User talk:Fox/August 2012
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Would you please restore this file and add the {{KeepLocal}} tag to it? Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 23:39, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Done — foxj 09:53, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The Tea Leaf - Issue Five
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
- Guest activity increased in July. Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the automatic invite experiments we started near the end of month, which seeks to lessen the burden on hosts and other volunteer who manually invite editors. During the last week of July, questions doubled in the Teahouse! (But don't let that deter you from inviting editors to the Teahouse, please, there are still lots of new editors who haven't found Teahouse yet.)
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- Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania! The Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania this past month, where editor retention and interface design was heavily discussed. Sarah and Jonathan presented the Teahouse during the Wikimedia Fellowships panel. Slides can be viewed here. A lunch was also held at Wikimania for Teahouse hosts.
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Notification about unblock request
Hi Foxj, seeing you posted on Kmarinas86's talkpage regarding his block, I thought it would be prudent to let you know about WP:AN#Unblock request from Kmarinas86. Cheers, Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:52, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
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Can you please explain why you basically deleted this article by doing a redirect? --NeilN talk to me 20:23, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
- Redirecting an article is not even close to deleting it. Looking over the article, the subject seemed only marginally (if that) notable, and redirecting to the only really notable thing the person has done is perfectly acceptable. Foxj hasn't done anything here other than being bold in dealing with a BLP issue like this. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
- I think you're looking for a response here so I'll reply here. :) This was a rather complex situation; essentially, the subject emailed us about potential BLP violations within the article. Noticing that Bauer doesn't seem to be independently notable outside of MLW, and that the article looked to be a bit of a battleground, it seemed that the ideal solution here would be to redirect it to MLW's article itself, which is much more notable. Of course, this is subject to review, as with any other admin action, but I think I did the right thing here. — foxj 20:58, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
- The issue I have was the edit summary referred to a OTRS ticket number instead of providing an explanation regular editors could view. I'm certainly not going to revert an OTRS action which I (and most editors I would think) view differently from an admin action. If OTRS says it needs to go, it's gone. Admin redirects, as you say, are treated as regular edits and are subject to WP:BRD. --NeilN talk to me 02:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was my mistake. Linking exclusively to the OTRS ticket is definitely not the thing to do in situations like this, and I apologise for that. Thanks for understanding though, I appreciate it. — foxj 10:39, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- The issue I have was the edit summary referred to a OTRS ticket number instead of providing an explanation regular editors could view. I'm certainly not going to revert an OTRS action which I (and most editors I would think) view differently from an admin action. If OTRS says it needs to go, it's gone. Admin redirects, as you say, are treated as regular edits and are subject to WP:BRD. --NeilN talk to me 02:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
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Rfc on Youreallycan/Off2riorob
You may be interested in commenting on this this RfC. A prior decision you made to unblock this editor has been mentioned.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 23:54, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not, but thanks. — foxj 13:17, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Eurovision: Recent changes
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- The Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest articles have now been standardised to keep a consitancy throughout the project and to the genral reader too. Skeleton article drafts can be found for Eurovision Song Contest by Year and Junior Eurovision Song Contest by Year.
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Can it help?
Regarding your comment, are you put a threat? If blocking for longer time can settle the problems, then you can proceed, but it seems the final loser will be article itself. I see somebody does better job to advice rather than sysoping. --Aleenf1 14:13, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
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An AFD you participated in has been started again
List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos has been renominated by the same nominator 11 days after it closed as "no consensus". I'm contacting everyone who participated in the last AFD, who hasn't found their way there already. Dream Focus 21:20, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Reporting User
I am here to report User:Sir Wrestler because he is deleting content on pages and starting edit wars on diffent pages, I told him the if I keeps do that I would report him. --SCWA Ladies Champion (talk) 20:55, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
- While I'm flattered you've come to me for this I'm not exactly where you want to be reporting this. I'd instead suggest noting this on the edit warring noticeboard for a third opinion. — foxj (in the wild) 09:50, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
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WP:Eurovision Newsletter (September 2012)
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EdwardsBot (talk) 03:17, 26 August 2012 (UTC)Don't forget to make your new host profile!
Hi Foxj! Thanks for being a host at the Teahouse! We're working on the Host lounge renovations and we've created a new way for hosts to become hosts. Please take a few minutes and test it out here, by creating your new host profile. It's also a good excuse to update your image, quote, and information about yourself :) You can join in on the host discussion about the new feature here. See you at the Teahouse! SarahStierch (talk) 20:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, I figured I'd already done this. Done it again anyway! — foxj 21:56, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Project Eurovision
Hi Fox,
So sorry to bother you at this moment in time. I would normally have asked fellow project member and admin CT Cooper (talk · contribs) but he is currently away in Turkey for a couple of weeks rest. A user Ruslanovich (talk · contribs) is constantly trying to force WP:ESC from removing a project banner of ABU Song Festivals 2012, despite the fact that 3 users have told him to cease his disruptive behaviour, and also ProjectCouncil stating the same. He has been informed that the article is of a similar genre as Eurovision, and that CT Cooper advised me to place it under WP:ESC. Ruslanovich is continuously accusing me of solely placing a project banner without consultation with the rest of the project and that the project members must !vote on each and every article before placing such banners on them. Would you be so kind as to wander over to the article's talk page (near the bottom) and provide any additional information. Much regards, Wesley Mouse 22:10, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
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