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A baton for you!

A baton for you!

Continuing the tradition originally started by Tamzin for DanCherek's RfA, I'd like to pass the baton to you as Misplaced Pages's newest administrator. Well done on your RfA! Good luck, and long live the baton! It might have been a bit of a slog, but your conduct in the RfA showed why you deserve the mop. I hope this won't discourage you from seeking to be a great admin, and that you will encourage others to run so that the baton doesn't remain in your hands for too long. Feel free to contact me if you need anything. Z1720 (talk) 23:50, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Z1720: I think you might have copied this incorrectly, it wasn't unanimous :) Nythar 00:02, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I forgot to copyedit the first part. Goes to show that mistakes will always happen! Thanks for pointing this out. Z1720 (talk) 00:51, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Nythar 00:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations! I hope you are able to enjoy a drink or two, and have some fun. If sh*t happens, you now have a new mop to clean up with!

When I came by to offer congratulations, I noticed that the baton image appears to have a caption in the image file itself. I have uploaded a cropped version. I was also able to take the opportunity to relicense the image to CC BY-SA 4.0, which is an international license (the license of the current image version is specifically written for German law). Would you be able to pass this version of the baton to whomever earns it next? HouseBlaster 01:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll sure try to, but I might need a reminder when the time comes. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:21, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

It appears that you don't need the reminder, but I set a calendar reminder a week ago to come here and issue one.
Really enjoyed your Signpost article! I definitely see the benefit in your suggestion to automatically close RfAs after exactly 7 days; I have raised this at WT:RFA. HouseBlaster 16:51, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations! Sorry for being late to the party, but I only just realised that the 'crat chat had concluded. 08:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC) Cordless Larry (talk) 08:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, and much appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:46, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations

now didn't you promise me home cooked dinner at some point on one of our pages? :) I hope all is well with you. Star Mississippi 23:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I sure did. Let me know when you're in New England and I'll whip up some honey glazed garlic rabbit over herbed potatoes, all grown by my wife and me.

Things are going pretty well. With all my fancy new buttons that I can accidentally press I figured I should reduce my phone editing, so I got a Chromebook. Should come in handy for writing too, as work seems to be getting much busier. I think mostly what I'm going to do with it though is play Baldur's Gate, or install dosbox and play old Wizardry games. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:13, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Oooh yum. I had the chance for rabbit recently but ended up with venison and patatas bravas. Not sure I could have gone wrong with either. Forgot that's where you were. I should have waved as I drove from Vermont through MA and CT to NY earlier this summer. Next time. Glad all is well.

I never got into a tablet, but that plan sounds fun. Still waiting for someone to mod the original Legend of Zelda for iPhone again.

Give a yell if I can ever play show and tell with the new buttons. Star Mississippi 23:43, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I think I've done each of the main actions I plan on taking, and haven't accidentally blocked a steward yet, so it seems I'm getting the hang of it. I have reached out quite a few times to other admins, so I'll add you to the support list.

Hopefully I'll have some venison soon. Almost the season, and my spot has a lot of sign. I checked my camera recently, and there's at least three nice bucks hanging around, as well as a few does, one with a fawn. I spent a couple hours out there yesterday clearing brush and branches, so when I'm out for archery I don't miss because I hit a stray stick. With the amount of rabbit I raise, two deer will let me go a year without having to buy meat. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:51, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Support list for anything except images. I'm still lost on those, which fittingly was an oppose or neutral on my RfA.

I was trail running this weekend and had a couple deer friends. Their habitats are definitely changing. In the area where I was it's not just climate, but also roads being built/moved within their migration paths. I'd much rather them be dinner than road kill. Star Mississippi 02:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

The only image work I really do is marking copyvio over on Commons, so hopefully it doesn't come up.

Along with the habitat changes, there's also the lack of predators. He's are growing to unhealthy levels and there's more disease spreading. Hunting is an important part of conservation. Not that I really help out with the conservation, because I never see any deer in season. This spring I was out for opening day of turkey, in the blind I use for deer as well as turkey, and two deer sauntered by. Didn't see anything in the 50+ hours I had spend out during deer season.

I think they have calenders. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:22, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

User preferences: gender pronoun

I routinely use the gender pronoun templates like {{their}} for Signpost markup. It looks like your user preference may not be set. Or it is exactly what you want, in which case ignore this. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:10, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

I generally try to use gender neutral language in pseudo anonymous spaces, and I also generally don't fill out any gender questions on the Internet. They/them is fine, or masculine pronouns. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:02, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Bri, there's also a typo in the blurb, newst. I would have fixed it myself, but I assume that only signpost people should touch those pages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

In my experience anyone is welcome to make good-faith edits to Signpost drafts, so long as it hasn't yet been approved by the editors in chief (at that point it's generally all hands off). ––FormalDude (talk) 06:48, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You're off to the races! Andre🚐 23:54, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Just a little thank you for clearing up the insane amount of vandalism on Domee Shi, and for protecting the page twice over. And also as an apology for calling you "ScottishFinnishRabbit" instead of "Radish"... Thegreatluigi (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I talk about rabbits fairly often. There's even a picture of some of my rabbits on my userpage. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:33, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Nice going

A very thoughtful interview in the signpost, I felt (Link, for any watchers who haven't seen it). I agree strongly with your point about content curation. I've historically been in the "admins must write content" camp, but only to the extent that admins need to know enough not to screw up curation. Some folks have gone rather beyond that, it would seem. Vanamonde (Talk) 04:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

• It can be, depending on if people are looking for a way to avoid saying the candidate looks like a horse. – Sorry, I'm not getting the horse reference. EEng 04:53, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Read the previous answer, EEng :) Vanamonde (Talk) 04:57, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I talk about rabbits fairly often. There's even a picture of some of my rabbits on my userpage. – ??? EEng 14:05, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

My wife and I breed rabbits, as well as other livestock. Just another of the too many hobbies I have. When I'm not farming I'm building furniture or doing artistic woodwork and metalwork. I spend a lot of time outdoors too, hunting and fishing, as well as less violent hobbies like hiking, kayaking, and snow shoeing. I generally have too much going on. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, but how does that answer explain the horse reference? EEng 19:20, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

The prior question in the interview, Back when John Kerry was running for president of the US I had a friend who said he couldn't vote for Kerry because "his face looks like a horse." You can't convince someone you don't actually look like a horse, and as long as RFA is about how people feel about you, there's not a whole lot that can be done. To be clear, this is common on the support side as well, supporters just have the benefit of anything without an explanation being read as "per nom." ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:24, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I actually figured that out eventually, but it was more fun to keep playing dumb and exasperate you. I find it pays to break in new admins right away. EEng 20:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

As Vanamonde says, it's related to the prior question. I always liked that anecdote, because it shows that past most of the rationalizations people state when voting, it mostly comes down to a general impression or if they think the candidate looks like a horse. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

October songs

A good read, thank to all involved! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I wondered how many would still oppose after having read the interview. - The tree pictured is one of my favourites. My No. 1 collapsed in a storm years ago, and I still miss it when passing by on the road. - see also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

That's one of the reasons I think that RFA might work better as a one week q&a, followed by a secret vote.

My favorite tree is an enormous oak in the middle of the woods near where I hunt. It's easily fifty feet taller than the surrounding canopy, four or five feet in diameter, old and craggy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Sound great! Mine was an apple tree. - Believe it ot not, today's church booklet for October had a front pic of mostly radishes :) - German Erntedank, harvest thanks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I had a few excellent radish harvests this year. I sent El C a picture of me holding a daikon as large as my arm. My rabbits also appreciated all the radish greens. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:58, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

• Congratulations SFR! I wish I had kept an eye on the RfAs, but hey, you always had, have you won't,]]] my support :) — DaxServer (t · m · c) 17:15, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Adminship

Congrats with your adminship Lotje (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, indeed! Congratulations! I didn't even know you were nominated. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 21:46, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

About your adminship

Congratulations on becoming an admin! Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 21:47, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Creative way to get votes: fake your own death

See also: Very important news!

Stupid news! So, a funeral was held for the leader of the Cuban Federales and mayoral candidate, Osvaldo Pingafria. But he wasn't actually dead, rather, it was a 500 IQ election stunt, which is sure to bring in the votes (somehow). However, someone forgot to inform James Randel, who responded, uh, somewhat heatedly El_C 14:31, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks to these links and my wife watching YouTube on the Roku, which is linked to my account, I have very weird suggestions. GTA roleplay and Cambodian cooking. At least the ads are still targeted, somewhat. The ad for TikTok was wasted on me, but the second ad for a sale at tractor supply was reasonable. Unfortunately for them I'm fixed for feed, forage, and fencing right now.

I finished that last series of books, solidly a C- effort by the author. Trope after trope, completely predictable, every good guy killed the bad guy they were set up against in the first book. The whole thing read like a 12 years old's d&d story after their parents let them watch game of thrones. I also refuse to believe that the main character's love interest has breath that "smells faintly of apples" after a month of forced marching and combat while eating hard tack and hunted meat.

I just started some apocalyptic zombie series which is also pretty bad so far, but it's a box set so I get 54 hours of listening for the cost of one book. It's another series not notable enough for an article by another author not notable enough for an author. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:05, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, what apple series is this? Yeah, I've had YouTube Premium for like a year now and haven't looked back. But I'm unlikely to get the Twitch equivalent (Turbo or whatever the fuck it's called). I'm now half way through book 2 of the Green Rider series, First Rider's Call, and I'm still liking it a lot. It's taking me a while, but that's more due to being busy than lack of interest.

BTW, in the acknowledgments, Kristen Britain thanked not Terry Goodkind who gave the first book such a glowing review (as mentioned, a major river in the world is called Terrygood), but rather, John Marco, the author of the last series of books I read. Small book world! I also found out that she used to be a Park Ranger, so that explains the magical green riders

BTW BTW, while I appreciate DAW Books not being a conglomerate (though "In July 2022, DAW was acquired by Astra Publishing," its article says), holy smokes are their prints just for shit. Faded ink, un-bleached recycled paper, just the fuckin' worst. Oh well. El_C 15:33, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

The last series was The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne, and the one I just started is Slow Burn by Bobby Adair. Sometimes I try books that I assume won't be good because it brings me back to my days as a kid buying and reading whatever was available at the flea market. The worst part about that was getting books from a series and never getting to read the other books.

I never bothered with YouTube premium because I normally watch YouTube on a PC with an ad blocker. All the streaming my wife and I use are ad-free though. We pay extra for Hulu and all that, I have too many hobbies to spend time watching ads. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

I only use PC, as well. Yeah, I did the ad-block thing on and off for many years (I think I created my YouTube account in 2009), but it was always a bit wonky and a pain to maintain, especially with certain extensions. YouTube Premium also has music options for YouTube's vast music library. And it isn't that expensive, so I've been pretty happy with what I get. El_C 16:09, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Into the squeeze

Forgot to mention, new IH: Man in Cave (about Floyd Collins), which is always exciting as he posts even less frequently than Nexpo (see also spooky times at Wug's). Also, Incest Dragons is still great; Bored of the Rings still sucks, you know how it goes. El_C 15:07, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Caves are scary. I'm not claustrophobic, and I've spent a lot of time in small crawlspaces, but there's something about being underground that is scary as fuck. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Amazon spent a fortune on acquiring the rights to The Rings of Power and then no doubt spent another fortune on the production, culminating in a ponderous (boring is right!), more-is-better, badly acted (the actress playing Galadriel is dreadful), strangely political mess. As for crawl spaces, when I was a child, my father bought a fixer-upper to fix up himself with my older brother's and my help (my brother far more willing than I). When they put in baseboard heating, I was told to go under the house because I was the smallest, and I had to slither around while being told from above what to do. I was scared shitless (I was convinced the house was going to collapse), which left me traumatized for life. I don't think my father realized it at the time. Our current home has a very large "crawl space", but, unlike the fixer-upper, it's so high that one can walk upright in it, although occasionally ducking to avoid the duct work. Back to your regular channels.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:35, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

It's a super-scary situation, to be sure. Which is why I think the Ted the Caver creepypasta has gained so much traction over the years. IH has the rare talent, though, of presenting historical events that are, at times, highly disturbing, with diffusive humor that is genuinely funny, and yet does not detracts from the overall seriousness. El_C 16:31, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

As I've mentioned elsewhere, a key problem has to do with writers who have little to no writing experience, in general, and no respect for the lore, specifically. Those writers probably mirror the distorted view of the execs who hire them: for example, that a strong woman needs to be both a Mary Sue and interminably insufferable (that's because they, themselves, are like that, but see it as normal and good). Or that men (not of colour) should either be villains (actual or potential), incompetent, and/or simps. Contrast that with Incest Dragons, where, for example, women die from childbirth often, as was the case prior to modern medicine. Depicting that, one of the greatest struggles and hardships that women have faced through the ages, is infinitely more progressive than Bored of the Rings' superficial teenage-fanfic approach, not to mention immersive (i.e. realism, even with dragons).

While I strongly disagree with the right-wing politics of The Critical Drinker, he posted a good overview of the series thus far yesterday that I think highlights a lot of these problems. BTW, pretty much the only ads I see are on Twitch, which had a 10-second ad for the series that looked really enticing. How gullible was I? Now whenever I see that ad, I cringe.

I've had that fear, too, as a kid as well as an adult, of being in a tight space with enormous mass above me that I dread would collapse overtop of me, even though the chances of that approach zero. But the scariest, I find, is being stuck somewhere (deep) and no one knowing where you are. Luickly, it's something I've only experienced in dreams (which is to say, nightmares). El_C 17:19, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

I just finished watching the entire 19-minute YouTube; thanks for that. Is TCD's voice/accent as irritating to Brits as it is to this American? Putting aside that and his obvious love of his own voice, it was indeed a great critique of the show. One of my favorite lines referring to Galadriel, something like "Is she ever going to learn more than one facial expression?"--Bbb23 (talk) 17:52, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Nice. Yeah, he has his moments. RE: accent — if I remember right, I think he's from Glasgow. El_C 18:01, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

If you remember correctly, he's actually easier to understand than most Scots. The irritating part isn't the accent as much as the cadence of his speech, which sounds a little like a Brit trying to imitate a Valley Girl (if you know what that sounds like).--Bbb23 (talk) 18:08, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

I do, but I never really picked up on that with him. Usually, when I watch something Scottish, like Trainspotting, etc., I need subtitles or I just can't understand half of it. But, indeed, that is not the case with TCD, who is relatively ease to understand. El_C 18:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

My wife and I were having this discussion about Rings of Bezos and Dr. Who Breaks Bad last night. I don't mind over the top political messaging, bad writing, or being overly ponderous, but all three at once is pretty bad. My wife actually said she'd rather watch Wheel of Time again than The Elf Who Never Learns. After the recap of the last episode before the new episode started I mentioned that it was longer than a normal TV show, and even recapping the excitement from previous episodes was still boring. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

My favorite part is the Skip Recap button.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:26, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

James learns a new word, gives Uber 1 star

Alola! El_C 16:57, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

About User:Kidtommee

Hello, I am Tommy 's dad, I'm really sorry he had some disruptive interactions today. I'm trying to explain to him what he did wrong, he doesn't understand about verifiable sources (he's 9) and I wasn't aware he was trying to edit some articles (to be honest that makes me kind of proud). I know the (obvious) reasons behind his user being blocked, but I would like to take the time to explain how Misplaced Pages works (I didn't know he was interested). Please allow him to keep his Username, and he'll eventually return prepared to collaborate. Another observation, after all this years (I joined Misplaced Pages 15 years ago I think, and collaborated mostly in Misplaced Pages en Español) you would believe that blocking IP's is kind of an obsolete idea, just because you blocked him I wasn't able to use my ISP's IP to communicate with you, then I tried to use Surfshark VPN and that IP was also blocked (useless pattern I think). Thank you and have a good night. (Rolf Obermaier (talk) 00:57, 3 October 2022 (UTC))

(by talk reader) This is weird. I've seen my share of WP:LITTLEBROTHER but this is the first time on this website I've seen someone advocate on behalf of a child. Compromised account? Good hand bad hand? This could be real; not inconceivable. This is just weird. Were I an admin, I'd stick to what I know and that is the fact that Kidtommee isn't ready to be editing here. This sort of situation would not be resolved through SPI, so any unblock I might make would have to come with strings attached to the so-claimed parent. Kid misbehaves again? Both accounts are blocked. That's just me talking, though. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

That's about my thought process on the whole thing, too. They can still request an unblock through UTRS at some point, and as I placed the indef, I'll leave that up to another admin to decide. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:20, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, it is not a "compromised account", he's just a kid and he loves Bob The Builder and HIT Entertainment and all that, and he thought he could edit on this article based on some wrong knowledge. He simply doesn't know the rules and I wasn't aware he was trying to edit an article, he is not ready to contribute, but that is exactly my point because, one day, he will be, and "Misplaced Pages is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any page and improve articles immediately". I am not asking an unblock, but kids tend to see things in absolute terms, I don't want him to feel discouraged to ever come back and edit, because that would be a shame. I am asking for some leniency because all he sees is an absolute (indefinite block), I don't want him to desist in something as good as this project, his time will come and he'll be prepared. The way I see it, this generation is getting too much of wrong information and dumb ideas through social media or fox news, and my kid is reading from Misplaced Pages, this is not a formal request, this is just a father that is proud that his 9 year old son wants to be part of something worthy. Greetings. Rolf Obermaier (talk) 17:02, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

When he is ready to edit the WP:UTRS system can be used to request an unblock. Indefinite is not infinite, and the block can be lifted if reviewers are convinced the disruption will end. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

A quick perusal of his contributions does look like the good-faith edits of a kid trying to help, at least to me. I look forward to him contributing when he's a bit older. Useight (talk) 18:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Cyber Anakin

Um... if you look at Talk:Cyber Anakin, there is a content dispute going on, and the appropriate protection would have been full protection in my opinion, not semi-protection to lock out one editor who happens to use an anonymous IP address. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I looked at it as a single good faith editor edit warring against three other users, which showed a reasonable consensus against the edits. Rather than block the good faith user I wanted to allow the discussion to continue, stop the edit warring against consensus, and avoid blocking a good faith user. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Your block of 7ft George

I think VOA would have been a better choice.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't disagree. Does the VOA selection default to indef? I've used it before, so I should know, but I don't recall. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

If you're blocking with Twinkle, yes.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Bbb23, think NOTHERE applies to 157.130.12.106? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I never think of NOTHERE applying to an IP, but you can block them for vandalism if you wish, although not indefinitely. BTW, the impersonating account you indeffed is a sock. He impersonated Cryptic, too, and did the same edit to a blocked user's page, telling them to create another account. Cute, huh?--Bbb23 (talk) 00:20, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Probably not worth the block on the IP, already stopped editing. People sure come up with silly ways to waste their time, and other's. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:27, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

72.29.39.190 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

First off, congrats on the mop. I saw your 72 hour block of the user after they hit my test filter, so just letting you know I expanded the block to a year-long rangeblock of 72.29.39.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) since it's been the same disruptive user for years. DatGuy_Contribs 15:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

The number of long term disruptive editors in the television topic area is crazy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:10, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

There's a few areas in Misplaced Pages which have unbelievably dedicated disruptive editors and incredibly dedicated disruptive editor sniffers. I feel a PhD is needed to handle:

• unsourced television additions
• beauty pageant sockpuppetry
• bollywood disruption
• genre changes
• local South Asian politics

DatGuy_Contribs 16:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Don't forget children's television shows and people who are unusually old. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:35, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I had an IPv6 range a few months back that was going around and inserting "facts" relating to Judy Garland being supposedly approached for roles in almost every classic 1940s/50s Holywood film. On some level I admire the persistence, but damn if it's not disruptive. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Everyone needs a hobby, I guess. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:03, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Disable TPA

Hey could you disable the TPA of the IP range you just blocked? ― Blaze Wolf_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

All set. Thanks for the reverts. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Yep no problem! ― Blaze Wolf_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:37, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Advice regarding update to Australian alternative investment firm article

Dear User:ScottishFinnishRadish,

I’m LizziePEP, an employee of Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian alternative investment firm. You can find out a little more about me and my COI/paid editor status at my user page.

About four months ago, I submitted what I hope other editors will find to be an appropriate update to the Pacific Equity Partners article. It’s been some time since I submitted the request, and I have yet to receive a comprehensive review of the proposed changes.

I’ve been in touch with other notable Wiki editors with varying success, and have made some requested changes by editor User:DGG, including compiling a full revision of the article in my user space here: my user page

I notice you have had much to do with edit requests in the past, and would like to enquire whether you have the time to look over my submission and provide feedback?

Thanks very much. Lizzie PEP (talk) 01:16, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

I very seldom look at COI edit requests, and recently my time has been limited, so it's unlikely that I'll have the time to review your proposals. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:18, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Dear @ScottishFinnishRadish, thank you for your reply. I understand, would there be an alternate editor of whom you are aware that you would recommend I reach out to? Thanks Lizzie PEP (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't know anyone that handles COI edit requests. Your best bet is probably to open an edit request and wait on the queue. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Remove this user's talk page access

Hello will you remove User:Adorevisa's TPA? Thanks, Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 01:18, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Just ignore them. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:20, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Sure, I can do that, but they might make repeated platitudes and they even posted something abusive directly towards you. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 01:22, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

That's fine. WP:RBI is the watchword of the day. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Heads-up

Hey :) Just a quick heads-up that you missed a rev from your revdel on Maddy Thorson - specifically the rev that's generated when you protected the page. I'm not sure if this was an accidental miss or if you didn't realise that it needed deleted too, so thought I'd give you a quick heads-up just in case it's the latter! stwalkerster (talk) 14:43, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Stwalkerster, I missed it. I was outside doing some work on winterizing my chicken run and repairing some fence and saw that disruption during a break. I think I also forgot to select the right reason for the revdels :/ — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:51, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Meh, no worries - just wanted to make sure :) Thanks for taking care of it when you did! stwalkerster (talk) 14:54, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Is there any way to append a reason to a revdel after the fact, or is it just stuck with the generic reason? — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:01, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

There's no way to edit the log entries that are already there (much the same as edit summaries); you'd have to create new log entries by undeleting/redeleting. To be perfectly honest, I'd just leave it be at this point. stwalkerster (talk) 15:04, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, it's pretty clear to anyone reviewing why it was revdel'd. — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:05, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Oops

Should have checked deleted contribs. Thanks! -- Tamzin (she|they|xe) 21:21, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I wasn't sure if you had seen it, or if it was after your decline, or you just wanted to make sure that wasn't a dumb one-off edit. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:22, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

New Pages Patroller

Hey, SFR! Can you please grant me new page patroller rights? I've done quite a bit of it in the past; however, I stopped doing it for a few years. When I wanted to start doing it again, apparently it had become a privileged action. Thanks! It's me... Sallicio! 18:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Sallicio, I don't really do the permissions thing, so you'd be better off reaching out at WP:PERM. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! It's me... Sallicio! 12:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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I noticed that move protection was changed from admin to extended when edit protection was added to the article. Just wanted to make sure that was the intent. -- Dolotta (talk) 12:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Dolotta, that was a mistake, thought I had unchecked the modify move protection box. Restored to admin move protection. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:02, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

2022 Atlantic hurricane season

Hello, ScottishFinnishRadish,

It's still not exactly clear to me why you deleted this page but you have to be very careful when you take any action after a bad page move. Bots typically move all article redirects after a page move pretty quickly and if you delete a page with Twinkle, you can end up deleting a few (or a lot) of valid redirects that now point to the wrong page. When taking action after a bad page move of a popular page, if you are considering deleting either the bad title or the regular title, please check for redirects ("What links here") and either manually correct them to point to the right target or leave a redirect from the bad title to the correct title and the bots will get around to correcting these double redirects.

So, your page deletion ended up deleting a lot of valid redirects but Cryptic has restored them all now. But this is how you learn! I once mistakenly deleted all of the pages in a category...it's important when you make a mistake to set about fixing it once you realize that things didn't go as you planned. Thanks! Liz 00:34, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Liz, there was a request on discord, and a few admins started taking action all at the same time. I was under the impression that someone was handling the redirects after my deletion.
I even mentioned that I was going to have to fuck up deleting stuff or moving pages at some point, since it's a right of passage for admins to have to go to AN and request help fixing whatever they did with their tools.
I will certainly be more careful with that in the future. Sorry for the trouble. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:38, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

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