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Odd situation with vanished user

Hi Wizardman, I encountered an odd situation today. Laurencebeck (talk · contribs) was automatically registered on 29 April 2013 and shows contributions starting from May 2013 up to today. However, his talk page redirects to User talk:Vanished user kweiru239aqwijur3, who supposedly "vanished" on 29 April 2013 [1]. From their contributions they appear to be the same editor, who has obviously not vanished. The question is, do I contact Laurencebeck on User talk:Vanished user kweiru239aqwijur3? Will he see it there? Voceditenore (talk) 05:54, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Good-day to you Voceditenore and Wizardman,
I discovered the maze of various levels of allowed knowledge in Wikipedia variously between the lowest vandalism through to Wiki bureaucracy . The tit-for-tatting at the mere typing of a key was so far from safe and responsible behaviour towards fact that I requested through the proper channel to be relieved of the notations of my contributions. And that was effected. Talk pages, tho, still required retention of identification.
There was recently an across various tables quibble about a wikilink from Norman Lebrecht page
to a wikilinked page which can be viewed in the history.
Voceditenore makes one revision —(Per WP:MOS - no links inside quotes) (undo | thank) "no links inside quotes".
Consulting WP:MOS - linking - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MOS#Linking
the guidance is " As much as possible, avoid linking from within quotes "
Using one of the basic words in language so suddenly on a page given to a musicologist makes for either difficult or dismissive reading. To at once broaden the triteness of the statement and to take measure that the word for the Wikireader has the encyclopedia's reference I put the link.
regards and thank you . . --Laurencebeck (talk) 00:13, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Just to comment on Voce's point, it does seem that the two are the same user. Since said user did not vanish and started editing a week later, the best move would perhaps be a history merge. To comment on Laurence's point, if you didn't feel this was responsible behavior and needed to vanish, then I'm utterly confused as to returning to the username a mere week later. Wizardman 01:26, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
For the moment, I have removed the redirect on User talk:Laurencebeck to leave a 3RR warning suggesting that he discuss this issue at Talk:Norman Lebrecht (he has now reverted 3 different editors in the last 24 hours). Best, Voceditenore (talk) 04:30, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
The edits to the user talk page have been merged and a notice placed on the new talk page advising the vanishing has been rescinded (as far as possible). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 02:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Discussion about the deletion of Business Ministry .

Hi Wizardman, I am a new Wikipedia contributor. I had published the page about Business Ministry. But you have deleted my page under G11 tag. I don think it was an advertisement for anything. I used the references from a book. Although you have deleted the page, I request you to restore the page, so that I can optimize the facts, remove anything that represent the page as an advertisement. Looking for your kind response on that issue. Thank you for your valuable time.Eragon.raju (talk) 07:24, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

I have been an arbitrator for too long

I sent you an email about a potential RFA candidate - and then added a subject line about RFAR. So...ummm....just making sure that you don't blame the potential candidate for my brain freeze.  :-) Risker (talk) 05:40, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

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Ecstatic love for Krishna

Can you please explain more detailed why the page Ecstatic love for Krishna was deleted. The reason for deletion was provided as G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement. The article was written in own words and listed the features of Ecstatic love for Krishna which are described in ISKCON holy scriptures. Ecstatic love for Krishna is the highest spiritual state in ISKCON organization, ecstatic love for Krishna is the ultimate goal for ISKCON members which means that ecstatic love for Krishna has encyclopedic importance. Why this article was ascribed as Unambiguous copyright infringement? What needs to be fixed in this article? Omnidexterous (talk) 14:36, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Question re. Epeefleche's CCI

Hey Wizardman, I was just looking into the CCI for Epeefleche and I noticed that the second article listed mentions that he made two edits to the page, both of which were major. However, when I used Scottywong's User Contribution Search, it actually listed out 18 edits. Is this an oversight, or is there a reason why his CCI does not mention the entirety of his contribution history at the article? Kurtis (talk) 09:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

The contribution surveyor lists only edits that add more than 150 bytes and aren't reverts. Furthermore, some of the diffs might already have been reviewed. MER-C 12:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
What MER-C said, plus any edits post-2011 he's made won't be factored in since that was after the CCI opened. Wizardman 20:06, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Good Article Recruitment

Hey Wizardman, I was just taking a look at everyone's recruitments and noticed that yours seems to have come to a stop. Did buffbills drop-out?--Dom497 (talk) 14:06, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 July 2013

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Your GA nomination of Weldy Walker

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Your GA nomination of Joe Tipton

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Requested Articles

Hi! I am trying to reinvigorate Wikipedia:WikiProject Requested Articles, which, if I get enough pointers that there is some interest, I will re-design, with a design similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors, involving drives, to decrease the number of articles listed in the various subpages, and blue link blitzes, involving editors removing all created pages. I am planning, with sufficient interest, to make requested articles 'stricter', i.e. you have to provide two reliable sources, and write a short note explaining why the requested article is notable. There would be a reward system, involving adapted barnstars, similar to the Guild of Copy Editors have here and here. If you have any questions about my aim, or want to indicate that you would sign up to the WikiProject, please say so on my talk page. Thanks! Matty.007 16:26, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

thanks

for blocking that IP, but he's hopping elsewhere - he showed up here Special:Contributions/198.228.201.163. Would it be worth blocking that IP too? --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 20:27, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to see your note

Hi Wizardman, I was sorry to see your note that you're considering retirement. It seems like there's been an inordinate amount of hoopla lately in meta areas, but I hope that you'll be able to find some quiet corners like Weldy Walker that still seem worthwhile. I've always enjoyed reading your GA contributions and would sorry to see them go. But whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best.-- Khazar2 (talk) 17:06, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Strongly seconded. The bottom line is that content contributions, particularly outside the occasional overtly contentious topic-areas, endure long after the daily sturm-und-dramas are forgotten. If there is some particular aspect of the project that is making you unhappy, stay away from that aspect. (You've already displayed your ability to do that when you decided you'd had enough arbitrating.) Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:28, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm ignorant as to exactly which sturm-und-dramas may have been a problem, but what I do remember about Wizardman is their extensive contributions in an extremely important area where not enough other Wikipedians help. (One might consider it sewage-clearance-und-dramas.) There are many aspects that would be missed if you chose to leave. I would prefer you remained even if you completely changed your approach or chose to avoid certain areas. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 19:06, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the notes. Alas, pretty much everything outside of article-writing (restarting my project felt nice) has been a royal pain lately, all for different reasons so it's not like I can point to one thing and argue about that. I might as well try to refocus solely on article-writing for the time being. Wish I could just make all the people causing the drama do that as well, that's kinda the point of this encyclopedia :) Wizardman 15:26, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Possible Bwmoll issue

Hey Wizardman. I just created this article from material on this page when I was slapped with a copyright violation tag from Madmanbot. I looked back to see what user added the material, and it appears as though Bwmoll3 (talk · contribs) is responsible for the material added throughout the page. Before I ask them what's up, as I suspect that they also added copyrighted material from here in this edit, although the Internet Archive isn't showing anything making a link. Do you think I should pursue this further, as I suspect that if there is one instance, there are probably more. Thanks! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:19, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I've responded on my talk page, just so you are aware. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:23, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I just placed some more evidence there, including proof on Walnut Ridge. Should we go ahead and contact Brent, or file a CCI, because I think we could easily focus in a few years and go with that. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:38, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Wendy (webseries)

Hello Wizardman. Would you please userfy this deleted article for me? I'm going to see if I can hunt some additional sources for it and would like to see if anything can be done to have it restored in future. If I should make this request somewhere else just point me in the right direction. Thank you. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:44, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much for you assistance. Much appreciated. Have a great week. Candleabracadabra (talk) 19:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Did you know/Good Article RfC

Hi, I think you asked me to notify you when this started, sorry I hadn't got round to it.--Gilderien Talk|List of good deeds 19:09, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 July newsletter

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Once again...

...you were too fast for me : )

I was in the process of undoing with an edit summary of "housekeeping". (Since I saw your (re-)close of the RfA.) - jc37 18:24, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

WP:Requests for adminship/Incnis Mrsi

Recently you closed my RfA without citing any policy, guideline, or expressing specific concerns about it. I am accustomed to rows of “oppose” votes and this would not cause me to collapse. Can you either undo your closure or, at least, add a statement that unambiguously expresses your position, in a rôle of a WP:bureaucrat, about the incident? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Well WP:SNOW is usually a normal way of expressing the fact that a proposal has no chance whatsoever of succeeding so it's better to call it quits rather than flog the pony. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Another bureau, good… Can anybody of bureaucrats (Wizardman, The Rambling Man, or else) add a closing statement explaining that continuation of the RfA is undesirable? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:53, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
The closing statement said per SNOW didn't it? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:54, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
I added a link to WP:NOTNOW, which explains the early close and the rationale better than the SNOW link would. Wizardman 18:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) I don't think this is a NOTNOW case, the editor has 9,000 edits here, plus he is trusted with the global rollback tool. I believe Incnis Mrsi should be given a chance to at least respond before the RFA was closed. Secret account 18:59, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2013

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How are things?

Hi : )

How's it going for you these days? I don't think you and I have talked in ages : ) - jc37 17:34, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Hey, things are going well over here. Been focusing on article writing rather than drama of late which has been a nice change of pace. You? Wizardman 17:38, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
Nod, sounds nice, (until the drama finds you...) after writing that, I re-read it in another "tone", and it had a decidedly Yakov Smirnov "sound" to it lol
I've been semi-wikibreaking off and on for a bit, mostly due to real life (tm) intervening. All too often in the past few months I have been somewhere where I was less-than-comfortable signing in, so I've been reading more, and editing less. But hopefully that has changed of late : )
There's a decent chance I may be writing up a new community-wide proposal soon. We'll see.
How about you? Any overall discussions I may have missed in the interim that you think I might be interested in? - jc37 20:27, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

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Good Article Recruitment

Hello. I would like to learn how to review Good Articles and was wondering if you'd be willing to recruit me. Thanks, --1ST7 (talk) 18:36, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

RfA reopening

I hope you don't feel that I'm undermining you. Your closure was pretty much standard operating procedure, but if the candidate does not think his RfA was open quite long enough, we might as well give it a little longer. AutomaticStrikeout  ?  02:31, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Oops, thanks for fixing that Mfield (Oi!) 03:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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Two things

So, I talked to Brent, and he has agreed to fix what was brought up, although I don't know if he's going to go ahead and clean up any more. Tonight, while I was searching Commons for an image by Leslie Jones, I ran into Richard Arthur Norton's uploads of his works on Commons, claiming free license, when none of the images on Flickr are under that one. Should we go about adding those as well to the CCI? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:42, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 07 August 2013

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Recruit me! :D

Hi, please can you recruit me for the good article to teach me how to review nominations for good article status? Thank you :D Kadzi (talk) 12:44, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk:The Hole (Scientology)/GA2

Wizardman, I was wondering whether you could delete this page, and fix the article's talk page so the review is cancelled. The reviewer threw in the towel over a month ago. Since you know GAN, you'll know that this can safely be deleted, but it isn't so unambiguous to the layman admin that I felt I could put a d6 or d7 on it. Thanks for taking care of it. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:13, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Deleted Wizardman 00:56, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:02, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Request

Every few weeks I'll see something like "00:23, April 22, 2013 Wizardman (talk | contribs) deleted page Template:WPRAIL (G6: Housekeeping and routine (non-controversial) cleanup)". Please do not delete those templates, I use them. Thanks, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:24, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 14 August 2013

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Username change

Can you please change my username? Link → Vijay [talk] 21:23, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Bound (Star Trek: Enterprise)/GA1

Wizardman, I was wondering if you could take a look and decide whether this unbegun review should simply be deleted, and the nomination put back in the pool, or if it should remain active.

Viriditas opened the review on August 5, and nothing had yet been done on it when 25 hours later Viriditas was blocked for three months. it seems to me that rather than this being a Second Opinion matter, deleting the review page and starting fresh is probably the way to go. I'll let you decide what you think is best. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:30, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

That's been deleted; having the second opinion tag stay there might take longer than putting it back in the queue even. Wizardman 15:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:28, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

WP:FOUR RFC

There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:45, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

FA Thanks

This user helped promote Tommy Amaker to featured article status.

Thanks for your editorial contributions to Tommy Amaker, which has recently become a WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello Wizardman. Concerns were raised by another editor on Talk:LGBT rights under international law that the corresponding article is at least partly plagiarized. I confirmed this, identified at least one source of the copying, blanked the page, and reported the problem to Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 August 21. However, as this article is the subject of an ongoing RFC on the content (which I initiated), I was wondering if I might persuade you, as an uninvolved WP:CP volunteer, to verify the problem and, if possible, to process the investigation at your earliest convenience. The copyright issues need to be sorted before the discussion can proceed, but as I'm already participating in said discussion I shouldn't be the one determining what text must be removed.

If you don't have time that's fine; I could ask someone else (maybe User:MER-C or User:Moonriddengirl). —Psychonaut (talk) 16:31, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll take an in-depth look tonight or tomorrow. On a surface skim, the heavy block quote usage in the article is a red flag to me, and if the non-blockquote parts are copyright violations, then we do have major problems there. Wizardman 21:58, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks. If you can get the copyright issues out of the way then those of us participating in the RFC can get back to discussing whether and how the remaining content needs to be improved. —Psychonaut (talk) 22:46, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

GA Thanks

This user helped promote Joe Tipton to good article status.

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks for your editorial contributions to Joe Tipton, which has recently become a WP:GA.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:15, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Why remove the comment?

It was addressed at Sphilbrick and other administrators who standby and do nothing. Secondly, TRM's edit summaries can't be retracted. He's not fit to be an administrator around here. For approximately a month he has been attacking me and nobody wants to do anything or make excuses....William 22:23, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:CHU/S#I Jethrobot → I JethroBT

Hey Wizardman-- I'm sorry if I'm a bother, but could you review my CHU request above if you have some time? I have no idea if this is a time-consuming thing to do for editors who have several thousand edits, but it's somewhat inconvenient for me to be globally logged off right now (which is what the notice on CHU/S recommends I be doing). I'll be watching this talk page and CHU/S while logged off. Thanks, I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 23:35, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Done, so long as there wasn't any mess ups on another side. All subpages moved as well. Wizardman 02:25, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch! I, JethroBT drop me a line 03:07, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

please userfy "Institute for New Culture Technologies / t0"

hi wizardman, you deleted this article end of july. in the deletion discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Institute_for_New_Culture_Technologies/t0 it was suggested to delete the article and then userfy it on request. could you please move it to my user space, so i can edit it? (i have not created the article - it was created several years ago -, but it seems that i am the user who mainly cares about it at the moment). thank you! Becomingx7 (talk) 14:14, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


The Signpost: 21 August 2013

Wikipedia's gender identity MOS section and its effect on Chelsea Manning was both praised and emulated in the media this week. ... Coverage of the distributed open collaborative course called "Storming Wikipedia" continued this week.
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Chris Cates

Christ Cates retired back in 2011. His article should be deleted. --J.S. http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/chris_cates_823268.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.242.28 (talk) 18:53, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

I agree, but it got kept at AfD in April for some reason, nothing I can do within process. Wizardman 21:42, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 August 2013

Wikipedia's gender identity MOS section and its effect on Chelsea Manning was both praised and emulated in the media this week. ... Coverage of the distributed open collaborative course called "Storming Wikipedia" continued this week.
98 registered participants attended the annual WikiSym+OpenSym conference from August 5-7 at Hong Kong's Cyberport facility.
This week, we secured free admission for WikiProject Amusement Parks, the project dedicated to amusement rides, roller coasters, theme parks, traveling carnivals, and funfairs.
The debt that Wikipedia owes sites like Reddit or Google often goes unacknowledged around here. If the purpose of Wikipedia is to bring knowledge to the world, then it is sites like these that are actually doing it.
The 2013 WikiCup competition is entering its final round. Eleven articles and nine pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), Wikimedia's annual volunteer-driven and the world largest photo contest, is gearing up to be conducted throughout September 2013. The event, originally developed in the Netherlands in 2010, has gone global with 34 countries taking part last and 49 this year.
Wikipedia's traditional image gallery format, produced by the markup, has remained largely unchanged for years. The resulting layout, seen below, does not adapt well to variations in image size, and has been characterized by some critics as aesthetically unappealing.

WikiProject Report

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Good Articles for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Hope you have a great day! -buffbills7701 13:54, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Noted. Looks like a lot of people have already responded and summed up everything that I would be able to add. Wizardman 02:52, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks so much for helping me learn the good article reviewing process. I really appreciate it! --1ST7 (talk) 20:01, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool update

Hey Wizardman. I'm contacting you because you're involved in the Article Feedback Tool in some way, either as a previous newsletter recipient or as an active user of the system. As you might have heard, a user recently anonymously disabled the feedback tool on 2,000 pages. We were unable to track or prevent this due to the lack of logging feature in AFT5. We're deeply sorry for this, as we know that quite a few users found the software very useful, and were using it on their articles.

We've now re-released the software, with the addition of a logging feature and restrictions on the ability to disable. Obviously, we're not going to automatically re-enable it on each article—we don't want to create a situation where it was enabled by users who have now moved on, and feedback would sit there unattended—but if you're interested in enabling it for your articles, it's pretty simple to do. Just go to the article you want to enable it on, click the "request feedback" link in the toolbox in the sidebar, and AFT5 will be enabled for that article.

Again, we're very sorry about this issue; hopefully it'll be smooth sailing after this :). If you have any questions, just drop them at the talkpage. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) 21:28, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 September 2013

After media praise for Wikipedia's decision to move the Bradley Manning article to Chelsea Manning, the reversion of that page move on August 31, after a discussion in which several hundred Wikipedians participated, has so far triggered less favourable feedback, as well as a blog post from Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner expressing her disappointment with the decision.
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The Signpost: 11 September 2013

'The National Law Journal reported on September 9 that lawyer Susan L. Burke has been taking legal steps to discover the identity of Wikipedia editor . Zujua had edited her biography, allegedly adding misleading content about various lawsuits in the process
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Four articles, eight lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
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Discussion over the Manning title dispute was off to a running start as evidence and workshop phases continued in the Bradley/Chelsea Manning naming dispute. The Infoboxes case closed with topic bans for two users, and a recommendation for community discussion of infoboxes.

article "Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0"

hi wizardman, sorry about writing again. you deleted this article end of july. in the deletion discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Institute_for_New_Culture_Technologies/t0 it was suggested to delete the article and then userfy it on request. could you please move it to my sandbox, so i can work on it? i have just edited the article 'Public Netbase', which is closely reletad to t0, and i have collected a lot of links and references to prove t0's 'notability.' so it would be great if i could continue and soon finalize my work on this subject. i don't know if moving the article to my sandbox might cause any problems. if so, could you please tell me, what would be a better/easier way to edit the article and try to bring it back into wikipedia? thank you! Becomingx7 (talk) 08:29, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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Name change

Hi Wizardman. Would it be possible for you to change my name from User:Hillbillyholiday81 to User:Hillbillyholiday (a registered account with no edits). I've always used that as my signature plus I don't like everyone knowing I'm an octogenarian. Thanks! -- Hillbillyholiday talk 14:58, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Islamic Texts Society edit

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Thank you

Thanks a lot for userfying Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0! Becomingx7 (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Slab hut/GA1

Wizardman, it looks like Teb00007 opened this review on August 4, and then disappeared from Wikipedia a week later without actually starting the review proper. Terry created an edit notice that mentions going to a funeral on August 8, though didn't connect it up to the talk page (which I think was the intention). At this point, after over a month, I think the best thing is to delete the review page and update the article talk page to the nomination goes back into the reviewing pool; if you agree, go ahead and do it. Many thanks. (I'm going to see if someone on WT:GAN is interested in taking over the review that was already in progress.) BlueMoonset (talk) 20:39, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Block

As the top person in the deletion log, can you please block User talk:149.68.243.70? AIV is clogged and they're showing no signs of stopping. Many thanks. Jamesx12345 21:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

AE discussion

Your name is mentioned at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Doncram. You may or may not wish to comment. --Orlady (talk) 03:09, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 18 September 2013

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC), the volunteer-led body that evaluates chapter and (for the first time) thematic organizational annual plan grant requests to the Wikimedia Foundation, is preparing for its third round of public proceedings to deliberate on the distribution of several million US dollars of Wikimedia movement funds.
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Thirteen articles, six lists, and five pictures were promoted to "featured" status last week on the English Wikipedia.
In this week's "Technology report", we look at how the growth of Wikidata can benefit Wikipedia. Gerard Meijssen is a highly active contributor and frequent blogger about Wikidata. We asked him to share his thoughts on how the new project benefits Wikipedia.
The top 10 is bookended by unlucky dates, as Friday the 13th fell just after the anniversary of 9/11. Breaking Bad's final season continued to draw attention, while interest in Miley Cyrus's youthful exuberance is fading only slowly.

Hello

Hi there Wizardman, thank you for leaving a message on the talk page I own.

I understand that several editors copied ideas as they've written it. Sometimes, altering any articles such as this one: Pringdale Gardens Junior Public School would've been rewritten to avoid copyrighted issues.

Once again, thank you for the message. If you have any questions, leave my message on the talk page.
FreshCorp619 (talk) 21:18, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Wizardman. I see that you deleted my page on Beyond Budgeting for copyright infirngement. I used the terms Beyond Budgeting, Beyond Budgeting Round Table and Empower and Adapt, which MadmanBot said were copied from www.bbrt.org/bey-bud.html. The copyright for this web site is owned by Beyond Budgeting Association Ltd of which I am a Director. Hence I am using terms form our own web site. Also the terms used are in common usage in various blogs, web sites, books and articles. How can I create a page on Beyond Budgeting without you or others deleting it?

Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pbunce (talk • contribs) 15:27, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For the thousands of copyright issues you have reviewed and cleaned. The work is tedious; the rewards are small; the need is enormous. Your dedication is recognized and much admired. Moonriddengirl (talk) 10:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 September 2013

Over the last year, there's been extensive debate about whether public relations professionals and other corporate representatives should participate on Wikipedia and, if so, to what extent and what kinds of rules should be followed.
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Fox News writer Perry Chiaramonte published an article detailing Wikipedia's alleged abandonment of its fight to remove pornography.
On 30 September, Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), the Wikimedia community's global photo competition, will reach to the end of its submission period. The proceedings have been underway since the first of this month; national juries will start reviewing submissions for the first round of selections after it closes ... Community aggravation with one of the Wikimedia Foundation's signature initiatives, the VisualEditor, came to the fore again this week with the announcement and implementation of code blocking the tool.
This week, we continued our exploration of other language editions of Wikipedia by visiting the Spanish Wikipedia's Wikiproyecto Fútbol (WikiProject Football).
Twelve articles, six lists, and five pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.
A conference paper makes a rather serious claim: "We find a surprisingly large number of editors who change their behavior and begin focusing more on a particular controversial topic once they are promoted to administrator status."

Talkback from Technical 13

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WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Canada Sasata (submissions), Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and New South Wales Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:47, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

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