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Precious

"one of the best Wikipedians of all time"

Thank you for quality articles such as Pierre Bezukhov, Oklahoma Historical Society and Student National Medical Association, for fighting vandalism, for admin services from 2007 when you were regarded as "one of the best Wikipedians of all time", for "rarely will I block without the consensus of other admins", - Katie, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Aw...thanks, Gerda! :-) Katie^talk 19:25, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Did you see why I liked the last quote so much? Felt understood! - I hope the award from the cabal of the outcasts is not too much in the way of your arb nom. And all the best for your health. (Saw my doctor today. All fine.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:52, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

kiswahil

adijamkongo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.75.222.154 (talk) 17:44, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Did you do the rev/del too? -Roxy, Zalophus californianus. barcus 20:09, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

@Roxy the dog: Yep, I think I got it all. If I didn't, reply and I'll take another look. Katie^talk 20:11, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

It's just that I emailed an admin to deal with it, and it wasn't you !!!. Thanks. -Roxy, Zalophus californianus. barcus 20:12, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

(Assuming we're talking about the same thing), it was me who emailed the oversight team, and Katie dealt with it. Thx. --sciencewatcher (talk) 23:44, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

WiR December highlights

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For your enjoyment

Hello KK. I hope that you are well. I saw this thread Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous#knitting_symbles and thought you would get a kick out of it. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 02:37, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@MarnetteD: Hi! How have you been? That's funny watching Bugs try to give knitting advice! What are you working on these days? I'm doing this in Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. The pattern is great and the yarn is awesome but, sadly, I chose a little mini-skein kit that has a bunch of deep purples which all kind of look alike, and now I'm having trouble keeping them all straight. Oops. ;-) Katie^talk 13:08, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi again KK. I am doing okay. Nice pattern but I can see where having similar colors would be confusing. I'm working on a couple hats as well. They always make nice gifts at this time of year :-) Cheers.MarnetteD|Talk 13:38, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Dane Smith page

Hi, you deleted and protected Dane Smith after repeated recreation. Could you look at the related Dane Smith (basketball) and see whether it know meets minimum standards? Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 01:05, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Tassedethe: The prose is much improved, but it fails the basketball section of WP:NSPORT. Sourcing is still inadequate, as it uses his own Facebook/Instagram/Twitter pages as references, as well as a self-published autobiography. Apparently, he's mainly known for appearing in a television commercial. There are two local newspaper articles about him, and that's about it. I'm not going to send it to AFD because I don't have time, but I doubt it would survive a deletion discussion. Katie^talk 04:48, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

CU results

Given my misunderstanding here, could you give me a rundown on what each of the CU results actually mean? Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:15, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

CU favor?

Katie if you would do me a favor and glance at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BriefingMan, I'm fairly convinced this is a duck case where every disruptive user at the mentioned article is the same person. Apologies for my rambling build up of my note there. If not sock, then clearly some sort of meat going on. -- ferret (talk) 19:01, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:36, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Homage to you?

Hi, Katie, hope you're swinging your sarong as always. What do you think of the username KrakatoaChekUsrr? I don't like it much. Note, the account was "automatically created", i. e. not on en.wiki. At least, I think that's what "automatically" means. Bishonen | talk 00:55, 3 December 2017 (UTC).

(talk page stalker) Bishonen, I went ahead and hard blocked. Katie blocked another similar account that was impersonating Bbb23 earlier today. Also, you are correct. This account was created on es.wiki. Hope all is well with you. I need to come over to your talk page more often to see the nature pictures. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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Vote

Why I should vote u? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.110.70.214 (talk) 19:37, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Articles regarding medial

As you have extensive years of experience on Wikipedia,

Please let me know whether you have summarised list of articles- topics with headaches in Wikipedia. I have some friends who are interested in the topics above. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

well, i figure you must be a regular sweetheart, so, cause of your application, and items such as WiR, and a cartoon well detailed, i just voted for you. yay!! and let this be another of your mottos, "make earth flat again", it is a fun bumper stinker i'v

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well, i figure you must be a regular sweetheart, so, cause of your application, and items such as WiR, and a cartoon well detailed, i just voted for you. yay!! NOW, let this be another of your mottos:

                  make earth flat again  

it is a fun bumper stinker i've noticed when i look in my rearview mirror. you may get the subtle internal rhyme of the phrase. good luck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hispanosuiza (talk • contribs) 03:08, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

oops. i forgot to use dem tildeez!

i wrote you with the bumper stinker suggestion: make earth flat again. forgot to sign this, with 4 Hispanosuiza (talk) 03:12, 4 December 2017 (UTC) i forget how to do these simple things. username is hispanosuizaHispanosuiza (talk) 03:12, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Meghan Markle

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Hi Katie

@KrakatoaKatie, This is regarding the page Karuna Gopal. The page was protected and deleted in August 2016. I want to create it again with proper references and citations. Can I do it, if so how? Will you please help me out in this regard. Thanking you. Nagsail (talk) 14:15, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

@Nagsail: Create your new article at Draft:Karuna Gopal. When you've finished, submit it to AFC and they'll take it from there. :-) Katie^talk 15:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

A RevisionDelete request

Hi Katie

Last night I made a small edit in Wiki-Hebrew (therefore I'm not sure if you can help me, but I'll try anyway:), but as a reckless newbie I didn't notice that if I don't register, my IP address will become public. I have since registered, and wanted to know if it's possible to hide my IP address from that edit, or ever delete it so I can reedit from my new username.

Here is the article: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/לו_אנדריאס-סלומה

My edit is the last one from 12.5.17, 9:15 PM..

Thanks for the help! Lemon

--Happylemonyartichoke (talk) 09:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

@Happylemonyartichoke: Sorry, but I don't have rights at the Hebrew Wikipedia. You'll need to contact a Steward to handle your request. Katie^talk 15:02, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting

As we approach the end of the year, the Military History project is looking to recognise editors who have made a real difference. Each year we do this by bestowing two awards: the Military Historian of the Year and the Military History Newcomer of the Year. The co-ordinators invite all project members to get involved by nominating any editor they feel merits recognition for their contributions to the project. Nominations for both awards are open between 00:01 on 2 December 2017 and 23:59 on 15 December 2017. After this, a 14-day voting period will follow commencing at 00:01 on 16 December 2017. Nominations and voting will take place on the main project talkpage: here and here. Thank you for your time. For the co-ordinators, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:35, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: November 2017

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

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• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

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Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
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Books and Bytes - Issue 25

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Candidate for ArbCom

On behalf of the universe, thank you for choosing to run, amiga! --Rosiestep (talk) 04:23, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

• Best of luck to you Katie! Maybe I'll be seeing you as a co-member? RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:11, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
• Can't believe I never ran into you so far, now pleasantly changed. Will vote for you, both! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks, all! Good luck to you too, Rick! So proud my little admin nominee has left the nest! *sniffle* :-) Katie^talk 15:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Echoing the sentiments above, and you have my vote, too! Would you mind creating your main candidate page by adding: {{subst:ACE candidate page|KrakatoaKatie}}? I hesitated to create it myself, just in case you preferred to do without it. Cheers, -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 04:34, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations for being elected, and good listening when cases come, - always better when they don't have to come ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2018 Arbitration Committee

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This Month in GLAM: December 2017

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Please comment on Talk:Emily Beecham

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User group for Military Historians

Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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2018 just around the corner...

It's that time of the year again, Katie. No fancy template, but just wishing you all the best for the holidays and the new year, and thanking you for all you do. It's probably a lot warmer where I am than where you are 😎 Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:18, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@Kudpung: Thanks, and same to you! :-) Katie^talk 14:11, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations on your election to ArbCom!

So happy you've been elected to ArbCom (with the highest votes!) as I know you to be a fair, professional person. Congrats! --Rosiestep (talk) 11:01, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Well done Katie! 🎅Patient Crimbo🎅 ^{grotto presents} 11:16, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Congrats Katie, looking forward to working with you more in the future! RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:47, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Very well done. See you shortly on the mailing list! Doug Weller talk 11:50, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations. -- Euryalus (talk) 12:15, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

My first time following an ArbCom election. Didn't know when to expect results. Woulda been here earlier. Congratulations! Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 12:35, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations ? ! -- There'sNoTime ^{(to explain)} 13:38, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

• I’m so sorry for having helped elect you. My condolence . Seriously though, now more people will realize the gospel truth of Wikipedia: KrakatoaKatie is always right! TonyBallioni (talk) 14:07, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

They really oughta tell people when they get elected so they don't find out on their talk pages before they have their coffee! Thanks to all, and congratulations to everyone who was also cursed elected! Looking forward to ruling by fiat working with everyone! :-) Katie^talk 14:21, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Instead of telling you that you were elected, they probably told you that voting is open ;) -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerda Arendt (talk • contribs) 14:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Commiserati-Um, that is, congratulations. It's a unique experience. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 14:51, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Let me add my congratulations, and hopes that you don't regret it! Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:24, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Many congrats KK. Well deserved. MarnetteD|Talk 18:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

What a landslide! Congratulations. Mkdw ^talk 19:14, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

• Welcome to WP:1000! — xaosflux ^Talk 19:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations - landslide victory was well warranted. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:17, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
• Did anyone really have any doubts about this outcome? I know you were reluctant to accept this role, but I hope the overwhelming outpouring of support has given you some encouragement. Congratulations! Mz7 (talk) 22:22, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

• Congrats! Looking forward to working with you :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:06, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• Very pleased to see you on the new committee and at #1. Hope you'll still find time for your impeccable work at CU. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:26, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• Add another ‘grats! Jusdafax (talk) 08:46, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

• Sorry for throwing you under the Arbcom bus. It had to be done. Congrats! Blackmane (talk) 01:40, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

• I've only encountered you a few times, but it's clear to me that you deserve this. Whether that's a positive or negative is up to you. I'm very pleased with this year's election; moreso because you're at the top of the list. Thanks for all you do and will do; and for being brave (or is it another word?) enough to take on this task. John from Idegon (talk) 21:52, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

• Congratulations :). –Davey2010^Talk 03:14, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Fixer88

Please have a look at User talk:Fixer88/Archive 1#Mistaken identity and Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 52#Accusation - I accuse an editor of being a bot regarding Fixer88. There seems to be sufficient evidence linking him to these nonsense-spouting sockpuppets, at least in the past (and CU has linked MetlifeWP and PCruiser to the farm you listed), but ArbCom has unblocked Fixer88. It may be worth reaching out to ArbCom to advise them of the situation and seeing how this relates to the block appeal. – Train2104 (t • c) 15:33, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

@Train2104: I'm aware of the situation, but thanks for reaching out. I'm having another CU look at it, and as I said, I'm not willing to block right now. When I'm able to look in the Arbcom mailing list archives in January, I'll be able to see for myself. Thanks again. :-) Katie^talk 19:50, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Since you concluded they're unrelated, do you want to go back to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fixer88 and retag them all, too? The oldest account is probably MetlifeWP. – Train2104 (t • c) 23:35, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

One of the SPI clerks is going to retag the ones listed in the current case. I'm going to leave the older ones alone; if Fixer88 wants them retagged, he can ask one of the CUs who worked that case. Katie^talk 23:38, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

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HH!

		Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!
		Thinking of you and wishing you good health and happiness. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:25, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

Hello there! Shearonink (talk) wishes you & yours the the very best of the season!
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia, here's to hoping your holiday time is wonderful and that the New Year will be an improvement upon the old. CHEERS!

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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

From Stave one of Dickens A Christmas Carol Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail. So you see even Charles was looking for a reliable source :-) Thank you for your contributions to the 'pedia. ~ MarnetteD|Talk 23:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!
	Hello KrakatoaKatie, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018. May you and your family have a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year! Happy editing, --Cameron11598 (Talk) 05:25, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas 2017!

Merry Christmas

This user wishes you a very Merry Christmas.

Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:22, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!

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Quick check?

Katie, would you be willing to run a check on Iron.secrets as a Lurulu sock? This one has been around for a bit, has the same name pattern that's been in use this last year, but only now hit one of the articles I keep an eye on. Just want to double check if you are willing. -- ferret (talk) 16:28, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

@Ferret: Unlikely to Lurulu based on geolocation. Sorry. Katie^talk 16:37, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

No problem, would rather err to the side of caution than block incorrectly :) -- ferret (talk) 16:39, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

CU logs

I have question about the CheckUser logs. How much of the information gleaned from a check can be reviewed in the logs after the fact? Specifically, I'm concerned about this case, which has stagnated because Courcelles is largely inactive these days. Is it possible for another CheckUser to review the case and see at least some what he saw? Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:24, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: I can tell if the account or IP has been checked, when it was checked, and the rationale. Courcelles did discuss this with the functionaries. I was one of the CUs who ran it again, and we concurred that all these accounts are MbahBotak. I'll block them accordingly in just a moment, and you can close after that. Thanks for following up. :-) Katie^talk 18:31, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Tommy1933

Hi, Katie. Since you blocked them, I think their new page reviewer flag should be removed. Thanks! Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 01:54, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

@Hhhhhkohhhhh: We generally don't remove the permissions from blocked accounts. They can't use them anyway. There are a few discussions somewhere about this if you care to search for them. Thanks for paying attention, though. :-) Katie^talk 04:08, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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