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Standing stone and Menhir

Sorry about this. I dopily put up Menhir yesterday, forgetting we already had Standing stone [=synonym]. So I've shifted the Menhir content to Standing stone, and substituted a redirect (which should have been there in the first place). Macdonald-ross (talk) 11:38, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for template import

Could someone import the template en:Template:Star Fox series here? I've been creating articles on Star Fox games lately, so I think it'll be useful for those articles. Thank you. Lugia2453 (talk) 01:14, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Osiris (talk) 01:29, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Flood flag?

I'm going to work on fixing links to dab pages for a while. If an admin would like me to use the flood flag for that, you can give it to me and I'll re-log on. If not, that's fine, too. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 22:01, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I guess nobody was around. Do you still want it? Osiris (talk) 05:47, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not now, thanks. I just kept working anyway. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:57, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Minecraft article

The article on the game Minecraft has some "troll" comments. The ones I've noticed so far were in the History branch (wrong date, disinformation, foul langage (quoting: "shitty graphics")), a "your mum" joke in the NPC branch and the "Adventurer" game mode. Please look into this. I'm a person who can take a joke, but since simple wikipedia is made partially for children, such comments do NOT belong here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.75.56.191 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for letting us know. I've reverted the vandalism and should be clear now. Regards, Kennedy (talk) 22:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

please userfy inappropriately-placed sandbox

Please userfy Talk:Heisenberg's uncertainty principle/Uncertainty sandbox to the userspace of the user who has been working on it. That is not the right place for working on an article. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am seeing what looks like sly link addition in the edits of ExtraBart. Especially in the new articles there is always a spam link. I fixed one article, but after seeing others like that it seems that someone needs to shake a bigger stick. Billinghurst (talk) 02:26, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is it always the same link that is added? - I looked at two or three edits of the user, and they look ok to me...?--Eptalon (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like they are using commercial and marketing websites as references. Often home pages. Needs closer inspection. Osiris (talk) 23:57, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel?

Some admin might want to RevDel this perhaps? --Snow Blizzard 15:30, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If something should be RevDel'd don't post a link to it on a noticeboard or simple talk etc. Email the admins or an oversighter so you don't publicise it. :) -DJSasso (talk) 15:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Fine, I'll do as you say next time though I think this gets a more immediate response (and since the content will be RevDeleted anyway, nobody will be able to see it anyway). --Snow Blizzard 15:49, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I saw it only because you pointed it out here. Anyone with this page watched got it pointed out in big bold letters at the same time any admin would have been alerted to the problem. --Creol(talk) 16:17, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit → change

Hello, could an administrator please change MediaWiki:Wikibase-editlinks per the headline? Thanks.  Hazard-SJ  ✈  02:09, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Osiris (talk) 02:34, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hide change

Hello. Can an administrator please suppress 15:36, 4 May 2013‎ and my edit(s) on User talk:7mike5000 please? Because there has been profanic terrible vandalism, so this should be suppressed. Thanks. (But please do not remove my comment.) curtaintoad | chat me! 09:07, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing there that needs to be suppressed or even deleted. Wikipedia is not censored, and profanity is not something that warrants deletion. Please read WP:RD. Osiris (talk) 09:18, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
CT, I reverted your removal of those comments. They didn't fit the definition of a personal attack, plus we shouldn't be removing a user's comments from his own talk page. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:36, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mythdon

Hey folks,

As you may have noticed, Mythdon has requested an unblock. He is blocked, and as far as I can tell, was never officially banned. However, with the block taking place so far in the past, I'm looking for opinions. Reading the statement provided, I am willing to lift the block. Thoughts? --Gordonrox24 | Talk 05:20, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't going to comment, since I'm not familiar with the user's history -- but since nobody else has done so, I'd say you should go ahead with unblocking. The appeal is well-formed, there is no evidence of any other disruption and the user has certainly done their time. Osiris (talk) 13:51, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Osiris pretty much sums up what I wish to say. It should be alright. Chenzw  Talk  14:04, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved. By Eptalon. Chenzw  Talk  14:06, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation here, taken from here. Thanks, --Snow Blizzard 17:27, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Import request

Would an admin please import en:Template:Ancient Egyptian religion footer? Thank you. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:11, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weth

Please create-protect the above page. It has been repeatedly re-created. curtaintoad | chat me! 06:22, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done for 2 weeks. Chenzw  Talk  08:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request to move page over redirect

Would someone please move Edit to Editor? Reasons:

  • The page is in fact disambiguating "editor", not "edit"
  • A noun is a better page name than the verb

Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Large number of redirects being created for no specific reason

Would your excellencies please take take a look at the large number of redirect pages being created by User:Curtaintoad? Although they don't cause a specific problem other than clogging the new pages list, I don't think these redirects are needed on this scale. I have been trying to get the user to explain why he is creating them, but the only thing he says is that he is trying to "improve the wiki". Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 10:52, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure what MOS says, but a link which works like cats ([[cat]]s) is also a valid way of linking. Apart from that, redirects are cheap, but I personally don't like a situation in which someone goes on a redirect creation spree where there is questionable demand for those redirects. Chenzw  Talk  11:06, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The reason why I created those redirects is because per en.wiki (though I know en.wiki is not simple.wiki, or should I say it if correct or not), there are lots of redirects over there to pages -- like the ones that I have done, with plural titles. Is this a valid reason? curtaintoad | chat me! 21:52, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not really. The software already automatically allows for plural links. Once in awhile creating a redirect that is a plural is one thing. But doing mass creation of hundreds of them is bad. -DJSasso (talk) 01:19, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AWB access

Could an administrator please look at [1]; we need this permission so Rich can get on with something we are doing. Rcsprinter123 (talk) 09:14, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well he hasn't been granted it because he hasn't detailed the "plan" that you elude to. Unlike en we don't just give out AWB to anyone who wants it. -DJSasso (talk) 13:46, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bot to archive/delete DYK items...

Hello community,

just wanted to let you know that I am in the process of developing a bot to automatically archive/delete stale items on TDYK. I have successfully tested the bot on a local copy of TDYK, and wanted to inquire if anybody is interested in getting the bot to fetch the page from the wiki, and to paste the update? --Eptalon (talk) 13:59, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User just back from block for not simplifying attributing, is at it again

User:Jani Ortiz has created new articles that appear to be derived from enwiki. Some text has been removed, but the text that remains has not been simplified, and there is no attribution. I leave it to your excellencies whether to take any action. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request to move page over redirect (Indian)

Please move Indian (disambiguation) to Indian, leaving behind a redirect. This will eliminate double redirects, plus it's more standard to have "Foo (disambiguation)" linking to "Foo" than the other way around. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:49, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Osiris (talk) 02:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mind doing a few more?

I probably could have found more, but Special:Disambiguations cuts off at 5000 entries. Thanks again. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:28, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, those are all done. Osiris (talk) 07:35, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again! --Auntof6 (talk) 07:44, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon Rap 221

Given the users choice of information, edit style and article selection, a checkuser request is almost certainly going to end in a wp:Duck reply so I brought this here (although a CU may be needed to check for socks):

Abuse of multiple accounts to evade a block: Hissrap1999 (talk · contribs) (indef blocked account)

--Creol(talk) 11:46, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done And now he has learned to mess around on wikidata... Chenzw  Talk  12:05, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked Drangon Rap221 on Wikidata, but you may want to request a lock at m:SRG. --Rschen7754 04:47, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Importer / Import request

Hi guys! Could I please either be granted the importer right (or be pointed to the page I should ask on). Or could a lovely admin please import meta:Template:User toolserver and meta:Template:User labs to the same name on simple please :) ·addshore· talk to me! 08:28, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've imported them from enwiki if that works for you just as well...? Osiris (talk) 09:43, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yep! Thanks! :) ·addshore· talk to me! 20:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for flood flag

I'm taking on the confusion in the athletes and sportspeople categories, especially for American people. It's requiring changing categories on a lot of articles. Would an admin care to give me the flood flag for this? --Auntof6 (talk) 22:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Peterdownunder (talk) 00:28, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'm finally finished! Whoever would like to can remove the flood flag now. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Flood flag

Hey I want flood flag cause I'm gonna make huge amount of User page edit. The amount will be 1000+. So I think it'll be unnecessary that my userpage edits goes to Special New Changes. Can any admin grant that. For your confirmation I'm a vandal fighter in 6-7 wikis. So I won't vandalize this wiki. Thanks in advance.--Pratyya (Hello!) 10:35, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What user page edits do you intend to make? Chenzw  Talk  10:42, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My userpage edit. I can give you some example. like I'm going to create 300+ userbox and also some other technical userpage thing.Hope answered your question--Pratyya (Hello!) 10:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
 On hold Personally, I would deny this request because the flood flag was not intended for such mass edits. However, because policy remains rather vague on this, I will keep this request open for now.
A few more points/questions:
  • Userboxes may not be created in the Template namespace. Please keep userboxes in your userspace.
  • What "technical userpage thing" are you doing? Rather, are you doing something to your userpage? If so, why would you need to be making 700+ edits to your userpage (1000-300=700)? Chenzw  Talk  12:05, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Chenzw. These don't sound like minor repetitive edits, and since you're not likely to be using any kind of automated tools I doubt you'd be going fast enough to flood RecentChanges. Osiris (talk) 12:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah in no way would this be appropriate for the flood flag. Not even sure why you would create 300+ userboxes. I would highly caution against doing so. -DJSasso (talk) 14:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm now a kind of busy, I'll respond to these questions tomorrow, So keep this on hold till that time.--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:37, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Now I'm answering all the questions.
  • Ques no1-- I'll not create templates. I'll create userboxes and they'll be like User:Pratyya Ghosh/Example
  • Ques no2-- I think you missed 1 thing. I said 300+. Not said 300. So it can be 400+ too. I can't be sure. I have a notebook for userboxes. Also I have three themes. Normal Theme, Summer Theme and Winter Theme. So this needs many userpage templates, not template UserPage Templates to be created which I haven't created in this wiki. I just created the normal theme which is too incomplete. And If you visit my English Wiki subpages you'll see a lot of them.
  • Now Answer Question for DJ-- Have you ever visited my userpage? If yes, then I beleive you saw how many userboxes are there in my page. And If no, then visit today.

--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But again, what "technical userpage thing" are you doing? And please mind your language - you sound like you are interrogating DJ. Chenzw  Talk  14:22, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I didn't mean that. Anyway I'm giving you 5 example

*{{User:Pratyya Ghosh/Top icons}} {{User:Pratyya Ghosh/Display}} {{User:Pratyya Ghosh/Navbar}} {{User:Pratyya Ghosh/Pagestyle}} {{User:Pratyya Ghosh/Tablestyle}}

Watch these you'll understand.--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:29, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Approved. Mass edits to own userspace. Chenzw  Talk  14:33, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. This work'll be done within 48 hours I think, but can take more. And in this time I'll not make any article edits.--Pratyya (Hello!) 14:37, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, I will have to remove the flood flag when I go offline, because I will then no longer be able to review your edits. If/when the flag is removed and you need it again, please let another administrator know either here, on their user talk, or in the IRC channel. Instructions for connecting to the IRC channel are here. Do note that administrators reserve the right to not grant you the flood flag if they are not willing/have no time to review your edits. Chenzw  Talk  14:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll come here after 20-24 hours. So if you are online that time you can grant them again that time. Anyway when I'm online again and don't see the flag I'll notify you about this.--Pratyya (Hello!) 15:02, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IP van

Reporting this edit. --Alex’s SeaSide 17:42, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, as the person has already been blocked. But, it still requires admin's attention... --Alex’s SeaSide 17:44, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
For future reference, vandalism is reported at WP:VIP, not here. The process for dealing with vandalism is explained at WP:VANDALISM.--Auntof6 (talk) 21:44, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: deleted content & enWP

Can I get an admin to look into this request and reply appropriately? I haven't been an admin in a while. Your expeditiousness in looking into this manner is appreciated. Griffinofwales (talk) 23:42, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did I do something wrong?

I see that change summaries were removed from two edits I made today to User talk:Oregonian2012. Please tell me if I did something wrong -- I don't remember putting anything inappropriate in an edit summary. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:37, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't, don't worry. There was a personal attack made by Oregonian2012. I will follow up on his user talk. Chenzw  Talk  03:38, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks for the reply. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tish Cyrus

Resolved.

Per a note on the enwiki help desk [2], could someone keep an eye on Tish Cyrus (see history) and make appropriate protections/revision deletions? I've undone the vandalism. Acroterion (talk) 22:18, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Aaqib, So? How many vandals have committed vandalism on the following page? --Aaqib Talk!| Hola! 00:39, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the report, Acroterion. I have hidden the revision. Osiris (talk) 04:36, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Aaqib: I just want to put it on the record that I have no idea what you are trying to mean. Please see WP:REVDEL. Chenzw  Talk  06:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request to move Vascular Dementia over redirect

Please move Vascular Dementia over its redirect Vascular dementia so that the title will be in lower case. Let me know if you'd like me to do the Wikidata update afterward. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:45, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done, main article now with lowercase. Please update Wikidata links... --Eptalon (talk) 09:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Wikidata is updated. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:38, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interaction ban between Oregonian2012 and MySweetMelissa

In light of recent events (context) and from the personal attack that Oregonian2012 has made (edit has since been suppressed by Peterdownunder), I have placed him on an interaction ban. Please refer to this edit for more details. Administrators may use their own discretion to interpret the term "articles that have been recently edited by her" and to issue further sanctions (ie. blocks, protection) if the conditions of the ban are violated. Chenzw  Talk  03:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This was a good call. Does this include commenting about her? Whether or not, he should also be formally warned that another personal attack like that will likely result in a block. Osiris (talk) 03:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was actually considering that too, but I worry that it will end up being too wide a sanction because legitimate discussions do take place sometimes on project-wide discussion pages (ST). WP:NPA should be able to cover that, though. Chenzw  Talk  04:01, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(before I forget) He has been warned by Auntof6 already, but that warning has been suppressed from the page history due to another personal attack by Oregonian, ironically. Chenzw  Talk  04:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, lovely. Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. Osiris (talk) 04:17, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Haven't looked at the attacks but if Peter and Chenzw feel it was bad enough to suppress I think this is probably a good idea. I also agree that on a wiki this small banning them from the same discussion on ST would be a bit much. As long as no attacks are made it should work fine. -DJSasso (talk) 11:39, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Another thing Oregonian does is he nominates articles for deletion which, sometimes are a clear keep.The user does not follow WP:BEFORE when proposing RFD.Reception123 / Receptie123 (talk) 14:58, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That isn't a big issue. It is just a waste of time. -DJSasso (talk) 15:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is a drain on other editor's time. I do think, though, that "clear keep" is a matter of opinion. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Sad to say, I believe this restriction was violated with this edit. --Auntof6 (talk) 15:36, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that was done in good faith; Oregonian added a category to an article MySweetMelissa edited before. How do you define "interaction"?--Eptalon (talk) 17:59, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In this case, I define it the way Chenzw did in the ban notice, which said "This interaction ban applies to her user talk as well as articles that have been recently edited by her." That page had been recently edited by MySweetMelissa. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The interaction ban is designed to prevent edit warring/conflict. I do not think this edit creates any difficulties at all.--Peterdownunder (talk) 06:04, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I would modify the ban to say can't modify or add/remove content that was recently added or removed by the other. -DJSasso (talk) 13:11, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. That was the original intention, and I am sorry for allowing it to have been interpreted this widely. On a another note, if about a month passes by without further violations/incidents occurring, I think it would be safe to lift this interaction ban. Chenzw  Talk  13:23, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Two Issues with Simple English Wikipedia

Hi, I think the Simple English Wikipedia needs to start a massive bot work, which will place the original English Wikipedia language link on top of every "in other languages" wiki page here. It's absurd that people using this wikipedia will have to struggle to find its sister site. Any thought/suggestions about the matter? Also, even though this wiki has reached 100,000 articles, it still appears as if it only has over 10,000 here. Thanks, Yambaram (talk) 02:16, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of keeping this topic in one place, please see Talk:Main Page#Two Issues with Simple English Wikipedia for this discussion. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:13, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive user

I think it is time to put some brakes on user:24.218.110.195, but better done by someone other than me. He never listens to anything said, and is very aggressive. His record on English wiki suggests he will not change his behaviour. He has smothered the geology period pages with templates, and on such as Ediacaran the open template completely dominates the page. If the templates were all a) set closed, and b) at the bottom of the page, they would at least be tolerable. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:28, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have weighed in on the editor's talk page. Let's keep it over there for now, and come back here when the disruption gets worse. Chenzw  Talk  13:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've already shrunken the width the templates to the most narrow width as possible. All of those templates on the top right corner are as narrow as it can get. 24.218.110.195 (talk) 00:40 21 June 2013 (UTC) 8:40pm 06/20/2013 EDT.
But not narrow enough - objections have already been raised over this, so go and talk to the objecting editor. Do note that further edit warring will result in a block from editing. Chenzw  Talk  03:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template import request

Could someone important the template en:Template:Jeopardy! here? I think it'll be useful for the Jeopardy!-related pages, considering that I've done some lately. Thanks. Lugia2453 (talk) 21:42, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done--Peterdownunder (talk) 21:58, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oregonian

I notice this user is continually removing material from his talk page, material which was placed there by others. It goes way beyond normal tidying-up. Do we have an opinion about this? I don't think a talk page is a user's sole property. See, for example, the almost immediate removal of the template placed by Kennedy. Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:29, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are allowed to remove anything at any time from your talk page. It is considered acknowledgement of having read it. The only time you are not allowed to is when its a block notice or an unblock notice while you are actively blocked. That being said being that the block is only 24 hours I wouldn't get to hung up on him having removed the block notice. -DJSasso (talk) 11:59, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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