mind keeping your ass in high gear. Thx for all you do, Oshwah! Atsme📞📧 14:05, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Dude, that cracked me the hell up - thanks, Atsme! I really appreciate the wikilove and for the awesome poem that came with it ;-). I hope you're having a great Friday! My day at the office should go by quickly, then it's weekend time! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:30, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

hey there

Can you help us out over in the American English talk page when you get time. Things are getting heated. Thanks. here's a direct link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:American_English#General_American_section MrBadger42 (talk) 14:24, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi MrBadger42! Sure, I can help where I can. In a nutshell, what is the dispute about and what's causing it to become heated? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

It's about removing a table with General American vowels because he thinks that such an accent doesn't exist. The problem is, he can't prove it and General American is a pretty well sourced article. It's essentially "here are a few sources I found and they overwrite any other opinions of other scholars because I say so". He also refuses to acknowledge half of the stuff I write (including when I pointed out that the interview with Labov he linked to is not at all in disagreement with what he wrote in Atlas of North American English). I address what he writes, he then pretends that I've never said it and goes on and on with the old stuff. You can hardly call that a discussion. Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:56, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

I advise you to read Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/G-Zay before you take action on Talk:American English. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:14, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Step in ASAUC on an Edit Warring Report

Could you step in please and review this report please, when you have got time to do so? I gave my thoughts on this, but looking at the IP's contributions, I'm questioning whether they have a claim that they are making "beneficial edits".... GUtt01 (talk) 16:46, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi GUtt01! Looks like someone's already beat me to it and has blocked the IP for 48 hours. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you or if you still have questions or concerns regarding this IP or the AN3. I'll be happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:11, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Bord Gias Energy is in existence since 2008 as private limited company. it is no longer a gas board

the information given was taken directly from companies house/solocheck

citation here:

http://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Bord-Gais-Energy-Limited-463078

if anything the translation of saying BORD Gais translates to GAS Board is anything but neutral.. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.51.75.170 (talk) 23:52, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Ah! Is this cited in the article in-line with the content being changed? I think that might be the issue at-hand here :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:12, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Doug Freidman

Hey, I am confused why my wiki page just got deleted. It was named Doug Freidman. Can I fix this? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DougFreidman (talk • contribs) 23:55, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

The article was deleted due to meeting this criterion, as well as the fact that it was an article written by you and about you. Creating autobiographies is a behavior that is highly discouraged by the community and typically results in the content's removal. This is because of the fact that you're writing about yourself; you're not an uninvolved party and hence aren't able to reflect full neutrality with the content you add. Please read the policies and guidelines I've linked you to here, and let me know if you have any questions about them. Thanks for leaving me a message :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:18, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Planet of the Apes

This looks like some sort of test, but of what I don't know. They came back about 30 minutes after your revert. Is any further action warranted? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - He's now blocked per WP:NOTHERE ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:05, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! - BilCat (talk) 00:06, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Regarding removal of House System at the California Institute of Technology

Hi, My changes to House System at the California Institute of Technology were recently taken down. They were made to add a slogan for Lloyd House, which is indeed "Lloyd Sucks." I was a member of Lloyd House from 2009-2013 and can confirm this. Unfortunately, since House slogans are unofficial, there is no written record of this. Is there another way I could cite this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Codered657 (talk • contribs) 04:36, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

(by talk page stalker) @Codered657: You cannot confirm anything. We need published, independent, reliable sources. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:42, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Protection block for Yonggary pages

I see you've added a protection block on the Yonggary (1999 film) article. I think we should also add a protection block to Yongary: Monster from the Deep as well because it's also suffering from disruptive editing from the same editors who vandalized the 1999 article. Armegon (talk) 06:51, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Armegon -  Done. I've semi-protected the article for a week. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:53, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Regarding on actress Yuen Qin appearing on THe man with the golden gun

Hi Oshwah, thanks for the message.

I didnt know she appeared on the film too until i saw some article and a youtube video

On 5:01, the chinese girl in school costume is young Hongkong actress Yuen Qiu, whom later in her life appeared in Kung Fu Hustle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoENMzywGGM

Here's a few supportive articles. http://pyxurz.blogspot.sg/2015/11/man-with-golden-gun-page-5-of-10.html http://www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/Cha and Nara

A little fact. Yuen Qiu is part of the 7 fortunes which includes famous martial artist actors Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.87.65.62 (talk) 15:51, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

You might want to collect some reliable sources. YouTube isn't reliable, nor is a wiki or blog. A news article (from a reliable news outlet) is really what you should use to source stuff like this. Otherwise, it would go against our biography of living persons policy, which states that we need a reliable source to support each and every statement that an article makes. Hope that helps! RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 17:33, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

phil kessel was correct

I added that statement about phil kessel becuase it was true, he is known by that motto and he says in many interviews that he loves hot dogs and hamburgers. it is what most people know him by — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marshhy (talk • contribs) 00:17, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolboy1305 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

hi im sorry about the vaalizum my son has been on the computer and he has adhd and has put innapropiate things on wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolboy1305 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Gerald Ford Intl Airport

Good evening. Recently I made an addition to this page citing the area (acres) of the airport which I converted to hectares.Did you use my source to confirm this? An are is a different form of measuring area (1/100 of a hectare, 100 square meters) and generally not used for US Airports or land area. Acres and hectares are used for this purpose.If you convert 3,127 ares to acres=31.27 hectares = 77 acres. How can that be? GRR measures 3,127 acres,not ares, which converts to 1,265 ha (hectares). My sources are FAA Master Plan for GRR and Google GRR Airport Skyvector for additional verification. I have done this numerous times making additions like this to other airports and very easy to prove. Also 2nd paragraph should be space between became and Kent. Please lets resolve this.Thank you and have a good evening.```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:581:8501:870E:5C7A:45D:2A92:C4C0 (talk) 00:36, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! I reverted your edits because they looked like editing tests. If you see here, you had partially taken out a template, but left "a|ha}}." on one line. Was this not the case? Do you need assistance? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

BLP

Removing BLP violations is not edit warring. WP:3RRBLP. Please refrain from leaving frivolous warnings on my talk page (or anyone's talk page in the future for the same issue). Thanks. — nihlus kryik  (talk) 01:17, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Nihlus Kryik - Your reversions are absolutely content-related. The reference the user provides seems okay to me, Googling "baby face gaudreau" comes up with numerous pages with this same information and nickname, and this is not content that is unereferenced and negative or controversial. Your repeated reversions are absolutely not exempt from 3RR. Please take this issue and dispute to the article's talk page and discuss it there. If you have any questions about Wikipedia's 3RR or BLP policies or if you have further concerns regarding this situation, please do let me know so that I can answer them and assist you. My talk page is open to you. Please do be careful with what you're reverting, and make sure it's not content related first. I don't want to see you get tangled into an edit war block over stuff like this :-( ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:32, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) And now you protect the article with the BLP violations on them and call it a content dispute when it's a clear case of edit warring by one user (who remains unblocked) and an editor removing BLP violations that align with reverting policy. "It is often said that Gaudreau looks like a 12 year old" is not a BLP violation? Are you kidding me? In the leade of all places?

• Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.[1] Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing. The burden of evidence rests with the editor who adds or restores material.
• This policy extends that principle, adding that contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced should be removed immediately and without discussion.

Please reconsider your severe misinterpretation of policy. Thanks. — nihlus kryik  (talk) 01:39, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Nihlus Kryik, have you looked at the reference used to back up that statement? It says "Meet Gaudreau, and you assume he’s 12 years old." While, granted, it doesn't specifically use the phrase "baby face" it does discuss his physical stature and appearance, and as Oshwah has mentioned above, there are plenty of other sources that call him a baby face. Does it belong in the lead, let alone the article? I don't know. But an edit war over something that isn't a BLP violation is an edit war, plain and simple. I suggest you talk it out on the article's talk page. Primefac (talk) 01:50, 20 August 2017 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

(edit conflict) Nihlus Kryik - I re-read the content and given what it states - I was absolutely not correct in my assessment. I apologize; for some reason I read it differently than what it actually stated. I've removed the content in question and will be removing the full protection on the article. I didn't realize that he had put it back before I had protected the page (content in dispute on BLPs are removed by default pending a discussion). I can completely understand your stance believing this to be a blatant BLP violation. I agree that the statement you quoted could be very much improved; the main issue at-hand that I was trying to resolve was the edit warring. I don't believe that he was intentionally adding content in order to disparage the subject and it appeared that the content, after some improvement with how it's stated, would be legitimate (it obviously doesn't belong on the summary paragraph of the article)... however, intentions are completely distinct from content, and the content as it was in tone was controversial and hence you're right... this is an exemption to 3RR. I've redacted my previous response and I apologize for the confusion I caused. The reason why I protected the page and opted for you both to discuss it. I hope my thoughts regarding how I took action helps you to understand my basis of judgment on this situation. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:12, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Primefac: I don't have an issue with mentioning one's useful appearance that garners a nickname (as long as it is notable and not from some fringe sports blog), but saying someone looks 12 years old is poor tone, as mentioned by Maxim below. @Oshwah: Thank you for your comments. I apologize is I came off harsh, but BLP should be taken seriously. — nihlus kryik  (talk) 02:31, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Nihlus Kryik - You owe me no apologies; you were doing the right thing and I completely understand. BLP violations are serious matters and I do my best to treat them that way :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:36, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, same here. Definitely "whoops" moment. The tone of the added content was completely off. Apologies. Primefac (talk) 02:40, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Dear Oshwah, I'm not really sure what you're doing with full protection of [[ Johnny Gaudreau]]. The claims added by GoFlamesGo fall afoul of BLP in terms of tone, balance with the rest of the article, and the single source is from 2013... If you consider the rest of the contributions from GoFlamesGo, they also include adding clear falsehoods to articles, for which I warned him I would block him indefinitely would he persist. So please reverse your protection and consider blocking GoFlamesGo preferably indefinitely until he can address the considerable questions regarding his competence. Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 02:03, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Maxim, I think an indefinite ban for a simple 3RR violation is a bit extreme. Given the apparent lack of understanding (see the section below this) I think Oshwah's hesitation to block is more in the interest of creating a "teachable moment" and/or to get both sides to come to the table and actually discuss the matter. I could be completely wrong, but that's what I would do in a similar situation. Primefac (talk) 02:06, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

For what it's worth, though, I blocked them for disruptive editing. Six notices on their talk page is a bit excessive with no block. Primefac (talk) 02:09, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

It's not the 3RR, it's inserting false statements (see [7] -- the Flames did /not/ win the Stanley Cup in 2004) . I would block indefinitely but not permanently, until we have some acknowledgment that basic WP policies are understood, such as BLP or maybe the "don't add fake stuff to articles" parts... Maxim_(talk) 02:12, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Maxim - Yeah, my brain took the words in different than what it actually stated. I've removed the protection on the article and apologized above; it was my mistake and Nihlus Kryik was doing the right thing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:17, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Johnny Gaudreau

Why did you revert my edit to Johnny Gaudreau?

GoFlamesGo (talk) 01:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)GoFlamesGo GoFlamesGo (talk) 01:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

GoFlamesGo, per the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle, we're at the "discuss" phase - you made an edit, were reverted, and now we discuss. Please discuss this issue on Talk:Johnny Gaudreau. Primefac (talk) 02:06, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Living Person page

Thanks for your reply. i am updating references with new ones - ideally not from tabloids. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.95.213 (talk) 12:16, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

EMERGENCY: REGARDING BATTLE OF HYDASPES PAGE

User Khirurg is propagating Eurocentric and Indophobic bigotry on the page by rejecting Well-established and renowned sources that you've already reviewed. Please rescue the page from his vandalism ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.97.40.243 (talk) 08:19, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Now the page is under attack by a Dr. K He has even refused to communicate further and ignored my messages under guise of Page cleaning and accusing my of PA when declaring well-sourced and neutral toned edits of mine as "POV smacking'

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dr.K.&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Aseem (talk • contribs) 19:31, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

i aint starting any crap but sure aint taking any

if your boy was such a great editor what? was he off on the day you guys allowed somebody to post nonsense about my team on their page or did he just forget how to read that particular day? sure didnt take him long to change my edits did it...oh yeah and there is this guy Lucifer He is kind of just walking around you might see Him sometime — Preceding unsigned comment added by SYDEWAZE (talk • contribs) 02:48, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Query

Hey Dude! May I ask why you removed the picture of this place which I added couple of hours ago

-cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:214C:C000:8CAE:EF14:25F9:56AF (talk) 03:41, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

What article are you referring to? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:47, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Redirect Vandal

Could you look at User_talk:Hotandminty if you are online? They are vandalizing Rick's talk page. Dolotta (talk) 07:15, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Dolotta: Already reported at WP:AIV. Eagleash (talk) 07:25, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Dolotta - Oh dang, that guy was persistent lol. Sorry I was late to the party; looks like it was already taken care of. Do let me know if you need me to step in on things like this and I'll be happy to :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:35, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Rene Rivera Catcher for the Cubs

Rene Rivera was claimed off waivers from the Mets by the cubs.

He's starting for the Cubs today. Someone needs to chanhe that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:8:11:0:0:0:63 (talk) 15:23, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Gerald R. Ford International Airport

Just delete my addition and I will be content with that outcome. That was my addition (done 8/7) so just delete it. But there should be a space in the second paragraph between the words became and Kent. Have a good evening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:581:8501:870E:304C:CD3D:3958:6A95 (talk) 22:55, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Fixed :-). You're more than welcome to edit the page! I will never discourage you from being bold - that's a core Wikipedia principle and it's important to us! If you need assistance with editing the page, please do not hesitate to ask me and I'll be glad to help you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:38, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

You said I vandalized a page.

I edited the feminazi page saying that [REDACTED] - Oshwah. I was in no way vandilizing. Maybe add to the page that the feminazis are power hungry extremists instead? Thanks. Anti-SJW (talk) 23:23, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) You will want to read WP:NOTAFORUM. There are plenty of places on the web where you can rant. Wikipedia is not one of them. I know you may need to R/D this whole thread Oshwah and that is fine by me. MarnetteD|Talk 23:28, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah, you may have thanked me too quickly. Take a look at the contributions from the trash and the contributions for Anti-SJW.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 20:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Myk Streja - Between Anti-SJW and who? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:41, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

I was trying to not out a user's IP address, but I may have been overcautious. I had to dig a bit to find it again (you get a LOT of traffic here). IP 114.107.16.224 has the same edit summaries as Anti-SJW. The wording on one pair is identical, making me think it's the same person.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 02:25, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Tracking an IP is not so big deal I can track a person based on stupid data that they give away! Photo University etc etc I can track a person to their home if I want to not that I want to! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.233.109 (talk) 08:07, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Gerald R Ford Intl Airport

You are in disagreement with my original addition. I have been a responsible Wikipedia editor and contributor for 7 years and I can tell you my original addition was 100 percent correct and I stand by it. I have made additions like this many times as I said. I know the methodology and protocols involved with this type of addition. Look at other US airport Wikipedia pages and you will see the format I described (acres (not ares) to hectares conversion) that is used. I like making additions and edits but if you are in disagreement with what I originally entered then just delete it (your revision) simple as that and call it a day. I'd rather have nothing there than an incorrect revision. There is plenty out there for me to edit and add. But it was interesting as this is the first time I used the talk page on Wikipedia. So it was nice talking to you and have a good night.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:581:8501:870E:304C:CD3D:3958:6A95 (talk) 23:56, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Your recent block of User:TheJimmyFund

Hello. I'd like to make a comment with regards to your block on this user for "Vandalism and incivility." I couldn't help but notice after seeing the edit this user made on Super Mario Odyssey that the username might also be a violation of the username policy as it closely matches the organization of the same name based in New England and implies usage by the group, even though it wasn't. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:18, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi jd22292! Interesting find... you might be right. The account is indefinitely blocked; I don't think we'll need to worry about it editing anymore ;-). The username from the get-go reads suspiciously like an organization or fund; I didn't bother looking due to the fact that I was blocking the account indefinitely for other violations. However, I really appreciate your observation and for giving me a heads up. Please do not hesitate to message me if you think I may have missed something somewhere - I'll definitely be happy and appreciative to have it brought to my attention. Have a great rest of your weekend! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Quick question

Hey Oshwah, hope you're well. Could you please email me? My email is on my user page.

I see you've worked on 21 Savage’s Wikipedia and had a question I wanted to discuss. Thanks!

CMCreator900 (talk) 00:25, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi CMCreator900! If you need to discuss something that's confidential or you feel must be kept private, please feel free to email me by clicking on "Email this user" on the left side while on my user or talk page, or by clicking Special:EmailUser/Oshwah here. I'll receive your inquiry immediately and respond back to you. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:28, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Help

I recently edited the Strait of Malacca page and got I trouble. What I edited and added really happened, 2 ships collided. I don't see how it's unverified but please help me find how to source stuff. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2013AtlantaBraves (talk • contribs) 00:32, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Your edit was fine, 2013AtlantaBraves. The reversion I made on the page was in error, and I apologize for that. I've removed the warning left on your talk page and restored the content you added. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns and I'll be happy to assist you. Have a great weekend, and happy editing! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:35, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Careless reverting

You undid an edit of mine just now, not even a minute after I made it, accusing me of "Failure to cite a reliable source". Clearly, you did not even look at my edit. If you did, you did not understand it. I reworded a couple of sentences. One does not need to cite a reliable source to reword a sentence.

I trust that you will take more care in the future and revert edits only if necessary and only when you have properly understood them. 1.162.221.222 (talk) 01:04, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I actually did read the content you changed here to Turbine engine failure, but I just now realized what you were actually changing. You had added quotes to the sentence and I thought you were implying that people have actually described the engines as "contained" or "uncontained" and thinking this was an opinion. Looking at the terms, these are clearly defined and not something people just call them. Please accept my sincere apologies for the mistake on my part. I want to assure you that I read the changes you made; I just incorrectly interpreted what was stated to be based off different assumptions. Please let me know if you have any questions or additional concerns, and I'll be happy to help you. Thanks for messaging me and giving me a heads up about this. I very much appreciate it :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:19, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Ironclad edit warring again

See here. Still no new consensus change on talk page to support changes. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 01:53, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - When you attempt to communicate with this user and voice your concerns, what do they say to you in response? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:38, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm not the main person doing the communicating on this one. The discussion is on the article's talk page at Talk:Ironclad warship#Turtle ship again. Frankly, when someone starts there argument with "Strongly Disagree, what you are proposing is disrespectful and degrading to the accomplishments and technological innovation of the Chinese and Korean engineers", I stay out of it as much as possible. - BilCat (talk) 02:49, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

HA! I don't blame you one bit. Keep an eye on things and let me know if the edit warring continues, and I'll see if it might be time for me to step in again :-P. Thanks again for messaging me and letting me know about things. I only have two eyes and 10 fingers, and its extremely helpful when editors such as yourself keep me informed and let me know where I need to go take a look at something. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

It was testing

As I'm Farley new to wiki a curious little chump must try something also will I get a ban if I do this repeatedly or go to jail? XDXDXD — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarcake997 (talk • contribs) 02:33, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Taking down my edit

Hi Oshwah. You recently took down my edit on 4/20 being consisdered a holiday at South Kitsap High school. I can tell you through my ecperience from going to this school, that kids actaully take this day off because it's considered a holiday. Please don't take it down, it's true. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrek1slove69 (talk • contribs) 03:03, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Shrek1slove69! Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your message! Sorry, but adding content citing your personal experience, relationship, or association with the article subject, or even citing your own published work - constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. You can also call it "citing yourself". This is not allowed because such content cannot be verified for authenticity or accuracy. Please let me know if you have any questions about this policy and I'll be happy answer them. Thanks again for the message, and I appreciate your understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Sorry 😐

Didn't know that I wasn't supposed to keep that information

Sorry Lilypad123456 (talk) 05:24, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Am i an idiot??

Say yes or no Lilypad123456 (talk) 05:25, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Very odd

Any clue what Special:Contributions/111.93.227.45 is doing today? It looks like billing information of some sort, but probably not something we want to keep in the edit history. - BilCat (talk) 09:25, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - Looks like edit testing maybe? I've warned the IP for this. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Also, I was concerned about whether apparent names and phone numbers should be kept in the history. -c (talk) 09:40, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - Taking a look now. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:43, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat - Poof! They are gone. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:46, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks again. - BilCat (talk) 09:47, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Not here

You may be interested in this editor also. They left messages at your TP earlier (which BilCat got). Have been warned and seems to have stopped in the last half-hour or so. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 09:48, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Eagleash - Yeah... that's why I didn't block it. Half the edits were messages on my talk page (meh, whatever); and the user stopped vandalizing articles - so I'm holding off till I see it start up again. Let me know if it does and I'll be happy to check it out. Good to talk to you, Eagleash. Hope you had a good weekend. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:53, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm keeping an eye out. Whilst I'm here, am I right in thinking that there's something about removing block notices from TPs whilst the block is in force? Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 17:37, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Eagleash - Users can remove warnings and block notices from their own talk pages, but they cannot remove declined unblock requests from it. See this section of the user talk page guideline for the other items users cannot remove from their own talk pages. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:01, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks; that must be I was thinking of...and I could not find the guideline! Eagleash (talk) 18:04, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Eagleash - No problem. It's not the easiest guideline to find, and I honestly think that's the reason why many users don't know it well. I see experienced editors and vandal fighters restoring warnings back on other users' talk pages fairly often, and have to message them and let them know about that guideline section :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I can remember about removing warnings from own TPs (our erstwhile IP hopping disruptive ed. did it all the time!) ... it was the block thing I was unsure of. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 18:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello

The information that i added is genuine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahira Khan (talk • contribs) 10:58, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Mahira Khan - Yeah... sorry about that. I looked at the article history and you were correct. The subject's birthdate was changed without a reference and you were fixing it. Thanks for the message and I apologize for the confusion. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:01, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Article protection log

Hi, thanks for your protection of Islamic terrorism in Europe (2014–present). Since the article is under WP:GS/SCW&ISIL sanctions regime - perhaps it would be suitable to mention increasing protection level at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Syrian Civil War and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant#2017. Thanks.GreyShark (dibra) 12:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

No problem! Sorry for the late reply, by the way... I managed to let some messages fall through the cracks. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:19, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi oswah

The Vegas page doesn't have any citations at all nor it complies with Wikipedia's form of articles. Please check it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.87.113.110 (talk) 12:17, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Then why are you adding things such as this and this to the article? Because the article lacks references and citations where it should have them doesn't mean that you should add more unreferenced content... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:21, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

huh?

I believe my change to the article Easter egg (media) is justified. My idea was to congratulate people who were curious to look at the out of place image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.22.46.46 (talk) 12:45, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Derping

Derping!!! You derped? Oh we don't that derping here. SlightSmile 12:46, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Slightsmile - I know! I can't believe I dun goof'd! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:14, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Cars 3 and Cars 2

Hi Oshwah

Oswah, Maybe Please Can you help me these 1 Situation, which are Exactly which is:

1. Oswah, when you go to Google and type Cars Soundtrack, and it enter it, You will come to the the Wikipedia Page, click on it and Then you will see on the page, on the right hand side, you can see Oswah the name of the 3 Soundtracks, which are actually Singles from the Album cars from the 1st Film, which are Life Is a Highway by Rascal Flatts, Real Gone by Sheryl Crow and Our Town by James Taylor.

What I am Trying to do Oswah is doing the Exactly the Same Thing as Above in Cars 2 And Cars 3 in the soundtrack in the right hand side BUT with the other 2 Films, It is Not Hard Oswah, Please Can you help me and Let Wiki Know to Leave the soundtracks of the 2 Film Alone Please That's all.

If you can co-operate with me and agree with this, Then Everything will be statisfied until Someone just Mocks it up and Get's Rid of it OR Just to Do it All over again Like I have been doing you know.

If you can Not co-operate with me, Leave me alone and find somebody else you know on Wiki, who is a user will help me out.

Oswah, I have all the Information Right here to Put in the Cars 2 and Cars 3 Soundtrack space in the right hand side okay, which are:

The 2 Soundtracks and the 2 Singles from the Cars 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) are:

1. ZZ Ward Ft Gary Clark Jr. - Ride, which was released on June 16, 2017 and here is the attachment/Ref https://www.vevo.com/watch/zz-ward/ride-(from-cars-3-official-video)/USWV21723537

2. Dan Autherbach - Run That Race, which was released on July 13, 2017 and here is the attachment/Ref https://www.vevo.com/watch/dan-auerbach/run-that-race-(from-cars-3)/USWV21723598

The 2 Soundtracks and the 2 Singles from the Cars 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) are:

1. Brad Paisley and Robbie Williams - Collision of Worlds, which was released on June 16, 2011 and here is the attachment/Ref https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lETI7XgGBBc

2. Weezer - You Might Think, which was released on June 21, 2011 and here is the attachment/Ref https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyT1_jEx6eY

Thank you for your kind response

James Duggins

Abhinav Bharat Edits

The entry I tried to edit is not based on facts. Where does wikis responsibility lie with respect to verifying content thats put on the page. Do I have the option of reporting it somewhere for abuse? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stutimenon (talk • contribs) 18:29, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I believe you are wrong

Gerbert is an American T.V. Show about a 'Chicken Nugget Puppet.' I am one of the puppet designers, I would know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenerlicious (talk • contribs) 18:51, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Total Eclipse

This is to Oshwah and any TPWs that care to answer, the more the merrier:

In the article 2017, a narrow group of editors keep removing references to the total eclipse claiming it only affects the US. There is a discussion on Talk:2017#Eclipse, but the consensus is being ignored. If I were to start an RfC, should I start a new topic, or can I co-opt the existing discussion? Or should I just ignore the whole thing?  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 19:30, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Myk_Streja - If there's already a talk page discussion over the very same thing, I'd continue from it. Just make sure to ping those involved so they know to go there and respond :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

bye

hello — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.73.6 (talk) 19:46, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

August 2017: reply

Hi there,

I'm changing the page for Gemma Morris, thanks for your message. I'm actually Gemma's husband and am sat with her trying to figure out how to make Wiki changes.

I've figured most of it out but do you know how to change the page name from Morris to Evans?

I'll re-do and add the citations.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spartyrich (talk • contribs) 20:29, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Spartyrich! Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your message! Sorry, but adding content citing your personal experience, relationship, or association with the article subject, or even citing your own published work - constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. You can also call it "citing yourself". This is not allowed because such content cannot be verified for authenticity or accuracy. You also clearly have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject. Editing article subjects or to articles in topic areas in which you have a conflict of interest with is highly discouraged and frowned upon by the community. Please review these policies and guidelines, and let me know if you have any questions about them. I'll be happy to help you. Thanks again for the message, and I appreciate your understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:26, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Creating a page

How do I make a page with a custom name,etc!? LilPumpz1 (talk) 20:47, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Please reconsider the removal of an external link I added - it fits 100% and abides by the guidelines

Hey Oshwah, I don't see why you automatically removed the link I added to a large list (3,000 ) of animal shelters in the United States. I think it's entirely appropriate to this article and very useful to its readers. Please consider bringing it back. I know you are working hard to fight spam, but this is very frustrating when you want to add something that is of value. Thanks 77.139.77.119 (talk) 20:54, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Above user also added another EL on the same domain to another pet related article here. I reverted. John from Idegon (talk) 18:35, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

I looked over the changes the above user made and I cannot for the life of me figure out why you reverted them. The one about Animal shelters fit right in with the link to Canadian (Quebec) shelters. The one about Dog's health could have been formatted better but was still a good match. Oh, and the template for Commons didn't belong.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 18:12, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Myk Streja - If my removal was by mistake and the links belong, please feel free to restore them. It looked to me like advertising or promotion, but I could very well be wrong. If the domain is owned by the main organization or government funded group, then yes I was definitely wrong. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:22, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

The main website (Dogglet.com) makes a finder's fee for recommending products that dog lovers may want, but offers no direct sales. The link as given is a valid list of animal shelters that have no connection to the website. The list is organized by state but is not all inclusive. The website gives the "appearance" of being promotional, but it does state that 10% of any revenue accrued go to animal shelters.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 19:09, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Supersonic transport vandal

Could you semi-protect here?. Long term vandal taunting editors on many airliner articles. Perhaps pending changes would be useful on these pages long-term. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 00:10, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

BilCat -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:13, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

GoFlamesGo

His block now over, his first article edit was to re-add the information to Johnny Gaudreau. I've not reverted yet, but this isn't a good sign :) - BilCat (talk) 01:39, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

This one is just plain vandalism, so I'm reverting it. - BilCat (talk) 01:41, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

He's been blocked again. - BilCat (talk) 03:52, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.195.199.162 (talk) 05:53, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

User:Freeaddindia049

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:45, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Has been taken care of by JamesBWatson. Eagleash (talk) 09:44, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Can confirm; user is already bagged and tagged ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:57, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

You must have quite some means to ignore Taunts

Hey mate,

I gotta say, you must have had a helluva lot of patience and calm to avoid the taunt that a user you blocked, made on their user talk page. I mean, they pinged you, spouted profanity, and were urging you to extend their block to a month. I mean... for someone who was claiming they would continue to be disruptive to deal with any further "BLP" violations, I can't believe he was asking a few individuals, alongside yourself, to extend his block. I salute you - and also must ask what your secret is... :-) GUtt01 (talk) 14:53, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi GUtt01! Thank you for taking the time to write me this message - I very much appreciate it :-). Well, I guess after doing RC and vandal patrolling for over 9 years - I've been screamed at and called just about every name you can think of ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:20, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Oh, come now. Have you ever been told your breath makes buffalo farts seem pleasant? Or that dealing with you makes giving an elephant an enemma seem as enjoyable as a romp in the hay with a supermodel? You sir have a long way to go! John from Idegon (talk) 01:45, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

John from Idegon - LOL... I've been told that now ;-). *Adds these to his list of insults he's received, adds golden star on each* ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:16, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Spent much of my working years in customer service supervision. That's a nice way of saying I was the designated person to be bitched at by customers. I've heard almost all. Those are just two actual examples. John from Idegon (talk) 02:46, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

I worked for the Geek Squad during my teenage youth. I'd say 1 of every 10 customers would be either yelling or screaming at you due to being so pissed off. To be fair, it *is* Geek Squad... I'd be mad to even have to deal with those people in the first place, too :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:50, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

My personal view is that everyone in high school must work at a retail store during either the Christmas season or back-to-school season, especially if their family is very well off. Learning to handle upset people politely (but firmly) and staying within a predefined policy is a valuable and difficult to teach skill. Ravensfire (talk) 19:35, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

A bit confused

Ok, so I participated in a bot summoned RfC, and this diff shows my iVote but it also appears that I inadvertently added something else? Am I reading the diff incorrectly because what I'm seeing are two different symbols showing that I added two different comments - mine being the last comment beginning with "No". Also, when contentious labeling is involved for a BLP, we are supposed to remove it but at great risk because if there is opposition to the removal, one could find themselves outnumbered - been there, done that. I realize that consensus doesn't supersede policy but what happens when the closer ignores policy and the contentious label remains? The information pertaining to the latter is also evident in the diff I provided. POV issues have escalated this year, and quite a few new and veteran editors are getting tangled-up in what appears to be advocacy driven interpretations of our PAGs rather than policy-based, much of it involving issues and/or misinterpretations of WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, WP:REDFLAG, WP:LABEL, WP:NPOV and WP:BLP, all of which should be considered unambiguous to veteran editors. Your input will be much appreciated. ^{Atsme📞📧} 18:15, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Atsme - I'm taking a look at your edit now. I'll figure out what happened ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:07, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Atsme - Ah! It looks like you may have unintentionally added an HTML space (or one was rendered) to Darwinian Ape's response in that diff, which is why you're seeing changes made in two areas (&nbsp is HTML for an actual space, which is why you didn't notice a difference in the resulting rendered text). I think that's all that happened. Let me know what you think :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:11, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Oh my...that must be the answer. I was using my iPad and a cheap 3rd party bluetooth keyboard. Rogue edits have gotten me in trouble before - totally innocent but guilty until proven so. Do you think it will cause a problem? What should I do, or can you fix it? I'm concerned that my strong views on adherence to NPOV may have shined an unfavorable light on some of my discussions on Talk:NPOV, so I must exercise extreme caution. I will follow your advice. ^{Atsme📞📧} 01:27, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Replacing an actual space with the HTML code of it will only look different in the source code when editing the page; it will have no impact on the resulting text that's actually rendered. Nonetheless, due to your concerns with NPOV, I'll fix it for you so that you're not considered at any disadvantage in this way ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Atsme, to answer your question regarding the closure of discussions by consensus: If a closer makes a judgment and decision in a close that is different than or against consensus or policy(whether or not it's intentional), there's usually a process where this concern can be expressed and the consensus and close examined. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:16, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Ok, thank you! ^{Atsme📞📧} 01:29, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Ooops...not against consensus, but against policy. ^{Atsme📞📧} 01:31, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Atsme - Yeah, my wording in my response was a bit off too. I've added to it for clarity. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:34, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Atsme - Fixed :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:37, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Tesco Clubcard

Hiya. Re the edits I made which you reverted on the Tesco Clubcard page - they were deliberate edits which improved the grammar of the page (apart from the first one where I seemed to have removed a 'd' accidentally) and its encyclopedicness. I'm not a big-time editor but I do make edits occasionally, generally for grammar or reducing bias. No biggie if my edits can't be reinstated, but I wasn't testing out editing. Cheers. 51.9.252.110 (talk) 20:04, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! I apologize for the confusion. I've restored the changes you made, and I also found a mistake and fixed it for you. Please let me know if you need anything else :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

the content has been removed but sharing relevant URLs for reconsideration

Hi there, I edited the content of Swayamvar Season 2 and added ' Twinkle Mukherjee, one of the contestants went on to become one of the popular Fashion, Travel and Lifestyle Bloggers in the world.'

Here is the content to support the content I added:

Twinkle Mukherjee was a contestant of Swayamvar Season 2 - Rahul Dulhaniya Le jayega http://www.in.com/twinkle-mukherjee/profile-1933157.html https://moifightclub.com/2010/02/02/rahul-dulhania-le-jaayega-15-women-who-love-s-m-pics-details-goss-from-udaipur/twinkle-mukherjee-rm/ http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jan/27/slide-show-1-tv-look-at-the-brides-for-rahul-mahajan.htm#5

A lifestyle magazine writing about Twinkle Mukherjee as a top blogger. http://jmglifestyle.com/twinkle-in-trendz-wake-up-stay-stylish-repeat/ A blogger ranking website is marking Twinkle Mukherjee's blog Twinkle in Trendz as one of the top 100 fashion blogs in the world https://bloginfluencer.com/website/twinkle-in-trendz/ Another blogger ranking website is keeping Twinkle's blog Twinkle in Trendz in top 100 ranking worldwide http://fashionhyper.com/blog/twinkleintrendz/

Could you kindly consider adding the content back? If you need have any more questions, please let me know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.203.140.101 (talk) 20:49, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! See the edit you made here - not only was it not referenced, but it was not worded in a neutral tone. This is why I removed the edit you made to the article. Please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:02, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the edit, Oshwah

Hi Oshwah,

I apologize for the bit of cantaloupey vandalism. Thought it was pretty funny myself, and it was for a good purpose, that of showing my mate how Wikipedia should not be a source of authoritative knowledge.

Thanks again, and I promise it wont happen again.

Francisco. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.150.5.86 (talk) 22:15, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

The Queers article /neutral point of view

Hi There! You just reverted my edit because it doesn't adhere to the neutral point of view. But this was not my opinion, this was in the lead singer's own words in a major interview with Noisey/Vice . I did not editorialize at all, and I included a direct reference for the quote. Could you please explain how this broke the rules? Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.118.119 (talk) 22:50, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

I apologize! I was editing on a smaller screen than I'm used to, and didn't see that the content was quoted. I've of course restored your edit and I sincerely apologize for the confusion and the mistake on my part. If you have additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

No spoiler warning for game synopses?

I added a "Warning: Contains Spoilers" to the synopsis of Horizon Zero Dawn, but this was promptly removed. What is the policy for (game) spoilers, and how can they be hidden, if necessary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.104.17.62 (talk) 00:01, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You may want to look at Wikipedia:Spoiler. Adam9007 (talk) 00:06, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. That's clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.104.17.62 (talk) 00:26, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

User talk:S Convecranes Pvt Limited

You may want to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:40, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Cahk -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Unabomber

We just got through an RfC on this page which appears to have left everyone happy when this happened. I don't know what else he may have been up to, but he took all the link rot protections out that he could find. He's now trying to declare an edit war with User:Hrodvarsson because Hrodvarsson is trying to clean it up. I don't think Jack Sebastian is right for what he's doing but I'm too close to all this to take steps (isn't there a policy about that?)

Any advice will be appreciated. TPWs are also welcome.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 15:48, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

I think the person tried to remove the "See also" section but decided to dig up an old revision and reinstate it instead of just deleting the "See also" section again (which would not have justified, but more understandable than deleting all the archived links and re-adding a spelling mistake "Russel Mosney"). I would appreciate it if someone else contributed to the issue however as the editor will likely try to reinstate their edit again without consensus. Hrodvarsson (talk) 15:58, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Now things are getting ugly. Sebastian is using foul language on the talk page and it promises to spiral down from there.  — Myk Streja ^(beep) 17:26, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Exemption Number 7 at WP:3RRNO

Hello Oshwah. You blocked me yesterday because I removed unsourced material that was being added into this biography of a living person article. Removing unsourced material that is being added into a BLP article is part of the seven exemptions from Wikipedia's edit-warring policy. All edits that I reverted were unsourced edits. Furthermore, I placed a clearly visible edit summary ("addition of unsourced material") in some of my reverts, even with a link to WP:BURDEN. Lastly, I explained in detail what was going on in that article in my report to WP:ANI. All that didn't seem to impress you. Could it be that you were probably more interested in being a member of this group? Thank you. 89.15.175.189 (talk) 20:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

.io game

Can you please restore .io game to draftspace, userspace, or mainspace? It looked like a promising concept for an article, if poorly written. Thanks, Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 20:19, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jjjjjjdddddd! Sorry for the delay responding to your request. I can restore it to the draft space if this is what you'd like. Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:44, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Need an Admin to step in and deal with a possibly problematic Editor.

Hey mate, I think I found something that needs an Admin's attention, ASAP. This editor, Chem-is-try7, recently put up an Edit Warring report against a Wikipedian, NewYorkActuary, in regards to them reverting their edits on this article - Chios Mastiha.

Trouble is, there is evidence to be found that shows that the editor in question may actually be problematic, than that of NewYorkActuary, as I shall list below:

1. NewYorkActuary reverted their edits because of a substantial removal of information in the article that he felt needed discussion on the article's talk page before such drastic removal should be allowed. Chem-is-try7 did not do anything to discuss the matter at all, and just went on with attempting to make these edits again.
2. On the article's talk page, there is a discussion over a move of the article. From what I read, he made an argument that was uncivilised, attacked two editors (they used the line "If this gonna be just challenge of opinions with people irrelalavant to the subject (see NewYorkActuary and the Pepper Beast) or have any scientific background to the subject. with the subject then I will turn back to the my edited correct version"), and then a response to Pepper Beast to his argument appears to have been done by him, via an IP, which showed no indication he wanted to conduct a civilised discussion on the matter.
3. Chem-is-try7 did not notify NewYorkActuary that he was on the Edit Warring Noticeboard, per the instruction it gives at the top that those reported must be notified of such an action against them. I can't say that this was a novice mistake or not, so I can't be sure of what to say here, but they clearly should have in any case; I had to notify NewYorkActuary as a result.
4. A response they made on their own talk page is just purely contradictory - "Just because I don't talk to them in a nice manner doesn't mean I'm wrong... If someone reverts by stupidity a nicely edited content then by default is stupid and I should treat him as such... (or anyone that is support by)"

In short, I liked you to go to the Edit Warring report they made, and check it out. I think their attitude requires them to be given a "time out" to sort themselves out, because I'm concerned they might get more disruptive. GUtt01 (talk) 21:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Late reply to Neil Gross "page mess"

Hi Oshwah - Sorry I wasn't able to get right back to you to thank you for your kindness (and, of course, ask another question). I was out of town to see the eclipse :-).

So, first of all, thanks for your continued willingness to help!

Now for my question. I have put the new content on the Neil Louis Gross page. The remaining problem is that this page is not the original and does not contain the early page history. That got moved to the Draft: Neil Gross page by another editor who was probably trying to be helpful. I want to get that older history into the new page but I don't know how to do that other than requesting a history merge. Is that what I should now do? If so, should I simply put the "histmerge" template on the page (or pages - would it go on both?)? Or should I use the request page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_history_merge)? I'm not sure how complicated the merge has to be for that. 1stCoastal (talk) 23:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Looks like you may not have noticed the above (or maybe you are just incredibly busy :-). I would greatly appreciate it if you could give me some guidance. 1stCoastal (talk) 06:27, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

1stCoastal - My bad... sorry about that! I've been quite backlogged. I'll be happy to help you out. Let me get a few things taken care of and I'll take a gander :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:53, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah - Great! Thanks. I appreciate it.1stCoastal (talk) 17:56, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Gangster Disciples(2606:A000:EF82:3A00:B95D:82D8:28E8:B62F (talk) 17:57, 24 August 2017 (UTC))

Some of the things that you link the colors the game clothing wear the six-point star meaning those are things you are not supposed to have on Wikipedia and Link out I'm just kind of worried for you because if people see that somebody's going to come for you and that's not good please be careful riding Wikipedia links on gangs that can be very very dangerous 2606:A000:EF82:3A00:B95D:82D8:28E8:B62F (talk) 17:57, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Regards Help:Advanced text formatting

Hi, I'm Chuck. I did a terrible thing by removing some of the textcode on Help:Advanced text formatting page. All of a sudden I realize I was doing this not on my test site and I had no way restore or repair the page. Once again, thank you very much. I have a hard time setting up my mediawiki and by coping and testing I learn a lot. It's shame I tried to destroy hard work from others. Regards, Chuck 190.98.73.163 (talk) 18:42, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Fergus McCann

Dear Oshwah:

I am Mr. McCann's personal assistant. Any changes that I have made are accurate. Please leave the bio as I have typed it. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfglynn (talk • contribs) 18:56, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mfglynn, and thank you for leaving me a message here. Sorry, but adding content citing your personal experience, relationship, or association with the article subject, or even citing your own published work - constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. You can also call it "citing yourself". This is not allowed because such content cannot be verified for authenticity or accuracy. You also clearly have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject. Editing article subjects or to articles in topic areas in which you have a conflict of interest with is highly discouraged and frowned upon by the community. Please review these policies and guidelines, and let me know if you have any questions about them. I'll be happy to help you. Thanks again for the message, and I appreciate your understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:42, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Dear Oshawah:

I have simply updated Mr. McCann's bio. There is no conflict of interest. This is a conflict-free benign bio. I have simply added a factual and accurate Bio of Mr. McCann.

If I cannot edit his bio due to a "conflict of interest", then please tell me how his bio is corrected and updated. Is this something that I can work with you to correct?

Maureen Glynn

Mfglynn (talk) 14:42, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Mfglynn: I have moved your response from another section further down the page to this one where it belongs. Please read the page WP:COI which Oshwah has linked to above also. A conflict of interest means that you have a connection to the subject (and therefore may not be as neutral in your view of them as an independent editor might be). It does not imply that there is anything about the bio which would be controversial. You can suggest edits to the page via the article talk page. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:16, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

No subject

Hey, i am chetan from india. I got your warning for Wikipedia of Indore page , i accepted it , but i want to know about that how can you know about that i edit this page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chetan.katariya (talk • contribs) 20:34, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Hey, i am chetan from india. I got your warning for Wikipedia of Indore page , i accepted it , but i want to know about that how can you know about that i edit this page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chetan.katariya (talk • contribs) 20:39, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

No subject

Hi Oshwah

I was the first to put that information, long time ago I had published the data of Pollstar, by the contrary counter, it was my information that was changed later,I'm just putting the most reliable source, which in this case is Pollstar. They are the number one source for concerts in the world not Billboard, suddenly that data was changed by those of Billboard. I just hope I don't bother anyone — Preceding unsigned comment added by JCRUZ0204 (talk • contribs) 23:32, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi JCRUZ0204! Thanks for leaving a message here. The warning I left you on your user talk page was not about the content itself; I was not stating whether or not your edits were right or wrong; this is a content-related dispute that you need to discuss with those directly involved. My concern was with edit warring, or the repeated back-and-fourth reverting of the content on the article. I wanted to make sure that you were aware of this policy before you ended up getting yourself into trouble and getting blocked over it. So long as you follow proper dispute resolution practices, discuss the dispute with those involved on the article's talk page, and edit only when a consensus is reached - you have nothing to worry about. If you have questions regarding these policies or if you need help, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Thanks again for the message, and I wish you good luck and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:40, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Death wish?

Hi,

Do you reckon this is a death wish? Should they be treated the same as threats? Adam9007 (talk) 23:45, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Adam9007! Yes. If we even partially believe edits to be any kind of threat towards self or others, we should report it to the emergency team. I'm pretty sure this is trolling, but we're neither trained nor qualified to make that determination. Thanks for the heads up regarding this edit :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:48, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Have you reported it, or shall I? Adam9007 (talk) 23:49, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

I have not. I'll let you do that part. If you'd rather I do it, let me know and I will. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:51, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

I've just emailed emergency with the diff. Adam9007 (talk) 23:54, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emowe1 (talk • contribs) 23:56, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

User talk:HowToGetBanned

Probably should revoke talk here, they're putting in what appear to be porn links. Home Lander (talk) 00:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

This needs to be taken down . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjbrady11 (talk • contribs) 00:19, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Colours

Hi again,

I'm probably being naïve, but this edit had me thinking. If someone were to change a list of colours to something that describes them (such as, as is the case of that edit, "gay"), would that be vandalism, or merely misguided? Although "gay" is not a colour, colours can be gay. Adam9007 (talk) 01:12, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello so I tried to change Gatan's name to the correct spelling because if you check the description of the swish swish Music video it clearly says "Gatan Mattarazzo" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridget bonner (talk • contribs) 01:39, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bridget bonner - The change you made didn't add a source, it doesn't match the article title, and didn't reflect any kind of discussion or consensus (changes like this should definitely be discussed). I'd start a discussion on the article's talk page. Just don't edit war - it's against policy and will only make discussing this harder. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:59, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

University of Newcastle (Australia) again

All seemed quiet after the protection ended but an anonymous editor (with an Optus IP this time) has just posted a short sentence on the talk page and then, in the same minute, added the content to the article. I've reverted, posted on the talk page and left a warning on his/her talk page. There was no real discussion after you protected the article other than a post by one editor relevant to the discussion and a subtle warning by and another admin. Let's hope more protection isn't needed. --AussieLegend (✉) 01:51, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi AussieLegend - I hope so too. Keep an eye on the article and let me know if things get out of control again. I'll be happy to take another look. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Sadly, I think some semi-protection might be required. Another IP, who is likely the same editor we've been seeing all along has just restored the content again. I'm not sure whether to bother reverting but I really think this is all the same editor just IP hopping. I hate to think it but, based on previous edits I think it might even be a known registered user. The latest IP looks to be from an anonymous proxy. --AussieLegend (✉) 03:56, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

AussieLegend - I semi protected the article for one week. The recent reversions that have taken place since the full protection expired are all originating from IP users and new accounts. Let's see how this goes :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:41, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Sucker for Pain

Can you semi-protect for the page to persistent block evasion by Giubbotto non ortodosso. 115.164.184.225 (talk) 03:56, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Meh, with only 10 total edits this month, protection seems over the top. We need to report these incidents when they occur and to the proper channel, and have the users blocked. If disruption picks up to the point where the page needs protection and after we do this consistently, let me know or request it at RFPP. I'll try keep an eye on it too :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:05, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Zapad 2017 exercise

User:Axxxion use article "Zapad 2017 exercise" for propaganda. This activity undermines confidence to Wikipedia as independent source — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pravdorub1986 (talk • contribs) 04:00, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

IP you warned earlier

IP you warned earlier on the Shield article is at it again. I've issued 2 warnings since yours as they have continued to remove content from it. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

WarMachineWildThing - I've blocked the user for disruptive editing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:13, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Usernames

Hi, my name is Ian. What was so wrong with my other username that you blocked my page? What are the terms and conditions for usernames? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianylee1 (talk • contribs) 04:29, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Ianylee1 - Well, what accounts were they? I won't be able to tell you unless I know which ones you're talking about :-). Our username policy is located here - let me know if you have any questions. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:33, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

why delete Gbbit page on Wikipedia....??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiv13 (talk • contribs) 11:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

plase help me

why msg show on search Gbbit on Wikipedia 10:11, 25 August 2017 Oshwah (talk | contribs) protected Gbbit [Create=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (expires 10:11, 25 September 2017) (Repeatedly recreated A7 article − non-notable person, organisation, etc

plz tell me how to fix this problem thnx..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiv13 (talk • contribs) 11:24, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Shiv13 - A bigger question that should be answered first is, why did you create another account? Weren't you just editing under the username Anil vyas? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:27, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

please unblock my page thnxx 12:03, 25 August 2017 (UTC)Shiv13 (talk)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiv13 (talk • contribs) 11:50, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

new accaunt

I thought my account has been blocked so that the Gabtit page is not showing and I opened a new account. I'm new to Wikipedia if I made a mistake by opening a new account so I am realy sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiv13 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 25 August 2017 (UTC) plz tell me how to fix this problem12:04, 25 August 2017 (UTC)Shiv13 (talk)

Odd

Hi,
I have come across four pages recently where a < in a reference has been changed in multiple instances to a different kind of markup. This breaks the refs which then display within the text. See example here This shows up in a particularly clear way in this page which I use to find ref errors...and sometimes I'm able to fix them too! Each of the four pages had been edited by a different IP, two from India and two from Africa per 'geolocate'. Any thoughts? There seems no real pattern so no obvious place to report and each IP has only 'done' one page anyway AFAICT. Thanks, Eagleash (talk) 11:57, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

I noticed one, this one to Koreanic languages. I brought it to the attention of Vsmith, who reverted.  – Corinne (talk) 03:05, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Please do not revert my edit in terms of YHBOYS

I’ve spent a lot of time to seek for official translation , add new and valuable information and edit the page To be more readable. Therefore, please cancel your changes regarding Wikipedia term “YHBOYS” and let my version come back. Thank you198.84.177.17 (talk) 12:57, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Weird account

Oshwah - are you aware of what this account is up to? Seems to be something odd. Home Lander (talk) 20:48, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Home Lander - Heh, well... I am now ;-). He's probably just testing templates and how they work, which is fine... hopefully he doesn't accidentally start editing in my subpages; those transclusions still link directly to them. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:54, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm guessing he won't; he did blank the content afterward. Just found it a little... unusual. Home Lander (talk) 20:57, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Meh, it's not the first time I've had my user and user talk pages copied like that. One person thought that copying everything over meant that it was truly copied over... he didn't understand transclusions and ended up making a bunch of test edits in my user space lol. Oh well, things happen :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:06, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Back off

I should be allowed to do anything I want ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flashisthebest (talk • contribs) 00:40, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

24.63.117.181

How do we ban this person from all editing? He's making crazy edits and continually reverting anyone he can to hide his work. - Denimadept (talk) 01:35, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Denimadept - What edits has he been making that concern you? Can you provide diffs and links so I can look into it? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:38, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

See his edits to

• Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
• Lake Champlain Bridge (2011)
• List of crossings of the Merrimack River - which is where I first noticed him

and anything else he's been warned about today. - Denimadept (talk) 01:43, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Note that this issue doesn't appear to date before today. - Denimadept (talk) 01:54, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

So, no further comment? - Denimadept (talk) 02:33, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm on my mobile device - give me a bit and I'll read it and get back to you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:36, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Okay. So how now? - Denimadept (talk) 04:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Talk page protection

Uhh.. thanks, I guess. But now I can't edit the page. 24.63.117.181 (talk) 02:09, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm removing it. It's been up long enough :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:22, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Accusation of vandalism

Hey Oshwah, You reverted my change, suggesting it was vandalism. The founders of Google themselves acknowledged that it was ignorance of the correct spelling that led them to use the now famous 'Google'. The Wikipedia text, as it read, said that the error was 'accidental'. That word suggests perhaps a typographical error or a misreading of the correct spelling. A more accurate way to describe how the error came about is to use the word 'ignorant'. Why improving the accuracy of Wikipedia content might be termed vandalism is something that escapes me. Please explain your viewpoint. Kind regards, Roger — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.226.195 (talk) 02:37, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Correctly spelling an uncommon word presented to one phonetically is a skill, a skill that many highly intelligent people do not possess. The lack of this skill does not equate to ignorance, a word the meaning of which you should review before you propose to use it again. The source says that Sean Anderson "made the mistake" of typing "google" instead of "googol" into the domain registry search engine. That describes an accident, not ignorance. General Ization ^Talk 02:49, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the quick action on that vandal! I was in a panic, and I appreciate how fast you responded. AlexEng(TALK) 08:04, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you AlexEng! Always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:13, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Request for clarification - was your comment a 3O?

Hello Oshwah,

you left the following comment on my talk page:

" Hello, I'm Oshwah. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page."

This comment is now being referred to by LadyError as a Third Opinion to found her allegations of bias against me in a separate edit conflict on Grimoire:_Heralds_of_the_Winged_Exemplar that does not revolve around the edit you commented on. Would you be so kind as to make a short statement whether your statement constitutes a 3O on the matter under discussion on Talk:Grimoire:_Heralds_of_the_Winged_Exemplar? Thank you very much for your time. HoratioS (talk) 17:55, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.73.162 (talk) 21:49, 26 August 2017 (UTC) 

Hello Oshwah, I would also appreciate your input on the dispute at Talk:Grimoire:_Heralds_of_the_Winged_Exemplar. A direct comparison between the cited articles and the summary of those articles made by HorarioS shows a bias towards excluding key information. In particular, the conclusions of those reviews are not as negative as the selected quotes make them appear to be. LadyError (talk) 09:45, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

LadyError, HoratioS - Not sure I understand what you mean by "was your comment a 3O?"; do you still need help with input? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:15, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

I deleted the edits

hey i was just adding droids to the battle droid page. FURTHERMORE I DELETED THE EDITS!!!tell me what vandilsm is. the article didnt help at all!!!

listen well

I live in the Bahamas. I am a Bahamian and watched this movie out of curiosity. It shed a negative light on the ideas of homosexuality in the Bahamian society. For the most part homosexuals in the Bahamas are their own worst enemies. So many of them align themselves with sick and weird people (criminals and sociopaths) that their particular vice (my opinion) is seen as one with their company. In addition to this fact when it comes to who assaults or kills whom their is far more same sex violence. My friend I live it. Most real men and women in the Bahamas can care less what you do in your bedroom. Now when it comes to cross dressing, deceiving men into believing you are a woman (homosexual men) or soliciting sex from underage or desperate men, these are actions that any sane society has the right to discourage. This movie is tainted because its venue is the wrong place. I only edited it slightly. You wrote in the sand box. Clean the cat poop out or I will. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.75.92.62 (talk) 23:28, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Well Wikipedia isn't a place to promote your ideology. Maybe you could add a criticism section, citing reliable sources? RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 00:39, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Need you to step in!

Wiki Page: John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick

Hi O! You were involved once upon a time on this page and i think it is time for you to step in again! Every few weeks this page is being edited by IP addresses, adding silly unsourced information that has no place in an encyclopedia. Also, there are people making huge changes and marking it as MINOR change. Please have a look and maybe lock the page to any future edits. Many thanks for your efforts, keep up the good work! Heavenlylight1 (talk) 02:34, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Heavenlylight1! It looks like the disruption has calmed down, so I'm going to hold off for now. If things go off the fritz again, feel free to let me know or report persistent vandalism to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Thanks for the message :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:17, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Continued Vandalism on Yonggary pages

It seems the protection template you added on both Yonggary pages have been lifted and the pages have been vandalized yet again by the same anonymous IP users from before. Is it possible to add a longer protection template to protect the pages from vandalism? We can't keep playing whack the mole with these guys every day. Armegon (talk) 05:47, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Armegon! Is Yonggary the only page getting hit with disruption? Or are there others? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:18, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Yes. According to the user's log history, he's vandalized quite a few pages for the last few months. Armegon (talk) 04:37, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Terroristic attack to EASTEMPLE IRAN

Oh I'm opening the darkest view of the terroristic attack to <EasTemple iran=" https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/نقاش_المستخدم:Eastempleiran " /> that terrorism is in over view and Therese Arabic Government terrorism the Islamic dangerous gross on Tehran. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eastempleiran (talk • contribs) 17:59, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Terroristic attack to EASTEMPLE IRAN

Oh I'm opening the darkest view of the terroristic attack to

EasTemple iran <reg>https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/نقاش_المستخدم:Eastempleiran<\ref>

that terrorism is in over view and Therese Arabic Government terrorism the Islamic dangerous gross on Tehran. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eastempleiran (talk • contribs) 18:02, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Kirsty Coventry

Hello I'm the person who edited her page. I just wanted to tell that if you read the news page next to the edit then you will see that she has received a rare praise from Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe because of his tough stance on white Zimbabweans as shown by his comments and land reform. But thank you for the message I'll be more careful next time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.186.22.169 (talk) 13:14, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Sheng Siong

Hi there! A couple days ago, you protected this page; would it be possible to revdel most of the edit summaries going back to the first edits on February 28 by User:MarcusTigerees? They're basically advertising some TV channel or show or something that the store runs (policy: WP:CRD#5 -> WP:DEL4). I totally understand if you don't want to, there's gotta be 100 or so of them, with a few legitimate edits sprinkled in. Thanks either way! ansh666 20:17, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Ansh666! I actually discussed this with other admins, and we determined that it didn't fall into a revision deletion criterion that was appropriate. RD3 even states that spam links don't qualify. And RD4 is a legitimate criterion for oversightable material, but we don't use that publicly as a reason due to the attention it may draw. :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:21, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Hrm, that's unfortunate. Thanks anyways! ansh666 05:31, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

IP user is at it again

69.47.136.111 is at it again after being blocked a 2nd time. FYI, thanks. --GoneIn60 (talk) 10:15, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

GoneIn60 - Sorry I got your message so late - been busy in real life. Let me know if the disruption continues and I'll take a look. AIV is also a good place to report this IP to if it starts up again. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:23, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Quick Question

Hey mate,

Did you review the article Battle of the Hydaspes for Lord Aseem? He's left a message right at the top, out of date order, in regards to that article. I ask, because he got reported on the Edit Warring Noticeboard for reverting an edit several times on the article, and an admin had to warn him of his behaviour. If you didn't, you might want to have a word with Floquenbeam, the one who warned Lord Aseem, because I think he made a false claim in that regard within a couple of his edit summaries. GUtt01 (talk) 22:38, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Osh, of course feel free to comment (probably best now at User talk:Lord Aseem) if you want, but I've assumed you did not "review" his contribution, and that he's misunderstood. If you're busy, then (assuming I'm right) I think we've got it under control and you don't need to bother. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:51, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I do not recall reviewing or accepting any content for someone at this page - where does it possibly say that I did? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:24, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

New Admin

		The Account Creation Barnstar
		The ACC team thanks you for all you do. Now with some new buttons, go do more :P - FlightTime (open channel) 22:22, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks FlightTime! I definitely will ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:25, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Open proxies

83.253.155.44 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 189.159.240.79 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Would you mind switching both of these blocks to proxy blocks? Since you're familiar with this vandal, and they could easily use these IPs again after their sort blocks. I do not want to encourage any WP:Wheel warring, but in this circumstance, a change is very necessary here. Thanks. 172.58.43.247 (talk) 23:24, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I see you blocking more proxies right now, so thsee two IPs should also show proxy blocks for the same duration (1 year). 172.58.43.247 (talk) 23:46, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Nevermind, I've actually found a lot of IPs that were blocked from this user that didn't get the {{blocked proxy}} shaft... I guess my OCD will just have to wait... ;-) 2601:1C0:107:71C3:704B:3255:9741:9C1B (talk) 00:47, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I was blocking proxies due to abuse... unfortunately, the defense mechanism was mentioned at ANI and the vandal since changed his MO :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 02:34, 31 August 2017 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

—MRD2014 ^{Talk • Edits • Help!} 02:34, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

MRD2014 - I got your email; will read and respond :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:27, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

eager to help
... you were recipient no. 1469 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt - Holy crap! It's been a year already. It's also been a year since I've been given the mop, too. Jeez... time flies... wow! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:29, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

It's also a year that I didn't need much admin help, - that's good! I was asked to not ask questions in an RfA, what do you think about that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Wait, what? Why would someone tell you that? lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:46, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

In case the ping fails or you have them disabled...

Please see User talk:Amaury#User:Mecj2. And be sure to read the whole discussion before replying so you have a good grasp of the issue. Thanks so much in advance! Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:33, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

And he's still at it, at Sofia Carson. I really feel a block is in order at this point – the user has been given more than enough chances, does not communicate, and ignores what they've been told... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:23, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Amaury, IJBall - Sorry for the late reply. I was busy today and am just now catching up with my messages. I responded on your talk page, Amaury. This user is definitely within the threshold of being blocked due to disruption. I caught it a few hours late and the user has stopped, so I'm going to hold off until the user starts back up again (hopefully it won't happen). Ping me if it does, and I'll step in. Like I said, the user probably wasn't disruptive enough at the time (or the report was stale), but the continued and repeated edits now show otherwise. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:32, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Help with page protection

Hi Oshwah! I see you recently protected Carley (name) due to disruption. Would you mind taking a look at Carly as well? The same editor been modifying both articles. Thanks! –FlyingAce^✈hello 19:21, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

FlyingAce - Another admin beat me to it, but the page is now semi-protected. Let me know if disruption continues after it expires and I'll be happy to step in ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:33, 1 September 2017 (UTC)