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Hello Bharel. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Draft:Joseph Farquhar, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: You can only use A11 for mainspace articles. Thank you. BangJan1999 23:57, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BangJan1999 Yeah sure, but G11 that you've added is for advertisement. What is the equivalent of A11 for draft namespace? I've put G1 first but it doesn't seem to suit either. Bar Harel (talk) 23:59, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't one. Speedy deletion is only for really specific circumstances depending on page type. BangJan1999 00:03, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BangJan1999 well it clearly qualified for speedy deletion, but I guess the self-advertisement clause was the one you chose to delete it with, and I agree that it might suit the most. Thank you and keep up the speedy work 😊 Bar Harel (talk) 00:10, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you reverted some minor vandalism earlier today: | diff

The ip editor who posted this vandalism has just today returned from a 3-day block for disruptive editing. I don't know how vandalism is reported normally, but will the admin responsible for the block (or any other admin) automatically be notified of this vandalism and which ip was responsible? Thanks. Dcs002 (talk) 00:13, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dcs002 How do you know it is the same guy? Either way, admins are not automatically notified - a report should be made in WP:AIV. Do you want to try it and contact me if you need help? All the best, Bar Harel (talk) 00:26, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do it in a couple hours. (I'll be busy for a while.) The vandalism was from the same ip range that had been blocked,, and which the disruptive ip editor had been using, and the actual ip that made the vandalistic post did so on one of their more common sites of activity. Also, looking at the specific ip's history of posts today, they are all on the same pages the disruptive ip editor had been active (and disruptive) on, and though their comments have been mostly more practical, some have followed the same patterns that we saw previously. I just think that frank vandalism on the first day back from a block is serious. Thanks. Dcs002 (talk) 00:46, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I reported the incident on the AN/I discussion that was still open concerning the ip editor. (I thought it would have been closed by then.) Today I read in that discussion the ip editor admitting to being the same person, and to the vandalism. They were blocked for another 30 days. I thought you should know. Take care, and thank you for your work here. Dcs002 (talk) 03:48, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dcs002 Thank you for taking care of Wikipedia, and letting me know. Have a great week 😊 ~~~~ Bar Harel (talk) 03:51, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was the IP editor >:) Oliver fry42 (talk) 16:50, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Oliver fry42 Oh hi! Welcome! Are you the one from yesterday? :-) Bar Harel (talk) 16:53, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Keep up the good work! Layah50♪ ( 話して～! ) 02:59, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Awwww! 😊 Thank you my friend! I was worried at first because it's usually a bad sign when you receive a message on your talk page while reverting edits, but I was happily surprised ❤️ Bar Harel (talk) 03:05, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I made that edit in order to put all the scops owls (Otus) together, as is done with all of the other genera in that article.2600:1700:B570:3BD0:C9D9:D387:D573:FE3E (talk) 18:15, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@user:2600:1700:B570:3BD0:C9D9:D387:D573:FE3E Oh alright, sorry. Do you need help organizing the section? It just looked liked you're putting random words in the article. Maybe it's better to use appropriate headings? Keep up the good work, Bar Harel (talk) 18:17, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I publish truth I am not vandalizing, my publish is eyewitness based— Preceding unsigned comment added by Odinaka1 (talk • contribs)

@Odinaka1 You removed all of the references and completely changed the article. If you do wish to change things, make sure you back it up with proper citations. Please also see WP:manual of style. Bar Harel (talk) 03:27, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that will be happening. Drmies (talk) 04:20, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies Yeah, I sometimes feel a bit too optimistic . But I did manage to turn some people from that position into good editors, two of them were actually elected as administrators, so I do know it is possible for people to learn and change. Luckily, WP:AGF is not a myth. Thank you Drmies for all of your work today. I see you just about everywhere. Kudos. Bar Harel (talk) 04:46, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, we may just share some interest. I said "I don't think that will be happening" because I blocked the account, and a couple of others related to that article--there was some serious socking going on as well. One of them started a draft for a new and improved version, which was clearly a COI creation and a puff piece. Thanks for helping keep the place clean. Drmies (talk) 15:14, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bharel… I was adding Sky ‘Willie’ Stern from Venice as the drummer that joined Beowulf in August of 2018. He was added in order to make the live performances possible as Rich Rowen wasn’t able to make the majority of upcoming dates. Sky left that position in 2019. DxBx Simmz (talk) 01:43, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You added "DB Simmz". Who is that? Bar Harel (talk) 02:41, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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nableezy - 23:39, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi -

Please don't copy a sentence from a source and paste it directly into Wikipedia, as you did here. See also Wikipedia:Copyright violations and Wikipedia:Copyrights. Thanks DFlhb (talk) 17:51, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really a copyvio, the sentence you've put instead is not what the source says. According to CNN themselves it is because he was present in the attack. We can rephrase it or quote them directly if we wish. Bar Harel (talk) 19:27, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moreover you wrote that they said it, they never did. They raised questions. Bar Harel (talk) 19:44, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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