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Diane Harper & 69.181.17.113

The current occupant of 69.181.17.113 is a self-declared relative of the subject who turned the article into a résumé. Judging by the IP's user talk, whoever's been editing from there is having difficulty understanding how Misplaced Pages works.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:54, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi Skywatcher68, thanks for the notification. Hm. " is a relative" on the talk page of a biography doesn't exactly look like "I am a relative of " to me. Am I overlooking something? Regarding the article itself, I'd protect it but there hasn't been any removal or revert, so there's no reason to believe the content would be restored without protection. There's nothing to be restored even with a COI. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps I misread "Rebecca Medved is a relative" as the IP stating their relative. I'm too literal sometimes.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:38, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

2025

Have a happy New Year filled with light!

Hi ToBeFree, Best wishes that the new year brings peace, good health and happiness. Thank you for what you do for the encyclopedia and this community. It was nice to meet you recently; thought you would like some magical, glowing foxes to bring in the new year. Cheers! Image: New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji, Utagawa Hiroshige, woodcut, 1857 Netherzone (talk) 15:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh cool! Are these Inari Ōkami too?

Thank you very much, Netherzone, for the beautiful personal New Year's card with firefoxes!

May your New Year be filled with light too!
meta: the flame is from Firefox OS :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm not knowledgeable enough about Hiroshige's work to know whether his intentions were to depict a grouping of the kami Inari Okami, or if he intended to personify the geophysical/atmospheric phenomena of "ghost lights" (sometimes called will-o-the-wisps) or Fox-fire Hitodama, or Shiranui (sometimes called Saint Elmo's fire), or Onibi, but whatever...I find the image so very delightful and inspiring (and even saw one of the original prints (it's tiny!) in a museum show!) Thankfully, there are still mysteries in the world! Netherzone (talk) 16:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Armstrong Williams & 2601:98D:C082:4330:20BD:DA57:7E5A:7F6D

The current occupant of 2601:98D:C082:4330:20BD:DA57:7E5A:7F6D clearly has an axe to grind and was reported to AIV by @Jiffles1: but evidently nothing is going to be done.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Update: blocked by Ahecht after being declined by a different admin.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:37, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Ah well. 🙂 Thanks to you both! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:22, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year, ToBeFree!

ToBeFree,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages.
𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 20:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 20:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi D.18th, thank you very much! Happy New Year to you too! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:07, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Rollbacks don't count as edits?

Since I gotten rollback, I've noticed that every revert I did earlier counted as 2 edits (revert+warn) but now it counts as 1. Does it have something to do with rollback being used? If so, wouldn't not counting it provide an inaccurate edit count figure? Thanks! randomdude121‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 16:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi Randomdude121, where exactly are you checking the edit count? At Special:Preferences, meta:Special:CentralAuth/Randomdude121 or using an external tool? Because these edit counts will differ for many reasons, some of which are explainable and some of which seem pretty random. Rollback may actually make a difference, deleted contributions may too, page protections do to my knowledge, page moves are probably counted differently too. Everything else than a normal edit may end up being filtered by one or another tool or counting method. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:13, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Request for Assistance

You are an experienced administrator that I respect, @ToBeFree. If possible, I would value your contribution to the Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Palestinian political violence (3rd nomination). It would mean a lot to have your third-party, neutral, and experienced perspective. Firecat93 (talk) 19:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi Firecat93, this invitation is an honor I am very thankful for.

Merges are normally proposed using the process described at Misplaced Pages:Merging § Proposing a merge, and deletion nominations that don't argue for deletion may be closed as "speedy keep" (perhaps only proposing an alternative action such as moving or merging).

I have protected the deletion discussion (and the other one) to enforce the extended-confirmed restriction in this topic area, but I have no opinion on whether the articles should be merged or not, and if I had an opinion, I'd still prefer to avoid getting involved.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC)