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• Talk:List of lighthouses in Hong Kong#Lists of lighthouses in Macau and in Hong Kong
• Talk:List of lighthouses in Macau#Lists of lighthouses in Macau and in Hong Kong

— 14.0.180.151 (talk) 11:41, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for leaving me a message. I appreciate that I've become a bit of a subject expert on content disputes around Hong Kong-related topics so I welcome the notification and will respond at those discussions. However, it will be helpful if you could create an account so we can have a coherent discussion. Deryck C. 14:08, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Have you got any idea about where this is heading? No where? 219.76.24.209 (talk) 08:41, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Re [1]: Fyi - [2] [3] [4], [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. — 14.0.180.53 (talk) 15:54, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article isn't protected at the moment so please feel free to edit the text yourself. Deryck C. 15:56, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't we wait till the article is recovered? It's difficult to manage materials spreading over three different locations. 219.76.18.76 (talk) 11:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is no article to "recover". Nothing is being deleted. If the article gets split, the text will move with it, and appropriate attribution will be given on both talk pages. Also please create an account so we can have a coherent conversation. Deryck C. 12:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Are the Lei Yue Mun one or the one in Ting Kau considered lighthouses? 219.76.24.209 (talk) 08:47, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have nothing to add beyond what I have already written on Talk:List of lighthouses in China in early 2021. I do not see merit in further correspondence on this topic. Deryck C. 14:23, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect FHRITP. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 13#Fuck her right in the pussy until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 19:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Google Translate is absolutely butchering the translation [12]. Can you sum up what is going on here and what exactly the bot was momentarily blocked for on zhwiki?—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyberpower678: Translating is easy, but a straight translation probably won't help anybody, because the sequence of events looks complicated. I'll start a bilingual discussion on zh:User talk:Cyberpower678, try to compile a timeline of events, and notify the editors involved. Deryck C. 18:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:31, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings -

I opened an OTRS ticket several weeks ago requesting an IP block exemption for my account, but I still have not received a response. I want an IPBE primarily for privacy reasons, as I recently subscribed to a VPN provider. I want to be able to edit without having to turn off the VPN every time I edit, and I would be logged into my account anyway so it’s not like it would be a problem.

I’m a trusted editor here with over 17,000 edits, and I’ve been here for over 7 years. I believe I am a suitable candidate for the exemption.

I noticed that you logged another editor’s successful IPBE request for the same reason (privacy), so I decided to contact you. I realize you are not a checkuser so I was hoping you could get in contact with a checkuser who could help me out with this request.

Thanks, LJF2019 ^talk 17:04, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@LJF2019: Thanks for the message. I sometimes give IPBE to other editors, but usually only to those for whom I have established an off-wiki chain of accountability (e.g. participants of in-person Wikimedia meetups or university editathons). Sorry about that! Deryck C. 13:21, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 May 24 has got out of hand. There are issues about a template, also disambiguation and redirects though. I think it would be better closed and sent to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion because it was messy from the start (I put it at WP:CR for that reason). Charles Matthews (talk) 19:19, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Charles Matthews: I think the scope of the discussion is fine for TfD as it is. It concerns what to do with two templates that serve the same purpose. I've joined the discussion there. Deryck C. 21:45, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you! Deryck C. 10:09, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your reply to my earlier ping at User:DavidMCEddy/WikiConference North America 2021 on conflict. I've summarized you Wikimania:2021:Submissions/Cross-wiki ideological conflict and Wikimedia's vision of knowledge equity presentation in:

Wikiversity:Managing conflict on Wikipedia and internationally

I'd be pleased to have your reactions / revisions. I hope you agree that my work shares your concerns. I'd be interested in your reactions to the remedies I'm suggesting on Wikiversity:International Conflict Observatory and Wikiversity:Media reform per Freepress.net. DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:07, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks User:DavidMCEddy, I will have a look. Deryck C. 08:16, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I couldn't respond to the RFPP ping before it got archived- but, basically what's happening is there's an LTA (WP:LTA/HKGW) who's persistently edit warring over articles mostly relating to Hong Kong. We think it might be the same guy behind the edit warring on the lighthouses in Hong Kong article back in early 2021, but all attempts at going through content dispute resolution methods have consistently failed. Fat Kwong Street is (weirdly enough) an article that's often targeted by the LTA, which is the main reason why an RFPP was made. All of their edits can be reverted per WP:Evade, since they've been blocked on numerous IP ranges and on their account. Padgriffin ^{Griffin's Nest} 02:33, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I got no idea why my edits to this article and to Template:HK routes have kept being reverted. None of my edits have contained anything "obscure" in nature nor are they disruptive or vandalist in any sense. There was no apparent reason given and from what I observed Citobun, Padgriffin, HurricaneEdgar and Ymblanter, among a few others who are not as involved, are simply labelling all non-registered editors from Hong Kong as "geography warriors", harrass them, persecute them and undo all their edits. So far they've only admitted they've mislabelled one of them. But the exercise has continued. Please advise what can be done against these people's disruptions. Thanks. 219.76.24.194 (talk) 08:03, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IP blocked for distributive editing. Padgriffin ^{Griffin's Nest} 11:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could you help Deryck?​ 219.76.24.194 (talk) 11:51, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is incredibly petty but I've had a look. @Citobun: I'm not convinced by either version... East Kowloon Corridor lands to the north of Fat Kwong Street flyover, so I would say Fat Kwong Street intersects with Chatham Road North (Route 5) but not EKC. I've edited to that effect. Deryck C. 09:31, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you indeed. Would you mind also taking a deeper look into (a) the extensive IP blocking, and (b) the actual western end of this road? They are exploiting a somewhat loophole in the LTA mechanism to practically label as vandals all Hong Kong IP editors who they don't like. And for Fat Kwong in particular they don't even accept they have been wrong regarding the western end of the street despite the sources. 219.76.24.220 (talk) 09:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure by "western end" whether you mean that of Fat Kwong Street or of East Kowloon Corridor. Either way, I don't feel strongly about it, and you are currently not blocked and free to edit these articles yourself.

Regarding IP blocks, I have no further advice to add other than what I have already given to other IP editors from Hong Kong affected by collateral damage (which may or may not be you): create an account under a pseudonym. It both protects your privacy (your IPs are no longer visible to anyone except WMF-appointed CheckUsers) and exempts one from these wide IP range blocks. Deryck C. 09:44, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure by "western end" whether ... That of Fat Kwong Street. The western end of Fat Kwong Street at its junction with Pui Ching Road and Sheung Shing Street. Citobun insisted the western end to be at the junction with Princess Margaret Road, which is actually part of (or, to the west of the eastern end of) Pui Ching Road. 219.76.24.209 (talk) 08:05, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Google Streetview seems to agree with you on this one. Deryck C. 08:24, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't the Land Registry be a more relevant source? 219.76.24.209 (talk) 08:44, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you can provide a citation to Land Registry in the article, that will be great too. Deryck C. 14:20, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Already added, and coincidentally that's something which they insisted to delete with no reason given. 219.76.24.194 (talk) 11:02, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi hello Deryck. It's so happened that you are the only administrator connected to Hong Kong which I could find on a search engine. Could you help take a look at this edit? Was it just another vandalist? I can't find anything wrong to include the period which Kan served as a cllr. Thank you. 124.217.188.240 (talk) 06:20, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For your information he/she has also reverted my edits to NCA and Oasis. 124.217.188.240 (talk) 06:38, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please register an account so we can have a coherent discussion. Deryck C. 11:10, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea why he's doing so. It probably makes no difference to have an account or otherwise. 124.217.188.240 (talk) 12:45, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Snowolf,

My name is Stephen Wesley Vann better known as Wezley or Steve Victory. I am a music artist, producer, songwriter, and streamer. I have worked with artists like Chris Brown, Do or Die, Twista, Bone Thugs, Cypress Hill and many others. I have also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

I have been wanting to start a Wiki page for myself but I don't want to have a conflict of interest or sound biased. I believe I could write it without sounding biased, but I would much rather have someone else do it and help with the process. I'm also not too familiar with writing Wiki pages. I just released a new compilation album and I have a new album being released in a couple of months.

I came across your username in an article that said you're willing to help people. If there's any way that you could help me put this together and write this I would be extremely grateful. We can chat via email, skype, or however you prefer.

If you can't help me then no hard feelings. I completely understand. However, if you can, you would be helping me a great deal. I would be very appreciative.

I look forward to your response. Thank you Deryck Chan.

Best Regards,

Wezley

Email: wezleymusicinc@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wezleymusic (talk • contribs) 06:43, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see other editors have already replied on your talk page. I have no further comments to add. Deryck C. 10:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you Gerda, same as every one of the last ten years! Deryck C. 09:45, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you User:CAPTAIN RAJU! Deryck C. 09:45, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you, I shall have a look and reply on the reassessment page. Deryck C. 11:48, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Deryck,
I'm addressing you because of your knowledge of both German and Standard Chinese. There's two articles in the German Wikipedia that leave me a bit puzzled: de:Buchreihe von historischen chinesischen Werken zur chinesischen Ess- und Trinkkultur sowie Diätetik and de:Buchreihe von Meisterwerken der alten chinesischen Kochkunst. They have no links to other languages, no cited sources, and the articles seem so generic to me that I'm not sure they describe something concrete. Would you be able and willing to give those articles a brief look and assess them? Background info: Both were written by a permabanned user with a history of creating problematic articles.
Thanks and kind regards, Grueslayer 16:12, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grueslayer. I've done a web search on the two books' Chinese names. They both look like real historical books, but the only web hits I can find are bookshop listings for modern translations of these books. The sources cited by the de.wp articles are mostly offline so I can't verify them. The articles don't look like hoaxes, but the topics seem very obscure and there are basically no secondary sources. I would support deleting them due to low notability. Deryck C. 19:46, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your assessment, Deryck. Notability is rated differently in the German Wikipedia, e.g. the fact that modern translations exist is probably reason enough to keep the articles, but since there's no secondary sources it may be necessary to boil them down. I'll make up my mind about that. Thanks again, and kind regards, Grueslayer 20:06, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you OhanaUnited! It has been my pleasure to collaborate with you online over the years and finally meet you in person at Wikimania Singapore. Deryck C. 19:47, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Merry Christmas, Deryck Chan! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 15:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Merry Christmas to you too! Deryck C. 17:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy adminship anniversary! Hi Deryck Chan! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[13] Fyi. 219.77.182.250 (talk) 13:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fyi. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/185.104.63.112 Mason (talk) 01:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To unregistered editor: Please register an account so we can have a coherent discussion. Deryck C. 13:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]