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Hi. How are you? Do you still take copy-editing requests? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:32, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes I do. :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:36, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Can you please copy-edit "If I Were a Boy"? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Had to ROFL at this blooper! :P A "duel" is where two people go out and try to kill each other. "Dual" is the word that refers to "two". Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:33, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Okay. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:19, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Whose sock...

is Carclu? I saw your block. LadyofShalott 18:04, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

He's Tile join's sockpuppet (see LTA). Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:06, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't think I've run onto that one before, or I didn't knoe it if I did. LadyofShalott 18:17, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

User:Searcher 1990

It's apparent to me that Searcher 1990 blatantly and deliberately made edits without regard to the guidance and advice provided (through their talk page), by way of apologies and denial of knowledge (that which has been provided on their talk page). Can we discuss reverting this user's edits that led to them being blocked? Bullmoosebell (talk) 18:42, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

You've already asked Boing! said Zebedee (talk · contribs) about this, and he cautioned you about mass reversion. Please continue the discussion with him, rather than adminshopping. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:07, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Fine, leave the unreferenced edits. No skin of my back. Bullmoosebell (talk) 21:34, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

re your indenting of "inappropriate" vote

Just letting you know I've un-indented Guerillero's !vote. I haven't touched your somewhat aggressive comment, but you should know that he !voted prior to reversing the close in good faith, something I was going to do myself, invoking IAR for all I care. The candidate had themselve expressed the desire to not have the RfA closed, WP:INVOLVED doesn't matter here. Regards, CharlieEchoTango (contact) 01:40, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I see you reverted your comment. All is well then! Happy holidays! :-) CharlieEchoTango (contact) 01:42, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for removing your comments. I was trying to act in the best faith possible. The idea that I could be considered involved never crossed my mind. (I am glad to see others are using my X to oppose sopa) Happy Holidays --Guerillero | My Talk 02:02, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for helping out with that vandalizing, anonymous account. -- Sailing to Byzantium _(msg), 19:44, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

No problem! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:59, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism report you responded to

Please re-read the report itself, I pretty much specified that the user is unlikely to respond to warnings and their actions clearly indicate that it is intended to be a vandalism-only account, therefore warning the user would be a sheer waste of time. Please explain the textbook reply that ignores the above explanation. Hearfourmewesique (talk) 21:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

The user has not edited after receiving a {{uw-nor1}} notice from another user, so I cannot see how that indicates he will be a vandalism-only account which is unresponsive to warnings. It looks like he heeded the warning quite nicely. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:04, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, I appreciate the reply. Hearfourmewesique (talk) 21:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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uh oh

I was trying to straighten out archiving issues at Talk:United States Environmental Protection Agency and came across what I thought was a subpage created in error at Talk:United States Environmental Protection Agency September 11 attacks pollution. It wasn't until you restored that I realized this goes with a whole other article. I've removed the speedy delete. I think the title is confusing...certainly to me. :)

Something seems wrong with the name as I can't link to that talk page: Talk:United States Environmental Protection Agency September 11 attacks pollution . It has a space following it for one and I can't link with or without the space. The name looks like a cock up.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► 21:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I got confused and thought Talk:United States Environmental Protection Agency September 11 attacks pollution controversy was an orphan talk page created as a test to which other users had then added banners to the top. Then I noticed that the article link was blue after deletion. :P Anyway, good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:24, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	This is for your work at CAT:CSD and WP:RFPP. Keep up the good work and happy holidays. -- Luke (Talk) 21:40, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:13, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey...

... Thank you very much. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 14:55, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! The bot archived my talk page so I forgot your article. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

It's okay :D Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

How did you remember then? Lol. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:37, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't know; I just suddenly remembered that I was in the middle of a copyedit. :-P Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:39, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Lol. I really appreciate your c/e. I mean you do just what is needed without exaggeration. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 17:41, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Aryavart Empire

Are you sure that Aryavart Empire cannot be classed 'promo' of the micronation by that name. The author himself asserts control over the main sites too... although tries to write the article in a manner to disguise his intentions. (Already his article on 'Rajastania' seems to have been deleted on similar issues).

The concept of Aryavart in Hindu mythology has nothing to do with this article... the only website that is there is gov[dot]aryasangh[dot]co[dot]cc (I had to write it like this because it is a blacklisted website on Wikipedia - try writing it in your reply here and see for yourself) and the wikia http://www.microwiki.org.uk/index.php?title=Aryavart owned by a few students and the follwing claims to be the emperor: http://www.microwiki.org.uk/index.php?title=Harshvardhan

I still feel that the article was a 'promo' and that to without any reference... had to be! Correct me if I am wrong (after all I am new to Wikipedia and my understanding may not be as solid as yours).

~ DebashisM^Talk 17:26, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

~ DebashisM^Talk 17:26, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

It's definitely promotional, but it isn't the unambiguous spam that allows it to be deleted immediately per G11. My recommendation would be to AFD the article, let it get deleted there for being utterly non-notable, and then any further recreations of the article can be deleted as reposting of deleted material. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:35, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk to the underworld?

Hail Grim Oarsman - I gather you speedily ferried over the water the Talk page of a stub I recently started on Liverpool F.C.'s Respect for All charity. Presumably, this cut followed a request from another editor (not the... erm... undersigned). Captain, excuse my general wikipignorance... Could you just briefly confirm that this sudden death event has nothing to do with the life expectancy of the main article page? Obol, MistyMorn (talk) 21:06, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I deleted the talk page of the stub since an editor had added {{WPSongs}} (the article isn't about a song). The editor then realized the real topic and blanked the page, so I deleted the blank page. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:13, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

That's what I guessed. Thanks for the confirmation, MistyMorn (talk) 21:34, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

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RFA

I would like to request a Nomination for Adminship. Please consider saying "yes". Mr.BlackHole (talk) 21:06, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

No. Adminship on Wikipedia is only for experienced users. If you were to have an RFA, it would be closed within hours. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Windows Server 8

Now, what would I need to do to bring this article up to A, GA, FA, or at least B-class?Jasper Deng (talk) 19:04, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

B-class should be pretty simple to get (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment for details). I'd say this article mostly satisfies criteria #1 (only a few parts appear to have referencing issues). I do not know enough about WS8 to be able to give much comment about its coverage (it seemed like many sections had little content in them). Criteria #3 is almost definitely a pass, and the article passes criteria #4, #5, and #6.

GA, A, and FA quality is not really possible since the operating system has not yet been released.

If you are interested in writing some high-quality or top-quality work, I would recommend finding an article about a topic that you are interested in and which has been released. Category:Start-Class Computer science articles and Category:Stub-Class Computer science articles may give you an idea. Feel free to ask me any more questions if you have them. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:25, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, though I cannot really make comments beyond consumer products and web server/networking technologies because I'm not a programmer :\ . I'm going to fill in some details in this article, but as the 3rd criterion says, I'll be needing help from experts on the OS.Jasper Deng (talk) 19:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Scooby Doo! Music Of The Vampire

Hi Reaper Eternal. As you've redirected this article, could you also close the AfD at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scooby Doo! Music Of The Vampire? Thanks, Sparthorse (talk) 21:11, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:13, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks, Sparthorse (talk) 21:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Rmartin271

Hi Reaper, I have no connection with Rmartin271 (talk · contribs) - I've just noticed him/her at wp:AFD. What I can't work out is why s/he's been blocked. I'm sure there is a good reason, and I'm only asking out of curiosity. Also, I don't understand Tnxman307 (talk · contribs)'s explanation for declining a review. Tell me to butt out if that's appropriate! --Northernhenge (talk) 22:06, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi there; you have blocked this newbie, albeit only for 24 hours, for deliberately tripping the edit filter. Do you truly believe that an editor who has made less than half a dozen edits could do so? Accidentally, surely, but deliberately? Unless you believe he has edited under a different name?--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 22:33, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh crud...I must have accidentally looked at the wrong edit filter log entry. I thought he was trying to post "poop" vandalism to an article. I'll go unblock him now. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:01, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Block of Hr.mysr (talk · contribs)

Hi. I noticed you blocked the above user. Just a quick question (not questioning your action nor offending you. Just want to know so that I can report such users on time), was it right to block them just after the 3rd warning as they seem to have stopped after the 3rd warning which most users actually do as all level 3 warnings have blocked from editing message. Thanks. — Abhishek  ^Talk 03:34, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I've seen other admins block at this point (some even at level 2), hence why I reported that user so quickly earlier. Calabe1992 03:40, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Calabe. Yes I have also seen users being blocked right after a level 2 warning. Most such users would have exhibited the same behaviour in more than one article or would have been socks of indeffed accounts, but would have received very few warnings. This user was editing only Mysore and had stopped after the 3rd warning. From what I have seen while on NPP or watching new editor contribs is that many of them continue till they receive a 3rd warning and usually stop as the 3rd warning has a mention about being blocked. So I just want a clarification on that. Thanks, — Abhishek  ^Talk 04:19, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I also blocked because the username is somewhat inappropriate—it indicates that the account is the Human Resources Department of Mysore. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:56, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

AddihockeyBot

It was :-P --Addihockey10 ^e-mail 16:14, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

If it is <Username>Bot, then don't block it, ask first. Prodego ^talk 02:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Phew

Busy morning it is... Calabe1992 16:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Heh. He sure is persistent. Hopefully your talk page log won't get as extensive as mine. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Heh heh, what I'm watching for is a username list like yours. Calabe1992 16:19, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Guess while I'm here, was this a protection I wasn't aware of? Calabe1992 16:27, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

I was just wondering what was going on with this page. I have no idea how your edit fixed it, though... ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:00, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

I just removed some random code to force the server to refresh the categories. Technically, I could just as easily have inserted a space. You're welcome though! Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Facepalm In other words, a null edit would've done the same thing. I knew that. Really, I did. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:08, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

SPI issue

Reaper, not sure if you're involved with this much, but I've requested checkuser on an SPI case that was already open w/o it, and while the CU template appeared properly, the SPI is still showing under the category for not needing CU. Any clue how to get it moved? Calabe1992 22:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Scratch all that, it's showing correct now. Calabe1992 22:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

(sorry to butt in, but this page was still on my watchlist) The bot that updates the status only runs once every 15 minutes. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:34, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

That's fine. ;) As of the last count, I have 121 people who watch my talk page. Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:37, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

So I'm actually not the only (talk page stalker) here? ;) Thanks guys. Calabe1992 22:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hey, Reaper Eternal. We've opened up Wikipedia_talk:Article_Feedback_Tool/Version_5#Request_for_Commentan RfC which, amongst other things, deals with who should have access to the hide tool; should we give it to rollbackers to expand the pool, or should we leave admins as the only people with access? As someone concerned about BLP issues with this tool, I thought you'd be interested in participating :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 10:22, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the protection!

I've imposed a couple of range blocks, but I'm not sure if they'll stop him, so the protection should keep things clean. Favonian (talk) 21:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem! I've also protected Dja's talk page for a week and modified filter 294 to stop the abuse. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:40, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Well done chap. Hopefully the abuse will now stop. 92.18.125.50 (talk) 21:15, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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Your User Page?

Why is there a massive red x on your user page, and why is everything linked to SOPA#Opposition? Explodo-nerd (talk) 15:09, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I am giving air to my political beliefs. ;) Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:45, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey

One thing that is very interesting is the usage of the word "vile" which I haven't seen before except for one user, Kahanadada uses it "your vile lies about my people." I have seen its usage before only by one other Wikipedia editor that there has been a lot of problem between me an him, see here: "vile racist statements referring to people of Jewish faith"[1] and "the nest of vile hatred" [2], both by user Jiujitsuguy. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 18:15, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Actually, the user sending you these abusive emails is almost certainly JarlaxleArtemis aka "Grawp". He regularly sends abusive emails to various editors in the Israeli-Palestine area, and recruits 4chan trolls to rapidly vandalize administrators' talk pages. [3] [4] [5] [6] I'd strongly doubt that Nableezy is behind any of this, and when a checkuser investigates the accounts to see if rangeblocks can be applied, he would notice that. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Nableezy?--Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 18:29, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I thought that was who you were referring to. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:37, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

No, in the first link it was made by Jiujitsuguy in Nableezys enforcement discussion. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 18:38, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't believe he is behind these emails either. As I said, it is almost definitely Grawp. Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:42, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

2.28.206.232...

...apparently likes to remove his block template. Calabe1992 20:31, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

He's allowed to remove the block message. Just ignore him, since he can't do anything now. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

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Your user page...

Any chance you could <nowiki> your user page script somewhere so it can be copied? Calabe1992 15:07, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

You can just append ?action=edit to the URL to get the source of the page. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

D'oh. Thanks. Calabe1992 15:42, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Ditto. I just turned my whole userpage (except a bit) into a link to the SOPA#Opposition section. (With a link to my talk page, just in case.) Hurricanefan25 (talk · contribs) 16:28, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

I've changed it now back to just a userbox, since the issue is getting extremely divisive to the community. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

(Moved from above)

Hello Reaper Eternal, Thank you for your feedback earlier on my page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Briejim. You explained that I do not have a third party source. However, I think I do in The Reverse Mortgage Daily, which is a newspaper. Would that publication be considered? I greatly appreciate your feedback! (Briejim (talk) 20:24, 17 January 2012 (UTC))

Unfortunately, Reverse Mortgage Daily does not appear to be particularly neutral. Has AAG ever received any high-profile awards? Have mainstream media sources (not specialized productions like Reverse Mortage Daily) covered it? Another thing is that the section "What Are Reverse Mortgages?" would be unnecessary in an article on AAG. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm going to continue my research :) and I will probably come back with more questions!(Briejim (talk) 21:30, 17 January 2012 (UTC))

No problem! Note that you may want to copy the content to your computer, since Wikipedia will be blacking itself out in ~9 hours in protest of the SOPA/PIPA acts. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi again! As I was rereading your reponse to me I noticed that you said Reverse Mortgage Daily does not appear neutral. However, it is neutral. Because reverse mortgages are their own little niche, there are publications aimed directly at reverse mortgages; Reverse Mortgage Daily being one of them. Reverse Mortgage Daily discusses anything and everything that pertains to reverse mortgages, including different companies. What do you think?? Thanks in advance :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Briejim (talk • contribs) 00:21, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I just realized that the non-neutral parts of RMD's articles were where they quoted AAG. However, notability is still a major concern, since the only source so far that indicates notability is the government website, which shows that AAG is present in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. (You should probably include that information.) However, more mainstream news sources still need to be found to pass WP:GNG. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, again, Reaper. I have another unrelated question about the Wikipedia editors--are they paid to monitor Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Briejim (talk • contribs) 16:35, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

No, we volunteer. Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:36, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Saw you were one...

So I think you might like this. ;) Calabe1992 05:19, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Heh. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

For your intervention on Occupy Marines. Much appreciated. Wee Curry Monster talk 15:40, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that edit war was silly. Discussion was over whether the source was reliable, but the real issue was that the material itself was mere speculation by one random news outlet and thus unacceptable in an encyclopedia. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

If you look at the archives, I also pointed out that is was mere speculation, the unreliability of the source was an additional point. It hit a brick wall. I wouldn't be surprised if you're reverted with a demand you discuss the removal. Wee Curry Monster talk 15:54, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

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Interesting...

That took me a minute to figure out what had happened... Calabe1992 16:41, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Same Sky

I was wondering if you could check the sources that I added to the AfD. If you have the AfD in your watchlist, sorry for posting here. SL93 (talk) 23:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you really should search for sources first - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen Ford. SL93 (talk) 16:12, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

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A7

Reaper, are you for real? Emperor Faith and Arrows the Ambassador? Would it have been different if instead of "Emperor Faith was an early Jamaican sound system" it would have said "Emperor Faith is notable for being an early Jamaican sound system"? Come on now--there's a printed reference for each one of them! Sound systems are important, and being an early one means one is notable. This is where dance hall culture comes from, and a bunch of other styles. Look it up at Sound system (Jamaican). Drmies (talk) 03:29, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, I'm a bit miffed that I didn't even get a chance to contest it. Was the encyclopedia running out of server space?Drmies (talk) 04:41, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

The article had only one sentence which stated that it was a group of DJs. An article like that coming in on the new pages list would likely have been summarily tagged for speedy deletion by any patrolling editor, as it was not apparent that early groups of DJs were important in any way. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:15, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, I disagree. The thing had a reference from a book, and those are typically not deleted. I never had a chance to look at it--it was a good thing I have secret admin powers. Drmies (talk) 22:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

A7 is also the reason given by ReaperEternal for the deletion of the Tecnica Group page (major manufacturer of ski boots and other winter shoes). The result: unknown (at least to me) companies like Nordica and Blizzard Sport are listed as being bought by Tecnica, but there no page for Tecnica! I think the page has been wrongly deleted. Miladydesummer (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)miladydesummer

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Block of Benjamin Peirce's vandal

Great block!

His user name was the least of his problems, though.  Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:45, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

That edit war...

You might want to take a look at the article's talk page... Calabe1992 15:38, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

That article also is orphaned; virtually everything linking to it is from the admin dashboards. Calabe1992 15:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

User talk:165.155.196.107

Hi, I just went to place a Twinkle message about vandalism on this talk page, for their efforts on Herbaceous plant on 24th January, and found a message just above that they were blocked by you on 19th January for a period of one week. Do you know what has happened to make that week so short? Best wishes, Nadiatalent (talk) 19:35, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The block was actually only for 72 hours, so the template was incorrect. Calabe1992 19:39, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, so I won't give them a message, just revert their nonsense. Nadiatalent (talk) 20:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Actually, the block was supposed to be 1 week. Oh well, he got lucky.... Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

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You beat me to it, but that was my browser moving links around as my watchlist loaded. Thanks for the fix :) - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 19:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem! I've made the same mistake myself. =) Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Fæ

I noted that you deleted Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Fæ and I expected that an explanation of some kind would be forthcoming on my talkpage, but you appear to have gone on to other things. Please either restore the page or provide a fuller explanation than "Blatant outing of a cleanstart account", which is not at all the case here. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 13:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

I have already emailed the arbitration committee over this, as I would like some oversight as to whether releasing that information was appropriate. Until I get a reply, it stays deleted to avoid doing harm. Anyway, can't you just make an RFC on Fae's poor use of sources without outing his previous account? (And by oversight, I mean some more eyes to look over my action, not use of the oversight tool.) Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps you are unaware of such discussions as Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive729#User:Fæ = User:Ash (and was previously User:Ashleyvh and User:Teahot)? As I clearly stated on the RFC/U, I am re-opening the RFC/U on User:Ash, which the user ducked out of under the pretense of leaving Wikipedia. I have no desire to wait for ArbCom to twiddle their thumbs over this, so please restore the page in the meantime. If they wish, they can put a halt to it after they have a chance to discuss it. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 13:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmm. I was unaware of that thread (I didn't edit throughout the entire month of November anyway) and that Fae had already named himself as Ashley. Nor did I realize that he had joined WMUK. I did see in the RFC that you claimed to be reopening the previous RFC on Ash, but that is completely beside the point. However, since it can't really be outing since the information is already all over the place and available for the world to see, I will undelete the page. By the way, why are you so interested in Fae's real-life identity? Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

My interest is in Ash/Fæ's Wikipedia activities. Thank you for un-deleting the page. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 13:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hey Reaper Eternal, article Jim Bowden has recently been edited by IP User:71.130.212.81. Some edits look problematic vandalism and some don't. Need help. I had already requested this on Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism, but haven't received any response yet. TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:11, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

None of it is really vandalism. However, the article has very few sources, and the IP just removed some poorly-sourced to completely unsourced material and replaced it with other poorly-sourced to completely unsourced material. Until someone gets around to referencing it, there really isn't much that can be done. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay, but some edits had removed references and content without any valid summary and that pretty sure looks vandalism! Anyways thanks for the information. TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Lebanon

Just a heads up that you've had this article on ga review for a month. Ramaksoud2000 ^{(Did I make a mistake?)} 03:48, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I just forgot to close it after you said to close it and that you would fix it. Feel free to nominate it again once you've got all the kinks worked out =). Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:13, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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My Request For Rollback

Hi,I will try to tell you this in the nicest way I can. My Request for rollback;as far as visible from the diff page it seemed almost quintessentially like section blanking as I did not realize that the previous edit was actually by the same user.You seriously have a lack of understanding of what a lack of understanding vandalism is.It was abnormal for you to deny me rollback due to 1 edit.Basically you are judging me on one edit.Look at the rest of the articles I have contributed to.You're turning a blind eye to the good faith edits.That is substantially what you are doing.I understand perfectly well what vandalism is.You shouldn't judge me on anything,not my age,my edits,not anything. Yours Sincerely Willdude 132 (talk) 17:37, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes I most certainly will judge your readiness for rollback based on your edits. This edit you made only a couple days ago restored advertising and unsourced content to an article. This one restored content that a user had blanked off his talk page (people may do that). I went no further than this utter blooper (and you even gave him a 4im warning too!) at which point I decided you clearly do not understand what vandalism is.

I also am beginning to see a large number of competence issues with your edits, including this one to my talk page. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Willdude, I may be missing something, but as far as I can see, Reaper Eternal's reply to your rollback request didn't mention your age at all. Secondly, rollback requests are judged almost entirely on the edits made by the editor - that's how it works. If you do want rollback, slow down a little, think carefully about what you are reverting and why, seek feedback and advice from more experienced editors, and things will get better over time.

Reaper Eternal, I would suggest keeping WP:CIR#This essay... in mind when linking to that essay. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

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