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The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book reviews: Carcharoth and Hawkeye7 look at World War I cemeteries and the British Army in World War II Interview: Less-represented areas of military history – part 2 Op-ed: TomStar81 and Nick-D look back on 2013 and ahead to 2014

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Recording "Diffs" on SPI

Hi there. I note you've asked "where's the diffs?" on the SPI report on JohnDopp. Having never actually filed one of these before, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I've pointed to the edits in question - I take it there's some way of pointing to them that illustrates the before/after differences? If that's necessary here, could you explain what I should do (or point me to an explanation)? Thanks! NaymanNoland (talk) 07:09, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

You may want to review Help:Diff - it's essential when going through any process on Wikipedia, not just SPI. --Rschen7754 07:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay, that I understand. So basically, every edit I'm pointing out should be referred to using its diff URL? I'm in fact talking about fourteen or so separate edits - do you require the diffs for all of them?NaymanNoland (talk) 07:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Not necessarily, but you need enough to prove your case. --Rschen7754 07:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay, will collect and post them. I'll perhaps bug you when I'm done to make sure I've done it properly. I take it I want the diff between one edit and the next - not the diff between that edit and the current state of the page?NaymanNoland (talk) 07:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Correct. --Rschen7754 07:28, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Done. Hope it's not too much information. (And thanks again.)NaymanNoland (talk) 07:55, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Nightscream Arbitration Case

Hi. I'm not quite clear on how this works. You say that evidence that I wish to add should be added to the evidence subpage. However, I already presented my response to the original notification of the Arbitration Case on the Request page here. Am I supposed to cut and paste it to the Evidence page as well? Am I supposed to wait until others present their evidence against me before presenting mine? Should my evidence be different from what I've posted to date? Please clarify. Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream (talk) 12:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, the evidence should be posted on the Evidence page too. Keep in mind that you have a 1000 word and 100 diff limit, and you may need to respond to others providing evidence against you. It is possible to ask for additional words and diffs from the drafting arbitrator, but you should ask before you post the evidence. As you are the subject of the case, extensions are likely to be granted, within reason. --Rschen7754 19:59, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Okay. Am I supposed to do this after my accuser posts his/her evidence? Or should I wait until after? Nightscream (talk) 15:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Either is fine, but be aware that there is an end to the evidence phase. --Rschen7754 15:39, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, December 29, I got that. I'm just trying to understand if I'm expected to just repeat what I've said already or just refer to what I posted when the case was first requested. Should I wait until my accusers post to see if they say anything new or different? Am I going to be asked questions by the individual ArbCom members? Nightscream (talk) 20:27, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Anything you wish the arbs to consider needs to be entered into evidence. Arbitrators may have questions for you, but that is usually done in the Workshop phase. --Rschen7754 20:57, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom case

You're the case clerk on a case in which I'm a party but this is a first for me, and thus I may not always reply where I'm supposed to or use proper format/indent; if there's anything, don't hesitate to fix stuff (and preferably let me know!). ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 23:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

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Belchfire SPI Comment

The behavioural evidence you just deleted is the first thing that's been posted on that SPI that actually does address the issues. If anything, the TLDR arguments above it should be hatted (as I already did with part of it). How can an SPI proceed if actual useful evidence is removed? Restore it, please. Black Kite (talk) 21:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Pardon me, but why did you delete evidence from a Sockpuppet investigation? I wasn't exactly padding my words with flowery turns of phrase; I was providing diffs. - MrX 21:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

If you can readd it in a more concise way, you can, but expecting the clerks/CUs to review 65 diffs is ridiculous. --Rschen7754 21:29, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Surely the whole point of having 65 diffs is to point out behavioural similarities? If there were only a few diffs, it wouldn't be evidence, would it? Black Kite (talk) 21:31, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

There's no need to diffbomb the page in the hopes that there is grounds to run a CU. I am sure that only a few are necessary to prove the point. --Rschen7754 21:33, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

It's hardly a major issue to hover the mouse over the links to confirm that they do actually show what they purport to. It took me a couple of minutes. Black Kite (talk) 21:39, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

That's great, but the clerk/CU has to look over the evidence carefully to make sure there is actually grounds to run the check. --Rschen7754 21:40, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

So how are they going to work out if there are grounds for an SPI or not if the evidence has been removed completely? Black Kite (talk) 21:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

As I already said above, MrX is welcome to repost a more concise version of the material, with only the minimum amount of evidence required to justify a check. That is, not on the order of 65 diffs. --Rschen7754 21:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)No, I expected the clerk to sample a few diffs to make sure that they were representative, and then look at the mass of evidence as a whole. You have taken that off the table as even a possibility. I request that you revert your edit and restore this evidence. If you wish not to read it, that's your choice, but please don't suppress it. - MrX 21:36, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

diffs provided

For the SPI on Steeletrap -- though I woulda thunk a 65$ relationship was notable per se. Cheers. Collect (talk) 23:48, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on December 19. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on December 31 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 2, 2014 (calendar).
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• You can test the first version of the new mobile Wikipedia app for Android and iOS. [24]
• Translatewiki.net, the site where you can translate the MediaWiki software, now has a new main page for users without an account. [25]

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• There will be no technical changes this week (December 23 to December 29) due to end-of-year holidays.
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• The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will not show the text of versions of a page that have been hidden. [30] [31]
• You will soon be able to see the raw HTML created by some wikitext by using the Special:ExpandTemplates tool. [32] [33]

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08:22, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy Holidays...

		Happy Holidays
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 23:54, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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Happy Yuletides!

Merry Yuletides to you! (And a happy new year!)

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Thanks all. --Rschen7754 05:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

silly question

have another Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Katrina Villegas. How do I reopen? I blocked her. Same-old-same-old. Dlohcierekim 19:31, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

You can follow the directions on WP:SPI. --Rschen7754 19:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of California State Route 76

The article California State Route 76 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:California State Route 76 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Admrboltz -- Admrboltz (talk) 18:00, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Picker78/Archive#13 December 2013

Hello, Rschen7754. Like I stated in the above linked investigation with regard to Picker78 admitting only after he is caught that he is Picker78, see here. He taunts like that all time. This is one of the most persistent, mind-boggling sockpuppets (mind-boggling because of the sheer trivial matters he focuses on) that I have ever seen. Is it okay to run a check on his Promiscuous man account now for WP:Sleepers? Flyer22 (talk) 10:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

You will need to ask a CU to do this. --Rschen7754 17:42, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah. As you likely know by now, since I linked your username at DeltaQuad's talk page, I basically asked DeltaQuad to run a check. However, NativeForeigner took care of it first and DeltaQuad took care of it soon afterward. And though NativeForeigner deleted Promiscuous man's talk page, which had evidence on it, that evidence ("Picker78 will be back!") is still of course available to administrators and/or WP:CheckUsers. I thank you all on this matter. Flyer22 (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Leavewikifactsalone

Very well; I guess if this should come up again, I'll simply open up a new case instead, along with an explicit quote of the policy that was abused, making more work for everyone in order to follow the rules. People who misuse policy are generally reverted; this is no different, since (as seen in the link I gave) checkuser's final say had already said that the tool should be used. This was not a revert-war anyway, since your comment made me think that you misunderstood my action; I thought you were thinking that I'd reopened it by accident or confusion. Had you rearchived it a second time, I would have understood that you knew what was going on. Nyttend (talk) 21:46, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

You should not have struck out LFaraone's decline, as it led to gaming of the system. The reason SPI is so strict about the rules is because if a mistake is made there, it can lead to someone's privacy being violated. Please do not do any of what you did (reverting a clerk, reverting a clerk's action marked (clerk action), crossing out a CU's decline, etc.) again. --Rschen7754 21:50, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of California State Route 76

The article California State Route 76 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:California State Route 76 for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Admrboltz -- Admrboltz (talk) 21:52, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Rschen7754. You have new messages at Philippe (WMF)'s talk page.
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Article tagging

Will do, sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:42, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

what about MOSMAKETHEFUCKINGROWSTANDOUTBECAUSEIT'SANIMPORTANTTHING

yawn --NE2 06:57, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-01

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [34] [35]
• With the new version of the Wikibase DataModel extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [36]

VisualEditor news

• Images are now shown inside VisualEditor as HTML5 <figure /> elements. Comments are welcome. [37]
• You can now test a basic version of VisualEditor on mobile devices; see this article as an example.

Problems

• On December 23, Wikimedia Labs was broken for 4 hours due to an NFS problem. [38]

Future software changes

• CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their Beta Features options.
• AbuseFilter log entries will be visible in CheckUser tool reports. [39] [40]
• It will soon be possible to search for log entries done by users without an account. [41] [42]
• It will no longer be possible to globally hide users with more than 1,000 edits. [43] [44]

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08:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Activity

I will be away until late Tuesday December 31, only having phone access. --Rschen7754 16:56, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy new year, from Revi

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Procedure when author is "Staff"

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Happy New Year, Rschen7754

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Possible to close this?

Nonsensical deletion request by the same sock puppet who you just blocked. Possible to close it? Bladesmulti (talk) 03:02, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Now that an admin has voted to delete, probably not, but you can link to the SPI. --Rschen7754 03:19, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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Using the Term "Abuse"

Hi, I was looking up New Jersey Route 139 and I noticed a minor edit you made regarding the Alternate Name Field Box removing State Highway. Now, it's not that big a deal because times can change and so do the rules, however that was put in back in around 2007/2008, way before any alteration or evolution of rules you may have established between 2007/2008-2013 went into effect. Using the reasoning "rm abuse of alt name field" given the age of the edit is very haphazard. After all, how can a 5 year old edit be considered "Abuse" when new rules were not established at the time of the edit? There a lot of edits throughout Wikipedia that are more than 5 years old before any new rules would have gone into effect, so how can they be an act "Abuse" when that Editor was applying rules correctly of that time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.44.35 (talk) 18:06, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

If memory serves me right, disallowing that particular use of the alternate name field goes back into at least 2009, if not all the way back to 2007. --Rschen7754 18:10, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-02

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 2. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on January 7 and on all Wikipedia wikis on January 9 (calendar).
• The old note-taking site (Etherpad) was removed on December 30, 2013. You can see most of the documents on the new site. [45]

Problems

• On January 2, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage projects were broken for 2 hours due to language cache update issues.
• On the same day, it was not possible to edit most wikis for about 30 minutes, due to a database replication problem.

Future software changes

• The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added as the default search method for Italian Wikipedia, French Wikisource, Wikidata and all Wikivoyage sites, and as a second search method for the German Wikipedia and all Wikibooks sites on January 6. [46]
• Spanish, French, Portuguese and Russian Wikipedia users will also be able to enable CirrusSearch in their Beta Features options. [47]
• Plural form rules for some languages will be changed. Many translations of the user interface for Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian and other languages will need to be changed. [48] [49] [50]
• You will see a warning when you try to delete a page linked to from other pages. [51] [52]
• You will be able to hide redirect pages on the list of protected pages. [53] [54]
• You will be able to use keyboard shortcuts in the Translate tool, by pressing Alt+1 and similar key groups. [55] [56]
• E-mails sent by MediaWiki will include the name of the site in their From: line. You will be able to change this name on your wiki by editing the MediaWiki:Emailsender page. [57] [58]
• Images viewed in the Beta Features media viewer will load faster. [59] [60]

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08:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Sock investigation

Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji.

Notifying you due to your prior investigation of related case.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 17:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm doubly an idiot

I'll get my evidence heavily trimmed today. I just got carried away, but that's no excuse as I use to give people identical messages. Dougweller (talk) 07:32, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem. --Rschen7754 07:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Werieth/Betacommand

FYI, regarding the return of User:Betacommand as User:Werieth, it's you who is barking up the wrong tree. Technical evidence has nothing to do with this - as the account creation/timing evidence in the SPI report have already shown, Betacommand was experienced enough to know exactly how to avoid his illegitimate return to editing being detected by technical means. That is not to say he cannot be blocked under WP:DUCK, as you well know. The issue here is why are so many admins/SPI clerks/checkusers dismissing what is a very very big pile of convincing behavioural evidence that such a block is well overdue, simply because they don't like the way it's being reported? What happened to WP:NOTBURO? If you've seen some unusual things about Werieth, then they're unlikely to be explained by idiots like Reaper Eternal pretending that it's nothing, that I'm just a troll. If your emails have been ignored or blown off, then it's probably because the cover up goes higher than I first thought. Incompetence aside, there's a few more nefarious reasons why some admins, clerks and checkusers would not want Betacommand's return to be discovered. It's up to you really, are you part of the problem, or not? Because make no mistake, Werieth is Betacommand, and he is going to be discovered, whether it takes years or not (and remember, we are talking about a user who is such an experienced WP:GAMEr he managed to keep editing for years after people started first talking about a community ban due to the many and varied issues with his editing) Vector Informal (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh, and as he has his talk page protected, can you copy the following to DeltaQuad (talk · contribs) in reply to this nonsense. Vector Informal (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

What a load of arrogant, egotistical, crap. What the hell does it matted who I am as to whether or not you can be bothered to investigate this issue? I and others have given you a very long list of very good reasons to believe why the notoriously disruptive user Betacommand has returned and is now making thousands of edits, in violation of a well earned ban. Call it NOTBURO, call it IAR, call it whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is, if you cared at all about Wikipedia, you would be taking such allegations seriously, no matter who is reporting it. The charge can either be proven, or disproven, regardless of who is making the report. The only thing you need to "consider" here is how highly you value your own reputation, because when this eventually comes out, as it will, what are you going to say in your defence for being part of the reason why it took so long? The increasingly long list of people who have tried to cover this up by diverting attention away from the allegations and onto me, includes some admins whose own COI in the matter can be shown with a single diff it's that obvious (including the one who kicked off this section, hoping to catch me). The only word for it is corrupt. They have put their own interests ahead of the project. Do you really want your own failure act to be compared with their attempts to cover it up? Do you really want people wondering whether the reason you did absolutely nothing at all about these allegations was something more than just incompetence? Vector Informal (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

So let me get this straight. You're accusing someone of abusing multiple accounts... while you yourself are abusing multiple accounts. Do you not see the problem here? --Rschen7754 18:11, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

"If you feel there is a case against Werieth, you need to stand up for it yourself."   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 20:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Where is the proper place to report new manifestations of the Werieth/Betacommand sockpuppets? Surely there must be an existing SPI, but I cannot find it. I keep getting talk page comments by these socks.[61] I have started deleting them as soon as I figure out what they are without reading further[62] in the hope that eventually he will grow tired of shouting into an empty hall and go away. --Guy Macon (talk) 18:11, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

You mean the ones that are anti-Werieth/Betacommand, I assume... I'm not aware of a SPI, but one could probably be started. With that being said, the only purpose of an SPI would be to run a CU, or we risk running into DENY issues. I'm not sure if one has ever been done or not. --Rschen7754 18:22, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

I as thinking more on the line of:

[1] New sock posts about Werieth Betacommand

[2] I add the sock to "suspected sockpuppets of [Insert Sockmaster's name here]

[3] Administrator blocks sock.

No need for CU in this case; anyone showing up on my talk age ranting about Werieth and Betacommand clearly passes the WP:DUCK test. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:34, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

That would be SPI. But CU would be helpful: it could find sleeper accounts, block the underlying IP if possible, and/or block any proxies used, if that was the case. --Rschen7754 23:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Ah. That makes sense. Should I file an SPI, and if so, what username should I use as the sockmaster? --Guy Macon (talk) 03:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd say only when an account needs to be blocked. Unfortunately, finding the "oldest" account is nearly impossible by now, so any would suffice. --Rschen7754 05:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate the guidance. (Unwatching page now) --Guy Macon (talk) 14:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

My SPI

This time I wasn't being an idiot. When I filed, no SPIs on this editor were showing on the main page, nor were they showing a few minutes after I filed mine and discovered there were others. I did check as I'd planned to file on on Honkeytonknightmare. Slow bot I presume (I thought at first maybe not working at all). Dougweller (talk) 13:52, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

I didn't actually look at who filed the case pretty closely, it's just a common mistake that takes some time to fix. I apologize if I reacted a bit too strongly. --Rschen7754 01:45, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, no problem. I really have to admire your energy working as an ArbCom clerk and at SPI. Dougweller (talk) 14:26, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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Hi, I should want to clear up something. It is easy to view my checkuser request as being retaliatory because he also filed a checkuser request against me, but it was truly motivated by actual concern. Suspicion may or may not have been merited (I think it was), but it certainly wasn't retaliation of any kind. --Kaj Taj Mahal (talk) 21:18, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

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FA congratulations

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Interstate 805 to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA you may have helped to write) appear as "Today's featured article" soon, please nominate it at the requests page; if you'd like to see an FA on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with 1,329 articles in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. Bencherlite^Talk 17:03, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I have this and 5 other FAs in the queue waiting, and I'm fairly busy now, so I'll probably just wait for a bit. --Rschen7754 19:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Not sure who to report this to....

Saw this on an SPI page that you commented on requesting more info. Looks like someone vandalized a template? (I believe the notification of "requesting checkuser" has an issue) GRUcrule (talk) 21:57, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom request

Hey, I see that you recused, but I'm wondering if you could tell me if there's a template I can use for notifying named parties? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:16, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

It's on step 4 of the WP:A/R/C instructions. --Rschen7754 19:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Doh! Thanks. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

New proposals at Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2014

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Think back on your Arbcom official blocks

User talk:Savesgypsy/Editnotice includes a block notice placed by you on behalf of Arbcom — seemingly this user is a reincarnation of someone you've blocked as part of an arbitration remedy. Just thought you might find it funny, especially if you try to edit his talk page (and might want to do something about it), rather than blocking the user myself. The user's third edit is rather funny, so I had to be slightly absurdist/overly bureaucratic when undoing the edit. Nyttend (talk) 04:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Blocked. I have a hunch, but I'm flagging down a CU. --Rschen7754 04:59, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Not who I thought it was, but it's been taken care of. --Rschen7754 05:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I was so afraid I'd get an edit conflict at ANI while attempting to decline the db-attack; I can't remember the last time I had more fun writing an edit summary. Nyttend (talk) 05:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

mistake

I must have removed That by accident, I wasn't even aware I had done anything. my apologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.31.177.135 (talk) 05:49, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dragonron

Why have you closed it? Why should it matter that the four accounts are blocked? Do I need to have an active user harassing myself or Zarbon for this case to be looked at? And for all we know there are sleeper accounts and last I checked that was a valid reason to use checkuser on someone who's already this prolific with sockpuppets.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 08:28, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

But without any evidence to justify a CU, and without evidence that there could be sleepers, a CU cannot be done. --Rschen7754 08:35, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

The evidence was at the other case that I linked to but it was opened under the wrong sockmaster.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 08:36, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Personally, I did not find the evidence as presented very convincing, and apparently Mark Arsten did not either. --Rschen7754 08:40, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Mark Arsten has been helping me deal with this guy for months now. He only closed it because someone decided to file it under the wrong sockmaster's name.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 12:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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Wrong recipient?

Hi Rschen, did you mean to leave this for Sandstein, or for Darkness Shines? Zad68 20:17, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I did mean to leave it there, as it was Sandstein's action that was being appealed. --Rschen7754 20:21, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I see, thanks and sorry for the bother. Zad68 21:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Road pests

Remember that guy who was chasing you off a certain Nationalist, POV-pushing set of road articles? He seems a repeat offender. I wouldn't want to be accused of "hound" behavior but he seems to make a habit of skirting sourcing and other policies to serve the proper portrayal of his particular axe to grind. I didn't have a great reception from some admins, but I do think the point can be made that this person is a bad actor who is not abiding by the good faith guidelines. Andrevan@ 07:07, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I haven't been following his edits lately, but probably, yes. --Rschen7754 07:12, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

IPhonehurricane95

You mind confirming if these socks are all actual socks of the sockmaster? Thanks. LightandDark2000 (talk) 16:28, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

I am not a CU, so I can't, unfortunately. --Rschen7754 18:27, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

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• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).

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• For about 20 minutes on the same day, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.

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My Apologies

My apologies for the frivolous Sock Puppet report. I am sorry to have wasted everyone's time, I truly am. It was not my intention. I seem to have misunderstood the process. If somebody would be so kind as to visit my talk page and suggest how I should best proceed about this IP editor, I would really appreciate it. Thank you all for your time, and again I apologize for the trouble. be well. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 18:58, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

SPI Page Archive

I don't think this worked correctly. Isn't it supposed to leave a link to the archived case page? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:23, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

(tps) The page just needed to be purged. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 13:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:42, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Macarthur Maze, Oakland, CA

I have lived in the East Bay for over 40 years and am well versed in what things are commonly called. I drive for a living, so I know the names of interchanges. I listen the the radio and hear what traffic reporters call things. When I listen to the KSFO traffic report, they refer to the distribution structure as 'the maze' and they call the Macarthur Maze, 'Macarthur Maze'. Go figure.

The Bay Bridge Distribution Structure is commonly referred to as 'The Maze' There are a few reporters who mistakenly call the interchange by the wrong name, from time to time. This interchange was built in the 1930's, long before General Douglas Macarthur was a household name.

The Macarthur Maze has, since its construction in the 1970's referred to the interchange officially known as the 'Macarthur Maze'. It is named for General Douglas Macarthur,the Macarthur Freeway which runs through it, and Macarthur Boulevard, which parallels it. Pretty much everybody, (save for some young people) call it the Macarthur Maze to distinguish it from 'The Maze'.

I can find NO reference, prior to the mid 1990's of anybody mistaking these two interchanges.

I made the corrections to the 'Macarthur Maze' page because it is both inaccurate and causes confusion with another location. If you insist that Wikipedia have correct information, then I will stop correcting the incorrect information that you keep reverting to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 946towguy (talk • contribs) 08:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Please read WP:OR - original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. --Rschen7754 09:00, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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• Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all small wikis. [101] [102]
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• All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons. [108]

VisualEditor news

• You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl+/ inside VisualEditor. [109]

Future software changes

• Edits and files hidden with the Oversight tool will be moved to the RevisionDelete system. The Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis. [110] [111] [112]
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