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Diff reply

HJ, you queried [1] but the bot cleared the page (I think). In any case, the request is gone, but the answer to your question is that the requests were all blank. MSJapan (talk) 16:17, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I'll look into it when I can but it could be 12 hours or so. Obviously if it's urgent report it to AIV again. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:03, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy. If there were such a thing as 'Closer of the Year Award', you would be inline for it. I was going to offer you a pizza but you've probably had enough of that recently. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:17, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection policy RFC close

What??! How could you- Seriously, thank you for the time and care you put into this close. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:03, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Agreed. Great work, thank you Mlpearc Phone (open channel) 19:08, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		This was an excellent closure, recognizing the purpose of closing discussions and making thoughtful judgments and considerations on all perspectives on the issue. It clearly took a lot of time and thinking to produce. Thanks so much, and keep doing what you do. Mz7 (talk) 21:41, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:45, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for your thoughtful close. I may be disappointed about the outcome, but not your effort. It is not your fault that the 0.1%ers despise us, the SPA, with all their heart and soul. I have but one complaint, or more like a request: would you kindly check your privilege?

If I go to see Tommy (album), Tommy can't see me or hear me as there is no edit button, and hence no edit window. At least not in sight: I might be a few clowns short of a circus (the first time I saw a full-protected page I thought that that page could only be edited by WP:CABAL, the first time I saw a semi-protected page I thought that only cabal initiates are allowed to correct simple factual errors, until I finally understood that all pages are controlled by the cabal), but it seems highly illogical to me that I have to click View source link, with my SPA fingers, to see the edit window – which I discovered only after testing what happens if I go to this URL. There is a blue lock icon, but how much that will help, really?

If Tommy goes mobile, and I click the edit icon, Tommy will hear me and say This page is protected to prevent vandalism. If I ask them "why", Tommy seems to be completely unreceptive.

By the way, I found your close because I went to WP:RPP (only to discover something that I already knew: that I'm slow), and happened to see something which implies that this new policy is confusing – even to the privileged. Politrukki (talk) 23:43, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

I'd like to echo the above appreciation for your detailed close of the RFC. There were at times some heated debate (a number of which I engaged in), which raised a number of useful points and I feel that your close addressed them so that no one felt left out. Best regards Blackmane (talk) 15:20, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Unsourced edits continuing redux

Within the IP range you had blocked are:

• 174.25.255.150 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 174.25.254.246 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Hard to be completely certain with the first one at this point, but the second is a virtual lock. Nothing new from the previous IPs as I type this. Cheers! —ATS 🖖 Talk 06:10, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

link to WP:AN discussion

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YGM

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy

Hi Harry,

Good close of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy.

One thing worth pointing out though: You said "BethNaught's suggestion on the talk page to send a mass message to all admins informing them of the policy for use of extended confirmed protection is one I endorse". However, I don't think any such message has been sent. Certainly, I haven't received one.

On that thread of the talk page, conversation quickly turned to a bot for summarising the use of ECP on AN, which is a different thing. Also, before suggesting the bot MusikAnimal argued that such a message shouldn't be necessary.

Personally, I am neutral on whether a message goes out, but I just thought I should point out the situation.

Yaris678 (talk) 18:21, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

I appreciate the protection move, hopefully we can now actually discuss it properly. Could I ask that you keep an eye on the discussion to remind people to focus on content, the constant focus on editor's motives is very trying. WCM_email 17:28, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Oh and if you find someone else to take over the admin bit, would welcome your input on this. WCM_email 17:32, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Sorry, I reviewed an earlier version of the article and I've written a few articles about Gibraltar so it would be inappropriate for me to start acting as an admin (the protection needed doing urgently, and I've asked at AN for another admin to take it over). I may comment as an editor when I have time and once I've found my copy of Jackson's book (I have several of his other books, but I can't find that one!). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:33, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

I was hoping you would comment as an editor. I realize the quandary protecting articles you helped write. WCM_email 17:35, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Not sure this is a good move. You have endorsed a version by an article which for a few weeks has failed to provide a single argument outside WP:JDL. He will now simply disengage and refuse to engage in discussion until this edit block expires. Allowing one or two editors to effectively own an article is not productive or conducive to any improvement in Wikipedia articles. Asilah1981 (talk) 17:39, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Did you read the notice at the top? It says "This protection is not an endorsement of the current version" (emphasis original). Whichever version I protected would have been the wrong one. And blocking one or both of you for edit-warring would have been wrong too. But allowing you to revert ad infinitum would have been even more wrong. Nonetheless, you're free to make your case to whichever admin come along to review my actions. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:44, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Greetings, looks like we may have a tentative agreement in talk. However, I'm concerned that he still doesn't get it - take a look at his message on my talk page. I don't know whether to ask an uninvolved admin to make the changes or request unprotection? Any thoughts/advice gratefully received.WCM_email 09:16, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Lower Swell War Memorial & the West Country Challenge

I just spotted your new article Lower Swell War Memorial. I don't know if you are aware of the The West Country Challenge but Gloucestershire is the current focus & this article would be eligible. Even if you are not interested in points (& prizes) you might be kind enough to add it to the list at New/improved articles.— Rod ^talk 07:13, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rod. That had completely passed me by! I'm working my way through the list of Edwin Lutyens' war memorials and by happy coincidence happened to get to that one just as the West Country Challenge was focusing on Gloucestershire! He did another one in Gloucestershire, at Miserden; I'll see if I can put an article together about that one today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:23, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Great. You can still add them to the list of new/improved articles. Somerset is next (starts tomorrow) & then Wilts (3 days each county).— Rod ^talk 12:27, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Renewing range blocks

Hi, remember this? The range blocks have expired and the Saint Petersburg IPs are back. Manul ~ talk 22:38, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

FAC voluntary mentoring scheme

During a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors.

Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 18:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

@Brianboulton: That looks like a great scheme. I've put my name down just in case though I've only written a handful of FAs so I wouldn't call myself an expert on the process. Still, it can't hut anything. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:18, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for signing up. The response from would-be mentors has been most encouraging. Schemes like this are often slow to take off, and it may be a while before we know if it's working. But with this level of support, including that of many of our most experienced FA editors, I think it has every chance. Brianboulton (talk) 16:38, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge

Hi there Hary and page stalkers. I've started a new initiative, the Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. It's a long term goal to bring about 10,000 article improvements to the UK and Ireland. Through two contests involving just six or seven weeks of editing so far we've produced over 1500 improvements. Long term if we have more people chipping it and adding articles they've edited independently as well from all areas of the UK then reaching that target is all possible. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see 10,000 article improvements by editors chipping in. If you support this and think you might want to contribute towards this long term please sign up in the Contributors section. No obligations, just post work on anything you feel like whenever you want, though try to avoid basic stubs if possible as we're trying to reduce the overall stub count and improve general comprehension and quality. Thanks.

I'll update that main list once the West Country challenge is complete though so don't worry about adding your entries for the contest to it!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:19, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Hey Blofeld, I'll put my name down, certainly. I'm happy to keep ploughing through my war memorial articles and add them to the list. If or when I finish that project, I might return to Caludon Castle and try and get that to FA standard with the help of a book that was published after I wrote the GA. And then who knows; there are all sorts of articles on the Troubles I want to write, Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom has been on my to-do list for years (I've even got the books for that), or maybe just more war memorials... Or maybe I'll do something else. Anything to keep me out of projectspace! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:02, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Camisards and the Cévennes

I have found this rich source of blood, gore and atrocities which we have barely touched. Can you have a look over Camisard and make a few suggestions, and add a massacre or two. There are two nice online references with further details, comment and original documents. I am now on my way back from all those places named- from the grudges and sundials- so I will be on Saturdays march and then at the London meeting.--ClemRutter (talk) 20:37, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Richards

Hi - I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that we need to semi-protect David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux. I see the article has been changed twice today. The IP seems insistent on referring to the the "late" Lady Richards. As far as I know she is still very much alive! I guess the IP has some of sort of grudge against her. Thanks for getting involved. Dormskirk (talk) 19:34, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I've put it on semi-protection for a fortnight. I see this has been going on for a while but I don't want to do anything drastic. The IPs are all from the same Nigerian ISP. Odd that someone in Lagos has such an interest. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:51, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi - Very odd. Many thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 22:03, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

MOS DS

Hi Harry, are you around? I could really use some help. For the first time ever, I see a situation where I think discretionary sanctions (MOS, in this case) might help to avoid a toxic situation ... except that I'm hugely ignorant about DS ... and about crime-and-punishment stuff in general. My initial post about the problem is at WT:FAC#RfC regarding quote boxes. If you're open to helping me figure out where to go from here, I'll try to describe the problem as I see it. - Dank (push to talk) 12:58, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Actually ... there's so much to say that it probably wouldn't work well on-wiki; it would come across to some as an attempt to bludgeon people into submission with walls of text. I'll email you, if that's okay, and the you can reply here if you prefer, on those points that you see as most relevant. - Dank (push to talk) 14:18, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Sigh, my plans gang aft agley ... see the next post in that thread. - Dank (push to talk) 20:18, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Are we really arguing about punctuation? Seriously? Do we have nothing better to do. If the whole encyclopaedia was written and completed while I was at work last night then my apologies, argue away but last time I looked my war memorial articles weren't writing themselves.

As for discretionary sanctions, I'll speak in general terms (I'm really not the person you want enforcing the MoS sanctions unless you want blanket topic bans for anyone who prefers arguing about punctuation to writing articles). The procedure is set out at WP:ACDS, but to summarise the key points:

• If there's any thought of sanctioning somebody, they need to be aware that discretionary sanctions are in play (normally this means they have to be templated, but there are other ways if somebody is pretending not to be aware)
• Anybody imposing sanctions must be an uninvovled admin (for "uninvolved", read "squeaky clean"—no history with the sanctioned editor, no history in the topic area, etc; for example, I don't admin on articles related to Gibraltar or the Northern Ireland Troubles because I've written articles in those topic areas)
• If somebody continues to cause a problem after being aware of the discretionary sanctions, then an uninvolved admin can impose sanctions; I usually start with the minimum necessary—a warning, a ban from a page or discussion—but they can range all the way up to topic bans, bans from the entire subject area, or even sitebans.
• The only way they're different from normal admin actions is that they give a slightly broader range of options than an admin has on their own authority, and they're irreversible, except by a consensus of uninvolved admins (or an ArbCom ruling, but ArbCom will only rule on whether it's a reasonable exercise of discretion).

Hope some of that helps. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:19, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

That's great, Harry, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 12:11, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

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Coords

1. Your Sandhurst War Memorial coord points to a location in Wargrave (think cut & paste error). 2. Your Wargrave War Memorial points to a tree 30 yards to the west of the war memorial - at least on Acme Maps, which I tend to use, and which iirc behaves as Bing, GoogleMaps, etc. 3. You used about 1,000,000dp, which I've cut down to 7 for now.

So. On to the questions: any objection if I point the Wargrave article at 51.49926 -0.87210? I don't want to mess with your work if you think your coords are accurate.

In other news: List of works by Edwin Lutyens. I found this some time back and have added much, but there is much to be added. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:01, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Update. Various other c&p and coord issues tackled on Rolvenden War Memorial & Stockbridge War Memorial. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:54, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

@Tagishsimon: Thanks very much for that. I ended up in a bit of a rush before work last night and so left a bi of a mess by the looks of it! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:44, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

No probs. I like your articles; pleasure to fiddle with them. I'll take it you have no objections to me playing with the coords. --Tagishsimon (talk) 11:22, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Absolutely none! All help is welcome. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:16, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

NoCal

You willing to look at a new sock report? nableezy - 15:53, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

I'm gonna take that as a no, I'll just sent the evidence to the functionaries list. nableezy - 14:58, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Input Sought

Hey HJ, I saw that you offered moral support during my ultimately-withdrawn RFA. First off I would like to thank you for that, it means a lot. Secondly, I see that the common thread that those opposing my RFA offered is that I should make more content, specifically some GAs, FAs, etc. My question then is what is specifically meant by that? Surely it can't mean guiding an article entirely from creation, through the quality levels, all the way up to FA status? (The barnstar I'm thinking of for that escapes me at the moment but I'm sure you know the one.) To be honest that seems rather insurmountable when applied on a multiple-article scale. So then, what is meant by that critique? RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 08:04, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

t/p/s Hi there RK. The best way to go about these things (in my opinion) is firstly to join an on-WP project group, such as WP:MILHIST. It depends on what your interests are, but you can be sure a group exists on here which would cover them. Here is a useful link. Wikipedia:Wikiproject. Join one, and in effect you are in a specialised working group with subject experts. They invariably have their own on-WP "sites" with a dedicated talk page, and most importantly articles that are currently being built up to GA or FA status. They invariably list them. Then interact with the members, and assist in an article improvement project. If it reaches a GA status you will often be recognised officially by the group as a participant, and get a thankyou, and you can legitimately put it up on your User page. I have a couple, so you can check my page out. Joining is a great way of developing your article creation input, and gets you known. I recommend it. Simon. Irondome (talk) 15:16, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi H.J! I hope all's well with you and yours. Simon. Irondome (talk) 15:26, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

@RegistryKey: Good to hear from you. I remember your RfA well. I was torn because I though the opposers raised some reasonable points but my gut feeling was that you'd make a decent admin. Ultimately I thought it was a bit too early, but I'm glad you're still thinking about it. As for what people expect in terms of content, most people want enough to show that you're an experienced editor. You should be able to demonstrate that you understand the core policies and you can apply them in practice. It's not a ridiculous request, even though admins have very little say over content issues—admins have to weigh up arguments at AfD, for example, or are often called upon to close RfCs; we have to be able to tell the difference between vandalism and legitimate editors; and content work hones lots of other skills that are surprisingly useful as an admin. I don't think most people expect a featured article (the barnstar, by the way, is the Four Award I happen to have one, but only one), though how much is 'enough' is something everyone has their own opinions on. Simon's advice is sound—find something you're interested in and then look for gaps in Wikipedia's coverage. In my experience, once you start digging down you quickly find something that needs work. You could try writing a few short but respectable articles and putting them up for DYK, or adopting a neglected article and fleshing it out with help from some new sources and seeing where that takes you. Perhaps get a gazetteer or a biographical dictionary on Amazon and thumb through that if you're struggling for inspiration. As for actually structuring an article, look at similar articles and adapt the style for your needs; once you've got the facts and the references in, you can play around with the format

None of that is a golden ticket to adminship, but I think you're sensible enough to know that. It's a solid foundation that you can build on; with that and more experience in the admin areas you're interested in (more insightful comments at AfD not just scattergun votes, clearly explained reports at AIV/RfPP—remember, the admins in those areas know who the regulars are who make their lives easier) you should be in with a good chance. I might even be willing to nominate you, but I'd suggest waiting until the end of this year or early 2017 before running again. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:46, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Oh, and hey Simon; always good to hear from you. Glad to see you're still around. We should have that pint I seem to recall discussing a long time ago. I'll probably be up in London at some point before the end of the year to see friends and get down to the south coast to see my goddaughter. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:54, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Sounds a good plan Harry, would seriously look forward. Just drop an email nearer the time. Cheers mate! Simon. Irondome (talk) 23:22, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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Extended confirmed protection

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Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

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Rangeblock?

Greetings, Harry. I pulled your name off of "Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to make range blocks". Wondering if you could take a look at this page, and see if there's a blockable range, as there seems to be some IP hopping going on. Cheers, Vanamonde (talk) 05:58, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Vanamonde93: doesn't look like there's any realistic range which could be blocked there

Total affected	Affected addresses	Given addresses	Range	Contribs
1G /64	1G /64	3	2607:fb90::/34	contribs
16M /64	16M /64	2	2607:fb90:600::/40	contribs
	1 /64	1	2607:fb90:285a:73cc::/64	contribs
3 /64	1 /64	1	2607:fb90:67c:6fee::/64	contribs
	1 /64	1	2607:fb90:686:7d81::/64	contribs
	1 /64	1	2607:fb90:285a:73cc::/64	contribs

-- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 13:58, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

To be honest this table is greek to me, so I'll have to take your word for it, thanks! Vanamonde (talk) 14:06, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

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In recognition of your successful election as a co-ordinator of the Military History Project for the next year, I hereby present you with these co-ord stars. I wish you luck in the coming year. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:05, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Northampton War Memorial

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Northampton War Memorial you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dr. Blofeld -- Dr. Blofeld (talk) 17:41, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism#Revisiting clerking

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism#Revisiting clerking - I apologize for giving you an unwanted template, but I thought I should ping you anyway, since you participated in the last discussion on this, and it seems not many have actually looked at AIV's talk page lately. WikiPuppies _bark ^dig 21:43, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at recent works Op-ed: TomStar81 on the evolution of the tank Timeline: This month in World War I

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Your GA nomination of Northampton War Memorial

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This Month in GLAM: September 2016

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 25, 2016

Hi Harry, I trimmed the lead some for TFA, how does it look? - Dank (push to talk) 20:03, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey Dan. I suppose I haven't had one for a while. It might be worth clarifying that the the British soldier killed was a member of the rescue party, not one of the hostages; I might lose the detail of the units involved and just mention the SAS and the Parachute Regiment if I was short of space; and can you work in a link to British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:54, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Okay, how does it look now? - Dank (push to talk) 13:18, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm happy with that; thanks Dan. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:48, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

IP 66.87.121.176 requests extended block

66.87.121.176 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Per this request Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 03:57, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Dartmoor Trust

I was at a wedding today- and fell into conversation with Tony, who was talking about how to manage the image archive and factual knowledge base that the Trust he chairs holds. He likes Wikipedia concept and was thinking of doing something similar to what Wikimedia software does and have articles and a database of their library of scans. He didn't realise that WM software is free. He is based near Dartmouth- and happy with concept of a partnership- and even happier when I explained that it has been done on Monmouth and we had this volunteer in Bideford/Barnstable who would be happy to meet up and explain it further. If you get an email from Tony don't be surprised.--ClemRutter (talk) 15:19, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

historic events and people
... you were recipient no. 280 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for today's Operation Barras! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Question about a topic ban

Greetings, HJ - can you tell me if this topic ban is still in effect? If so, we may have some violations. I can provide diffs if the ban is still in effect. Kelly ^hi! 19:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

@Kelly: the place to look is WP:DSLOG, which shows that the ban is still in force (if it had been revoked or successfully appealed there would be a note appended with a link to the talk page discussion or appeal). I don't have time to investigate now and can't guarantee I will before the end of the week. Your best bet is probably to file a report at WP:AE and ping me from it so that it'll get admin attention quickly and I'll look when I have chance. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:27, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

IP blocked

| Thank you for blocking the IP vandal that was attacking this page. Here's a gift from me to you. CyanoTex (talk) 12:52, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Heh. Thanks. And you're welcome. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

TFAR

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Richard Dannatt, - please go over the blurb, - I may have picked things that are less important, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

A-class award

		The Military history A-Class medal
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military history coordinators, I hereby award you an A-Class Medal for your great work on Operation Flavius, Death on the Rock, and Devon County War Memorial. Regards, Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 02:46, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Restoring Deleted Page: Chris Westphal

HJ -- thanks for the guidance and help in trying to get my page restored.

About 6-7 years ago, a Wiki entry for my work and related contributions (others had created) was posted to Wikipedia. At the time, I was a founder and CEO of Visual Analytics - a company that was acquired by Raytheon in 2013.

The entry disappeared and I finally spent some time (recently) tracking it down and it shows: 02:47, 8 June 2010 HJ Mitchell (talk | contribs) deleted page Chris Westphal (Expired PROD, concern was: Notability, orphan)

At that time (2010), I had published several books and was running a successful company - however, it was probably not enough to remain included in Wiki (in light of what many others have achieved in the same community). A number of years has passed and with the sale to Raytheon and some other work/project I've been associated with - I'd like to request the reversal of this "deletion" (contest the PROD) and get the page un-deleted and published back into Wikipedia.

Thank you for the consideration -- and please let me know if there is anything other information required at this time.

-Chris [westphal@analysis365.com]

71.171.90.121 (talk) 13:06, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Chris, I've restored it for you. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:51, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at two new books on the US military Interview: A chat with our new project coordinators Review essay: Nick-D discusses recent works on the British and Australian Armies in World War I Op-ed: TomStar81 on the end of the Battle of the Somme Timeline: This month in World War I

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Semi-protected articles related to Barney & Friends

• Barney Live in New York City (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Barney in Outer Space (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Barney's Great Adventure (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
• Barney's Musical Castle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Can you downgrade protection to PC? Vandalism either is rare or has not occurred for four years. Also, monthly amount of IP vandals would be one to three, making vandalism less likely to be frequent, in contrast to Barney's Big Surprise, which had a bunch of registered vandals but very little amount of vicious IPs. --George Ho (talk) 09:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)