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Can I search for any image files on wikipedia with this starting extension: http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/
This web site just went offline in March 2011 but its copyright free permission page has been archived on Wikicommons. Thus far, there are 360 images on Wikicommons from its web page. But maybe there are a few more pictures on wikipedia which could be moved to Wikicommons. At least, that's my general idea. Any help that you can give is appreciated. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:29, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
What are the basis of becoming an abuse filter. If I do become one I will not be very active in actually editing but simply commenting. I am familiar with the policies and guidelines of an abuse filter and will make many useful contribs as one. Actually my real question is could you make me one? :D Jessy (SCG01) 20:16, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
FYI: With my departure from AUSC, I am now an active oversighter and available for contacting. MBisanz talk 15:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Bisanz. I know previously it was said that the server would'nt like it but I'm sick of having to log in and out to upload images in the commons. I want a change of identity and a user account which is logged in globally. Would it be possible to rename my account and for its to work logged in in the commons and the other wiki sites?♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:05, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm devastated, no hope for an evil villain to get a new disguise then...♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:26, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz. I'm here via your note on the RfA talk page. I assume it would be premature for me to apply for a BAG spot since my own bot isn't up and running yet, but I'm more than happy to help out with reviewing or other tasks that need doing, assuming non-members are allowed/encouraged to do so. What would you suggest would be the best way for interested folks like me to help out? 28bytes (talk) 17:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I see that you have made substantial contributions to SUNY coverage, including the List of SUNY institutions. Perhaps you may be interested in becoming a member of WikiProject SUNY. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 12:43, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've already renamed my account from "Just_Angelus" to "ANGELUS" in the Italian Wikipedia, but in the English Wikipedia my username is still "Just_Angelus". Could you please rename my account? That would be awesome. My request is here. Thank you! Just Angelus (talk) 19:20, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Matthew,
Thank you for responding to my request. I can assure you that I am fully aware of, and comfortable with, the ramifications of using my real name.
I have a very common name; so common that receiving emails intended for other persons with my name has become such a problem that I have a dedicated label in my gmail for "Mistaken Identity" with a few rules to automate some of the segregation from legitimate communications intended for me.
A long time ago, I worked in the loans processing department for a large national bank. One day out of curiosity, I did a search for my name in the system, limited by the state where I reside. There were six (6!) pages of results.
Six or 7 years ago, when I went to renew my driver's license, they called my first & last name and two of us stood up. No joke.
Only 9 results in the first 10-pages (100 results) in a Google search for "Paul M Edwards" are actually me. Most of the items by me are toward the end of those 10-pages and on a wide variety of topics and domains which someone other than me may have difficulty associating as being related to me.
I do use my real name on other, very high-traffic, websites with no ill-effects. I do not intend or expect to make waves and get on people's [s]hit-lists. Most of my edits are minor corrections of punctuation, spelling, word use, etcetera on non-contentious items.
If, somehow, someone did manage to find my email and attempt to harass me, I can assure you that they would have to work hard at it. I work in tech support at a company whose products are used primarily by technophobes and neo-luddites. I have patience approaching that of Job. Furthermore, I am open to criticism, particularly if it is based on logical arguments supported by fact. If all else fails, I know how to use the Delete key.
Thanks again for your time, attention, and caution concerning this matter. I hope I have completely addressed your concerns.
--PDA Monkey (talk) 06:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
In regards with your approval of the task; does it also cover a toolserver (or other method) interface for requesting WikiProject messaging runs? Or would you prefer me to file a new request? Thanks, Noom talk stalk 17:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response ^^ Hopefully the unregistered vandal won't be able to continue now. TySoltaur (talk) 20:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
hi -
Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple/Archive93#Dbs_.E2.86.92_Shevett says that the Dbs -> Shevett name change was performed, but it looks like User:Shevett currently redirects to User:Dbs rather than the other way around. Was this done backwards by accident? (Dbs is a friend of mine and was confused that he could still log in under his original name.) —Tim Pierce (talk) 18:10, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I happened on your userpage while clerking at WP:CHU, and I noticed your committed identity is too short for SHA-512. It's only 160 bits, so it's probably SHA-1 (this was originally the default for {{User committed identity}} but it was changed shortly after creation.) Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 00:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
A while ago on IRC you requested a map be created; I created it that week but completely forgot to notify you. Not sure about colors etc; would like to email it to you before uploading on-wiki if that's okay. sonia♫ 01:00, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Don't know where to ask. As you were the last to BAG editor on the page, I guess I get to bug you.
Magioladitis would like me to take over on getting Yobot19 approved and to run it. Currently Yobot is blocked from making any edits. I don't know if a new bot request should start or if Yobot can be approved to just run the Yobot19 task.
Yobot19 will add the listas parameter to the talk page of the biography articles that lack it. A listing of pages is at Category:Biography articles without listas parameter. I've gone thru the letters A-F to find "weird" names that don't get sorted in the surname, forename pattern. Examples are Chinese names, old Japanese names, royalty, Burmese names, old Arabic names, etc. I will have missed some names, so I'd like to ask JimCubb or Mandarax to also look to find "weird names". Once a section has been cleared (example, names starting with "A"), I'll let the bot have at the section. I'll go over the log to see if any names did not get sorted in the pattern and see if the edit was done correctly or not. Bgwhite (talk) 05:54, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I have now two accounts: User:Thomas.bjorndahl and User:T-Bjørn, and would like the T-Bjørn account to continue. Is it possible to transfer the history, settings etc. from "Thomas.bjorndahl" to "T-Bjørn" ? My username was successfully moved on my home wiki (NOWIKI), but something happened on the rest of the wiki projects. --Best regards T-Bjørn (d) 07:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For all your contributions and hard work on the encyclopedia, I am pleased to present MBisanz with this Tireless Contributor Barnstar. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:25, 5 May 2011 (UTC) |
Hi, MBI ... could you help me make sense of this? I usually rely on Jappalang and Elcobbola for image questions, and what this fellow says makes no sense to me at all, but I don't speak images. Thanks 13:47, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_champions_in_WWE MikeyMike2001 keeps posting that Randy Orton is the champion despite that WWE still lists Christian as the champion and keeps reverting despite warnings not to post until Smackdown airs on Friday. TySoltaur (talk) 21:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Do I move User talk:43?9enter to User talk:Σ and leave User talk:Σ (usurped) an orphan? Or should I do nothing? --Σ ☭★ 05:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for moving my username! :) Vit Platina (talk) 06:05, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi, how long will my profile have "usurped" in the title? cronin talk 16:44, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
It's nice to see somebody taking over for Xeno in his absence. Since I can only clerk, sadly, the place was getting full of requests (as you probably noticed :p) Anyway, thanks again. demize (t · c) 02:16, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Template:Non-free Blu-ray Disc rationale has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
You recently blocked a user whose username was very much like a timestamp on our logs. I smell socking.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:54, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
When you used RevDelete on Burj Khalifa you missed the first edit that added the troublesome paragraph. I've deleted it now. Thanks for all your work, but please do be careful. [[User:JesseW/sig|JesseW, the juggling janitor]] (talk) 08:26, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Don't know if changing someone's user name for them is a difficult job or just a click of a button, but thanks for doing it so quickly. Exok (talk) 23:05, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks also for the trial at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JeffGBot, it's now complete. — Jeff G. ツ 03:38, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
The history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&action=history) shows that OlYeller reverted my edits twice in less than an hour. So why did I get a warning (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Carbonator&oldid=429824570) for 3RR but OlYeller didn't? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carbonator (talk • contribs) 04:04, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of unused highways in Michigan is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of unused highways in Michigan until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Imzadi 1979 → 01:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
I planned to rename my account to User:Machinarium". but when registering Machinarium at Commons I accidently created a global account. Since merging accounts isn't possible, can I have permission to start editing with Machinarium? Then I'll redirect my current username to Machinarium. Grey Fox (talk) 15:37, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz, I noticed that {{WikiProject Geography|class=|importance=}} was missing from Talk:Locator map, but then I saw you had deleted the page in the past. If it is no problem can you please insert the template? Thank you. Hoverfish Talk 14:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
Could you please put the bot
flag on my bot account MauchoBot. The bot will be using WikiCleaner but cannot unless it has the bot bit. Apparently, I cannot test the bot without the bot flag. And I know you will ask but I want to test it before I go to Bot Approval. Thanks in advance. mauchoeagle (c) 01:24, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of unused highways in the United States is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of unused highways in the United States until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Imzadi 1979 → 19:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
My usurpation has been held up, but I have manually done the clerking process:
You could manually check, I guess. --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 21:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
--Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 21:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Hello, MBisanz. Thank you for your help with the renaming from Moonraker2 to Moonraker, and as you can see I am now editing on this project as Moonraker. Can you please advise me what happens about my SUL account under the name of Moonraker2? While I was signed in here this morning as Moonraker2 (and I'm not sure if that will go on being possible) my watchlist and edit history had disappeared, but I can see that's because they have been moved to Moonraker. Going over to other projects while signed in here as Moonraker2, the Moonraker2 watchlists and edit histories were still visible on the other projects. It seems as if my Moonraker2 SUL account is still in existence. Can you please advise me if I can get a SUL account as Moonraker, and if so how to go about it? Thanks. Moonraker (talk) 09:42, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Lead contamination in Washington, D.C. drinking water, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! TerriersFan (talk) 02:29, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi. According to Changing username archive you have completed my username change from Alexrap to Lecar. Thanks for that. However, I don't think it's finished properly, as I now seem to have both SULs, Lecar, connected to my en and es accounts, and Alexrap connected to all the others (commons, meta, ro, fr, it). Could you please finalise the change, to have all accounts moved from Alexrap to Lecar. Thanks a lot. Lecar (talk) 16:06, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Here you said that you had renamed Markpiggott → Markp84. However, the username Markp84 is still not registered, as you can see here, and the user has asked for help at User talk:Markpiggott. Perhaps you can correct this. JamesBWatson (talk) 22:40, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Doncram (talk · contribs) is currently blocked and cannot respond to your request. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:32, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Could these 2 photos be deleted from English wikipedia? I have moved them to Wikicommons and replaced their uses with the ones from Commons which have more appropriate titles.
Thank You in advance, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz,
This may not be the way to do it, (I dont honestly know), but I put a user name change request on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple
As you can see, many changes have been processed after my request and mine is just hanging in there. Can you please consider it, go through it? I'd really appreciate it.
Thanx.
Msrafiq (talk) 05:19, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Wanted to say, my request has been granted so you dont have to process it. :) but thanks anyways. Dr Pukhtunyar Afghan (talk) 15:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi Matthew. In case you are not watching the page, I have left a request for the project here. I hope this was the right place to ask - if not I would welcome your suggestions. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
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Take along your friends (newbies permitted), your family and other free culture enthusiasts! You may also want to pack a blanket, some water or perhaps even a frisbee.
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See where Yamaweiss (talk · contribs) was renamed to Kasparov49acer (talk · contribs) - the reason for the request being 'need for privacy'. However, he's continued editing as Yamaweiss (I found out because he's emailed me complaining about my reversion of an edit. What do we do about this? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 11:17, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz. Thanks for approving my bot. Do you think it would make sense for me to add some code to check if the "test edit" edit is part of a series of edits by the same editor, and if so, just log instead of revert the test edit? I'm open to ideas on how to adjust the workflow to ensure bad edits aren't hidden. Thanks, 28bytes (talk) 15:48, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Template:NJCC has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. (Just letting you know I nominated this template for deletion because you are the original creator, cause I merged it into this one.) Kai445 (talk) 01:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
--VanishedUser99 12:09, 29 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by VanishedUser99 (talk • contribs)
Hello, MBisanz … I stumbled across our conversation from a few years ago regarding {{Old prod full}}, and just wanted you to know that I am still around and sporadically active … BTW, this template now populates Category:Past Proposed Deletion Candidates. :-) Happy Editing! — 72.75.57.223 (talk · contribs) 23:35, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Dear Matt,
Is there any reason to keep this two duplicate image files here and here on Commons. Just curious, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Could you take a look at otrs:2011062610008162 and Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations#SHtemp → SteveH and let me know if you concur with my comments? Thanks, –xenotalk 13:46, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited! | |
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The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art in, Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch (talk) 16:48, 16 July 2011 (UTC) |
The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:32, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
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DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC) |
Dear Matt,
Could you delete this image at Wikicommons? I tagged it 2 days ago but no one has acted yet. I gave good reasons why it should just be deleted. Four years at Commons and no one wants to use it..for obvious reasons. Just curious, --Leoboudv (talk) 21:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
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On Saturday, August 6, the National Archives is hosting a Wikipedia meetup, backstage pass tour, and edit-a-thon in College Park, Maryland. Meet staff and fellow Wikipedians, go behind the scenes at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Dominic·t 21:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC) |
This is a reminder that the National Archives Backstage Pass is tomorrow at 11 am. National Archives-themed chocolates and temporary tattoos await! Also, historical documents. :-) Please see the meetup page for updated information on transportation, security, and other other event details. Dominic·t 22:27, 5 August 2011 (UTC) |
The "nudist version of MBisanz" wishes your opinion. WP:Schmidt's Primer (shortcut WP:MQSP) Whatcha think before I go live? Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:16, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm sick of annoying Vandalism. I'd like to be a Rollbacker. Please? --Mystery UkuleleMan (Talk) 01:54, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes I took the picture. To be honest I don't have time to do all that stuff with e-mails and whatnot. Nor do I have an active e-mail account. I would like to have that picture reinstated please and thank you. TheBill (talk) 21:30, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
--Arshan.abbas (talk) 14:05, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
I guess your're frightfully busy, but would it be possible to get an up to date version of File:ActiveAdmins 05-05-2010.png to include August 2011? Cheers, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:04, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello there, you are listed as an interested admin on Talk:Chiropractic/Admin log.
Firstly, a declaration of interest: I proposed deletion of the page here (which was unsuccessful), and my name appears on the page as an editor that has been warned of sanctions.
The page is stale. If this page is to remain I think it should be maintained. As such, could you please either:
or
Many thanks, --Surturz (talk) 00:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
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You are invited to the National Archives in College Park for a special backstage pass and scanathon meetup with Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, on Saturday, October 8. Go behind the scenes and into the stacks at the National Archives, help digitize documents, and edit together! Free catered lunch provided! Dominic·t 16:21, 29 September 2011 (UTC) |
Hi MBisanz, can you check in the deleted versions of that file (on Wikipedia) if there is a similarity to the file of the same name on Commons? Im struggling with the extreme coincidence that 1) the file on Commons was uploaded 1 day after deletion of the file on en.wp by a single purpose account 2) the deleted file on en.wp was, according to upload log, credited to University of Manchester press 3) the new file on Commons also comes from Univesity of Manchester. The original uploader in his last edit claimed that he restored the photo because "the owner" submitted it to Commons, but given how difficult it is for new uploaders to use the upload form on Commons I not believe that an unexpirienced wikipedia user made that upload with exactly that rational in the permission field. Honestly, I not believe the rational of the upload on Commons. Thats obviously a single purpose account operated by the uploader here and I think it will be a good idea to demand permission from Manchester. --Martin H. (talk) 22:15, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to Wikipedia:The Musical in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and lectures that will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.
All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here!--Pharos (talk) 04:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC & edit-a-thon | |
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Wikipedia Loves Libraries comes to DC on Saturday, November 5th, from 1-5pm, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. We will be holding an edit-a-thon, working together to improve Wikipedia content related to DC history, arts, civil rights, or whatever suits your interests. There may also be opportunities to help with scanning historic photos plus some swag! You're invited and we hope to see you there! | |
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Hi goombah i requested a name change at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple and its been a few hours. Im not sure if i did a error or theres a process to input your name into the database. what is the limit of letters in your name that u can have. I edited it a few times so maybe that could of jacked it up for someone to respond to my request? Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 05:38, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & Meetup - Who should come? You should. Really. | |
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FINE ART EDIT-A-THON & DC MEETUP 26 is December 17! The Edit-a-Thon will cover fine art subjects from the Federal Art Project and the meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. You don't have to attend both to attend one (but we hope you do!) Click the link above and sign up & spread the word! See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 17:40, 26 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Greetings. I am reading through the old Bot_Policy archives, trying to learn as much as I can about bots on Wikipedia and the policies that have developed around their creation and use. I have also been updating the Wikipedia:Bots/Status page as I come across old bots that are not on that list. I noticed in one of the archives that you said (back in May 2008) that you were going to do some work on the list of bots, so I wanted to check in with you and see if you're still involved in that. (I don't seem to see your bot on Bots/Status, so I'm guessing you're not involved anymore?) Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and see if you have any information of lists of bots that are maintained or up-to-date. Thank you in advance for your help. UOJComm (talk) 21:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
User talk:Euclidthegreek, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Euclidthegreek and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User talk:Euclidthegreek during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:00, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
Apologies for the short notice for this meetup, but let's discuss when, where & what for DC Meetup #17. Also, if you haven't yet, please join wikimedia-dc mailing list to stay informed. Cheers, User:Aude (talk)
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The next DC Wikimedia meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Tenleytown Library (adjacent to the Tenleytown Metro Station, Red Line), followed by dinner & socializing at some nearby place.
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THANKS!! 21:46, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to the first Wikipedia Baltimore meetup on Saturday, July 23, 10:00am-12:30pm at the Walters Art Museum. Come meet Wikimedians, learn about GLAM-Wiki partnerships, get involved, and discuss future wiki outreach and activities in the Baltimore area!
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DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting | |
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Hi, I have recently recovered my username from 2 years ago (you moved it according to logs). Before I usurped the username on en:wiki it showed as primary/home account and I was hoping recovering would get me others connected to it as well.. not only did it not, it actually lost the home acount status. Now I'm wondering, is there any way around recovering the username on like 10 different wikis to finally create a SUL? I have recovered the only two with any edits on them already - pl & en, the rest were just created by random browsing I think.. Putoro (talk) 15:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you made a note on a username usurpation I requested on the 12th of december, mentioning a: Bergquistj1 user in trwiki. I've probably got the wrong end of the stick here, but if you were refering to me when you mentioned Bergquistj1, well... that's not me (unless it was a deliberate typo). Just checking :) Bergqvistjl (talk) 11:29, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
21:48, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
I've run into an incident that I'm not sure a) if I've handled right and b) if it needs to be brought up elsewhere.
Nutshell is:
- J Greb (talk) 15:43, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
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A few days ago you changed my name here, but i am unhappy with the outcome. When i log in with my old name, all my settings, preferences, my confirmed and reviewer status are gone. When i log in with my new name (this one), my edit count is zero, and i cannot check up on previous edits. Is it possible to switch my account back to the way it was on 29/12/2011 ? Pass a Method talk 08:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard/Archive_4#Provisional_suspension_of_community_ban:_Betacommand, you were mentoring Betacommand and were to "make monthly progress reports by email to ArbCom". Did you send any monthly reports to Arbcom? John Vandenberg (chat) 21:10, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Is this method of archiving appropriate? With the "mathematically impossible". Why is it different from the other declined cases around the same period of time. It also makes searches not work to find the content.
TCO (Reviews needed) 22:57, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey. I don't know the procedure here, but it seems that the user in question does not want to retire- they are still editing, and even still trying to participate in the WikiCup. I'll leave it with you- thanks, J Milburn (talk) 23:44, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Hey Matthew. I have filed an userpation for a possible new username. Just asking if you know how long that might take? OKelly (talk) 08:36, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I am worried about someone stalking me across multiple wikis, and per the Username policy, I think I have the right to "vanish". Can you please delete my userpage and the redirect to it? Which is in the userspace with name of "Triphoria"? Thanks. --Starphoria (talk) 16:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
As the approving BAG member for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yobot 16, I think you'll be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Bots/Requests for approval#Yobot blocked. There seems to be a complaint that the BRfA was vague. Josh Parris 03:12, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Fairuseair/doc. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Fairuseair/doc redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Kumioko (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mbisanz, long time since we have communicated. I have been busy with grad school and have edited only occasionally for the last couple years, but want to become more active again, especially with NP patrol and anti-vandalism. Hope everything has been going well; definitely write me if you need help with anything. Academic Challenger (talk) 07:23, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, you might need to revisit this rename. User:DanielWillyYokom was not the main account, but simply a redirect to User:Daniel Willy Yokom, which a) appears to be the main account and b) is probably what confused the bot. Accordingly, User:Daniel Willy Yokom is what User:Dan145565 now redirects to. Cheers. WilliamH (talk) 15:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for facilitating the move. I am a little confused about the unified login. It says cannot complete merge due to password mismatch on a clutch of websites. Will you be able to help with that as well? ChiragPatnaik (talk) 04:14, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Those emails you just deleted were highly relevant to the discussions currently taking place on AN, and particularly insofar as the discussion concerning a community ban for him is concerned, and to the arbitration committee's involvement in this whole affair. You should absolutely not have done that. Raul654 (talk) 01:34, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
I've posted a summary of those emails to AN. Raul654 (talk) 01:43, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt. I've asked Will Beback's permission to undelete the e-mails for transparency's sake, which he was kind enough to grant. Obviously if either party changes their mind about that I've got no objection to you or anyone else re-deleting them. 28bytes (talk) 05:27, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
I want to change my username from Yamaaan to SabeelHussain. Please do it....... Sabeel Hussain talk 15:15, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for changing my username. A small drink from my side! Shriram (talk) 17:47, 5 February 2012 (UTC) |
Hello,
due to privacy concerns I would like to change my username. While searching if the desired new name would be available I realized that I indeed also own this accout. I would like to ursurp this account and take its name for this account. Furthermore, since I am very hesitant and concerned to connect both account names, I wanted to ask if there is any way we could communicate privately?
Thank you very much in advanced in this matter. I understand that I am asking a lot and would understand if this is not possible or not worth your time and effort. Regardless I wanted to ask and would appreciate your help very much. Quiet photon (talk) 13:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz, I have been waiting on you to change my new username and I am not sure when you will change it? Thanks! —Fbi205agent (talk) 00:17, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, I want to ask you a question. Am I allowed to change my old username to Sheenmeister on my page or delete welcome selection on the page? —Sheenmeister (talk) 00:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
I had asked for username change from ramajois to shriram, you had changed. Thanks. But I'm not able to login with new username in other language wikis, it works for old username. Can you help me with this? Shriram (talk) 13:41, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Take a look at my block on Meta. Apparently it's a personal attack to ask you (as in candidates) questions. Or question the censorship of such questions... or god knows, something. Actually, could you comment on it here and maybe I will go around asking candidates questions on en-wiki instead. Egg Centric 21:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
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A page you created is up for AfD. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Summary of Unicode character assignments. -DePiep (talk) 11:35, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you active on the usurp page and I wasn't sure where else I can go ask about this process. A while ago I created my SUL and I'm in the process of usurping a 0 edits Commons account to further my migration. There are also some relatively low edit accounts I need to usurp in order to complete my migration on non-English Wikis. But I'm uncertain how to go about that, or even if I should. Some of the pages I can navigate decently well as they have similar formats to enwiki, but others are completely foreign to me. Is there a process to help people fully migrate their SUL across all projects, or is it general practice to leave wikis you do not actively (And cannot due to language barriers) participate in un-migrated? -- ferret (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
I have put an article you created up for deletion at AfD. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mapping of Unicode graphic characters. -DePiep (talk) 00:33, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
I am requesting that you comment here on a deletion review regarding the rescue list.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 05:59, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
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Excuse me, I was just wondering, but with my request, do you think that it will be possible? I'm just curious, really, because the user has made edits before so I feel a little guilty, but at the same time, they haven't been active in 2008. Is there just any way for me to give it back should the user return? I also did leave a request on the person's page after the bot came to check the request, if that helps. Thank you. Kostantino888Z (talk) 03:18, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
I am not, so you're definitely right. Speaking of the other Wikipedia's, though, I did make an account on the Aragonese Language Wikipedia awhile back. Is there any way that you could fuse the accounts? I don't remember the name, but I'm sure that I could track it down. Remembering the password, though, will be a different story. Kostantino888Z (talk) 03:48, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! But, here's the problem. I can't find my username at An.wikipedia at all. I remember it was some kind of play on "Constantine the Greek" in Aragonese, but Lord, I haven't found anything. Would the administrators of the Aragonese Wikipedia be able to help me find any user with a name similar to that? Kostantino888Z (talk) 03:54, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Originally I was curious regarding the named user I reverted and the named user immediately preceding the revert. I subsequently realized that a name change was involved. I am now curious if it is an oversight that the name remains in my edit summary, especially if there was some reasons of privacy involved? My76Strat (talk) 05:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
At Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee/2012 appointments/MBisanz. :-) The Helpful One 17:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, you moved Golden Star Boys (talk · contribs) to Morthaza (talk · contribs) in early January 2012, following this request - but the editor looks to have actually been trying to move the other way, as the Morthaza account is now inactive but GSB is editing. Have I missed something along the way? Thanks, GiantSnowman 14:46, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt. Just wanted to check in with you about the BRFA for my bot task now that the 7 days for the trial have passed. Do I need to do anything? The bot seems to be doing what it should. 28bytes (talk) 22:18, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
I have made subsequent comments at the AN discussion about a topic ban.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 18:10, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was anything I can do to help along my usurpation request. I have already notified the current owner on enWiki and we have to give that person time to respond, but there is one relatively new account on one of the other Wikis that saw a few edits earlier this month (but nothing for the last few weeks). Would it help if I put in a usurpation notification with that person? If so, I would appreciate your suggestions on how to do so since I do not speak his/her language. – VisionHolder « talk » 19:50, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Alright... this is starting to get messy. I've got people on Commons telling me that in order to usurp the local account I need to first do it on other projects. I really don't want to be pointed from project to project. Maybe I will take your advice and make some edits on another project to trigger the SUL. To be clear, would it be sufficient for me to create ~20 valid stub-class lemur articles on frwiki under the username "Maky"? Or did I misunderstand? – VisionHolder « talk » 17:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt, could you please add the following watch list notice.
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|text=The [[WP:RFC/AAT|binding community discussion]] on the Abortion article names as requested by the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Abortion#Systematic_discussion_and_voting_on_article_names|Arbitration Committee]] has commenced. Please consider giving your opinion.
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Thanks! Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 20:03, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the move! CCS81 (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Have had a thing on my talk page asking to, if not be unblocked, at least allowed to proxy vote in some way. It's totally being ignored (which reflects poorly on basically everyone as I can't see how a unblock request can sit around for a fortnight) - anyway can something be sorted out pleased? I wish to vote. And meta blocks (which I still disagree with but we can ignore that for the time being) shouldn't be relevant to that democratic right... not while the voting criteria are what they are, anyway. Egg Centric 23:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there. I'm a bit confused about User:Frqns001. this suggests you renamed his account on 25 January 2012. However, he still made some edits today on the old name, see e.g. this. I might be getting this all wrong. --Muhandes (talk) 18:22, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz, I noticed your name comes up a lot on the usurpation requests. I was wondering if you could give me advice on a possible usurpation or rename to either null or NULL. Before filing a request, in your opinion are either of these feasible, given the number of edits involved or recent activity? I note that neither have a SUL account that I can see, but the former has a lot of unattached accounts. TechnoSymbiosis (talk) 22:19, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
BTW, have you thought about using {{Top icon}}s instead of the image maps? :) -- Avi (talk) 04:04, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
My pleasure, and, I vandalized your userpage ;) -- Avi (talk) 17:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
I thought it fitting to use my first edit with my new username to thank you. Much appreciated :)
--RubenSchade (talk) 03:06, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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The global community will now get to see your renaming skills. ;-) Risker (talk) 02:42, 1 March 2012 (UTC) |
Hello MBisanz, I recently see you said on my username usurp request that I need to request a usurpation on the account on Wikimedia Commons in order for you to usurp the account on enwiki first. Do I only have to request usurpation on Commons or request it on all non-SUL accounts across all wikis? Thanks and congratulations on being elected a steward. -- Luke (Talk) 20:36, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
You seem to be the current User Name Guru, so maybe you can advise on the appropriate way to address an odd situation I came across. I generally don't get involved in user name issues...
The other day, I ran across a strange (to me) case of a user page that doesn't properly link with the user's contributions history. It turns out that the name the user registered in 2005 (Frog one) did not have the capitalization he wanted. In November 2005 he created a second account with the desired alternate capitalization (Frog One), created the user page for that account, then redirected his original user page to the version with alternate capitalization. He continues to edit (occasionally) under the original name (except for a few edits in December 2005), but uses the alternate capitalization for his user page and user talk. To complicate matters further, he used/uses the Frog One name at Wikibooks: .
It seems to me that ideally the two user names would be merged, together with their edit histories, but I know that's not possible. The existence of an account on another Wikimedia project complicates things a bit.
How should I go about getting this resolved? (I have not yet contacted the user.) Should he be advised to submit a request to rename his User:Frog one account (the one he uses) to User:Frog One, thus usurping his own account? Or is there some other approach to take? --Orlady (talk) 19:29, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect User:WikiVandBot. Since you had some involvement with the User:WikiVandBot redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). ~ ⇒TomTomN00 @ 17:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect User talk:WikiVandBot. Since you had some involvement with the User talk:WikiVandBot redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). ~ ⇒TomTomN00 @ 17:10, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've not seen this happen before and am curious about your recent move of User:Ashokkerala to User:Vanished User 167802. I vaguely understand the "right to vanish" but why does this apply to someone who has had their talk page access blocked? They still have the right of appeal via email etc and the blocking has only happened in the last few hours. Clearly, I am clueless on the matter despite seeing quite a few blockings of talk page access. Does this mean that an email has been received that basically says "I am gone" ?
I appreciate that a response to this may be sensitive information, so feel free to tell me to go away. My interest is purely procedural. - Sitush (talk) 00:09, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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MBisanz, thanks for your usurpation help. I have a further question on the other accounts with the same name, what would be needed to usurp these accounts to ensure this name is unified on all the projects? The projects in question are ar.wikipedia, commons.wikimedia, da.wikipedia, fr.wikibooks, th.wikipedia.org and zh.wikipedia. I understand that projects with local 'crats and their own usurp processes need to be appealed to directly, and projects without local 'crats should go through meta? I'm not sure how to check which projects have these and which don't. Any advice/info you can offer? NULL (talk) 07:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for handling my username usurpation case. Have a nice day! -- dark_knight@wiki ~/.talk $ 06:54, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notification. I don't suppose you'd be willing to offer your perspective on me as a potential RFB candidate, would you? WilliamH (talk) 00:24, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
—cyberpower (Chat)(WP Edits: 521,793,267) 20:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC) 20:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
I see that you did this renaming. Are you sure that this was in accordance with policy? At Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations/Completed/31#Advisors → Advisor, the user confirms that he is the same as ru:User:Advisor, but the home wiki is zhwiki according to Special:CentralAuth/Advisor. The Russian account is not attached to the SUL account and the Russian and Chinese users list different languages and citizenships on their user pages. It seems that the user name would belong to the Chinese user and not to the Russian user, and it seems that this created a new SUL conflict, see infobox on the Chinese user's user page: 该用户在英文維基百科中的ID是Advisor。. I noticed this because I stumbled upon a related discussion at Commons: Commons:COM:USURP#Advisors → Advisor. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:02, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello, MBisanz. You have a new message at your Meta talk page. -- SLV100 (talk) 07:20, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
I very much object to this closure and request that you undelete a draft for Wikiproject Abandoned Drafts to work on. SilverserenC 01:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
MediaWiki:Grouppage-steward has been deleted in many projects (like Commons) because the wiki-code inserted by users is redundant to the default wiki-code. So MediaWiki:Grouppage-steward should be deleted because the default code already leads to m:Stewards. -- SLV100 (talk) 03:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello MBisanz. YFdyh-bot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, —DoRD (talk) 16:10, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for renaming my account! AndieM (Leave a message!) 14:03, 27 March 2012 (UTC) |
hi Matthew - thanks for stepping in over there - I think it was helpful. I wonder if you should move protect it. I don't know if that is usually done proactively, but there is discussion underway about changing the title, and it's not clear to me that a change in title won't be met with some protests. It has been stable at the current title since it was correctly changed from Trayvon Martin which was obviously the wrong name, but I am concerned that changing it now may be perceived as POV - Death of, Shooting of, Killing of, etc - I;m thinking we should reach a real consensus before just going in and changing. But maybe I'm being paranoid - just thought I'd ask you. As it is, some editors, and not just drive-by IPs, ignore the fact that we're talking through other matters and struggling to get agreement, and just go in and make changes (like adding back the marijuana without consensus which was done last night and still is in there last time I looked) and then law abiding citizens like me try to stick to 1RR and don't revert 'em again. (Yes, I'm kidding, but only about the law-abiding part.) So, I'm foreseeing a potential problem and wanted to ask what you think. Cheers. Tvoz/talk 21:41, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
The Shooting of Trayvon Martin: The semi-protected icon states "until March 29, 2012". It's April 3. If it's still protected, please update the date. If it's not protected, I highly recommend that the semi-protection be extended. Thank You. Intrepid-NY (talk) 14:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello, my name is Alex and I'm part of the group of students working on the new Admin page project. You said you were interested in taking part in an interview over skype about being an administrator on Wikipedia. Please leave me a message on my talk page about possible times during the next week or so when you're free. It should take about half an hour. Your help is much appreciated and I look forward to the interview. Stepiena (talk) 18:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
How does Tuesday 4/3 at 12:30 sound? My Skype name is alex.stepien55.
Stepiena (talk) 19:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Could you do any earlier? I've had something come up midday. MBisanz talk 22:14, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
I was just checking in to see if there was any time in this coming weekend that we could get that interview done. Please contact me as soon as possible whether or not you'll be able to participate in our project. Thanks for your time, Stepiena (talk) 14:37, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your reply in regards to the RfA close and IRC. It certainly wasn't required as it was just a comment on my perception rather than my questioning your close. I think I'm going to work up a RfC on IRC (just a placeholder in my sandbox at the moment) and I would most definitely be interested in your input somewhere along the line. I personally haven't been active in IRC in quite a long time, but remember how valuable it can be, and I remember you being very helpful there when I was active.
I hope you're continuing to rack up those truly impressive feats in real life. You're probably the "son" my mom wished she would have had .. lol. (ok, I never seem to live up to my potential). You certainly continue to set an exemplary example as an editor, an administrator, and as a crat on Wikipedia. Again, thanks again for clarifying your thoughts at the BN thread. Best, — Ched : ? 16:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
MBiz, I have a question for you in regards to Admin Coaching. I know it was marked as historical and shut down, but I see it as a successful program, and you as one of the most obvious success stories. There's a movement over at WP:CVU to try to update what we do, and in particular include an area for training, and it's been decided to look at other Best Practices and try to create a system that can be as useful as possible from Day 1 (no use trying to build a better mousetrap, y'know?).
That said, would you be able to talk me through the process that Admin Coaching entailed. For instance, after a coach had met hir student, what happened next? Were there policy pages specifically for coach that showed examples of when and where to use the tools, or were students just directed to the general Project Space policies, guidelines, and essays and asked questions and engaged in discussion with the Coach? Any help would be very useful to what CVU is trying to accomplish, now. Achowat (talk) 18:36, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
User:MiamiManny is in violation of the Trayvon Martin 1rr you put in place, I am at my one revert, as are several other editors on his edits. Please address. Gaijin42 (talk) 21:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry to drag you in again, can you intervene on the talk page? Someone is trying to run a poll, which may or may not be helpful, but someone strongly objects, and is putting comments protesting the poll in the middle of the poll itself, and refusing to let people move it. I dont think anything more aggressive needs to be done, but if you could move it and say not to move it back perhaps? Gaijin42 (talk) 02:50, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
on ANI, sorry to bother. Gaijin42 (talk) 13:57, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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I believe that this should be last extension of 1RR for the Trayvon Martin article page. WP:GENERAL SANCTIONS has no record of this page being on 1RR and the circumstances which lead up to its 1RR were not due to a multitude of editors, but Drmies actions when he became involved and protected and reverted content in a move that was controversial because of the way in which said admin tools were used. Drmies negative comment on why he wouldn't undo it was a bit much, but 1RR to run out it seemed fine. Now 1RR is in place for another week without justification. I would have loved to make the argument against it last night, but I had no opportunity because it was closed before I could respond. Given the circumstances I cannot find reason to continue the 1RR. MiamiManny was the only one to break them and did so without caring whether or not the rule was in place. It just seems that there is no need for it, and it doesn't facilitate 'good editing practices' as some want to stress, the page was fine before Drmies actions and it was fine after Drmies actions. Same will be true for 1RR. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 18:16, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Since you blocked this user for edit warring most recently, would you take a look at their newly breach of 1RR? Thought a shortcut is appropriate in this case. Diff's: . Thanks.TMCk (talk) 21:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the username change! At least it's easier to do on here than IRL. Blackenedbutterfly (talk) 02:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
I would ask for you to review the request to change my username, I think there are no problems but it is very important your opinion. Thank you
Pedant mode activated. Snowolf's page is on Meta. Yours, —Tom Morris (talk) 19:35, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Zacher is a well-known physician in Hungary, he was interviewed many times about new wave party drugs, alcohol and other addictions. He also has an article in the Hungarian Wikipedia. Please don not delete the English article about him. --Norden1990 (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Would tomorrow at 8 pm eastern work for you? I apologize if that's too short of a notice. Stepiena (talk) 17:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your time and attention to the article. I don't always agree with you, but do trust you, and appreciate what you do. Not as good as the "golden kitten award" but hope it is worth something! Thanks again. My 2 pence worth! --Mt6617 (talk) 01:20, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MadmanBot 15; my intention is to compare emails to check we're getting different ones. Josh Parris 10:25, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to run through some of posts that I suspect to be too much of a FORUM post. Should I do it here or on my own talk page? TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 04:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. Here are few:
1. ChrisGualtieri: ChrisGualtieri questions the eye witness account due to similarity of it to an other account.
2. ChrisGualtieri: ChrisGualtieri again questions an eye witness account and wants to refute it by putting contradicting information that already exists in the article next to it. The contradictions are a result of his own analysis rather than a new article or official statement directly making a statement about the said eye witness.
3. ChrisGualtieri: A lengthy post by ChrisGualtieri to question a other eye witness account.
4. Avanu: The topic is adding the statement given by the funeral director who worked on the preparation of the body of Trayvon Martin for burial.
5. ChrisGualtieri: Once again the account of a witness is questioned.
There are more but these were the mos obvious ones that caught my attention. The reason this get's annoying is because we're primarily talking about a section where we're only supposed to point out witness testimonies and any development that occurs on them. If a witness claims that Earth is flat then we write that X says that Earth is flat. We don't go on to try to refute what X said. That's not our job. There is a section for what the cops say, there is a section for what the suspect says, and so on. People are free to read the whole article and decide for themselves but we can't do the thinking for them. TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 05:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
I don't think you get it. Questioning the reliability of a witness itself is not our job. It's the job of the court. Why are we discussing the reliability of a witness? Notice, we're not discussing the reliability of source to whether use it or not. That's different. They're judging whether a witness is telling the truth or not. Nonetheless, I'll drop the issue for now. However, this means that I can add to the article showing how the statement given by this anonymous "John" guy is lying as well as his statement does not match the 911 calls. Thanks. TheDarkLordSeth (talk) 06:17, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
MBisanz the situation is complicated and I thank you for your notice of this. To clarify #3 I have a mountain of data which directly in its own words, not mine, which challenge the witnesses statement. I've gone so far as to dig up the transcripts from the same show detailing this matter. The witness has been critically responded to on dozens of news articles, blogs, tv and radio. Some which tie it up nicely. Though nothing is more obvious then the self contradictions discussed on the same show in which the interview aired. His refusal of these statement is why I went to such lengths to show why this witness is not reliable even by the show itself. From Maria Clark, former LA DA,"But the fact that George Zimmerman stood up, walked away with no apparent difficulty, no apparent bleeding, seems to fly in the face of the indications in the police report that he was -- that he said he was -- his nose was broken, his head was beaten in. Yes, there may have been some minor injuries due to the scuffle, but what's being described by this witness indicates it was no major struggle." This an dozens of other independent sources conclude the same thing as they did on AC360. TheDarkLordSeth refuses such material despite this and attacks me with claims of bias, bad faith and WP:FORUM as noted here. For neutrality it is only fair that the witnesses disputed claims be properly responded to as with credible proper response as on the show itself. I think this matter is getting out of hand though. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 06:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
I posted this on the talk page, but will bring it up here as well. I "hope" that my local view of the incident and aftermath is helpful to the editors and ultimately the article. I realize that it can't be included in the article as it is my own "research" so to speak. I do NOT want to cause any problems, so if there is something or somewhere I have crossed the line, please let me know. I am obviously still fairly new, and as such can unintentionally make mistakes. Just help guide me a bit. Thank you.--Mt6617 (talk) 16:13, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Does the terms of my unblock include WP:HighBeam? I'm wondering, as that isn't a right technically. ~ ⇒TomTomN00 @ 18:02, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
... but I left Quickbeam44 a note on their talk, and mentioned you specifically. — Ched : ? 22:54, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Matt. I'm not sure if you deliberately left ticket:2012041010009701 unclosed, but if not please close tickets down after suppressing. Thanks! AGK [•] 21:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. MBisanz talk 07:15, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for expressing your support for me in the User_talk:PumpkinSky#Sanddunes_Sunrise thread and/or participating in the User_talk:PumpkinSky#Ostereierbaum_.28Easter_Egg_Tree.29 thread. Peace to everyone. PumpkinSky talk 01:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, you recently did a name change for User talk:Deadglamour in which you left redirect pages at the old name pointing to the new name. The user is now removing those redirects. I am not certain about the policies re user moves and whether or not it is acceptable to eliminate the redirects. -- The Red Pen of Doom 21:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Do you think Tempaccount7 (talk · contribs), a user you recently blocked for user talk page disruption, is related to these accounts:
Regards, Whenaxis (contribs) DR goes to Wikimania! 22:03, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Tvoz/talk 09:05, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
hrm, that is somewhat ambiguous as to if even if different content, it has to be the same "other" editors work, or any combination of editors. I assume it to be any combination, but the wording could be better. Gaijin42 (talk) 19:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
@MBisanz: 1RR can be defined on a case to case bases, just like you did.TMCk (talk) 19:14, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
@Gaijin42: A small ce cleared that confusion, I guess .TMCk (talk) 19:23, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt,
When you can, would you mind deleting the few remaining pages in Category:Ohms Law Bot cleanup, and then the category page itself? The pages that are left all have 5000+ edits apparently, and so they'll need a steward to delete them. Sorry for the trouble,
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 20:58, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt,This is Brody-Jp - Editor for Israli Voice Actors. And Here, I Added Two refrences for the Article for Gilad Kleter (One of them is an Interview which is Very Very Very Very Very Reliable), And then I Removed the tag. So What Do you Say? The Article Remains or I just Messed things Up? Brody-Jp (Brody-Jp) 07:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hey MBisanz! Thanks for the rename. Just to check, what exactly do you mean when you advised me to re-register my old name? Do you mean for me to essentially get a second account? Also, I noticed that I'm currently still able to log into my old username. Is this supposed to be the case?-Well-rested 17:50, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
You are taking some undeserved potshots for defending a perfectly defensible position. I think it is collateral damage, and I think I know you well enough to know that you aren't overly troubled by the blowback. There's enough going on that it would be a waste of bytes for me to jump in and support your position that it is OK to ask for an admin to look at an issue. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:58, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
With this edit summary , it appears that Leaf intends to ignore the spirit, if not the absolute letter, of your warning. It also is a 3RR violation of the warning issued recently by another administrator. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 23:46, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
After the block ended, Leaf's first action was to again add material to the article lede that three different editors had removed, He/she continued the charges of racism on the discussion page. It seems clear that the edit warring will continue. Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 12:08, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Template:RfX-notice has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. mabdul 19:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
I sent an email to the Bureaucrats Email requesting vanishing of 2 of my doppelgangers, however, I only wanted them to be renamed to what they would be if they were vanished. Please read the first email, delete the rest and only rename the 2 accounts. Thanks, Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi,
I did a request on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/SUL_requests#User_:_VKH to have an united count. You said you can help me about english wikipedia if I would wrote I'm Bobybarman34. So. It's done.
--Bobybarman34 (talk) 07:23, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
See the edits of 14:31, 13 April 2012— 06:03, 21 April 2012— and 06:20, 2 May 2012. Thanks. --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:59, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
What should I do about some articles I've got to create. I've got 11,000+ o' them in .txt files. I think doing them in small batches (see this) may be a good way to go? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 17:18, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt. I'm the mentor of GoodDay and I think this is disruptive editing]. Can you take a look and action anything as you feel necessary? Steven Zhang Talk 20:34, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
The bot says "thank you" as well. Cheers, 28bytes (talk) 23:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Matt, I recall lately your kind offer to provide JSTOR information upon request. (which I'll likely take you up on at some point). I don't know if you have Wikipedia:HighBeam access, but I recently got approval for that. I just wanted to extend the same offer to provide any assistance from my end as well. It may take me a day or 3 to get a handle on how it all works, but I'm willing to do what I can to help any and all. Hope all is well with you. — Ched : ? 09:31, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi MBisanz. I'm trying to help a user, currently named User:Calderysfrance, who has made a user name request at WP:CHUS. I had previously blocked the user for having a promotional username; they've agreed to change names and to not make promotional edits, so I directed them to the username change board by policy. I note that a number of more recent changes have been processed, but not this one. If you have time, could you take a look at the request? Thanks. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:30, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Basic questions about them. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 18:59, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey MBisanz I am working with a group of profs in an effort to get them contributing to Wikipedia's medical content. This gentleman would like to change his user name to his real name. Wondering if you could help with this? It appears he has created a couple of accounts and wishes to merge them into one. Drop me a note if there are any issues. Many thanks --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I have chosen you as one of the editors who may request my resignation as part of my my recall procedure. Could you have a look, and confirm whether you're happy being on the list? Thanks. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:08, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
I got the block in, but was a little sloppy on the finish. I'm still new, haven't redacted yet. If you could please. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 20:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
05/06/12 [21:26:33] <RD> MBisanz: New signature is fugly.
05/06/12 [21:26:44] <MBisanz> hmm?
05/06/12 [21:26:47] <MBisanz> it was a test
05/06/12 [21:26:49] <MBisanz> i didnt change it yet
05/06/12 [21:27:07] <RD> Oh, right. I assume there will be surveys?
05/06/12 [21:29:21] <MBisanz> RD: nah
05/06/12 [21:29:25] <MBisanz> i'll mull on it
05/06/12 [21:29:35] <RD> not even one poll?
05/06/12 [21:29:48] <MBisanz> RD: sorry, nope
Deathlaser : Chat 19:21, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi MBisanz
I made a comment on a particular user's request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. Is there a more appropriate / likely to be seen venue for this sort of input?
Not sure if this qualifies for deletion, I ran across this page while doing assessments and found the talk page post offensive. I'd delete it myself, but I have hang-ups about deleting anyone's posts, even this. Talk:Cable One One looks like an essay and the other is summed up by the title. Attacking Cable One. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:33, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Would would you say about this? --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 16:18, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
I don't know how but I found this thing that you did humorous. --Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 17:06, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey! A user, RichMonday, should be making a request soon to change his username to User:Rich Monday. He is having a little trouble with the process, see this. I have given him assistance at User talk:Worm That Turned#Hi Dave Rich Monday Here, but I hope you can help him out if he has any more trouble. Thanks for the assistance! Ryan Vesey Review me! 07:10, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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