User talk:Blaze Wolf/Archive 1
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Happy editing! ◦ Trey Maturin 18:50, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for welcoming me Trey. I created an account because that one spelling error bothered me so here I am! Blaze The Wolf (talk) 18:55, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
- Enjoy yourself! There's a hell of a learning curve here, but most of the people are lovely and it's really satisfying to know you're making a difference - even if you're just (like me) mostly doing spelling corrections! ◦ Trey Maturin 19:23, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
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-- 14:12, Thursday, October 29, 2020 (UTC)
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
- Hi Blaze The Wolf! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
-- 13:47, Friday, October 30, 2020 (UTC)
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Edit summaries...
...are for a brief description of the changes made, not for a commentary on the state of the article. Talk pages of articles can be used to try to start a discussion of the article. However, for obscure articles, there may be no one thinking to visit the talk page. David notMD (talk) 00:57, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Apologies. I didn't exactly know where to request someone better than me to take a look at the article. And the article is rather obscure considering how bad it was when I got to it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:09, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Choosing articles to edit
Miesz averages one viewer per day. Perhaps look first at traffic an article gets before deciding to edit it. Do this by clicking on View history, and then Page views. David notMD (talk) 01:05, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Didn't know that was a thing. I also only edited it because of how bad it was. Terrible grammar and spelling so I fixed it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:13, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- You can remove the template I have on the article. I was just trying to get the attention to the article so I could get help from others in editing it as I only knew how to fix the spelling and grammar as I knew nothing on the topic. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:15, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Sig
Your signature code is broken. I'm guessing you forgot a semicolon (;) after "124". I would still encourage you to use the default signature, since the custom one you've created does not display your actual user name. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 00:20, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- What do you mean? IT does display my actual username. It displays Blaze The Wolf. And thanks for telling me. Blaze Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Oop didn't realize it didn't display my actual username. Thank you for telling me. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 00:49, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- On this topic - your user nam is "Blaze The Wolf", but because of the way it is set up it displays as "Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor". If that is what you want, fine, there is no requirement that display matches actual User name. However, if editors decide to use your name in a Teahouse reply they may think if is necessary to use the long version. David notMD (talk) 02:05, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- the | ; is supposed to be this symbol: | because I was told to use that instead of the symbol to not break templates Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 02:08, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Right – that's the "pipe" symbol. However, it's not working for you, as you can see (it's rendering, literally, "|"). Based on my testing just now, I think you have not checked the "Treat the above as wiki markup" box below the Signature field in preferences, in which case the "|" gets interpreted literally instead of being converted to a pipe.
- One solution is to use a different character that is not "special" (perhaps a "/" or "–").
- Another is to use the pipe "|" symbol directly, which works for me as long as the "Treat the above as wiki markup" is not checked, though there may be a reason why this is bad, since someone told you not to use it that way.
- Another solution is to check the "Treat the above as wiki markup" box and enter the following in the signature field:
[[User:Blaze The Wolf|Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor]] ([[User talk:Blaze The Wolf#top|talk]])- (without the code and nowiki tags I used to format it properly for display above).
- Another solution, of couse, is to skip all this and just use the default signature (i.e., blank the signature field). —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 13:16, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- P.S.: Note that you can see your rendered signature on the preferences page after you save it, right above the Signature field, under "Your existing signature:". —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 13:20, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- the | ; is supposed to be this symbol: | because I was told to use that instead of the symbol to not break templates Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 02:08, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- On this topic - your user nam is "Blaze The Wolf", but because of the way it is set up it displays as "Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor". If that is what you want, fine, there is no requirement that display matches actual User name. However, if editors decide to use your name in a Teahouse reply they may think if is necessary to use the long version. David notMD (talk) 02:05, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- It worked! Thank you so much! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:26, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
Your thread has been archived
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Hi Blaze The Wolf! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse,
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TeaHouse
You have recently been making some not entirely useful comments at Teahouse. Keep in mind that most of the questions come from people new to Wikipedia and unfamiliar with the guidelines. David notMD (talk) 20:21, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- Unless you are sure that your answer is accurate and useful, please do not respond to questions at the Teahouse. Do not guess. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:53, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry I tried to help people. IF you don't want me on Teahouse I'll gladly leave. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:56, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- Teahouse can always use new editors to share the workload. My advice is either look back at some of the many Q&As in the Teahouse archives or else watch what is asked and answered going forward. You will learn which queries are easy to answer versus leaving difficult ones to more experienced hosts. David notMD (talk) 20:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry I tried to help people. IF you don't want me on Teahouse I'll gladly leave. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:56, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/COVID-19 pandemic during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:01, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze. Just a courtesy FYI that I've deleted the page and closed the discussion, construing your comment as a concession to deletion, though certainly do recognize the AFD was made in good (and humorous) faith. Best, Tyrol5 [Talk] 00:44, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- Yep. I hadn't realized that it wasn't a very good idea. A Wild Wolf has appeared! | Gotta catch 'em all! (talk) 01:14, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Recent message prompted by Teahouse deletion
Hi Blaze. Thanks for the greeting, but actually I've been editing Wikipedia (predominently on Reference and Help Desks) for about 15 years. I choose not to have an account partly for personal reasons and partly ideological ones – I believe every edit should stand or fall on its own merits rather than the track record of its contributor, though I use a "pseudo-signature" to help clarity in conversations, since (through no desire of my own) my home IP changed from static to dynamic some years ago.
I hope you agree with my deletion from the Teahouse of an entire article, copy-pasted there by a new and perhaps somewhat confused user. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.219.35.136 (talk) 19:20, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
- That's fine. I just thought that it would be a good idea for you to create an account so that we can figure out who you are. And I did agree with your deletion, I just didn't have a welcome that was any better than what it was. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not particularly shy about my identity with bona fide editors like yourself, but I prefer for the moment not to make it obvious when posting in areas where the sort of person who might take unreasonable umbrage and indulge in harrassment and doxxing is likely to see it. FWIW, I'm Terry Hunt, an ageing Science Fiction and Real Ale fan, and one-time professional editor, living in Hampshire, England. If and when I do decide to create an account, it'll probably be under my real name, much like well-known editor ColinFine — whom I've met in the past at SF cons, though he doesn't remember me :-). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.219.35.136 (talk) 02:12, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- Ah cool. Well maybe if you were to register a wikipedia account while still wanting to remain anonymous, you could use a fake IP, as hackers can easily figure out where exactly you are by looking up your IP. I myself prefer to either be called by my online identity of Blaze Wolf or to just remain completely anonymous. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:59, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not particularly shy about my identity with bona fide editors like yourself, but I prefer for the moment not to make it obvious when posting in areas where the sort of person who might take unreasonable umbrage and indulge in harrassment and doxxing is likely to see it. FWIW, I'm Terry Hunt, an ageing Science Fiction and Real Ale fan, and one-time professional editor, living in Hampshire, England. If and when I do decide to create an account, it'll probably be under my real name, much like well-known editor ColinFine — whom I've met in the past at SF cons, though he doesn't remember me :-). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.219.35.136 (talk) 02:12, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Clostridium botulinum ref
I further amended the ref, so it was not just a url, and then moved the sentence out of Pathology, to prevention. David notMD (talk) 19:19, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
- ALright thank you! I didn't exactly know the context of the ref. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:21, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
- The unreferenced sentence has been in the wrong place for a long time. It took three of us to ref it and move it. David notMD (talk) 22:47, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Mahjong tiles
I must disagree with the edit summary you offered for revision 1017999188 of Mahjong tiles, as removing identical columns in favor of a heretofore unstated variant is hardly pointless. Hàlian (talk) 19:59, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
- Ah my bad. I just couldn't exactly tell what was being changed cause it just seemed like it was adding the same thing. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:05, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
- It's alright; I was removing all the columns for variants that, in that table, were functionally identical to HKOS, then adding sanma (Japanese 3-player), which omits the inside chars instead of the inside sticks of Korean 3-player. Hàlian (talk) 20:14, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Personal attack
Commenting on a person's mental health as you did here is a direct, unequivocal personal attack. Behavior such as this can and will lead to a block if it persists. Please immediately cease this sort of behavior. Please carefully read Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Note that it says "Comment on content, not on the contributor." Please take that to heart. If there is any part of the policy that is unclear to you, please feel free to ask me. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 15:05, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Saying this here, per my own "don't out people as neurodivergent on ANI even when they say it elsewhere" comment, but it seems acceptable to do so on the user talk of someone whose user page welcomes it. Blaze self-discloses autism on his userpage. In my experience, people who are diagnosed as autistic and people who aren't (that wording because the latter category doesn't entirely consist of allistic people) tend to perceive speculation on whether another person is autistic or not very differently. While Blaze's comment was decisively ill-conceived in a mixed environment, I suspect he was working from the position of "I see some relatable things here and want to explain", not "I want to cast aspersions on this guy". Vaticidalprophet 15:24, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Quite understood, but the position of WP:NPA does not change due to that. I hope Blaze The Wolf will not engage in such speculation again. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:52, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- PErsonal attack? I wasn't even trying to personally attack them! I meant that in a good way! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:24, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- All I was trying to do is try and help people understand the situation a bit more to get an understanding of that person's motives. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze, I understand your position and sympathize. But please understand we have to consider how words are received, not just how they are spoken. Text based communication is (for those of us not poet laureates) a very limited communication medium. The recipient of your words may draw a radically different conclusion than the one you intended. That's why it is so important to "Comment on content, not on the contributor." So long as you follow that, you should be ok. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:31, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Well I was really commenting on the contributor in relation to the content. I could've said something a lot ruder if I was trying to personally attack them. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:32, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze, I understand your position and sympathize. But please understand we have to consider how words are received, not just how they are spoken. Text based communication is (for those of us not poet laureates) a very limited communication medium. The recipient of your words may draw a radically different conclusion than the one you intended. That's why it is so important to "Comment on content, not on the contributor." So long as you follow that, you should be ok. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:31, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
- All I was trying to do is try and help people understand the situation a bit more to get an understanding of that person's motives. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Refraining from writing worse comments does not excuse what was written. David notMD (talk) 22:18, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
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Some wings
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Buffalo Wings | |
| From a guy in a suburb in Buffalo, New York and a wing fanatic, here's some wings for ya for getting furries into Wikipedia. As someone who loves anthros myself, thank you. 👨x🐱 (talk) 16:06, 19 April 2021 (UTC) |
- Thanks dude! I was honestly really confused when I first saw this and then I read further and ya. THanks! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 18:53, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Teahouse
Please be cautious about answers. For example, your mention of don't bite newcomers did not apply when admin GSS has evidence that the article and editor in question was an effort to get around an indefinite block. David notMD (talk) 22:23, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
- That was something I did not know. I knw about the evidence GSS provided but I did not know the editor in question was trying to get around an indefinite block. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:13, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
sans is cool
dont mean to be rude but he is idk how to do this stuff bc im new to editing wikipedia so imma just say sans is cool :)
- @Yeetus bruh: That is perfectly fine to think he is cool. We all have our opinions. Since you stated that you are new, a good place to get help would be the Teahouse which is a place for new users to ask questions about Wikipedia. Might I ask that some good advice to start would be to sign using
~~~~, which will automatically insert your signature. And honestly, it was my fault for warning you first instead of welcoming you as you are a new user. New users deserve to be welcomed, not warned. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:40, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
thx dude btw you can delete this if you want idc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yeetus bruh (talk • contribs) 20:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
- Nah it's fine. I'm gonna figure out how to create archives of my talk page soon. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:56, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
imma leave you a little something for helping me starton wikipedia you can go to my talk page to see what ive done there but for now sans does the default dance oh wait it wont work sorry
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Unhelpful responses at the Teahouse
I came across this response of yours and found it unhelpful. What you ought to have done was link them to policy on notability or summarize notability for them. Lastly, three sources is sufficient to demonstrate notability. How about understanding policy yourself before proceeding to answer questions there? Celestina007 (talk) 19:25, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
- How about you try and be a bit nicer? I'm not a robot. I'm not perfect. I am doing the best I can. 13:09, 29 April 2021 (UTC) Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:09, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
How did you get the status tracker?
Just curious. HiCooldude😎 (talk) 15:02, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
- @HiCooldude: You can ask Paper9oll. He was the one who created it and I have it modified to fit my own schedule. The times are in UTC so if that's not your timezone you can adjust it accordingly. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:14, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
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You first reverted, than thanked to me, and I could not understand why?--Egeymi (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Egeymi: Check your talk page for the reason. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:32, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Cookie!
. David notMD (talk) 14:15, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
- THank you! My responses are still going to be improved. Something that's helped me is me thinking, "Would saying this actually be helpful to the question at hand, or is it a random comment?" if the answer is no or it's a random comment, them I will stop writing the reply and look at other questions. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:19, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Show Me The Body citations
The citations were used multiple times in the article but were separate citations instead of just citing a source once and using the same citations again, that was the fix. The citation I deleted wasn't necessary in the list, because it had been used in the history section for the album. 275betheteam (talk) 20:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
- Ah ok. Good to know. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 02:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Trouted
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
You have been trouted for: Rectifications about nationality Nu-Protocole (talk) 17:43, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm an all-new Wikipedia user!
I wanted to tell you that I didn't intend to vandalise any entry at all.
My goal was to clarify the nationality of British people (and not organisations nor businesses) : that is to say, whether they come from England, Scotland or Wales. IMO, the term "British" comes off as vague in that specific usage.
If you felt offended by any of these changes, then I can simply stop my "modifications" starting from now on.
- Hello there! I reported you mainly because of how fast you were making the edits that it made you appear as a spambot. Also British can mean all of those things, it all depends on the context of the article. You might want to ask a question about this at the Teahouse. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 17:45, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Meta
Hi Blaze The Wolf, thanks for your AIV report. In such cases, I personally recommend the following approach: Special:Diff/1021459922 – be bold and show them the actual wiki for meta discussions. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:36, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- Ah ok. I didn't actually know that was a thing. Thank you for letting me know! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:38, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- (I forgot to add Special:Diff/1021461304, which was the actual page they had been looking for. Malcolmxl5 had correctly pointed that out, and it worked for them; the Meta wiki would have been a better place for the type of discussion that happened before and led to your report) No worries ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Trouted
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
You have been trouted for: Your revert on Beltane interrupting an attempt at solving the situation. I wouldn't be here writing this though if your revert's edit summary showed you didn't actually read through the reason why the edit conflict was happening, and on top of that warned the other user in the conflict and I for edit warring. MelonIsYes (talk) 19:58, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- @MelonIsYes: Did you even read the replies to your talk page? You clearly are not assuming good faith. Also, just so you know, I'm unable to see if an edit is in progress because that's not how Wikipedia works. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Resolution
Hey there Blaze The Wolf. If you’ll take my suggestion, I recommend no longer engaging with MelonIsYes on their talk page. It no longer appears constructive and they haven’t made any more edits since the discussion began. I’m watching their page and I intend to ensure their edits are useful and that they abide by Wikipedia standards from here on out. Thanks - Yungli0n (talk) 21:05, 4 May 2021 (UTC)yungli0n
- Yep I was just like "This dude isn't even listening to me so this isn't gonna go anywhere" so I didn't even reply. Thank you! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 21:07, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- Dope. Just making sure. - Yungli0n (talk) 21:11, 4 May 2021 (UTC)yungli0n
Your Teahouse answer
Hi Blaze The Wolf. You probably could've given the same answer that you gave here without the comment about Hoary. Try and remember how you felt here and perhaps the next time try discussing your concerns with Hoary if you have an issue with one of his responses. Hoary is an admin who's been around almost as long as there's been a Wikipedia and he has been a Teahouse host for a long time as well; of course, that doesn't mean everything he's does is automatically right, but perhaps giving him the benefit of the doubt and try remembering that he's also human and not perfect would've been a better way to approach this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- I would've but apparently that's perfectly fine as other editors have done it before. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- What other editors have done before doesn't necessarily mean it was the right thing for to do. It's fine to disagree with an reply given by someone else at the Teahouse, but there's probably a less confrontational way to do so. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:02, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Presumed as acknowledged
You deleted this which was me telling you your answers at the Teahouse was contradictory to WP:FIES and in your edit summary you stated you were tired of people telling you your answers have been unhelpful with emphasis on “people” which is indicative of the fact that I’m not the only person telling you that. I understand your frustration and at the same time appreciate your zeal, but at 6 months old you yourself could benefit from asking questions there rather than answering them incorrectly. Give it time, naturally overtime you’d be knowledgeable enough to answer questions there correctly. Lastly, if you delete an entry you do not appreciate from your talkpage it is generally considered as read and acknowledged. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Celestina007 (talk) 19:39, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Celestina007: The way you had worded your previous response made me think that you thought I was doing that stuff on purpose (which I'm not, I'm just doing my best to help out those who ask questions). I would prefer if you do what some other editors do, correct my mistake not by saying that "my answers are unhelpful" but by telling me "Hey, this isn't exactly right, this would be a more correct answer" (technically there isn't a de facto correct answer but rather answers that are more correct than others), which helps me learn from my mistake. I'd honestly prefer if you would avoid wording your replies as you did previously. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:34, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- Pings only work if you sign in the same edit, so pings added later will not send a notification. An easy way to fix the ping is to add it again on a new line, with your signature.
- Not a big deal, just thought you might want to know. :) ~ANM🐁 T·C 21:36, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- Oh. Good to know. That's actually rather interesting Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 21:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- No, I’m sorry it came off as harsh. Celestina007 (talk) 21:54, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- Oh. Good to know. That's actually rather interesting Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 21:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
- It's not an imperative to reply to Teahouse posts - if you don't definitively know the answer, replying probably isn't helpful. And the line you added at the top of your talkpage is... mildly concerning. There's nothing wrong with newer users answering questions, per se, but how can people give you feedback if you explicitly ask them not to? Elli (talk | contribs) 22:08, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Cruft
WP:Fancruft is an essay on deletion policy and notability. It is not a guideline or policy, and it does not address content within a notable article, especially not content that is supported by reliable secondary sourcing. Secondly, the moment your edit was challenged (especially on a flawed misapplication of an essay), your next step is to open a discussion, not revert. Please follow WP:BRD especially when making large undiscussed changes like this. -- ferret (talk) 22:12, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
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Reverting obvious vandalism is not edit warring
It's a mistake to warn Denisarona for "edit warring" when all they did was revert vandalism (by a user who has now been indefinitely blocked). See the exemptions to edit warring here: reverting obvious vandalism is not edit warring. You had better remove your post on Denisarona's page. Bishonen | tålk 14:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC).
- You'd better be nice. Cause that sounds a bit like a threat which is blockable. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:41, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also, I didn't know anything about the topic of the page so I didn't know what was and wasn't reverting vandalism. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:42, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Start assuming good faith, both in this thread and in general (i.e. the one above). Bishonen told you that you made a mistake, and that you should undo what you did, because it was wrong. That is not a threat in the slightest, and you are assuming bad faith. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 17:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- What i Meant was the last sentence. Because there's no tone on the internet I read that in a sort of threatening way. I was not meaning the entire message was a threat (I was meaning to assume good faith there but how they worded it came off a bit threatening). Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 18:54, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Just some friendly words of advice just in case you're faced with a similar situation in the future. Click on the username of the person you're about to warn and look at not only their user page but also their most recent contributions to see who they might be and whether the edit you're concerned about is an indication of a pattern. If you'd done that in the case of Denisarona you probably would've noticed that they're quite an experienced editor who's unlikely going to suddenly start edit warring on some article just for the fun of it. Then, look at the edit history of the article in question and see if there are any patterns; for example, the same editor repeatedly trying to make changes despite being subsequently reverted and warned by multiple editors because that will almost certainly add context that might clarify things better. Finally, when someone posts on your user talk page above like Bishonen did above or like what Nick Moyes did here, click on their user name and see who they might be because doing so might help you avoid accusing a Wikipedia administrator (which both Bishonen and Nick Moyes are) of posting something that's a "threat" or otherwise inappropriate. It generally good practice to assume that an administrator is going to understand what a blockable offense is; so, it's unlikely that one is going to show up out of the blue just because they want to be mean just for the sake of being mean. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:26, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- [Humor]Oh no I'm being stalked. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also I had no clue that Bishonen was an admin. I looked at their talk page and didn't see anything telling me they were one, only that they had been blocked 3 times before. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:05, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Not trying to say this as an excuse. I"m just saying that I didn't realize they were an admin. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:16, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Just some friendly words of advice just in case you're faced with a similar situation in the future. Click on the username of the person you're about to warn and look at not only their user page but also their most recent contributions to see who they might be and whether the edit you're concerned about is an indication of a pattern. If you'd done that in the case of Denisarona you probably would've noticed that they're quite an experienced editor who's unlikely going to suddenly start edit warring on some article just for the fun of it. Then, look at the edit history of the article in question and see if there are any patterns; for example, the same editor repeatedly trying to make changes despite being subsequently reverted and warned by multiple editors because that will almost certainly add context that might clarify things better. Finally, when someone posts on your user talk page above like Bishonen did above or like what Nick Moyes did here, click on their user name and see who they might be because doing so might help you avoid accusing a Wikipedia administrator (which both Bishonen and Nick Moyes are) of posting something that's a "threat" or otherwise inappropriate. It generally good practice to assume that an administrator is going to understand what a blockable offense is; so, it's unlikely that one is going to show up out of the blue just because they want to be mean just for the sake of being mean. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:26, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- What i Meant was the last sentence. Because there's no tone on the internet I read that in a sort of threatening way. I was not meaning the entire message was a threat (I was meaning to assume good faith there but how they worded it came off a bit threatening). Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 18:54, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Start assuming good faith, both in this thread and in general (i.e. the one above). Bishonen told you that you made a mistake, and that you should undo what you did, because it was wrong. That is not a threat in the slightest, and you are assuming bad faith. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 17:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you
... for this edit. I would have undone it myself, but for some reason the original IP edit isn't showing up on my watchlist. Any idea on why that might be? The "Hide edits by anonymous users from the watchlist" has always been unchecked in my preferences, so maybe a bug in the system, or is there something else going on here? Edits from IPs are always the most problematic, so this one genuinely has me scratching my head. Thanks again. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 01:13, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Homeostasis07:No problem! I honestly have no clue why that could've happened. Maybe Wikipedia was just like "Eh, this isn't important" and didn't show you it. I don't know lol, I don't know how that stuff works. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for making the edit in the first place. Funny thing is, within 10 minutes of me writing this, the IP edit became visible on my watchlist. Must have been an anomaly... or maybe something weird going on. ;) Thanks again. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 01:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Homeostasis07: Must've just been database lag then. Again, no problem! I'm happy to revert any and all vandalism I encounter (unless the vandalism is done somewhere where vandalism is allowed, in which case, why does that exist) Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 01:39, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for making the edit in the first place. Funny thing is, within 10 minutes of me writing this, the IP edit became visible on my watchlist. Must have been an anomaly... or maybe something weird going on. ;) Thanks again. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 01:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
You've signed up as a Teahouse Host and I'm getting a little worried
Hi there Blaze. I've noticed you burst on the scene recently and that you are obviously keen to offer lots of helpful advice all round. Whilst that's absolutely fine and most welcome, I have also started to get a little worried that your keenness to offer advice and opinions on behalf of the Teahouse Hosts - including on other user's talk pages - as it isn't always matched by a full understanding of how things operate. This is normal for new users, and absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. - and I'm still learning even after 10 years here and over 50k edits. But as a Teahouse Host, it is important not to come across as knowledgeable or informed when the reality isn't always the case. This, this and this would seem to be typical examples, and I've noticed from this Talk page that other experienced editors have expressed similar concerns to you too. It's great that you're learning, but I'm keen to avoid problems arising from any incorrect advice you might give at the Teahouse, or that springboard from it.
So, whilst not wanting you to stop helping people there (anyone can answer a question there), I'm beginning to think it might be a good idea to remove your name from the Host Landing page for a while, until such time as you get a little more experience under your belt. This header message and edit summary you posted rather makes my point for me, don't you think? So do try and consider carefully before answering some WP:TH questions, and maybe check up on the policies you purport to advise upon first (I still find myself having to do that at times before answering some questions). Do your best to stay courteous and respectful at all times and avoid the pitfall of sounding pompous yet ill-informed when engaging with more experienced editors. But it's the advice we give to complete newbies that's most important. Like I say, I'm still learning and still make the odd mistake; I found that simply lurking at the Teahouse and answering the odd question before signing myself up as a Host was the best way forward, and probably would be for you, too. All the best. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:22, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- No. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:30, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also, If you're just gonna type an entire paragraph in my talk page, expect me not to read it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:31, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also, stop trying to discourage me. It won't work cause you're about the 3rd person to do so. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:35, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze The Wolf, if three separate hosts have issues with your answers, it's time to rethink your approach. No-one is asking you to know every policy, but we're asking you to make sure that you're giving correct information, which you are not always doing. I strongly recommend that you follow Nick's advice, and rejoin when you are ready. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Then make me. You guys just want me to quit Wikipedia because you guys don't appreciate newbies taking your work. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze The Wolf, if three separate hosts have issues with your answers, it's time to rethink your approach. No-one is asking you to know every policy, but we're asking you to make sure that you're giving correct information, which you are not always doing. I strongly recommend that you follow Nick's advice, and rejoin when you are ready. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 20:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also, stop trying to discourage me. It won't work cause you're about the 3rd person to do so. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:35, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Also, If you're just gonna type an entire paragraph in my talk page, expect me not to read it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:31, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
I've thought a bit more and I've realized my issue, when I sign up for something, even if it's something that's just volunteer work like Teahouse, I feel like I can't quit. So while I"m open to quitting, I would like someone to sort of "quit for me". In other words, I would like someone else to do it for me so I don't feel horrible about quitting. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- If you want me to remove your name from the hosts list, I can do that. NotGiraffer not munch 16:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- And I'm not completely new. I was on Fandom for a bit before a came here and while I know basically none of the rules on Fandom apply here, it has helped me out in knowing the answer to some questions. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:36, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: Also, you can't make me read every single policy on Wikipedia. There are way too many that I couldn't possibly remember them all. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:47, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
"No"
to what, exactly?- You have rather missed my point about understanding policies and guidelines. You need to understand the ones you profess to advise others upon (I don't know them all either!)
- If you aren't prepared to read two paragraphs of polite advice and guidance, you don't seem ready to offer advice to others
- I am not trying to discourage you. It's about encouraging you not to run before you can walk.
- It's about me saying you're probably not ready yet to be signed up formally as a Teahouse host, yet me still wanting you to engage and help people there whenever you are able.
- Hope that's clear enough. Nick Moyes (talk) 16:01, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
- Stopping by to second this. I've learned the ropes of the site simply by actively contributing, and gaining experience from the processes, rules, and others as I went on. It could be good for a while to focus on the questions you are absolutely certain you know the answer to. That's what I like to do over there. In addition, we all make slipups. I made a very big Teahouse oopsie in the past and I believe Nick Moyes knows what I'm talking about. Panini!🥪 14:32, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze. Thank you for your comment, inserted above. I'll keep it brief. I appreciate what you say, even if my own reactions to leaving a project would be opposite to yours. Anyway, I've removed your entry from the list of Teahouse Hosts for now. I think we agree you're not quite ready yet. But do feel free to keep lurking at the Teahouse and contributing when you are sure of your answers. And if you get them wrong, and someone goes to the trouble of pointing it out to you - try to think of it that someone cares enough to guide you onto the right path, rather than enjoys dumping on you. Life seems far nicer when viewed in that way. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:38, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yep I se that. I think my issue is, I was previously in an environment where basically everyone hated you, so I just learned to deal with it and assume everyone hated me. I've since left that environment and am slowly getting used to the fact that not everyone is against me here. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Actually we're all (well, 99.99% of us) very welcoming and encouraging, as well as tolerant and supportive of those who want to contribute to building an encyclopaedia. You come across as such a person, so we've been trying to guide you, not hate on you. I hope you see that. But we do get a bit intolerant when obvious mistakes are repeated - especially by someone who professes to know our rules and our ways - or if someone is overly defensive and bites back when they're given helpful guidance. Everyone recognises there is a huge learning curve here. None of is saying to you "Competence is required". You're actually doing OK - but you did overstretch yourself a bit, and I'm glad you recognise that now. Showing you can listen and learn, and not bite back in a defensive attack when someone points out mistakes is a real asset - both here and in the real world. It'll get you far. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Make sure you can tell the difference between mean and passive-aggressive. And if someone does hurt your feelings, make sure you don't take it personally. There are good chances you won't see any of us IRL. Panini!🥪 11:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Actually we're all (well, 99.99% of us) very welcoming and encouraging, as well as tolerant and supportive of those who want to contribute to building an encyclopaedia. You come across as such a person, so we've been trying to guide you, not hate on you. I hope you see that. But we do get a bit intolerant when obvious mistakes are repeated - especially by someone who professes to know our rules and our ways - or if someone is overly defensive and bites back when they're given helpful guidance. Everyone recognises there is a huge learning curve here. None of is saying to you "Competence is required". You're actually doing OK - but you did overstretch yourself a bit, and I'm glad you recognise that now. Showing you can listen and learn, and not bite back in a defensive attack when someone points out mistakes is a real asset - both here and in the real world. It'll get you far. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yep I se that. I think my issue is, I was previously in an environment where basically everyone hated you, so I just learned to deal with it and assume everyone hated me. I've since left that environment and am slowly getting used to the fact that not everyone is against me here. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze. Thank you for your comment, inserted above. I'll keep it brief. I appreciate what you say, even if my own reactions to leaving a project would be opposite to yours. Anyway, I've removed your entry from the list of Teahouse Hosts for now. I think we agree you're not quite ready yet. But do feel free to keep lurking at the Teahouse and contributing when you are sure of your answers. And if you get them wrong, and someone goes to the trouble of pointing it out to you - try to think of it that someone cares enough to guide you onto the right path, rather than enjoys dumping on you. Life seems far nicer when viewed in that way. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:38, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Hello! I see you have made a split proposal on Roblox which received overwhelming support. Just wanted to say (as this is a childhood game of mine), I've taken the liberty to create a draft and will publish it eventually after it's approved. When the red link above turns blue it means I've published a starting draft and you can view and edit the draft as you please. Panini!🥪 11:35, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Cool! Thank you so much! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Tip
You may want to change your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Célestin Mouyabi from keep to withdraw (which has the same effect as keep) instead to avoid a potential WP:DRV. ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 10:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- I have no clue how to do that. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Aseleste: could you help me figure out how? Cause that would be very helpful in the future. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Just edit the page normally? ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 12:50, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Oh. Ok. I thought I had to do something special lol Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:51, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
- Just edit the page normally? ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 12:50, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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- My bad. It was sort of meant to be a response to them writing "shut up" in the article but now that I think about it, that was kind of a horrible idea. If it were in the edit summary I still probably shouldn't have done it but the reasoning would've been more clear. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 16:41, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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- Yup. I understand that completely. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 17:27, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
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Could you please go a bit easy on the multi-tagging of articles? At Paul Faulkner, you added {{Lead too short}}, {{Context}}, {{BLP sources}}, {{Sources exist}}, and {{Underlinked}} tags - even though a stub of this size is well served with a single-sentence lede, "American artist" is as clear a context as required, everys single sentence here is sourced and five sources is great for a stub, and if anything there's too many rather than too few wikilinks in there. There's no benefit and plenty of downsides to tagging where it is not needed. Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:18, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
- Ah my bad. I was just attempting to add all the maintenance tags I saw that were needed. Didn't know I should be more careful with the ones I add. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
How to give even better Teahouse replies.
Hi Blaze. I've a couple of requests for you when you reply to people at the Teahouse. We pride ourselves there in being friendly and welcoming. So please, when you are the first person to respond, try to remember to say "Welcome to the Teahouse, UserX" or some such equivalent. And if someone else has replied, but didn't welcome the user, you can still 'welcome' then when you follow up with an answer.
And for registered users please remember to WP:PING them in your responses so they get a notification that you've answered. For IP editors, you can use the Teahouse Talkback tool to tell them their question has been answered. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Alright will do. (also I tend to forget to ping people because it's rather easy to forget). Thanks for the suggestions. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:05, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Blaze The Wolf! Today, at the Teahouse, I caught a glimpse of a question which you asked! While I'm glad to see you offering helpful, to the point answers to peoples' questions at the venue, I did have concerns I wanted to bring up. Firstly, you asked how to work your watchlist. This is a great question, I'm sure plenty of people have had this same question, and that's good! Second, I noticed on the article Mestolobes droseropa that you added like...i don't know...at least five tags, it looks like, to the top of the page. Some of these just made no sense, honestly, since 1. it's a stub, obviously there's not gonna be a very big lead and 2. the article did cite a source. I'm glad you're contributing and having a good time, but the concern is that I'm not sure you should be answering questions if you don't know how to do something as universal as using a watchlist or tagging an article. Of course, I cannot and will not stop you from answering questions at the Teahouse, but these are just my concerns. Regards versacespaceleave a message! 16:32, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Don't worry, someone already addressed the tagging issue with my page. I was only doing it to try and give people an easy time figuring out what to do to expand the stub and didn't realize that because it's a stub, there's no need to add maintenance tags. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 17:44, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze: Just to expand a little - you need to be aware of WP:SPECIESOUTCOMES - all living species (taxa) are notable by default. End of. So long as you check it's a genuine species, and not a hoax, it's not going to be deleted on the grounds of notability. I also don't think WP:OR should have been an issue either. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Alright. The article I put up for deletion that was a beetle of some sort I was thinking might have been a hoax cause the only sources I found were similar to Wikipedia and appeared to only be UGC. Luckily someone said that the name was a synonym of another name which I moved the page to after withdrawing, and I Found out that the name the article was moved to, had way more results. But good to know. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 18:24, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze: Just to expand a little - you need to be aware of WP:SPECIESOUTCOMES - all living species (taxa) are notable by default. End of. So long as you check it's a genuine species, and not a hoax, it's not going to be deleted on the grounds of notability. I also don't think WP:OR should have been an issue either. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Now learned to add invisible notes correctly
I have now added the invisible note on Atlantic Records, White & Nerdy and "Weird Al" Yankovic. I know that adding an invisible note with an exclamation mark on the end could end up blanking the page. Thanks for noticing me! — Rheathesecond (talk) 05:24, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
- No problem! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
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