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Good work! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:53, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
You mentioned that you submitted to SPIE. Did you see any of Richard Hoover's presentations? BrigKlyce (talk) 16:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Point taken.
Will not happen again.
Kind regards Swe41 (talk) 16:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Blackmane. Regarding your comment on Swe41's talkpage: ...16:40 while the attack occurred at 16:41; if you use popups on the IP contributions as well as the main account's, you will see that the respective times are: 16:40:05 and 16:41:43, so the actual elapsed time is 1:38 not just 1 minute. As another reference point compare this also: [1]. Not to mention that by using two different browsers one can be logged in in one while being logged out in the other at the same time. Dr.K. λogosπraxis 04:52, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
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Hi! I was wondering, if when you have the time, could you copyedit Never Let Me Go (2010 film) and List of awards and nominations received by Kid Cudi? I was planning to get the former up to GA status and nominate the latter for FL. Regards! Crystal Clear x3 20:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for taking up the article. Don't hesitate to remove any unneeded information from it. Thanks again. Novice7 (talk) 14:57, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Is the So So Def remix the same as what Cameron Casey did on the remix video? I can't check the refs because the video on the MTV site is unavailable in the UK --Blackmane (talk) 21:14, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Arilang1234 has been doing Wikipedia:Canvassing, deliberately asking editors whom I have had disputes with- User:John Smith's and User:Smallchief
I counted at least 2 false accusations by Arilang1234 against me which you can easily take a look at (meaning its not muddled up or confused with random edits). #1 Arilang1234 claims I did not respond to Smallchief- I did #2 Arilang1234 claims I did not respond to John smith's concern about neutrality- I did
This is not just an ordinary mistake, or slip up by Arilang1234. My response to Smallchief and John Smith's was right there in plain english- and Arilang1234 deliberately went into the edit history to select and post specific edits I made before I responded, to make sure users were unable to see that I did respond to their concerns later. If he had posted a direct link to the section as it is now, all the users would have been able to seen my responsesΔΥΝΓΑΝΕ (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
"The lead section now reads like a straight copy from standard Chinese high school text book, all these anti-imperialism rant" marxists, black panthers, vietnam era war protestors are apparently behind the insertion of "anti imperialism" into the article....
This is a direct ripoff of when he claimed that "chinese communist propaganda" was inserted into the article-[2] [3]
I did not use a single chinese communist, marxist, or "Black panther" source in the article. All of the authors of the works cited in the boxer article had degrees from western universities.ΔΥΝΓΑΝΕ (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Just wanted to let you know that a new proposal has been made in a thread you contributed to at AN/I concerning the possibility of prohibiting a user from initiating actions at AN, AN/I, or WQA. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 06:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the copyedit at Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Any doubt, just ask me. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 17:01, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks.Tintor2 (talk) 14:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi
Are you still actively editing Design management? You have it assigned to you in the requests list but as yet no action seems to have been taken and it is now being edited by another GOCE editor who appears to have not informed us that he was doing so.
If you intend to continue can you please confirm :¬)
Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Sincerest thanks Blackmane, for reaching out from your mobile phone to help, that can't be easy. I shall take a break, and come back better and stronger for it. Those twits have lost. They lost before they began. I know why they are there and what attracts them. They already actually know they have lost, they couldn't find a single fault with my FA+ work or the lead they were trying to own. I found plenty. Anyhow, rubbing noses is not a victory on the same scale as I can see ahead. Doesn't matter one Iota that they are following me and reading this as you are, because I lay out my plans for all to see and they still can't stop me as the edit summary shows.
Well, good lord, after channeling Dame Edna Everage, and all this stuff, I'll be better off for the break. You can see I'm still wound up eh ? thanks for the help and being a good friend to a newbie. newbies need friends. Penyulap talk 12:36, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the good advice on my tp, and I'll take it all and follow it too. Thank you, sincerely. Penyulap talk 13:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
I have raised the issues of the article Nation of Gods and Earths on this noticeboard: [4]. Paul B (talk) 18:30, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Months ago, I requested a GOCE member to copy-edit the article Halo (Beyoncé Knowles song), and you did me the favor to clean-up one of its sub-sections. I nominated it again to FAC, but again, it was commented that it still needing copy-editing. If you are able to make another rewrite, could you please help me again? If you cannot please notify me. Thank you again. Tbhotch.™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Blackmane. I've been editing Wikipedia since 2004. 3RR reports and SPI/RCU have always been my weakest link. If you look at the evidence it's pretty clear that something is afoot between all those IPs + the 2 accounts that have hounded the same pages. I used to have many admin friends who would even bother with an SPI they would just say WP:DUCK... and do a full range block. But those admins have long since left Wikipedia out of frustration, boredom, etc. And I have always held a tight grip on WP:AGF that those IP/genre trolls would simply get bored themsleves and leave. But, as you can see from last night... some stick like glue. I appreciate the suggestion Blackmane. And if the trolling persists then I will follow your suggestion and leap into an SPI request for those IPs and accounts. For now AGF is the WIkipedia mantra I want to believe. in. Thank you again for your suggestion. 198.164.211.80 (talk) 17:30, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
No, just passed by the article (saw the film yesterday) and decided to fix the plot with a maintenance warning... who knows if that isn't enough to quickfail the GA nom? igordebraga ≠ 23:09, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I am Jivesh. I edit strictly Beyonce-related articles on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could do a copy-edit of Get Me Bodied for me? Please reply on my talk-page. Waiting in anticipation. Jivesh • Talk2Me 10:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the tip, I appreciate it! OttawaAC (talk) 15:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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Do you think Papaursa should be reported to the ANI? He clearly shows no interest in working along side fellow Wikiepidians, refusing to listen to any open suggestions, clearly this user values his own opinion over to those who have fresh ideas from what he says. I was offering some very useful suggestions at the WP:MMANOT's discussion page, as with the criteria as it is right now only whatever is considered a 'top tier' promotion is safe, whereas any other promotion, such as BAMMA and EliteXC are put on shaky grounds. He refuses to even acknowledge what I'm saying, going as far as saying that it is me who isn't open for suggestion. Now I've always had the best interests of all pages on Wikipedia, and I am a team player so I cannot see how he came up with that theory, just because I questions the criteria on WP:MMANOT, a page I should point out that HE created. I noticed that many of the users who offer suggestions always ask him, as if he owns the page, which is a direct violation of WP:OWN. No-one should have to ask for permission from him to edit the page, especially as it seems that he is the one with the final say everytime. Here is the last comment he put on that page -
'Actually, the reason I haven't bothered to respond to all your statements is because it would be a waste of my time. It's clear you have a viewpoint (which you repeat/repost over and over) and that no facts will dissuade you from your beliefs. Since you've made it clear you value no opinions but your own, why should I bother? Answer--I shouldn't.'
Now again it is like I said I've never had a problem with taking in other people's opinions, so this is insulting for me to read. I will, however, try to reason with a bit, if he refuses to listen and take in what I say, I may go a head and report him to ANI. (BigzMMA 10:16, 19 November 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs)
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((done)) Good work! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:53, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
You mentioned that you submitted to SPIE. Did you see any of Richard Hoover's presentations? BrigKlyce (talk) 16:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Point taken.
Will not happen again.
Kind regards Swe41 (talk) 16:41, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Hi Blackmane. Regarding your comment on Swe41's talkpage: ...16:40 while the attack occurred at 16:41; if you use popups on the IP contributions as well as the main account's, you will see that the respective times are: 16:40:05 and 16:41:43, so the actual elapsed time is 1:38 not just 1 minute. As another reference point compare this also: [5]. Not to mention that by using two different browsers one can be logged in in one while being logged out in the other at the same time. Dr.K. λogosπraxis 04:52, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
((done))
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((done)) Hi! I was wondering, if when you have the time, could you copyedit Never Let Me Go (2010 film) and List of awards and nominations received by Kid Cudi? I was planning to get the former up to GA status and nominate the latter for FL. Regards! Crystal Clear x3 20:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Arilang1234 has been doing Wikipedia:Canvassing, deliberately asking editors whom I have had disputes with- User:John Smith's and User:Smallchief
((done)) I counted at least 2 false accusations by Arilang1234 against me which you can easily take a look at (meaning its not muddled up or confused with random edits). #1 Arilang1234 claims I did not respond to Smallchief- I did #2 Arilang1234 claims I did not respond to John smith's concern about neutrality- I did
This is not just an ordinary mistake, or slip up by Arilang1234. My response to Smallchief and John Smith's was right there in plain english- and Arilang1234 deliberately went into the edit history to select and post specific edits I made before I responded, to make sure users were unable to see that I did respond to their concerns later. If he had posted a direct link to the section as it is now, all the users would have been able to seen my responsesΔΥΝΓΑΝΕ (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
((done)) "The lead section now reads like a straight copy from standard Chinese high school text book, all these anti-imperialism rant" marxists, black panthers, vietnam era war protestors are apparently behind the insertion of "anti imperialism" into the article....
This is a direct ripoff of when he claimed that "chinese communist propaganda" was inserted into the article-[6] [7]
I did not use a single chinese communist, marxist, or "Black panther" source in the article. All of the authors of the works cited in the boxer article had degrees from western universities.ΔΥΝΓΑΝΕ (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Hi. Just wanted to let you know that a new proposal has been made in a thread you contributed to at AN/I concerning the possibility of prohibiting a user from initiating actions at AN, AN/I, or WQA. Thanks, – OhioStandard (talk) 06:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Thanks for the copyedit at Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Any doubt, just ask me. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 17:01, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks.Tintor2 (talk) 14:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Hi
Are you still actively editing Design management? You have it assigned to you in the requests list but as yet no action seems to have been taken and it is now being edited by another GOCE editor who appears to have not informed us that he was doing so.
If you intend to continue can you please confirm :¬)
Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Sincerest thanks Blackmane, for reaching out from your mobile phone to help, that can't be easy. I shall take a break, and come back better and stronger for it. Those twits have lost. They lost before they began. I know why they are there and what attracts them. They already actually know they have lost, they couldn't find a single fault with my FA+ work or the lead they were trying to own. I found plenty. Anyhow, rubbing noses is not a victory on the same scale as I can see ahead. Doesn't matter one Iota that they are following me and reading this as you are, because I lay out my plans for all to see and they still can't stop me as the edit summary shows.
Well, good lord, after channeling Dame Edna Everage, and all this stuff, I'll be better off for the break. You can see I'm still wound up eh ? thanks for the help and being a good friend to a newbie. newbies need friends. Penyulap talk 12:36, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the good advice on my tp, and I'll take it all and follow it too. Thank you, sincerely. Penyulap talk 13:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
((done)) I have raised the issues of the article Nation of Gods and Earths on this noticeboard: [8]. Paul B (talk) 18:30, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Months ago, I requested a GOCE member to copy-edit the article Halo (Beyoncé Knowles song), and you did me the favor to clean-up one of its sub-sections. I nominated it again to FAC, but again, it was commented that it still needing copy-editing. If you are able to make another rewrite, could you please help me again? If you cannot please notify me. Thank you again. Tbhotch.™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:39, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
((done))
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((done)) Hi Blackmane. I've been editing Wikipedia since 2004. 3RR reports and SPI/RCU have always been my weakest link. If you look at the evidence it's pretty clear that something is afoot between all those IPs + the 2 accounts that have hounded the same pages. I used to have many admin friends who would even bother with an SPI they would just say WP:DUCK... and do a full range block. But those admins have long since left Wikipedia out of frustration, boredom, etc. And I have always held a tight grip on WP:AGF that those IP/genre trolls would simply get bored themsleves and leave. But, as you can see from last night... some stick like glue. I appreciate the suggestion Blackmane. And if the trolling persists then I will follow your suggestion and leap into an SPI request for those IPs and accounts. For now AGF is the WIkipedia mantra I want to believe. in. Thank you again for your suggestion. 198.164.211.80 (talk) 17:30, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
((done)) No, just passed by the article (saw the film yesterday) and decided to fix the plot with a maintenance warning... who knows if that isn't enough to quickfail the GA nom? igordebraga ≠ 23:09, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Hi. I am Jivesh. I edit strictly Beyonce-related articles on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you could do a copy-edit of Get Me Bodied for me? Please reply on my talk-page. Waiting in anticipation. Jivesh • Talk2Me 10:26, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
((done)) Thank you for the tip, I appreciate it! OttawaAC (talk) 15:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
((done))
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((done)) Do you think Papaursa should be reported to the ANI? He clearly shows no interest in working along side fellow Wikiepidians, refusing to listen to any open suggestions, clearly this user values his own opinion over to those who have fresh ideas from what he says. I was offering some very useful suggestions at the WP:MMANOT's discussion page, as with the criteria as it is right now only whatever is considered a 'top tier' promotion is safe, whereas any other promotion, such as BAMMA and EliteXC are put on shaky grounds. He refuses to even acknowledge what I'm saying, going as far as saying that it is me who isn't open for suggestion. Now I've always had the best interests of all pages on Wikipedia, and I am a team player so I cannot see how he came up with that theory, just because I questions the criteria on WP:MMANOT, a page I should point out that HE created. I noticed that many of the users who offer suggestions always ask him, as if he owns the page, which is a direct violation of WP:OWN. No-one should have to ask for permission from him to edit the page, especially as it seems that he is the one with the final say everytime. Here is the last comment he put on that page -
'Actually, the reason I haven't bothered to respond to all your statements is because it would be a waste of my time. It's clear you have a viewpoint (which you repeat/repost over and over) and that no facts will dissuade you from your beliefs. Since you've made it clear you value no opinions but your own, why should I bother? Answer--I shouldn't.'
Now again it is like I said I've never had a problem with taking in other people's opinions, so this is insulting for me to read. I will, however, try to reason with a bit, if he refuses to listen and take in what I say, I may go a head and report him to ANI. (BigzMMA 10:16, 19 November 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigzMMA (talk • contribs)
((done))
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Thanks for taking up the article. Don't hesitate to remove any unneeded information from it. Thanks again. Novice7 (talk) 14:57, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Is the So So Def remix the same as what Cameron Casey did on the remix video? I can't check the refs because the video on the MTV site is unavailable in the UK --Blackmane (talk) 21:14, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, at the ANI boards you indicated that you know Korean.
Can you verify if this source [9] can be used to verify this claim "FC Seoul is one of the most successful and the most popular club in the K-League, with financial backing from the GS Group." as a statment/analysis coming from the third party of the newspaper rather than from the president of the club. If the newspaper is just quoting someone directly involved with the club saying "Our club is popular and doing well financially", then the inherrent conflict of interest means we should not be using that in our article and stating the claim in Wikipedia's voice. -- The Red Pen of Doom 18:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for copyediting the article; I'll take a look at the changes. Bye --TIAYN (talk) 06:51, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Just wanted to mention that removal of any userpage expectations is something of a perennial proposal. I can respect people disagreeing with that, but then, as you say, a trip to Village Pump would be the way to go, rather than attempting to push things on one's own userpage. Equazcion (talk) 21:40, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
A thousand thank yous in advance! Very much appreciated. — foxj 16:45, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I think I'm done for the time-being, yeah. Sorry to derail your efforts so rudely. — foxj 14:56, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
As you have worked with User:Agent00f, I wanted to make you aware of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Agent00f. I know it's moving backwards, but I'd like to have all previous attempts at least tried before going for the final solution. Hasteur (talk) 01:36, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<<
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Everything seams to be fine. Thx alot for your hard work. --Wustenfuchs 17:25, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for copy editing this article. Your time and effort are very much appreciated. All the best, --Rskp (talk) 06:13, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Blackmane. At Wikipedia:ANI#Edit warring by Leo Corbett I made a personal attack against you. Perhaps I should have cited WP:BITE or WP:YOUNG, but the fact remains that I did not. Whatever the merits of the comment, my personal attack on you was inexcusable, and I should have known better. I sincerely apologise. --Shirt58 (talk) 13:36, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for making an effort with George. It was nice to see "someone" who actually took more than a moment to thoughtfully respond. - jc37 15:41, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Well, she sang a Chinese version of "Happy Birthday to You" of course.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 20:45, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Blackmane. In future, can you consider WP:BEANS when you make comments like this? We don't exactly want to tip people off on how to find them, do we? WormTT(talk) 11:49, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Why remove it? Arcandam (talk) 09:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
At the ANI I noticed that you weren't aware of the IP being blocked. My comments will probably help clarify the situation. BTW, Thanks for your intial investigation efforts:
Thanks for your kind words at ANI, yet again. I do instantly like the term, although I can't recall hearing it but a few times in my life and I don't know where it comes from. Penyulap ☏ 06:29, 20 Jul 2012 (UTC)
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Since you were discussing at AN/I, I thought you might be interested in this: User Crystalfile joined Wikipedia on June 7, and has only 15 edits to date[10]. Now, he wants to ban Altetendekrabbe [11]. There are now 4 votes for banning Alt. on AN/I, 2 of them from very recent editors with low-edit counts, and one with an account registered in March. I think this is highly suspicious.benjamil talk/edits 15:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your work there. I appriciate that. --Wüstenfuchs 12:51, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so very much for explain what I did wrong, and why I got a vandelizing message. Thank you for explaining I appreciate it very much! DEIDRA C. (talk) 00:19, 7 September 2012 (UTC) |
"Vlasi u Hrvatskoj nijesu bili nipošto slobodni ljudi, već su stajali prama raznoj vlasteli u podaničkom odnošaju." This is from Mužić's book (p. 20). It says that Vlachs of Croatia weren't free people, but they served to various nobel families as serfs. Podanik can be translated also as vasal, subject etc. --Wüstenfuchs 13:08, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Also p. 19 of the same books says: "...a da su kmetovi i u obće seoski žitelji (ratari i stočari) u hrvatskoj državi bili ponajviše samo Vlasi." In translation: serfs and village population (farmers and ranchers) in Croatia were mostly only the Vlachs." --Wüstenfuchs 13:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your c/e. --Wüstenfuchs 18:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I saw that you had self reverted; I went back two edits and reverted to them, but the loop is still present. I thought I would leave it to an expert, which I do not claim to be; meantime, no harm is being done. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:57, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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This edit was very good. You took the trouble to explain clearly what the problem was in a way that perhaps I could have done but didn't. Whether the editor will benefit from your attempt to help is another matter. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, can you translate the plot summary of this television series from this website [12] to Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar Of Sky? Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 20:41, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Blackmane! Given the context, shouldn't your comment here have been "for great justice" instead? --Shirt58 (talk) 04:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, Blackmane. As a person who has commented in the above RFC, your input on a possible closure of the RFC at Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Morriswa#Proposal to close would be appreciated. Thank you. --Rschen7754 05:11, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for choosing the article for c/e. Please let us know how we can help during copy editing. Regards :)--Omer123hussain (talk) 01:12, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for your help, input, assistance with ways to get resolution, etc. However, using words like "childish" is never constructive, and is not a good way to conduct yourself in what should be a professional dispute. Nonetheless, I have moved on. Just a word of advice, it gives a bad impression, especially to "newbies" (which I'm not) and IP users who are already frustrated with other editors who get away with behaving however they want, and no one comes to their defense in a mature way... Take care! :) P.S. Four agreed with me, against just one. What is or has been a norm, is not my fault just because one "bad apple" wants to create drama, throw a fit, curse, call names, etc. What upsets me the most is that nothing is done about that, and those who are supposed to act on their behalf, do not behave much better (just in general from past experiences and observations is all). Ugh! 99.129.112.89 (talk) 16:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Done, Thanks for your concern, actually Hyd-Pearls article is in my to do list, after hyderabadi cuisine. Regards :)--Omer123hussain (talk) 15:02, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Blackmane, Thanks for your efforts to copy edit the article Hyderabad, India, plz let us know if copy editing is completed. Regards :)--Omer123hussain (talk) 14:05, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your return :), Replaced 2001 with 2007. Please let us know if any more modifications are required. Regards :)--Omer123hussain (talk) 05:29, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for discussing the ANI closure with me, and even more for being willing to step into the discussion at Talk:American Dad!. I very much appreciate your assistance through all of this. Doniago (talk) 14:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
Can you please explain why my ANI filing was closed as a content dispute when, IMO, I did everything possible to make it clear that my concerns were regarding an editor's conduct (i.e. their personal attacks directed towards me) rather than the underlying issues regarding the article? I would be happy to open a WP:DRN case per your recommendation, but I don't see how I have the grounds to do so since the content-related issues at Talk:American Dad! appear to be being handled okay; the issue, as I noted at ANI, is User:AmericanDad86's blatant failures to AGF and incivility despite having been blocked for exactly this type of conduct previously. Their conduct towards me is, IMO, disruptive and inappropriate for that page, and is making it very difficult for me to engage in the discussion. Thank you for clarifying this for me. Doniago (talk) 05:43, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't mean to sound snarky, but I don't think AD86 would care if what you said was binding. There was a time when I thought they could be encouraged to WP:CHILLOUT, but after the battering I've been taking, AGF for me has kind of flown out the window.
Anyhow, DRN case opened here. I didn't list you as an involved user, but would welcome your feedback if/when it becomes pertinent. Thanks again for your help to this point, and for clarifying your decision to close the ANI filing. Doniago (talk) 13:13, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. DonIago (talk) 11:12, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hey man. You didn't seem partial either way, but since you at least looked at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Baboon43 and are fairly familiar with the issue, I just wanted to let you know that the thread has been started at WP:AN. MezzoMezzo (talk) 07:40, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, Blackmane. I hope it doesn't offend you, but I removed an edit of yours on ANI per privacy concerns. You say you won't speculate, but speculation is implicit in and encouraged by your edit, especially connected with some other information right in the same thread. Sorry, but the age of underage users just shouldn't be discussed at all, not in any way. Regards, Bishonen | talk 11:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC).
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Hello, Blackmane. My apologies if I misinterpreted your comment upthread about the nature of the sanctions you were seeking. I'd be happy with any other action which would have the same preventative effect, but given, as we both agree, that competence issues are involved, I don't see what else would work. (Incidentally, my proposal doesn't arise solely from the latest textual copyvio, but also from around ten image-related ones since the previous ANI report, several of which I already linked to earlier in that discussion.) —Psychonaut (talk) 15:33, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
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I do wish you hadn't hid my comments along with Joe's. My comments are accurate and civil. I also wish you'd left message on mine and Joe's talk page explaining why our comments were wrong or why you did what you did. I hope you'd also note that Joe's comment is evidence of a) his continual use of profanity (one of a number of behaviors that the RfC was supposed to stop in the first place), and b) his HOUNDing of people who've been critical of his behavior (me, GabeMc, TParis) pbp 15:11, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
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Saw your comments to Lucia Black. One correction though, folks in an interaction ban can participate in the same discussion as long as they are not making comments to each other, about each other, or in response to anything the other has said.--v/r - TP 13:47, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
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Blackmane, first, if it were me, I would tell Lukeono94 to mind his own business and stop reverting comments on my talkpage. Secondly, "including an Arbcom member who assured you that the privacy of your previous account would be maintained." What good would that have done me? He offered me *nothing*. His "consideration?" Give me 50 dollars and I'll consider giving you my bicycle. Plus, one needs a basis of trust for anything like that. Why should I trust Worm? He doesn't even tell the truth about his real name at his talkpage. Worm's real name is not "Dave Craven." Thirdly, "Your initial block, though somewhat troublesome to me, was ultimately upheld by a number of administrators." You will have to live with that position. If I saw someone non-policy treated, I would stand up and say something. My block wasn't "upheld" by anyone. The most that mob of administrative participants at WP:AN/ANI was able to muster was a "decline to unblock." Last, you said at my page you would raise my case at WP:AN/ANI. You are now reneging on that. This is Colt on Co5mic. 22:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors May 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone! Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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If you haven't already, you might want to read over the comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Murder of Ross Parker/archive1. You may be able to address some of those issues while copyediting. Thanks. Nigel Pap (talk) 16:54, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up
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Hey Mane, how's it going? I'm hoping that you can help me with the Sleeping Dogs FAC. The article has been widely criticized by reviewers at the nomination oage because of its prose, and many recommended that the article got a copy edited. Unfortunately, I'm not so good at writing proses yet, and the other nominators don't have time to work on the article. Is there anyway that you can copy edit the article? At least some sections like gameplay and dlc would be massively appreciated. Thank you. URDNEXT (talk) 00:27, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
I'd like to mention that User:John will be taking a look at the article as well, and handling the copy edit for developent and design. URDNEXT (talk) 22:23, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Blackmane, John (talk) has finished working on the article until Tuesday so your c/e can continue if you wish. I'll remove the on hold from the request. Sorry for any confusion I've caused. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:31, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter
Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the ((copy edit)) backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2015 Newsletter
Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone! Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2015 Newsletter
Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The blitz removed 16 articles from the requests list, and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone! Drive: The month-long March drive begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Those allegations are a bit dated. When I am collaborating on important subjects I do write proper tildes. If your interested in assisting in my projects than I'd be happy to elaborate on them. If not, hope your endeavors go well. TheGracefulSlick (talk) 22:35 February 22, 2015
Thanks for removing the spam. Is there any chance you can revoke his talk page access? --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 14:40, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
Hallo, you've left a word ("much" or "well"?) out of "your reply to my !vote pretty reinforces my conviction" in this edit - wouldn't normally mention it but it's likely to confuse MN who can't understand even accurate English! He's likely to think "pretty" refers to good looks or something (got very confused by the word "Romanisation" a few days back...). PamD 10:38, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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given your involvement, pleas see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Suggested_Limited_Interaction_Ban_between_Users_Alansohn_and_Magnolia677. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 22:08, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello Blackmane. A new account, User:Vvvaggot, appears to be a new sock of SSB, whose work you know pretty well. No abusive edit summaries yet, but similar style of English, and similarly disruptive NPP with random accusations of vandalism on new editors. What do you think? Worth opening an SPI? Thanks, Dai Pritchard (talk) 13:27, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
We're officially kicking off the Wikipedia:Labels campaign for edit quality. You should be able to load the interface by going to Wikipedia:Labels and clicking "Install the gadget". Once you've installed the gadget, the "Install the gadget" button will be replaced by the "campaigns" listing where you can request worksets from "Edit quality (20k random sample, 2015)". The software is still a little rough around the edges. We'll be on the look-out for your bug reports & feature requests throughout the week. I'll post progress reports on the campaign talk page. Thanks for your help and let me know if you have any questions. --EpochFail (talk • contribs) 05:54, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Hey!
I saw you commented here about this issue some time ago. Well, I was 100% sure it was some nonsense as I couldn't believe mrs.Malek-Yonan would come all the way to Wiki to fight off this ridiculous thing, namely that those categories need to be removed from her page. Well my concerns were right; I opened an SPI and it turned out that User:RMY, User:3BluePenguins, and User:Zayya (they all participated in that discussion as well, are sockpuppets. A what we can describe as a sneaky sockpuppet scenario where the same person tried to make us believe some nonsense by using two socks.
Anyway, that was it, they're all blocked now, just wanted to let you know! :)
Bests - LouisAragon (talk) 17:48, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
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So this user gets off without even a warning? I mean what is this? Do admins not even want to do their jobs anymore? Just take a look at old versions of their talk page. It's full of warnings about edit warring and remaining civil. You know maybe a permanent ban would be overboard probably but this user needs to understand he can't stay here behaving the way he has. My message shouldn't have just been written off so quickly as "childish".--Yankees10 17:29, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi -- You have gotten involved in the ANI thread about Elvey. I am unhappy to have had to come to ANI at all, and it is sad to watch Elvey self-destruct there. But in any case, you wrote that you had reviewed everything. I have been looking for feedback on my COI work. I know I have made some mistakes and can come across too stridently at times, but what concerns me the most are the things I don't know that I don't know. If you have any impressions or feedback you would like to give me on my COI work, I would be open to hearing them. If not, that is of course fine too. (I'm asking a few other people who have gotten involved in that thread as well) Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 14:39, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
My original request is pretty stale by now - you may not remember much from your review of things by now. So I'll jump to the second set of stuff. If you have time, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the section of the COI guideline Writing about yourself and your work. which meshes with the advice provided in our excellent essay on WP:EXPERTS, especially in the last bullet. I come across problems with new-ish experts overemphasizing their own views (thus throwing off NPOV) and citing their own publications in the course of doing that, more often than I ever thought I would before I started working on COI matters. I can point you to some interactions I've had with editors that went pretty well, and quite a few that have been rocky.... this is a key aspect of COI work that I am trying to figure out better. But maybe before digging into examples, you give me your take on the issue? Thx Jytdog (talk) 17:55, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
"here read this WP:LINK!" seems to be the usual response. On the other hand, some experts can be just as hard headed. The end result becomes two people drawing lines in the sand and refusing to budge, on one side a subject expert on the other a wiki expert. The end result is a lot of bad faith gets thrown around and Wikipedia loses. I feel that that is what many editors lose sight of; over zealous protection only leads to stagnation. The policies and guidelines have transformed from guidance into weaponry. This isn't to say that there aren't times when the deployment of our arsenal here is appropriate, but they should not be our first port of call except in cases of obvious and pernicious COI violations such as the recent Wiki-PR case or the cash for articles scam.
Often when an editor seeks to include their own publications as references, they're rapidly reverted as COI. Again, this puts the subject expert on the defensive. A better form of engagement is to seek corroborating sources from the expert. A good researcher will not only have their own publications as a source but a myriad of other sources that should back them up. Blackmane (talk) 14:06, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi user:Jytdog I have a brief moment on the net so I thought I'd drop you a quick message to assure you that I haven't forgotten your request. I'm still traveling at the moment so cannot give you a detailed response. I feel it would not be reasonable or fair to give you a rushed response but as soon as I have a goodly amount of time I will give a considered opinion. Regards Blackmane (talk) 19:43, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
I had a read over your interaction with Gjboyle and agree heartily that it went well. Personally, I would have been a bit averse to being too verbose when interacting with new editors. The other editor may feel you are lecturing them. But that is a personal preference and things worked out fine either way. Blackmane (talk) 00:16, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Hmmm. I'm a bit of two minds about COI case with Researcher83. On the surface, it looks like they were obviously NOTHERE but when you step back you can see there was a dichotomy in how you interacted with them on their talk page and subsequently at COIN. When I read your posts in the COIN section, there was an accusatory tone but on their talk page it was more supportive. While I've not worked at dispute resolution or the COI noticeboard, I have done so in a number of workplace situations and one of the most important things to project is consistency of stance and tone else you give the impression of pandering to the audience. Whether you intend to is not salient, it's the resulting impression that is. I felt that DGG's comment was very accurate. Blackmane (talk) 00:29, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
There wasn't much you could do with vinicruzat. They were more obviously here with the impression that their financial contribution granted them publicity privileges.
It certainly is a shame to lose the doctor. But we cannot help those who get all huffy. There's no point beating yourself up about those who aren't willing to accept advice. Blackmane (talk) 00:44, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm not a huge fan of using templates to talk to people aside from issuing warnings to those I believe need to be brought up short and sometimes a personalised message just doesn't fit the bill. That being said, Martijn wasn't willing to engage so it's neither here nor there. Blackmane (talk) 00:40, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your review and comments above. So helpful! If you are still willing, I would love your thoughts on how to proceed with an ongoing issue. Would you be open to that? If so, as it is current, I would rather email with you about it. But I would do it here, if you prefer. Even if you are done, I really appreciate your time and thoughts. So kind of you. I will take them on board. Jytdog (talk) 04:25, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
OK. I hear you, that you are giving me your perspectives. Besides actually wanting to get your thoughts on past cases, I wanted to hear you how think, before I gave you my difficult current one! :) OK, so here goes. This is pretty messy. The main thing I am looking for from you, is feedback on what I have done to date, and suggestions about what I should or should not do going forward. My goals are to not lose a really special contributor, but also to protect the integrity of WP - of NPOV. I am not asking you to get involved as an admin or anything like that and to be frank I hope you don't. I just want to be clear that I am not admin shopping.
The editor is User:PraeceptorIP who is a professor of law (IP - patents copyrights) who has actually argued some important cases at the supreme court. So wow. Really wow. He was only semi-active for a few years, but over the past few months has become very active, rewriting articles and creating new ones. (so great, content creation!). However he is also doing pretty much all the mistakes a new expert editor makes. Writing content straight out of his head (so unsourced OR), adding lots of explanatory footnotes (unsourced OR), and when sources are cited, they tend to be primary sources he is using to illustrate his point, or his own law journal articles, to which he gives great weight All of that is problematic enough, but he is a very good writer and clearly a strong legal mind, and his rewrites and new articles make arguments that follow the arguments he makes in his law journal articles. So the background section of court case articles are written so as to tee up whatever his view on the decision was. He has strong points of view on IP law, and he is remaking WP in the image of them. This is all stuff I can document. I'll provide a few diffs below.
Factors that complicate this one.
My preference is always to work things out in one-on-one discussions with editors on their Talk pages and avoid the trauma/drama of bringing people to COIN, and do that only when it is clear that additional voices are needed to depersonalize it. That remains an option here but not one I think I will take, any time soon.
So I am not really sure how to proceed, or if I should just let the whole thing go. I have raised some issues slowly on talk pages of specific articles, and brought some issues to WP:LAW for that community to address. This is what I will probably keep doing, and try to do the teaching of how to be WP editor slowly......
Some examples:
All that is pretty messy, right? The main thing I am looking for from you, is feedback on what I have done to date, and suggestions about what I should or should not do going forward. My goals are to not lose a really special contributor, but also not to have us end up with (for lack of a better term) "Sternopedia" for IP law. I am not asking you to get involved as an admin or anything like that and to be frank I hope you don't. My sense is that you wouldn't, but I just want to be clear that I am not admin shopping. Thanks again. Jytdog (talk) 09:36, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
@Jytdog: As far as I can read of the disccusion at the Wikiproject, consensus was reached and all in all, the discussion while energetic was productive. While there were a few acrimonious comments, the discussion stayed on the ball and didn't degenerate as badly as others I have seen.
This one is a bit tricky. I skimmed through the entire talk page, which is to say that I read through it without necessarily understanding the specifics. Praceptor's approach had a definitive consensus. GregJackP sometimes skirts the "comment on the content not the contributor" line with some of his comments. However, I do believe that is because he lays it out quite bluntly rather than rely on the facile tongue that lawyers are often accused of having. Using subtle language in a text based medium usually leads to misunderstandings after all. Although it might get your hackles up, you might look on the other side of things. At least, he's not being passive-aggressive or leaving things open to interpretation. Some of his comments certainly would have raise my hackles had I been on the receiving end, but that's only because I realise that my real life communication style can be much the same. We often dislike or even hate those who are most like ourselves.
COIN should be a last resort thing much like ANI. The administrator noticeboards are bad places to take people. They've developed an air of the imposing edifice of tyranny and anyone being dragged there are straight away in defense mode. Blackmane (talk) 03:31, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Opening dialog with GregJackP may work as Praeceptor seems to hold Greg in some regard. I had a read over the talk page thread you have initiated with Greg and hope that a productive outcome will eventuate from it.Blackmane (talk) 07:39, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
This is the sock IP that was posting recently. They have attacked the Koch page. I would like to ask an admin to revert the change because I'm tired of this BS. [[36]] Thanks Springee (talk) 23:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hallo Blackmane
The User which you warned is apparently continuing his disruptive behavior. He changed the long established collage at the top of the Rome article with another composition, without discussing it in advance. After that I reverted him and asked him to go to the talk page, he reverted again and then he blanked his talk page (with your warning) without responding. I think that the behavior of this new user is disruptive, and that he should be sanctioned. Alex2006 (talk) 10:42, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
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...that you add Wikipedia:WikiProject_World's_Oldest_People/Article_alerts to your watchlist? EEng (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Just wondering why you chose to manually archive a number of ANI threads: [37] [38] [39] when these are threads that are still active within the last 24 hours, nor have they been closed or hatted?
AIUI, ANI has automatic archiving in effect. There is no need to archive manually. Manual archiving of live threads like this will usually be seen as an attempt to stifle discussion. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:32, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
I think someone accidentally removed this comment you made at ANI. I reposted it and added a note to explain myself. But I also wanted to let you know. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
My Achilles' heel is WP:AN/ANI. I rather not pursue it anymore. I've said it a couple times now. And I feel like people are telling me "cheat the system and you'll be fine" rather than "be honest and tell the truth". I don't get it.
Some of these conditions are meant for WP:AN and ANI interaction-ban, not Japanese media. And i like to think i have changed. But how am i suppose to feel when i said that i change, and i express it, and people just rudely say otherwise without really thinking? When Tbans happen, theres that one place you can call your safe haven. Where is that? Lucia Black (talk) 06:24, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report
Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review.
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I'm still working out how this is all done, so thank you for your attention to the issue and the obvious help being done. Nuro Dragonfly (talk) 02:07, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
You left a message on my talk page regarding non-"ownership" of articles, reliable sources, and notability, directed to "new users," and I'm not entirely sure what I did to provoke it. Please advise further and I'll try to address your concerns. I'm not the oldest user on the block but I've been around for over a year with about 5000 edits; I'm not an article draftsperson so much as a copyeditor and reviewer. If your concern is that I may have been overaggressive in speedy-deletion tagging, please advise and I will take the criticism seriously. Thanks for your clarification! Julietdeltalima (talk) 01:11, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, couldn't figure out which Barnstar to give you, but that was an awesome comment in the George Ho Jr./Sr. thread. I don't know if you noticed, but further up I had actually gotten into an argument with a Captain America-style soldier out of time who thinks we are still fighting the "Diacritic Wars". It's a very silly mess. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 00:38, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter
March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:47, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
..about 5 seconds before I did. (Redirects at AN) I was going to use 'Shazam!' though. Only in death does duty end (talk) 15:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello, Blackmane. I am writing to you about the "stalker/troll" section in the "Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents" page since you were one of the admins who answered, I am the accused part. I do not know whether you have read my reply to Mai-Sachme's accusations or not, but I have done nothing of what he foresaw. That because it is not me the problematic user but him, as demonstrated by his Italian talk page where several sysops such as Melos and M7 have reproved him for causing problems in articles about South Tyrol. In fact I have reverted his edits once only, unlike his friend Bartleby08 from South Tyrol too who did the same to an Italian user I was accused to be but 3 times. Here you see Mai-Sachme's hypocrisy, supporting him when he was removing Italian IPAs only but immediately reporting me for stalking and trolling when I did the same for German IPAs only and pretending to be the good guy interested in the good of this encyclopedy instead than in personal quarrels related to his geographical origins. Also Bartleby08 is well known in the Italian project for his tendentious intentions about South Tyrol, having been blocked for a month because of source falsification which is a very severe behaviour here. Having said that, now I have added the Italian IPAs where they missed giving a positive contribution instead of insisting on removing the German IPAs like Bartleby08 did with the Italian IPAs. Mai-Sachme has found nothing more to accuse me of being the stalker troll he thinks I am or pretends to think I am and now the problem seems to be solved, unless he or Bartleby08 start again removing Italian IPAs. Everyone is free to control that German IPAs will not be removed a second time, I just would like the discussion and this whole story to be closed. Maybe it was not really useless, because of the links I have brought about these 2 "Südtiroler Volkspartei" supporters which showed off what kind of persons and users they really are. Thank you for reading, I hope this is really the end.
187.17.106.161 (talk) 14:12, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Ok. 187.17.106.151 (talk) 17:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Posting this here because it's kind of off-topic and Nishidani explicitly asked me not to help him fight his battles.
Typically only people who are already involved in disputes open ANI discussions, and if the OP does not propose any specific sanction the general assumption is usually that they are requesting a block of some length. Hell, at the top of the page there are interwiki-links to both zh.wiki and ja.wiki where the noticeboards considered equivalent to ANI have titles that literally translate to "block requests". Probably the majority of threads on ANI that I have seen involve users in conflict with other users proposing sanctions against them, and it seems pretty rare to oppose such sanctions on principle.
Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 14:24, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello - thank you for your useful response to my recent ANI questions and advice on another user's Talk page. Could I ask your advice please? As a result of your suggestions I am considering placing the following at WP:VPP, with advertising at WP:CENT, and a Please See on the Talk pages of a number of wikiprojects and article Talk pages.
Is that a sensible thing to do? Of course I'd welcome your view on the content (if you have a view) but I'm really asking you about process. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:53, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf . Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:13, 7 June 2016 (UTC) (You may not have an opinion, but a sincere thank you, Blackmane, for helping me think this through. Any errors in content, format or procedure are now all mine!)
Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News
Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes! May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography. Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Posting here as the thread it already closed.
I was reading over some ANI threads and noticed this. While you were definitely right that revoking that user's talk page access was appropriate and their edits to their own page post-block were not, I wonder about the wisdom of the wording "the only allowable use". While you did follow this with a list of several valid uses that ended with "and the like" and the like, but I wonder what your stance on, say, this edit would have been. My reasoning (someone else had posted to a noticeboard discussion I started and looked possibly set to make a BLP edit in my stead that I actually disapproved of, and I was blocked and unable to otherwise halt it) was obscure and rare enough that Ihighly doubt such exceptions are enshrined in the blocking policy. On the other hand, we have cases like this, where a user has been blocked specifically for abuse of their own talk page (using it as a forum to post personal attacks against other editors) and so their talk page access revoked off the bat and the reasons you acknowledged as acceptable uses for a talk page are not sufficient reason not to revoke talk page access.
Anyway, as far as I'm concerned it's not really as black-and-white as we would sometimes like it to be.
Cheers!
Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 06:39, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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Thank you for your comprehensive copyedit. I highly appreciate your work. Have a nice day. Borsoka (talk) 18:06, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
I had already notified him: [40] Toddst1 (talk) 23:39, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
"However, you are more than welcome to attempt a new RFC at some point in the future because consensus certainly can change but be warned that repeatedly opening RFC's within a short space of time to try and get your POV across is disruptive and can lead to sanctions."
I will start another RfC in the future (compiling the rest of the RS and firmly asking people to actually participate and not just do drive-by posts), but how long would it have to wait? I want to let this subject rest for a while, and I also want to avoid sanctions.ChronoFrog (talk) 22:42, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi Blackmane. In your post at WT:CANVAS you mentioned something about a straw poll you seen. I've been looking for an example of one of those to use as reference for a straw poll I'm thinking of starting at WT:NFCC. Could you provide me with a link to the one you're referring to in your post? Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:24, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. |
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You suggested that I could relist the discussion at ANI... any suggestions as to how? Or should I ask on that talk page? Andrewa (talk) 18:59, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. |
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In the recent discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive941#User:Fram you supported mass-deletion of all BLP articles created by SvG. The closing decision was that this should be done. I have started a page at User:Aymatth2/SvG clean-up for discussion / coordination of the deletion job. Your comments or suggestions would be welcome. Also, we urgently need volunteers with the technical skills to create a useable list of articles to be deleted. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 12:56, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter! December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part. January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words). February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated! Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone." Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Blackmane, and thanks for your your efforts on Sarawak; however, since it seems to have bogged down due to the close-paraphrasing issue, Jasphetamine and I think it should be declined and archived. If you'd prefer to continue the copyedit, please let me know; I've pinged Cerevisae, but they now seem to be semi-retired. The abovementioned tag goes at the top of the article rather than on the talk page. All the best, Miniapolis 22:52, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
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I thank you for your work on Lucknow Metro. Regards, SshibumXZ (Talk) (Contributions). 05:01, 25 October 2017 (UTC) |
Hello. Since I do some editing on the reference desks I noticed and read the discussion about problematic answers. From what you said, there is incorrect advice in this archive [42], and especially dangerous advice. I would like to edit the archive page to remove this advice, but I don't know anything on the topic and have no idea what to remove. Could you help? I think it would be important to remove this content because I've been told that archived reference desk answers can appear in google search results. Thanks. 70.67.222.124 (talk) 15:10, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hello! Recently, I have nominated an article for copy editing and I have seen that you copy edit articles. If you have an interest in taking a look at the article, please do so. If possible, I would be so grateful. Harout (talk) 20:52 19 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello Blackmane: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 16:52, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas Blackmane/Archives!!
Hi Blackmane/Archives, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
–Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 13:21, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:04, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Blackmane,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
-- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 23:16, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding ((subst:Happy New Year fireworks)) to user talk pages.
First of all, I wish you all the best in the new year.
You done it well and correctly regarding the alleged apostasy of Pope Marcellinus. Augustine of Hippo repudiated the claim, not asserted it. All in all, the article looks very well and I thank you for it. :)
--Governor Sheng (talk) 17:03, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for copyediting! I really appreciate it. HaEr48 (talk) 22:25, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
Hey, Blackmane, can you do a thorough copy edit of Indian Administrative Service? I have already made a request for a c/e on WP: GOCE, but as I have nominated it for WP:GA status, so the sooner someone copy edits it, the better. And as I have witnessed your work on Lucknow Metro, I decided to bother you.
Regards, SshibumXZ (Talk) (Contributions). 13:28, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
@Blackmane: I finished editing David Meade for now so feel free to copy edit the article. --LovelyGirl7 talk 02:16, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi Blackmane, and thanks for your input at my ANI post. It raises another question that has been puzzling me: Occasionally I notice user pages that mention rollback rights (or have a cat indicating that?), which has made me wonder why my account doesn't indicate my having those rights. What is the difference between that and the functionality I have via links above the right-hand version of a diff ([rollback (AGF)] || [rollback] || [rollback (VANDAL)])? I can't remember at the moment, but I believe those links appeared when I enabled Twinkle in my preferences. Is this a case of two different functions having the same name? Eric talk 04:19, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your excellent copyedit at Herman Ames. Chetsford (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News
Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar for the gargantuan task of copyediting Continuation War for a GAN! Manelolo (talk) 15:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC) |
I have created and nominated an article on Gujarati writer Mafat Oza at DYK. As I am not native speaker of English, I tend to make mistakes. So can you copyedit the article? Regards,--Nizil (talk) 06:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Blackmane, thank you for copy-editing my entry for Alodia. I would like to ask you if you could review the subchapter "Destruction" last, so I can rework it in the meantime, getting rid of the numbered paragraphs and making it one cohesive text instead. I have been told to do so during the FA nomination. Thank you, LeGabrie (talk) 15:55, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
[43]] You rewrote "Founded some time after the fall of the ancient kingdom of Kush, it is first attested by the year 569." into "Alodia was founded around 569 CE, following the fall of the ancient kingdom of Kush." The year 569 was when Alodia was first described as a kingdom, it would have been founded earlier. We don't know when exactly, so we have to go with "after the fall of Kush".
[44] You rewrote "Nevertheless, it remains unclear if the el-Hobagi people were rulers, perhaps kings, on their own right, or if they were just local dignitaries ruling on someone else's, more powerful behalf." into "(...) but it is unclear whether the individuals were of the nobility or merely local dignitaries responsible for administering the region." That the individuals buried in el-Hobagi were noblemen is obvious, the question is if they were kings or governors.
[45]You rewrote "The archaeologist Derek Welsby believes that since that time on Soba served as the capital of the kingdom of Alodia.[1] It is also in the sixth century, more precisely around the year 569, when Alodia steps into the light of history as central Sudanese kingdom on the edge of Christianization." into "Archaeologist Derek Welsby believes that, in this period, Soba served as the capital of the kingdom." First, your "in this period" implies that Soba wasn't the capital of Alodia in later periods. It was, as attested by Arab historians from the 9th-12th centuries. The question is if it was already the capital in the sixth century. Second, why are you deleting the second sentence entirely without providing an alternative? That Alodia is first attested by 569 is information of top importance. LeGabrie (talk) 14:34, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
1. The date 569 is based on an analysis of John of Ephesus, who described the Christianization of Nobatia and Alodia (http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/index.php/John_of_Ephesus). The kingdom of Alodia converted to Christianity in 580, but already in 569 it had sent a delegation to Nobatia, asking to receive a bishop. Thus 569 is the terminus ante quem for Alodia's existence. The analysis is based on Siegfried Richter's "Studien zur Christianisierung Nubiens" ("Studies for the Christianization of Nubia"), briefly quoted in Werner 2013.
2. "The exact status of the el-Hobagi people is a matter of some debatte. Although their excavator, Patrice Lenoble, has convincingly argued that they were holders of imperium, it cannot be certain whether this was imperium delegated from some higher status indviduals, i.e. kings, or whether they exercised it in their own right."- Welsby 2002, p. 30
3. Ok, but make sure that you mention 569 and the fact that it was about to Christianize. LeGabrie (talk) 16:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
By the way: "With the fall of Kush came the rise of the Nubian kingdoms of Nobatia, in the early 5th century,[8], Makuria to the north, c. 500,[9] and Alodia." Both Nobatia and Makuria lay north of Alodia. LeGabrie (talk) 19:36, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
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I have created the Indian National Theatre and nominated it for DYK. As I am not native speaker of English, I make mistakes. So before it goes through review, can you copyedit it for me? Regards,--Nizil (talk) 14:05, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
On 9 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Iase Tushi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Samec'niero, written by Iase Tushi, contains one of earliest examples of a Georgian–Persian dictionary, and is the earliest Georgian manuscript so far discovered in Iran? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iase Tushi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here. The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Hello, can you copyedit Draft:Vastupala? I am requesting CE here instead of GOCE because the article is a Draft. I am concerned about close paraphrasing and grammar in the article. I am sure that some sentences are very close to the sources and also the article follows the structure of the source. Sandesara source is a chief source used for the article which is accessible on the Internet Archive. I do not want it to publish it to mainspace until I am satisfied with resolution of the close paraphrasing. The article is bit long and detailed. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 05:06, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Hello. Can you copy edit Shekhar: Ek Jivani ? It is about an Indian novel written in Hindi language. I have nominated it for DYK. As I am not a native speaker of English, there are some problem with grammar, style and tone. Thanks. -Gazal world (talk) 15:51, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
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For copyediting Vastupala. Thank you very much. And Happy Holidays. Nizil (talk) 07:25, 22 December 2018 (UTC) |
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Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:12, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Good morning, I wonder why you deleted the information about foods made with buttermilk? I put up the reference showing such foods. I did not do anything wrong. What went wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.161.7.128 (talk • contribs)
Hi Blackmane, thanks for your work on this article. I've noted your concerns and have placed the request on hold while discussion takes place at REQ talk. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 02:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: Our June blitz will soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and all requests. March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22 requests for copyedit in March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Blitz; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were Sports and Entertainment. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles. May Drive: During the May Backlog Elimination Drive, Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a record low of 598 articles in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24 requests for copyedit during the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
If you start a post on my talk page, I will reply underneath it so as to keep the discussion organised.
I gotta say though, you guys are a bunch of Cantonese haters. 75 Million is already too low and not correct but I found Ethnologue, which is completely legit and reliable and it says 75 Million. In all honesty, it should be around 150 million. There are over 80 million permanent residents in Guangdong province, about 40% of the 50 Million in Guanxi province speak Cantonese, then you got 7.5 million in HK, 600,000 in Macau and all the overseas Chinese. But whatever, I provided a real and reliable source and it says 75 Million so I'm going to go with that, it's still higher than 68. You clowns probably work for the CCP or just hating Cantonese and riding that Mandarin dong. It's still an official language in HK and Macau so you Mandarin lovers ain't gonna kill it just yet. You can block me all you want, I'm just going to keep coming. Oh yeah I speak Mandarin too BTW being from Taiwan and as you can tell my English it quite amazing, I can sling it and slang it all day, dui bu dui? I already spoke with UCLA and USC professors on this matter so I'm going to come quick with an even more reliable source with a number over 100 million where it should be but you monkeys won't let Cantonese be and you gotta clown around. okay Zaijian! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaywu2000 (talk • contribs) 01:20, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
Hello- I would like to invite your comments and edits on a new page, Protection of the Varieties of Chinese, which is based on a Chinese Wikipedia article. Geographyinitiative (talk) 10:20, 21 July 2019 (UTC)