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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Futz!. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 19:09, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Futz!. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 18:04, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
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Matthew, I always have problems understanding the history of a rename. In this instance, could you help me with User:PBS and User:Philip Baird Shearer. Based on my review of the history, the PBS account was created on October 20, 2003. PBS became an administrator on June 6, 2006. The Philip account was created on July 16, 2012. It was blocked by PBS on April 6, 2013, and had only a handful of contributions while active.
Another administrator says I'm wrong (wouldn't surprise me) and that the July 16, 2012, date is when you renamed Philip to PBS based on this. I don't care who's right. I just want to understand what happened and, even more important, how I'm supposed to figure these things out. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
you have it the wrong way around the account was called Philip Baird Shearer it was renamed after a rename request here at 2012-07-16 13:32:53. I blocked the account Philip Baird Shearer to stop myself accidental editing using two accounts. PBS is not a totally universal account, and so I still use Philip Baird Shearer on Commons (a real pain) and having uploading images onto commons I sometimes accidentally made some edits on Wikipedia as Philip Baird Shearer (having forgotten to log out and log backin as PBS) before making the edit. Why do you want to know this? --PBS (talk) 23:13, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the link to the rename request, and obviously I'm wrong, but I still I don't get how I'm supposed to figure this out generally. The reason I'm asking is fairly innocuous. Remember the ANI thread? People referred to an RfC/U about you. I didn't look into that until after I closed the topic, but when I did, I couldn't find it, and that's partly because it was archived under the Philip account, which now makes sense as it was started and closed in 2011. Then I went into one of my mini technical spirals trying to understand exactly what happened and failing miserably, sigh.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Bbb23, I'm sorry, but the rename process has changed so much over time that trying to trace ancient account history is nearly impossible. I'm strapped at the moment, but I will try to explain more tomorrow. MBisanztalk23:21, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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Username is a company and a username vio, plus spamming their own business. Previous and new username, both are. Pity I just spotted it, else I would have commented at CHU before the deed. Thought of giving you a heads up before i warn or block. -- Alexf(talk)12:43, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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Back in January, you guys deleted an article called "Neptune Pine" stating that it wasn't notable at the time. Now the said product has reached $270K in the first 3 days of its Kickstarter campaign, and the story has been covered by numerous media outlets such as FOX, Huffington Post, Globe & Mail, CBC, Global, TechCrunch, etc., especially regarding the founder, Simon Tian, a 19-year old college dropout that founded the company.
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Hello MBisanz. Last Friday I reached out to User: Sirex98 seeking advice on changing Pokernews.com from a redirect page to having its own Article Page. User: Sirex98 suggested that it would be best to get community feedback on this topic through posting it at WP:DRV. After reading the policies and procedures for the Wikipedia’s Deletion Review I realized that I had to discuss the matter with the administrator that closed the discussion. I found that to be you and thought that I better contact you as soon as I could so here it goes.
I hope this can suffice as a more credible page than what was originally created. Please let me know what you think. Thank you.--AthenasMuse (talk) 20:37, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Looks fine to me, but I'm not specialist. Feel free to re-create it, but I can't promise others will be as open-minded. MBisanztalk21:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi MBisanz! I placed a request on Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations page several days before, but without reply for over 2 weeks. My fomer contributions were under the name Jing-hai Huang, I used to want to put my contributions under that name in all wikis, but too many wikis to change. So could I get my contributions back under this original name Huangjinghai? If not, would you be so kind to simply close that request please?
Which I will future revise and add to after my examination period has concluded for the semester. Point blank here are the primary reasons for why I object to this deletion:
1. You merely deleted the page and failed to cite valid criticisms of Bell in the Bell_Canada page. Thus you created an entirely new bias when attempting to resolve another one. Many people here even suggested that the article be merged or re-written to be more neutrual and you simply ignored these requests and deleted it.
3. The few people who advocated the removal of this page arguably are not versed well enough to know just how controversial this corporation is. Bell Canada is largely controversial for the reasons cited in this deleted article and in my lengthy objection linked above. It's likely that several users who advocated to delete the article aren't Canadian and thus are unaware of how controversial this corporation is.
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Someone, presumably its former owner, Wikikl, logged into Senseltd and made a single edit. I assume he just forgot that his account was renamed.
The talk page has not been changed since it became a redirect.
To prevent a repeat of the earlier situation, consider blocking the account, creating a redirect at the user page, and locking down the user page and its talk page so bots and scripts can't add stuff below the #REDIRECT. If you block the account, please note in the block log that this is not in any way a sanction or other negative reflection on the editor (people assume all blocks are "bad behavior" blocks, so it's important to state when they are not). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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Pratyya(Hello!) is wishing you a MerryChristmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
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Please explain this edit at 02:05, 30 December 2012, as it seems both Zmflavius and MtulliusC still exist and currently Zmflavius's home page redirects to the home page of MtulliusC and before a recent edit so did the talk page. It seems to me as Zmflavius is the active account and MtulliusC is not, the redirects should be the opposite way around. -- PBS (talk) 15:36, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
He was renamed from User:Zmflavius to User:MtulliusC. He apparently missed the memo that I renamed him last year so either the redirects should be reversed or he should be reminded of the rename. MBisanztalk02:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Moved page User talk:Victimoflove97 to User talk:Soulmusicfan97:
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I think I need your help unscrewing what I screwed up here. I removed the redirect and put a warning on the Victimoflove97 page, but if they are the same user, then that's wrong. But the edit was made today by the "Old" user, so I'm not sure what to do. — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib) — 18:12, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
They are almost certainly the same user because the "old" account was re-created after I renamed "Victimoflove97" to "Soulmusicfan97". Unless Soul says he is not Victim, it would probably be smart to restore the redirect and remind him to only use the new account. MBisanztalk02:06, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
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Pratyya(Hello!) — is wishing you a HappyNewYear! Welcome the 2014. Wishing you a happy and fruitful 2014 with good health and your wishes come true! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! May the 2014 goes well for you.
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—cyberpowerOnlineHappy 2014 — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
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I'm sorry, but we can't re-merge accounts once a password is lost. You can keep editing under the recovered account, but we can't restore the history. MBisanztalk02:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Given I intend to start using my alt. account again soon it would inappropriate/confusing to have it redirecting to DUCKISJELLY so a note saying :"for contributions prior to 26 December 2013 see DUCKISJELLY (talk·contribs)" or something to that effect, yes? ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 05:32, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Happy New Year! I would grateful if you'd have a look at this BRFA for an adminbot to take over deletion of broken redirects with your BAG hat on. Many thanks, WJBscribe(talk)11:31, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Dominic Covey
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Hey!
You are invited to two upcoming events in DC:
Meetup at Capitol City Brewery on Saturday, January 25 at 6 PM. Please join us for dinner, drinks, socializing, and discussing Wikimedia DC activities and events. All are welcome! RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, February 1 from Noon – 5 PM. Join us as we improve articles on notable women in history! All are welcome, regardless of age or level of editing experience. RSVP on the linked page or through Meetup.
I hope to see you there!
(Note: If you do not wish to receive talk page messages for DC meetups, you are welcome to remove your username from this page.)
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I don't know how but this has gone unnoticed for a long time. I tried to remove but Wikipedia saw it as an nonconstructive edit so letting you know. Thanks. 115.241.170.72 (talk) 19:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi MBisanz, thank you so much for nominating me for RfB and thank you for waiting all these years to do so. I'm delighted that the RfB was successful and I hope I'll meet your expectations. I'm also glad that I didn't break your streak of nominating WP:100 RfB candidates. ;) I'll have an e-mail for you later but for now, thank you! Acalamari11:26, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hello there!
Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?
Also, if you are available, there is an American Art Edit-a-thon being held at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Professor Andrew Lih's COMM-535 class at American University on Tuesday, February 11 from 2 to 5 PM. Please RSVP on the linked page if you are interested.
If you have any ideas or preferences for meetups, please let us know at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC.
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I am working for LexisNexis in Europe and would like to replace the LN Logo by the German standard LN logo. What do I have to take in account. I suppose, usage of logos is a difficult thing. Perhaps you can give me some hints as you were involved in the creation of the current logo. Best regards, Stephan Hense (talk) 10:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
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Happy March!
Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.
Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:
Evening WikiSalon on Wednesday, March 12 from 7 PM – 9 PM. Meet up with Wikipedians for coffee at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle! If you cannot make it in the evening, join us at our...
March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
Women in the Arts 2014 meetup and edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM. Our second annual Women in the Arts edit-a-thon, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free lunch will be served!
We hope to see you at our upcoming events! If you have any questions, feel free to ask on my talk page.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atisone Seiuli (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Kaimahi (talk) 06:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
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Hello,
I'm new to editing Wikipedia. I've been assigned by the College of Education to edit our page to include more relevant content, such as our achievements and notability. It looks like this page is about to be merged with UGA. Is it possible to revisit this decision??
The fundamental issue is finding in-depth coverage in independent third party sources. That's sources that are unrelated to the University of Georgia, it's student body, alumni or staff; and they have to be secondary sources that cover the college in detail and at length. If you can find a handful of those, pretty much anything is possible. Kaimahi (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Westminster Dragoons
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Hi. I created the Westminster Dragoons page and am the webmaster of www.westminsterdragoons.co.uk, the unofficial website of that military unit. The image of the Regiment's guidon (flag) has been removed at your instance because of a file permission problem: see my UserTalk page. I took that photograph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Benn (talk • contribs) 14:46, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.
First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Coming up in April, we have our first-ever Open Government WikiHack with the Sunlight Foundation on April 5–6! We are working together to use open government data to improve the Wikimedia projects, and we would love your help. All are welcome, regardless of coding or editing experience. We will also be having a happy hour the day before, with refreshments courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation.
On Friday, April 11 we are having our first edit-a-thon ever with the Library of Congress. The Africa Collection Edit-a-Thon will focus on the Library's African and Middle East Reading Room. It'll be early in the morning, but it's especially worth it if you're interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of African topics.
The following day, we are having our second annual Wiki Loves Capitol Hill training. We will discuss policy issues relevant to Wikimedia and plan for our day of outreach to Congressional staffers that will take place during the following week.
There are other meetups in the works, so be sure to check our meetup page with the latest. I hope to see you at some of these events!
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You have been selected to receive a merchandise giveaway. We last contacted you on 3/19/14. Please send us a message if you would like to claim your shirt. --JMatthews (WMF) (talk) 06:55, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Wikimedia NYC Meetup- "Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon" at Queens Library! Friday December 6
Please join Queens Open History Edit-a-Thon on December 6, 2013! Everyone gather at Queens Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for borough articles on the history and the communities. Drop-ins welcome 10am-7pm!--Pharos (talk) ~~~~~
11:28, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Saturday: NYC Art And Feminism Wikipedia Editathon
Please join Wikipedia "Art and Feminism Editathon" @ Eyebeam on Saturday February 1, 2014, an event aimed at collaboratively expanding Wikipedia articles covering Art and Feminism, and the biographies of women artists!
You are invited to join upcoming Wikipedia "Editathons", where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on a selected theme, on the following two Saturdays in March:
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I didn't heed the warnings and although the rename was successful, the account was unintentionally recreated by logging in with the old username. Would it be possible to get it removed? Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 01:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
The main reason I did the name change was for anonymity, and having it recreated (although unintentionally by myself) makes me feel a bit queasy. But yes, if that's all you can do, I'd be pleased with that. Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 03:17, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:
This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.
We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.
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Precious again
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best face to the world
Thank you for inspirational high standards, in your featured coverage of educational institutions and in general, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (3 January 2009, 28 April 2009)!
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Dear MBisanz
Not sure, if this is the right place for my request..
Since the deletion of the SwissCommunity.org page the platform has been developed further. It might be significant, that SwissCommunity.org meanwhile counts more than 31'000 members?
May I have another go in creating the SwissCommunity.org page?
There are a few meetups in DC this month, including an edit-a-thon later this month. Check it out:
On Thursday, May 15 come to our evening WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space in Dupont Circle. If you're available Thursday evening, feel free to join us!
Or if you prefer a Saturday night dinner gathering, we also have our May Meetup at Capitol City Brewing Company. (Beer! Non-beer things too!)
I'm pleased to tell you about two upcoming edit-a-thons:
This Tuesday, April 29, from 2:30 to 5:30 PM, we have the Freer and Sackler edit-a-thon. (Sorry for the short notice!)
On Saturday, May 10 we have the Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, from 10 AM to 5 PM.
We have more stuff coming up in May and June, so make sure to keep a watch on the DC meetup page. As always, if you have any recommendations or requests, please leave a note on the talk page.
(To unsubscribe, remove your username here.) 20:38, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Precious again
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best face to the world
Thank you for inspirational high standards, in your featured coverage of educational institutions and in general, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (3 January 2009, 28 April 2009)!
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Wikimedia DC has yet another busy month in June. Whether you're a newcomer to Wikipedia or have years of experience, we're happy to see you come. Here's what's coming up:
On Wednesday, June 11 from 7 to 9 PM come to the WikiSalon at the Cove co-working space. Hang out with Wikipedia enthusiasts!
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Dear MBisanz
Not sure, if this is the right place for my request..
Since the deletion of the SwissCommunity.org page the platform has been developed further. It might be significant, that SwissCommunity.org meanwhile counts more than 31'000 members?
May I have another go in creating the SwissCommunity.org page?
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[1] You once did a minor edit to this file. The logo is apparently a hoax. I am uncertain if I have properly proposed the deletion of the image. Could you take a look? Capitalismojo (talk) 14:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello!
Thanks for changing my user name on en wikipedia!
However as I asked on above page I would like to request a global username change. Is that possible?
MBisanz, thanks for your hard work this year, you deserve wonderful holidays!
I wish you success and happiness in your endeavours for this coming year, and I hope we'll be able to carry on improving the wonderful project that is Wikipedia together! Keep rocking on! :)
Salvidrim!, wrapping up another great year of collaboration with y'all!
01:24, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
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Hello, MBisanz. Please check your email; you've got mail! Message added 14:30, 16 June 2014 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
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Mr. Bisanz, as deleting administrator is it possible to overturn the deletion for Dariush Kashani, an actor.
I am following directions from here at bottom of page - [2]
Dariush Kashani is an Iranian-American actor with notable appearances on TV shows, a demo reel is here: [3]
His IMDB page shows notable credits [4] and you can reference other links, I am certain to support restoring a listing. Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theacw (talk • contribs) 15:12, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
Sunday July 6: WikNYC Picnic
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You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Central Park, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
The Great American Wiknic and other events in July
I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!
July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.
Sorry for the last minute update, but our friends at the DC Historical Society have scheduled a Battle of Fort Stevens Edit-a-Thon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle fought in the District. The event will last from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, July 30. Hope you can make it!
You are invited to join us at Jefferson Market Library for "Wiki Loves Pride", hosted by New York Public Library, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Wikimedia LGBT and Wikimedia New York City, where both experienced and new Wikipedia editors will collaboratively improve articles on this theme:
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Hi MBisanz, I was wondering if you could explain en.wikipedia.org's policies on "usurpation." I was led to believe that I could object to "usurpation," but it appears my account was "usurped" regardless of my objection. Thanks! --Mfb (usurped) (talk) 01:32, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
My apologies for missing your objection, normally if I had seen the objection, I wouldn't have gone forward with the usurp, in accordance with en.wiki policies. As a practical matter, eventually you would have been usurped automatically because the de.wiki user has the stronger claim to the name and the longterm plan in the larger wikimedia universe is to eliminate unattached accounts like yours. Theoretically, I could rename you to give you back the mfb account, but you would only lose it again in another year or two. MBisanztalk01:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
It would be great if my username could be renamed. Although "usurped" is an interesting badge of honor, I suppose. What does it mean that my account is unattached? --Mfb (usurped) (talk) 01:48, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
If you look at the bottom of this link you'll see that four accounts are unattached. This is because the German users owns the global SUL, which means his attached accounts are linked together. The unattached accounts exist only on each individual wiki. I would be happy to rename you to something else (say, maybe MFB?), but if I rename you back to Mfb, you will eventually lose the name again. MBisanztalk01:52, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Deletion of the David Kirsch article
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I decline to reverse the deletion. Unless you can show more recent coverage of Mr. Kirsch in independent news sources, I cannot see grounds to undelete. MBisanztalk02:31, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
How to usurp an account
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Hi MBisanz, I am the owner of the (global) account Clupus. Now I would like to post on en.wp some content. The problem is that there exists an account with the same name that is not mine. Thus my question is, what can I do? --134.96.67.46 (talk) 08:29, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
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Dear MBisanz,
I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.
As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide single-user login finalisation (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.
Why is this happening? As currently stated at the global rename policy, a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects.
The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed.
Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called Global renamers. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the requests for global permissions page on 1 September, a week from now.
In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to the request page for a global rename.
Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the Help:Unified login page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for global renamers. You can also contact me on my talk page on meta if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities.
Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet
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Come one and come all. To a presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history.
Picture your self leading the masses to improve Wikimedia one article at a time.
Show the Internet who is the better editor.
Be the creator of culture that you know you are.
Spread the knowledge of noteworthy people who no one but you cares about.
Lead the charge to a better Wikipedia --- eventually.
Wikimedia DC invites revolutionaries, free thinkers, and other sundry editors to a DC WikiSalon
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The WikiSalon is a special meetup usually held during the first and third full weeks of every month, from 7 PM to 9 PM. It's an informal gathering of Wikimedia enthusiasts, who come together to discuss Wikimedia wikis and collaboratively edit. There's no set agenda, and guests are welcome to recommend articles for the group to edit or edit on their own.
If you're coming by Metro, the closest station is Dupont Circle (on the Red Line). If you're driving, a lot of parking opens up downtown after 6:30 PM, so finding a parking space (even a free one) should be easy. Once you've found the building, go to Cove on the second floor. We will be in the conference room.
When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: The Cove, Dupont Circle, 1730 Connecticut Avenue NW, 2nd floor, 20009, DC
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Wikimedia DC's Upcoming meetups
Thursday, September 11: “Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet, One Article at a Time!”
A presentation at the Laurel Historical Society about how you can help verify, validate, and edit the information that is on the front line of local history. Laurel Pool Room, 9th and Main Street in Laurel, MD. 7 PM.
Saturday, September 27 – Sunday, September 28: Please RSVP for the Open Government WikiHack at Eventbrite by clicking on the link. The National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia DC are teaming up to come up with solutions that help integrate government data into Wikipedia. 10:30 AM – 5 PM each day
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Hey, I came across The Heir Chronicles somehow (can't remember exactly) and I decided to try to see if I could find enough sourcing to overturn the AfD that you closed years ago. (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Heir Chronicles) I honestly do think that there's enough sourcing there for this to pass WP:NBOOK and part of me is very, very tempted to just move it to the mainspace. Long story short, it was moved to draftspace by one of the other admins that deleted the page and I was wondering if I should ultimately just take this to DR as opposed to running it through the draftspace. Part of my concern is that it takes a fairly long time for things to clear AfC and I just feel that DR would be a better place for this than AfC because then we could have a more formal consensus. Part of the reason I'm kind of leaning towards DR is that a lot of these sources were available when the book series was out, it's just that they weren't found. Part of that is because a lot of the reviews were done through peer-reviewed journals, which rarely show up on regular Google searching, which seems to have been the main (if not only) way a lot of editors were searching. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)08:51, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Stephen Sama. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Yoda1893 (talk) 10:36, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!
Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!
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How do I request Checkuser for User:Bobbyrum whal? I *strongly* suspect he's an angry editor sockpuppet chasing my edits after I edited a page in a way he didn't approve of.
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To discredit someone's life's work is understandably devastating. There are proven links for the 2011 Movie " Rift" as a producer and music coordinator. Please review IMBDlink: [8]
For the record label " Spinks RO Records " Please review TOP40Charts.com [9]
Also for Randallstown, Centennial run away track and field, please review link by Baltinmore Sun:
And a notable booking agent for YMCMB ( Tyga, Drake), Timbaland, Ice Cube, J. Holiday, Dondria, Teairra Mari, Fabolous, Tom Petty, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Trey Songs, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Martin Garixx, Ricky Martin, Kanye West, Bobby Valentino, MC Lyte, Tabi Bonney, Maxwell and countless other celerity acts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_JGwAXb_s&list=UUX1zrMFumvxED1Sr7wESbhg
I am sorry, but inclusion of activities on a list such as IMDB is not the same as independent coverage discussing a person's contribution. Unless you can produce articles discussing why Roshanda Duncan personally is a notable producer/music coordinator, I cannot undelete it. The 1994 article only mentions her in passing and not in a noteworthy manner (e.g., there are thousands of high school athletes who receive the same sort of coverage in local newspapers). MBisanztalk07:26, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
Confusing name change
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I don't know why it didn't move either. I'll try to fix it. And, also, besides that article I can't believe got past my radar, "The People's Games", Why did my AfC tools get removed? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 01:35, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hi MBisanz. Thine Antique Pen has wandered over to my talk page and asked if the "no requesting permissions" restriction could be removed. It was a voluntary agreement upon unblocking, not a community imposed restriction - and since you were involved in discussions around then, I thought I'd double check your opinion. It was updated in 2012 so he had to go through me if he wanted to make requests, and I don't think he's asked more than a handful of times. I've no problems at all with the restriction being removed, and absent objections will do so tomorrow. WormTT(talk) 08:23, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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I'd like access to the information that was on the page Hamid Sayani. Is this possible? I believe the page was deleted on 14 April 2013 by you.
I would also like to put up an article about him. I will attempt to put in as many references as possible as I understand that was the issue with the first article that was posted. He is a known person in India and is not simply Ameen Sayani's brother as was previously specified. He has done things on his own and was in fact a very well known radio talent himself as well as having been instrumental in changing the theater scene in Bombay. Ron892 (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Sorry, I just checked my mail. I'm afraid I didn't get a copy. Could you send it again? Just to confirm, the id is ron.starwarsfreak@gmail.com. Ron892 (talk) 09:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
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I'd like access to the information that was on the page Hamid Sayani. Is this possible? I believe the page was deleted on 14 April 2013 by you.
I would also like to put up an article about him. I will attempt to put in as many references as possible as I understand that was the issue with the first article that was posted. He is a known person in India and is not simply Ameen Sayani's brother as was previously specified. He has done things on his own and was in fact a very well known radio talent himself as well as having been instrumental in changing the theater scene in Bombay. Ron892 (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Sorry, I just checked my mail. I'm afraid I didn't get a copy. Could you send it again? Just to confirm, the id is ron.starwarsfreak@gmail.com. Ron892 (talk) 09:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 05 November 2014
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Hello MBisanz,
My name is Maria Lanao and I am writing to you about a page that you deleted for Mr. Riccardo Silva. I need to know why was this page deleted and how to have it restored. I requested undeletion and was directed to you because you are the administrator that closed it. I am new to Wikipedia and learning how it works, so I appreaciate your patience on this matter.
You need to show news sources discussing him, separate and apart from his company (e.g., discussing where he went to college, where he lives, what he does as an executive, etc.). MBisanztalk04:20, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Response regarding Roshanda Duncan's article
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Thank you for your response. Regardless of what media coverage she has gotten through her previous achievements, what about editing the article to where her business is the focal point. There are plenty of notable contributions online which are still in effect. She at least deserves that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblelistic (talk • contribs) 00:36, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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According to the checkuser page, you've got checkuser privileges, and I'd like to ask for a peek at a pair of users to see if they are the same person. The accounts in question are User:Tamilus and User:Arunmuthuvel. Both uploaded near identical copies of the article Iswarya Women's Hospital & Fertility Centre, which is why I'm making the request: if they appear to be the same editor then were going to have to do something, if not then no harm no foul. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:37, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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I am new to Wikipedia so sorry for all the questions. If I reenter the page and add more veryfiable sources. Would it stay? I have a few more sources to add that i think fulfill the requirements.
thank you Maru1977says (talk) 19:22, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
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I am Peter Grenader. I have been informed from the person who administered the Peter Grenader Wikipedia listing that you have recently deleted it and i find this action unjust and here's why:
The conversation to remove this started on the article's talk page by a person named Eric Barbour. He has made subsequent entries in other WIki related blogs. He is also the owner of Metasonix, a competitor of Plan B/EAR - my company which was also mentioned in this article as I am it's founder and chief designer. I feel that a professional vendetta and sabotage an inexcusable justification for this consideration. Further, several of the content items were questioned in the deletion discussion, such as claims of inventing and introducing certain functions and modules into modular synthesis, yet no investigation was done to determine if in fact they were untrue. If they had attempted to do this, they would have found they are in fact accurate and for a encyclopedia with insists of certification, I am questioning why they are not required when deletion editing is being considered.
Lastly, Eric's other mention of angry customers should be a non issue. It is preposterous that this was taken into consideration and frankly, i find this misuse of the authority of the editing boards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.118.213.104 (talk) 20:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
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I am sorry to keep bothering you with this. I rewrote the article and add a lot more sources. I tried to post it through the link you sent me, but it tells me that the page is semi-protected. I am so confused...can you please help me? Maru1977says (talk) 01:24, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/CloseAFD
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/CloseAFD. I am inviting you to try the improved script! It makes relisting and closing debates much easier and now works in Vector. Support has been added to deal with some incompatibility it had with other gadgets (like wikEd). It also makes use of the new relist count parameter in {{Relist}} to make that process easier. Please do check out the description page and give it a try! Thanks. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c)16:25, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
Suspicious edit
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Hi MBisanz. I dropped an email to the AUSC mailing list three days ago, and haven't seen any non-automated response. Can you check the spam filter? Cheers! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:33, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for making usurpation done for en.wiki. I am worried with the Commons account, because it is my account, but I've forgotten password and I have not received any e-mails with new one (I am afraid that that account is connected with dead e-mail adress).
Do You know if it is possible to restore account or usurp it in such situation? It is quite easy to prove, that was me who had used that account, but I do not know is there any procedure for doing it.
I can usurp the Commons account, but you'll lose the contribution history under the name Grabi (it will go under the name "Grabi (usurped)"). Is that ok? MBisanztalk03:09, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Lana Del Ray
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Be advised that there are two deletable articles in question.
Well, now that's strange. I got to the article that I'm claiming was the subject of the AfD by simply browsing AfD, but now I'm seeing the redirect that I'd never seen before.
In any case, the article (lowercase "to") says its AfD is at the location of the AfD you just closed. So that's why I'm thinking I might have been right.
12:00pm - 5:00 pm at NYPL Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue), by W 135th St
The Wikipedia training and editathon will take place in the Aaron Douglas Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, with a reception following in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor of the building at 5:00pm.
February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".
I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.
If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.
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Checking in
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Last time we spoke was when you were on IRC, some months ago, at which point you mentioned your health issues. How are those going? DS (talk) 02:15, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!
Hello again!
Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.
First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).
Now, I am very pleased to announce:
Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.
There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!
If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.
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Just curious
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Hello MBisanz. I am curious why the user page for Nik2106 (talk·contribs) - who got themselves indeffed today - was moved here. Even curiouser (said Alice) there is now a talk page for both usernames User talk:Nik2106 and User talk:Goingsufinglol Now a) I know this was three years ago so you might not have any memory of why the user page move happened and b) this might not be important in the grand scheme of things. It is just that I haven't seen anything like it before and I wanted to add to my "always learn something new even though I have edited for a long time" pool of knowledge. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk01:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Yeah, when a person has their account renamed, the old name becomes vacant and can be re-registered. That's what happened here. In 2012, I renamed Nik2106 to Goingsufinglol. In 2015, someone created a new Nik2106 who did the bad acts you spotted. No real way to prevent it, but given the lag between the rename and re-registration, it's very likely to be related to the current Goingsufinglol. MBisanztalk12:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I am New to Wikiped. I was just curious as to what this user actually did? It must've been bad if you had to vandalise his account and change the name! Thank you, Sorry for bad english, I am from Sweden. I hope I didn't stuff up too bad! Also Ilike your banning and renaming! You must be good at make little children upset.
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Hi, thankyou for recently changing my name from John Smith the Gamer to Banak. I had meant to make that a global move, but missed the is a 0 contribution account on tr.wikipedia.org, which is entirely my own screw up. Is there a way I can make my English Wikipedia account Banak associated with my Wikipedia commons account John Smith the Gamer? Banak (talk) 02:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for all you've done so far, and sorry for creating work for you. Still got a bit of a problem: my contributions, user and user talk pages haven't been moved from "John smith the Gamer" to "Banak" on English Wikipedia, though they look like they've worked on Wikimedia. Banak (talk) 22:56, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Request for unprotection of User:Skyerise talk page
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User:Skyerise has just accused me of being a sockpuppet without the slightest attempt at justification. This was apparently triggered by my intervention when I saw Skyerise revert another user's perfectly good edit, again without justification. I don't see why Skyerise's talk page should be protected from my right to reply. TwiceTheDice (talk) 18:20, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Dude, I sent you a canned warning, which is not an accusation, after your 5th edit ever was to revert me on an article you had never edited before. Many new editors do not know that sock puppets are not allowed. This is a standard good faithwarning template to make sure new users know. Methinks you are reacting a bit strongly. In any case, I have legitimate reasons for the protection of my talk page. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 18:36, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 February 2015
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As suggested by Beeblebrox, I'm requesting aid in your capacity as a steward. I'm not quite familiar with your rank or the associated procedures, so pardon me if I make any errors. I shall post the query I posted at WP:AN here:
I'd like to ask the advice of administrators, if you please. This might well be outside your purview, but I figure I'll ask anyway. Mondolkiri1 (talk·contribs) is an editor that was indefinitely blocked for being WP:NOTHERE. Prior to his block, I had worked with Mondolkiri1 on multiple articles. Whilst he was always a bit eccentric (not that I'm not eccentric), he never struck me as completely mad. However, it seems he's gone off a cliff. Yesterday, an IP address posted on my talk page, making all sorts of weird insults. He later identified himself as Mondolkiri1. That IP was swiftly blocked. However, the same Mondolkiri1 has now made the equivalent of a death threat at my French Wikipedia talk page. Now, as I know, this user is already indefinitely blocked here. However, this type of behaviour seems completely inappropriate. I'm not sure what action can be taken against him.
Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!
Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.
You are invited to join us at Barnard College for Wikipedia Day NYC 2015, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference for the project's 14th birthday. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions.
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.
10:00pm - 9:00 pm at Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, by W 118th St
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Query to the Audit Subcommittee
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Hello. As per Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Audit_Subcommittee#Procedure, I have twice emailed the audit subcommittee regarding a potential misuse of CheckUser tools. I have not received a response to either of those emails, so I am attempting to ask the relevant questions here without revealing private information.
Multiple editors (Manul, Astynax, and John Carter) are claiming that a member of this audit subcommittee has (off-wiki) provided them with evidence of sock puppetry by me. I deny that any such evidence could possibly exist (given that I have never engaged in puppetry of any kind, ever), but that is not why I am coming here.
I am coming here so that this subcommittee can determine if a member performed a CU, despite a recent SPI request being declined, and – if a check was run – what the reasoning was per Wikipedia:CheckUser#CheckUser_and_privacy_policy (“The onus is on an individual CheckUser to explain, if challenged, why a check was run.”). And finally, why CU results would possibly be given off-wiki to other editors to resolve.
I find it extremely unlikely that an audit committee member is in any way involved in providing personal or other non-public information to editors, or in discussing any off-wiki “evidence”, but the editors are claiming such.
My questions:
Was a CU run against my account?
If yes, by whom and at who’s request?
What was the rationale for running the check (why was a check run)?
Did a CU provide personal or other non-public data of any kind, including insinuation or anything that could be interpreted as linking my account to others, to other editors off-wiki?
Thank you, I received your email and replied by email. Also, I have compiled a partial list of diffs where editors are making claims based on the non-existent CU. Thank you again for your responses. --Tgeairn (talk) 22:11, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Friends of the Whanganui River book 1999 includes Bridge to Nowhere
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Hi Mike
On monday I mentioned annuals published by the above group.
They also selected stories from their early annuals and published "Whanganui River Memories" for their 10th Anniversary project, edited by Arthur P Bates and Phil Thomsen.
There are several index references to Bridge to Nowhere.
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I noticed that you belong to the BAG group, and would like to ask reg a bot User:Alaibot which is categorized as inactive. How can I find out if anyone else than the owner can operate this bot? We need to Wikispecies a bot that finds stubs and submit them in category stubs, so we can start to clean up of thousand stubs we cant find, and Alaibot sounds exactly like what we are looking for, see our discussion on WS village pump Maybe you have an alterntive suggestion, in case of Alaibot is permanently inactive? Best regards, Dan Koehl (talk) 06:04, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
It can only be operated by its owner. If he is unavailable, you would need to find someone else who is willing to code a bot to do the same task. You can ask for help at WP:VPT. MBisanztalk00:03, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Possible usurpation
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MBisanz, I know the bureaucrats no longer have the ability to do renames, but you're also a steward. So, anyway, regarding the SUL global renames that are eminent, apparently the user with the most edits gets to keep the username. Had I been made aware of this via e-mail, or at least a message on my talkpage, I would've made a sufficient number of edits.
As it stands, though, it's primed to give this account to the German account holder, who has 148 edits, but hasn't edited in over two years. I know that usurpations of times past were normally done on target accounts with little or not edits, but there are cases in which the target account had hundreds. Here's one with 198 edits from under a year ago. And this one, also last year, had 135.
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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1046 is a memoir of the decade that Daniel Genis spent in prison, told through the books he read. This site will contain the actual book list, which is too massive to publish but is an interesting resource. 1046 is due out next year, care of Penguin Books. The editor is Rick Kot; the agency is Mary Evans Inc. And my keeper is Julia Kardon, a whirlwind of success, strategy and smarts.
The actual booklist, which briefly describes all 1046 books the Genis read, is going up in hundred entry segments.
[2][3]
Sorry to take up so much space, but it's a long list
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Hi there! I'm just a random wiki users. I saw you deleted this page before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Sulkowicz. I believe that this wikipedia page should be redeleted, as it really just reads like a personal ad/pr piece. This might be something worth investigating? My reddit username is reddit.com/u/windowsfanboy, you can reach me with a personal message there if you need to contact me. (trying to stay somewhat anonymous). Thanks!
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could u accept one of my name change request pls stein wont because some1 else hase part of the name i want in their name.pls reply on my talk page.V3no0m0us12345678 (talk) 13:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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best face to the world
Thank you for inspirational high standards, in your featured coverage of educational institutions and in general, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (3 January 2009, 28 April 2009)!
Agreed: I did a merge and redirect of Gimlet Media to Alex Blumberg - there was no discussion of deleting the article on Blumberg, and I'd recommend undeleting both: Gimlet Media then remaining as a redirect page. --Slashme (talk) 11:49, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This month will also feature on our agenda: recent and upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections.
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 16:44, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Matthew, please look at the rename log for this user. A new account, CuteOrangeKittyCat is claiming that they are in fact Flyoffacliff and is trying to wipe out evidence of the sock puppetry findings from various pages. This isn't my forte, but if I understand properly, the sock master was allowed to vanish, and even the vanished accounts were indeffed. If that's true, then the things the new account is stating on their Talk page are untrue, and the account should simply be blocked as a sock. Am I right, or am I missing something? Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. His page was deleted a week ago because he didn't make the requirements as seen here. However, he made his debut at the first division today and I'd like to get access to the content already created to reopen the page. Could you do that? Thanks Gsfelipe94 (talk) 01:39, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
That's totally weird. Once again, nothing showed up... There's any other possibility of getting the content back? Gsfelipe94 (talk) 16:31, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, MBisanz,
I was looking at the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute and ran into a strange situation that I hope you can shed some light on. The question is about a WP:CHU that you handled that I've found confusing in hindsight. Imprimaturcr was an account that was active from May 2006 to April 2014. Daniel32708 was created in August 2013 and made one edit that made him an involved party in the Manning naming arbitration case. Just one edit in his contributions, made in August 2013.
Now, back in June 2013, you approved a name change from Daniel32708 → Imprimaturcr (see this diff) even though Imprimaturcr was the older account and Daniel32708 had not been created yet. I can see how it might have been Imprimaturcr → Daniel32708 but Imprimaturcr made an edit in 2014 and, besides, that's not what the archives say happened.
My questions:
Why would Daniel32708, an account that didn't exist yet, get its username changed to that of an existing account, Imprimaturcr?
But if Daniel32708's editing history had been completely moved to Imprimaturcr in June 2013, why does Daniel32708's account say it was created and edited in August 2013? This might have been a second, newer account also named Daniel32708 but why would his user page be a redirect to Imprimaturcr's page?
If the last statement was what happened, then it is ironic that a 9 year old account that editors knew as Daniel32708 was a party to an arbitration case when it was actually a recreated account that might have been made for mischief. I guess once a editor's name is changed, the older name is available for anyone to register and appear to be the previous editor? LizRead!Talk!18:04, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I can give a long explanation, but they're the same person. The Daniel account was recreated by Imprimaturcr in August, after I had renamed the original Daniel in June. MBisanztalk03:17, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 05:44, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
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In the past, I've been hesitant of such proposals but I believe that if the bureaucrat group as a whole is seen to be actively engaged, the community may be more willing to grant additional tasks to the position.
Please let me know your thoughts. I'm not sure if this actually applies to any of us, but if you have not acted as a bureaucrat in over five years, you might consider requesting removal of the permission or otherwise signalling that you intend to return to bureaucrat activity. –xenotalk14:22, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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