User talk:MusikAnimal/Archive 16

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Hi Musik, an IP hopper from Caerphilly, UK that I'd asked AIV to block a day or two ago, is continuing with the disruptions. You'd recommended page protection. Can you assist with this, please? I'm not keen on writing more RPP reports than I need to. I've already gotten Ozzy & Drix, Osmosis Jones, and Osmosis Jones (soundtrack) protected for 3 months each. I have a page protection request for Detention (TV series) sitting at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Detention (TV series), also asking for 3 month semi. That leaves The Legend of Korra‎, The Legend of Korra (season 1), The Legend of Korra (season 2), The Legend of Korra (season 3) in need of protection, along with anything else he chooses to vandalize. If you want to figure out a range block, some of the IPs used can be extracted from here. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:33, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm going to have to sidestep this for now. This abuse is rather difficult to read into, in that it's not immediately obvious what exactly is disruptive and how I can prevent it apart from page protection. I don't see a range block working, there's a lot of ranges here, and they're fairly wide. Another admin who is used to performing range blocks may feel otherwise, however. Anyway, feel free to report at WP:RPP as needed, and I apologize that I am unable to help any further at this time. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:35, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

When did immediacy become a criterion for whacking vandalism? This vandalism is immediately obvious. this vandalism is not immediately obvious, but the introduction of Powerpuff Girls characters into an unrelated article should absolutely be considered obvious vandalism. As should this edit even if it's not immediately obvious. If you won't block the individual IPs, and if you don't think a range block will be helpful, and if you're not willing to help with the very page protections you recommended, then would you consider actively not declining my Caerphilly-related AIV requests on the off-chance that another admin will choose to participate? That's not meant as a dig against you, rather that I spend an awful lot of time filing unnecessary reports and I need all the help I can get. Thanks, and please know that I don't harbor any pissy feelings toward you. :) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:08, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

I meant that I can't help right now. Sorry to have mislead you. I did go ahead and semi The Legend of Korra (season 2) for three months. Going by the book, I don't see enough recent activity at The Legend of Korra to warrant protection. Feel free to make reports at RPP or AIV as necessary, I won't decline them. For the record, I'm guessing these disruptive edits you've linked are mixed in with what may be perceived as constructive edits, as I don't recall seeing anything of that nature. — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:23, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks for the explanation, Musik, and the support. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:45, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

On 4 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article MTA Arts & Design, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the MTA Arts & Design-commissioned "Sky Reflector-Net" uses a 53-foot (16 m) skylight and hundreds of aluminium mirrors to bring sunlight into the Fulton Center transit hub? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/MTA Arts & Design. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 19:35, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Nice work, MusikAnimal! Epic Genius (talk) 02:36, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: That took long enough Many thanks for your help as well! — MusikAnimal ^talk 02:40, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey there, hope you are well. What do you suppose the protocol is for handling a GA review where the initiator has been indeffed as a sock? See Talk:Musical instrument/GA2. Someone opened this, I worked on addressing their concerns, and then I noticed they are indeffed. --Laser brain (talk) 19:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

@Laser brain: Oh dear! I would ask for second opinion, which is essentially relisting it, but other reviewers may be more keen to finish partially done reviews. Maybe. I'd volunteer to do takeover the review myself, as obviously this is a subject of interest, but unfortunately I'm swamped and don't have time for it right now. I'll be on holiday the latter half of the month, and if by early June you still don't have a new reviewer, let me know and I'll take it up! Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:57, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

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You blocked user 81.129.34.107 a couple of days ago. Judging by the edits and reverts, they have been replaced by 109.154.156.242. Same location of the two IP addresses. Can the latter be blocked as well or does it have to be reported? Regards, Tony Holkham (Talk) 09:23, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

@Tony Holkham: The original block on 81.129.34.107 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) is set to expire today I believe, so I only blocked 109.154.156.242 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for 31 hours. I could extend it, but I'm more curious to see which IP they'll resume editing with, or if it will be yet another IP. Also to answer your question, you can always contact the blocking admin about anything, really, but block evasion especially since they are familiar with the original block. If they can't be reached, for something this obvious (the two IPs were making the exact same edits), reporting AIV is fine. More complex cases may require a sockpuppet investigation. — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:23, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that. This is my first experience of sanctions against a disruptive editor who refuses to discuss problems. Tony Holkham (Talk) 14:27, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Have reported a sock who is here only to vandalize, but the sock stalks me and removes the report [1].Jeppiz (talk) 17:00, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't know about the sockpuppetry but I've blocked them. — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:08, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello MusikAnimal. Would you be able to please assist me with encouraging Zalingeishahpur (talk · contribs) to provide sources for their recent changes? My attempts to communicate have yet to be successful. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 16:35, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Yamaguchi先生! Well for starters, I see that their edits at Sargodha have not been reverted. If they are easily verifiable, or plausible in nature, you could add references or {{cn}} tags as necessary. If it's likely to be challenged it's probably best removed. As for their persistence, I'm not sure what else to do other than block at this point. They've been given ample warnings, all of them clearly stating they need to add sources. They haven't edited in over 6 hours though, so I won't block at this time. If it continues you can report to AIV or message me directly. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:57, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you MusikAnimal. I have left one more (non-template) message for Zalingeishahpur [2] offering my assistance. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 17:16, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh so they did make an attempt to discuss, but were just logged out. That makes me less inclined to block, as I think it's clear they're editing in good faith, and are at least making an attempt to do it right. I like your approach. Hopefully we can work with them to implement their constructive changes but accompanied by sources. FYI, I always point new users to WP:INTREF, and not the walls of text you'll find at WP:V, WP:RS, etc. — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:17, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointer to WP:INTREF, I will bookmark that one. Unfortunately the problematic removal of citation templates followed by addition of uncited material continues. [3] I'm not sure how best to proceed, would attempts to further communicate be productive, should the page be semi-protected? Regards, Yamaguchi先生 16:04, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

In this case we have multiple anonymous users that are repeatedly adding the unsourced content, so semi-protection seems like the best preventive measure. I've gone with a 4-day duration. The user you have been communicating with is autoconfirmed, however, and hence will still be able to edit the page. So if they continue to disrupt in this way we may be forced to block them, as they have been warned repeatedly. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:45, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you again for your help in this matter. I have left another note for Zalingeishahpur [4] but am beginning to lose hope at this point. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 21:20, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Accidental vandalism from this IP:

Hello, this is "199.195.108.111". I am a student of Pinnacle High School (Phoenix, Arizona) who is connected to the school wi-fi via a school laptop. It's likely the change made was from a random person here, but I think you are right in assuming that edit was a mistake.

I am a senior at this school now and in my first two years here the school's IP was blocked because it was a singular IP given to an institution. (I know there is a more specific name for that, but I honestly don't remember it.) I suggest that you block edits from this IP but allow users to sign in to circumvent the ban. Your profile states that you are an administrator so I hope you are able to look into this and take the right action.

I only became aware of you because there was an unusual notification at the top of a page after searching. I haven't told anyone about this yet so if you wish to continue a dialogue I can probably manage to keep in touch without someone else here interfering. 199.195.108.111 (talk) 19:43, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello! At this time there's no reason to block your school's IP, the disruption is not out of hand. If we do block an IP, we don't normally do a "hard block", which would disallow logged in users from editing. So, if you'd like you can create an account to avoid future irrelevant notices like the one you saw today. After all, we want you to be able to edit too! — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:34, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

MusikAnimal, I am not sure why you deleted the Article for Maria Dakake that I put up. There are elements that repeat some information available on her faculty page at George Mason University. This is inevitable when providing basic facts regarding one's position and one's published works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quran Scholar (talk • contribs) 17:38, 6 May 2015 (UTC) So should I reference the page that you were worried I had copied. Would that suffice as a reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quran Scholar (talk • contribs) 17:45, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

@Quran Scholar: Hey! Sorry for the late reply. Lists of published works is not a concern. I reviewed the deleted article, and confirmed that there was actual prose taken word for word from this website and possibly others.

I have restored your article and put it at Draft:Maria Dakake with the copyrighted content removed. I've also set it up so that you can submit the article for review. A few notes: As I noted on your talk page, the article is unsourced. Having at least one reliable source is a requirement for articles on living persons. See Help:Introduction to referencing for how to add references. Finally, the tone of the article may sound a bit too promotional, at least without proper sourcing. Sentences like recognized as a leader in the understanding of the development will need references to support them. So, take your time to improve the article at Draft:Maria Dakake, and when you think it's ready click the big green button to submit it for review. From there, experienced editors will help you refine and get it published it to the Wikipedia mainspace. Hope this helps, and let me know if you have anymore questions! :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 05:00, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Please protect:

• Template:UK MP links
• Template:UK Liberal Democrats
• Template:UK Conservative Party
• Template:UK Labour Party
• Template:UK MP links
• Template:UKIP

See [5]. Thanks. Alakzi (talk) 15:20, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

 Done Thank you so much! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Sorry to edit-conflict at {{UKIP}}. Feel free to alter as you like. DMacks (talk) 15:26, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

@DMacks: No worries, the need for template-protection has already proven itself. I've indef template protected the others as well, we can lower it later. This was sort of high-risk and once I saw a confirmed user with 100+ edits restore the vandalism, I'm not taking anymore chances. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:32, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Good call (as below). DMacks (talk) 15:34, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

This user may need blocking as he's doing the exact same thing - I've had to use rollback as impossible with Twinkle, Cheers. –Davey2010^Talk 15:27, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Done, thank you! What a mess that was — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:32, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

We don't really need indefinite TEP on these - let's revert to AC after this all blows over. Thanks for the quick response. Alakzi (talk) 16:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

That's the plan. We've got an edit filter in place as well, so we're actively monitoring the situation. I'll go ahead and reduce the duration, at least. — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:16, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Also check it out, we made the press! [6] — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:21, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) That is one of the worst uses of the word "hacked" I've ever seen in a press article. Editing Wikipedia != hacking. Winner 42 Talk to me! 16:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Exactly it doesn't make any sense .... If anyone can edit an article then it's not hacked .... It's just edited . –Davey2010^Talk 16:33, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Why did you revert my change? "Amiibos" is not the official, correct pluralization of "amiibo", which is already plural. Go to the amiibo page, and you'll see that they never say "amiibos" on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.55.254.106 (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

I think you're using one of those "cloud to butt" extensions [7] — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I don't know why that made me laugh so much... EoRdE6^{(Come Talk to Me!)} 19:01, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) This is actually a bigger problem than you'd think. I've had several editors in the last month using these without realizing they were vandalizing Wikipedia. Winner 42 Talk to me! 19:03, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah I'm starting to realizing that. Fortunately there's an easy way to put a stop to it, and I'm working on that now — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:05, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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Hello MusiKAnimal,

Thanks for reverting my recent edit at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled. However, I don't mean anything contrary. I achieved the page in good faith and I appreciate the fact that you reverted my edit on it, since the edit seemed to be abnormal. I will always allow the Bot to do it next time. Happy editing! Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 18:34, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

15:47, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your speedy actions and your kind words Msrasnw (talk) 23:20, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

You bet — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:23, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi,I am writing on behalf of westmallingash, as you recently blocked our account as it is a shared account. My reasoning to making this account is that it would take a lot of time for me to make about 30 accounts, configure the accounts, make cards for them, than give them out; also if there is a problem with it when signing in, it is easier to manage instead of having to go onto each account and trying to see whats mis-configured or whatever the problem is. Please consider that I am a student so I am doing this in my free time, and it will take maybe even a day to do this, and I also am doing test at the moment, so the last thing I want to be doing at the moment. The education program is not the way forward for what we are doing and we do not have enough time to make our own accounts. I respect the policy and all but it would be to much to make individual accounts. Our school ip is blocked from editing on wiki without an account, this is because we use a proxy. Thank you for your time, please leave a comment on my page(dangray1) with your response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dangray1 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry if I trod on your toes a bit! Obviously being the newest admin on the block I can't have had any experience at WP:RPP other than having kept an eye on it for years and seeing the fallout from my own requests. In the case of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, it looks like it ought to be a prime candidate for semi-protection, but when I spun through the edits, and cross compare it with the rough guide, it just didn't seem to be out of control enough. I think it's possibly years of experience with IPs changing articles I've taken to GA has shown me that popular culture topics that aren't obvious hate figures seem to not be prone to IP disruption as you might expect - or possibly its just my residual paranoia of having dealt with the Best known for IP. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:54, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: No worries my friend! Especially as a new admin I want to give you room to exercise your judgement, which I don't think is flawed at all. I'm not a wheel warrior, when things like that happen were I action at the same time another admin declines to action, I undo my action. Didn't mean to put you on the spot, either, just wanted to offer my two cents. Welcome aboard and looking forward to working with you! :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:08, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Not a problem. And I'm sure you'd agree that as a new admin, erring on the side of not using the tools is exactly what should be done! Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:16, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Absolutely! — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:17, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

If I recall, back last year or so Bearian and I used to protect-conflict on RFPP every few days. Occasionally we would agree, occasionally we would disagree (or protect the same article for different durations). It's funny how two people can have such different opinions on requests. Welcome aboard Ritchie333! --kelapstick^(bainuu) 18:29, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

MelanieN (it's all her fault I've got the mop :-P) has suggested that protection is the nicest of the main tools, as its the only one you ever get thanked for, as I did for indefinitely semi'ing Dean Ambrose earlier today. Deleting tends to upset whoever wrote the article (unless they've abandoned it), and blocking just makes editors angry. It's interesting to see how other admins react on WP:RPP, I've been a bit more cautious and explained my rationale in a sentence or two, others just wade in and slap a "1 month pending changes" without so much as a by of leave. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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we are making a world record page which we each write about and I would have to configure the settings, then make login cards each so they know their login. Also we are doing it today so a quick reply would be nice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dangray1 (talk • contribs) 11:22, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

no dont worry now I am making them all accounts its not as simple as you think at least I have all their logins for when I have to join the together Dangray1 15:47, 14 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dangray1 (talk • contribs)

@Dangray1: Okay. Just so you know you can create accounts for them while you are logged in at Special:UserLogin/Signup. You don't need to log out each time. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:58, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

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Hi there! I find you being very kind and civil to users and I am taking that as an opportunity for me. I'v been around here for a while now, with a good understanding of basic Wikipedia policies. Still going around Wiki makes me feel new. Although not a new user I would love to have your help on getting to understand every (well, not every) ;) aspects of Wiki. I guess you are a developer.. I'm currently on my course in computer science too! If you can help me by monitoring my moves around here, what should I do more and what should I not, teaching me new stuffs, clearing my doubts etc,... But don't worry I won't cause any trouble for you... Can you?? Thanks in Advance.. --JAaron95 | Talk | Contribs 19:49, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

@Jaaron95: Sure! I'm always happy to help others. I don't offer a course or anything of the like, but if I happen to see something you could have done better, I'll let you know. I just looked over your last hundred or two contributions, most of it counter-vandalism. It all looks spot-on to me, great work if I must say so! However with this edit I would have gone in and correctly added a {{cn}} template which is what the user was trying to do. Either way the edit couldn't stand as is, so a good-faith revert was still appropriate. Vandal fighting is fun because you can make a real impact on the project and get to exercise some judgement of policies with these good-faith reverts. I often link to relevant policies/guidelines in the edit summaries to point the user in the right direction, but you don't have to do that. About the techy stuff... I can definitely guide you there if you ever need help. Once you grasp how the MediaWiki software works it's pretty fascinating. Anyway, I'm on holiday starting tomorrow through the rest of the month, so I won't be around much. When I return do feel free to reach out to me anytime, and don't feel like you're being overwhelming. In the meantime, keep up the good work! — MusikAnimal ^talk 02:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

@MusikAnimal: Thanks for your offer! I appreciate it... Is there a way where I can get some instant help from you? Being in almost opposite time zones, I think that'd be helpful! And enjoy your holidays!! Cheers!! --JAaron95 | Talk | Contribs 06:20, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

no dont worry now I am making them all accounts its not as simple as you think at least I have all their logins for when I have to join the together — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dangray1 (talk • contribs) 06:24, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi I work for Parvez Sharma and this content was removed because it gives incorrect information about his personal life, even though you have sourced it. Please allow it to be removed immediately as I am doing it right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylan2015 (talk • contribs) 17:07, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

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Since you are a bit familiar with the past edit-warring & unilateral removal of material at Bacha bazi would you mind stepping in again? 3R has already been surpassed. - CompliantDrone (talk) 23:00, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

15:24, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello MusikAnimal, You recently made a temporary block on the above user, but this appears to be of no avail. There have been several instances of vandalism since, the last being a mass deletion of text on the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia which I have reversed. As this user is only engaged in disruption, is it not time for a longer ban? Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 15:35, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Further to the above, another admin has blocked the IP for three months. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 16:00, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey animal,

Duh I'm kind of jealous you went to Egypt, well slightly, sure you had a good time there though.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED MOTIVATION FOR MY MESSAGING YOURSELF > I made a typo error in an editorial summary, would it be at all possible for you to go in and add the letter which I missed out from a word in there? I'm really finicky about these things.It's only the second typo I've made in 1,778 edits.

and

on your user page there is a thing which is photographs - shows < See another > and links to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/MusikAnimal could you please tell me about this? I'd like to get one.

oh and, I used to be a chess player (and won my counties U-18 competition once, but that's the best I got to) and also, I'm working to learn to create electronic music.... Whalestate (talk) 16:20, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

here are some poems I wrote Whalestate (talk) 16:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

@Whalestate: Thank you for the kind words. It is not technically possible to change an edit summary. See User:MusikAnimal/RandomImage for how the random photo works. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 09:21, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

I noticed that Special:AbuseFilter/633 is missing some useful for tagging, which would be 'added link' and 'fixed'/'fixed content'. It's a relatively minor thing, but useful nevertheless. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 19:25, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

@Exoplanetaryscience: Are you sure those edit summaries are buttons on the mobile interface or app? — MusikAnimal ^talk 09:24, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

I wasn't aware that this filter was made for mobile edit summaries. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 14:04, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes some edits have misleading edit summaries as a result of the mobile interface. So if there's a large change and the edit summary is "Fixed typo" it's not necessarily a vandal trying to fool the patrollers but rather they just hit a button. I've tried bringing this to WMF attention with no remedy. I will however work to clarify the intent of this tag. Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:45, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi! The protection template (20th May) on Jake the Peg doesn't match with the protection log (4th June). Please fix this. Thanks! Pickuptha'Musket (talk) 11:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) done. - NQ (talk) 11:42, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

MusikAnimal, do you mind taking a look at the multiple, baseless personal attacks from this editor on this talk page? [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33]. He has already been blocked twice this year for personal attacks, and was warned more than twice on that talk page to discontinue this disruptive, uncivil, WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior and focus on the discussion points. Immediate block, or should I take it to a noticeboard? I think this user is due for a civility restriction. Lapadite (talk) 04:58, 24 May 2015 (UTC). Latest warning to him: [34]. Lapadite (talk) 05:25, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for any inconvenience. I'm done there now, it's all yours. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:37, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

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is on my https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Whalestate&project=en.wikipedia.org today. Whalestate (talk) 22:35, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

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Whalestate (talk) 22:39, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

I also noticed that, word 'Article' is getting replaced by some Korean word. I am wondering that it's still happening. Hope it gets fixed soon - Supdiop ^talk 13:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Strange. The "article" text was also once in German, actually. I tried to dig through the source code but couldn't find the culprit. My guess is it's something to do with the translation services we're using, rather than an issue with the code itself. Not sure... I didn't write the code, I just push buttons on the other end to keep the service running. Sorry I could not be of more help! — MusikAnimal ^talk 11:50, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Related discussion. Perhaps User:Krinkle can shed some light on this.- NQ (talk) 13:39, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

This issue is now tracked at https://github.com/x-Tools/xtools/issues/60. Krinkle (talk) 13:45, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

I think we're actually using phabricator now, though it looks like it's just T13 and I that are members. Pinging Cyberpower678 so he knows. Thanks to all three of you for bringing this to our attention, and also for the proposed solution! :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:35, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

I think we're using both, except that we track GitHub more than farts.—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 17:26, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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- Kingpin¹³ (talk) 12:58, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

You left me a message regarding why I changed a wikipedia article, I removed the content because I was the one who changed the wikipedia article in May not a parliamentary computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:630:E4:423D:648D:9643:2537:81D3 (talk) 18:49, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure what article you are referring to you, as the IP you are editing from now has not edited any articles. Either way, no problem, just be sure to include an edit summary when you remove sourced content. Best! — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:12, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Any objections to unblocking Morochpr (talk · contribs)? That seems to be a well-formed request that covers the needed ground. Kuru (talk) 00:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Done. Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 04:17, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Greetings, I noticed earlier you were helping on the Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection page, but happened to skip over my request. It would be helpful if you could take a look at it, as we have had interruptions on the page since my original posting. Thanks! Garchy (talk) 19:46, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Going with 4 days semi for now. Feel free to re-request again if things start to get out of hand. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:02, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, appreciate it! :) Garchy (talk) 20:18, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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Hey MusikAnimal, I just wanted to let you know that I found a typo in line 153 of User:MusikAnimal/responseHelper.js. Have a nice day, MJ94 (talk) 22:54, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! — MusikAnimal ^talk 02:32, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

16:29, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi there,

Running into some problems creating new accounts - I was granted user rights. Please advise.

Thanks!

John jtsimons89 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtsimons89 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

@Jtsimons89: Are you sure you're using Special:Login/signup while logged in? Your user creation log appears to be empty. — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:01, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Why did you delete our article? Speedy deletion criteria G11, G12 are cited, but I doubt our page had "unambiguous copyright infringement." I'd like to get it back online ASAP. Worldaffairssf (talk) 17:53, 10 June 2015 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=World+Affairs+Council+of+Northern+California&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=

(talk page stalker)@Worldaffairssf: It isn't "your article", it's an article about your organisation on Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Also, I'm going to guess the main reason was because you just copied all the content off your website, which is why it was promotional, not neutral tone and also a copyright violation, per WP:COPYVIO. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:58, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: Actually, I didn't put the page up, so your right, not "my article", but an article about an organization with interested parties who want to know the article was deleted. Nobody copied "all the content" off the website, or it would have been a ridiculously long article. I don't know exactly what was on the page, but according to @MusikAnimal:, too much of the article was copied from the website's about page. Thank you, @MusikAnimal:, for politely and thoroughly explaining what was wrong with the article! I don't have plans to write an article for the company (i.e. managing the conflict of interest), but couldn't figure out how else to find out what the issue was with the article. Thanks again for your help.

It is an edit war between multiple editors. 213.229.101.59 (talk) 18:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Full protection seems appropriate given there's three or four confirmed users involved. Edit war hasn't been going on very long, though, so I went with a mere 12 hours. Thanks for the report — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:42, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi, would you be able to advise who the editor who created this page was. There is a ticket in one of the OTRS queues relating to this and someone impersonating (I hope) a user off-wiki. Amortias (T)(C) 19:42, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

No need to worry about this already been dealt with now. Amortias (T)(C) 21:38, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

FYI. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/David_Beals --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:42, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Either way the external link is clearly inappropriate. They've been warned, and continued to edit war. Blocked for 31 hours. — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like we collided. I had just sent him off for perpetuity, but you won out. Let's see what happens when/if he returns. Favonian (talk) 22:02, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes indefinitely is probably a better fit. Had I deemed it as advertising-only I would indef, but I don't think they're link spamming for HGTV, as if they were hired by them or something. The link is just inappropriately placed and clearly not being used as a reference to some content. The user name makes it seem like single-purpose but maybe they're just truly a big fan of living room designs... which is maybe assuming too much good faith... Tag on the edit warring and it seemed like just normal disruptive editing. Basically it's probably David Beals. — MusikAnimal ^talk 22:08, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

In which case he'll definitely be back. Lock-and-load! Favonian (talk) 22:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Read this webpage about Christ Gospel. It explains how the leadership is extremely controlling. http://the-messenger-of-god.blogspot.com/2011/01/religious-cults.html June 12 201550.5.29.82 (talk) 16:10, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Blogs are not acceptable as references, we need something more reliable. I also think using the term "cult" is just too subjective or contentious to begin with. "Denomination" is accurate and more neutral, which we should aim to maintain. — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:50, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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	For your work implementing blocking and notifications into Twinkle. Well-done S Philbrick(Talk) 15:26, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you!!! Glad to see people are enjoying it — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:33, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, MusikAnimal .. It would be a handy option for an editor with the "revert" tool to be able to leave a message in a message box whenever the editor uses the revert tool. Currently, the "undo" tool allows for a message in a message box, but the revert tool does not allow for a message. Occasionally, when myself and other editors find ourselves having to use revert, we would like to be able to leave a message to explain why we reverted an edit, but we cannot leave a message because revert doesn't have that option. If you agree that having this option would be a good idea, please see what you can do to possibly contact the needed people who can make it happen. Thank you. Johnsmith2116 (talk) 18:23, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Johnsmith2116, sorry for the late reply! If by revert tool you mean rollback, than the inability to add your own edit summary is intentional. Rollback is meant to be a quick reversion of blatant vandalism, almost "procedural reverts", if you will. Anything else (with some exceptions) rollback should not be used. Twinkle and undo both offer the ability to use an edit summary. Hope this helps! — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:19, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

15:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

bob fitrakis page had major deletions

The page subject was fully aware of the page as it was and is the editor of the Columbus Free Press. He is a lawyer and has no contention as too copyrighted material from his paper to this page.

Please give me a heads up of what I can do to restore it. I am in contact with Dr. Fitrakis if you need any other permissions.

Stephen Caruso Dael4 (talk) 22:45, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

@Dael4: The copyrighted information was removed in accordance with policy, simply for legal reasons. If you are the copyright owner, you will need to either make the material available under a license compatible with Wikipedia, or donate it for use on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information. Hope this helps! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:54, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Restore temporary semi + rev-del please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NQ (talk • contribs)

 Done — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:34, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Hello, are you the one who made the artice. "Transition economy"? Because if you did, then what you wrote is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Genuine comrade (talk • contribs) 17:03, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Genuine comrade: No, I did not create that article. You can see who contributed to the article by looking at the page history. Now, if you feel the information is incorrect, that is fine, but you should blank the page entirely. Instead, why not try to improve it? The better practice when you have concerns about an article is to discuss them on talk page. There other contributors to the article can chime in and together we can fix whatever is wrong. Thanks for your understanding, and let me know if you need help! — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:06, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, can you tell whoever made the article, to talk to me? Tell him that the concept is wrong. I am new here, but I know the article is wrong. Because a "Transition" economy is a situation in which you can change your economic system from one type to any other type, not necessarily from planned to market. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Genuine comrade (talk • contribs) 17:13, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Genuine comrade: No sole person made the article. It, like the rest of the wiki, is a collaborative effort with many authors working together. Once again the article's talk page is the place to express your concerns. That is the best way to get in touch with other contributors to the article. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:18, 15 June 2015 (UTC)