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| *Please don't "sir" me: "Drmies" is good enough, thanks. Look, I am going through your recent edits, and "In April 2022, ] expressed her delight in Bright's screen presence..."? That kind of celebrity nonsense is how we get a 200k article on a young entertainer, when ], a Featured Article, is 127k, on someone with a six-decade long career. ] (]) 20:44, 10 June 2023 (UTC) | *Please don't "sir" me: "Drmies" is good enough, thanks. Look, I am going through your recent edits, and "In April 2022, ] expressed her delight in Bright's screen presence..."? That kind of celebrity nonsense is how we get a 200k article on a young entertainer, when ], a Featured Article, is 127k, on someone with a six-decade long career. ] (]) 20:44, 10 June 2023 (UTC) | ||
| *Oh. "Acting coach Kru Rambutan Rossukon was impressed by his dedication." Stop the press. ] (]) 20:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC) | *Oh. "Acting coach Kru Rambutan Rossukon was impressed by his dedication." Stop the press. ] (]) 20:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC) | ||
| *Oh! He held a guest lecture. He donated to 'Animal Welfare and Shelter'. Oh, he did something sponsored by Astro Stuffs and it was reported on , where you can "ENJOY YOUR CREATIVITY TO MIX & MATCH WITH OUR TIMELESS, CASUAL, BUT NOT-SO-SIMPLE ITEMS". If you can't see what's wrong with all this, I don't know what to tell you. ] (]) 20:48, 10 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
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Uncommunicative IP editor returns
Hey there,
You recently blocked an IP user (following an ANI post by @StarScream1007:). They appear to have returned with a different IP and the same behavior. I noticed familiar behavior by @68.55.207.1: at Steven Stamkos (diff: ). I'm pretty new to this (Misplaced Pages editing, and dealing with such a persistent yet uncommunicative editor), and would appreciate any help or guidance. Thanks! Wracking 02:29, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Drmies, I hope you're well. I wanted to let you know that this editor is back, editing both with their IP(s) and an account (User:Gymrat16). It's hard to keep track of their edits, but they may be edit warring at this point, particularly at Nikita Kucherov. They've responded to notes about their edits, but not changed their behavior. Wracking 03:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- OK--this and this clinch it. I warned them too--they're headed for a block if they don't figure it out. Drmies (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi again. This is block evasion, no? Thanks for all you do. Wracking 12:29, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi again (again). Thanks for your diligence. They now appear to be at IP Special:Contributions/2600:1007:b03c:a189::/64 and Special:Contributions/2601:408:c181:8000::/51 making the same or similar edits.
- Example diffs – first IP: , second IP: . Thanks! Wracking 22:20, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks. What fun. Drmies (talk) 12:19, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi again. This is block evasion, no? Thanks for all you do. Wracking 12:29, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- OK--this and this clinch it. I warned them too--they're headed for a block if they don't figure it out. Drmies (talk) 12:52, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
FYI, they are back again. Making similar edits, again (but no longer using the Gymrat16 account). Maybe they're losing steam. Special:Contributions/2600:1007:b0ab:51d8::/64 Wracking 01:00, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yikes, they don't quit. Pretty much the same pattern as usual. I issued a warning to one IP, and they hopped to another IP. New range: . Thanks again for your help. I owe you soft drink or beer. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 20:16, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Maria de Knuijt
On 15 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Maria de Knuijt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maria de Knuijt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Maria de Knuijt), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for your share of the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Gerda--but that share is totally minor compared to the work that User:CaroleHenson put in! Drmies (talk) 13:28, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- I love collaboration no matter how distributed exactly ;) - of course I told Carole the same. I have questions regarding the GAN of Soňa Červená, one of them how to word subheaders for her life between East and West. Ideas welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Pentecost was full of music, and my story today is that 300 years ago today, Bach became Thomaskantor, with BWV 75, writing music history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:41, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Draft:The Spectacular
Mind taking a look at this draft about a Dutch TV series? I don't have access to some of the sources and the ones I can review are somewhat standard coverage but seems like there should be better sources out there. S0091 (talk) 16:50, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, it's a VPRO show--that's always a good sign. And it won the Gouden Kalf? That means it's basically automatically notable. I'll have a better look when I have some time: kids are coming home. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- OK, I added a source and moved it on to mainspace. I think I want to see that. It was a very tense time. Drmies (talk) 00:30, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Drmies! Good find with the review. Yeah, it does sound like an interesting show. S0091 (talk) 13:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
Mazepa
While it is entirely your prerogative, I do not see how parachuting into a contentious topic and accusing an editor (me) of edit warring to introduce a category and threatening them (me) with sanctions is helpful. For starters, the "charge" was false - the category was there for months and we were discussing whether it should or not be removed. Most importantly, however, it's a blatant violation of AGF, particularly so given that two users were having a discussion in civil terms (especially for EE standards!).
I apologise for my part in accidentally undoing your edits, but I think you can easily check my version against the last edit by MVBW to see that the only change is or should be me recovering the bits removed due to sources being highlighted as broken by MVBW (except for a single sentence that I did not re-add by mistake, and which at this point I cannot re-add without being accused of edit warring). I resent that you jumped to the conclusion of malice, although I assume it's understandable. The fact that you were editing in between is simply unlucky, but fundamentally it needn't be an issue, since I completely agree with the changes you attempted to introduce. I might add a bit or two from the article by Subtelny that you removed from external links, but if I do I will do so in the text.
Now, I do not expect (much less demand) anything, but an apology would be nice, and the restoration of the archived links would be even better (with or without an apology!). I will hold no grudges either way. Alternatively, I will restore the broken links tomorrow so as to no incur a penalty for edit warring. Cheers. Ostalgia (talk) 18:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- Well, you did edit war, and you've restored that category four times, against the wishes of three different editors--me, My very best wishes, Lute88. Look: 1, 2, 3, 4. I'm putting those links here in case someone wants to take this to a noticeboard. Now, if that last one was an accident, why are you here yelling at me and demanding an apology? And why are you asking for my permission to restore archived links? No one is fighting over that: go ahead and do it. But since three different people have now deleted that category, you might take a hint: consensus for that is not on your side. Drmies (talk) 18:31, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- In a nutshell: mainstream historiography does NOT consider Mazepa a traitor. Only the the Russian propaganda machine does. A clear case of POV and WEIGHT. Has to be removed.--Aristophile (talk) 18:35, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- "Mainstream historiography" does not condemn (or exonerate) people of treason. A historian isn't a judge (and vice versa). That Mazepa was declared a traitor is a fact, and that he is perceived as one in the cultural memory of Russia (and, as the articled stated, in part of Ukraine) is so as well. It's not an issue of criminality (which is beyond the scope of Misplaced Pages) or value-judgement (also beyond our scope). A man's traitor can be another man's freedom fighter. You're welcome at the TP if you want to discuss it. Cheers. Ostalgia (talk) 19:02, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- I did not edit war against you, as can be surmised by my edit. I have no qualm with your edits, and I did not undo your edits - not on purpose, at any rate. As I said, I do not disagree with your edits. I have no intention of touching the category because we are discussing it in the talk page, which is what I think should've happened in the first place. I have no axe to grind, and I will not lose any sleep over whether Mazepa is in the "traitors" category (an odd category, but given the people cited there, one where Mazepa could well fit) or not. And finally, I have not yelled at you, and I have not demanded an apology (I explicitly said as much!). As I said, I am here to ask for the links to be restored, which is what I intended to do with my last edit, and to ask for you to calm down when intervening in EE. There's enough shit-throwing, aspersions and lack of AGF as it stands to have experienced editors and admins pile on that. Ostalgia (talk) 18:51, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't understand edit warring "against" someone. And I really don't understand what you want. You're not demanding an apology, but you want an apology? For what? Never mind. And one more thing: Mazepa was declared a traitor by some entity--or by a historiographic tradition. The category makes him a traitor in Misplaced Pages's voice. That cannot be. Now, move on please. Drmies (talk) 20:02, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- Then what is the purpose of the category? Every single individual in that category
was declared a traitor by some entity--or by a historiographic tradition. The category makes him a traitor in Misplaced Pages's voice
. If thatcannot be
, then what is the purpose of the category? We're literally doing that for every member of the category. For the record, I do not oppose removing the category altogether. Cheers. Ostalgia (talk) 20:13, 23 May 2023 (UTC)- I don't know; I didn't create it. I mean, for Quisling or Benedict Arnold it seems pretty cut and dry and I don't think anyone would dispute it, but this is not one of those cases, it seems. The very existence of a category doesn't mean we should accept what it denotes as always an objective reality, and I really have no interest in defending the validity of this category. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 22:16, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- Then what is the purpose of the category? Every single individual in that category
- I don't understand edit warring "against" someone. And I really don't understand what you want. You're not demanding an apology, but you want an apology? For what? Never mind. And one more thing: Mazepa was declared a traitor by some entity--or by a historiographic tradition. The category makes him a traitor in Misplaced Pages's voice. That cannot be. Now, move on please. Drmies (talk) 20:02, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
- In a nutshell: mainstream historiography does NOT consider Mazepa a traitor. Only the the Russian propaganda machine does. A clear case of POV and WEIGHT. Has to be removed.--Aristophile (talk) 18:35, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 56
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Issue 56, March – April 2023
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Some edit warring
Hello Drmies, responding to a copypatrol report I noticed the EW report and interactions between those two users; I noticed they had a massive edit war earlier today at List of women monarchs-- just an FYI. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 18:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Moneytrees. Cullen328, thanks for blocking them. What a mess. Drmies (talk) 23:47, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
- Happy to help. Cullen328 (talk) 23:51, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
back and back
Hi there, the pesky IP-hopping BE sock seems to be concentrating on 2023, their activities having been clocked and noted at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/92.14.216.40. As I've confirmed there, it's clearly them. Would you be happy to take action? Mutt Lunker (talk) 20:57, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
- Gotcha. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you. Mutt Lunker (talk) 08:23, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- Forgot this one, thinking it was listed at the investigations page: User:92.5.100.233 Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:15, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you. Mutt Lunker (talk) 08:23, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- A new user has appeared on the page 2023 which may be worth taking a closer look at. User:202X made their first edits today, deleting a significant amount of hidden wikitext. The wikitext was related to a part of the page, the picture collage, which would only be known to regulars. Carter00000 (talk) 16:44, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Weird. They are not the same person, but they're a perfect match with a sock who has no interest in years. I don't know what to make of it. Drmies (talk) 12:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for checking out the account and your information provided above. Perhaps we could just keep an eye on the account for now, as the account doesn't seem have made any further edits or reinstated the edit which I reverted previously. Carter00000 (talk) 13:49, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Weird. They are not the same person, but they're a perfect match with a sock who has no interest in years. I don't know what to make of it. Drmies (talk) 12:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
Super8204
New IP: 2601:188:C500:49E0:2151:63E6:278A:8BBE. I'm on mobile, so it's harder to reach out the right venue for this. Thank you again for your help on my user page (: – Callmemirela 🍁 17:44, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
- And 2601:188:C500:49E0:3581:F3D2:8D75:D0D0. – Callmemirela 🍁 18:40, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
Khadim e Khass
Hello. Just wondered whether you recall the reason for your CU block of Khadim e Khass (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? The article they created was updated by a user I've linked to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/BrookeCook and if Khadim e Khass is also linked then G5 applies. SmartSE (talk) 11:37, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I follow, Smartse. I linked them to User:CloudFarr3r, but any link is good enough to delete via G5. (I'm not sure why I didn't delete it on the spot.) Anyway, as the tag on Cloudfarr's user page suggests, and the rationale for the block on the range, there's so much socking going on there that it can be hard to figure out who's who. Drmies (talk) 13:29, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
User:Gymrat16
Based on various warnings and seeing that a completely new editor went straight to NHL player pages, I have a feeling that User:Gymrat16 is another sockpuppet of User:Moka Mo (link to WP:SPI), but I cannot verify it at the moment, because Editor Interaction Analyser does not work for me. – sbaio 14:27, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- I can see, from their edits, why you would think that, but I checked and geolocate points to a very different place. Any case would have to be made on behavioral grounds. Sorry, Drmies (talk) 14:36, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Drmies, I saw the note you left on Gymrat's note page and followed it here. Another user and myself have encountered Gymrat16 across various NHL-related articles for a two months now. I can't 100% say this is Moka, but there's some unique behavior between the two users, in particular they way they edit section headers and generally refrain leaving edit summaries or communicating with other users. Edits from Moka: vs. edits from Gymrat:. I'm not sure if this alone is enough evidence to go forward with an SPI case. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 14:59, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know either, user:StarScream1007, but there's only one way to find out. When you try that, give some concise examples of the kind of thing that you think nails it, with diffs for both. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 16:15, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Drmies, I saw the note you left on Gymrat's note page and followed it here. Another user and myself have encountered Gymrat16 across various NHL-related articles for a two months now. I can't 100% say this is Moka, but there's some unique behavior between the two users, in particular they way they edit section headers and generally refrain leaving edit summaries or communicating with other users. Edits from Moka: vs. edits from Gymrat:. I'm not sure if this alone is enough evidence to go forward with an SPI case. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 14:59, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
Love your neighbor613
They've went full mask off (pun intended). Do you think it's time for a WP:NOTHERE block? LilianaUwU 04:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- User:bradv, it's time, isn't it. Drmies (talk) 16:55, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Oh boy I didn't see that one. Woefully, and dangerously, misinformed – maybe reading Misplaced Pages will help. – bradv 17:59, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Ouch. I'm glad Misplaced Pages is serving as a bulwark these days against Alex Jonesian silliness, it spreads like wildfire. —DIYeditor (talk) 18:04, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Oh boy I didn't see that one. Woefully, and dangerously, misinformed – maybe reading Misplaced Pages will help. – bradv 17:59, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
LGBT rights in UAE back to the puppet-approved version
Hope it's okay to pester you with this again, Drmies: A user, Felixsto, undid your reversion of the last JacobKennedy sock's work at LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates. They then went on to make further "improvement": . It seems a straightforward case of quacking to me: What's your view? With thanks, AukusRuckus (talk) 12:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Gotcha. Pretty sad, huh. Drmies (talk) 12:32, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sad, yeah: sigh! (By my estimation they've been acting like this for more than ten years and must be closing-in on 30 years of age, at least. What's the payoff for someone like this? I know, there's even worse around ...) I will post another proforma SPI case like last time. Thanks very much for this, and also for all of your effort on WP. I see it around; it's appreciated. AukusRuckus (talk) 12:48, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sure thing, and thanks for your kind words. Drmies (talk) 12:50, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sad, yeah: sigh! (By my estimation they've been acting like this for more than ten years and must be closing-in on 30 years of age, at least. What's the payoff for someone like this? I know, there's even worse around ...) I will post another proforma SPI case like last time. Thanks very much for this, and also for all of your effort on WP. I see it around; it's appreciated. AukusRuckus (talk) 12:48, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
A Cup of Tea for you!
Dinoz1 (chat?) (he/him) has asked you to join them for a nice cup of tea and sit down here. 
Thanks for handling Marcela Ocaño at WP:ANI, tea on me! Dinoz1 (chat?) (he/him) 16:15, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Sure thing! I wish I really got paid per block. BTW, I have no doubt there are more, older accounts. Drmies (talk) 17:14, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- You deserve it! And yeah, probably. I think we may be able to find it searching through page histories. Dinoz1 (chat?) (he/him) 18:23, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
SPI
Hi! I have opened an SPI where you were involved. Feel free to comment if required. – Callmemirela 🍁 22:56, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
Music genre fixation
Hi, User:AppalachianCentrist seems to have taken it upon himself to classify and label every song, every album and every artist as some genre or other, whether that's the general consensus of music writers and fans or not. Unlike most genre warriors he does cite sources, but he uses them inappropriately, taking one review and labelling the song/album/artist on the basis of one descriptive phrase. For example with REM's New Adventures in Hi-Fi he took one review which said the album rocked "long and hard" as justification for labelling the album "hard rock". I pointed out WP:EXPLICITGENRES to him but that only has essay status. If it was up to me I'd just call REM a "rock" band and leave it at that, but some want to call it "alternative rock" or "college rock", whatever those terms mean. I guess there are a decent number of sources for those terms at least. Anyway his drive by genre-izing is rather exasperating. The Billy Joel album "Glass Houses" is not "punk", the Ramones are not "power pop" etc. One review which is merely trying to describe the music and suggest possible influences is not a basis for labeling something with a genre. This is WP:SYNTH. I've tried explaining this but he won't stop. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 02:20, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hmm, I see. I just reverted the New Adventures edit: I agree that it's way too tenuous. But this is a matter for talk page discussion, not for administrative intervention. You could try dispute resolution, or an RfC, if you want to focus on this one. You could also take it to ANI, of course, if it's a matter of consistent behavior. Binksternet, do you have an opinion? You've dealt with genre warriors. Oh, fun REM fact: my buddy was an engineer for Up, so I have drank beers with famous people. Drmies (talk) 13:46, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- We all know how much fun ANI is, I don't want to do that. He is not a bad faith editor. I just want him to stop calling the Ramones "power pop" and REM "glam rock" and Billy Joel "punk rock". He has done this in multiple articles across multiple genres. Mostly punk (ish), rock and country. And yeah I'm not so much asking you to put on your admin hat so much as someone who knows policy and is fairly knowledgeable about pop/rock music. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 14:03, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- I certainly have an opinion! The essay at WP:GWAR represents community consensus, so it has a certain amount of leverage in an argument. Especially the part that calls out WP:V, a hard policy, which can be interpreted as supporting genres named explicitly in sources. (The interpretation would be leaning on letter-of-the-law versus spirit-of-the-law.) The genre-warring behavior of AppalachianCentrist is inappropriate because it appears that AppalachianCentrist is shooting from the hip rather than surveying a broad sweep of the literature to get proper balance. Binksternet (talk) 15:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Ha, Binksternet, I knew I could count on you to have an opinion. Max, the path forward, then, is to call out the individual edits, perhaps on talk pages as well as in edit summaries. The better your case is that the genres are unverified or not properly verified the easier it will be to get consensus for individual reverts/edits, and those in turn can be a guide for future reverts. The moment someone explicitly goes against talk page consensus (or policy, of course, for highly unverified edits or clear instances of SYNTH), the easier it will be to report to an admin or a board if it has to go that far. Drmies (talk) 15:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- He's been doing this for the last three years, cleaning up all the damage he's done to music articles will be a Herculean task. I fixed The Replacements article anyway, they sound more like a sloppier version of the Rolling Stones than a "hardcore punk" band, and the Rolling Stone article he linked to didn't support that characterizaion. Article text also indicates they were not considered a "hardcore" band, except maybe for their first EP. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 09:06, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Ha, Binksternet, I knew I could count on you to have an opinion. Max, the path forward, then, is to call out the individual edits, perhaps on talk pages as well as in edit summaries. The better your case is that the genres are unverified or not properly verified the easier it will be to get consensus for individual reverts/edits, and those in turn can be a guide for future reverts. The moment someone explicitly goes against talk page consensus (or policy, of course, for highly unverified edits or clear instances of SYNTH), the easier it will be to report to an admin or a board if it has to go that far. Drmies (talk) 15:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
Technical news
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
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IP blocked
Hi @Drmies, I am an Account Creator on this wiki but I just got a message that my IP has been blocked for account creation when I tried creating an account. This is the IP 2401:4900:0:0:0:0:0:0/32. Hope to get help for the same. Thank you. Satdeep Gill (talk • contribs 12:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hey Satdeep, I think the best thing to do is to get Misplaced Pages:IP block exemption. That range is highly problematic, I'm sorry to say. Drmies (talk) 00:31, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Editor doing the same disruption again and again
Hey Drmies, Tigers5347 kept changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Šar Mountains and for that got blocked for a month. That happened in 2019. Now the editor has returned to editing and all they are doing is changing "Kosovo" to "Serbia" or "Kosovo and Metohija" on Kosovo Serbs. All their edits in their editing history are the same kind of disruption. Can you take a look as this looks to me as a clear WP:NOTHERE case? Ktrimi991 (talk) 01:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Done by tps. -- Euryalus (talk) 01:19, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
- @Euryalus: thanks, much appreciated. Cheers, Ktrimi991 (talk) 10:02, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Oscar James Campbell Jr.
On 8 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oscar James Campbell Jr., which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oscar James Campbell Jr., an American scholar of Shakespeare, complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read "masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar James Campbell, Jr.. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oscar James Campbell Jr.), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
User Keneris adding back vandalism
Hello, On 30th November 2022, post review your have deleted grossly exaggerated unrelated information. User Keneris is attempting to add the same back BrightsForever (talk) 11:05, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- OK, I see--thanks for reverting. But please don't use my name in edit summaries as an argument for reverting: that should be done on its own merits. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- Apologies. Would be mindful of this henceforth. BrightsForever (talk) 15:37, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Vidz Shingri Joined 9 days ago
Helli, this user is making all Inappropriate edits in many articles and uploading copyright pictures as own. Unaware of Misplaced Pages guidelines and not referring to talk. Kindly temporary block this user. BrightsForever (talk) 11:08, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Disruptive IP
Hi, you blocked this IP range about a year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A2603%3A7080%3A5000%3A1F%3A0%3A0%3A0%3A0%2F64 . this person is now using that range to avoid a longterm block of this IP https://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/24.59.36.170 could you maybe block the range again? --FMSky (talk) 13:47, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 15:11, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- nice, thanks alot --FMSky (talk) 15:11, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
Quote reference & Listicles
Sir, noted many artist articles used Quote & celebrity ranking under Listicles which is apart from Performance awards. How it is unacceptable please let me know? I referred article: Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, which has clean article writting history BrightsForever (talk) 21:26, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
Vachirawit Chivaaree as photographer and Philanthropist
Hi Drmies, I understand Bright for only as an actor, however he indeed is popular in Thailand industry for hosting as he started his career from many variety shows. He is popular for his photography and his pictures were part of galleries and in recognized magazines. He is renowned singer and received few awards and multiple nominations. He initiate, involve,promote and publicize charity and is recognised by Thai based organisations.
I understand that there was too much information, I'm learning from your inputs and try to have concise representation in any upcoming edits BrightsForever (talk) 23:35, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
- I read the article. It's very puffy. We need encyclopedic information based on reliable secondary sources--not celeb stuff based on primary sources and gossip sites. The stuff I removed, that's really for Wikia. Drmies (talk) 00:54, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
Reliable sources
Sir, yesterday you have detailed many reliable sources too like Harper's Bazaar, Elle Magazine and many Thailand based reports & news. He was part UNICEF initiative, you have deleted those too. Hence confused. Understood on the primary sources, but how it is acceptable for other artists who were part of it too, but same source is unreliable here. BrightsForever (talk) 08:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- Please don't "sir" me: "Drmies" is good enough, thanks. Look, I am going through your recent edits, and "In April 2022, Yoko Kamio expressed her delight in Bright's screen presence..."? That kind of celebrity nonsense is how we get a 200k article on a young entertainer, when Katherine Hepburn, a Featured Article, is 127k, on someone with a six-decade long career. Drmies (talk) 20:44, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- Oh. "Acting coach Kru Rambutan Rossukon was impressed by his dedication." Stop the press. Drmies (talk) 20:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- Oh! He held a guest lecture. He donated to 'Animal Welfare and Shelter'. Oh, he did something sponsored by Astro Stuffs and it was reported on the Astro Stuffs website, where you can "ENJOY YOUR CREATIVITY TO MIX & MATCH WITH OUR TIMELESS, CASUAL, BUT NOT-SO-SIMPLE ITEMS". If you can't see what's wrong with all this, I don't know what to tell you. Drmies (talk) 20:48, 10 June 2023 (UTC)