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February 2015 - March 2015

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tea house

Thanks for inviting me to tea house! Ranabhai (talk) 13:25, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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Tekken 7

I wasn't the one who edited the Tekken 7 page and wrote that "it will be released on Playstation 4 Playstation 3 and Xbox one Xbox 360 on April 2015 and Aracade". That edit was made by user "Ghvy". I don't know why you said that was my revision that was undone. Osh33m (talk) 02:18, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Osh33m, if you look again you'll see that I reverted to your version. Sam Walton (talk) 08:24, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry about that. If you look, there are seemingly two IPs who keep on revising the page, removing the image and changing the character list. Is there a way to stop them? Osh33m (talk) 19:27, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

I'll semi protect the article for a bit. Sam Walton (talk) 21:10, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Ile in the head

Hi Sam, I've added some info at the Maelbros SPI that links MadamQueroux to a French IP. The French IP re-added a piece of vandalism that she created. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:35, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

I think IP 90.20.168.193 might be another incarnation. Orleans, France, Orange ISP. Obvious hoax content here (gibberish episode summary and fake episodes). Same thing here. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:40, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Another here, I believe 90.19.223.236 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) - (Tag: Chartres, France; ISP: Orange) Could possibly be related to this user, "E,EN,Ecereal lover". Also, if you're keeping track of these somewhere and would prefer I add new info there, let me know. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:21, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks. I have a page at User:Samwalton9/Maelbros which I might turn into an LTA page, feel free to add directly there if you're sure it's the same person. Sam Walton (talk) 22:53, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Not sure if I'll ever be able to say with confidence that it's the same person. That's why we have admins!  :) Found 62.129.25.86 today. Geolocates to Ile-de-france region, but only made edits to one article about a French/American kid's series, so it may be a false hit. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:12, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

+ 86.196.244.155 - Selles, Centre, France; ISP: Orange Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:37, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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Copyright

Hi Samwalton9! How are you? Copyright isn't my area, so I wanted to point you to this good faith edit by a new user, which is direct verbatim of the website the user referenced. Thanks! --Bananasoldier (talk) 15:30, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Bananasoldier, taken care of. Hope you're well. Sam Walton (talk) 15:37, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you Suksesi, I hope you're enjoying your time editing here. Sam Walton (talk) 19:38, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

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Hepworth Edit-a-thon

Hi Sam, Cheers for signing up! It'll be great to see you. Sorry I hadn't messaged you directly before! PatHadley (talk) 19:05, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

@PatHadley: No worries! Haven't been able to make many events or meetups recently but this one I'm free for :) Sam Walton (talk) 19:08, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Hi Sam, as you may have seen from the Facebook page we have a huge potential turn-up for Sunday. I think it would be good if you could join me in being an account creator even temporarily. If you use this link and explain that you'll be helping out at the Hepworth Edit-a-thon with me. Fingers crossed! Otherwise we may get a backlog! PatHadley (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@PatHadley: I'm now an admin so I have account creator rights already, happy to help with sorting accounts on the day though :) Sam Walton (talk) 17:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Whoops! Silly me, should have checked your profile before going straight through to talk! That'll be a huge help as you'll also be able to auto confirm people so that they don't have to fight through captchas all day! Cheers PatHadley (talk) 17:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Tampon Run

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A tag has been placed on Tampon Run, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising, . Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. 172.56.7.197 (talk) 10:35, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

• Are you contesting a speedy delete of an nonsense promotional article that lacks any level of reasonable notability? 172.56.7.197 (talk) 10:54, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
  • No, that's why I only reverted one of your edits, the one that redirected the article. The CSD tag is still there. I can't for the life of me see how you can consider the article promotional but the admin who reviews the request for deletion can be the judge of that. Sam Walton (talk) 10:58, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
    • If it's not notable then the A7 criteria should be used instead(as non-notable web content). 331dot (talk) 11:00, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
• It was listed as promotional spam first and also as nonsense but spam has a high priority to be eliminated. There is no good reason to list every game out there no matter how amusing the title may be. It makes a mockery of Wikipedia's purpose as an encyclopedia.

Proposed deletion of Tampon Run‎

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• Look, if you really don't think this article passes the threshold of notability, then start an AfD. Sam Walton (talk) 11:33, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Re: if you see..

I believe MaelLePetitPrincePuisRoi (talk · contribs) belongs in User:Samwalton9/Maelbros. Materialscientist (talk) 10:40, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Materialscientist. I'm starting to think a proper LTA page might be useful. Sam Walton (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit request for Sophie Hunter page

Hello! Can I ask a favor, please? Regarding Sophie Hunter's page, in her infobox J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone is listed as her "maternal great-great-grandfather", if you double-check the source, Seely is actually only his "maternal great-grandfather". In her Background (Family) section, it also lists Seeley as "great-great-grandfather", can you please be so kind and remove the extra "great" to make it accurate? And describing Seeley as "World War I hero" can be considered fluffing and violates neutral point-of-view. The page should plainly describe him as a politician. Thank you very much for your consideration! Keep up the good work here on Wiki! 59.152.169.240 (talk) 11:17, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, it would be better to make this request at Talk:Sophie Hunter. Sam Walton (talk) 11:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Block evader who got blocked for starting an SPI

My cellular IP changes all the time and I never know when as it used by millions. But I went back to check on a SPI I started and found that the last SPI had been deleted quickly. I went to see what happened by looking up a contentious article that existed for 9 years and was deleted based on ideological push. I noticed my notice of an SPI to other editors involved in a lengthy and heated deletion discussion (names I got from the deletion record) were deleted by User:Chillum. I also noticed he falsely accused me of being a sock for starting a SPI. So here I am squawking about it and evading his block, although unknowingly when I first started editing today. I turned myself in, but showed the reason I was blocked as well, as Chillum has attempted to bury that. 172.56.6.142 (talk) 11:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

See Jimbo's Page and ANI for discussion of Admin Chillum's abuse of an IP

See Jimbo's page [1] and ANI[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.32.8 (talk) 03:20, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Please follow through

Please re-delete the talk page archives of Talk:Cultural Marxism. You said that you would do so. They have not been used by anyone for a deletion review or for anything since you deleted them, meaning that they should not've been un-deleted in the first place. Please follow through on the conditions attached to the un-deletion. RGloucester — ☎ 14:47, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the reminder. I've asked if anyone is using them. Sam Walton (talk) 14:52, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Please carry out the deletion. People who have not even edited the draft or anything saying "I'm using it" is a bunch of rubbish, and is the same behaviour as what led to the un-deletion in the first place. RGloucester — ☎ 14:32, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

• What's the story here, Mr Walton? RGloucester — ☎ 23:28, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
  • The story is that a couple of editors have said they're using them. As sceptical as I am about that I'll assume good faith until such a time that the discussions on the draft talk page die down. The archives aren't harming anyone. Sam Walton (talk) 23:33, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

They are "harming" us all. Good faith has gone far enough. They've been more accessible than they should've been for months, with no result. Only one user said that he was "using them", but it is not clear what he is using them for given that he has had no involvement with the draft from the moment it was created until he made that one comment. Please follow through on the conditions attached to the un-deletion. Policies and guidelines have been circumvented enough. The result of the discussion was "delete". As much as some users who disagreed with the deletion would like to delay its implementation indefinitely, that is not a reason to allow them to get their way without a deletion review. Please re-delete these archives that are not being used at once. RGloucester — ☎ 01:59, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm waiting. No one has even commented on the draft talk page in recent days, let alone done anything with the archives. Please follow through. RGloucester — ☎ 20:59, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

A few days is hardly much time, and other editors have said they're using them. I have no reason not to believe that, regardless of how adamant you are that they're lying. Sam Walton (talk) 21:50, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

A grand total of "one" users said that he was "using them", but he didn't say what for, and he has had no involvement with the draft in its entire existence. The article was deleted, and you are circumventing a community deletion result. You said that they were undeleted on a condition that has not been met in months. If you continue to obfuscate the deletion result of the community AfD discussion, I will be forced to take action. RGloucester — ☎ 00:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

• I'm going to ask politely again. Please delete these pages. No further comments have been made on the draft since I last entreated you to follow through on what you said earlier. Please do so. RGloucester — ☎ 18:52, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
  • Given that there's no evidence of use and discussions have largely stopped, I've now deleted them. Sam Walton (talk) 22:21, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Sasha Hostyn

I'm curious if you've found a reliable source for Sasha Hostyn's birth date/month? I've only seen unreliable or questionable sources myself, and I spent quite some time looking after a conversation with another editor. Hostyn doesn't talk much about herself in her (rare) interviews, so I'm not sure we should be including anything that isn't reliably sourced. Woodroar (talk) 16:33, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Woodroar. I saw the December 1993 birthdate in the recent Guardian article/interview, and see no reason to assume it to be false. Sam Walton (talk) 16:36, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

You're absolutely right. I ctrl-Fed for "December" and didn't see it, but didn't think to look for "Dec". Sorry to be a bother. :) Cheers! Woodroar (talk) 16:39, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Kutmusic

hello, I see you deleted the page I wrote. I'm not here to have a fight or anything, but I wonder: there are many other Italian record labels with less history and relevance than Kutmusic, and their pages are listed on Wikipedia. Also, I cannot see how a record label with many publications - see Google, Discogs, Allmusic.com - is not relevant and "Tampon Run" is... I am not going to republish that page, I hope you will change your mind and maybe help me improve it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.247.62.37 (talk) 20:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi there. Unfortunately there are many other bad articles on Wikipedia. They should be improved or deleted; it doesn't mean we should have more bad articles. Sam Walton (talk) 23:35, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello again, then why not label it as stub or advise people to improive it instead than delete it entirely? I noticed the label was part of the original Napster case. I'd be happy to improve the article and make a longer version, but I'd prefer if you could undo the deletion first. https://casetext.com/case/casanova-records-v-napster-inc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.13.176.117 (talk) 14:26, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm happy to undelete it and move the article to Draft space, but note that a previous deletion discussion found that the subject was unlikely to be appropriate for a Wikipedia article (Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kutmusic). I've moved it to Draft:Kutmusic so you can work on it. Sam Walton (talk) 15:38, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Scooby-Doo Adventures: The Mystery Map

Hi Sam! Just wanted to let you know that I reverted your revision that you made to Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map, the IP that you reverted on Feb. 5 was actually making a constructive edit when they deleted the narrator. There actually wasn't a narrator in the movie, an IP added it a year ago without an edit summary or source (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scooby-Doo!_Adventures:_The_Mystery_Map&diff=next&oldid=596374916), but it was never caught. Thanks, and just wanted to let you know. KatnissEverdeen (talk) 17:35, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi KatnissEverdeen. Thanks for letting me know. The user that removed the narrator is someone who makes many incorrect changes to infoboxes (User:Samwalton9/Maelbros) so I didn't check every single edit when reverting. Sam Walton (talk) 17:53, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

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Edit war at Metric expansion of space

You are engaged in what I see as an edit war at Metric expansion of space, and have violated the WP:3RR. Please stop reverting, and discuss on the talk page. Thanks, crh23 (talk) 11:00, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Crh23, I've only reverted twice. Sam Walton (talk) 11:02, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

True, and I retract my statement that you specifically violated 3RR, but you and Smalljim together have reverted 7 times in total.

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That's fantastic news! I'll be on the lookout for any undesired behavior. Thanks! —Swpb^talk 13:05, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Agreed--if the edit that turns a redirect into an article is also tagged as a revert, we probably don't want that edit to show up on NewPagesFeed. I haven't noted any other issues though--generally, the edits caught by the filter are exactly the sort that merit patrolling. So, what would be the next step? Should you or I open a Phabricator ticket to get this implemented? —Swpb^talk 12:23, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

@Swpb: I assume phabricator is the way forward, we have consensus and as much as we can do on-wiki to implement this. I don't know much of anything about Phabricator though, can you open the ticket? Sam Walton (talk) 12:28, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I created the ticket here. Let's see what happens... —Swpb^talk 13:24, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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Copyvio

Hi Samwalton9. I saw you just deleted Scholasticate as a copyvio. Do you think Juniorate [3] is too? duffbeerforme (talk) 11:17, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Duffbeerforme, doesn't seem to be a full copyvio, though a couple of parts could be worded a bit differently to the source. Sam Walton (talk) 11:20, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 22:10, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Spectre (2015 film), article blanking

Hi Samwalton9, sorry to bother you, but I noticed that you are an Admin that is online at the moment. In this article, User Galaglobe seems hell bent on deleting major portions of the article without explanation [4]. Would you mind taking a look? Thanks, --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 23:06, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

C.Fred beat you to it. Have a good day... :) --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 23:11, 29 March 2015 (UTC)