HJ Mitchell

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Athari "creed" promotion

This person is blocked from uploading pictures [1] but should also be blocked from making edits because he keeps adding Atharism to every page. Drew Stanley (talk) 20:49, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Friend from the Philippines again

Hi again, HJ. I'm sorry to put this on you; I'm only doing it because you're already informed of the situation. Our blocked friend from the Philippines is back to disruptively edit king crab articles again, this time on IP 143.44.169.99. It's so weird, because it seems like they actually want to improve these articles, and they're at least somewhat familiar with the project (e.g. they know what Wikispecies is). But they seem almost incapable of cooperation or civility, and their edits are a mix of nonsense, half-truths, statements which are recognizably derived from a factual source but feel like they've been put through a telephone game, and broken English. I say they must want to improve them because 1) it's just extreme persistence for these very niche articles, 2) it approximates something constructive, and 3) one time when I properly implemented something they were trying to do, they didn't touch the article again IIRC. This is so bizarre; my head hurts. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 03:19, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@TheTechnician27 there are some obvious formatting and grammar issues at Paralomis. Are there issues with the content itself? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

From their latest edit:

• The etymology is true enough but incorrectly cited. It isn't pages 41–48 of that NIWA memoir, nor is it in that citation at all. This is actually in its original description White (1856): "It is a small species, evidently very distinct from Lithodes and more allied to Lomis—it may be called Paralomis granulosa".
• The range contains major omissions. Paralomis lives in every major ocean except the Arctic. They also say they live on "rocky bottoms", but the only mention of the word "rocky" in the cited memoir is p. 48 for Lithodes macquariae. (Ahyong says nothing about this in his general description of Paralomis either.)
• The 'Description' section is almost entirely untrue: 1) Paralomis aren't tiny like Cryptolithodes, but they don't get as big as some of the Neolithodes and Lithodes, and on average they're smaller. 2) There are Paralomis whose dorsal carapace is covered in spines, but a lot of them are also covered in granules. Paralomis' high speciosity makes it hard to make sweeping statements like this. 3) This description is cited to a 404 GBIF link.
• I don't entirely know that Paralomis dawsoni is the biggest Paralomis, although that would check out. Nonetheless, it's cited to Ahyong, who doesn't mention P. dawsoni even once. They're correct that P. bouvieri found to date are very small and have an appropriate citation for that, but Ahyong (cited) doesn't state what they say, which is that they're the smallest species of Paralomis (those caught to date may just be juvenile specimens).
• "Paralomis grew small (emphasis not mine) as the size comparison to humans hand." Cited source says nothing about this, but it's not technically wrong. In general too, when there's a genus description, we should be citing 2010 instead of 1988, since many more species have been discovered since which may alter sweeping, absolute statements made about the genus.
• They completely removed the table listing Paralomis species, orphaning most of the articles. Instead, they link to a Google search of a list of Paralomis species.

To be clear, this is something I can fix, should fix, have been meaning to fix, and which I would normally be happy someone else is trying to fix. It's just that anytime they contribute, I basically have to upend whatever I'm doing to put out a fire, researching everything they've said and effectively rewriting it because they're going to keep pushing through disruptive edits until there's something there. The only time it's productive is when it gives me a kick in the pants to fix up and expand a stub under threat of the article being a mess. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 14:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

I hate to say it, but it's technically an effective strategy. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2024! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2024. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:59, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

GabrielCollier

Just wanted to update you on your block of Special:Contributions/GabrielCollier; he is currently evading this block as both 2600:6C5D:5100:7E6:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) and 38.32.74.138 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). I couldn't get AIV to do anything. wizzito | say hello! 19:58, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Inquiry

Good afternoon, I noticed that you had reversed changes on the Karel Komarek page because they were vandalizing it and violating Wikipedia's terms and policies. I wanted to inform you that the page has been vandalized again, and I was wondering if you could reverse the changes and look into protecting the page once more against these vandalic actions. Thank you. Lorro123 (talk) 16:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Copyvio

Sorry if this is not the right way to do it but I think a large part of this article is copied from JSTOR so if you could do a RevDel that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, GoldRomean (talk) 19:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry; I meant 1991 in Pakistan. Also, to specify, the entire JSTOR thing appears to have been copy-pasted from the lead up to the "Incumbents" section. GoldRomean (talk) 19:40, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

(By the way), I think a lot of the original editor who made the copyvios' edits were also incorrectly sourced? I can try to find them if you'd like. Thanks, GoldRomean (talk) 19:43, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

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Mentoring for FAC

Hi, I'm contacting you because I noticed your username is listed at WP:FAM and I am interested in nominating a FAC but have never done so in the past. I'm contacting several people listed as FA mentors so if you are busy that is okay. The article is Neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain disease. I have started a peer review for the article which can be found at Wikipedia:Peer review/Neurocysticercosis/archive1. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 21:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

@IntentionallyDense sorry but I'm the wrong person to ask. Both because I'm busy with other things and don't have the time I'd like for FAC right now, and because I don't know anything about writing medical article. Somebody like @SandyGeorgia: might be able to help, or recommend someone better-versed in medical articles that you could ask. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:53, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Sandy isn't super active lately but I'll reach out regardless. Thank you for taking the time to reply I really appreciate it. IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 22:55, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thanks for your tireless contributions to this project. I appreciate your work at WP:AIV. Keep up the good work! Maliner (talk) 10:42, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

CU Request

Good day! Would you care to run a CU on Abduvaitov Sherzod 2 (talk · contribs)? Prolific puppetmaster who has created many accounts to circumvent locks. Had a rash of new accounts created in the last few days that follow the same naming convention for all the other sockpuppet accounts. The SPI was closed by Bbb23 without action for most of the reported accounts since they didn't have any contribs and I forgot to tag the CU request when submitting the report. Bbb23 recommended I reach out to a CU directly to follow up for a check before reopening an SPI.

The following accounts are believed to be the most recent puppets:

• Abduvaitov Sherzod wikiproduction (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Abduvaitov Sh. Wiki 90 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Abduvaitov Sherzod wikiproduct (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Abduvaitov Sh 26 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
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Cheers, and thanks! nf utvol (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Just to be clear, HJ, I didn't "recommend" that Nfutvol ask a CU. You can look at my Talk page if you want a fuller explanation of the sequence of events.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

@Nfutvol I find CU'ing on a phone painful and I won't be at a proper screen to do it for a few days. Though from the usernames alone I'd be inclined to block if the first one was blocked for cause. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:46, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

No worries! Understand that would be a hassle. I'll reach out to another CU in the meantime. I was a bit baffled at the assertion that reporting to SPI and blocking in this case was inappropriate but am not one to argue in that case. Thanks! nf utvol (talk) 17:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)