User talk:Mdann52/Archive 23

This is an archive of past discussions with User:Mdann52. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

This is an archive of past discussions with User:Mdann52. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Please read WP:NACD which says "Participants, including participating administrators, should not reopen non-admin closures." I suggest you undo the revert, and restore my closure. (Please answer here, if necessary, I'll watchlist it.) Kraxler (talk) 14:25, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

@Kraxler: as Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Martijnd is still open, can I suggest waiting for the check to complete first? Mdann52 (talk) 14:27, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Your revert is out of process. First: Anybody else but you, preferably an admin, could undo the closure for a good reason. Second: AfD is not a headcount, the arguments should be weighed. Independent of who !voted, the arguments here show a clear case for notability under several different criteria, especially the mainstream newspaper coverage, including a visit of the Walloon Prime Minister to the company's headquarters. Third: The closure should be retained until after the SPI is finished. If, and only if, the SPI shows that all !votes were cast by socks, then you (as a participant who can not, under any circumstances, undo the closure) should ask me to undo my closure, stating a reason. If I decline to undo it, then you can go to WP:AN and request the review of the non-admin closure. That's how it works. Kraxler (talk) 14:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

@Kraxler: Ok, sure. I was just basing this on what I've seen happen before by other people - but fair enough. Mdann52 (talk) 14:48, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Seeing other people making mistakes is no reason to follow suit, especially for somebody who wanted to be an admin. Kraxler (talk) 15:23, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

The point has become moot in the meanwhile. AfD was closed as delete by an admin. Nevertheless, I suggest you follow procedure next time. Kraxler (talk) 15:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Will do in future - I was self-reverting, and appeared to hit an e/c in any case, after changing tab.... anyway, thanks for the advice! Mdann52 (talk) 15:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Dear Matt,

My Wiki page was challenged a few weeks ago, for 'sockpuppetry' amongst other things. I now see that you have dismissed my sources as 'boilerplate'.I don't know what to do at this point. I am who that page claims I am and I have published the books that are cited and these books have been reviewed , though I can't link to reviews in sources that don't have online access. I have given the books' ISBN numbers and links to my publisher's website, with reviews of my book citing the dates and sources (Irish Times, Poetry Ireland Review, etc.). There are also links to my published work in established online magazines/journals. I am puzzled by assertions that none of these sources verify the information'.

Moreover, another person on the information team at Wikipedia, Eric Skoglund, confirmed that he received an email from the editor of Salt publishing Chris Emery (both of whom have Wiki pages) confirming that he did in fact set up the entry on me (Mark Granier) himself, in 2010, although the Wiki editor O'Dea, who initially accused me of 'sockpuppetry', had inferred that I might have been the creator of my own page. Mr Skoglund assured me that it was alright for me to update the page once it had been set up.

I am not sure what more I can do to verify either (a) my 'notability' or (b) the info about me online.

I welcome any suggestions.

Yours sincerely, Markgranier1 (talk) 12:04, 11 June 2015 (UTC) Mark Granier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markgranier1 (talk • contribs) 10:21, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello. Have you seem to forget something? --George Ho (talk) 00:29, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

That's two tough closes that I disagree with you about, for which I must thank you for your efforts to measure consensus. I'd like to gather a consensus about moratorium, since a move discussion during a primary season is going to make us all look ridiculous. BusterD (talk) 13:27, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

I've made my concern official. Thanks again. BusterD (talk) 13:59, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

I've turned down your CSD request because, while it's quite possible this is a copyvio of *something*, it certainly isn't the blogspot that was linked in the CSD request. That blogspot was a horrible translation of something or other; if you can figure out the original source, that might well be the place where the copyvio came from. It's possible you simply picked the wrong link to the original material? If so, let me know, I'll be happy to review. Risker (talk) 00:54, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Risker: aparently, the website has been copied from Pierre Viret's Simple Exposition of the Principal Points of the Christian Faith (ISBN 978-0-9843785-9-3), so that appears to be the source of this and the external page. I'd also note that we supposably have permission for this, but that OTRS ticket doesn't add up. Mdann52 (talk) 05:54, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

		The Mediator Barnstar
		For your participation in the 2015 Hillary Clinton move request. Took a little while for a decision, but I appreciate that you provided a clear and concise interpretation of the consensus. Couldn't have been a decision that was overly easy to make. Kudos. NickCT (talk) 23:01, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

15:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

@Mdann52: Hi there! I noticed you hatted a section in User Talk:jimbo_wales . I checked your permissions and you do not appear to be an administrator.

I do not disagree with the hat per se, but one section was a direct response to an off-wiki request from Jimmy Wales made to myself and another. Our response was only posted today and he will not have seen it given his timezone. Can you please remove the section 'Response to Request by Jimmy Wales' and leave it there for (say) 24 hours? 213.205.234.122 (talk) 17:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

If Jimbo wants to respond, he is welcome to do so, and I defer to him on this. Otherwise, that thread is long past usefulness, so I've hatted it before something is said that someone may regret. Mdann52 (talk) 17:37, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@Mdann52: Sorry that edit above was me by the way. Had not noticed I was not logged in - at a hotel. I agree with you on hatting it, but as a courtesy, can you please un-hat that single subsection? There is no reason I could not move it out of the hat myself but would prefer we can meet halfway. Vordrak (talk) 17:41, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@Mdann52: Thank you. I have seen you moved the hat and I have flagged it with a thank you. Much obliged. Vordrak (talk) 17:48, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I've seen you take out all the external links, and I would like to kindly ask you about the reasons... thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.231.216.82 (talk) 23:00, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

As they fail the guidelines on external links, WP:EL - they are far too genral or link to random other products. Mdann52 (talk) 06:11, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

thanks for your fastest answer. I consider it's not too general... or random product... It's a new kind of product using this standard and I think will be really interesting for those who think in ISOFIX (parents, grandparents...). Hope you reconsider your decision. Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.231.216.82 (talk) 19:34, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I appreciate there's a mess of overlapping vandal edits going on here, but my edit that you just reverted wasn't one - the source cited does indeed say "The original musicians Tony McCormack and Candia" with a "McC" for Tony and no surname for Candia. --McGeddon (talk) 16:52, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@McGeddon: apologies - I tried restoring it, but I got the "loss of session data" in the tab I was saving in - unfortunately, I had to switch over tabs to deal with something else a tad more urgent. Apologies, I'll self revert on that bit now. Mdann52 (talk) 16:54, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

The page is still under attack from different IP addresses but all seem to come from The London Central Methodist Hall Vampiredivision (talk) 22:16, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

You should have told me you were going for RFA again and I would have co-nominated you in a heartbeat. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 16:35, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@FreeRangeFrog: Apologies – I wan't aware of this :( In any case, thanks for the support, and for the offer :) Mdann52 (talk) 16:37, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Just a heads up that your answer to Q8 in your RFA appears to have been cut off mid-sentence. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ahecht: Thanks - turns out I didn't highlight the whole response after drafting it :/ Mdann52 (talk) 17:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

I saw that you had withdrawn, so I took care of the closing paperwork. I'm sorry things didn't go as you had hoped this time around, but I wish you luck in all your future endeavors. Useight's Public Sock (talk) 15:09, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

@Useight's Public Sock: Thanks - I couldn't find the right template. Mdann52 (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. That's the exact reason why I made a list of templates and links for myself here. Just keeps everything in one place. Useight's Public Sock (talk) 15:23, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Mdann52. As we currently disagree on whether or not the sources for a particular page meet the threshold set by criteria, I would like to discuss which sources in particular you currently disagree on. I made a topic at the talkpage so the issue can be laid to rest once and for all. Have a great day! Silver Buizel (talk) 21:13, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

I'd appreciate it if the user would contact me, they were very aggressive about some kind of "speculation" about personal info and being incredibly rude. Would like to find out what's going on and it get it settled. I'd like to see where this is. I hope they are feeling well, as I don't pick on weaker people. CheckersBoard (talk) 23:06, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. I have just spent three precious hours going through your closure of the above debate. I have sufficient conclusive evidence to request an official closure review, but I would like to discuss it with you before I decide to do anything. We can do this by email if you prefer. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:09, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

I replied in detail to your mail. I realise there has just been an important holiday over there in the US but I would like to get your thoughts on this as soon as is convenient to you because it is now holding something up. Cheers, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:59, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

@Kudpung: I'm not in the US, so that solves that issue. I haven't yet received any emails to my Wikipedia address (apart from the one notifying me of this TP message), so not sure what is going on here. Mdann52 (talk) 10:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

I've sent the email again from my email server and also through the Wiki mail, so you'll probably get it twice. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:33, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

15:13, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

An article that you have been involved in editing—Jeffrey Talley —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Hermera34 (talk) 12:09, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello Mdann52, thanks for closing the VE rollout debate. But you probably meant to say something like "some issues" in "while many of the votes indicate that there are still votes". In context "votes" makes no sense here :). GermanJoe (talk) 13:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

15:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Dear Mdann52,

I have read your comment regarding my family, and wishing to see documents regarding my family. Please provide me your mail address, and I will send you article in the book of QAZVIN about my family published by the Tehran university.

Best Regards AZIZI H. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AZIZIFAMILY (talk • contribs) 15:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

happy to help
Thank you, advanced clarinettist, for quality administrative service on "a few Wikias", for helping with articles for creation and fighting vandalism, for your bot, for "I will also learn from criticism" and "something amusing for those who read to the bottom", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 915th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:24, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I was searching for technical documentation of "parser tag" on mediawiki.org and found your {{mw:Parse source tag}} template, comment "blank page to make it work". Special:WhatLinksHere says nothing links to it. Is it needed because commons pages use this template? But then why doesn't enwiki need a copy of the template? Maybe you could give it a basic usage section

<noinclude>This is needed for XYZ</noinclude>

I don't know if this is related to User:OrenBochman's {{mw:Parse source}} template, also unused according to Special:WhatLinksHere. Nothing's broken, I'm just puzzled. Thanks for all you do, cheers. -- SPage (WMF) (talk) 18:24, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

03:05, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

15:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Dear Mdann52 Your repeated deletions of my contributions to Vanessa Lawrence page constitutue vandalism. You claim that sources are not verifiable are grossly incorrect. 1. APO.org.au is a very reputable site. Policy Online is a research database and alert service providing free access to full text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation in Australia and New Zealand. 2. victorianspatialcouncil.org is the official site of the Victorian Govt spatial coordination arrangements involving govt, industry and academe - the Victorian Spatial Council. 3. psma.com.au - is the official site of the incorporated Public Sector Mapping Agencies of Australia of which the share holders are the federal, state and territory governments. 4. siba.com.au - is the official site of the peak industry body for the spatial information industry - Spatial Information Business Association chaired by the former federal Special Minister of State.

How dare you judge such sites as unverifiable!

you are abusing your power on Wiki.

Jump to: navigation, search — Preceding unsigned comment added by SSSI-SIBA (talk • contribs) 15:58, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

14:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

16:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am on vacation and not going to edit things anyway, but given your interest, please see my comment on the talk page of Ed Esber. Thanks. Sky is big, Emperor far away (talk) 22:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I saw your name on the list, and I'd like to train more in counter vandalism operations! It says you are available, but if not, its ok I dont mind. From what I've read it seems you have great experience here. I have realized there are better tools for reverting vandalism but they require a certain right or experience threshold. If you can help me get there, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks (: --CyberWarfare (talk) 16:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Just a note I'm aware and considering what I can do. Mdann52 (talk) 19:14, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Take your time, I'm delighted that you are available and willing to enroll me in the academy. I was worried that I was becoming a bother to you and other editors! --CyberWarfare (talk) 23:59, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Timely action and neutral view Ruproy1972 (talk) 09:37, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

You have twice deleted a significant portion of Leflore County, Mississippi--some of it sourced--without providing a reason. Could you please provide a polite reason why you deleted this? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:35, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: None of the addition is actually sourced - the diff is a tad mangled, but the sides actually come directly from the last revision, and support none of the addition. Additionally, the language of the text added sounds a bit flowery to me, and sets off my copyvio senses. I was planning on rewriting this, however I didn't have enough time last night. Mdann52 (talk) 03:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

I checked to see if it was a cut-and-paste edit (also my suspicion), but was not able to find a copyright violation. I appreciate your effort to improve the article. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:19, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

13:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for closing the debate. I'm just letting you know that as this proposal adresses a major policy issue, I may be asking for a second opinion on your closure. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:10, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Could you close this for me? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:06, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
(PS.: The new working closer script is at User:TheDJ/closeFPC.js.)