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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2024 ==
== 64.78.164.226 ==


] from the past month (January 2024).
Thank you for catching that bit of vandalism. ] is probably a sockpuppet of ], an attention-starved type of vandal. His m.o. is to mess around with an article until a r.c. patroller posts a warning, he will then proceed to harrass or attempt to impersonate that editor. Once blocked, he will try to provoke others by posting immature taunts (key themes being pedantry and pedophilia) on his talk page until it is protected. If you encounter a similar pattern of editing in the next few days it might save some time and trouble to not warn that vandal at all, just report it to WP:AIV & request talk page protection. ˉˉ<sup>]</sup>] 03:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


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Thanks for your quick reversion of the on my userpage. Seems it was an acquaintance of mine, not logged in. But tell me, where do I get the popups tool you used; must I download anything? — ]]] | ] 20:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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The edits on Alegoo92 are okay; that user is my friend and he told me to edit his page so I played a joke on him. Sorry.-] 03:53, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
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:I see. Well, please be careful with your joke edits. It can easily be construed as vandalism. -- ] 04:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


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Thank you for cleaning up all the vandalism to my subpages! I was out for the day and was surprised to see that ] had taken such an interest :) ] 23:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page (you seem to do a lot of that). ] <sup>(])</sup> 02:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
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:You're welcome. User page vandalism really bugs me since it's a personalized attack. -- ] 04:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


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==The AfD doesn't make any sense==
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Perhaps you can shed light on what is going on at ]. --] 20:49, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
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:What appears to be going on is a vigorous discussion on the merits of the AfD. If you meant "Why did you vote '''Delete'''?" I voted delete because I thought that the topic was too vague and was going to become unmaintainable. See the discussion on the AfD. -- ] 01:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


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==Thank you!==
* Following a ], the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
]]] As many others have pointed out above and as your list of contributions shows, you've made a habit of reverting userpage vandalism, which is very thoughtful of you. So thank you! - ] 15:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
* Community feedback is ] for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at ].
:Thank you for my first barnstar. I'm honored! -- ] 06:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


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Thanks for reverting my userpage from vandalism. ] 05:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2024 ==
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oh thank you soooo much!! I didn't know. I PROMISE that i'll never ever do it again, ok? {{unsigned|Historyisstupid}}
:Alright. -- ] 16:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


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This user has been re-vandalising, and a recent block seems to have expired. I think he should be re-banned, but I don't know how to. Can you tell me how to, or do I have to be an admin? -] 09:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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Sorry. Wont happen again. ] 17:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting my discussion page. Good looking out. --] ] 20:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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== Moved from user page ==
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I cannot seem to contact you, but I would just like to vent my anger by editing your user page. How dare you revert my comments on the user: DVokes. I am that very user, but I cannot sign in because of a locked password.
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HOW DARE YOU. I hope you are ashamed of your actions. ] 21:53, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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:Moved from your user page :) ] 21:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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''Moved from user page:'' Why won't you tell me why you reverted my article? Do you have a problem with British people? If you do, I would just like to say that the kid in me who used to read science fiction back in the 1980s is pretty delighted to see someone say with full sincerity that we've got to do something about all the bots and semi-bots running around alphabetizing everything. This is the future we created. ] 22:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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::No probs. I didn't copy this one over as it seems to be fairly clear at this point that it was simple vandalism (see his/her talk page, and mine too) - the second half comes from ], and I have no idea why they decided to copy that bit over. ] 07:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
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== Hi Question ==
:Looking over ] and Talk page replies, it seems highly unlikely that you are User:DVokes. You seemed more than capable of editing my User page, so I don't know why you couldn't contact me. As for why I reverted your "comments", simple really... you vandalized his page. -- ] 07:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


Can you help me create a wikipedia page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? ] (]) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
== Thanks! ==


: on your talk page. -- ] (]) 03:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for getting that vandalism off my user page. :) That particular user seems to be angry that I removed his vandalism from ]. --''']]]''' <small>]</small> 01:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome. =) Yeah, his edits certainly look like some kid going overboard. Makes you wonder. -- ] 07:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


== Long time no see. ==
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Re: : Oh, thank you for reverting mine too! Ah, to be young and stupid... But hey, now I know how I got my admin job, which was a surprise to me, since I don't ''have'' an admin job or know anyone named Shanel. Anyway, see you around! - ] 19:54, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
:. =) -- ] 20:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
::Re: : Bwah-HA! (I fink somebuddy wikes us...) - ] 22:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
:::Re: Dude, it's true, you're totally unworthy, because I'm a way more influential admin than you. -] 01:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
::::(By the way, everyone is "dude" to me - I don't know if you're male or female, but it just occurred to me, "Hey, not everybody in the universe knows that I call anyone "dude.") -] 01:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
:::::Re: See, this is what happens when you didn't watch cartoons as a kid - everything like that goes over your head! By the way, thanks for '''again''' on my page. Got myself a little stalker, it seems - he even created ''another'' ] yesterday. He must be seriously bored. - ] 20:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


Glad to see you are around. ] (]) 21:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
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*Hear hear. ] (]) 21:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Alrighty, maybe not '''everyone''', but certainly that mean old Abjuj or watevr :(, Bang on why i'm pissed off tho, but thanks for your kind comment ;)
::Hello young Mr Dodo! ] ] ] 22:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC).


-]|] 05:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC) Thanks! Good to be back. -- ] (]) 03:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
: to your talk page. -- ] 20:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – April 2024 ==
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Just to alert you to the fact that the article ] has had considerable edits by IP user ] who also removed the AfD template. I've replaced the template (although consensus seems to be forming for "Keep") and warned the user. Don't know whether their edits are accurate (it's not my speciality) but maybe worth checking. -- ] 10:10, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
: to your Talk page with a to ]. -- ] 18:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


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Just wanted to say thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. :)
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== Thank you ==
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:You're welcome. -- ] 03:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, ] (]) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
== WP:AIV fix ==


:Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- ] (]) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
You're welcome. ] 00:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


::Yep. Thanks again. ] (]) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
:::In the meantime, our genius is at it again. ] (]) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)


::::Of course. I locked them. -- ] (]) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
:I'll see what I can do, good suggestion. --<b><font color="666666">]</font><font color="#000000">]</font></b><sup> (])</sup> 03:40, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – May 2024 ==
==Ooh, another one!==
Hey, look, Gogo Dodo! I have ] Wow, I'm the luckiest tapir in the world. : ) Anyway, how goes the vandal fighting with you? See you around, - ] 16:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
: to your talk page. =) -- ] 04:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


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For reverting vandalism on my user page --] 23:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome. -- ] 04:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


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I dont see how its your place to clear things I wrote on other people's userpages ] 05:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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Oh! Thanks, I wasn't aware of that policy, I shall comply from now on, cheers ] 20:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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Great, I'll try with those, it seems a bit weird at first, but I'll eventually get the hang of it - ] 20:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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I tried to change the word "eclectic" to "eccentric" to describe Teeds, the cult leader. I don't think this is nonsense, I think the word eclectic, as in "coming from many sources" was used accidentally, and what was meant was "eccentric" as in strange or unusual.(This is in reference to the Hollow Earth article.
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Hi there, thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage!! -- ] 20:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
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Quite possibly I am thanking a bot, but thanks for reverting the vandalism to my User Page. ] 04:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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This time, it's you who snuck in and made the edits I was planning to do, you did a way better job than me BTW, good job :-) - ] 18:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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Tell me, how does one vandalize graffiti? (Please forgive me if the talk isn't in the proper format, I've just started to take an active role in Misplaced Pages.)The simple matter is that you cannot have what you claim to be a completely open project - freely edited by anyone for any reason - and an honest encyclopedia. This project wouldn't concern me in the slightest if not for the fact that people are beginning to use it as a genuine source for information. Misplaced Pages now faces an important choice. It can either insist on very high quality articles, buttressed by sources, verifications, and all of the other accoutrements of any other scholarly pursuit; or it can remain true to its supposed gospel of freedom of expression in the form of definitive looking encyclopedia entries. Except that there is not freedom for all - as evidenced by your recent threat of banishment from the proud ranks of Wikipedians. (Though it should be clear that I would never accept that title even in a moment of levity.) Who are you to say that my interpretation of a particular entry is incorrect? Who are you to impose your views on my entries? Granted, as a user, you should have the same freedom as I to change my entries as I might change another's. That is acceptable. Using administrative priviliges to ban me on a supposedly free endeavor is not.
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So I shall continue on performing acts of what you deem vandalism. Destroy this account if you feel that you must, another will rise up. Others already have. Nor should you believe that I act out of a childish boredom or desire for entertainment. I do not. I have a job outside of policing a fanciful would-be reference source that I take quite seriously. Indeed, the only thing that I take more seriously is the free flow of information. I believe that Misplaced Pages may have started out of similar beliefs. I say similar, not identical, because there is an important difference between the free flow of simply information, and the free flow of correct information. One is essential for the growth of any information based society, for the improvement of its citizens, of the carrying on of the precious flame of human knowledge that even now sees the dark creeping ever closer. The other is the blackest of the night. I feel that I must fight, that I must do something, even if it is quietly changing dates in the dark, altering sentences, or borrowing entire articles. Anything to further reduce the accuracy of this on the fence abomination so that anyone who attempts to use it as anything more than a highly suspect branching off point to genuine knowledge finds themselves quickly and forcefully rebuked. Nor do I intend to scribble alone in this night. I would hope that anyone who happens upon this - the few moments before it too falls victim to the same censorship that will claim the account that spawned it - will change just one article. Or one article each day. More than hoping, however, I will build relationships through this screen and outside of it to ensure that the dark passages of this mine of ignorance find, from time to time, people with headlamps bumping into one another.
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:I believe ] to Misplaced Pages speak for itself. I have no wish to debate you about your opinions on the quality of Misplaced Pages. Please take your debate somewhere else. -- ] 06:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


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It's hardly the quality that I take offense to, it's the nature of Misplaced Pages. The quality of something is an outgrowth of its nature, and the nature of this project is one doomed to endlessly poor quality. Again, this wouldn't be a problem if not for the fact that it's begun to draw attention as a serious reference work. If only Misplaced Pages would post a prominent disclaimer on each page that the content is not verified and should be taken, at best, on entertainment value. Perhaps change the name from, "The 💕". Dare I dream, maybe it could limit itself to popular culture and leave out any serious entries. If any of these, though the last two are admittedly unlikely, took place there would be no need for a conflict.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
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* The Committee is ], including access to the ].
:I have no wish to debate you about the quality, policies, or your opinions on what is right and wrong on Misplaced Pages. Please do not use my Talk page as your soapbox. Thank you. -- ] 16:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


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Thanks for telling me. It's been semi-protected so hopefully we won't have to worry about it anymore. ] 14:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – July 2024 ==
==Thanks==
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page.
--] 19:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
:You're welcome. -- ] 04:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


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Why are my changes being reverted? Do I not have a valid point? See http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Survivor:_The_Australian_Outback ] 19:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
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If he is recreating content that was deleted after community review, then I would be willing to delete new articles on the same subject as recreation of deleted content; but I'm not comfortable removing the subject entirely without some kind of community consensus. Not that I'm objecting to how it's been handled by others (I probably won't even look), I'm just explaining how I personally interpret what policy says I should do. -- ] 22:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
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Merci pour reverting le vandalisme on mine and ]' user pages, gold star :) ] 21:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
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It's just that I'm kind of new here and wasn't sure about it, besides, he said that he didn't care about what would be of his User Page, anyway, thanks for telling me (] 06:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC))
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Thank you for being so vigilant! Actually 218.208.49.5 is my IP address, Christopher Denman is an outdated username. That's why I wiped the content. My current username is "Christopher denman" (Lowecase D). (PS I just signed in to my account to post this message to verify my identity, I don't use this account any more).
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Looks like when I reverted surrey jack I removed your afd tag. Do you want to use afd process or speedy deletion? I think its nonsense so I'd be in favor of the latter. Anyway, sorry about the revert. ] 06:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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Can you help me create a wikipedia page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? Denny009 (talk) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Long time no see.

Glad to see you are around. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello young Mr Dodo! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 22:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC).

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Thank you

For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Yep. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
In the meantime, our genius is at it again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Of course. I locked them. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

readded
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CheckUser changes

removed Maxim

Oversighter changes

removed Maxim

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:20, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to participate in Misplaced Pages research

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Take the survey here.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

added
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Interface administrator changes

added
readded Pppery

CheckUser changes

readded

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:19, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Gogo Dodo, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025.
Happy editing,
Abishe (talk) 23:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 23:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

added Sennecaster
readded
removed

CheckUser changes

added
readded Worm That Turned
removed Ferret

Oversight changes

added
readded Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)