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Re: userpage

Thank you HJ, but I like it unprotected (even if it is moved-vandalized one day). Feel free temporary semi-protecting it when vandalism is excessive, random, 4chan or I end here, which I hope it take alot of years. More comments at my talkpage (which I think you are watching) Tbh®tch Happy Holidays 04:11, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

UK Community Notice - IRC meeting

Dear Wikipedian,

This is the first of what will hopefully be a regular notice to help bring together the UK community so that you can be involved in some amazing things. To kick things off, there will be a UK community IRC meeting at 1800 UTC, December 7, 2010 to discuss the future growth and developement of Wikimedia UK. Without huge community support and involvement, the chapter cannot be successful and to get the most out of it, get involved.

For information on the community IRC meeting please go here

More to come about:

• Misplaced Pages 10th Anniversary Events
• 1st Annual UK Wiki-conference
• Trustee interest meeting - an event for those community members with even just a fleeting interest in becoming trustees of Wikimedia UK.

Many Thanks

Joseph Seddon

User:Seddon

Delivered by WMUKBot (talk) on 05:34, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Block

Perhaps you could reconsider on the block of Hrafn (talk · contribs). The difference between him and "Sumbuddi" is that he stopped editing after being warned while Sumbuddi carried on. It's hard for me to see how a block is necessary to prevent disruption in this case. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:50, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

He was unblocked by Rd232 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA). I've no objection to the unblock, but, for the record, it was a clear 3RR vio. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:33, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Adrian Gonzalez

Hi there, do you know why Adrian Gonzalez is not still fully protected? I believe it should after you did so yesterday? Can you also extend the full protection until 2pm eastern today when we will know for sure which team he will be on? Thanks--TM 13:47, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Well it seems to have calmed down, but what's 2pm Eastern in UTC (so I can set the expiry properly)? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:35, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

It hasn't calmed down; I've reverted several edits this morning. Eastern US is -6 UTC, I believe. Thanks--TM 16:03, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, it's protected until 20:07 UTC. How's that? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:08, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

It is great. On another note, I appreciated your help with Downwards and the BLPs at ANI recently.--TM 16:36, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem. And I've very little time for people mucking about with categories on BLPs. They're as bad (if not worse) as the people who spend all their time randomly changing genres on music articles. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:39, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

You wouldn't believe the problems I've had with people who insist that X is a Y-American without any proof whatsoever. It is a long, arduous task to battle the notion that what we think and what we can prove are different things. Misplaced Pages has to focus on what we can prove, especially with BLPs.--TM 16:43, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I would, trust me. There's a group of IPs who spend all their time doing pretty much the same thing to actors' articles. You;d think they'd have something better to do. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:47, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Twinkle

It is Sunday. Please restore my Twinkle access. thank you. Dolovis (talk) 15:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:27, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

question

Hello HJ, if an editor has listed an AfD and wants to withdraw it, how is that done? Thanks.Malke 2010 (talk) 17:15, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

If they're the only person who's edited it, then tag the AfD with {{db-g7}} and remove it from the log. Otherwise, if there are no delete !votes, it can be closed as speedy keep. I have a script to do that if you want to link the AfD. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:18, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I'll go get it.Malke 2010 (talk) 17:26, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Here's one: The article's been edited w/new content. .Malke 2010 (talk) 17:28, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Closed. Any more? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:31, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. There are others, but I'd like to post on them before hand. You can do this one next, and then I'll bring you the others, just a few more. . Malke 2010 (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Done that one. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:51, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

. Malke 2010 (talk) 17:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:58, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

. That should be it.Malke 2010 (talk) 18:00, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:02, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. You're a prince.Malke 2010 (talk) 18:04, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much for granting me the rights! :) I just have one question, did I request the reviewer? I don't know, maybe I did. But thanks anyway. If I didn't, I was going to regardless. ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 18:08, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I don't think so, I threw it in extra. And you;re welcome. As long as you're careful, I'm sure you'll be fine. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, alright. I will be. Thanks again! ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 18:14, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I have another question. I'm trying to install Huggle, but it's not working for me. I downloaded it and everything, but it says "Huggle is not enabled for your account..." and I'm not sure what to do. Nevermind. Figured it out. ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 18:22, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Michał Miśkiewicz

Hi, Mitchell! I noticed that you've been deleting some of the articles created by User:-2Oc outside-Alex Latham. However, among them there was Michał Miśkiewicz, which I had just cleaned up, removing all fake/unsourced information and properly referencing the rest. So I was wondering if you could restore it. Thanks. :-) Luxic (talk) 18:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

If you want. I just used Special:Nuke on him because they all seem to end up deleted eventually. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:04, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Well, all of his articles are indeed a real mess and he often adds fake stats to assert notability. So, it's no wonder that most of the times they get deleted. Luxic (talk) 19:22, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Mentoring

What can I do now because nobody is mentoring me right now? WAYNESLAM 19:18, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

It seems to me that it would do you a loa of good to take a break from Wiki. If you'reon here every waking minute you have, just trying to do antivandal work, you may be addicted. Given what has happened, you should seriously consider just having a break now and then. It would be ill-advised of you to do anything contentious at this point if your mentor is offline lest you screw up and find yourself in more trouble. StrPby (talk) 19:23, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

My rollback rights were revoked and now I'll be able to take breaks from Misplaced Pages every now and then. The addiction isn't good since it's bad for your eyesight. WAYNESLAM 19:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Unblock request from Shshshsh

Hi HJ. Could you please comment on the unblock request from Shshshsh (talk · contribs)? They claim, with some justification it seems, to have been combating a group of sockpuppets. Favonian (talk) 20:44, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

RfA

A while back, at the end of my second RfA, you gave me some advice. A few months have passed since then, and I'm starting to think of a third RfA (although because of the input I have received from 2 editors so far it won't be very soon). Do you happen to have some more advice on what I can do to improve my third RfA's chances of succeeding? --Slon02 (talk) 22:27, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, why do you want to be an admin and what would you do with the bit if you woke up and found you'd been granted tomorrow morning? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:31, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

My main reason is so that I could have a wider range of tools to more quickly respond to situations that arise in my usual Misplaced Pages editing. Most often, when I'm doing something on Misplaced Pages, it is fighting vandalism and patrolling new pages (although I am moving on to different areas, such as adding actual content). When I'm doing so, I make reports to admins (such as requests for page speedy deletions and user blocks). There are times when those aren't handled right away, and in those times the vandals continue to vandalize. If I became an admin tomorrow morning, I would instead deal with those situations right away instead of having to wait for someone else to deal with them. I suppose that if I woke up and found out that I was granted adminship tomorrow morning, not a lot would change except that I would be able to deal with reports of vandalism and speedy deletion (and page protection, although I have not participated in that as much). --Slon02 (talk) 22:50, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Everybody makes mistakes

It's okay, everybody makes mistakes. Shahid • 22:31, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

My apologies for the block. As I say, I had no idea that was a sock army you were reverting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:33, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Request semi protection

Hi there, I've request semi-protection on the Somewhere in the World (song) article. ozurbanmusic (talk) 22:36, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank You..!!!

Thanks Harry. Thank you so much for giving me the rights. I'll use it wisely. Novice7 Talk 15:20, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:21, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Thanks for the rollback rights while they are not a status symbol they do symbolize a certain amount of trust. So thanks.TucsonDavid (talk) 15:24, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Template:Telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom

Would it be possible for some protection to be added to the above template, which a dynamic IP is repeatedly editing against current talk page consensus? Thanks. Rangoon11 (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

You'd have to ask at WP:RPP. I'm a bit busy at the minute. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:43, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

hm

I am somewhat amazed that you gave reviewer and rollback to User:TucsonDavid, given that he's only been here for a few weeks and just recently srcewed up several times with Twinkle... Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 20:23, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Well it's easily revoked if he buggers it up. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:35, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

OK. The reason I noticed was because I still has his talkpage on my watchlist from his last screw-up. I didn't know rollback was given out so easily. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 22:36, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

I'll give it to anybody with a bit of AV experience whose contribs don't suggest they'll use to edit war. He seems to have done alright with Stiki, so I thought I'd give him a chance. It goes away in two clicks if he doesn't use it properly. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:39, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Marianela_Salazar

There is a BLP undelete request at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_undeletion#Marianela_Salazar_Guill.C3.A9n by Evanex (talk · contribs) where I am am not sure whether you found the sources unreliable or whether or not you declined a prevous request at your talk page.--Tikiwont (talk) 20:40, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't remember that one specifically, but I delete a lot of BLP PRODs. One of the sources is definitely unreliable, the other I can't be 100% on without looking at it in more detail. I've no objection to you fulfilling or denying the request as you see fit if you want, or I'll look at it when I have a minute. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:46, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

After some research it seems that Ellas Virtual is a supplement of La Prensa, so it should fit the bill and I undeleted it. --Tikiwont (talk) 21:10, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:56, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Your block of Nableezy

You made a mistake. Please own up to it by lifting the block immediately. Thanks. Tiamut 23:14, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)It would be most helpful if you specified what HJ did wrong, as I don't see it and he may not either. Airplaneman ✈ 23:17, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Airplaneman, I think it would be better if HJ Mitchell explained how Nableezy violated the topic ban. PhilKnight (talk) 23:21, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

I actually agree with Phil here. IMO Nableezy did not violate his topic ban.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:26, 6 December 2010 (UTC)