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Assuming that Magiciandude hasn't worked significantly on any other FAs without being credited at FAC (he only has one star at WP:WBFAN, so probably not), Romances would get one point for his nomination or support, nothing for widely covered, nothing for FA age, etc, so total 1 point. But I suspect that points won't be the decisive factor in the decision for St Valentine's Day, so go ahead and add another alternative so we can see what everyone prefers.
Thanks, incidentally, for the survey you're carrying out of the older FAs not to have had their moment in the sun. I'm finding it very useful in working out which to avoid and which I can select! BencherliteTalk 14:10, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
On the main point, I'll leave that to Magiciandude. I felt pretty rude mentioning it in his absence, so formally nominating would be... --Dweller (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello Dweller! Thanks for the suggestion! Yes it would be seem that age would be weighed against me since it hasn't even been a year that I got it FA. I was going to wait until next year to suggest it, but now that you mentioned it, Valentine's Day does seem very appropriate for it and it never occurred to me. Not only is it my first FA, but it's also the first article about a foreign-language album to be FA, just to throw that in there. Erick (talk) 17:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
... this? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:09, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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In the comments on my nomination of Icelandic Phallological Museum for TFA, another editor has suggested Feb 13th as an alternative date. Would you support the nomination if it was switched to that date? Prioryman (talk) 21:53, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
I do think the statement is somewhat premature although I agree with or don't mind most of it. Let's wait and see what happens with the Foundation's SUL policy. If there is indeed a global merge a lot of our decision making will become irrelevant. Andrevan@ 17:48, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
As you approached me directly without linking to any discussion or anything, I'm left a bit baffled. I read part of the thread on WP:BN a few days ago but I've not kept too up to date with it. Could you clarify what exactly it is that you are trying to accomplish with getting us to agree to this statement? I apologise for how sarcastic that question sounds, but it is in fact an honest question. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 19:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
I've been offline for most of the past few days, so I've honestly no idea what this is about. I'm coming down with a bit of a cold now unfortunately, so I don't anticipate that I'll be much more active in the coming days either, so I'd rather abstain from all this. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:03, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks all. Very brief explanation: we've had some unusual drama at BN, Crats have been disagreeing on what policy/guidelines say. Furthermore, there's been an unpleasant tang in the air that implies that Crats have been trying to expand their powers.
To my mind, the whole affair has rather undermined our position as careful and considered assessors and implementers of consensus. The statement is designed to help address this.
The statement I put together was intended so that Crats from both sides of the discussion could agree to it, which has been successful. I'm going to post at BN soon.
If you're not sure of the ins and outs, or are unwell or inactive for some other reason, that's absolutely fine. I deliberately worded the statement as one that individual Crats can support, not as an en-bloc statement that reflects the whole group. Thanks for reading. --Dweller (talk) 09:51, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dweller - this article is in an awful state and currently up for AfD. Any chance you could use your knowledge/resources to bring the article up to scratch please? Willing to do it myself but I'm doing similar on other lists and thought I'd give you a shout first. GiantSnowman 11:08, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Regarding the article, see what Struway2 has been up to lately at WP:FLC with Birmingham City's players. There's plenty of scope for a series of player articles, fewer than 25, 25 to 99, more than 100.... and all we need is sources for each and every player (not Soccerbase)! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Dweller, as a "fellow traveler" in halacha, I would advise you to be really careful and circumspect about going down this road on subjects like "idolatry" and "slavery" in a place like WP:RD/H. By modern standards, execution of a lot of the halachos you mention there appears very harsh, and while people who are talmidei chachamim understand these things, they are complex and involved, and there are plenty of respondents who will have no interest in listening anyway. Consider (in this context) the halacha with respect to teaching non-Jews Torah. I don't subscribe to it as an utter ban at all times and at all levels of detail, but a thread like that one is a great example of a place where it is arguably not good to go.
One other thought: If you ever start going down the road of Eved Ivri, I would almost immediately point out that the concept is far more accurately described by the English phrase "indentured servitude" than by the English word "slavery". Remember that the root ayin-bet-daled has meanings ranging everywhere from "plain old work" to "slavery" and everywhere in between. There's no reason to make it sound worse than it is. StevenJ81 (talk) 16:00, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Wow, just noticed Alan's little outburst before being unblocked. Hilarious. Please un-redact it though, I'd like the community to be fully aware of the way he conducts his conversations. I believe that's my right. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the help at the talk page and the defence on the main page talk; it's not the first time you have come to the aid of this article in the face of some vocal opposition to its existence, and it is greatly appreciated. I don't think I'll be nominating for TFA again for a while though! Sarastro1 (talk) 21:53, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
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(talk page stalker)they're also expensive when they go wrong, but otherwise they're brilliant! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC) That's very kind, thank you. I'm glad you liked my essay. I have written a few - see User:Dweller/quirky. I like horses, but not on shirts - a point I'm surprised that TRM didn't mention, being that he's a Tractor Boy! --Dweller (talk) 10:40, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, I see you were heavily involved in the FA promotion of Bryan Gunn. I have gone through the article to update dead links but three remain. If you could take a look when you have a minute, it would be good to get everything working again. Thanks, C679 15:26, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Dweller,
if I renamed my username only on enwiki, but then I also want to rename the same global name in another wiki, would there be any issues? I was told that if I rename it on another wiki, then I must lose my current username on enwiki. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 22:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Indeed, where is she? I have been largely inactive in the last couple of years, so I apparently missed her departure. Someone asked on her talk page about books she was writing - do you know anything of that? — Sebastian 22:46, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
I just added a little bit to bodyline about the changes to the law about fielders behind square and couldn't help but notice that parts of the article are getting a bit scruffy, and it's certainly not as polished as it was when it reached FA. I tidied up a little bit, but the really messy part (it's become slightly incoherent in places) is the "In Australia" section. There's no great urgency about this as such; it's already been TFA, but I think it's something of showpiece article for WP:CRIC, and it gets scary numbers of views for a cricket article. I'll probably pick away at it slowly from time to time, but I think you are one of the few survivors from when it went to FA (I think the much-missed YM did quite a bit of work). Fancy polishing it up a little over some vaguely-defined time period? Sarastro1 (talk) 23:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
As the deleting admin, would you comment on the request at WP:REFUND#User talk:Gb? JohnCD (talk) 09:23, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Fair point, it's just a case of my frustration that we get bogged down in procedure and a worry that we rely too heavily on certain sources - CA, CI and Wisden - and that what they say goes. They don't have the authoritative place in cricket that they once did, and I think the cricket project places far too much emphasis on them. Wisden or CricketArchive may say that the recent West Indies tour of Bangladesh took place in 2012-13, but as far as the Bangladesh Cricket Board are concerned it took place in 2012. As I said, yes a tour is part of a season spanning two years, but it doesn't itself span those two years, as I was trying to point out with my comparisons with two other sports. It's revealing that those comparisons are ignored. Andrew nixon (talk) 11:59, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Just, wanna say sorry since you think i try to threat you. It was not my intention, i was just trying to help the user so he could get an answer from the family quickly and easily and hopefully prevent it turned into a lawsuit. Please, dont ban me forever ): 109.232.72.49 (talk) 14:57, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, I'm wondering about why I have to log in with my old username when I visit other projects? Is the rename only for this project or for all the wikisites? T4B (talk) 10:26, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dweller, im wondering how i change my username to abkn264? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SouthBankTower (talk • contribs) 16:43, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi! please, could you help me change my username? I posted a request. Here's the link to "rename user": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Renameuser&reason=WP:CHU&oldusername=Wladek+Sheen&newusername=Richard+S.+Lee+Cooper — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wladek Sheen (talk • contribs) 03:29, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
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How can BLP apply to someone who died over 8 years ago? AnonMoos (talk) 17:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
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I've emailed you requesting an admin opinion on a neutrality/bio matter. Tony (talk) 14:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dweller,
I know I should take a cup of tea and relax or whatever, but I'm about sick of The Rambling Man calling me a liar. . I'm going out of town for two days, when I get back I'll need to to restore that userpage you deleted previously. I've had enough of this guy. --IP98 (talk) 02:59, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
Unreferenced material on BLPs - contentious or not - should be challenged and (in my view) removed. Stub first, ask questions later. It's better to re-add later once reliable sources have been found, as opposed to hoping somebody locates sources to support the material that is already there. GiantSnowman 13:53, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
I can't disagree more with the idea that all unsourced information in BLPs should be removed on sight. The policy makes it clear that it's dealing with material that is contentious and/or likely to be challenged. That is not everything. You may be unhappy that this leaves a subjective decision to be made on each and every statement, but Wikipedia's policies frequently rely on subjective decisions being made. If you disagree with the policy, feel free to initiate a discussion about it at the talk page, but you don't have a policy-based justification for removing everything unsourced from a BLP because someone might challenge it. --Dweller (talk) 13:14, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Regarding this. Sorry about that. — Ched : ? 17:48, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
When you have an opportunity, please see my response to your questions on the talk page of my article Operation Tracer, Gibraltar. Thank you. Anne (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
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Bless you, dear Dweller, for coming up with a comprehensive statement in reply to User:Donmust90's latest. Since I posted my reply, which took far more of my precious late-night time than I can fairly spare, I've been thinking of applying to the RD's Talk page for advice, as this question has pushed me past my AGF limit. Admittedly this is the hardest week on the Israeli calendar, between Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron and so much to think about the dead and the circumstances past and present. So I'll be damned if I'm going to provide some persistently querying nudnik [? - what is s/he up to, anyway?] with what I consider explosive material. I consider myself as a stalwart RefDesk cadre and I'll continue patrolling my SME sector, but this time I'm close to losing it. Thanks for being "here" and do keep up the good work; your presence is a comfort. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 21:19, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
...and I soberly but cheerfully invite you to virtually share it - and a happy day, Deborahjay (talk) 09:43, 16 April 2013 (UTC) |
Quick question: see this. Do you think it's appropriate to pull out two results against a single club in an article which is supposed to be dealing the whole of Norwich City? If you think so, I'll happily decline from removing this kind of thing. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:08, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
I am getting what seems to be conflicting advice from administrators. Please clarify what, if anything, you think I should be doing regarding the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Long term problems with WP:VERIFY. BTW-- I would have used the {{Talkback}} template here, but I wasn't sure if it can be used to link to noticeboards. Levdr1lostpassword / talk 22:37, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
I've replied at ANI and I've posted at your talk. Let's keep things in two places, but I don't understand why Qwrxian, an admin I have a lot of time for, would give you such advice, unless there's more to this than you've presented at ANI. But like I say, let's end this thread here, please. --Dweller (talk) 22:46, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
How do I withdraw a request on Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? Is it as simple as stating that? Levdr1lostpassword / talk 23:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
Patrick Schöffski → Lieve Ons Current name: Patrick Schöffski Bureaucrat note: Before we make the name change, please confirm that you have read WP:COI and understand it applies regardless of your username.--Dweller (talk) 11:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC) --> I've read the WP:COI — Precedingunsigned comment added by Patrick Schöffski (talk • contribs) 07:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in keeping the trolls at bay. I think you can safely remove all the added "info" and look for an uninvolved admin to mete out some blocks. See my last post at the talk for the reason why. Not sure if you've seen it or not yet. Evanh2008 (talk|contribs) 01:29, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
I felt I should follow up on something you left on my talk page, and also discussed on User Talk:Levdr1lostpassword, because the position you are taking really seems to me to be at odds with our fundamental way of working. You seem to be placing a lot of emphasis on the phrase "challenged or likely to be challenged" in WP:BURDEN/WP:V. This is where the problem comes in for me: any statement which the average person is not aware of simply on the basis of being alive is "likely to be challenged". Another way of putting it is that, in reality, over 90% of all info that could reasonably appear in a WP article can be legitimately challenged. The only exceptions I can think of are things like movie plots, where any person observing the movie would naturally observe the same things (any interpretation of meaning, though, would require citations). Now, the nature of the information will likely dictate whether we approach the matter with "cn" tags and discussion or immediate removal, but, ultimately, information needs to be sourced. And if someone is consistently violating WP:V by adding unsourced information, why would we not block such a user? Why would we block someone for regularly violating WP:CIV but not WP:V? Qwyrxian (talk) 03:01, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:05, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
Just seen your question on the Wheldon Road talk page. I went to a match there for the first time last Sunday and it was still there. It made me smile too although I actually went in the pub opposite the ground, the Boot Room. Haldraper (talk) 06:33, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hey dude, hope things are okay with you. Could you have a look at this outburst from IP98, quite why my oppose to an ITN item has deserved this I know not. He's disallowed me from editing his talkpage, so that's why I need to ask a helper... Cheers. P.S. At the very least IP98 should be encouraged to quote me correctly, I didn't say "not sufficiently important", I said " simply not in the news." The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
There are growing concerns that Amiram Goldblum is himself editing the article about him. He has two accounts: User:Rastiniak and User:רסטיניאק. Take a look at the this sockpuppet investigation. Also, read the following discussion. רסטיניאק has removed the POV tag from the article twice so far: 1 and 2. While I don't find this subject particularly interesting, I'm alarmed by the fact that Goldblum is fighting tooth and nail to get users who question the neutrality of his article to get blocked. I request you to help us determine whether the two accounts indeed belong to Goldblum. Nataev (talk) 11:28, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. As I don't have access to CheckUser, it seems you've approached the wrong person. If you visit WP:CHECKUSER, there's a list there, but the correct course of action is, of course, to visit Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser. --Dweller (talk) 11:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
A discussion that may interest you is occurring at Wikiproject TAFI's talk page at: Proposal: use Theo's Little Bot to automate the schedule and queue. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, Dweller. I accidentally performed a couple of edits on Jewish holidays as an IP, rather than under my user name. (They are the only two IP edits in the middle of a string of edits under my username.) Can you either suppress the edit log on those or modify them to my username? Thanks, and apologies for the blunder. StevenJ81 (talk) 21:08, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for letting me know, should make for an interesting discussion! And yes, the season is shaping up v. nicely already... GiantSnowman 15:56, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi
There are only 4 romainan teams in this year UEFA competition Astra, Petrolul, Pandurii (EL) and Stueua (CL). Who is team 5? QED237 (talk) 20:55, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
In September 2012, you indefinitely semi-protected Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket due to persistent vandalism. I thought protecting a talk page was unusual, and I've learned at WP:Protection policy#Talk pages such protection is meant to be rare and, when necessary, done only for a limited period of time.
Please unprotect Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket. Thanks. 72.244.204.239 (talk) 22:15, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
Aren't you able to remove the Dougal Butler entry from the DYK template? StAnselm (talk) 08:23, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
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Your sandbox version is still full of unreferenced information about a BLP, as well as flowery wording - "From an early age, music was his avocation" and "David began to recount his observations and experiences in poetry" are the two worst. GiantSnowman 08:18, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi,
My global username is Cormen, but it is used by someone in en.mediawiki.org with no contributions. Most likely I created that account myself but forgot the password. Could you rename it so I can use SUL in en.wikipedia.org as well?
Thanks! Cormen 77.4.228.236 (talk) 06:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi! please, could you help me change my username? I posted a request. Here's the link to "rename user": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Renameuser&reason=WP:CHU&oldusername=Wladek+Sheen&newusername=Richard+S.+Lee+Cooper — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wladek Sheen (talk • contribs) 03:37, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013
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This is a note to let the main editors of Bryan Gunn know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 22, 2013. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 22, 2013. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Bryan Gunn (born 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. He spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, and feels that his career peaked with what he calls the save of his life in a 1993 UEFA Cup match against Bayern Munich; The Independent called the game the summit of the club's history. He is one of only nine players to win the club's Player of the Year award twice and was made an inaugural member of its Hall of Fame. He made six appearances for Scotland in the early 1990s. After retiring as a player, Gunn worked for years behind the scenes at Norwich in a variety of roles. He was appointed temporary manager towards the end of the 2008–09 season and confirmed as permanent manager during the summer. However, he lost his job a week into the next season after defeat in the opening game to local rivals Colchester United. Since the death of his young daughter from leukaemia in 1992, Gunn has been extensively involved in fundraising to combat the disease and its effects, raising more than £1 million. The city of Norwich recognised Gunn's charity work and his long association with the city's football club by naming him Sheriff for 2002. (Full article...)
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Wow, brilliant! --Dweller (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
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Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Damn need a few of these after a frenetic year and Xmas. Hope yours is a good one....Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:45, 25 December 2013 (UTC) |
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