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== Recording "Diffs" on SPI ==

Hi there.  I note you've asked "where's the diffs?" on the SPI report on JohnDopp.  Having never actually filed one of these before, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I've pointed to the edits in question - I take it there's some way of pointing to them that illustrates the before/after differences?  If that's necessary here, could you explain what I should do (or point me to an explanation)?  Thanks! <span style="text-shadow:#48D1CC 0.1em 0.1em 0.4em; class=texhtml">[[User:NaymanNoland|<b>NaymanNoland</b>]]</span> ([[User talk:NaymanNoland|talk]]) 07:09, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
:You may want to review [[Help:Diff]] - it's essential when going through any process on Wikipedia, not just SPI. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 07:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
::Okay, that I understand. So basically, every edit I'm pointing out should be referred to using its diff URL? I'm in fact talking about fourteen or so separate edits - do you require the diffs for all of them?<span style="text-shadow:#48D1CC 0.1em 0.1em 0.4em; class=texhtml">[[User:NaymanNoland|<b>NaymanNoland</b>]]</span> ([[User talk:NaymanNoland|talk]]) 07:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
:::Not necessarily, but you need enough to prove your case. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 07:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
::::Okay, will collect and post them. I'll perhaps bug you when I'm done to make sure I've done it properly. I take it I want the diff between one edit and the next - not the diff between that edit and the current state of the page?<span style="text-shadow:#48D1CC 0.1em 0.1em 0.4em; class=texhtml">[[User:NaymanNoland|<b>NaymanNoland</b>]]</span> ([[User talk:NaymanNoland|talk]]) 07:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::Correct. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 07:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
::::::Done.  Hope it's not too much information. (And thanks again.)<span style="text-shadow:#48D1CC 0.1em 0.1em 0.4em; class=texhtml">[[User:NaymanNoland|<b>NaymanNoland</b>]]</span> ([[User talk:NaymanNoland|talk]]) 07:55, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

==Nightscream Arbitration Case==
Hi. I'm not quite clear on how this works. You say that evidence that I wish to add should be added to the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Nightscream/Evidence|evidence subpage]]. However, I already presented my response to the original notification of the Arbitration Case on the Request page [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration%2FRequests%2FCase&diff=585861040&oldid=585839739 here]. Am I supposed to cut and paste it to the Evidence page as well? Am I supposed to wait until others present their evidence against me before presenting mine? Should my evidence be different from what I've posted to date? Please clarify. Thanks, and Happy Holidays. [[User:Nightscream|Nightscream]] ([[User talk:Nightscream|talk]]) 12:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

:Yes, the evidence should be posted on the Evidence page too. Keep in mind that you have a 1000 word and 100 diff limit, and you may need to respond to others providing evidence against you. It is possible to ask for additional words and diffs from the drafting arbitrator, but you should ask ''before'' you post the evidence. As you are the subject of the case, extensions are likely to be granted, within reason. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 19:59, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

::Okay. Am I supposed to do this ''after'' my accuser posts his/her evidence? Or should I wait until after? [[User:Nightscream|Nightscream]] ([[User talk:Nightscream|talk]]) 15:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
:::Either is fine, but be aware that there is an end to the evidence phase. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 15:39, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

::::Yes, December 29, I got that. I'm just trying to understand if I'm expected to just repeat what I've said already or just refer to what I posted when the case was first requested. Should I wait until my accusers post to see if they say anything new or different? Am I going to be asked questions by the individual ArbCom members? [[User:Nightscream|Nightscream]] ([[User talk:Nightscream|talk]]) 20:27, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::Anything you wish the arbs to consider needs to be entered into evidence. Arbitrators may have questions for you, but that is usually done in the Workshop phase. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 20:57, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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You're the case clerk on a case in which I'm a party but this is a first for me, and thus I may not always reply where I'm supposed to or use proper format/indent; if there's anything, don't hesitate to fix stuff (and preferably let me know!). <span style="13px Sylfaen;color:white;background-color:#000000;padding:0 3px 0 3px;">☺&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User:Salvidrim!|<span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;"><span style="color:white">Salvidrim!</span></span>]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:Salvidrim!|<span style="color:white">&#9993;</span>]]</span> 23:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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== Belchfire SPI Comment ==

The behavioural evidence you just deleted is the first thing that's been posted on that SPI that actually ''does'' address the issues.  If anything, the TLDR arguments above it should be hatted (as I already did with part of it).  How can an SPI proceed if actual useful evidence is removed?  Restore it, please. [[User:Black Kite|Black Kite]] ([[User talk:Black Kite|talk]]) 21:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


Pardon me, but why did you [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Belchfire&curid=38579300&diff=587143639&oldid=587132822 delete evidence from a Sockpuppet investigation]? I wasn't exactly padding my words with flowery turns of phrase; I was providing diffs. - [[user: MrX|Mr]][[user talk:MrX|X]] 21:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:If you can readd it in a more concise way, you can, but expecting the clerks/CUs to review 65 diffs is ridiculous. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:29, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:: Surely the ''whole point'' of having 65 diffs is to point out behavioural similarities? If there were only a few diffs, it wouldn't be evidence, would it? [[User:Black Kite|Black Kite]] ([[User talk:Black Kite|talk]]) 21:31, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:::There's no need to diffbomb the page in the hopes that there is grounds to run a CU. I am sure that only a few are necessary to prove the point. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:33, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:::: It's hardly a major issue to hover the mouse over the links to confirm that they do actually show what they purport to.  It took me a couple of minutes. [[User:Black Kite|Black Kite]] ([[User talk:Black Kite|talk]]) 21:39, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::That's great, but the clerk/CU has to look over the evidence carefully to make sure there is actually grounds to run the check. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:40, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::: So how are they going to work out if there are grounds for an SPI or not if the evidence has been removed completely?  [[User:Black Kite|Black Kite]] ([[User talk:Black Kite|talk]]) 21:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
:::::::As I already said above, MrX is welcome to repost a more concise version of the material, with only the minimum amount of evidence required to justify a check. That is, not on the order of 65 diffs. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
::((ec))No, I expected the clerk to sample a few diffs to make sure that they were representative, and then look at the mass of evidence as a whole. You have taken that off the table as even a possibility. I request that you revert your edit and restore this evidence. If you wish not to read it, that's your choice, but please don't suppress it. - [[user: MrX|Mr]][[user talk:MrX|X]] 21:36, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

== diffs provided ==

For the SPI on Steeletrap -- though I woulda thunk a 65$ relationship was notable per se.  Cheers. [[User:Collect|Collect]] ([[User talk:Collect|talk]]) 23:48, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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* There was a bug where [[mw:Echo (Notifications)|notifications]] were not sent when the signature of the user leaving the message linked to a translated namespace. The problem was fixed in the software and will soon be fixed on Wikimedia sites. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53132] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/87477/]
* You can now use the log-in system for external tools ([[mw:Extension:OAuth|OAuth]]) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Unified login|unified login]]. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55679]
* If your wiki adds stars or other icons to interwiki links for featured articles in other languages, you may need to [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js?diff=585965732 change the JavaScript code]. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2013-December/000527.html]
* You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49161] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/91549/]
* All edits made through [[mw:Flow Portal|Flow]], the new discussion system for MediaWiki, are now visible in [[Special:Contributions|user's contributions]]. You can test it on the [[mw:Talk:Flow Portal|Flow talk page]] on MediaWiki.org. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57868] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/99038/]
* You can [http://cosmiclattes.github.io/wikireplay/player.html test a visual tool] that shows [[m:Grants:IEG/Replay Edits|edits made to an article]] over time. It only works for English Wikipedia pages for now and is slow on long articles. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2013-December/001260.html]
* You can test the first version of the new mobile Wikipedia app for Android and iOS. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2013-December/006381.html]
* Translatewiki.net, the site where you can translate the MediaWiki software, now has a [//translatewiki.net new main page] for users without an account. [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/100967/]

'''Future software changes'''

* There will be no technical changes this week (December 23 to December 29) due to end-of-year holidays.
* When someone deletes, restores, uploads, or moves a file on Commons, pages on all wikis that use that file will be refreshed. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22390] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/101106/]
* New users will soon have their user and talk pages added to their watchlist as soon as they create an account. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49719] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/95742/].
* The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will not show the text of versions of a page that have been hidden. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58366] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/101447/]
* You will soon be able to see the raw HTML created by some wikitext by using the [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] tool. [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56694] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/102121/]
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. [[User:Ealdgyth|Ealdgyth]] - [[User talk:Ealdgyth|Talk]] 23:54, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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[[User:JianhuiMobile|'''<font color="green">JianhuiMobile</font>]]<sup> [[User talk:Jianhui67|<span style="color:blue">'''talk'''</span>]]</sup> is wishing you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]]! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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[[User:JianhuiMobile|'''<font color="green">JianhuiMobile</font>]]<sup> [[User talk:Jianhui67|<span style="color:blue">'''talk'''</span>]]</sup> 07:22, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

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'''[[User:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Pr<span style="color:red;">at</span><span style="color:blue;">yya</span></span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:orange;font-family:Verdana">'''(Hello!)'''</span>]]</sup> is wishing you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]]! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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</div> '''[[User:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Pr<span style="color:red;">at</span><span style="color:blue;">yya</span></span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:orange;font-family:Verdana">'''(Hello!)'''</span>]]</sup> 05:31, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ff55ff 0em 0em 0.8em,#55ffff -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#ffff55 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#ffffff">[[User:Sue Rangell|Sue Rangell]] <span style="font-size: 16px;">[[User_talk:Sue_Rangell|✍ ]][[Special:EmailUser/Sue_Rangell|✉]]</span></span> is wishing you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]]! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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I wish you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]] and Happy New Year 2014! <br/>This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person.
:Happy New Year! — [[User:Hahc21|<font color="#333333">'''ΛΧΣ'''</font>]][[User_talk:Hahc21|<font color="#336699">'''<sup>21</sup>'''</font>]] <sup><font color="#666">''Call me Hahc21''</font></sup> 21:00, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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<font face = "Comic Sans MS">Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)</font></em>

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'''''~[[User:TheGeneralUser|<font color="DeepPink">TheGeneralUser</font>]] [[User talk:TheGeneralUser|<font color="DeepPink">(talk)</font>]]''''' is wishing you a [[Mary Poppins|Merry]] [[Christmas]]! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a [[Christmas|Merry Christmas]], whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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Hi Rschen7754, Wishing you a very Happy and Wonderful Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a great time with family and friends :-) Best wishes. '''''~[[User:TheGeneralUser|<font color="DeepPink">TheGeneralUser</font>]] [[User talk:TheGeneralUser|<font color="DeepPink">(talk)</font>]]''''' 21:04, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
:Thanks all. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 05:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

== silly question ==

have another [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Katrina Villegas]]. How do I reopen? I blocked her. Same-old-same-old.[[User:Dlohcierekim| <span style="color:#00ff00;"> Dloh</span>]][[User_talk:Dlohcierekim|<span style="color:#bb00bb;">cierekim </span>]] 19:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
:You can follow the directions on [[WP:SPI]]. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 19:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[California State Route 76]]==
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article [[California State Route 76]] you nominated for [[WP:GA|GA]]-status according to the [[WP:WIAGA|criteria]]. [[Image:Time2wait.svg|20px]] This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.  <!-- Template:GANotice --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:Legobot|Legobot]], on behalf of [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]]</small> -- ((User-multi
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== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[California State Route 76]]==
The article [[California State Route 76]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has been placed on hold [[Image:Symbol wait.svg|20px]]. The article is close to meeting the [[WP:GA?|good article criteria]], but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See [[Talk:California State Route 76]] for things which need to be addressed. <!-- Template:GANotice result=hold --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:Legobot|Legobot]], on behalf of [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]]</small> -- ((User-multi
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== [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Picker78/Archive#13 December 2013]] ==

Hello, Rschen7754. Like I stated in the above linked investigation with regard to Picker78 admitting only after he is caught that he is Picker78, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Promiscuous_man&curid=40559056&diff=588044761&oldid=588044696 here.] He taunts like that all time. This is one of the most persistent, mind-boggling sockpuppets (mind-boggling because of the sheer trivial matters he focuses on) that I have ever seen. Is it okay to run a check on his Promiscuous man account now for [[WP:Sleeper]]s? [[User:Flyer22|Flyer22]] ([[User talk:Flyer22|talk]]) 10:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
:You will need to ask a CU to do this. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 17:42, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

::Yeah. As you likely know by now, since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DeltaQuad&diff=588051427&oldid=588051274 I linked your username] at [[User:DeltaQuad|DeltaQuad]]'s talk page, I basically asked DeltaQuad to run a check. However, [[User:NativeForeigner|NativeForeigner]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Flyer22&oldid=prev&diff=588092161 took care of it first] and DeltaQuad [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DeltaQuad&curid=20919500&diff=588093311&oldid=588086792 took care of it soon afterward.] And though NativeForeigner deleted Promiscuous man's talk page, which had evidence on it, that evidence ("Picker78 will be back!") is still of course available to administrators and/or WP:CheckUsers. I thank you all on this matter. [[User:Flyer22|Flyer22]] ([[User talk:Flyer22|talk]]) 18:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

== Leavewikifactsalone ==

Very well; I guess if this should come up again, I'll simply open up a new case instead, along with an explicit quote of the policy that was abused, [[WP:BURO|making more work for everyone in order to follow the rules]].  People who misuse policy are generally reverted; this is no different, since (as seen in the link I gave) checkuser's final say had already said that the tool ''should'' be used.  This was not a revert-war anyway, since your comment made me think that you misunderstood my action; I thought you were thinking that I'd reopened it by accident or confusion.  Had you rearchived it a second time, I would have understood that you knew what was going on.  [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 21:46, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
:You should not have struck out LFaraone's decline, as it led to gaming of the system. The reason SPI is so strict about the rules is because if a mistake is made there, it can lead to someone's privacy being violated. Please do not do any of what you did (reverting a clerk, reverting a clerk's action marked (clerk action), crossing out a CU's decline, etc.) ''again''. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:50, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

== Your [[WP:GA|GA]] nomination of [[California State Route 76]]==
The article [[California State Route 76]] you nominated as a [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article]] has passed [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]; see [[Talk:California State Route 76]] for comments about the article. Well done! <!-- Template:GANotice result=pass --> <small>Message delivered by [[User:Legobot|Legobot]], on behalf of [[User:Admrboltz|Admrboltz]]</small> -- ((User-multi
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==Talkback==
((talkback|Philippe (WMF)|ts=00:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)))
[[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation]] ([[User talk:Philippe (WMF)|talk]]) 00:00, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

==Article tagging==
Will do, sorry. --[[User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|<span style="font-family:Old English Text MT;">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ser Amantio di Nicolao|''Che dicono a Signa?'']]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/Ser Amantio di Nicolao|'''Lo dicono a Signa.''']]</sub> 05:42, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

== what about MOSMAKETHEFUCKINGROWSTANDOUTBECAUSEIT'SANIMPORTANTTHING ==

yawn --[[User talk:NE2|NE2]] 06:57, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/01|Tech News: 2014-01]] ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/01|Translations]] are available.

'''Recent software changes'''
* You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool ([[mw:Search|CirrusSearch]]). [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6421] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/101252/]
* With the new version of the [[mw:Extension:Wikibase DataModel|Wikibase DataModel]] extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073721.html]

'''[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/VisualEditor/Portal|VisualEditor]] news'''
* Images are now shown inside VisualEditor as [[m:w:HTML5|HTML5]] <code><nowiki><figure /></nowiki></code> elements. [[mw:VisualEditor/Feedback|Comments]] are welcome. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53436]
* You can now test a basic version of VisualEditor on mobile devices; see [//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar?mobileaction=alpha this article] as an example.

'''Problems'''
* On December 23, [[mw:Wikimedia Labs|Wikimedia Labs]] was broken for 4 hours due to an [[m:w:Network File System|NFS]] problem. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58888]

'''Future software changes'''
* CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|Beta Features options]].
* [[mw:Extension:AbuseFilter|AbuseFilter]] log entries will be visible in [[mw:Extension:CheckUser|CheckUser]] tool reports. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29583] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92053/]
* It will soon be possible to search for log entries done by users without an account. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54404] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/85436/]
* It will no longer be possible to globally hide users with more than 1,000 edits. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23653] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103216/]

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== Activity ==

I will be away until late Tuesday December 31, only having phone access. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 16:56, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

== Happy new year, from Revi ==

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[[User:Revi|<span style="color:green">레비</span>]]<small>[[User talk:Hym411|<span style="color:blue"><small>Revi</small></span>]]</small><sup>[[Special:Contribs/Hym411|<small><span style="color:green">con</span></small>]]</sup> — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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--[[User:Revi|<span style="color:green">레비</span>]]<small>[[User talk:Hym411|<span style="color:blue"><small>Revi</small></span>]]</small><sup>[[Special:Contribs/Hym411|<small><span style="color:green">con</span></small>]]</sup> 03:10, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

== Procedure when author is "Staff" ==

Given that you have reverted some of BattyBot's citation edits removing "Staff" authors, you might want to comment at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1#‎Procedure when author is "Staff"]] or its subsection [[Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 86#Question about bot edits]]. --[[User:Bejnar|Bejnar]] ([[User talk:Bejnar|talk]]) 08:13, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

[[User:GoingBatty|GoingBatty]] said: Let's please continue the discussion at Help_talk:Citation_Style_1#Procedure_when_author_is_.22Staff.22 and I will be happy to take whatever action is agreed upon there. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:20, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

== Happy New Year! ==

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[[User:Jianhui67|'''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67</font>''']]<sup> [[User talk:Jianhui67|<span style="color:red">'''talk'''</span>]]<span style="color:#0E0">★</span>[[Special:Contributions/Jianhui67|<span style="color:red">'''contribs'''</span>]]</sup> — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!   <br /> 

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[[User:Jianhui67|'''<font color="#0E0">Jianhui67</font>''']]<sup> [[User talk:Jianhui67|<span style="color:red">'''talk'''</span>]]<span style="color:#0E0">★</span>[[Special:Contributions/Jianhui67|<span style="color:red">'''contribs'''</span>]]</sup> 09:40, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

==<span style="color:green">Happy</span> <span style="color:red">New</span> <span style="color:blue">Year</span>, [[User:Rschen7754|<span style="color:#FF66CC">Rschen7754</span>]]==
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'''[[User:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Pr<span style="color:red;">at</span><span style="color:blue;">yya</span></span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:orange;font-family:Verdana">'''(Hello!)'''</span>]]</sup> — is wishing you a '''<span style="color:green">Happy</span> <span style="color:red">New</span> <span style="color:blue">Year</span>!''' Welcome the '''<font style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:green 0em 0em 0.8em,red -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,blue 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#000000"><big><span style="color:green">2014</span></big>'''</font>. Wishing you a happy and fruitful 2014 with good health and your wishes come true! This greeting (and season) promotes [[Wikipedia:WikiLove|WikiLove]] and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! May the 2014 goes well for you.   <br /> 

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--'''[[User:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS;">Pr<span style="color:red;">at</span><span style="color:blue;">yya</span></span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Pratyya Ghosh|<span style="color:orange;font-family:Verdana">'''(Hello!)'''</span>]]</sup> 13:48, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

== Possible to close this? ==

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Slavic_Vedism Nonsensical deletion request] by the same sock puppet who you just blocked. Possible to close it? [[User:Bladesmulti|Bladesmulti]] ([[User talk:Bladesmulti|talk]]) 03:02, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
:Now that an admin has voted to delete, probably not, but you can link to the SPI. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 03:19, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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== Using the Term "Abuse" ==

Hi, I was looking up New Jersey Route 139 and I noticed a minor edit you made regarding the Alternate Name Field Box removing State Highway. Now, it's not that big a deal because times can change and so do the rules, however that was put in back in around 2007/2008, way before any alteration or evolution of rules you may have established between 2007/2008-2013 went into effect. Using the reasoning "rm abuse of alt name field" given the age of the edit is very haphazard. After all, how can a 5 year old edit be considered "Abuse" when new rules were not established at the time of the edit? There a lot of edits throughout Wikipedia that are more than 5 years old before any new rules would have gone into effect, so how can they be an act "Abuse" when that Editor was applying rules correctly of that time?  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/69.141.44.35|69.141.44.35]] ([[User talk:69.141.44.35|talk]]) 18:06, 5 January 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:If memory serves me right, disallowing that particular use of the alternate name field goes back into at least 2009, if not all the way back to 2007. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 18:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/02|Tech News: 2014-02]] ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/02|Translations]] are available.

'''Recent software changes'''
* The latest version of MediaWiki ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/wmf9|1.23wmf9]]) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/Roadmap|calendar]]).
* The [//etherpad-old.wikimedia.org old note-taking site] ([[m:en:Etherpad|Etherpad]]) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on [//etherpad.wikimedia.org the new site]. [//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-December/073755.html]

'''Problems'''
* On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
* On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.

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* The new search tool ([[mw:Search|CirrusSearch]]) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/073846.html]
* Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|Beta Features options]]. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/073846.html]
* Plural form rules for some languages [//translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Portal_talk:Ru/Plural_changes_in_many_languages will be changed]. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56931] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105148/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104795/]
* You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35485] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65162/]
* You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of [[Special:ProtectedPages|protected pages]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19233] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104395/]
* You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the [[mw:Extension:Translate|Translate]] tool, by pressing <span style="white-space:nowrap"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border:1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 1px 3px; font-family: inherit">Alt</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 1px 3px; font-family: inherit">1</kbd></span> and similar key groups. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103072/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/104934/]
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== Sock investigation ==

Please see [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji]].

Notifying you due to your prior investigation of related case. 

Thank you for your time, 

&mdash; '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 17:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

== Sorry, I'm doubly an idiot ==

I'll get my evidence heavily trimmed today. I just got carried away, but that's no excuse as I use to give people identical messages. [[User:Dougweller|Dougweller]] ([[User talk:Dougweller|talk]]) 07:32, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
:No problem. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 07:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

== Werieth/Betacommand ==

FYI, regarding the return of User:Betacommand as User:Werieth, it's you who is barking up the wrong tree. Technical evidence has nothing to do with this - as the account creation/timing evidence in the SPI report have already shown, Betacommand was experienced enough to know exactly how to avoid his illegitimate return to editing being detected by technical means. That is not to say he cannot be blocked under WP:DUCK, as you well know. The issue here is why are so many admins/SPI clerks/checkusers dismissing what is a very very big pile of convincing behavioural evidence that such a block is well overdue, simply because they don't like the way it's being reported? What happened to WP:NOTBURO? If you've seen some unusual things about Werieth, then they're unlikely to be explained by idiots like Reaper Eternal pretending that it's nothing, that I'm just a troll. If your emails have been ignored or blown off, then it's probably because the cover up goes higher than I first thought. Incompetence aside, there's a few more nefarious reasons why some admins, clerks and checkusers would not want Betacommand's return to be discovered. It's up to you really, are you part of the problem, or not? Because make no mistake, Werieth is Betacommand, and he is going to be discovered, whether it takes years or not (and remember, we are talking about a user who is such an experienced WP:GAMEr he managed to keep editing for years after people started first talking about a community ban due to the many and varied issues with his editing) [[User:Vector Informal|Vector Informal]] ([[User talk:Vector Informal|talk]]) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh, and as he has his talk page protected, can you copy the following to ((User|DeltaQuad)) in reply to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADeltaQuad&diff=587589738&oldid=587583763 this] nonsense. [[User:Vector Informal|Vector Informal]] ([[User talk:Vector Informal|talk]]) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

::What a load of arrogant, egotistical, crap. What the hell does it matted who I am as to whether or not you can be bothered to investigate this issue? I and others have given you a very long list of very good reasons to believe why the notoriously disruptive user Betacommand has returned and is now making thousands of edits, in violation of a well earned ban. Call it NOTBURO, call it IAR, call it whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is, if you cared at all about Wikipedia, you would be taking such allegations seriously, no matter who is reporting it. The charge can either be proven, or disproven, regardless of who is making the report. The only thing you need to "consider" here is how highly you value your own reputation, because when this eventually comes out, as it will, what are you going to say in your defence for being part of the reason why it took so long? The increasingly long list of people who have tried to cover this up by diverting attention away from the allegations and onto me, includes some admins whose own COI in the matter can be shown with a single diff it's that obvious (including the one who kicked off this section, hoping to catch me). The only word for it is corrupt. They have put their own interests ahead of the project. Do you really want your own failure act to be compared with their attempts to cover it up? Do you really want people wondering whether the reason you did absolutely nothing at all about these allegations was something more than just incompetence? [[User:Vector Informal|Vector Informal]] ([[User talk:Vector Informal|talk]]) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

:::So let me get this straight. You're accusing someone of abusing multiple accounts... while you yourself are abusing multiple accounts. Do you not see the problem here? --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 18:11, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

:::[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Betacommand&diff=585884523&oldid=585883557 "If you feel there is a case against Werieth, you need to stand up for it yourself."] &nbsp; — '''<span style="background:Yellow;font-family:Helvetica Bold;color:Blue;">[[User:Jeff G.|Jeff G. ツ]] [[User:Jeff G./talk|<small>(talk)</small>]]</span>''' 20:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

::::Where is the proper place to report new manifestations of the Werieth/Betacommand sockpuppets? Surely there must be an existing SPI, but I cannot find it. I keep getting talk page comments by these socks.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AGuy_Macon&diff=589890912&oldid=589882410] I have started deleting them as soon as I figure out what they are [[WP:DENY|without reading further]][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AGuy_Macon&diff=589950735&oldid=589890912] in the hope that eventually he will grow tired of shouting into an empty hall and go away. --[[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 18:11, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::You mean the ones that are anti-Werieth/Betacommand, I assume... I'm not aware of a SPI, but one could probably be started. With that being said, the only purpose of an SPI would be to run a CU, or we risk running into DENY issues. I'm not sure if one has ever been done or not. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 18:22, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
::::::I as thinking more on the line of:
::::::[1] New sock posts about Werieth Betacommand
::::::[2] I add the sock to "suspected sockpuppets of [Insert Sockmaster's name here]
::::::[3] Administrator blocks sock.
::::::No need for CU in this case; anyone showing up on my talk age ranting about Werieth and Betacommand clearly passes the [[WP:DUCK]] test. --[[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 22:34, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::::That would be SPI. But CU would be helpful: it could find sleeper accounts, block the underlying IP if possible, and/or block any proxies used, if that was the case. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 23:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
::::::::Ah. That makes sense. Should I file an SPI, and if so, what username should I use as the sockmaster? --[[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 03:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::I'd say only when an account needs to be blocked. Unfortunately, finding the "oldest" account is nearly impossible by now, so any would suffice. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 05:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::Thanks! I appreciate the guidance. (Unwatching page now) --[[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 14:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

== My SPI ==

This time I wasn't being an idiot. When I filed, no SPIs on this editor were showing on the main page, nor were they showing a few minutes after I filed mine and discovered there were others. I did check as I'd planned to file on on Honkeytonknightmare. Slow bot I presume (I thought at first maybe not working at all). [[User:Dougweller|Dougweller]] ([[User talk:Dougweller|talk]]) 13:52, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
:I didn't actually look at who filed the case pretty closely, it's just a common mistake that takes some time to fix. I apologize if I reacted a bit too strongly. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 01:45, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
::Thanks, no problem. I really have to admire your energy working as an ArbCom clerk and at SPI. [[User:Dougweller|Dougweller]] ([[User talk:Dougweller|talk]]) 14:26, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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== Reliatoriness ==

Hi, I should want to clear up something.  It is easy to view my checkuser request as being retaliatory because he also filed a checkuser request against me,  but it was truly motivated by actual concern.  Suspicion may or may not have been merited (I think it was),  but it certainly wasn't retaliation of any kind. --[[User:Kaj Taj Mahal|Kaj Taj Mahal]] ([[User talk:Kaj Taj Mahal|talk]]) 21:18, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
:And you are completely unbiased in such a matter... riiiight? --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 21:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
::I do have a bias, but I didn't let it creep in.  Me filing that request may have looked wrong though. --[[User:Kaj Taj Mahal|Kaj Taj Mahal]] ([[User talk:Kaj Taj Mahal|talk]]) 21:58, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/03|Tech News: 2014-03]] ==

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* Searching in the <code>File:</code> namespace on Wikimedia Commons may be slow due to a search engine issue. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106537/]

'''VisualEditor news'''
* VisualEditor will be added for all users on several Wikipedias on January 13. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/102208/]
* You can now add and remove <code><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki></code> in the page metadata menu. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56866] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56867] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57166]

'''Problems'''
* For a few hours on January 6, it was not possible to edit pages using the [[mw:Extension:Translate|Translate tool]] on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikimania 2013 wiki, due to a settings error. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59740] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59739]
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* You will soon be able to export [[mw:Extension:Collection|page collections]] into other formats than [[m:en:Portable Document Format|PDF]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58151]
* It will soon be possible to upload groups of photos from [[:m:en:Flickr|Flickr]] using [[mw:Extension:UploadWizard|UploadWizard]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43320] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/105393]
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== FA congratulations ==

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of [[Interstate 805]]  to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA you may have helped to write) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at [[WP:TFAR|the requests page]]; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to [[WP:Today's featured article/requests/pending|the "pending" list]]. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,329 articles in [[:Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page]] at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. [[User:Bencherlite|Bencherlite]][[User talk:Bencherlite|<i><sup>Talk</sup></i>]] 17:03, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
:Thanks! I have this and 5 other FAs in the queue waiting, and I'm fairly busy now, so I'll probably just wait for a bit. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 19:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

== Not sure who to report this to.... ==

Saw [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ylsb16|this]] on an SPI page that you commented on requesting more info. Looks like someone vandalized a template? (I believe the notification of "requesting checkuser" has an issue) [[User:GRUcrule|GRUcrule]] ([[User talk:GRUcrule|talk]]) 21:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

== ArbCom request ==

Hey, I see that you recused, but I'm wondering if you could tell me if there's a template I can use for notifying named parties?  [[User:A Quest For Knowledge|A Quest For Knowledge]] ([[User talk:A Quest For Knowledge|talk]]) 19:16, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
:It's on step 4 of the [[WP:A/R/C]] instructions. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 19:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
::Doh!  Thanks. [[User:A Quest For Knowledge|A Quest For Knowledge]] ([[User talk:A Quest For Knowledge|talk]]) 19:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

== New proposals at [[Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2014]] ==

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== Think back on your Arbcom official blocks ==

[[User talk:Savesgypsy/Editnotice]] includes a block notice placed by you on behalf of Arbcom — seemingly this user is a reincarnation of someone you've blocked as part of an arbitration remedy.  Just thought you might find it funny, especially if you try to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Savesgypsy&action=edit edit his talk page] (and might want to do something about it), rather than blocking the user myself.  The user's [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=590924306 third edit] is rather funny, so I had to be slightly absurdist/overly bureaucratic when [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=590924662 undoing the edit].  [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 04:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
:Blocked. I have a hunch, but I'm flagging down a CU. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 04:59, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
::Not who I thought it was, but it's been taken care of. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 05:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
:::Thank you.  I was so afraid I'd get an edit conflict at ANI while attempting to decline the db-attack; I can't remember the last time I had more fun writing an edit summary.  [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 05:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

== mistake ==

I must have removed That by accident, I wasn't even aware I had done anything. my apologies.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/174.31.177.135|174.31.177.135]] ([[User talk:174.31.177.135|talk]]) 05:49, 16 January 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dragonron]] ==

Why have you closed it? Why should it matter that the four accounts are blocked? Do I need to have an active user harassing myself or Zarbon for this case to be looked at? And for all we know there are sleeper accounts and last I checked that was a valid reason to use checkuser on someone who's already this prolific with sockpuppets.—[[User:Ryulong|<span style="color:blue;">Ryūlóng</span>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<span style="color:gold;">琉竜</span>]]) 08:28, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
:But without any evidence to justify a CU, and without evidence that there could be sleepers, a CU cannot be done. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 08:35, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
::The evidence was at [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zarbon|the other case that I linked to]] but it was opened under the wrong sockmaster.—[[User:Ryulong|<span style="color:blue;">Ryūlóng</span>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<span style="color:gold;">琉竜</span>]]) 08:36, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
:::Personally, I did not find the evidence as presented very convincing, and apparently Mark Arsten did not either. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 08:40, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
::::Mark Arsten has been helping me deal with this guy for months now. He only closed it because someone decided to file it under the wrong sockmaster's name.—[[User:Ryulong|<span style="color:blue;">Ryūlóng</span>]] ([[User talk:Ryulong|<span style="color:gold;">琉竜</span>]]) 12:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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'''Recent software changes'''
* The latest version of MediaWiki ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/wmf11|1.23wmf11]]) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/Roadmap|calendar]]).
* You can now see relatively recent results on special pages like [[Special:DoubleRedirects]], [[Special:UncategorizedPages]] or [[Special:WantedCategories]]. They were disabled before because they were very slow. The results are now updated once a month. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15434]
* As of January 16, you can make and use [[mw:Guided tours|guided tours]] on the Asturian, Farsi and Russian Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to [//translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-guidedtour&filter=&language=((CONTENTLANG))&action=translate translate it] and ask in [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org Bugzilla]. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-January/000542.html] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105997/]
* You can give comments on an idea to have a [http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/navmod/ fixed toolbar] at the top of wiki pages. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-January/001377.html]
* You can [[:File:How to file a report in Bugzilla.webm|watch a video]] to learn how to report problems in Bugzilla. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54606]

'''VisualEditor news'''
* In the toolbar, the menu to edit the styles (like bold, italic, etc.) now has a down arrow ([[File:VisualEditor - Icon - Text style.svg|25px]][[File:VisualEditor - Icon - Down.svg|15px]]). The order of the Insert menu has also changed a little.
* You can now edit <code><nowiki><gallery /></nowiki></code> tags with a very basic tool. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107537/]
* You can now see a help page about keyboard shortcuts in the page menu. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52844] 
* When you change categories, you will now see them when you save the page. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48560]
* When you edit templates, you will now see the parameters in the right order. The ones that you must add have a star (*). [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51930] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53611]
* The page will now be saved faster, thanks to a new way of coding the text that sends 40% less text to the servers. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59660]
* Your wiki can ask to test a new tool to edit [[mw:Extension:TemplateData|TemplateData]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51734]

'''Problems'''
* There was a problem with search on the English and German Wikipedias between January 6 and January 14. You could not see new pages and changes in search results. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59979]
* There were "pool timeouts" errors on several wikis on January 13; it was caused by a code change that was made to fix another problem. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59993]
* On January 17, Bugzilla and Wikimedia Labs were broken for about 20 minutes due to network problems. IRC channels with recent changes ([irc://irc.wikimedia.org irc.wikimedia.org]) were broken for about two hours.  [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/074050.html]

'''Future software changes'''
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* You will soon be able to add a given Flickr user to a blacklist so that their files can't be uploaded using [[mw:Extension:UploadWizard|UploadWizard]] on Wikimedia Commons and other wikis. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/42770]
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== Wrong recipient? ==

Hi Rschen, did you mean to leave [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sandstein&diff=592221158&oldid=592179599 this] for Sandstein, or for Darkness Shines? <code>[[User:Zad68|<span style="color:#D2691E">'''Zad'''</span>]][[User_Talk:Zad68|<span style="color:#206060">''68''</span>]]</code> 20:17, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
:I did mean to leave it there, as it was Sandstein's action that was being appealed. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 20:21, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
::Ah, I see, thanks and sorry for the bother. <code>[[User:Zad68|<span style="color:#D2691E">'''Zad'''</span>]][[User_Talk:Zad68|<span style="color:#206060">''68''</span>]]</code> 21:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Austrian economics]] opened ==

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Austrian economics]]. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Austrian economics/Evidence]]. '''Please add your evidence by February 8, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes.''' You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Austrian economics/Workshop]]. For a guide to the arbitration process, see [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration]]. For the Arbitration Committee, [[User:Ks0stm|<span style="color:#009900;">'''Ks0stm'''</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Ks0stm|T]]•[[Special:Contributions/Ks0stm|C]]•[[User:Ks0stm/Guestbook|G]]•[[User:Ks0stm/Email|E]])</sup> 01:49, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

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== Road pests ==

Remember that guy who was chasing you off a certain Nationalist, POV-pushing set of road articles? He seems a repeat offender. I wouldn't want to be accused of "hound" behavior but he seems to make a habit of skirting sourcing and other policies to serve the proper portrayal of his particular axe to grind. I didn't have a great reception from some admins, but I do think the point can be made that this person is a bad actor who is not abiding by the good faith guidelines. '''[[User:Andrevan|Andrevan]]'''[[User_talk:Andrevan|@]] 07:07, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
:Yeah, I haven't been following his edits lately, but probably, yes. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 07:12, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

== IPhonehurricane95 ==

You mind confirming if [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/IPhonehurricane95 these socks] are all actual socks of the sockmaster? Thanks. [[User:LightandDark2000|LightandDark2000]] ([[User talk:LightandDark2000|talk]]) 16:28, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
:I am not a CU, so I can't, unfortunately. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 18:27, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

== [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2014/05|Tech News: 2014-05]] ==

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* Pages from Wikimedia sites now load faster in your browser thanks to "module storage", a way for your browser to save data like JavaScript and CSS on your computer to avoid downloading them again. [[:File:Ori Livneh, Site performance update, January 2014.webm|See video]]. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-January/074140.html]
* The code used to show videos has changed. You should be able to play the video on the page, with the play button on top of the video. If you see the play button on the right of the video, or if clicking on the video leads you to the original file, please [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions&component=TimedMediaHandler file a bug] or tell [[mw:User talk:Bawolff|User:Bawolff]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/55550]
* The <code>Special:ActiveUsers</code> page will be removed because it's too slow. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/107988]
* The latest version of MediaWiki ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/wmf11|1.23wmf11]]) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/Roadmap|calendar]]).

'''Problems'''
* On January 21, [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector|Universal Language Selector]] was turned off on all Wikimedia sites because [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Language Selector/Announcement Jan2014|it makes pages load slowly]]. If you want to use web fonts, or write in scripts that aren't on your keyboard, you need to add it as an option [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal|in your preferences]]. It will be turned back on when the issues are resolved. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/56433]
* For about 20 minutes on the same day, there were problems with [[m:en:Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] and [[m:en:JavaScript|JavaScript]] due to high server load.

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* You can [[mw:Talk:Winter|give comments]] about the new version of "[http://unicorn.wmflabs.org/winter/ Winter]", a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/design/2014-January/001411.html]

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== My Apologies ==

My apologies for the frivolous Sock Puppet report. I am sorry to have wasted everyone's time, I truly am. It was not my intention. I seem to have misunderstood the process. If somebody would be so kind as to visit my talk page and suggest how I should best proceed about this IP editor, I would really appreciate it. Thank you all for your time, and again I apologize for the trouble. be well. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ff55ff 0em 0em 0.8em,#55ffff -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#ffff55 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#ffffff">[[User:Sue Rangell|Sue Rangell]] <span style="font-size: 16px;">[[User_talk:Sue_Rangell|✍ ]][[Special:EmailUser/Sue_Rangell|✉]]</span></span> 18:58, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

== SPI Page Archive ==

I don't think [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ASockpuppet_investigations%2FTrozBoz&diff=592908900&oldid=592906692 this] worked correctly.  Isn't it supposed to leave a link to the archived case page? [[User:WikiDan61|<span style="color:green;">WikiDan61</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:WikiDan61|ChatMe!]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/WikiDan61|ReadMe!!]]</sub> 12:23, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
:(tps) The page just needed to be [[WP:purge|purge]]d. —[[User:DoRD|DoRD]] ([[User talk:DoRD|talk]]) 13:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
:: Thanks! [[User:WikiDan61|<span style="color:green;">WikiDan61</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:WikiDan61|ChatMe!]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/WikiDan61|ReadMe!!]]</sub> 15:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

== Macarthur Maze, Oakland, CA ==

I have lived in the East Bay for over 40 years and am well versed in what things are commonly called.  I drive for a living, so I know the names of interchanges.  I listen the the radio and hear what traffic reporters call things.  When I listen to the KSFO traffic report, they refer to the distribution structure as 'the maze' and they call the Macarthur Maze, 'Macarthur Maze'. Go figure.

The Bay Bridge Distribution Structure is commonly referred to as 'The Maze'  There are a few reporters who mistakenly call the interchange by the wrong name, from time to time.  This interchange was built in the 1930's, long before General Douglas Macarthur was a household name.

The Macarthur Maze has, since its construction in the 1970's referred to the interchange officially known as the 'Macarthur Maze'.  It is named for General Douglas Macarthur,the Macarthur Freeway which runs through it, and Macarthur Boulevard, which parallels it.  Pretty much everybody, (save for some young people) call it the Macarthur Maze to distinguish it from 'The Maze'.  

I can find NO reference, prior to the mid 1990's of anybody mistaking these two interchanges.

I made the corrections to the 'Macarthur Maze' page because it is both inaccurate and causes confusion with another location.  
If you insist that Wikipedia have correct information, then I will stop correcting the incorrect information that you keep reverting to.  <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:946towguy|946towguy]] ([[User talk:946towguy|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/946towguy|contribs]]) 08:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Please read [[WP:OR]] - original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 09:00, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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'''Recent software changes'''
* The latest version of MediaWiki ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/wmf12|1.23wmf12]]) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.23/Roadmap|calendar]]).
* Global [[mw:Extension:AbuseFilter|AbuseFilter]] rules are now active on all [//noc.wikimedia.org/conf/small.dblist small wikis]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60408] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/109435/]
* The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the [[:mw:UX standardization|same colors and styles]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58297] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103494/]
* You can now link to diffs using <code><nowiki>[[Special:Diff/12345]]</nowiki></code> and similar links. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/63395/]
* There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52813]
* Searching in the <code>File:</code> namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110191/]
* All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution [[m:en:Favicon|favicons]]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45036]

'''VisualEditor news'''
* You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing <span style="white-space:nowrap"><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border:1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 1px 3px; font-family: inherit">Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 1px 3px; font-family: inherit">/</kbd></span> inside VisualEditor. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107153/]

'''Future software changes'''
* Edits and files hidden with the [[mw:Extension:Oversight|Oversight]] tool will be moved to the [[mw:Help:RevisionDelete|RevisionDelete]] system. The Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60373] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18598] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18229/]
* For languages where not all sister projects exist, you will be able to link to other language projects using double interwikis (<code>:ko:v</code>, <code>:v:ko</code>, etc.). [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94716/]
* It will soon be possible to use the [[mw:Extension:GettingStarted|GettingStarted]] tool on other wikis than the English Wikipedia. You can translate it on [//translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&x=D&group=ext-gettingstarted&suppressempty=1&language= Translatewiki.net]. [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/2014-January/000561.html]
* You will soon be able to include the [[Special:Contributions]] page into other pages. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106320/]
* You will be able to see where a file is used inside [[mw:Extension:MultimediaViewer|MultimediaViewer]], the new tool for viewing media files. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60087] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107993/]
* It will soon be possible to send [[mw:Extension:MassMessage|MassMessage]] messages using the API. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/87311/]
* You will soon see audio statistics on the [[Special:TimedMediaHandler]] page. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/97998/]

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