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GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter We have completed our July backlog elimination drive. The drive wrap-up newsletter is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the August blitz! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 23:41, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation

Guild of Copy Editors August Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of sixteen people who signed up for this blitz, nine copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 26 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the September drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the September drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 02:52, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

It's back

I'm sorry about using the block cause I didn't know administrators do it. But I can tell you that the person that I tried to block is back as 199.96.246.132. BTW that person has been sending me abuse and attacking me. S_hannon434 4:38, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello I can't see that this person has been attacking you?--5 albert square (talk) 22:11, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Hide revision history candidate?

Hi 5 Albert Square

To seek an external opinion, should this edit of the article BBC he hidden from the revision history as it is basically all profanity and accusations of bias towards the BBC? I personally think it should, but I'm still fairly new to this sort of thing even though I've been editing a while.

Cheers, Rafmarham (talk) 20:06, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello

Please read WP:CRD. I do not think that under that it would qualify for revdel.--5 albert square (talk) 22:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Wigglewoggle and User:IAidanBarry

User talk:Wigglewoggle and User:IAidanBarry

Hello there. I wanted to raise your attention to the above editors. Wigglewoggle is constantly disrupting and IAidanBarry seems to be just as bad. The second user has blatantly refused to listen to any of the advice given on a number of occasions. One time, if you at their talk edit history, they blanked my advice. Despite trying to ask them to stop disruptive articles, they joined forces (assuming they are not one now that IAidanBarry is blanking my messages on WiggleWoggle's talk page) to leave me two gloating messages. Which were kind of humorous considering they cannot grasp the fact they were reverted for violating WP:OR rather than merely being correct. Anyway blatant ignorance, edit warring, adding original research, no use of editing summaries, gloating messages, refusal to cooperate, ingoring guidelines regarding fair use rationales, etc. I thought it was time to alert an admin to this scenario.Rain the 1 21:34, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

GOCE September 2013 drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors September 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The September 2013 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the October blitz! – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 05:07, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive

Guild of Copy Editors October Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of eleven people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we copy edited 42 articles from WikiProject Film's backlog, reducing it by a net of 34 articles. Hope to see you at the November drive in a few days! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. Sign up for the November drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

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November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors November 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The November 2013 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the December blitz! – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:22, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 14:59, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Glamis Castle

GLAMIS CASTLE page Please fix up my bad mistake with the referenvce on the history section of the GLAMIS cASTLE page Cheers and thanks mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.10.139 (talk) 12:18, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello I'm afraid I have internet problems and the mobile I'm using isn't allowing me to view your edits or the page history for some reason. Please ask someone who has internet access. Sorry 5 albert square (talk) 01:09, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page! The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

GOCE 2013 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations! Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review. – Your project coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 Sign up for the January drive! To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Here is an SPI report that proved the latest sock. They keep recreating Beth and Rob from Coronation Street. We have decided to improve Beth ourselves but Rob - nope. So can you deal with the sock puppet with the appropriate outcome for creating mmultiple accounts and being a troublemaker. Plus please lock Rob Donovan for a month.Rain the 1 13:11, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

March GOCE copyedit drive

Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)|} Speedy deletion nomination of Hany Lee If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article. You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles. A tag has been placed on Hany Lee, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are: It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. LGA talkedits 11:49, 25 March 2014 (UTC) GOCE March drive wrapup Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The March 2014 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the April blitz! – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here. Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles. Blitz!: The April blitz will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the Requests list. Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC) April blitz wrap-up and May copyediting drive invitation Guild of Copy Editors April 2014 Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 28 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the May drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC) Request for comment Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Typo on your user page Heyo! On your user page, in the sentence, "Priot to that I worked for Samsung for over 7 years." the word Prior is misspelt. Just thought you should know and I assume it's faux pas to edit a user page. Cheers! —f3ndot (TALK) (EMAIL) (PGP) 00:39, 30 May 2014 (UTC) GOCE June 2014 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors May 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone! Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC) Liamb productions They've been in touch with me through email, so I'll respond to them that way. Daniel Case (talk) 14:53, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Block of Frick.Photoarchive Was it really necessarily to resort to a block in this instance? I know it is just an {{Uw-softerblock}}, but this is an new editor who is being exceptionally constructive at the moment. A simple pointer to WP:CHU/S with an added explanations as to why the username should be changed would be just as effective and much less bitey. I would strongly suggest unblocking the editor and just pointing them over to CHU. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 07:27, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Hi,I felt in this instance it was. They are editing on behalf of a company which is definitely against Wikipedia policy . If they wish they can request to be unblocked for 24 hours to change it 5 albert square (talk) 07:55, 6 June 2014 (UTC) The paid editing policy has a specific exception for GLAM related activities - and I would point out that the Frick Collection is a notable art museum. I would also mention that the editor is working on article's detailing specific artists, which seem to include no reference at all to Frick itself. Seeing there is no real conflict of interest or promotion the editor effectively behaves no different from an Wikipedian in Residence. I don't disagree that the username itself should be changed, but i would - again - state I strongly disagree with the way we are approaching this issue. A straight block is in my eyes unnecessarily hostile behaviour towards an editor whose intentions seem to be in-line with Wikipedia's goals and purposes. I would again suggest unblocking the editor and pointing them to CHU instead. If you need someone to keep an eye on whether or not this actually happens i will happily volunteer for doing so. Hence, ill gladly take care of both the unblock and writing a pointer to CHU if that is an issue. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 08:27, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Hi Albert, i raised the above on ANI. As mentioned over there I would like to sort this one out before the blocked editor returns, yet i don't want to unblock while we don't agree on this. I think you logged out for the day, so i decided to raise it over there for speeds sake. (Blame my impatience ). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 10:08, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Hi yes I logged out for work. I have unblocked the user to allow them the chance to change their username 5 albert square (talk) 23:24, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Thanks! I'll keep eye to make sure the username issue is revolved. (And apologies for the rush on this one, i really wanted to prevent the editor from being greeted by a block template) Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 15:21, 7 June 2014 (UTC) Autoblock Hey, I noticed that you've recently made some username blocks with autoblock enabled. Typically, autoblock should be disabled when blocking for username, since they are encouraged to create a new account with an appropriate username and would be unable to do so if their IP address was blocked. Just a heads up. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:09, 7 June 2014 (UTC) ah sorry been a genuine error 5 albert square (talk) 16:34, 7 June 2014 (UTC) Margot Robbie Hello. Would you consider unprotecting "Margot Robbie" please? The article received a spate of vandalism in April 2012, after which you semi-protected. It also received vandalism in 2011. Thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 20:48, 15 June 2014 (UTC) Hello it's not something I'd consider at the moment. I checked the article before I protected it and from what I can remember the vandalism was pretty persistent and over the course of months. From what I can remember a number of editors did it plus IPs across the board. I appreciate it's not been vandalised since 2012 however that's because it's been protected :-) 5 albert square (talk) 21:38, 15 June 2014 (UTC) Okay. (With an article that has been protected for a long time, it is difficult to know whether the absence of vandalism is due to the protection.) Thank you anyway. :-) Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC) I've just had a re-think of this. What I'm going to do is put it on pending changes protection for a month or two. That way it should give an indication if the vandalism is likely to return 5 albert square (talk) 23:42, 16 June 2014 (UTC) Okay, thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 00:05, 17 June 2014 (UTC) GOCE July 2014 newsletter Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 newsletter is now ready for review. Highlights: Sign up for the July 2014 Backlog elimination drive Review the Coordinators election results – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:27, 29 June 2014 (UTC) Margot Robbie Just a quick note to ask that you double check the sources that are being removed from the page. I've added them back, as two had archive links and one did contain the info, but the editor must have missed it during their search. Thanks. :) - JuneGloom Talk 00:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC) Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism Love how you managed to transclude my talk page to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and therefore tag it for speedy deletion! I forgot I had that on my talk page - it was to prevert a certain sockpuppet from copypasting my page to theirs lol ;-) –anemoneprojectors– 18:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC) LOL I don't even know how I did that as I just linked to your page! Sorry!! 5 albert square (talk) 18:06, 11 July 2014 (UTC) You put {{ instaed of [[ so it was transcluded like a template. Then it got tagged for speedy deletion because if my talkpage is posted anywhere other than on my talk page, it assumes the page it's on is a sockpuppet of Trueman31 and asks for them to be blocked... So it said "User:Administrator intervention against vandalism is a sockpuppet of User:Trueman31", but with all my discussions following it! lol –anemoneprojectors– 18:16, 11 July 2014 (UTC) ah! So all that over a typo!! 5 albert square (talk) 18:40, 11 July 2014 (UTC) Informal note Hey, I notice that you have HighBeam access and you seem to have a few topicons. That being said, if you are interested, I've created {{Wikipedia:HighBeam/Topicon}}. No reply to this message is necessary (and I won't see it unless you ping me), just wanted to let you know it was available. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 00:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Admin's Barnstar Thank you very much for your helpful efforts! Uishaki (talk) 01:20, 14 July 2014 (UTC) Not a problem. We even got the bots at AIV confused lol. 11 and 5 edited at the same time! 5 albert square (talk) 01:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC) Just warned user FG789 Hello. I noticed you just gave FG789 a level-4 warning for unsourced and dubious edits, so you might be interested in knowing that I just opened an SPI, naming FG789 as sockmaster and TTA80 and OCDF7 as socks, with behavioural evidence against them... Thomas.W talk 22:20, 20 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks. They all quacked so I have blocked them all 5 albert square (talk) 00:16, 21 July 2014 (UTC) @AnemoneProjectors: just to make you aware of a new sock on the X Factor pages 5 albert square (talk) 00:20, 21 July 2014 (UTC) I'll try to keep an eye out. Thanks for letting me know. –anemoneprojectors– 07:54, 21 July 2014 (UTC) Hi, I saw you block FG789. I've noticed two similar accounts: DC997 and MG457. Thanks, Kirin13 (talk) 00:46, 21 July 2014 (UTC) @Kirin13: Thanks I have now blocked them. If you come across any more please report it to SPI and maybe request CheckUser too 5 albert square (talk) 21:12, 21 July 2014 (UTC) I don't really understand how all those procedures work. Only time I tried a SPI, I was told that since no one was blocked, it's not socking. Since none of the three were blocked when I came across them, same deal. Thanks for taking care of this. Kirin13 (talk) 22:07, 21 July 2014 (UTC) New sock of FG789 Hello. Per WP:DUCK we have a new sock of FG789, PPPAAA7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), adding the same dubious names to The X Factor (UK TV series) as FG789 and previous socks. Thomas.W talk 11:44, 23 July 2014 (UTC) Hello I have now blocked them. In future please raise this as a SPI. Apart from anything else those guys have CheckUser access unlike me :-) 5 albert square (talk) 20:18, 23 July 2014 (UTC) New sock of FG789 Hello. Per WP:DUCK we have a new sock of FG789, PPPAAA7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), adding the same dubious names to The X Factor (UK TV series) as FG789 and previous socks. Thomas.W talk 11:44, 23 July 2014 (UTC) Hello I have now blocked them. In future please raise this as a SPI. Apart from anything else those guys have CheckUser access unlike me :-) 5 albert square (talk) 20:18, 23 July 2014 (UTC) @Thomas.W: This user has been active again tonight. However this time Gary Barlow was also targeted. I've locked the X Factor and Tracy Beaker pages however I'm unable to lock Gary's as it hasn't been targeted recently. If you haven't already done so could you please add the X Factor UK judges to your watchlist? I've already filed a SPI. @AnemoneProjectors: making you aware of this sock as you're active on The X Factor pages 5 albert square (talk) 02:25, 27 July 2014 (UTC) Bianca Butcher Hi there, I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the wrong place if I am I apologise. I was just wondering why you removed my edit from Bianca Butchers page, I had put her former surname as being Branning because it was before Jackson, Bianca, Robbie and Sonia were all Brannings before Carol got with Alan just wondering why you removed it? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braveheart5050 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 27 July 2014 (UTC) Hi Braveheart5050. Bianca has never been credited with the name Branning, neither have Robbie, Sonia nor Carol so the name Branning shouldn't be used for them. There was no "before Carol got with Alan" because they were together in their first episode. Thanks :-) –anemoneprojectors– 18:54, 27 July 2014 (UTC) Oh so what your saying is that Bianca didn't have a surname before her mum met her stepdad ah right I understand now thanks your being ever so helpful😊💕 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braveheart5050 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 27 July 2014 (UTC) I didn't remove your edit to Bianca. However what AnemoneProjectors says is correct. The character has never been credited as Branning. The article should only reflect what the character has been credited as. Not what has happened prior to them appearing on screen 5 albert square (talk) 19:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC) I am trying to be pleasant, you could return the favour by not being sarcastic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Braveheart5050 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 27 July 2014 (UTC) I wasn't being sarcastic. I am sorry that you took it that way 5 albert square (talk) 21:58, 27 July 2014 (UTC) Bascoot (pinging @Edgar181 and Jim1138) Hi. When I reported User:Bascoot to UAA (User:Jim1138 subsequently reported them to AIV), my concern was the wording of the edit summaries on [1] and [2]. If the account is actually "the Egyptian government", it would seem to be a WP:ISU violation. It seems more likely that it's an impersonation problem, though. Don't we need to do something other than warn them here, like verify that it's a single person and, if they are going to claim to represent the Egyptian government, prove it? As far as the edits themselves, he's fairly well-covered in news sources, all calling him Egyptian, so I imagine we'd need to see something like a birth certificate or official statement published to contradict them, right? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:28, 27 July 2014 (UTC) I've alerted user:Daniel Case to this discussion. He knows a bit more about the username policy than me 5 albert square (talk) 22:01, 27 July 2014 (UTC) Funny, I just came back from seeing the film he's in. But anyway ... There might be other problems with this but I do not yet see how it's a username problem unless it's some acronym not easily understood in English (there would be about four different ways to spell that in Arabic, each of them possibly having a different meaning and root, so I'm not going to try guessing). Daniel Case (talk) 05:22, 28 July 2014 (UTC) @Daniel Case: Right – it's not a problem with the username itself, but what they wrote and what that implies about the user. It's either a WP:ISU violation or an impersonation problem, depending on whether it's actually coming from the Egyptian government. Where do we go with it? Nowhere doesn't seem like the right solution, does it? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:25, 28 July 2014 (UTC) It's clearly a matter for the conflict of interest noticeboard, IMO. Daniel Case (talk) 07:21, 28 July 2014 (UTC) Humble Request Hi 5 albert square. I am a new editor on Wikipedia and i request you to copyedit the Lucknow article. Please note that i am not the admin or creator of the article but i have restructured the article according to the wikipedia guidelines. So keeping it short and simple, i am looking for your suggestions on making it a high quality (GA worthy) article. I have gone through various peer reviews and modelled the article acc. to the suggestions. Now,i just need your help.Thanking you. Wikiboy2364 (talk) 00:11, 29 July 2014 (UTC) Hi I'm not sure simply because I have no knowledge of the article. Have you tried reading WP:GA? 5 albert square (talk) 00:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC) yes, i've read it. Is there something important point that i must've left out? Wikiboy2364 (talk) 05:08, 29 July 2014 (UTC) No I just don't know enough about these types of articles. If I were you I'd put it forward as a GA. If there is any work to be done whoever reviews it will advise you 5 albert square (talk) 08:13, 29 July 2014 (UTC) Editor adding false info to British game/talent show articles Hi, what is appropriate actions with an editor who is only adding false info to articles? Specifically, I'm talking about Teamvalley. (Btw: these are some of the same articles that FG789 targeted, though I'm uncertain if it's the same user or not.) Thanks, Kirin13 (talk) 04:34, 28 July 2014 (UTC) Hello if you think it's a sock of User:FG789 then you would be best to report it to WP:SPI and request CheckUser to see if there are any sleepers. You should also file a report at WP:AIV 5 albert square (talk) 08:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC) You can find an open SPI for him here 5 albert square (talk) 08:19, 28 July 2014 (UTC) I don't have any proof to connect to FG789 and since user only got one warning, I didn't think it could be taken to AIV yet ... Kirin13 (talk) 15:24, 28 July 2014 (UTC) @Kirin13: You can ask SPI to check if you're unsure. I've added Teamvalley as there was a message on FG789's talk page saying that they will edit Wikipedia. Then shortly after Teamvalley started to edit. Not the X Factor pages at first but to me that is suspicious. @HJ Mitchell: are you able to assist with this please? 5 albert square (talk) 22:12, 28 July 2014 (UTC) Okay, I can add him to the SPI ... just not sure how. Do I start a separate date/investigation, do I add to 27 July investigation in main part, or do I add this username in "Comments by other users"? Thanks, Kirin13 (talk) 23:17, 28 July 2014 (UTC) Okay, you already did. Thanks, Kirin13 (talk) 23:19, 28 July 2014 (UTC) I don't watch enough telly to judge whether the info is false, and they haven't edited since their splurge ~36 hours ago. That's as much as I can offer atm—I'm organising a major conference, which is just over a week away, so I'm insanely busy (to the extent that most of the little editing I've done recently has been from trains on the way to and from London!). Btw, come to my conference! :P HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:58, 29 July 2014 (UTC) @Kirin13: Teamvalley has been found by checkuser to be unrelated. @HJ Mitchell: I'd love to but Sony Xperia won't allow me the time off. Good luck with it though! 5 albert square (talk) 21:29, 29 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks for checking. Kirin13 (talk) 21:52, 29 July 2014 (UTC) Talkback Hello, 5 albert square. You have new messages at Stefan2's talk page. Message added 08:10, 30 July 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Stefan2 (talk) 08:10, 30 July 2014 (UTC) Quick note re:Braveheart5050 There was also Marcuswilliam63 that turned up in a check. I've blocked and tagged everything.--Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 18:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC) Thanks. I did raise an SPI but for reference only just in case more accounts are created from now on 5 albert square (talk) 18:44, 8 August 2014 (UTC) Thanks for noting the open SPI. I've commented there and closed it. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 18:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC) Ben Fitzgerald You might want to take another look at the editor who changed his name again. User:MorM123 seems to be awfully similar to User:Mmor123. ;) - JuneGloom Talk 00:46, 18 August 2014 (UTC) I forgot about him! Thanks :-) 5 albert square (talk) 01:04, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Blockings I notice you blocked David cameron in a thong. I'm not complaining - I was thinking of doing the same for the name. My interest is that User:NJA's only edits since Christmas have been welcoming that user, and blocking User:Vidaboa73 as a vandal (for adding a Facebook link that still stands). I'm not sure I smell a rat or something fishy. There's definitely something odd. I've pinged NJA on Vidaboa73's page. Peridon (talk) 10:38, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Hello I am not sure what you are meaning. I blocked the David Cameron account for being an obvious sock of User:Trueman31. I can't see anything to relate the other accounts nor can I see anything suspicious at a quick glance 5 albert square (talk) 11:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC) It's the welcoming of a new account with a dubious name (subsequently blocked as a sock), and the blocking as a vandal of someone just trying to add a Facebook link (which hasn't been reverted as it should have been if it was vandalism) - these being the only edits after an absence of over seven months. It just seems odd to me. I didn't recognise NJA's name, so I looked him up. Peridon (talk) 12:12, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Nothing fishy here, I decided to give Mr Cameron's thong the benefit of the doubt and give a vandal welcome though the other user's edits seemed like a newly created vandal only account. I'm at work, but if I was wrong on the blocked user and they're likely a legitimate new user then I apologise and of course have no issue with the block being revoked. I'll head to that user's page now to consider. NJA (t/c) 13:15, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Thanks for that. I was starting to worry there... Peridon (talk) 13:21, 18 August 2014 (UTC) GOCE July drive and August blitz Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone! Blitz: The August blitz will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30. Sign up here! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC) NICK-NAMES AND REAL FIRST NAMES 80.5.73.125 (talk) 16:27, 24 August 2014 (UTC) Look 5 Albert Square, I'm sorry I edited, but it was just because I wanna know if former actress Pippa Black's real first name was Philippa, so please let me know if that's true and please could you thank me in a different way by saying 'Cheers!'. And my apologies once again for editing. John Cooper Hi John I don't know. I did a general Google search for Philippa Black and found nothing relating to Pippa Black. If you think otherwise then please provide a realiable source to support the name change. Thanks. 5 albert square (talk) 16:31, 24 August 2014 (UTC) VANDALISING SPECIFIC PAGES ON WIKIPEDIA 80.5.73.125 (talk) 19:50, 26 August 2014 (UTC) Listen 5 Albert Square, I know what did in editing the Pippa Black was wrong, but I swear I won't vandalise pages like this ever again and I'm very sorry about that!!! Please forgive me. Thanks. John Cooper OK 5 albert square (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2014 (UTC) Henry Miller portraits by Hades Hi! Why did you delete link? Tell me the reason pleas, if you don't mind. I think, the author of portraits is famous and these portraits are excellent! I'm sure they are masterpices of drawing. And worthy of attention to Wikipedia readers. Please reply me, I'm eager to know your opinion. Sasha-Shen16:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC) Hi it's like I said on ClueBot's talk page it looks be a promotional website. Please read WP:ELNO 5 albert square (talk) 14:46, 31 August 2014 (UTC) Hi, it looks like a site of an excellent artist-painter who has created EXCELLENT SINCERE portraits of her favorite writer. Do you see any difference between a sincere artistic interest to a great writer and a simple promotion of a stupid and shallow illustrator? Or for you these both things are the same? I like Henry Miller so much, I saw a lot of his portraits. These three portraits are THE BEST because they are made by the great artist and not by a shallow illustrator who produse a thousand of portraits of all famous people. I think I am right. Sasha-Shen19:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC) Hi I don't know anything about art I have simply reverted it on what I saw and understood of the website. I'm sorry you don't like it. Can I ask just out of interest are you Hades? 5 albert square (talk) 16:06, 31 August 2014 (UTC) Hi No, I'm not a woman. I would be a real tragedy honestly to be a woman) It's a pity you know nothing about art, a good art is a rare thing. So you understand nothing in the art and you try to judge at the same time, it sounds a bit ridiculous.Upd Ah, sorry, I see, you are a woman, I said something wrong about you, women...Sorry.Sasha-Shen20:51, 31 August 2014 (UTC) Help Hi,why can't I add more words in some articles (like Newar caste system?would u like to help me? pleaseShresthas (talk) 07:37, 4 September 2014 (UTC) Hi. I am confused. I have checked your user contributions and according to that you haven't edited that page 5 albert square (talk) 18:02, 4 September 2014 (UTC) adding someone to a profile Hello i wanted to add someone on the eastenders page to someone's profile but i dont know how to as well allowing it to go to that persons profile — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brobraii (talk • contribs) 15:10, 7 September 2014 (UTC) Hi. Who are you wanting to add and to which page? 5 albert square (talk) 15:32, 7 September 2014 (UTC) McQueen family tree Hey, I do a lot of work on the Hollyoaks page especially on the McQueen family, there is the generation of the family on there but no family tree image, there was a family tree made years ago but it was very basic, I don't know if you do family trees or not but I'd be really gratefull if you could do an updated version and post it on the page? I'm not sure if you watch Hollyoaks or not but all the information is on the page I would really appreciate it, thanks if you can User:Ziggyroscoe User_Talk:Ziggyroscoe 22:44,, 10 September (UTC) Hello I'm afraid I know nothing about family trees on here. I also don't watch Hollyoaks :-) 5 albert square (talk) 22:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC) Ok no problem:), do you know anyone who does? User:Ziggyroscoe User_Talk:Ziggyroscoe 23:34, 10 September (UTC) Who watches Hollyoaks? Sorry, no. You could try looking through the pages history and contact editors who have contributed to the article 5 albert square (talk) 23:14, 10 September 2014 (UTC) I'm doing the family tree :-) –anemoneprojectors– 18:55, 11 September 2014 (UTC) Thanks Many thanks for the revert Lou, I'm at work on my mobile lol - RichT|C|E-Mail 20:35, 22 September 2014 (UTC) No worries. Don't work too hard ;-) 5 albert square (talk) 20:49, 22 September 2014 (UTC) A barnstar for you! The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Going through your contributions, I must say your anti-vandalism efforts are prolific! Just like mine! ...me bragging aside, they say that a good deed deserves another, so here's the "Another" part! I've received and given many of these barnstars out, so I'm going to give you one! The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar -- an honorable barnstar given to vandal fighters in recognition of their protective duties in protecting the encyclopedia. Think about the National Guard or something -- those guys must be pretty proud to be defending their country. Think of being a vandal fighter as the same thing. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 21:54, 22 September 2014 (UTC)