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JavaScript Word Generator

We are trying to make random 5-letter words. Here is the source:

function word(let) {
var i, text;
for(i=0, text=""; i<let; i++) {
text += "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * 26));
}
return text;
}
console.log(word(5));

There are no errors, but we want specific letters like e to occur to match the letter frequencies. Can you help me with that? (talk | contribs)209.52.88.162 (talk) 16:49, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

It looks like you're passing in a number to this function which defines how long the random characters will be, but you're doing so by traversing down the alphabet and then choosing a letter from that string. This is fine, but I think your random function is inadvertently allowing a number greater than 26 to be generated. I would remove the " text="" " part from your for loop and add a bound to what numbers can be returned from the random number generator so it can't return anything higher than 26. You should replace the multiplication (*) and instead use modulus (%) so that the random number generated won't be above 26. However, I believe that the .charAt() function accepts a zero integer so that it stays at 'a'. If this is so, you want '0' to be a possibility. If adding 1 starts at 'a', then you need to take the random number and add a 1 to the end so that zero is not possible. Review this function and change the code accordingly. This is how I'd improve your code (see below):

function word(let) {
var i, text;
for(i=0; i<let; i++) {
text += "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ".charAt(Math.floor((Math.random() % 26) + 1)); // Check if adding +1 is needed. If not, remove the + 1 and the enclosing parentheses.
}
return text;
}
console.log(word(5));

I'm not an expert at PHP, but since you generated no syntax errors when building your above function, this should work. Anyways, hope this helps. Good luck with your code and have fun! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Some help needed regarding alternate account created

Hi, I've created an another account named User:MustafaAliIsAPakistaniWrestler for the reason mentioned there, Only I need is that is it OK that I've created an alternative account? Thanks. CK (talk) 18:41, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

 Administrator note Strange that this is here since they already started a thread at WP:AN and already got a reply in the form of me blocking the alt account. I’d welcome further comment from either of you there. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:51, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) @Beeblebrox: Note that this was posted here before anyone responded at AN. byteflush _Talk 02:34, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Broken nutshell - Alternative accounts are allowed so long as you disclose them to your normal account (when applicable) and you use them only for reasons that are compliant with Wikipedia's sock puppetry policy. Using an alternative account for illegitimate reasons against policy is unacceptable - it is taken very seriously by the community, and can hurt your reputation and even your future on Wikipedia - so you definitely want to take care and use any alternative accounts you create for legitimate causes. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:06, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Broken nutshell - Based off the reply made here by Beeblebrox, it looks like you've also received input at the Administrators' noticeboard in a discussion here. Someone mentioned that you stated that you were going to use this alternative account in order to "stop edit wars at Pakistani-related BLP topics"; he followed up with the same question that I would have also asked: Why couldn't you do that with your main account? I think that the responses were appropriate and were made with good faith intentions and in order to help you and keep you out of trouble. I'd also recommend sticking to one account and asking for help or advice before considering the creation of more - it'll keep you out of trouble and prevent editors (and possibly the community) from mistaking what may be a good-faith misunderstanding of policy for bad-faith deception and disruption. Again, please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:24, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

RE :Oshwah Well Thanks for responding me, first of all Issue has resolved as I've found no edit war on the article Mustafa Ali till now, an article as I've discussed to Stop edit warring at Pakistani BLPs especially on the articles regarding Overseas Pakistani BLPs. Since the creation of the article Mustafa Ali, it has been claimed by some users that 'Ali is American Pro wrestler of Indian Descent' which appears to be incorrect because I watched show WWE Cruiserweight Classics and I saw that Ali Represented Pakistani Flag, so how it is possible that he is of India? referring Ali as Indian is incorrect information. For further assistance you can also seek through This. Second thing I want to tell you that I choose you for some assistance regarding alternate account creation because I see when I get engaged in any kind of war or attack at wikipedia as I got block for this reason 2 times, You and User:Fortuna Imperator Mundi made me keep calm down during previous incidents in which I got involved(especially at moment when I pluralize my self as WE or US). So once again Thanks for response. CK (talk) 09:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Broken nutshell - I'm both happy and relieved to hear that my responses (as well as the responses from others in the community) have helped to answer your questions and (more importantly) helped you to compose your emotions and avoid violating Wikipedia policies under duress and causing yourself major hardship due to the ramifications from doing so. It's very important that you continue to be mindful of how you're feeling while dealing with conflicts and disputes on Wikipedia, and to recognize when you're frustrated or angry and to take appropriate measures in order to avoid editing purely based on emotional flares and heated reactions. Since the edit warring and issues you mentioned being blocked for in the past, it sounds like you've improved and are trying to do the right things and avoid them from occurring again - that's excellent and I encourage you to keep up this behavior and continue reflecting on yourself and improvising ways to better yourself as an editor. Nobody is perfect - especially myself... I'm far, far from perfect. However, having the personality traits, skills, and the ability to accept responsibility for your actions (both good and bad), take feedback and enforcement from other editors positively, view "mess-ups" as a positive learning opportunity, and commit to improve yourself and not repeat any issues from the past - are the best traits for an editor to be proficient with, and are the very skill-sets and habits that will almost certainly set you up for success. Keep up the excellent improvements and continue doing the good work that you do here, and don't hesitate to message me if you ever have questions, need help or input, or just need advice on how to handle a frustrating situation professionally. I'll be more than happy to help. Thanks for the response, I wish you well, and I'm glad to hear that we avoided a potentially bad situation - I'm glad you took the time to ask questions before you decided to simply proceed. It most likely saved you from a lot of trouble ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:26, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

RE :Oshwah Thanks CK (talk) 10:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

You bet; always happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:42, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

BBC IP Vandal

Please see additional paragraph above on this problem. Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - Sorry for the late reply. I'm catching up after a short break in order to get work and personal stuff taken care of. It looks like the IP hasn't edited for a few days, so keep an eye on it and let me know if things continue and I'll be happy to take a look. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and make sure to put the exact IP in messages like this one here (even if a previous one is nearby) - it just makes responding to issues easier for me ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for all your help. Regards, David — Preceding unsigned comment added by David J Johnson (talk • contribs) 11:24, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

You bet; always happy to lend a hand ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:53, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

School threat?

On this edit, combined with the edit summary, the editor seems to be posting a threat for a 'Madison central school' (which isn't exactly a specific location). Is this something that would require more attention or should it just be ignored? LynxTufts (talk) 20:07, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)There are "Madison Central High School"s in Kentucky and Mississippi, and doubtless at least one middle and elementary school. It's very difficult to know to which this was referring. However, with a possibility space of only 2-6, it's not really much more difficult to contact the authorities.

While I'm normally quite the easy going guy, in this case, I would definitely pass this on. A CheckUser could get a geolocation on the editor to narrow things down, and they could pass on the name given in the edit summary. Stuff like this, it's really better to be safe than sorry. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

I notified User:Emergency and revdeled. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:18, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

@SarekOfVulcan: "Madison central school" is all over the news now after threats put it in lockdown. --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:58, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Oh, good, it wasn't us. Students reported him. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:28, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

@SarekOfVulcan: I am relieved as well. I imagine/hope that the WMF will offer up that edit if requested & hopefully make it known to FBI or whatnot (about the edit). --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:42, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting and for taking the necessary steps to make sure the proper teams were notified :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:00, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

PHP Flip Coin

I am trying to make a coin flipper that flips a coin every second and sends it to the server and back to users. All I have is this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Periodic Coin Flipper</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
function flip() {
if (mt_rand(1,2) == 1) {
echo "Heads";
} else {
echo "Tails";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

209.52.88.34 (talk) 23:21, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Are you looping outside this function to call it every second in order to perform the flip? If you aren't, you'll need to create this loop and set it so that it is called one time per second. Otherwise, the function seems to do exactly what you're trying to do. However as a good programming practice, you want to try and make this function independent and then call it when needed. I'd instead create a text variable and then return the result instead of having the function display it. Then you can simply create a loop outside the function... then you should theoretically be able to simply write "echo flip();" inside the loop. Here's what I am envisioning for that function you wrote:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Periodic Coin Flipper</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
function flip() {
var side = "Tails";
if (mt_rand(1,2) == 1) {
side = "Heads";
}
return side;
}
?>
</body>
</html>

Hopefully that provides some help and direction for you. You always want to exert good programming practice - even in small functions like this. This allows you to easily re-use code without having to change or restructure too much of it to perform similar or exact operations in other projects. Good luck! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:42, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

<?php
echo "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Periodic Coin Flipper</title></head><body>\n";
switch(mt_rand(1,2)) {
case 0: echo "Heads\n"; break;
case 1: echo "Tails\n"; break;
}
echo "</body></html>\n";
?>

Switch works too :) SQL^{Query me!} 04:17, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Kimberly Elise reply

I am replying to your message (dated 12/15/2017) to me regarding the Kimberly Elise page changes. This is my second time trying to contact you and I haven't heard anything back. Could you please tell me what is not neutral? Also why does her photo keep reverting to the old outdated one? I uploaded a current one that I own. I followed all wiki protocal when I uploaded it. Please respond so this can be resolved and we can get Ms. Elise's page accurate and current. Thanks GracieMnsotachicky (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Mnsotachicky, and thanks for writing me a message here with your questions and concerns. I apologize if your first inquiry to me went without a response, and I apologize for my delayed reply to your message here. I've been busy lately and I'm just now catching up with all of my Wikipedia messages and emails :-). I also try my very best to respond to everyone's messages here, but I admit that I sometimes will accidentally miss a few - please don't be offended; it's purely accidental and I don't mean to do that. The concerns I had with your edits to Kimberly Elise and Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy stemmed from some sentences you added to the edit you made here. One example is where you state, "The ecommerce company is lauded for its high-quality, natural and organic beauty products with a focus on natural and organic based hair products marketed towards people with kinky, coily afro textured hair." This appears to be worded to speak positively about the company, which is something we shouldn't be doing. I believe that there other sentences that had concerns as well - I'd review Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, look through the edit I linked you and work to identify any potentially concerning statements such as the one above. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them and assist you further. Thanks for leaving a follow-up message reminding me to get back to you, and I apologize for such a delay with doing so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:13, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hickory Dickory

It seems that I have been mistaken to have made an edit on a nursery rhyme. I only message to clear my name thanks174.109.212.153 (talk) 03:45, 28 February 2018 (UTC)wikitrice

(talk page stalker) Hi 174. Your IP address is dynamic: one day it could be used by one network, another day a completely different one, so indeed, you did not do that. !dave 15:58, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

The best way to avoid issues of receiving messages for vandalism and issues you didn't cause is to create an account for yourself and use it to edit. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello

How are you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.24.39 (talk) 05:04, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Flagged user

Good day

Hope this email finds you well.

I'm Lynx Scar, I'm a passionate Wikifan and so I've decided to have my own account but everytime I make a edit it seems to be reverted.

Please assist as I'm trying to add content and all of it just scores low. I need help in on trying to add content cause I've checked this link out and it's not helping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of

Your assistance would be appreciated

Kind regards Lynx Scar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynx Scar (talk • contribs) 06:48, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Lynx Scar, and welcome to Wikipedia! In the case of the revert I made: it looks like the edit you made here wasn't referenced by any reliable sources. This is why I reverted this edit and added a note to your talk page. Did you have any specific questions or requests for assistance? I'll be more than happy to help you if you do - just let me know :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:25, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Wrong person

I keep getting messages that I've edited something and its been reversed, problem is i havent edited anything and the example you's have shown me, something about tanks from ww1 I've never even been on that page before so it doesnt make sense, you's have obviously made a mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.252.69 (talk) 01:29, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

The best way to avoid issues of receiving messages for vandalism and issues you didn't cause is to create an account for yourself and use it to edit. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:26, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

RevDel request

Would you mind hiding an edit on Howie Stange, based on this [2].--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 01:34, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) To me, it seems it is just routinal vandalism and that there is no particular reason to RevDel that edit. However, Oshwah is free to decide. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:54, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Loriendrew - I don't see what the reason is to apply revision deletion here. Am I missing something? What's concerning you exactly? Let me know and I'll take another look. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

The part added about being a mass murderer, rapist and sentenced to death by hanging. I know it is deleted, but it jumped well over my vandalism line and into the clearly offensive, degrading and quite a blp vio.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 19:33, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Why is PHP partially case-sensitive?

PHP variables are case-sensitive, but not functions. Why not? Like this:

<?php
mt_rand(); // No error
MT_RAND(); // No error
$_SERVER; // No error
$_server; // Error
?>

Thank you, 209.52.88.74 (talk) 23:23, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

@209.52.88.74: Google is your best friend, I would suggest looking it up instead of asking here as it takes about the same amount of time and you would get your answer a lot quicker. --All the best, TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:34, 2 March 2018 (UTC) (talk page stalker)

(talk page stalker)Because variables are the most useful place to have case sensitivity and when you're editing in a text editor without intellisense, capitalization of function names is a pain in the ass. That's just my guess, though. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 23:36, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

That's because "$_SERVER" is a system superglobal variable that's defined within PHP. It's generating an error because you're attempting to call "$_server", which isn't defined. All variable declarations are case-sensitive and for many reasons. Functions are also case-sensitive; your function call of mt_rand() and MT_RAND() being correct is most likely due to the functions' declarations in the PHP library - the author probably created a #DEFINE (or what the PHP equivalent is) so that you could call the function either way and it'll work. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

SWM seeks advice

Greetings. At Stoneman Douglas High School shooting we have a somewhat unusual case of an editor (1) whose talk page participation is very close to zero and (2) who edits the article like a machine gun. There is a lot going on on the talk page and he is not aware of any of it because he doesn't like article talk pages. My estimate is that his edits are about evenly divided between improvements, non-improvements (usually copy edits of things that didn't need copy editing), and bad edits. Policy says every edit should improve the article, but I'm prepared to ignore that and overlook the non-improvements. But there aren't enough 3RR's between editors who pay enough attention, and care enough to spend their reverts, to keep up with the bad third. I've probably exceeded 3RR a little on a couple of occasions, and I'm only reverting the worst of the bad. He repeatedly changes things that either have talk page consensus (or some level of agreement) or are under discussion. (To his credit, he doesn't edit war when reverted.) I have approached him once on his talk page, he removed it without a response, and nothing changed. Would you have any advice to offer? ―Mandruss ☎ 00:18, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Mandruss! Thanks for leaving me a message with your request for input. I apologize for the delay responding to you here - I've been busy lately and I'm just now catching up with all of my Wikipedia messages and emails. The article appears to be extended protected now, but I'd still like to respond to your request for advice regarding this situation (since the concerns fall into a number of "grey areas" if you know what I mean) - ;-).

If the user is making edits that aren't improving the article but also don't appear to be bad-faith disruption, it can still become disruptive if the user repeats the same pattern of editing and despite the messages and pings from other editors asking for the user to stop and discuss things. If the user "doesn't like article talk pages", then that's going to be a big problem if (s)he doesn't change that mindset (assuming that's really what they really believe). If you've tried messaging the user on their user talk page (which it seems that you did and to no avail since they just removed it), and also tried creating discussions on the article's talk page and pinging the user to respond and join in on the discussion at-hand - also to no avail, and they continue to repeatedly modify the page to add content that you feel isn't improving the article - my advice from there would be to nicely warn the user on their talk page. Leave a detailed message explaining that you've tried messaging them on their user talk page with your concerns and saw that they simply removed it without responding, that you also tried starting discussions on the article's talk page (link them to the discussion in the message!) and haven't heard back there either. Explain that their edits (provide exact diffs) are giving you concerns and explain exactly why they're doing so, and ask them politely to join the discussion on the article's talk page so that things can be worked out. Explain how important talk page discussions and proper dispute resolution is, and that you really want to work with him to make the page better. Keep the message extremely polite and avoid any kind of words or statements that would make your message appear punitive or that you're scolding them (even slightly) - otherwise, they'll probably not respond or will do so in the way we don't want. If they fail to do anything after you leave this message and they continue making concerning edits, I'd take the next step and report them to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents and explain the situation there. If they're making reverts and violating 3RR, report them to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring instead. At that point, you've done everything that you could do to try and educate and help the user, and it's clear that they don't wish to follow Wikipedia's dispute resolution practices and work with others. Like I said, if they're not willing to discuss things and work with others, it will wind up being a big issue for them (if not now, then at some point in time).

On a side note, I understand that following 3RR can be difficult at times... hell, I've violated them a handful of times in the past - so I get it. I just want to urge you - definitely keep watch on that and do your best to not let yourself slip into the "3RR pitfall" - aside from putting your account in "blockable territory", it only tells the person on the other end of the dispute that doing so is okay (after all, you're doing it too, right?), and it makes any subsequent report you file against someone for 3RR less genuine, since the reviewing admin will of course notice that you did it too ;-). Just keep doing what you're doing as far as starting discussions and talk page messages and attempting to ping the user to participate in discussions, keep out of "3RR waters", and it'll make any reports you make easy to enforce if needed. The thing I usually state to editors who ask for 3RR and edit warring advice when it comes to reporting users - (if anything and all else aside) think of the messages you leave on the user's talk page and the discussions you start on the article's talk page as documentation. If it comes down to having to report the user to AN3, you have diffs to show that you've tried discussing the issues and asking them to participate, and they chose not to and instead kept reverting things on the article. Not being able to provide those diffs in an AN3 makes it harder for an admin to review and enforce. And keeping yourself out of 3RR and keeping clean from that pitfall will assure that you're not blocked for the same thing (remember WP:BOOMERANG).

I apologize if this response was a bit long - I wanted to give you specific advice regarding the particular situation you asked for advice about, as well as help you to prepare yourself in the future for similar situations. If you have any questions or further concerns, don't hesitate to respond and let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. Hope my response provided some help to you :-). Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Newbie looking for tips at improving my editing skills.

Hi there!

I'm new to editing Wikipedia pages and I am really overwhelmed with the systems to modify pages. I tried reading the article but some of it I still don't understand. Do you have any tips or advice on how to progress with editing more slowly so that I can understand what each function does?

Thank you very much and have a good day!

CFrederickL (talk) 04:07, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi CFrederickL! Welcome to Wikipedia! Have you gone through and completed Wikipedia's new user tutorial? If not, I highly recommend that you go through it entirely and complete the tutorial. It will help you with discovering and learning all of "the basics" on Wikipedia, as well as where to locate important guidelines and documentation, how to communicate and collaborate, as well as how to improve articles and where to find useful pages to help you with doing so. Please let me know if you have any more questions or need additional help, and I'll be happy to lend you a hand ;-). Again, I welcome you to Wikipedia and I hope you enjoy your stay and become a long-term editor with us! Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

You don't think it is relevant? Seriously?!

Special:Diff/826407384

How can you say it is not relevant? It is game-changing for the LGBT community. Ohh, imagine what people would say if I would disclose this message to the media! Maybe we should really let PinkNews know what a Wikipedia contributor said about this. Huh, what do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.165.196 (talk) 18:16, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, for starters it wasn't referenced by any sources. It also appears to imply a point-of-view, which is not compliant with Wikipedia's policies on neutrality. This is why I reverted your edit. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Archiving help needed

Heya,

Could you archive a considerable number of discussions on Talk:The Apprentice (UK TV series)? There's about 49 discussions there that need to have the majority archived. GUtt01 (talk) 14:12, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi GUtt01! Sorry for the delay getting back to you here - just getting caught up with my Wikipedia messages and emails ;-). I manually created Talk:The Apprentice (UK TV series)/Archive 3 and moved all discussions created earlier than 2018 into it and made sure everything linked. I think you should be all set. Let me know if you need anything else and I'll be happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Possibly good idea

Hi Oshwah,

I have noticed some template which users have been entitled to deny bots from posting to their talk pages - e.g. {{bots|deny = DPL bot}}. I was wondering if there is some sort of equivalent template to deny certain IP addresses/ranges from editing pages like the ones affected by the 'My Royal Young' vandalism and other frequent sock IPs like the one I've noticed on a random article which somehow has over 50 edits made in a single day. Iggy (Swan) 18:27, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Iggy the Swan! Aside from applying page protection to one's talk page to restrict certain user levels from editing it, there currently is not a way to technically prevent specific users from doing so. While bans and other sanctions exist as formal restrictions, they do not prevent users from doing so on a technical or software restriction level. I know that the Wikimedia Foundation just finished developing and deploying a way for users to add other accounts to a list in their preferences so that pings, notifications, and "thanks" from those users are ignored in the notification bar (See this link to view the option), but it doesn't restrict them from editing your talk page if they choose to do so. Are you currently dealing with harassment from anyone right now (or very recently) that brought you to message me with your question? If you'd rather email me about this, please don't hesitate to do so - if you're being harassed, I'd like to know so that I can help take care of it. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

While looking for the URL to link you to the preferences option to mute users, I ran into this wish-list discussion, which calls for the development of "per-page user blocking", or the ability for admins to protect pages from being edited by certain users - it's application and idea isn't the same as what you're looking for, but it's at least a step in the right direction (somewhat). Thought I'd link you to this in case you were interested... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

conner

Hi my name is conner and you texted me.Conner hopfer (talk) 22:08, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Conner hopfer! Yes, you can ignore the message I left (and subsequently removed). I apologize for any confusion that it may have caused you. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:05, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

So cute!!!

Conner hopfer (talk) 22:09, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Heh, thanks for the kitten! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:05, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Notability of low-profile people and their brush with the media

I'd like to get your opinion on WP:BLP1E and WP:BIO1E. My reading is that the former indicates that, despite coverage that would otherwise pass GNG, if the subject is low-profile and is known for only 15 minutes of fame, then the article should be deleted. In at least one case, the community says otherwise. BIO1E, however, doesn't read that way but I've felt that ought to be the case, that there has to be some significant coverage about the subject and yet some editors don't see it that way. I'm getting hung up on these low-profile people that get a dozen mentions; Wikipedia seems to prefer having an article than not. What's your opinion? Chris Troutman (talk) 22:17, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Chris troutman! It's good to see you again! I hope things are going well for you. Your questions are quite common when it comes to the notability of people and how "one event" applies. When responding to AFD discussions and questions about one's notability and if WP:BLP1E and/or WP:BIO1E apply, a key thing to know is that WP:BLP1E is written for articles regarding the notability of living people and one event, while WP:BIO1E applies to articles about people regardless of if they're living or dead and one event. So depending on the person, one or both of these notability policies will typically be cited. It doesn't mean that you can't cite WP:BLP1E for a recently-dead or dead person when discussing notability, but you may encounter responses from other editors and in rebuttal to yours that state this.

If you look through my AFD stats regarding discussions about the notability of people and "1E" (as we'll call it), I typically explain my argument and how it applies to "1E" like this: There are certainly many article subjects that could be argued that they became notable for their involvement in a single event (such as Mark David Chapman, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and many others) - but if their event caused or resulted in a significant cultural, societal, governmental, economic, national or international, or other notable event, change, or recognition, they'll definitely be covered by numerous reliable sources per WP:GNG and will definitely be notable enough to have their own article. The examples I listed fall into this category easily, and I'm sure that you'll understand what I mean as soon as you click on them and read through the summary paragraph of each one. If their involvement in this "single event" didn't do so or if the references (or lack thereof) fail to show that the event did so, then yes - you definitely want to read through the references and sources you located in your research and consider whether or not they're providing primary coverage and information on the person, and instead providing primary coverage on the event. If the majority of the sources provide primary coverage of the event and in retrospect provide little or non-complete coverage about the person, then the argument should be made that the article should instead be of the event itself and with a section about the person in that article. This obviously goes without saying that you should also determine whether or not significant primary coverage from reliable sources exist to assert notability for the person or event. Events or people that only have local coverage or impact from references (or only show an impact on a local or limited area and nothing beyond that), don't have enough coverage to write a complete article without the use of original research (another requirement for GNG to be met), or clearly don't show a significant notable impact on national or international or world history, society, culture, etc are probably not notable enough for an article per GNG (and hence the "1E" guidelines).

Really, you can look at it like this in a nutshell: The best thing to do in these situations and discussions is look at the sources and references provided and found (WP:GNG) and make a determination based on their coverage and how the person or event impacted... humanity I guess (to abbreviate what I mean in a short way). There are numerous events that people find very evocative and feel should have an article, but fail to either show that significant and complete coverage exists per GNG or that the event directly triggered or caused other notable events, changes, or recognition (the "impact on humanity" as I called it). That's what these two guidelines (WP:BLP1E and WP:BIO1E) help to further define and clarify when it comes to these particular situations.

I hope that my response wasn't too long and that it at least provided you with some help :-). If you have any more questions or need my input about anything in regards to notability, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to help! Thanks again for the message and the excellent questions, and I wish you happy editing! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Your answer provides a lot of grey area, which is understandable. I think if the Mark David Chapman article were to come up at AfD, I might !vote delete. He's arguably not generally notable. He killed Lennon. So what? The coverage about his life prior to the murder comes from Crime Library, which isn't saying much. The Villard Books publication Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon might be a clincher for notability but I'd point to the fact that nobody cares about him except that he shot Lennon. I'd probably have that content redirected into an article about the killing and trimmed down per WP:UNDUE. Maybe I've become too exclusionist for most editors.I'm dealing with a similar issue with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shannon Faulkner. It's another 15 minutes of fame case. I think many editors are confusing recent media as being "ongoing coverage" but it seems like Faulkner really is a low-profile person. Nobody else agrees. At least there is some background info about Faulkner and Chapman, whereas there was essentially nothing about the Stefanie Rabatsch article I linked above. I think "humanity" makes a bit too much of a fuss about this stuff, generally. Thanks for your help. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Chris troutman - There you go... that's the spirit! Vote delete on Mark David Chapman :-P! I was hoping that my answers wouldn't further the adventure down the "grey area" rabbit hole, and I hope it didn't confuse you ;-). If you need clarity on anything, don't hesitate to push back and ask - I want to do my best to try and make things as... not grey area as I can based off of what my experience showed me... even though the whole matter in general is quite grey... haha. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Please help me sir this article

Hi sir . This is a famous radio in iran online radio. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioFaryad Please help me why this wiki article deletepolicy right? Please sir do anything . This a real official onlineRadio . Sir check also Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.32.17 (talk) 23:19, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

FYI - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Abdullah Zubayer -- Cabayi (talk) 03:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Cabayi - Oh... wonderful... thanks for the heads up - I'll look into this deeper. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:23, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Harassment and just outright offensive

Hello. While reverting vandalism by an IP user, they reverted my edit and in the edit summary put 'why revert my edit stop ignoring the fat dick in your mouth'. Their edit was the blanking of a section. I reverted it again, and gave them a warning with Twinkle. They responded on their talk page with my username next to three emoticons, representing a person putting a penis in their mouth. As I cannot find any section to report harassment, I decided to message you (as you seem to be very helpful on the site). Their IP talk page is User talk:2600:100D:B101:F3AF:44F2:BCD9:90DE:B79C AllyGebies talk 03:37, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

IP blocked. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 04:01, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, NeilN, for taking care of that :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:31, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

AllyGebies - Thanks for letting me know about the harassment; I'm sorry that it happened to you. NeilN blocked the IP user due to the harassment the user caused. If this continues or if you see any more of it, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to take a look. Best regards and happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

you messaged wrong

Igot a bunch of messages for things I didn't do that were from you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.224.201 (talk) 13:32, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

The best way to avoid issues of receiving messages for vandalism and issues you didn't cause is to create an account for yourself and use it to edit. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:24, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Request for semi-protection

Hello Oshwah. Could you semi-protect Mushabian culture, please? It has been vandalising by an ip-hopper for a long time. See the revision history[3]. 188.120.239.141 (talk) 17:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I've applied pending changes protection for one month. Let me know if it needs to be extended. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:29, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

It

There is no info where it says it have chances to form a black hole so I added it and later I added with citation but again another guy deleted it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranith cr (talk • contribs) 02:49, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Pranith cr, and thank you for leaving me a message here. The issue with your edits to White dwarf is that your addition of content did not cite reference any sources to verify that the content is accurate and true. I recommend that you review Wikipedia's guidelines on identifying reliable sources and how to cite sources in-line with content. It also appears that you haven't gone through and completed Wikipedia's new user tutorial - I highly recommend that you do this first, as it provides you with a number of important walkthroughs and tutorials that you'd benefit significantly from being guided through. Please take my advice and complete the tutorial - it will provide you with important information and guides that are good for you to be familiar with. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Thanks again for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

POV Editor?

Hi Oshwah, looks like the Berlin article is back to normal, thanks for your help with that! I wonder if you might give me some advice about another matter? It's related to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. The editor Eintracht123 is an SPA, who seems to have some personal connection with the museum and/or its director. They're editing with a POV of advocating/promoting for the museum, and repeatedly removing well-sourced material that might be critical of it - the museum has been involved in a number of controversies. Basically, I don't know how to deal with it...

I think they're probably the same person as Nillsson. Both have a history starting in 2016 of editing only articles related to the museum. They edit both on English and especially on German Wikipedia where they've been involved in a drawn-out edit war of the two of them against basically everyone else (I wasn't involved), until the page was finally protected in November. [4] As soon as it expired, they started up again... It's been relatively under control on English Wikipedia so far, but in the last couple of days the same POV editing is flaring up here, repeatedly deleting the same material they object to from the English article.

It's a bit difficult to see the whole picture, because of a lot of it being on German Wikipedia, and because many edits have been redacted due to them adding large amounts of copyrighted material from the museum. I got involved with the article when I discovered and fixed the copyright infringement here, and then also in the German article. It's mostly a clean-up operation for me. Anyway, I'm not sure how to proceed, in one sense it's about a couple of particular edits right now, but it's part of a larger pattern of POV advocating and edit warring. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks! --IamNotU (talk) 03:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

IamNotU, I would start a new discussion on the article's talk page regarding the user's edits and explain exactly why the user's changes are concerning you, and provide your input and thoughts. Make sure to ping the user in the new discussion and leave them a new message to notify them on their user talk page. Make a legitimate and fair attempt to try and discuss this issue with the user. I know that you've left the user a warning about removing templates from that article, but there aren't any discussions or warnings regarding the POV concerns and editing dispute - you should make those attempts in order to both try and help the user, and provide diffs if your attempts are made to no avail. To quote a response I made on my user talk page just a few hours ago and to someone requesting similar advice:

"The thing I usually state to editors who ask for 3RR and edit warring advice when it comes to reporting users - (if anything and all else aside) think of the messages you leave on the user's talk page and the discussions you start on the article's talk page as documentation. If it comes down to having to report the user to AN3, you have diffs to show that you've tried discussing the issues and asking them to participate, and they chose not to and instead kept reverting things on the article. Not being able to provide those diffs in an AN3 makes it harder for an admin to review and enforce. And keeping yourself out of 3RR and keeping clean from that pitfall will assure that you're not blocked for the same thing (remember WP:BOOMERANG)."

I hope that my response here provided you with at least some help and guidance. Edit warring, 3RR, and situations like this can easily (and often) fall into those weird and difficult "grey areas", so I understand how frustrating and somewhat challenging it may be to properly address the dispute and resolve the issue. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do for you, or if you have any more questions or need more input or advice - I'll be more than happy to do so. Keep me posted, and if things fly off the handle or go off the walls, definitely let me know so I can step in. I wish you well, that the issue gets resolved peacefully and frustration-free for all, and (of course) happy editing :-). Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:24, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice! You're right, although there's been a lot of discussion of POV and edit warring problems, it's been on the German Wikipedia. I haven't been involved with it. I can see that can't really be taken into consideration on English Wikipedia. I'll open a discussion on the talk page. Thanks also for the intervention. I never know what to do when someone edits against policy and doesn't follow WP:BRD. I haven't actually encountered it very often... I've usually given up after a couple of reverts, so it doesn't get to the 3RR stage. But then it ends up with unencyclopedic changes in the article, because they're willing to edit war and I'm not. Should I just leave it that way, until a discussion or dispute resolution plays out? Or is it a good idea to ask an admin to intervene, as you've done? Or something else? --IamNotU (talk) 16:48, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

IamNotU - If the edits are vandalism or absolutely bad-faith edits or disruption that's exempt from being considered "edit warring" or 3RR, then revert the repeated vandalism and report it so we can take care of it ;-). You won't be blocked for edit warring if what you're reverting is blatant or obvious trolling or something bad-faith. If it doesn't fall into that list of exemptions or if you're not sure, then just hang back if your edits are going to be in the "edit war territory" and don't edit war. Avoid letting yourself inadvertently get sucked into that hole... it's easy to do, trust me ;-). If you violate 3RR or engage in the same back-and-fourth behavior and the issue is seen purely as a content dispute by an admin and not as disruption, you risk also being blocked - which would absolutely suck and wouldn't be good to have happen :-). If it means leaving their "questionable but not 3RR exempt" changes live, then do it. If anything, someone else will revert the changes. Remember: there's no deadline or rush - don't let yourself think or react as if this weren't so ;-). I've done this a handful of times in the past, and there were situations that I realized later that I actually made worse by letting myself "get into the rush" of "fixing things" too quickly.

If the rabbit hole of "the grey area" goes deeper and you've done what I recommended in my previous response above (you created user talk page warnings about the edits, created an article talk page discussion and pinged the user, notified the user on their user talk page and linked them to it, and warned them for edit warring) and they still continue to go about their business and disruptively edit the article (even if it's not within "3RR territory" or if it's what many users refer to as "slow edit warring" or "slow 3RR")... if they're edit warring, then they're edit warring; report them to WP:AN3 and include diffs to all of your attempts to try and discuss the issue with the user. It'll make enforcement easy and an admin will quickly see that you're making a legit report and not falling prey to any pitfalls or boomerangs.

And of course, if the edits fall further down the "grey area" rabbit hole (lol) and you don't feel confident with creating an edit warring report for the situation but you feel like it should reported, just go to WP:ANI and file a report there :-). And, of course, if it really comes down to it and you're absolutely not sure - hit me up on my talk page and ask (just like you've did today). I'll be happy to take a look and point you in the right direction. Just remember that it's always better to not do something and to ask for help even if you're slightly unsure, than to risk it and just perform the action without being 100% certain. Nobody is going to think less of you or talk down to you (I certainly won't do that) for asking questions or asking for help. There are no stupid questions or requests! If you have any more questions or would like input or advice on any additional situations or hypothetical grey areas, let me know and I'll be happy to help! Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:32, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Need it

But Chandrasekhar limit is world wide known. If you ask proof for this it is like asking is e=mc square true. Bro it is physics from where should I get you the proof. I want this wikipedia to become the source of proof. So plz let me keep my content in wiki. Plz I plead u. And by the way your hair is crazy bro.Pranith cr (talk) 11:06, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - HA! Thanks for the comment on the hair - I'll take it as a compliment ;-). I understand that you feel that this information is common, but more than one user has challenged your addition of this content. Please understand that the burden and responsibility to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores content or material. It's easy - just find a reference to a reliable source that verifies your statement, then cite it alongside the content you want to add. If it's common knowledge, references that are reliable and peer-reviewed should be easy to find. If you need help with how to add references and citations properly, refer to this guideline for help. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I appreciate your civility and the fact that you're asking for help rather than resorting to disruptive behavior such as edit warring. It means a lot :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

Why do you feel my recent edit to Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling seemed less than neutral?

Did I write anything incorrect or false? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.7.131.178 (talk) 12:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! My concern was just with the changes you made here, where you add content referring to the school "one of the best" without including any kind of reference, and also referring it to as "renouned". This change appears to shift the wording away from being neutral, which is what we want the wording on all articles to reflect. I've kept your previous changes, however, which appear to add content about the school's history and other content - just make sure to cite sources where possible. If you have any more questions, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you further. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:19, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Block notice

I remember quite clearly my first block notice. I was new at RCP, quite indignant, and it took me a moment to realize I was not actually blocked.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 13:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Dlohcierekim - If you're referring to this hilarity, it's definitely not the first... "block notice" I've received. If block notifications left by trolls and LTA socks counted as a block in the log for me... I'd... Oh man, I'd have one hell of a rap sheet LOL ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

That's the best ever. I think they are just jealous.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 14:11, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't know why in the world anyone would want to be jealous of anything about me, but... alright I guess :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism, page blaning, and sock puppetry? You already have one hell of a rap sheet, going all the way back to 1970! —AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 14:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Touché, AntiCompositeNumber...Touché ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

All admins get these - either from close colleagues or vandals "having a giraffe". Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Source

https://www.britannica.com/science/Chandrasekhar-limit this is the source for the proof . At least am I allowed now to edit.Pranith cr (talk) 15:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Pranith cr - Of course you're allowed to edit :-). Just because someone asked you for a reference so we can verify the content added doesn't mean that you're in any kind of trouble... haha. Thanks for the reference - I went ahead and restored the content you added and added the reference as a citation for you (you can view the edit diff here - we're all set! Let me know if you have questions and I'll happily answer them. Thanks again for following up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:54, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much and also thanks for editing by yourselfPranith cr (talk) 16:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - You're quite welcome; always happy to lend a hand :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

How

How to create a article I want to create a article name -Why is pulling preferred over pushingPranith cr (talk) 16:07, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - I think you should start by completing Wikipedia's new user tutorial before you begin creating any articles. It will provide you with a significant amount of guides, walkthroughs, and help with important things that you should know about and be introduced to. Complete the entire tutorial, and let me know if you still have questions regarding the creation of a new article. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

RCB

I am a fan since 10 years. SYED SUHEB (talk) 17:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

LaRue Martin

Reverted page on LaRue Martin because many of the changes you reverted to were incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.17.197.8 (talk) 17:11, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, that might have been vandalism that you restored. See https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/larue-martin-1.html, for example. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Closing ANI discussions

Don't mean to be a stick in the mud, but this discussion had reached a natural end. Was it important to actually put an archive template on it? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:39, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ritchie333. I closed the discussion in order to make things easier for other admins that go through the ANI looking for open discussions to read through. Having it "closed" and marked and shaded as such quickly tells the user this if they're not interested in reading discussions that are closed. If anything, it's part of the discussion process in that it's formally closed and can be archived. And no, you're not a stick in the mud for asking :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:40, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

49ers

But it is true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedudeofdude (talk • contribs) 18:35, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

BBC IP vandal

Hello Oswah, I'm sorry to bother you again, but the BBC IP vandal appears to be block evading by making the same unsourced changes to BBC articles as previous 86.9.95.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Mainly from exactly the same part of the UK, this type of evading has happened before. Can I leave with you please for firm action? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 19:51, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - I've blocked the IP for 72 hours for the repeated addition of unreferenced content. Please let me know if anything else shows up and I'll be happy to take a look. Alternatively, you're welcome to report IP disruption and block evasion to WP:AIV if I'm not active. This will place the report on a page that's watched and patrolled by many admins, and will probably result in the issue being handled faster than I can do it ;-). Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. Will report to WP:AIV if disruption continues. Have a good weekend. David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - No problem! You're welcome to message me here any time you need to - don't hesitate to do so if you have any questions. I wish you a great weekend as well and happy editing :-). Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

Other than accessing Ohio state birth records, and finding several other online sources that verify the Date of Birth for this article, what else needs to be referenced. There are Arizona public records to corroborate the information as well as United States Archives. I tried to add three different online sources and you knocked then all down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pieson (talk • contribs) 23:29, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Pieson - The source cited in the article (located here - WARNING: A PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGE IS ON THAT PAGE) says that her birthdate is on September 14, 1979. Your changes to the article here and here don't reference any sources that are reliable or verifiable - the familysearch homepage and a link to someone's mylife account do not constitute as reliable sources at all - especially when adding or changing content to articles that are biographies of living people. Please review Wikipedia's policies on biographies of living people, as well as how to identify reliable sources (both links are provided for you here to those pages), and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:41, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel article.

I've twice attempted to correct the paragraph that says Los is Los Angeles, but both times you've reverted it and accused me of making unproductive edits. My edits are not vandalism, practice edits, or otherwise unproductive in any way whatsoever. Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel takes place entirely within the borders of Texas, and Los Angeles is in California. Los Ybanez, Texas is the real location of Los. I don't know how you got the idea that my edit was anything other than a simple correction, but you were obviously misinformed. 75.86.83.210 (talk) 01:25, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, shit... that was my bad. I apologize for the mistake on my part - I thought you were changing "Angeles" to "Ybanez" to edit test or something of that sort... I see a lot of editors who change words like that and replace them to be their first name, random words, or other random nonsense - and I thought that this is what you were doing. Clearly, I was not correct with these thoughts. I've restored the article and your changes, and I sincerely apologize for the screw up. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:32, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Re

The edits for Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has error for template and the language is made error, so it was a deliberate error. --Cyrus noto3at bulaga (Talk to me) 02:08, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for responding and for letting me know. If it's vandalism, fine by me... I just wanted to check and ask :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:11, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

excuse me i wrote fact in india verna had won 2018 car of the year pls stop this nonsense things — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaguar adarsh (talk • contribs) 07:33, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

About the change I made to Condola Rashad

Hi Oshwah,

The reason I made that change is because Condola Rashad's page has misspelled the character she plays in the tv series Billions in two locations. If you go to Billions' wikipedia page and look elsewhere online- you will find that the character she plays name is Kate Sacker not Kate Sacher. So I was attempting to correct the mistakes to her page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.46.104.15 (talk) 08:13, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

If that's the case, then please accept my apologies for the confusion and feel free to resolve the issue as you've been doing. If you have any questions or need any help, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:13, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

can't believe what you have done.

I can't believe what you have done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gudodo (talk • contribs) 08:15, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Mon semblable! Mon frère!--Dlohcierekim (talk) 08:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

I'm updating my own resume as it has been incorrect for a long time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.160.34.222 (talk • contribs) 8:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

This is very problematic! You can't add unreferenced content to a biography of a living person like that... Your claim of being this person can't be verified here, and they do not change the fact that edits must follow and be in compliance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I'm sorry, but I must undo the changes you've made to the article. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for the message :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:59, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

I think you had made a mistake on the page about Grapefruits. Where I come from the Grapefruits are known as the Zekefruits and are highly respected as a fruit. Could we arrange to have a paragraph about what it is called in my homeland? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EzekielB (talk • contribs) 10:09, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Tutorial

The new user tutorial isn't working in my tab nor in one plus phone so how should I learn it.Pranith cr (talk) 10:50, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

See my responses below. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Are you there?Pranith cr (talk) 11:32, 10 March 2018 (UTC) Pranith cr (talk) 11:32, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - I'm still here. Are you saying that your using a mobile device? If you're not able to access the desktop version of Wikipedia, going through that tutorial I linked you will probably be difficult to do. I haven't tried doing so over the mobile site. What problems are you having exactly? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:34, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

== Stats ==12:20, 10 March 2018 (UTC)~

I was clicking on the missions and nothing appeared except for the stats were increasingPranith cr (talk) 11:40, 10 March 2018 (UTC) Pranith cr (talk) 11:40, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - I think you're going to have difficulties completing the tutorial over a mobile connection and through the mobile version of the website. Do you have a desktop or equivalent device where you can access the desktop version of the website and complete the tutorial? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:12, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Of course. Oh, we weren't. What is the first thing someone does when you say, "don't look at me"?--Dlohcierekim (talk) 12:57, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr (talk) 12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC) Pranith cr (talk) 12:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

i can not include a citation for the edit on dom smith because it was stated via jess herself and not officially publish other than facebook — Preceding unsigned comment added by RyanJoshua1998 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)@RyanJoshua1998: You could possibly cite with a link to that. Alas, that is not a wp:reliable source.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 12:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Unblock of new editor

I've unblocked User:Jbxviii, who is a new user at an edit-a-thon. This is a person, not an organization, and the link was just to their personal website, which lots of userpages have.--Pharos (talk) 17:50, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Pharos - Thank you for unblocking that user and for letting me know. I could have sworn that there was something that led me to conclude that the username was of an organization... Oh well. What's most important is that the user can edit and participate in the edit-a-thon. Thank you for resolving the situation so that the user can contribute - I appreciate it very much. I wish you a great weekend and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:53, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

label bare References

Hi please label the bares reference that are on this page [5]. thank you (45.116.232.1 (talk) 18:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC))

Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message here. I see that there may be some issues regarding some edits being made to the article. It looks like you've fixed the specific things that I saw which led me to think that your edit here was attempting to test changes. I accidentally reverted all of your changes instead of just this one - I apologize for that! It looks like you've since improved everything since then, which is good to see. I took a look at the article to try and figure out what you needed help with, and I noticed that there were extra reference tags inserted that didn't need to be there and fixed that for you - was this what you were asking for help with exactly? Or do you also need help elsewhere? Please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:22, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

I removed the previous reply here by someone else as that was clearly not me, LOL! Thank you so much, yes you've addressed it. Thanks once again (45.116.232.1 (talk) 20:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC))

Wan Abdul Muiz Wan Abdul Aziz

Dear, Oshwah. This is regarding, the page that i put up on Wan Abdul Muiz Wan Abdul Aziz. how can i improve the page as He is a national sports person in tennis as he has represented the Malaysia's National Team and also played in ATP events. by the way, you have cool hair. Cheers.

Thanks and Regards. Rachel Feyenoord (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC) Rachel Feyenoord

Rachel Feyenoord - HAHAHA... thanks for the compliment about the hair... it's got a mind of it's own ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:06, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks and wishing you a good day. Rachel Feyenoord (talk) 09:54, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Rachel Feyenoord

Rachel Feyenoord - Do you still need help with your question? Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:58, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

i have already put the page under a draft and lets see how it goes. thanks again. Cheers. Rachel Feyenoord (talk) 10:02, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Rachel Feyenoord

Rachel Feyenoord - No problem; always happy to help ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:08, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Cool. that's nice. Thanks. Rachel Feyenoord (talk) 10:18, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Rachel Feyenoord

Edit removed for being incorrect even though it is a proven fact.

Hello there! Today I found out about a study done of people who have played with toxic children on video games have a higher chance of getting brain tumors. I thought this was inmportant information and i think it should be able to stay on the aticle.

Sincerely GreedyFly — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreedyFly (talk • contribs) 23:20, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @GreedyFly: if you really saw a study that said that people who have played with toxic children on video games have a higher chance of getting brain tumors, then you can add the content to the article, but in the right place (where you had put it was not) and remember to cite your sources, that is, to provide a link to your reference between <ref></ref> tags. L293D (☎ • ✎) 23:27, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

What L293D said. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:29, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Note: Has become somewhat moot as this user has now left the building. I saw their final outburst (now revdeled) and to be honest I don't think we are missing a great editor of fabulous encyclopaedic potential ... <sigh> DBaK (talk) 00:22, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh darn... well, we tried... :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:24, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

As the revdeler, I feel this user may be temperamentally unsuited for a collaborative project. He lost it with a cluebot revert of an unsourced change. You did your best and better than many.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 00:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, quite. Some you win ... others, erm, not. Additionally, I am now furious because I seem (see above) to be losing the ability to differentiate between the AmE and BrE senses of moot. Not sure if this is a symptom of increasing internationalization or simply my increasing age ... sigh. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 22:18, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

labelling reference

I have added a reference on this page [6]. It is the reference #20. Can you please label the reference such as the title of the reference, author of the ref, time and date etc. Thank you (45.116.233.3 (talk) 00:37, 11 March 2018 (UTC))

 Done L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:03, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Venkateshwara Open University

Hi Oshwah. Regarding this suggestion, as all four edits were by four different IPs and I left warnings to the last three of them [7] [8] [9] I'm not sure how else I could have warned the user and I'm not sure what WP:AIV can do to an anonymous IP editor. Please advise. --Muhandes (talk) 01:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Muhandes! In this situation, the disruption appears to be coming from a specific IP range. If it continues, report one of the IP addresses to WP:AIV and add a comment stating that other IPs are also disrupting the same page and that it's from a range. The administrator will then know that they'll need to investigate the aritcle's history and determine how to properly take action. If you have any more questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to message me and let me know and I'll be more than happy to help :-). Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:55, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Tab

I have a tabPranith cr (talk) 01:56, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Pranith cr - I don't understand your message here... do you need help with something? Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Extended confirmed users

Does something like this get a user the 500 edits? It shouldn't. [10] TVGarfield (talk) 03:43, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

TVGarfield - Yes. The automatic granting of the extended confirmed user right does so by taking all edits made by the account in order to determine if 500 edits and 30 days of tenure have been achieved and therefore given to the user. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:47, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Let them knock themselves out. Wait until they learn it's a simple admin action to remove that status. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 03:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I echo what NeilN just said above. If a user is clearly editing in order to reach that edit count, it'll be blatantly obvious and we can remedy that very easily. It takes literally two seconds to disable that user right ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:57, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Should have a pool on which admin will block/take away the right first. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 04:03, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I got $5 on it being me :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:05, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Absolutely, you should wait until they've spent the entire evening making the 500 edits. They're closing in on 300. The account was created on 11/7/2016, so I'm sure it's one of our frequent fliers. Acroterion (talk) 04:08, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Well I'd have to wait... I can't turn off the user right until it's automatically turned on for them ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I've wished more than once that we could turn off automatic granting of that right when appropriate. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 04:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I also agree that this should be possible. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Seeing as this is probably a sockpuppet, might it perhaps be best to see what articles they intend to edit before they are blocked? Just an observation from an experienced non-admin sockhunter. - BilCat (talk) 04:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - I'm not opposed to that. So long as an admin is actively keeping an eye on things and can block the user as soon as they go off the walls, I typically do that somewhat regularly on wiki. There are situations I run into quite regularly where I'll choose to purposefully wait to block a user or apply protection to an article - and I do so in order to gather more evidence or data in order to help me build editing patterns and information. This allows me do things such as apply a larger block that will resolve LTA or socking attacks, or to connect accounts and editing similarities to other events and identify other disruption as directly related. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Agreed, I don't always block a clear sockpuppet until they've shown what they're all about. It would be valuable to know what's so important that one would spend an entire evening doing one-letter edits to get the permission, and it will give insight for the next time it happens. Acroterion (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Currently they now have 406 edits in their sandbox.... I've noticed that a different letter shows up in each revision. Weirdest sandbox edits I've ever seen.... There really trying to abuse the Extended confirmed user right. I would suggest blocking the user? Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:11, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Has a WP:CHECK Been done on those other accounts with the similar sandbox edits? Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:25, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj birth date

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsakhiagiin_Elbegdorj

The beginning of the Article clearly says that he was born on 30 March 1963. What's the with the inconsistency of the infobox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.40.99.2 (talk) 03:55, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

An IP user (139.5.218.117) had vandalized the page and changed his birth date in the infobox. I've fixed this now. L293D (☎ • ✎) 04:06, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

List of one-word stage names

In re Jeeva, YOB changed from 1983 to 1984 per article. 68.175.107.186 (talk) 03:59, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message here and for the explanation. I highly recommend also adding a reference, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt in the meantime. I've restored your changes to the article and have removed the subsequent warning on your user talk page. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you. I wish you a great weekend and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:02, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

James Allsup

Hey Oshwah,

Thank you for protecting James Allsup. I just have a small request. I was going to request indef semi-protection on RPP but another editor beat me to it for temporary semi-protection. Based on this IP edit [11] (honestly, does him being 13% Asian (that he doesn't self identify as) make it impossible for him to be a white supremacist? sigh), I think the war over "white supremacy" will always be a issue (despite consensus reached in 2017) and I want to request either a longer semi-protection or indeff. Despite a consensus being reached new users and IPs may not be aware of it/care and I fear warring over "white supremacy" doesn't have an end in sight. However, I want to note that I will respect whatever decision you decide.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The article is currently protected until April 18. --MelanieN (talk) 16:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi

Yo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabmaster123457 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Are you a real person Jakesnake10 (talk) 03:29, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Was this by accident?

Yeah, sorry about that. I meant to unedit the vandalism or the premature editing. Pmaster12 (talk) 07:49, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Pmaster12 - No big deal; shit happens and I've done it too. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss something lol. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:01, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Rich Fulcher

I just watched the episode Rich Fulcher appears on Love..it's called I'm Sick and it's season 3 of it. Idk how to add a citation yet. Sorry. It shows he's in the cast on imdb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KojiSasori (talk • contribs) 10:24, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Order

Hi I would like you to change the order of the paragraphs to it is presented in the beginning of each paragraph that following is not believed by Shia Muslims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DeleteLies (talk • contribs) 13:46, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) No indication what article the user is talking about. --MelanieN (talk) 17:06, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

ACC account reactivation

Hi Oshwah! You kindly deactivated my ACC tool account and removed my Account Creator user right due to inactivity. As I plan to get back to actively editing again, would it be possible to reinstate these? Thank you! OcarinaOfTime (talk) 16:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

OcarinaOfTime -  Done, and welcome back! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:20, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Ashi Singh Wikipedia page.

Bro, I expect to have Wikipedia page of Ashi Singh, (the female lead of Yeh Un Dino ki baat hai) but it was deleted. There is a draft, I made some modifications, but it's not yet published, there r some error, can u complete & finalize that!??Manishkumar9495 (talk) 17:30, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

How do I delete my account?

How do I delete this account or this account?206.116.3.207 (talk) 17:51, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Accounts cannot be deleted. To no longer be associated with them, you just need to simply stop logging into them or using them. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Mac And Cheese

Hello Oshwah! I'm so sorry that I didn't leave a citation. It's just that my dear friend told me that so i decided to put it! I will not make any changes to your article. Thanks for the input!

                                                                               ~Trash Can  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrashCan101 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC) 

Some quick thanks

I learned how to detect vandalism by watching your edits. Just wanted to thank you for being an (unwilling) mentor for helping me start to combat vandals. Kirbanzo (talk) 23:12, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Kirbanzo - HA! Awesome! And no problem; always happy to help. If you run into any questions or if you need input or advice, please don't hesitate to message me here and I'll be happy to answer any questions and help you. Best -

Just curious what i did wrong

Hi , I am just curious on what i did wrong when i created this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_Trail_Runners

Wikipedia had many pages related to running clubs or paid/membership clubs

We ( he boulder trail runners) are a not for profit , no dues, no money club

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogdandumitrescu (talk • contribs) 23:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bogdandumitrescu, and thanks for leaving me a message with your questions here. The article was deleted due to being worded like a blatant advertising or promotion. Things that contributed to this fact were the content being worded in a manner that wasn't neutral and instead in a way that was making it appear as one. Another part of the content that added to this concern was the addition of the subject's contact and social media information and asking readers to learn more and join the cause by navigating to those links and to join. This makes the article an advertising page instead of an encyclopedia page, and was deleted due to this. If you'd like, I can restore the page for you and move it into the draft space so that you can fix it up. Would you like me to do that for you? Let me know. If you have any more questions or concers please don't hesitate to ask and I'll be happy to help you further. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:23, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, please . Revert it and let me edit it, see if i can make it neutral. BogieD (talk) 23:31, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Bogdandumitrescu -  Done. It is now located at Draft:Boulder Trail Runners. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer then. Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Oshwah - Let me know how it looks ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogdandumitrescu (talk • contribs) 23:58, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Erika Harold reverted edits

Re: not adhering to neutral point of view. Existing entry says that her statement had been revealed and didn't include rebuttal. To be neutral and unbiased it should be noted that unverified and unnamed sources were involved, and the entry should include her rebuttal and current positions about gay adoption. Please revert back to my changes, thank you.Bikinibomb (talk) 23:37, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Bikinibomb - Are you talking about this edit made to the article? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:42, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, the original entry reads as though her 2000 statement was confirmed which it has not been. To be actually neutral (and not like a campaign attack) the entry should contain a summary of the facts from both sides. Bikinibomb (talk) 23:50, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bikinibomb! Thanks for confirming - I just wanted to be sure. While I still have concerns with the edit made, I'll go ahead and restore it for you. Thanks for the messages and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, you too. Bikinibomb (talk) 23:55, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Strange username

Here. Do you reckon this looks fishy? Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 23:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Yeah, I'm gonna call that username a no-go for me - I've soft blocked the account. Thanks for the heads up; let me know if you see any more concerning username creations and I'll be happy to take a look. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:41, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, there's this one. Their only edit (as of this post) looks kosher however... Adam9007 (talk) 23:43, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Meh, I'll allow that one... the username is certainly not the best one I've seen, but it's not a blatant violation of Wikipedia's username policy. If you need anything else, you know where to find me ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:46, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

There's also User talk:まるこめファンクラブ, which implies shared use. I think it was also created automatically. I thought accounts can only be created manually? They haven't edit yet, so maybe a block is not yet appropriate (my understanding is that we don't normally block such accounts unless they've edited?). Ta. Adam9007 (talk) 23:52, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this one too. No problem ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:38, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Hello. Please check your email; you've got mail!
Message added 02:48, 12 March 2018 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

If you could please check your email, I have a couple of RevDels I need help with. Thanks, Altamel (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

I'm looking at it now. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:49, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

300,000 Edits

Wow!

300,000+This user has made more than 300,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

 0.025% This user has performed 300,000 of the 1,219,377,755 edits on the English Wikipedia.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:49, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

U7&6=thirteen - Heh, don't be that impressed... My RC patrolling on Huggle is what makes it so big. If you take that 85% of my edits are semi-automated (according to Xtools) - my edit count just shows that I've pushed a key on the keyboard ~255,000 times while in Huggle. Big whoopty doo..... *shrugs*. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:31, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

@U7&6=thirteen: Meh. If I had hair like him, and lived in his apartment (not flat, british apartment); I would have done that a long time ago.
But none the less, Oshwah deserves an award for this feat; so here it is —usernamekiran(talk) 01:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

	Upside-Down Oshwah Award
	I hereby present the rarely used "Upside-Down Oshwah Award" to you, for pressing Q a gazillion times to keep enwiki safe. —usernamekiran(talk) 01:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

There are many ways to improve (or protect) the encyclopaedia. IMO. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:52, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

LOL!!! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Property Management Services in Gurgaon

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:19, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Cahk -  Done, thanks for the heads up :-). If you see any more talk page abuse like that, let me know and I'll yank talk page access from those accounts too. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:24, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Sega Republic on The Dubai Mall

Hello Owash,

My name is Yazan Barghouti, I work with Emaar the developer of The Dubai Mall.

I was trying to remove the information on Sega Republic as the attraction closed down last year, and very recently replaced with the VR Park.

Here is evidence of the change:

https://www.emaar.com/en/what-we-do/entertainment/

https://www.emaar.com/en/what-we-do/malls/the-dubai-mall.aspx

All mentions of the attraction are removed from the above pages by myself.

Thanks, Yazan Barghouti <[REDACTED - Oshwah]> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.253.30.135 (talk) 08:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

You should read up on conflict of interest, as this appears to be a direct conflict of such. This behavior is highly discouraged, mostly because neutrality is at stake. Please take time to read up on this and let me know if you have any questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: Warning

First of all, thank you for protecting the page. I included the information that was available per sources and the IP address kept reverting. Normally, I'd resolve it with user, but the changes were being made by different IP address, so I could not resolve the disputes with them. I am not sure why I am being warned for this. Coderzombie (talk) 10:26, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Coderzombie! No problem; glad I could get that article under control. Since it's a content dispute, I have to be fair and apply warnings and take action in a manner that applies fairly, consistently, and to everyone involved. My thought process was that neither of you were warned for this, so I did so to you both - I treated you both the same, and I gave nobody an unfair consideration from policy.... However, I took another look at the history, and I see that a number of IPs made these changes where I had thought that most of them came from only one. This now changes things, as now it's not a "1 vs 1" content dispute - this is a dispute where the user is cycling IP addresses in order to continue the disruption. Hence, I've removed the warning I left you, and will be modifying the protection level and taking action against the IP range. I apologize for the interpretation of events that I based off of the information, and I hope you understand what I was trying to. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the message here, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the understanding :) Coderzombie (talk) 10:38, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks for understanding my obligations and how I'm required to respond fairly and in a completely neutral mindset. I've updated the protection and changes; while the reversions were made by only 1 - 2 IP's like I originally thought, the IP address hopping show their intentions were to keep disrupting and to make it difficult to resolve. Take care, and I wish you happy editing ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:46, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

sir, i am sorry.but i have very much concern about kannada actress vijayalakshmi.so i put the message there.pls put my name in her wiki.so i am very happy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.253.169.58 (talk) 10:38, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

my request

sir, i am sorry.but i have very much concern about kannada actress vijayalakshmi.so i put the message there.pls put my name in her wiki.so i am very happy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.253.169.58 (talk) 10:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

A nice cup of hot cocoa...

Just for you... an Oreo hot-chocolate with whipped cream, marshmallows and Oreos! This is a one-of-a-kind gift on WP. It's a small thanks for an admin action that will be a big help. Cheers - theWOLFchild 11:06, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Thewolfchild! Thanks for the cocoa! And awesome - I'm happy that my actions made positive impact to at least one other user ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:08, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Islam in Germany

I cited a source and İlkay Gündoğan clearly admitted to himself that he's Muslim by saying Eid Mubarak to his Muslim friend. Can you add Emre Can since he's Muslim as well and he's born in Germany. I know there Muslim and I'm Muslim as well. So clearly it's correct. Evidence -http://muslimcouncil.org.hk/check-45-muslim-players-premier-league-season-2016-2017/

96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:13, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Islam in Germany

I do have favor from you, could you put my source in citations for me.

96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.119.169 (talk) 11:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Ken Dodd

Hi Oshwah, you have SP'd Ken Dodd for BLP violations. Can you point out the edits that you're concerned about. I couldn't find anything myself. Thanks, MidnightBlue (Talk) 12:15, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi MidnightBlueMan! There were a lot of edits made on that article when I applied protection. I remember seeing edits that concerned me and that's what I used as a basis to apply semi protection for a short duration there, but I don't remember on the top of my head the exact details (I have a lot going on and lot happens between one issue I resolve and another, so please forgive my vague response here). I have a few things on my "to do" list that I'm going to complete first, and then I'll be happy to take a look and find where those concerns were. Are you concerned about the protection I applied and believe that it wasn't needed? I want to make sure that I understand any underlying concerns that you may have so that I can fully address them. Just let me know and yeah, I'll be happy to go over it with you. Shoot, who knows - I could be wrong and have used my admin tools inappropriately here... If that's the case, then I will be glad to admit so and cower myself in shame as a result. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I see a slew of "reverts" and "undo's" leading up to SP.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 17:14, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah, thanks for your response, and apologies for my late reply. The fact that Dodd had died, but the reason for SP was concerned with BLP made me wonder about it, so I looked in a little more detail at the history. Having said that, I think I read somewhere that BLP might also apply to recently deceased individuals? Anyway, there were some reverts but maybe not sufficient for SP, but I acknowledge these decisions can be difficult to make at times. The protection was only for three days, so it's no big deal in any case. Regards, MidnightBlue (Talk) 10:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

MidnightBlueMan - BLP does apply to recently deceased people - usually those where news coverage is currently ongoing as a direct result of their death, such as cause of death, any investigations linked to it, etc. It depends on the circumstance. Cool, let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns and I'll be happy to help you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:48, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Lamborghini

Hey, why did you revert my changing of the image about the Lamborghini Urus in the article of the brand?Alexander-93 (talk) 22:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Alexander-93 - I apologize! I think my keyboard fired off two hotkey presses instead of one - the edit you made just happened to be the next diff in the Huggle queue and hence was reverted. I restored your change and removed the warning that was left. Please let me know if you need anything else, and I'll be happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:13, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Macedonia to SKOPIA

would it be kind of you to change macedonia to SKOPIA as Macedonia is a greek word and area and the articles is totally wrong as it is stated. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zamalanasu (talk • contribs) 22:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello Oshwah! I know I don't have 200 mainspace edits. But can you Grant me Rollback rights on the English Wikipedia, becuase I am always undoing vandalism and leaving warnings manually and it is a lot of work to do it manually. Can you please give me this right? I've read the Wikipedia Rollback article and I understand how it works. Thanks Thegooduser Let's Chat 00:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) While I commend your efforts, it might be best to use WP:twinkle for now. When I was young, I had to manually revert each time and carried my warning templates on my back uphill both ways through the snow. Seriously, I've used it for years to automate my admin functions and it's been great. Oshwah uses Huggle, though I don't know what the criteria are to use it. Hope that helps.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 00:30, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Dlohcierekim: The Rollback right is needed for editing with Huggle. Yoshi24517^Chat _{Very Busy} 05:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Twinkle it is then.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 05:37, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Thegooduser! Echoing off of Dlohcierekim's response - the rollback user right isn't granted by me just because you achieved a number of edits... it typically requires that I see a record of consistent knowledge of identifying and reverting vandalism and knowing what is not vandalism, warning users, and reporting users to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Once you feel that you've done these things, feel free to apply for rollback by filling out this form. You remind me of me back in the day :-)... if you look at my contributions from ten years ago, I started off by reverting vandalism manually, too :-)... (and don't ask why I used all capital letters in my edit summaries... lol). Rollback just requires some scrutiny first because it's a required user right for access to many advanced vandal-fighting tools, most of which are very powerful and operate (literally) from the single press of a key. But fear not, Thegooduser! You will be granted the user rights in time... just keep doing what you're doing and dedicate time towards this area :-). If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Keep up the great work, and happy editing to you! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:53, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

FYI

Just so you know this IP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:2001:8003:3D30:5900:11EF:3056:991F:F20A is an LTA that has been range blocked several times, I know this because they are geolocateing to Oceania. I'm getting ready to do a Vandal report as they have continued after your warning and 2 of mine. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 01:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Joy.... thanks for the heads up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:49, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Username

User:Vamdalism specialist Shouldn't this username be blocked? Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:12, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The username has been blocked. --MelanieN (talk) 17:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Hi there, just wanted to say thanks for all you do around here. I can't even guess how many times I've gotten an update that there's been a change to one of the articles I keep an eye on, clicked through to find vandalism, then found that it had already been taken care of, by you. I have no idea how you find the time. Just in case nobody has said that they appreciate you today, let me be that person. :) Best, Jessicapierce (talk) 02:27, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Jessicapierce - Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind message :-). You're very welcome; always happy to lend a hand! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:52, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

hello

why you delete my info on wikipedia? i dont unterstand why you do that

The information was constructive — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roobs1 (talk • contribs) 11:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

hi.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.7.249.99 (talk) 11:17, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

If you wouldn't mind...

Could you block User:Ayush2848? They haven't taken the hint. I'd also filed at AIV before realising you'd had a word minutes before I had... Ta muchly. --Jack Frost (talk) 11:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Cheers! --Jack Frost (talk) 11:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Mary Rosenblum

I noticed Mary's high school notation had no state. As her high school classmate T wanted to provide this info

Kcrawf (talk) 11:49, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Kcrawf - This is a conflict of interest! You shouldn't be editing or participating in discussion about articles where you have a personal conflict of interest with - it's highly discouraged by the community because it compromises the content in regards to reflecting a neutral point of view. I'd instead volunteer your time towards topics that you're not involved with, as this is how you'll improve the project. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Honestly, how, exactly, are you reverting vandalism so quickly? Seriously, i'm having a hard time finding vandalism to revert. Terrariola 12:17, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Terrariola - Thank you for the barnstar and for your kind words - I appreciate it a lot! Don't worry, I'll make sure to try and leave some for you to revert too ;-). Thanks again and I hope you have a great day. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:05, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Need to change name..

I suggested a edit to "Viralminda Nayanar", citing the name being wrong and it should be changed to Viranminda Nayanaar, with "n" instead of "l" and two 'a's in Nayanaar.

Being the name of the religious person worshiped by me, its wrong and pl change it asap.

Pragadisan (talk) 13:04, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Pragadisan - You need to file a request to have the page title renamed by reading the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. It sounds like the rename might be controversial, so I would file your request in that area just to be safe. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:57, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

hey oshwah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.19.84.221 (talk) 13:32, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

recent edits

Hi,

My edits are *very* neutral.

Bearing in mind the reality of social processes in this specific issue, making judgement about appropriateness of my edit would require knowledge of Poland affairs and its history. I think that this article present the Person in biased manner, not include events mentioned by me, which are essential for the reader to understand his activity.

President Lech Walesa and his relations with the Person of this text is about are very important topic that should deserve additional sections. I hope that someone will publish larger and more complete notification in this very important issue.

Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.19.38.80 (talk) 15:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(by talk reader) "making judgement about appropriateness of my edit would require knowledge of Poland affairs and its history..." You are incorrect. Wikipedia is written by dilettantes and your conduct as a user can be critiqued by anyone. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @153.19.38.80: And I'd like to point out that your edits were not supported by WP:reliable sources. Opining out of personal knowledge or supposed expertise is not sufficient. Oh, I see you did it again. Please stop.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 15:40, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Dlohcierekim - Thanks for responding to this message while I was out. I appreciate it very much - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Ndamakong Suh

You removed content that I edited without researching it first. You know nothing about what is happening in the NFL you don't even live here. I know all the inner workings and editied this page accordingly. Put my edit back. That was a lot of work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JuneFiasco (talk • contribs) 17:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

- Your edit to the article here did not cite any kind of source in-line with the text you were changing. Because this article is a biography of a living person, reliable sources are required when adding content - especially if potentially contentious, negative, or significant. Please take time and review these policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them and help you. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

jinty

Please stop deleting the edit I make to Jinty - it's NOT a test edit. I don't even know what a 'test edit' is.86.163.225.120 (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

My apologies - you're absolutely right. Thanks for letting me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No intent of vandalism whatsoever

• I absolutely have 0 intentions of vandalizing these articles, truth be told, I was only blanking these useless redirect articles in order to get them nominated for deletion as they were never in wXw history have been proclaimed or recognised as such. Also a friendly and kind advice no offence intended, I understand that you are an administrator here on Wikipedia, but you should rather calm down and talk to people first instead of harshly warning and threatening to ban them because it feels like you're being belittled and nobody deserves that in my opinion. 92.27.41.69 (talk) 17:46, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

When you blank the entire page (like you did here), my responsibilities are to restore the content and warn you about the edit you made - which was not the right way to have these redirects removed. If you have a legitimate reason as to why they should be deleted, please nominate it for deletion at MFD instead. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. Thanks for the message and thank you for understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Firmware update

I need a Firmware update software for Hisense Led Backlight TV LHD32K 366T. How do I get one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.66.255.213 (talk) 19:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

The official website would probably be a good start to finding it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Need your help.

Thank you for reverting Vandalism edits in Gaur Gopal Das article. User:Sagarwadekar is causing repeated vandalism in Gaur Gopal Das wikipedia page, even after warning message given by you. I have reverted those edits. Could you please block that user id, before he starts doing vandalism again. Than you :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NaveenNkadalaveni (talk • contribs) 20:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi NaveenNkadalaveni, and thank you for leaving me a message here. It seems like Sagarwadekar is trying to learn how things work in good faith, so let's try and offer help to him and educate him first. If things keep going wrong and if disruption becomes continuous and repeated, please feel free to report the user or let me know - I'll be happy to take a look and see if I can't help him/her :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:06, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Latest Edit

Hi there, You seemed to have an issue with a recent edit I made on a page about Gerry Anderson (broadcaster). You told me that it wasn't constructive. I have to say I disagree with this statement as the city in reference which was originally stated as 'Derry' is not, in fact, called 'Derry'. The city in question is actually officially known as 'Londonderry'. I therefore fixed the term on the page as it was inaccurate. The city is called Londonderry, not Derry. Please allow this change to pass through as it would be a shame for inaccurate information to be printed on a page about any person or place.

86.141.145.64 (talk) 20:51, 13 March 2018 (UTC) Me

I don't have knowledge of that geographic area, but I'll trust you ;-). I restored your edit to the article and removed the warning left on your talk page - please accept my apologies if my reversion was in error, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:56, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually your edit was correct Oshwah. The city now calls itself Derry (though the charter still states Londonderry) and consensus on Wikipedia is to call it Derry. As a result Londonderry just redirects to Derry and the city page is at Derry. For reference this is covered in WP:DERRY. So I've reverted it back to before the IP edit. Canterbury Tail talk 23:59, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Canterbury Tail - Cool, thanks for letting me know! Much appreciated! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:58, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism? 3RR?

So what am I supposed to do here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St_Benet_Biscop_Catholic_Academy&diff=prev&oldid=830284288&diffmode=source

~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:58, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @ToBeFree: Reverting vandalism is exempt from 3RR. I've blocked the vandal. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be that easy, sadly. We had an issue yesterday with an user who - in my opinion - vandalized an article and I accidentally reverted four times without counting. The vandal later told me I did a "good job" , confirming my decision. Differentiating between "indisputable" vandalism and good-faith horrible edits is not as easy as the rules might suggest. I would also be happy if a rule said something clear like "in case of an edit war, until consensus is reached, the original version of the article is considered correct." For me, my personal solution will be never reverting more than three times again, no matter how destructive the edit is. Someone else will sooner or later find it anyway. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:30, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(Clarification: This is not meant ironically! This is actually how I'll deal with the problem and it does seem to be a good solution for me.)

@ToBeFree: As you gain more experience, you'll find distinguishing between the two easier. And you can approach many admins if you're not sure what to do. We're happy to answer queries if it means getting vandalism out of articles faster. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 22:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

ToBeFree - As NeilN said, this area will get easier for you as you gain experience. The thing to know is that you're not supposed to repeatedly revert other editors' changes unless they're vandalism or obviously made in bad faith. Stick to that, and 3RR won't be a problem for you at all. I'm available should you have any questions - please don't be afraid to ask :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Adding to external links

I just tried to add an external link to external links section under the heading "Ventriloquism" The link I added is directly to the Puppeteers of America web site. This is a very good place to learn about ventriloquism.

You sent me the following message

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Ventriloquism. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:39, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

I am having difficuly understand why everthing I try post is inapporopriate. I completely understand that promoting one self is not acceptable. Could you please explain what I am doing wrong. I am in no way a computer expert of any kind.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan Casey (talk • contribs) 22:32, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It looks more like a promotional website to me. That's probably why it was removed. Thegooduser Let's Chat 01:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Aidan Casey - Why add this website? It feels like a promotional move than a neutral one. Can you explain so I can understand? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:19, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

A beer for you!

For all the work you have done here. Enjoy! Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:29, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Thegooduser - A kind thanks to you! I'll buy the next round ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:07, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

About my post

I m new on these edit section of wikipedia so tell me how it works and how to improve my editing !? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shreyas10goswami (talk • contribs) 09:03, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Shreyas10goswami - Have you gone through and completed Wikipedia's new user tutorial? If not, I highly recommend that you do this. It will provide you with many tutorials, guides, and how-to's that are important to know. Go through this tutorial and let me know if you have any questions. Welcome to Wikipedia! We're glad to have you here! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:08, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

One-China policy

Hey, didn't I just cite a guideline governing how lead sections should be written? --222.88.208.184 (talk) 09:18, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

I apologize - I didn't mean to revert your edit or undo any of your changes. That revert was intended for a different content removal concern made by a different user. I've since restored your changes and removed the warning I left you. To address the obvious: yes, you explained perfectly why you removed the content; Please let me know if you need anything else and I'll be happy to help you. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:23, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Never mind it. Btw, as exactly as you have said, I literally need your help. My another edit using this IP which is within the same IP range with that one is undone by WWGB who cited WP:ICONDECORATION. I'm not sure who is right about this. Could you please help me assess this edit and propose a third opinion? --223.104.109.226 (talk) 11:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Regarding Blocking users from editing

Hi, i've seen that the user with 94.185.226.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has received more than a few warnings on vandalism(one from you too) and he still continues to do so. What is the next step to ensure he doesnt do so anymore? Daiyusha (talk) 09:51, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Daiyusha - The IP has been blocked from editing. Next time you see a user adding vandalism to Wikipedia and after they've recently been warned repeatedly for doing so, report the user by going to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and filing a report there. If you have any questions, let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing ;-). Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:11, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing Wiki page on Eurayle Ferox aka foxnuts

Hi,

I have recently launched a snack made of foxnuts and realized that there's need for an update to the wiki page around the same. Since, I have never done any Wiki edits, I was trying my hands on it and came across your message. I would love to add more information around the product as well as add Sources like the ICAR research institute on fox nuts where I am talking to the scientists around the product awareness.

Looking for your help in making this happen

Parulvatsa (talk) 10:03, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Parulvatsa - Adding external links to advertise your new product is not the purpose of Wikipedia. This is not allowed. Please let me know if you have any questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Ahmed Mathlouthi page

hi oshwah, how are you ? how can i confirm my edits ? the ones you canceled — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecrirrr (talk • contribs) 10:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Ecrirrr - You need to provide reliable sources that will verify that the content you're adding is true. Please review these policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you're here and I wish you the very best :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:14, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Abuse excuse

I removed that content because it was biased and unfounded. All they need is a brief mention of those cases, not a whole summary. If one is interested enough in reading why those cases used the "abuse excuse", they could read about it on those individual articles, they do not need a clearly skewed summary of them. Both of those summaries were very much skewed in the direction of the prosecution and Alan Dershowitz. Not to mention neither of those cases used abuse an "excuse" for the actions of the defendants, but rather as an explanation. 71.167.36.65 (talk) 14:23, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

@71.167.36.65: - Sorry, your edit was revered. Please use article talk pages for article content discussions. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:22, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Mentioning whole cases instead of summarizing them doesn't make content reflect a point of view unless it's adding undue weight to the article - is this what you feel is happening? Either way, as Staszek Lem responded above - you need to start a new discussion on the article's talk page and explain your position in-depth an explain why this content should be removed. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:17, 22 March 2018‎ (UTC)

Evil IloveRumania

Excise me, but that is NOT my sock, as it is a sock from a vandal on “Polandball Wiki”, known as “TehLoanRanger”, see here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/416358716758163468/421100991669338114/unknown.png

☿ Yes, I know my signature is a license plate. 16:03, 14 March 2018 (UTC) ☿ Yes, I know my signature is a license plate. 16:03, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Message from The Equality Trust

Hi Oshwah

Could you please put back the edits we made this morning?

The previous information is out of date or not correct.

Thank you.

Bill Kerry Secretary The Equality Trust — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.159.92.44 (talk) 16:24, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

This response alone shows a conflict of interest with the content being added, which I suspected what was going on... please read Wikipedia's guidelines regarding this and let me know if you have any questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:18, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

wrong information

in utter pradesh caste demograghics the information provived were false .kushwaha community includes mauyra,saini, shakya and it is about 14% of total population please correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maurya kushwaha (talk • contribs) 18:13, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Maurya kushwaha - I think you need to start a talk page discussion here and explain why you believe that the removal of content you made here was justified. Your explanation here is vague and doesn't provide and references to verify your claims. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Welcome to Wikipedia :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

revdel, por favor

Howdy! I think this falls on the side of revdel-but-not-oversight: [[REDACTED - Oshwah]]. Could you please work your magic here? Thanks! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 18:16, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Julietdeltalima, and thanks for leaving me a message here with your questions and concerns. I took a look at the diff you provided here, and I redacted the revision text. Please let me know if you have any more requests and I'll be happy to take a look. Thanks again for the message and I wish you happy editing ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:28, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Queens Park Community School

I see you protected that earlier. I deleted it to merge in the history that I had deleted earlier. The editor concerned is already autoconfirmed. Did you want the semi back or should this be in a different name space. It's a project that was at Wikipedia:GLAM/Queens Park Community School, see User talk:CambridgeBayWeather#Deletion of Queens Park Community School GLAM page. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 18:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi CambridgeBayWeather, and thanks for the input regarding the "expanded history" of this page and what's happening with it. I admit that I didn't pull the number of edits made by this user; I just saw their edits here and assumed (given their disruptive changes and repeated reinstatement) that the account was only 1 - 2 hours old. Hence, you are correct with your statement that my application of semi-protection was completely moot as a result. We've already discussed everything needed here and I believe that we agree with each other on all fronts; feel free to do whatever the hell you want to the article, and you can change or remove any admin action I've applied to it - just let me know if/when you do so and why, so that I can understand and follow along with you; I don't anticipate that I'll care too much ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:56, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. The semi got lost when I deleted it. If the bloody thing hadn't been moved in the first place I'd have never seen it. Ever. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:08, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeather - No problem. Thanks for the message ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

UTRS

Claims to be wife. The first edit I checked I found she may have corrected an error. Referred her back to her talk page. Yours,--Dlohcierekim (talk) 20:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dlohcierekim - Thanks for letting me know about the follow-up on UTRS. I took another look at the user's edits and decided to change the account's block reason to "repeated addition of unsourced content", as the information submitted in the UTRS ticket seems to match what someone would change if they weren't adding vandalism but instead trying to update information but without any references (basically adding original research). Please let me know if I can be of assistance to this user in any way, and I'll be glad to do so. Thanks again for the heads-up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:26, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Cantonese Pronunciation of 二世祖

The Cantonese Pronunciation of 二世祖 is NOT "Er Shi Zu" but is Ji6 Sai3 Zou2.

"Er Shi Zu" is the pinyin pronunciation which is based on Mandarin. I have posted the link to Chinese to Cantonese (Jyutping) converter below.

https://www.chineseconverter.com/cantonesetools/en/cantonese-to-jyutping — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.108.141 (talk) 22:05, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for providing the source you were using - you should read Wikipedia's guideline on citing references in-line with content, as this is what you need to do. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks again for the message :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

hi um... sorry about what my brother did... when he deleted the niccolo and maffeo article (well tried to) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:81F1:1E10:79C0:42F6:7A31:E828 (talk) 22:12, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

Hello how are you?

United Kingdom Dodgeball Association - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_DodgeBall_Association

Firstly, thanks for looking after wikipedia. It is important that information is correct for all to benefit from.

I have been trying to make some amends to the UKDBA page as it is riddled with false information. I have been a dodgeballer since 2005 and as someone who is very passionate about the sport, I am appalled to see the inaccuracies on the page. It is not the truth for the sport.

Hope you understand and will allow these necessary changes to happen.

Suzie

SuzieMason34 (talk) 22:29, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

SuzieMason34 - I appreciate the message and for your gratitude :-)... you're quite welcome and I'm always happy to lend a hand. Please understand that Wikipedia is about verifiability, not about truth - you need to provide reliable sources with the content you're changing. Depending on your involvement with this sport, please also take time to read and consider whether or not you represent a conflict of interest with this article subject, as editing articles that you have a conflict of interest with is highly discouraged behavior by the community. If you have any questions or need help with anything, please let me know and I'll be happy to assist you further. Thanks for the message, and I welcome you to Wikipedia and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:32, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism

I do not have a Wikipedia account bit I have a shared IP address and am pretty sure my device has been compromised by someone in house as well as out sourced . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.255.199.230 (talk) 22:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

From what I can see, your device has never edited Wikipedia, so do not worry about being blocked. L293D (☎ • ✎) 23:12, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

The best thing for you to do is create an account if you don't already have one. This will resolve the issues regarding any warnings you may receive from edits you didn't make. It will also provide you with many benefits on top of that :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:36, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Qin Er Shi: Cantonese Pronunciation of 二世祖

In the popular culture section, it has listed a Cantonese phrase. And again, the phrase 二世祖 is NOT Er Shi Zu in Cantonese (most words in Cantonese are very different from Standard Chinese). In Cantonese, it is Ji6 Sai3 Zou2.

"Er Shi Zu" is the pinyin pronunciation which is based on Mandarin. I've updated the article again, and this time, I've included a Cantonese dictionary source.

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/15552/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.108.141 (talk) 22:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

marijuana trees

dear oshwah i read the message you sent me concerning highbush marijuana trees and was very sorry to hear that you thought it was impartial, marijuana trees are a very real concern of the Marijuana now party and therefore it is my firm belief that you should return my edits to their page

                                                                                 Sincerely,   
                                                                                       his royal majesty, slayer of lies, betrayer of betrayals, the one the only, chipmunk among squirrels  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seamus03 (talk • contribs) 23:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC) 

Revdel request

A new editor has posted what appears to be valid credid card details at [[REDACTED - Oshwah] here]]. I have no way of establishing whether this is real data but if it is it poses a considerable danger to the real owner of the Credit Card. A rev del appears to be indicated. Thanks  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   01:35, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Velella - thanks for messaging me with your concerns. You actually ran into the right person, as I've actually written and implemented the algorithm into software a handful of times, and I understand the math quite well ;-). I'll crunch out the numbers and determine if the concerns are real, and take things from there. Thanks again for the message and I hope you have a great rest of your day :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Trademark violation

My name is Lucy Kraus and I am the founder and legal trademark owner of Racists Anonymous, #4431996, trademarked on November 12, 2013. Please remove the content, other than what I just corrected a few minutes ago. This is my first chat or request, so any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly... Lucy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shetours (talk • contribs) 01:41, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Shetours: Legal threats are not permitted here, and the subject you provided for this section appears to constitute a legal threat. No one is engaging in trade using or otherwise misusing the name of the organization; the article is about the organization you refer to, and is based on reliable, published sources. Please cease your attempt to assert ownership of the article or otherwise restrict its development, and most certainly cease to make legal threats or you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. General Ization ^Talk 01:46, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

General Ization - Nah, not a legal threat. The user didn't actually threaten any kind of action that would violate NLT. Although I do understand the concerns behind possible implications with the message subject and maybe some of the words, we should instead look last that and try and educate the user and teach them Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Accusing them of making legal threats when they haven't will only do bad things: It will (usually) either escalate the situation well beyond what the user meant to say and scare them off, or it'll give them the idea to do so... so be careful when responding this way to users ;-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Creating a new article (.dev)

Yeaaah, over 9000 edits, and this is the first second article I created (the first one was deleted, of course =)). Aside from the article quality, I think I messed it up by moving it directly from my userspace to mainspace, so all the edits are visible (including the notes I made to myself while working on the draft). Is that OK, or should it be deleted and recreated, so only the latest version is visible in history? byteflush _Talk 01:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Byteflush - Keeping the history of all edits to the page is the preferred method - so you're good :-). Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Good job on the creation, by the way! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:53, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Teahouse

I made this redirect to the teahouse WP:THS Will it be deleted because it's not a 'natural' shortcut? Thegooduser Let's Chat 02:20, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Thegooduser is referring to my removal from a shortcut box [12] which should list few links per Template:Shortcut#Usage. By 'natural' I mean Wikipedia's practice of using acronyms or something users seem likely to guess and try in the search box. Three-letter acronyms may be wanted for other things and I don't think a redirect from WP:THS to Wikipedia:Teahouse is a good idea but redirects are cheap and it isn't bad enough to nominate for deletion. It would be a better fit for Wikipedia:Teahouse/Suggestions but that page may not need a shortcut. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:01, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: So Sorry! I am still learning here and I depend on Editors like you for guidance. Please Understand I made a mistake. I'll be sure to read up on redirects in the future before I make one. ;-) Thegooduser Let's Chat 03:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Can we change the redirect to Wikipedia teahouse suggestions? Thegooduser Let's Chat 03:09, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: I meant WP:THS Because I thought it like this Wikipedia:Teahouse Thegooduser Let's Chat 03:12, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Thegooduser: Don't worry, it's no big deal. It was easy to guess the reason but removing all vowels is just not something we usually do. It has no incoming links yet so you are free to retarget it. As the author you can also request deletion with {{db-author}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:21, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:  Done I requested the deletion Thegooduser Let's Chat 03:25, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Thegooduser: one of the redirects to the Teahouse is WP:TH and I would presume more people would type this than THS. As PrimeHunter said, we tend to use abbreviations as opposed to removing vowels (e.g. Tea House becomes TH). Don't worry too much about it, easy mistake to make :) Thank you for your help in improving the encyclopaedia - it is greatly appreciated, and if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to talk to any one of us! Take care, Patient Zero^talk 12:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

PrimeHunter, Patient Zero - Thanks for responding to this message while I was out :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:54, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Montclair,_Oakland,_California removed edit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montclair,_Oakland,_California

My addition of Freyja to notable residents is accurate, follows terms and conditions and does not violate a copyright. Please allow me to re-post. 2601:643:8301:D030:21FE:3B10:DA97:3013 (talk) 03:42, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) One of the policies most important to Wikipedia is verifiability. I cannot conceive of a way that the residence of an ancient Norse deity in a neighborhood in Oakland in the state of California in the 21st century or any other time could possibly be verified. Please correct me if I'm wrong. John from Idegon (talk) 07:08, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) O, ye of little faith.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 11:48, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Regarding Kent-Meridian's motto

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that Kent-Meridian's current motto is "Celebrating our diversity every day!", but the quickest way I found to sum that up was "To match the slogan on the front-face of the building." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.221.166.107 (talk) 03:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: Regarding Kent-Meridian's motto

The motto "celebrating our diversity everyday" is Kent-Meridian's current motto. 73.221.166.107 (talk) 04:03, 15 March 2018 (UTC)Theasdfguy555

no hard feelings

listen man, i know i did a little trolling but that's before i saw that you were an admin can we just put that behind us and be friends? i love wikipedia i give it $1 every fday i can brother thanks please dont shoot my load — Preceding unsigned comment added by Literacolaa (talk • contribs) 04:27, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Literacolaa - Yes, of course we can. I always accept opportunities to make new friends and I don't hold grudges - I'm not somebody who particularly cares about his talk page and if someone wants to hold a rampage on it or not ;-). I have about 10+ people who troll my talk page on average and do their very best to trash the place up, and I've been patrolling recent changes and reverting bad-faith editors going on 11 years now. If you're afraid that I'm going to hold something against you, please fear not. Even if I wanted to hold a grudge against you or wanted to yell at you, puff my chest towards you (figuratively), and do all of the things that I'm morally against here on wiki.... given the number of people who try and disrupt my talk page and troll it, there would be absolutely no way that I could remember you apart from all of the others that give me... "love" here, and try and do so ;-). Please consider yourself forgiven and whatever issue you're referring to in the past as forgotten. My talk page is completely open to you, and you're welcome here any time and just as much as any experienced editor here. Please don't hesitate to ask me for help with anything, and I'll be happy to do so and help you with any questions. I hope that you have a great rest of your day and I welcome you and wish you happy editing. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:11, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Follow up

Hello Oshwah, I am following up on the question of Blanca/Blanche of Castile. I hope you can now allow me to move the entry to the correct name of Blanca of Castile, which is the only name given to this queen in English language publications. Best regards, Poplar838 (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Poplar838: If you are talking about the French queen Blanche of Castille, then I'm afraid the current name is a more common name for her. L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:32, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I am talking about a different queen who is in fact, the grandmother of Blanche of Castille. The queen under discussion is Blanca Garcés of Navarre, who married Sancho III of Castile.Poplar838 (talk) 22:52, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Blanche of Castile is the current article location (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes. Last month I moved the page from Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castile, to Blanca (etc.) because all the publications that mention this queen in English call her Blanca. But it was reverted. I am now trying to correct that. Blanche of Castille is her granddaughter who became the queen of France. Poplar838 (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Above I made an error and wrote Blanca of Castile instead of Blanca of Navarre. My apologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poplar838 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Poplar838: I'm sorry, but could you provide a link to the grandmother of Blanche de Castile? The article currently named "Blanche de Castilee" is about the French queen. L293D (☎ • ✎) 00:21, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Navarre,_Queen_of_Castile The inconsistencies in her name in the article at present are not my doing. The correct common name for this queen in English is Blanca, as the bibliography indicates. The title of the article should be changed to Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile, with consistent usage of "Blanca" throughout. Poplar838 (talk) 12:32, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Poplar838, L293D - Did everyone's questions get answered? Does anyone still need help here? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I would like now to move the page to Blanca (etc.). I would also like to change the name to Blanca in the entry for Alfonso VIII, her son.Poplar838 (talk) 12:26, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Poplar838 - You'll simply file a requested move to have this done for you. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing OC osilliation Wikipedia Page

Good day

I received a message informing me the page had been reverted to his old details. Please advise how we can update it. We recently signed him to Jam Box Global. Some of the info on it now is outdated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Solyd (talk • contribs) 19:32, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello there Martin Solyd, I would recommend requesting an edit on the article's talk page because editing while in a conflict of interest (from what you described/wording) is strongly discouraged. In a request (click link), I would recommend including reliable sources which are secondary from the organization. I hope this helps, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor (talk) 23:13, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Martin Solyd - Refer to the above response, as this is what you need to do. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:56, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Recent edits

I don't understand what's going on. I have never made any edits from my phone. The only edits that I've ever made was on the USS Birmingham (CL-62) page concerning the Japanese Kamikaze pilot and the two photographs that accompanied the edit. Those edits were made from my desktop.108.235.248.210 (talk) 23:34, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@108.235.248.210: According to the log of your contributions from that IP address, the edit to this page is the only one. Might I suggest creating an account? There are benefits to doing so and helps us help you as then we can help answer questions like this (IP addresses change, accounts dont). (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:05, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, creating an account will certainly resolve this issue for you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:26, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Lift

You can visit any random website for a ski resort in the US and you will see references to lifts. In the US, ski-lifts are called lifts. It's not only relevant, it's a point of confusion for Brits who go to American ski slopes and ask where the elevator is. If you'd really like, I can give you as many links as you'd like. Just let me know how many you need. Hagrinas (talk) 01:42, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If you'd really like -- heh, someone hasn't read WP:V and WP:RS. It's not a matter of liking, it's what you're supposed to do in the first place. byteflush _Talk 02:46, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Article Review

Hey Oshwah. I made a new article called Proper Einstein (musician), and I was wondering if someone could review it for me. There was a "refimprove" tag placed on it but I went back and made the necessary changes. If you can point me in the right direction, it would be great and also encourage me to create and patrol even more. Thanks. The Newbie06 (talk) 06:35, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi [[User:|User:]]! It looks like Proper Einstein (musician) has since been deleted. I suggest that you go through this help wizard or use Wikipedia:Articles for creation to create your next article, as these processes will provide you with guidance and help as you build it, and it won't leave you feeling that you spent hours (or perhaps days) of time and all for nothing... don't be disheartened! We've all been there - including myself! If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

User:Pritamseth77148

You left this editor a warning as well, but they seem to ignore it. Would you mind having a look, maybe leaving a last-last-last-last warning? Thanks. --Muhandes (talk) 12:13, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

@Muhandes: Oshwah's (or another administrator's) attention is still needed, but wanted to add that I have gone through and reverted a lot of their unsourced edits and left them a general notice about using edit summaries, as well as a level 2 warning for unsourced content. (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 02:46, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Muhandes, and thanks for leaving me a heads-up here about this user. It looks like this editor hasn't made any changes for a few days, so I'm going to hold off on taking any action for now. However, if things continue and despite additional warnings, please feel free to report the user to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism or Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents depending on the situation. You're also welcome to message me any time you have any questions or need advice on where to proceed - I'll be happy to help you. Thanks again, and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer of advice. Yhe issue with this editor, as can be seen in their edit history, is that they come, make a few edits which someone needs to clean up, and leave for a few days. Every time they return, we leave them a "last" warning, which they ignore, and the process repeats. I think I even reported it on one of the boards before, and got the same response: the editor has not made any changes for a week, please report next time. I guess there is not much to do. --Muhandes (talk) 14:30, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Muhandes - Thanks for responding with the additional information - I've run into this situation many times. The thing I usually do is leave them a final warning and go through with action regardless of the difference in time that occurs between the warning and the user's next edit(s). I just left this user a generic final warning regarding the addition of unreferenced content; if the user does this again, file a report at WP:AIV or let me know and I'll be happy to take a look. Thanks again and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Despite your warning, they have been back at it with the same type of editing as before. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 17:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

TheSandDoctor - I've blocked the user for 72 hours. If the behaviors continue after the block, file a case at WP:ANI or let me know. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:22, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Space Shuttle Pencil Box

Sentuh! Kai Chek Chai Wan Suang aaaa!

Te Diesel Te Felt.

Just now what happened with you?

Te Diesel Te Felt.

Te Kiko Kiko.

Senthuh puot-puot-puot.

Sentuh Fishball Philip Wong, Siamang Wong. 115.133.18.73 (talk) 12:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Allahabad airport

Allahabad airport was built in 1919 before Juhu Airport as it was founded after 9 years in 1928

Allahabad airport is first civil airport in India as it was built in 1919 not Juhu Airport in Mumbai because it was founded in 1928 The developement of air tranport in India was started in 1911 WORLD'S first official airmail service was started on 18 february 1911 between Allahabad and Naini during Kumbh,( a famous relious festival or fair) so how Juhu can be oldest airport in India

References

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivam singh chauhann (talk • contribs) 05:43, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Shivam singh chauhann - I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to... do you still need help? Let me know and I'll be glad to do so if you still need it :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:04, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Revdel

Hi, would you mind deleting the edit summary of this revision, but not the revision itself? I believe that the edit summary qualifies under RD3. Thanks! ToThAc (talk) 23:53, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Oshwah appears to be offline at the moment, so I'll get it. --MelanieN (talk) 00:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

MelanieN - Thanks for taking care of that for me while I was out. Much appreciated :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:05, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Eli Barnes

Hi Oshwah, I can't see what was there but could you move the deleted article to my user or draft space for me? If it's about a Georgia Representative he's notable. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 01:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

FloridaArmy - Did someone help you with this, or do you still need me to take a look for you? Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:06, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Welcome back Oshwah. I hope all is well with you. I'd still like to see what was there, but there's definitely no rush. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 03:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I checked out the deleted text and it's about a different person. Deb (talk) 11:28, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks Deb. FloridaArmy (talk) 12:35, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Information Quality (InfoQ)

Can u pls help undelete Information Quality (InfoQ) so that i can work on it some more

This page has been deleted. The deletion, protection, and move log for the page are provided below for reference.

12:43, 3 March 2018 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted page Information Quality (InfoQ) (A3: Article has no meaningful, substantive content) 05:27, 23 January 2018 Anthony Appleyard (talk | contribs) deleted page Information Quality (InfoQ) (A11: Article about a subject obviously invented by article creator or associate, which does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simakenett (talk • contribs)

sima Simakenett (talk) 07:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) This is about the deleted article Information Quality (InfoQ). Pinging User:RHaworth and User:Anthony Appleyard, the deleting administrators. --MelanieN (talk) 15:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

MelanieN - Thank you (yet again)! This article reads like an advertisement but I'm open to hearing additional reasons as to why it should be undeleted and moved, and what this article may become if constructed according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines; if RHaworth or Anthony Appleyard don't respond to your request after some time, let me know and I'll be open to asking you some questions and possibly looking into the matter. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:09, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• @MelanieN, Simakenett, and RHaworth: Is this field already covered by the existing article Information quality (well established, first edit was 06:27, 17 April 2005‎)? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Anthony Appleyard - I took a look further back, and this revision from January 23rd looks to have similar content and descriptions as the current Information quality article, so you might be correct. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:35, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Not the case. The InfoQ framework is building on data science and statistical thinking, the information quality entry you refer to is IT driven with an orientation towards data quality. That entry now has a reference to the InfoQ framework which should have been linked to the Information Quality (InfoQ) that was deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simakenett (talk • contribs) 06:17, 22 March 2018 (UTC) The page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information also has a reference to the InfoQ page that was deleted....

IP:86.9.95.20

Hello Oshwah, A quick message, as I'm involved with family business. 86.9.95.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who you recently blocked for a short period is again making exactly the same unsourced/unreferenced changes to BBC articles as before. They have been reverted by other editors and myself, but do not seem to learn or engage with other editors. I think further measures are required. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 12:20, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - Thanks man, Ill take a look. Best of luck with your personal time and I hope to see you back soon! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Question-request

Hey man. Sorry for bothering, but I really need your help. There is an obvious paid editor in an article in my watchlist. I'm talking about Delyan Peevski. I find it annoying to constantly pet it. The paid editor in question is Lee-ann-25 (talk · contribs), sock master of 3 accounts and possibly owned by Lyubomirab (talk · contribs). The related COIN discussion and SPI case with all information available are still open. Can you take a look and close both of them, or ask an fellow administrator of yours who's dealing with this kind of stuff to do it? Thanks in advance. Quickfingers (talk) 19:15, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello Oshwah, I am sorry for thus intervening into your conversation but I have been literally "hunted" by quickfingers, falsely accused of paid editing and relations to profiles I have nothing in common with. At the same time quickfingers is in a possible COI situation so I started a Conflict of interest discussion against him [13]. I have to admit that he contributed a lot about this procedure, giving me a clue where to find explanation for his obsession about the "Peevski topic", citing this article here. Today I found though another one, published by the same media outlet, explaining Quickfingers connection to Peevski's "arch rival" (that's how the user himself call him) Ivo Prokopiev here. Please take this into account when you estimate the case and the situation in general. Lee-ann-25 (talk) 21:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Quickfingers - Have you filed a report at SPI about your suspicions of sock puppetry and abuse of multiple accounts? If not, you need to do this, and provide evidence that clearly shows that this is going on. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Yes. I linked it. CheckUser is complete and it needs to be closed. Quickfingers (talk) 06:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Quickfingers - Ahh, indeed you did. Sorry... don't know how I missed that :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Lee-ann-25 - Why do you believe that Quickfingers has a conflict of interest with this article subject? You stated that you feel he does, but you didn't provide evidence or proof as to why you believe this to be true... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Oshwah I provided an article, published by the same media outlet Quickfingers gave as an example. According to the article [[REDACTED - Oshwah]], he [REDACTED - Oshwah]. If you take a look on the Delyan Peevski page you will see that a great deal of the sources, used there, are articles, published by those very media outlets. That obviously raises suspicions of Conflict of Interest against Quickfingers. Lee-ann-25 (talk) 12:35, 22 March 2018‎ (UTC)

Hi Lee-ann-25 - The external link you provided has multiple issues, the biggest issue being that it attempts to disclose private information about Quickfingers (which can constitute WP:OUTING - a very serious violation of policy), so don't post external links like that on any public pages or forums on Wikipedia; it can get you blocked. I know that this isn't what your intentions were, and I've removed the link from this page. Please take a moment to read Wikipedia's policy on "outing" and let me know if you have any questions. Aside from that issue, none of the information stated there is verifiable at all, nor does any of that information constitute evidence that I can use to justify taking any administrative actions or make any kind of assertions regarding Quickfingers. I understand that you were the subject of an SPI and that it frustrated you to see this happen, but I cannot use the information you provided as any kind of evidence for the reasons I stated here. If you have no other evidence, I highly recommend that you work things out with Quickfingers and come to a consensus and work together to improve the article. I know that the SPI and accusations were frustrating, but I urge you to set that aside and consider it part of the past and move on. Continuing to point fingers back-and-fourth (especially without reliable evidence on Wikipedia that can be reviewed and used) won't do any good... Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Thanks again for the messages, and I hope that this issue comes to a quick and peaceful resolution between the two of you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello, again Oshwah I have to admit that I didn't have any idea that posting external links with that kind of information is prohibited by the WP rules. So thank you for helping me out with that. And for providing information about the Outing protocol. I've just read it carefully. I WILL do my best to collaborate with Quickfingers, although I am a bit pessimistic about his intentions. So far my experience shows that any attempt to start a discussion on the issues with the controversial article ends either in erasing the information I add or update, or in starting a procedure against me. lee-ann-25 22:34, 22 March 2018

lee-ann-25 - I figured that was the case, which is why your account isn't blocked ;-). Thank you for taking the time to read up on this policy and for understanding the level seriousness and severity that this policy is enforced. As you can read in this talk page discussion alone, those links you provided added a significant amount of stress to Quickfingers - I mean, how would you feel if I posted links to external websites that reveal off-wiki and real-world information about your identity and who you are? I'm sure you'd feel the same exact way as Quickfingers does :-). Please remember to always keep this in mind... and not just with outing, but with anything you say to another editor on Wikipedia in general - always think about how the recipient will feel seeing the response you're about to make and how you would feel if the same was said toward you :-). I'm happy to hear that both of you (while both understandably feeling somewhat disheartened and somewhat "pessimistic" as you put it) agreed to try your hardest to work with one another. Go into the discussion knowing that the feelings are mutual, that the past is behind us and is taken care of, and use your mutual thoughts and feelings as a way to acknowledge that you understand one-another in this aspect. If you both do your best to remain civil and keep the discussion about the content, and not about finger-pointing or about one-another... I think you'll walk out of the discussion just fine and after some back-and-fourth debate - you two will come to at least some level of agreement in some places; post those changes that you agree with and go from there. I wish you two well and I hope things go smoothly and that you both can move on from the past and at least shake hands and agree to be peace with each other. I'm available should either of you need my input or have any questions for me; just ask and I'll be happy to answer and help. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:50, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure how I can build consensus & work with someone who tries to discredit me as an editor through articles with false information. I'm more than confident that Lee-ann-25 (talk · contribs) is the author of these articles. because they were written during their block period. The one that appeared in 19th is a translation of a previously written article in Monitor. The user avoids answering any questions regrading this topic, didn't participated in my COIN discussion at all, yet continues to attempt to remove selective information about Peevski, and reported me for the same reason as I did, even though I did nothing wrong and I'm not affiliated or paid by anyone. For my nearly 6 years being in Wikipedia I never experienced so much stress here. Quickfingers (talk) 16:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Quickfingers - I completely understand and I'm sorry that you're feeling so much stress over this situation. You did the right thing by creating the SPI given the evidence you had. I, quite frankly, don't blame you at all for being stressed over this. What I can tell you is that I've removed all of the external links that Lee-ann-25 posted that mention you and had those revisions all suppressed for you. The posting of these links constitute WP:OUTING, regardless if the information is true, reliable, etc - or not. From here on out, I'd say that if the user isn't willing to discuss any of the content issues or disputes with you on the article's talk page and despite your repeated attempts to do so - if the user starts edit warring, report the user to WP:AN3. You've tried everything, and all you've been met with are accusations with "evidence" that constitutes outing (which I've removed for you). Hopefully this response (and the actions I took) help to lower your stress and put you at some level of ease... If you have any more questions, concerns, or need my help or input with anything else, please do not hesitate to respond and let me know. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Lighthouse and museum categories

Discussion here Is there anything to be done, or do we have to revert these one at a time? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi 7&6=thirteen! Sorry for the late response to your message here... is this discussion still ongoing and do you still need my input regarding how to quickly resolve what issues may need fixing? Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No worries. IMO, I think this is resolved. Phew. Glad that worked out! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:58, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

7&6=thirteen - Cool deal; thanks for the update and for letting me know. Glad things appeared to have worked out for you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Indef IP

Hi, would you mind unblocking the indefinitely blocked IP 178.36.118.74? It has been three years since the IP was blocked, and there appears to be no evidence that the user purported to be using the IP has been socking recently. Thanks! ToThAc (talk) 14:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

(by talk reader) Look at this edit that IP made. I see no reason to unblock that IP ever, and I would question anyone recommending such. Also, Kudpung was the blocking editor. Why not ask them first? Chris Troutman (talk) 14:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

In general, IP addresses should not be blocked indefinitely (although doing so for 5+ years is acceptable). Pinging Kudpung - does this block need to be indefinite, or can we lower it to a duration of 5+ years like I typically see that we do? Let me know. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:18, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I can't see any reasons for unblocking or shortening the block, they have posted some pretty discusting stuff and vague legal threats. The have also threatened to continue to sock with a mobile device, which they might already be doing, but which is harder to detect as GSM data connections don't use the same IP systems. It might even be user:Demiurge1000 (UK) although the IP locates to Netia, Poland, (might even operate a VPN service - a lot of European VPNs locate there). While he was a C-level at the WMF, Philippe was the most sincere and trustworthy manager I ever met. A good friend. Someone whom I trust implicitly to know what they are doing. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Kudpung - Thanks for taking the time to further explain the situation and the blocking of this IP. I trust your judgment and I'll leave things be. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:53, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing Problem

I have received several messages about edits that I did not do. I do not have a shared IP address, so I do not know how the edits were attributed to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.101.194.106 (talk) 14:45, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Create an account and use your account to edit and discuss things. Not only will it eliminate any potential issues with being warned for edits you didn't make, but it also comes with many benefits that you may find useful in the future. Let me know if you have any questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:19, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Possible Socks

Hey Oshwah,

I recently ran into QuadleTheCorrector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Inspector coole (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) who were both vandalizing Phil Sumner. Once I clicked on their contributions I noticed something fishy (or Ducky): both began editing on the 14th, both edited Summer Nights (Grease song) and Phil Sumner unconstructively using edit summaries like "fixed typo" [14], [15] and "Added content" [16], [17] when it wasn't. If you look at the edit history of Summer nights they were both vandalizing at the same time [18]. I am almost certain there is a connection even if they aren't the same user, they know each other. Would you or one of your tps check them out? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 14:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

When they edit again should I take this to the Admin noticeboard or open an SPI? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 09:01, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe friends larking about, or socks. Doesn't really matter, as they're both vandalism-only accounts. I've indeffed them as such. (See Melanie's note below.) Bishonen | talk 09:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

Bishonen - Thank you for taking care of this issue while I was out. I appreciate it very much :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:20, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey stalkers!

It looks as if Oshwah hasn't been online since the 15th. To the extent possible, let's see if we can answer some of the notes people have been putting here. --MelanieN (talk) 15:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

MelanieN - Jeez, thanks for the guilt trip ;-). No, seriously - thank you for keeping an eye on my talk page while I was out. Things got busy and I was sick for a little while, which was what kept me away from being active here :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I was sure there was a good reason. Happens to all of us. I am always grateful when stalkers step in to cover my page so I thought I would encourage it here. Wasn't able to do much myself, and in fact I'm afraid we left most of the dishes for you to wash when you got back. Anyhow, welcome back and glad you are better. --MelanieN (talk) 03:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

MelanieN - I was just messing with you ;-). I appreciate it just the same, and I thank you for the kind words and for welcoming me back. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

EDIT WARRING OCCURED AT MUSTAFA ALI

Yo, Another user caught doing edit-warring at Mustafa Ali (wrestler) added same incorrect info, If you have any blocking privilege then I request IP block even account creation on the IP. See I've warned that user at talk page. Further Remedy would be appreciated. CK (talk) 19:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Broken nutshell - Well, let's hold on for a second and take a look here :-)... the IP only made one edit to that article (here) and hasn't done so since you warned the user (which I'll add was too harsh - you should have given the user a "level 1 (assume good faith) warning" to start. Just because I have the ability to block accounts and IP addresses from editing doesn't mean that I'm allowed to do so - I can't just go around blocking accounts and IP addresses as I please... there's policy that explains when this is appropriate. One instance of editing that I'll assume was simply because the editor didn't know policy does not constitute a situation where I would block. If things change and if things go off the rails and the IP starts vandalizing Wikipedia repeatedly, report them to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism so an administrator can take action. Let me know if you have any more questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to help you. Thanks again for the message, and I hope you're having a great day :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:27, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I have a question about socking and wondered if you could offer some advice? If someone makes an edit using IP address #1, gets reverted, then immediately shifts to IP address #2 to revert that same edit back, is that considered socking? And if there is convincing evidence that it is the same person, and they have used both IP accounts before and are continuing to use both of them in tandem like this, along with other items of compelling evidence, should it be reported? Thank you in advance for any information you provide. Cheers - ^theWOLFchild 06:01, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Thewolfchild: It's presumably the same person per WP:DUCK, but it's not considered socking. That's because, if the IPs look related, it's probably the ISP changing dynamic IPs for the person, and they can't help it. And if they don't look related, it could be the same person editing from at home/at work. (For large values of "immediately", admittedly.) However, if the IPs put together breach 3RR, that's a violation and should be reported. And if one of the IPs is blocked and the other continues to edit during the block, that's socking/block evasion, and should also be reported. That's for your general question; but Oshwah (or somebody else, per Melanie above) can very likely advise you more pertinently if you provide more detail about the page/s and the IPs. Bishonen | talk 08:57, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

Hi, and thanks for the reply. What I had noticed in this case in they made an edit, were reverted, then minutes later, switched to the second IP to revert their edit back, then immediately after that, were back to using the first IP, all within 12 minutes. It appears they have full-time access to (at least) two different IPs, and can switch at will (and do). The first IP is dynamic, but they have been using it regularly for a couple months. The second IP is static, from the same area, same country, and again, the same user has been using it for a couple months. Same edit style, edit's the same areas (specifically categories) and uses the exact same edit summaries (WP:DUCK). I did post the 'good-faith-version' notice about multiple accounts but it was quickly deleted, claiming; "this is not an account" [pp]. I posted a follow-up comment which was also quickly deleted as "nonsense". Then I stopped posting there, as there is no engaging with this person. I thought the deliberate switching of IPs to revert an editor that had reverted them, giving the impression it was a different person, may have been a sock violation, so I thought I'd seek some advice. If you care to take a look, I could post a single 2K/kb diff that spells it all out. If not, thanks for the feed-back just the same. - ^theWOLFchild 09:31, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Right. I meant, please identify the IPs in question. Yes, if your diff does that, please post it. Bishonen | talk 11:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

@Bishonen: Sorry about the delay, just got in. Everything is in this diff. I don't have a lot of experience reporting socks, but I think this waddles and quacks like a DUCK. If you have any questions, let me know. - ^theWOLFchild 01:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Thewolfchild! Thanks for leaving me your message here with your questions and request for input. It looks like you've provided the information asked for above, so I'll take a look and see what's up...

For the record (and to answer your questions): Sock puppetry refers to the creation and use of multiple accounts to perform edits and actions that are against policy. While hopping IP addresses doesn't quantify "sock puppetry" under the wording of that policy, it's just as disruptive if the evidence is clear that the user is doing this intentionally and in order to disrupt the project and avoid being blocked for their actions. Filing an SPI isn't the wrong thing to do (people do it quite regularly) if multiple accounts aren't suspected of being abused by one person, but I believe that these particular issues (unless you know them to be connected to an LTA and hence to a pattern of abuse by accounts in the past) are best reported to AIV if the disruption is blatant and obvious vandalism. Just add a comment to the report and state that the abuse is from multiple IPs, and list those IPs you see the abuse from. If you're not sure if the abuse constitutes a report at AIV, you're always welcome to file a report at ANI instead :-). Please let me know if you have any more questions about sock puppetry and when / how to report different issues or suspected abuse from the same person and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the message and the heads-up. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:36, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thewolfchild - Exactly what edits between these two IP addresses make you believe that similar disruption is occurring between them - can you provide diffs so I can take a look? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:37, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah, I posted comments to this IP user which contains diffs of the (potential) socking incident. I had already tried to take the AGF route, posting the AGF notice about using multiple IPs to this and the other IP user noted in the comments. Aside from that, geolocation shows they are from the same former-SSR country, delete talk page notices with the exact same dismissive wording, edit extensively at category pages, and have been active along the same time frame. One IP is dynamic while the other is static. Could it be the same person switching between say, his mobile device and home pc, with generally no ill-intent? Sure, but in the diffs I included in my comments, show they made an edit with IP addy #1, were then reverted, switched to IP addy #2 approx. only minutes later to revert the edit again, then continued editing with IP addy #1 minutes after that. To me, the evidence shows they are the same person, and, at least in this instance, hopped from one IP to another to give the appearance that a different editor was challenging the revert, and further reverting back to their version. To me, that is a violation of WP:SOCK (btw, does that policy not apply to IP users?) Was this violation their intent? I'm not sure, so like I said, I tried the nice, AGF way to discuss it with them but got the brush-off, and so decided to seek further advice (which brought me here) because I'm not all that familiar with sock reporting. If you and/or Bishonen would care to take a look and let me know what you think, I'll go with whatever you decide. Thanks - ^theWOLFchild 04:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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TheSandDoctor - Just replied :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:49, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of my edit

You deleted my edit as a member of the referenced band...I am a novice here, don't know how to source or footnote my own self..all I did was update info on the history portion to make it more timely. ..I tried previously also and someone else deleted it...how do u source your own existence..let's get real here — Preceding unsigned comment added by David L Duff (talk • contribs) 05:08, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi David L Duff and welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, you cannot "reference yourself" or use any of your personal experience, relationships, or research to modify content on Wikipedia. This constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Instead, you need to locate reliable sources in order to verify the content you're adding is accurate and true, and then cite those references in-line with the content you're adding. I should also mention that editing articles or pages where you have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject is highly discouraged behavior that will almost certainly draw attention and be reverted by editors of the community. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the message and I appreciate your understanding. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:13, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Demos Shakarian edits

I am a family member of Demos Shakarian and wanted to made an edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.78.142 (talk) 05:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, you cannot "reference yourself" or use any of your personal experience, relationships, or research to modify content on Wikipedia. This constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Instead, you need to locate reliable sources in order to verify the content you're adding is accurate and true, and then cite those references in-line with the content you're adding. I should also mention that editing articles or pages where you have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject is highly discouraged behavior that will almost certainly draw attention and be reverted by editors of the community. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the message and I appreciate your understanding. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:25, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Your disruptive edits are damaging the Neutral Opinion.

I have seen you have reverted my edits and made the article of Mughal Maratha victory quite baised. Please explain if you are paid by right wing extremist fundamentalist organisations to do so? Or you are doing this to white wash the failures of your ancestors? Or you're spreading propaganda on Internet? Or you are spreading edit terrorism on internet? Please refrain from callous, frivolous and outrageous acts of yours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:205:2301:d237::aa8:e8a1 (talk • contribs) 06:17, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Your changes to Mughal–Maratha Wars (such as the edit you made here) have multiple issues. Not only did you fail to cite any kind of sources with your changes to help verify that your changes are correct and accurate, but I believe that your changes also introduce concerns in regards to maintaining a neutral point of view. If you feel that the article has neutrality concerns as-is, we should resolve this by fixing the words that cause them, not by adding your viewpoint in rebuttal - that is not neutrality. Please review the Wikipedia policies and guidelines I've linked here, and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for the message, and I appreciate your understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Yassmin

Hi Oshwah

2 questions. 1. Do you have an alarm system that alerts you when Yassmin's page is edited. Why the obsessive interest? You took 2 seconds. 2. Referring to her lack of boyfriend goes to credibility. To claim an entire nation is an "abusive boyfriend" is bigoted, meaningless and should not be left unqualified. The qualification is that she will not marry a non-Muslim and has publicly clarified she has not had a boyfriend. She is therefore unable to make a claim on an abusive boyfriend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎110.20.24.93 (talk • contribs) 06:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! Umm it's not an "alarm system", but a queue of edits that I patrol in order to make sure that vandalism or disruption is promptly removed (this is not an implication that the edit I reverted was vandalism or were disruptive). Your edit to Yassmin Abdel-Magied here added commentary and analysis based off of your point of view, which is in violation of Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. This is why I reverted your edit. Please take time to review this policy, and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them and help you if needed. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:43, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

My edit re Arnaldo Lermas death.

There has been no official investigation into Arnaldos death-no autopsy as yet and no proof he tried to murder his wife. Tony Ortegas version of evehts is speculation and Arnaldo is innocent till proven guilty- therefore his assumptins are illegal and defamatory- his sihgle source is his own article.I am seeking legal advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jupitersdreaming (talk • contribs) 06:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Jupitersdreaming - Two things:

1. I agree with the removal of the content that details the "death" of this person. The reference provided do not meet the requirements per Wikipedia's policies on the biography of living people. I've removed this content and posted an in-depth explanation explaining the issues on the article's talk page here.

2. Please clarify your statement above where you say, "I am seeking legal advice". If this statement is intended to imply any kind of legal threat, I'm required to block your account indefinitely until you retract your statement. Please respond as soon as possible; if I don't hear back from you within the next five minutes, I will be blocking your account per Wikipedia's policy on legal threats.

I'm giving you a chance to clarify and/or retract that statement so you don't get blocked - please take this opportunity and explain. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:13, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

It appears that you haven't edited since the message you left here. Since I didn't hear back from you in a reasonable time, and no clarification or retraction was made regarding the statement above - I'm forced to interpret your statement as-is and I find it to be in violation of Wikipedia's policy on making legal threats. Therefore, I have imposed the actions described in the policy and blocked your account. You're welcome to make an unblock request in order to clarify and/or retract the statement in concern, and (if satisfactory) your account will be unblocked. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Titanic article

Hi. I just restored a part of the edit you undid on the Titanic article. It was a link to everything that was releated Titanic. It was quite appropriate to say the least, plus it has not been on there before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.234.183 (talk) 07:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, and thanks for checking my edits and for restoring the material you felt didn't need to be reverted. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know. Thanks again and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Alfred DuPont Trust

The edit basically reflects the current,rather than former,content of the linked list of the trust's trustees from its own website.There's hardly any more reliable source than that!12.144.5.2 (talk) 07:36, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there - is this list cited in the article? Is there a better source that we can find and use instead? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:33, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I am baffled as to what could be a better source than the Trust's own identification of every present and past trustee,with dates of service for all past trustees and years of joining for all currently in office.I thought the trustee list was linked from that article,and in any case the trust website itself is linked (and the entire trustee list otherwise unsourced) in the article on the trust,and the trustee list page is linked from the article on Herb Peyton,whose outdated identification as if he were still a trustee you blindly restored.12.144.5.2 (talk) 18:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually,looking further,the Herb Peyton article uses an outdated URL and a Wayback Machine link to it.The current information is at http://www.alfrediduponttrust.org/governance/trustees/ and should supersede the other cites.12.144.5.2 (talk) 18:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Ah, there you go. This is one reason as to why it's important to cite references in-line with edits like these ;-). Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Publishing the content I add

Hi Oshwah, Good day, I would like to add more coparenting ideas and topic o this section. To help People will read this article to get more info about co-parenting. And I know that the link I shared is relevant to this topic.

by the way, I mark lustre who develop the site that I link to this topic. I hope you will consider my topic about coparenting and I'm welling to add more ideas for this topic.

thanks

Regards, Mark Lustre — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marklustre (talk • contribs) 09:56, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Marklustre! Welcome to Wikipedia! The issue behind the external link you added to Coparenting is that it seems to be to a website or content that you've written or that you manage. This is problematic for many reasons - one of which is that this constitutes the addition of original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Other concerns include conflict of interest with the link, as well as concerns about using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion. Please take some time to review these policies and guidelines, as well as give Wikipedia's guidelines on external links a read. They will help to answer any questions you have and explain what can and cannot be added to articles for different reasons. If you have any questions about the policies or guidelines I've linked you, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:06, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Changes- Arjun Kanungo

Hi,

I need to edit the part that he is managed by Sony Music coz he's not, You can check his official page he is managed by me now so please let me know the process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.186.78.190 (talk) 11:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Your message here clearly shows that you have a personal conflict of interest with the article subject, Arjun Kanungo - assuming your statement is true. Please don't edit articles where you have conflicts of interest with; instead, please focus on improving other articles so that neutrality and verifiability aren't compromised in any way. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:33, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

TheReal[REDACTED - Oshwah]

I emailed support and said this: if you need anything else please let me know, I am trying to get verified by twitter and deleting my edits definitely isn’t helping:( Hey, I appreciate your trying to protect me but I am indeed the real [REDACTED - Oshwah] and the reason I went with “the real” is because someone already has my name. You can verify both [REDACTED - Oshwah] on Twitter and [REDACTED - Oshwah] they are both handled by me. My real date of birth once was on wiki years ago and I got scared and changed it. Can you please just revert the edits. I am sure you understand how frustrating it is for me to come back to lies. Also I never ever went by lana, it’s not because someone asshole reported it wrong that Its an aka. My real name which at least for now I don’t want included is [REDACTED - Oshwah]. I caught hiv doing a double anal. Also check out my instagram, if you don’t recognize me from it then you blind boy! Lol have yourself a great day instagram [REDACTED - Oshwah] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.95.204 (talk • contribs) 12:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

See my response below. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thereal[REDACTED - Oshwah] ?

Ok I am confused did you unblock me, did you approve my edits? All I saw is I had a message and got confused 67.68.95.204 (talk) 12:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, and thank you for the message. If you've followed the directions on the notice I left on your user talk page and you emailed the Volunteer Response Team, they have the proper tools and training be able to verify your identity (I obviously cannot do this) and assist you with your particular concerns. Once your account is verified, I can unblock it as well as undo the redaction of your username to the edits you made (they're redacted at this time). You're welcome to edit as an anonymous user - only your account is blocked from editing due to the username. However, I highly recommend that you follow-up with your message to the Volunteer Response Team that you sent and work with them to resolve your issues - this is what you must do if you want your particular concerns addressed. If you have any questions, please feel free to respond with them and I'll be happy to help you. Please take my input and advice and work with the Volunteer Response Team to verify your identify and have your issues taken care of. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

The real [REDACTED - Oshwah] had enough

Dude wtf you block mypage I canedit but not my fucking page you are the vamdal vandalising my page can you please be fucking clear on to how to make the fucking changes for fucks sakes!!!!12:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)~… — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.95.204 (talk • contribs) 12:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC) ok sorry I am programming retarted I apologize — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.95.204 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Please see my response above. In order to have your particular issues resolved, you must follow through and work with the Volunteer Response Team. I'm going to go through the article and remove any unreferenced content and make sure that it's compliant with Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people; any additional concerns you have need to be handled by working with the VRT. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Lara Roxx

Why are my (LouGeese) and the subject’s ([REDACTED - Oshwah]) edits gone from her page. We’ve been making changes to fix numerous errors and frankly clunky writing and presentation. This isn’t “graffiti” or some malicious intent. This is her trying to get things straight. As well as updating her current activities. There are no copyright issues I can see. And further links I was going to add today can verify identity. She Periscopes live every day! Please restore our edits and unlock the page — Preceding unsigned comment added by LouGeese (talk • contribs) 12:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

LouGeese - The user you mentioned has been given directions regarding how to have her concerns completely resolved. I cannot verify anybody's identity nor can I allow any unreferenced content or changes to be made to biographies of living people - Wikipedia has strict policies regarding these articles, and I'm bound by policy to make sure that it's enforced. I've already removed unreferenced and unneeded content from the article; if you have additional concerns, please feel free to file an edit request on the article's talk page and request these changes be made; depending on the content you wish to be changed, they will require that a reliable source be provided to verify that the changes are accurate and true. Otherwise, the subject has been given directions on what she needs to do - the Volunteer Response Team will be able to work with her and take care of any remaining concerns. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message, and I'm available to help should you need it :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

TheReal[REDACTED - Oshwah] owes Oshwah

A sincere apology doubled with a big great thank you. Thanks for answering me in real time. I totally deserved that block, I am prompt to react and later feel awful about my words. I am working on it. Please accept my apology <3 67.68.95.204 (talk) 15:57, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I appreciate your follow-up response, and I also appreciate that you understand why I blocked your account - it was for your benefit and with your best interest in-mind. I hope that you understand and perhaps have an increased level of confidence with Wikipedia knowing that we block accounts with usernames that attempt to impersonate other people or claim they're a notable person. Please follow-up with your emails and communication with the Volunteer Response Team, and they'll be able to assist you properly. Thanks again for the message, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

What's all this deleting?

Why are you deleting revisions of your talk page all the time? You're flooding my watchlist. L293D (☎ • ✎) 16:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi L293D - Sorry for the watchlist flooding; revisions here were rev del'd and oversighted for different reasons (mostly for privacy concerns). I'm hoping things are now resolved and I won't have to redact any more revisions... It's not something I like doing (hiding edits from the public), but unfortunately these were reasons that needed it :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

151? That's not a flood, it's The Flood ;)--Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:22, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Updations

Hi Oshwah,

I am an admirer of Aryan's work and have shared his instagram profile's link on Wikipedia Page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.106.25.50 (talk) 17:04, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Of course, and can you please redact my real name out of my first message I didn't realize how public my message would be thanks Lara Roxx ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.95.204 (talk) 17:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

The Seal of the Inspector General

Hi Oshwah I was trying to Update the logo. Becuse the the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense Seal is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General,_U.S._Department_of_Defense

And I was trying to fix the logo. Hope that Clear things up a little.96.36.68.29 (talk) 17:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

hadrians wall

i changed it for the better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.44.87 (talk) 17:34, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Have a soothing cup of tea - you probably need it!

After what you (and your talk page) have been through, I think you deserve to sit down, take a long breath, and enjoy a break with the beverage of your choice. Tea is probably as good as anything for this purpose. MelanieN (talk) 19:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi MelanieN! Thanks for the tea! Ha, just another day full of messages and fun times on my talk page... all in a day's work! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:04, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, you probably have the highest ECPD (Edit Conflicts Per Day) rate of Wikipedia. :) L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:07, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict - I see what you mean! 0;-D) Like my talk page says... did you imagine, when you became an admin, that your talk page would get THIS interesting? (BTW this was the first time I've ever been pinged to an edit that I couldn't read. It had already been oversighted.) --MelanieN (talk) 19:12, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Sigh... one of those times where suppression was needed, unfortunately.... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

My review

I was trying to explain what many people want to happen and I think you are stuck up and won’t let people post there opinion so that got me really mad I want a message back thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Go figure Joaquin (talk • contribs) 19:17, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Go figure Joaquin, and thanks for leaving me a message here. Your edit here added content that states, "hopefuly lighting will win". This isn't a viewpoint of what many people want to have happen (as you state in your message above), it's clearly an opinion stating that you hope that the team will win. This is why I removed your edit here. Please review Wikipedia's policy on maintaining a neutral point of view on article content and let me know if you have any questions - I'll be happy to answer them if you do. Welcome to Wikipedia, and I wish you happy editing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:20, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Not "Constructive"?

Oshwah,

While the term "constructive" may be one of a personal opinion, it is in fact true that his son died of an Opioid overdose and now he is doing what he can to bring awareness to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYcQ6mF1dZc

The opioid crisis movement needs more visibility and anyone with a platform like his that talks about it is a good thing.

I'm not just making up my edit. It came directly out his father's mouth and I would think that if he's making youtube video's about it, he's alright with it being a matter of public consumption. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:B450:94C0:8576:F2D3:7EF8:6797 (talk) 21:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Please see WP:V, WP:BURDEN and WP:CITE. Your edit was reverted because it lacked any citation of a reliable source. General Ization ^Talk 21:05, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Does a youtube link of his father speaking count as a reliable source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:b450:94c0:8576:f2d3:7ef8:6797 (talk) 32:07, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I'll defer to Oshwah on that, but my personal opinion is that the Youtube video can be used as a source for the statement that Eric Bolling (the elder, the subject of our article here) stated in a video that his son (Eric Chase Bolling) died of an opioid overdose. It cannot be used to source the statement that Eric Chase Bolling died of an opioid overdose. The difference is subtle but important. General Ization ^Talk 21:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok. I wasn't sure if that was allowable reference or not but here nor there, since it's his father, seemed like it would be. Either way...

POV editor (cont'd.)

Hi Oshwah - thanks for your help a couple of weeks ago at User:Oshwah/TalkPageArchives/2018-03#POV Editor?. Unfortunately they've continued their behavior, and I'm not quite sure what to do next. To remind you, Eintracht123 is an SPA who seems to have a personal connection with the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, and a history of POV/advocacy/promo edits and edit warring, mainly on German Wikipedia, which has been spilling over here. I suspect they are the same person as Nillsson, who has a very similar profile of behavior. Recently Eintracht123 has repeatedly removed some material they object to, which I had translated from the German article. You restored it here, and left them an edit war warning. I took your advice and created an article talk page discussion and notified them, etc. Unfortunately they didn't respond, and they've reverted again here, with the edit summary: "defamation".

I'm not sure what makes sense to do now, or what order to do things in. I've looked at the different notice boards, for example the COI noticeboard, as I think that's the central problem. It definitely "looks like a duck", though I don't have smoking gun evidence. I had put a COI warning on their talk page, but they didn't respond to that either. There's AN3 or ANI, I thought about SPI, and I also considered asking for an opinion at BLPN as to whether there's any validity to the "defamation" charge, because obviously we don't want to go there, though I really don't see it. Would appreciate your advice on what's the best option to move forward. To be honest, I wish I could just forget about it. I enjoy doing fact-checking and general janitorial work around here, but I rarely get involved in debates and find it quite disturbing to have confrontations with people who are aggressive and just not very nice... But it's also disturbing when people use Wikipedia to promote their self-interests, so I guess I'll try to follow through. I appreciate being able to ask you about things, and your ability to consistently be ridiculously nice to people! It helps a lot... --IamNotU (talk) 22:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi IamNotU! No problem; I'm always happy to lend a hand :-). Concerning what to do right now: I left this message on the user's talk page asking the user to explain why they believe the content they removed is "defamation" - we'll see if the user responds... As far as what to do in the long-term: That's tough... I think that decision should be put on-hold for now as we observe future changes by this editor and gather more "documentation" regarding their willingness to communicate and explain their edits. What will happen (in the future) with the article and the editor (possibly) rests on their response to my question, and whether or not the user makes an attempt to communicate and explain. Let's put things to bed for the time being and pending a response or further edits by the account, and gather our thoughts when the user edits again. Let me know what happens :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:40, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok, that sounds like a good plan. I thought about doing basically the same thing myself, but I didn't want to revert them yet again. Hopefully they'll respond to your message... thanks for the assistance! --IamNotU (talk) 22:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

IamNotU - You bet; always happy to help. Keep me updated and let me know what the user does. Until then - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:05, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey Oshwah - well, they went ahead and reverted again, and no response to your message on the talk page. I assume their edit summary reference to Disneyland is an objection in general to the cited book by Sybille Frank. Though she doesn't apply the "Disneyfication" term herself, she analyses the debate in Germany about commercialization of the Checkpoint Charlie area as a tourist site - including the privatization of the museum in the 2000s, and heavy public criticism of the director's Freedom Memorial project - for example: [19] - and I guess the user just doesn't like it. --IamNotU (talk) 01:29, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

IamNotU - Blocked for 24 hours for edit warring. He's not violating 3RR, but he's repeatedly removing the content, using edit summaries in place of dispute resolution, and failing to respond to reasonable attempts to collaborate... which is edit warring :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. So... is it ok if I restore the material again? Or is that also edit warring on my part? I'm open to whatever kind of dispute resolution, if necessary... --IamNotU (talk) 01:59, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

IamNotU - Sure, go for it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:03, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

50.32.152.230's edits to Jurassic page

This person keeps changing the CO2 values on the Jurassic article without explaining themselves. I've tried to get them to explain their edits but either their unwilling or the person behind the IP is using some sort of program to keep changing the values. Regardless they've already done it over 50 times. Sakura Cartelet^Talk 22:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Sakura Cartelet - I've been noticing that as well during my recent changes patrolling; I'm glad I'm not the only person whose wondering what the heck is going on :-). Okay, I'll take a look and see what's up. Thanks for the message. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:41, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Sakura Cartelet - I've warned the user for edit testing, although it'll probably come out as being "vandalism" in the message. Regardless, this user needs to stop and either explain what they're doing or ask for help. Let me know if you see edits continue from this user and I'll take another look. As you can see by looking on my talk page, I have (literally) a dozen things going on at the same time, so I might not keep track as well or as quickly as you might - so just respond here if I need to take further action and I'll be happy to look again. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

A long-term IP vandal - see my comment at User talk:EncMstr#Ostroski. Bahudhara (talk) 23:11, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Bahudhara - Ahhh, this changes things a little bit ;-). Thanks - IP is blocked for two weeks. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:18, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

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Judy Hallet's Wikipedia entry

I was not trying to cause trouble, only to defend my colleague, Judith Hallett, from what many of us perceived as attack on her professional integrity. I will not edit again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.11.107.157 (talk) 00:03, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I appreciate your message and for your honest explanation of what you were doing. Obviously, these edits violate Wikipedia's policies on conflict of interest and show that you're not here to contribute towards the project, but here instead for a single purpose - it obviously goes without telling you that Wikipedia is not the place for this, and your edits were disruptive in nature. However, given your honest message here - I'm going to leave well enough alone; I obviously don't need to block you since you indicate that the disruption will stop - so there's no point in doing so :-). If you have any questions or concerns about content that may be in violation of Wikipedia's policies, please don't hesitate to message me here and ask - I'll be happy to help you. Again, I appreciate your message very much, and I wish you well :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

You banned the memorial page "BWAHAHAHAHA" which was a memorial for the time the admins moved that page there.e. They are now in the village stocks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plutonical (talk • contribs) 00:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Plutonical! Yes, I'm aware of the village stocks (I'm also mentioned there if you noticed... haha), but please don't recreate pages like this. While the situation at the time is laughable now, it doesn't make the recreation of these pages appropriate. Thanks for understanding :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:41, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hazrat Syed Shah Nasiruddin

Hey Oshwah,

Can you check out this page? Hazrat Syed Shah Nasiruddin. The creator has an obvious COI and most of the references are to Wikipedia pages. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

HickoryOughtShirt?4 - Sure. Give me a few moments to wrap up a few things that I'm in the middle of resolving, and I'll be happy to take a look. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, also welcome back! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

HickoryOughtShirt?4 - Thanks! I had to take a break for a bit to get some off-wiki things taken care of, but it's good to be back (as always). I left a COI notice on the user's talk page regarding the article. It may not do much as far as changing the behavior in concern, but it at least gets the issue out into the open and it makes the user aware of such behaviors and the fact that they're discouraged. Lets keep an eye on the article and the user's edits, and lets also see if the article subject is notable and find out if it should be nominated for AFD. Take a look into this, and let me know if you have any questions. If anything, this is a good opportunity for you to familiarize yourself and become more comfortable with notability (if such a thing isn't something you're familiar with yet). I'm available and happy to help you along the way - just let me know :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:51, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. You're right, I'm not really comfortable with AFDs but I should become more familiar with the requirments and protocols if I plan on being here a while (which I do). I'll take a look. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 00:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't think this person passes the notability criteria by themself but he could possiblty be mentioned in Shah Jalal's article. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:20, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

HickoryOughtShirt?4 - Okay, give me a bit and I'll take a look and see what I come up with, then I'll go over it with you... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

HickoryOughtShirt?4 - I agree with your assessment and created an AFD discussion for this article. It might be that the creator misspelled the person's name - see the AFD nomination statement I made, and feel free to participate with your thoughts. Nice job! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Judith Hallett's entry

Thank you, I understand Wikipedia's policies and respect them. I also respect and appreciate your message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.11.107.157 (talk • contribs) 00:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Agreed :-). Again, if you run into any concerns regarding this (or any other article) that you believe has content that violates policy, please don't hesitate to message me here and ask - I'll be happy to answer any questions and take a look. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Regarding my Previous Edit

Oshwah, your such a fag just let me have a little fun maybe focus on making some edits to your name so people can actually pronounce it

Allahu Ackbar, Nelson Mandela

COI?

Hi,

I was just wondering if this username implies a COI? It's only out by 1 letter. Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 01:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Adam9007! It's good to talk to you again. Ehh, it doesn't put off a red flag that this is a COI editor... per-se... (just because the article subject isn't the kind that I typically see with accounts with COI issues), but it's worth keeping an eye on their edits to be sure. After they've made edits, we'll have a better idea if there's a problem or not. If they make problematic edits, let me know and I'll be happy to take a look. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I think it was created automatically, whatever that means.... Adam9007 (talk) 01:06, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - "Created automatically" in the user creation log means that the user created their account while on a different Wikimedia site or sister project (like the Spanish Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Commons. etc) and the MediaWiki software automatically created an account here so that their login is unified and they can edit with the same account across all Wikimedia projects. If you look here, you'll see that they probably created their account while on the Meta project site, and other account creations will follow automatically as the user visits other project sites for the first time while logged in. Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:11, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I checked - the user created their account while on the Spanish Wikipedia ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:16, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe I'm over-sensitive because I'm not far away? Adam9007 (talk) 01:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Nah! :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Si Thu Moe Min

Re:Si Thu Moe Min (soccer), see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Si Thu Moe Min, and the extremely long list of a myriad of socks recreating this article at various titles in the archive. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 03:38, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - Oh fun... thanks for letting me know. This looks like a... very very fun user to be dealing with... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - SPI handled; all accounts are indef'd and the SPI report closed. Thanks again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Definitely. Someone certainly has too much time on their hands. Facepalm I've tagged Si Thu Moe Min (footballer) for CSD also. Thanks again. - BilCat (talk) 03:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - Yes, indeed :-). Article deleted. Let me know if I can help with anything else. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

He usually create a slew of socks when recreating, so a sleeper check might be useful too. - 03:49, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - I'll re-open the SPI so that a CU can check for sleepers. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:51, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Someday psychologists are going to discover the gold mine that is SPI. Material that keeps on giving. - BilCat (talk) 04:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

He's back again at Si Thu Moe Min (footballer). Two new socks listed on the SPI. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 13:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat - Thanks for the heads up. Deleted and blocked :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Also, can that title be salted? It's been deleted at least 8 times already! - BilCat (talk) 13:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

BilCat -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:16, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks again. He's persistent! - BilCat (talk) 13:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, no kidding... lol. No problem; always happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Would you mind

Would you mind having a look and keeping an eye on Kevin Owens? I have been dealing with an IP who continues to remove sourced content and has now began to edit war over it. Issues begin here. Not really sure if it classifies as Vandalism or just disruptive edits. Thoughts? and Yes I have told them to take their issues to the talk page and stop edit warring over it. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

WarMachineWildThing - Oh my God, so many edits! Lots and lots of edits being made on that article! I added semi-protection for two weeks - it's quite clear that anonymous users are adding unreferenced content and other problematic changes to the page. Hopefully this will resolve the issues; if not, let me know and I'll take another look. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:01, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Also please also note thisChris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Kevin Owens

Hi. WarMachineWildThing is the one that is adding poorly sourced content. There is NO reason for the addition of "of French descent" in the opening paragraph and accusing me of edit warring when I am simply helping to defend the article is nonsense. It should be removed. 52.124.92.11 (talk) 04:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Have you discussed your concerns with WarMachineWildThing directly and asked him to provide a reference or work with you regarding these concerns? What did he say to you in response? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't think he allows IPs to message him. I started a new section on the talk page.52.124.92.11 (talk) 04:11, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Perfect, that's the right place to discuss this issue. Make sure that you ping him by using {{ping|WarMachineWildThing}} within your discussion message so that he gets a notification that a discussion is started and that he's being called to read and respond to it. Sorry you both are going through some stress regarding these articles, but just work things out peacefully and communicate your concerns and remain civil - and everything will work out :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

As I stated to this user, it was already sourced in the early section of the article. The content is sourced then there is no vaild reason to remove the content. I did not add the source as the IP has claimed it has been there for quite some time. I simply restored already sourced content that says yes he is French decent which links to French Canadian which by definition are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward. As stated here on this article French Canadians. If the user has an issue with it saying French Decent then simply remove just the French Decent without removing the French Canadian link and it will change it to say French Canadian instead of French Decent. I have already responded to the talk page. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" ^{Talk to me} 04:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

WarMachineWildThing - Seems understandable. If the IP user has any questions, hopefully they will ask them in the discussion I suggested be started ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:24, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

And on that matter, Sami Zayn should also be protected, as users are adding unsourced content to both regarding their storyline firing. The only difference is that we don't have a disagreement there. 52.124.92.11 (talk) 04:07, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree.  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

2023 Rugby World Cup

I apologise for not stating the reason behind my edit on the 2023 Rugby World Cup, however, I think it is time to start looking at preparation towards the venues and places of France, rather than leaving it on the information on the bidding process of the tournament. –Banana Bendr– —Preceding undated comment added 04:41, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Banana Bendr - Welcome to Wikipedia! And don't be sorry! We were all new here once and making mistakes is how we learn and better ourselves :-). Thanks for the explanation; let me know if you have any questions while improving the article and I'll be happy to answer them. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:53, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Cilgglobal

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Cahk - Good call.  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Big Lez Show

Im Benny mate. I apologize for swearing but im fucken pissed off with the boys cunt. Thanks for respecting the edits to a degree. My fingerprints are on the original pics. The entire mike nolan show is an actual filmed event. I wrote and drew the fucken show in 3 hours and comedy central dropped them because Jarrad wouldnt produce the originals for analysis. Im a fucken hard cunt yes, im on google as Gold Coast Ben Thornton bandito, i dont lie, i dont need money or anything as my needs are met by my earnings. I want the truth known and i want to fucken talk to jarrad but he keeps runnimg away. I dont wanna hurt him or anything i want him to recognize the wrong and correct the story so im credited for the pain and suffering i experie ced to bring those stories to screen. Now they drew and voiced the shit but thats all my fucken material bar season 4 and i can prove it. Thanks for not dwleting the truth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.197.81.224 (talk • contribs) 08:34, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, and thanks for leaving me a message here. I appreciate your honesty and for attempting to withhold frustration and perhaps anger when attempting to explain your edits. It's clear that you have a conflict of interest regarding this article subject, and that you also have a clear point of view that isn't neutral regarding this article subject. I understand that you have personal feelings regarding this article subject and that you want "the truth" to be told, but you must understand that Wikipedia is not the place for this. I'm bound by policy to remove content that doesn't comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and I'm sorry to say this - but you're going to probably be upset because I just reverted the article to remove the content that you're talking about. Wikipedia's content is based on verifiability and neutrality - not on truth, and content like this is not acceptable. We're here to build an encyclopedia, not to host content that's not neutral or made from editors that have issues, conflicts of interest, or personal grudges or issues with articles subjects and topics outside of this project. Please keep this in mind, and know that repeated edits that do not comply with policy will be seen as disruptive and can lead to action if it doesn't stop. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to ask me them and I'll be happy to respond and help you. Again, I appreciate your message and your understanding and I'm here should you need anything. Thanks again :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:46, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Big Lez Show

What the fuck are you doing mate? Its all truth that comedy central lawyers know about — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.197.81.224 (talk • contribs) 08:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Please see my response above, and let me know if you have any questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Big Lez Show

Fuck it mate if you wanna be like this ill sue the cunts back to the stone age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.197.81.224 (talk • contribs) 08:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You need to clarify this statement above and tell me what you're talking about here. Making legal threats against editors or the foundation is not allowed and will result in being blocked from editing. I'm giving you a chance here to clarify this statement and retract and such implication of this. If I don't hear back from you within the next few minutes, I'll have to block you based on this policy. I hope to hear back from you and that you keep calm and let me try to help you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Right cunt. Hannay will be contacting the thieving cunt and ithey and you are fucked im coming for all of you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.197.81.224 (talk • contribs) 08:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

C'mon, man... why are you behaving this way? Are you going to try and let me help you, or are you going to continue to act like this? I have many other editors here who need my help here and I want to focus my time helping those who here actually here because they want assistance. I'll be happy to try and help you out, but only if you're really going to let me. Are you willing to talk to me calmly? Can you let me try and help? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Oshwah, at some point, you might like to actually block this anon? Legal threats, attacks, foul language? I don't know what you think your talk page currently looks like: but it's not quite as inviting to new users—who will have to post below this crap—as you would probably want it to be. —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap shit room} 09:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Update: Not that I'd ever tell you or anyone else what to do of course. —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap shit room} 09:03, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129 - Nah, I didn't get that implication from you at all. You're always free to voice your thoughts here; you know that :-). The user's probably gone now but my thought behind this is a couple of things: first is the fact that blocking is easy; I was responding here to see if this user was sincere and actually had conflicts of interest and was giving them a chance to try and calm down so I can explain things - I obviously got my answer. If things went further out of hand beyond that response, the IP was going to be blocked. Second is the fact that multiple IP addresses in that range made edits to that article, and I was trying to probe and gather more edits to get information - mostly to see if the user was going to focus on adding more content to the article, or trash my talk page here instead... what was their priority? Why? If anything, the user was a troll and my responses offering help instead of jumping to the block button made them bored and decide to go troll elsewhere on the internet. Trolls love to see people jumping on block buttons and taking action; it makes them feel that we're doing special tasks and stressing out over their "rampage" - doing the opposite can have the opposite effect on them as well ;-) Anyways.... trust me: I had many reasons for doing what I did :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough Oshwah, I appreciate you giving the time to explain (not that you had to, of course)—it was that last post of theirs that tripped me. I wish you could come down my local...last time someone said "im coming for all of you," chairs and pint glasses started getting thrown around :) your particular brand of subtlety would have worked wonders! :D Take care! —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap shit room} 09:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129 - You're quite welcome; I'm always happy to answer questions and explain things, and I don't take offense at all if you respond here and ask "wtf, why Oshwah?" Yes, irate and ridiculous responses (like those) from people can definitely throw you off (or anybody for that matter), but (lol... it's sad to admit) if you're someone like me who gets his talk page trashed all the time and has pretty much seen and heard it all over the years from trolls, angry people, the like... I see through all the angry and profane messages and they don't affect me at all. They honestly never really have... haha. I see that as a good thing to be honest, and for a few reasons: First and foremost, I know that none of my admin actions are ever done in retaliation to any of it... because I really don't care if people yell and curse at me (lol), and the irate responses don't interfere with my ability to do what needs to be done to keep the project in ship-shape and free of issues. Anyways, I appreciate your messages and I hope you know that you're welcome to make them. Question me. Ask me why. Tell me to explain what I did and the reason for doing so. I'm happy to explain, teach, and help others learn. I hope you're having a good day, and (of course) I wish you happy editing. Until we meet again ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

See you and jarrad soon joshua — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.197.81.224 (talk) 09:26, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Revision deletion request

Hi, Oshwah! Do you mind sparing your time to deal with my requests? Personally I feel several revisions of Fuxing Hao are supposed to be deleted for the edit summaries of those are simply insulting and offensive. Those revisions are 1, 2, 3, and 4. I would appreciate it if you could help me! --148.72.168.71 (talk) 10:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, and thanks for messaging me here with your concerns and your requests. I reviewed each diff that you provided and determined that none of these meet the criteria required and are not eligible for redaction or revision deletion. While the edit summaries of the diffs you provided are certainly not civil and definitely make personal attacks toward other editors involved with the article (which is a separate issue that I'll talk to the user about), they are not what we define as "grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material nor what we define as "purely disruptive material". In fact, it's actually beneficial for these edit summaries to remain viewable to the public so that the community has the ability to see, review, scrutinize, and use these edit summaries to establish evidence with any cases, discussions, or reports that may be filed against the user. Hiding these edit summaries from public view wouldn't allow the community to do this otherwise. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you. Thanks again for the message and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:23, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

So there is nothing we can do to tackle those offensive words per se? 148.72.168.71 (talk) 10:35, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

There is. I'll talk to the user and warn them that these edit summaries must stop. I cannot hide the edit summaries they already made, but I can take action against the user if they continue :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! --148.72.168.71 (talk) 10:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You're very welcome :-). I just left the user a notice here. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Inmarsat

Hi, I'm currently updating the Inmarsat page with new information. The information I deleted is outdated and these are no longer new projects (most were launched around 3 years ago). I am replacing this information with new details about other upcoming projects from Inmarsat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.227.35 (talk • contribs) 10:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for the message and the explanation. I see that you've made many changes to the article and appear to be actively working to improve it. I went ahead and restored your changes; please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance, and I'll be happy to help. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Inmarsat

You know what - you deleted everything I did this morning. I'm not going to waste my time researching and adding genuine information to a page that is years out of date if you just come along and delete it like this. Forget it. Everytime I try to make changes on Wikipedia to improve stuff it ends up like this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.227.35 (talk) 10:26, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Did you see my response above? I restored your changes and I apologize for the inconvenience. Please let me know if I can provide further assistance to you and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

Hi bro i need your help 119.160.99.131 (talk) 12:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC) Can you please give me your personal contact or facebook 119.160.99.131 (talk) 12:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! I'm available here, on IRC (freenode #wikipedia-en and #wikipedia-en-help), and by email if you have a Wikipedia account. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

not.com.mercial

WHY DO YOU KEEP PUTTING "Category:Obscenity controversies in music" FOR "not.com.mercial"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:9717:6817:B491:9F09:26E7:DFB6 (talk) 12:15, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Your edits to Not.com.mercial (here and here) remove a large amount of content and without any explanation as to why in the edit summary. This is why I reverted those changes. Can you help me out and explain what you're trying to do here exactly? I'll be happy to help you once I know exactly what the issue is... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Oshwah, I noticed you had mentioned me on here yesterday, but the diff containing your message has been suppressed. Would you be allowed to tell me what you had said to me, if that is OK? Thanks in advance - I was unable to read it yesterday as I simply haven't had the opportunity to get onto a computer recently (I've been off-wiki for a short time again as I've only gone and dislocated my knee walking into a bloody tow bar! I've been resting on the sofa all this week as I haven't been able to walk on it.) Don't worry if you're not allowed to for any reason. :) Take care, Patient Zero^talk 13:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Patient Zero! Sure - let me find it and get back to you. Stand by. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:26, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks :) Patient Zero^talk 13:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Patient Zero - No problem! It was my response to the discussion here (now archived). I was just thanking you for responding and helping the user while I was out. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:30, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Brilliant, thank you Oshwah :) No problem - happy to help as always :) All the best, Patient Zero^talk 13:38, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Always a pleasure to see you around, my friend. Until we meet again ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:39, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You too! :) Patient Zero^talk 13:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

hi

On the page of Israel Luca Gois, I would like to point out that in the Brazilian wiki several novices tried to make the page, so it was blocked, the citizen above has high relevance for the Brazilian financial market, has high references, Please, the page has high relevance — Preceding unsigned comment added by BoltBR659 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi BoltBR659 - Thanks for leaving me a message here and for explaining. If this is the case, then I'm sure the article you created will be just fine and you have nothing to worry about. But repeatedly removing the speedy deletion tag and after you've been told not to do this is disruptive and only makes everything harder (including on me, because I have to both revert the article and stop the disruption, and look into the speedy deletion tagging and determine if it's correct). Just hang tight and fear not - everything will be fine :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

See? Situation under control :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:58, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

hi, tanks

Thank you my friend and I'm sorry, help me in relation to this page I will be very grateful.

Strong hug my friend.

Please review a notoriety of the above.

To which we have much relevance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BoltBR659 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

[Israel Luca Gois]] or [Israel Lucas Góis]]

Hello Oshwah

Sorry, but I dont speek English (google translate)

• [Israel Luca Gois]] or [Israel Lucas Góis]] or Israël Lucas Góis

Not crosswiki spam? See (among others) it:Israel Luca Góis, fr:Israel Luca Góis, es:Israel Lucas Góis, hu:Israel Luca Góis, eo:Israel Luca Góis, ia:Israel Luca Góis, vo:Israel Luca Góis, ja:Israel Luca Góis.

In pt.wiki pt:Israel Lucas Góis, pt:Israel Góis, pt:Israel Lucas Góis Monteiro, pt:Israel Lucas Gois Monteiro, pt:Israel Lucas Gois, pt:Israël Lucas Góis e pt:Israël Lucas Gois and also (Israel Góis and Israel Lucas Góis). See Special:Contributions/Sergio_raial, Special:Contributions/Przypisy_Przpisy and Special:Contributions/BoltPress (all global blocked).

See in https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q50826301&action=history

Cordially Adailton (talk) 16:53, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Adailton (talk) 17:54, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Is your hairstyle based off of Robert Smith's hairstyle from The Cure?

Hi Oshwah your hair is very cool. I was wondering if it is based off of Robert Smith's hairstyle from The Cure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FreakyBoy (talk • contribs) 18:05, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

FreakyBoyHA - that's funny! Not purposefully, no. I do nothing special with my hair at all - I shampoo it in the shower and that's it... the hair completely does its own thing from there. I'm not the kind of person who cares enough to put more effort into silly things like that than what the average guy would do... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Hack attempt

Hi,

Not sure if I should be saying this here, but someone tried (and appear to have failed, thank god) to log into my account (5 times). Is there any way to find out who it was? Cheers. Adam9007 (talk) 18:09, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - That's only started to happen to you now?!! I get 20+ emails and notifications every day that people are trying to get into my account... LOL. I forget how much LTAs and trolls hate me here ;-). If you enabled email notifications in your preferences, the failed login attempt alert will include the IP address of the user in the message. And don't panic; just make sure you have a strong password (and if not, change it to one now) and you'll be fine ;-). If you have any more questions or concerns, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't think it's happened to me before. I changed my password. I can't see an IP address in the emails, but I'm currently on mobile. I could certainly do without being blocked because my account has been compromised :). Adam9007 (talk) 18:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Yeahhhh... I might have to agree with you on that one.... being blocked due to being compromised probably isn't that much fun to go through. But I'm just assuming; don't take my word for it.... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

If we are still recommending SHA hashes to use for emergency confirmation of our control of the account, it could help a lot.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 18:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:Committed identity --Dlohcierekim (talk) 18:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Dlohcierekim - Yes, we absolutely still do. A PSA to everyone: If you don't have a committed identity string - get one, and get one now. It's something that 99.9% of editors (after creating) will never have to pay attention to ever again... but if you're that unfortunate 0.1% - you will be absolutely happy that you took the time to create one. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

@Oshwah: How does a committed identity work? Is it to confirm one's identity via another site? How is it used if an account is compromised? I can't find exactly how it is used in the links. Adam9007 (talk) 23:24, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - In a nutshell: Go to this website and enter a string of characters that you won't forget and nobody would guess (a password, address, -- something that you will both never forget and will never need to change). For example, I'll enter the string "Adam9007" into the your text field and press "generate". What comes out is the hash 75d38e8d075fcd0c16d827038763558f10c68805cc15f0964a82782763f095868b2fa8eaaaa8b147d6384978ba58b91a7fa12d617aa5309aab5480954f7442c3 - this is what you will put on your user page (take a look at my user page to see mine). In the event that your account gets compromised and you're completely locked out, and people are unsure if you are really you (say there's 3 people next to you saying "I'm the real Adam9007") - you just send that private string (or in my example, "Adam9007") to ArbCom or whomever and they'll be able to verify that you're the legit person by just running that private string through the website and seeing that the output hash matches what's on your userpage. Think of it like a key to a lock - you're just putting a large encrypted string on your user page and saying that, should anything happen, the real "Adam9007" will be able to provide you the secret string and it will match what's displayed on my user page. That's pretty much it. Hopefully my explanation made sense to you - please let me know if you're confused anywhere or if you have any questions. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:59, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't need to reveal my full name or what accounts I have on other websites or anything like that? If my account does get compromised, will I need to get a new string after I use it? Adam9007 (talk) 00:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Nope, none of that. Just think of a good private string, take the hash the website gives you, and put it on your userpage. If in the terrible off-chance that you're compromised, locked out, the works - you just need to send that private string to whomever needs to know it, and they'll know that it's you. If you do get compromised and have to send your string to get identified and get your things back in order, then... yeah... probably a good idea to think about making a new hash. But I hope you realize that we're talking about a doomsday scenario - I don't expect you'll ever be in that situation; you're just preparing yourself for the 1 in 100,000 that you are ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I just need to think of a good private string now. Everything I've come up with so far has an outside chance of being guessed. Adam9007 (talk) 00:23, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I just use the timestamp of my first edit to Wikipedia. Boom... easy. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)}

Hopefully it's something slightly different than that since it's supposed to be a secret... Ravensfire (talk) 00:28, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh yeah that's right... oops... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:37, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

One can always use a line from a foreign language text--Dlohcierekim (talk) 00:34, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I use this SHA-1 generator Put in your secret string and click the button. It outputs a hash string.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 00:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

@Dlohcierekim: Oh, now that I notice it. I would not recommend using this approach for two reasons: 1) it's SHA-1 (https://security.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-first-sha1-collision.html) and 2) your clear text has been sent to a potentially untrustworthy server, see below. If you used your linked tool to generate the hash on your user page, I personally would create a new one just to be sure. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:37, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

The tool Oshwah linked to (https://tools.wmflabs.org/text2hash/) is open source, running on the tool server and doing all the work in your browser using JavaScript, never sending anything to the server. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:39, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Ah, the original documentation contained a paragraph about this issue, also explaining that it is less severe than I thought:

"Web-based methods require you to enter your secret string on a web page that could potentially be collecting that information. However, if your secret string includes information about things that you control, as recommended, someone who knew your secret string and your Wikipedia username would still be unable to take control of your Wikipedia account. Thus, the security risk associated with web-based methods is rather low. Also consider that any personal details in your secret string could be revealed to operators of the website. If these factors are unacceptable to you, use a local method."

(Note that "local method" in that quote also means this page, because it locally generates the hashes and sends nothing to the server.)

I'm adding this clarification to avoid unnecessary fear - your account is not, and has not ever been, in danger. The only issue with the page you had linked to is privacy, not security. @Dlohcierekim: ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey. :) I've just seen this discussion and I wondered... My real name is known, and I have a video of myself on Commons and my user page. My real name and birth year is stated on my user page. In case of a compromised account, do I personally really need this kind of cryptographic hash to prove my identity? It seems to be a way to anonymously do so, but I have no need for anonymity in this regard. Also, I'm afraid of losing the clear text and then suddenly being in a worse position, not being able to prove my knowledge of something I am supposed to know. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Did you know that there are Sha-512 decrypters online? I just tried a test string and one of them successfully decrypted it, and I got the original string back! I'd suggest to anyone who has a hash ID that can be decrypted this way to change it asap. Adam9007 (talk) 00:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

@Adam9007: Warning: Some of these tool providers also offer an "encryption" tool on the same website or elsewhere. Using their tool to "encrypt" your string adds the plaintext to a huge database which is later used in decrypting tools. For this reason:

• If avoidable, do not use an online tool for creating an hash,* especially not one that uses PHP (encryption done on the server instead of your browser). If you have to, use a tool that is being provided by a trustworthy organization, e.g. Wikimedia.

*Update: Using this tool is perfectly okay: https://tools.wmflabs.org/text2hash/

• Never test online "decryptors" by generating a hash on their site and then letting them "decrypt" it again. It proves nothing, and it fills their database with your private information.

~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:20, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh, and: These tools can help you to find a hash collision. They likely will not find the original string if it is long enough. They will find garbage like "IDWJOIAWJDIOXY" that certainly does not mean the same as "I am the real ToBeFree, and the date of my first edit is XY and the time is YX, and this is my phone number 01234567890, and this is my birth date 12.34.5678 and I am the real owner of the account and here is some more text that makes no sense but is easy to memorize". Both might have the same SHA-512 hash, but knowing "IDWJOIAWJDIOXY" does not offer you any advantage here. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:26, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: Thanks. I got a hash from the wmflabs tools page, so that should be okay. I tested a few hashes obtained there on some decrypter, and more complicated ones failed to be decrypted. Adam9007 (talk) 00:35, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

EDIT: User talk:77.100.129.193

Hi There,

Sorry, I didnt create an account, I've done this now.

I've been using Rob as a bible reference. Rob is an ex athelete but now turned to god and more of a preacher.

He uses health and wellbeing, plus bible studies, mindfulness to allow people to have a better life.

I don't think that the Personal Trainer and ex high jumper really explains Robert.

See Facebook and search "Elite Personal Fitness" and look at the posts and they are food and Religion based which is more about his methods.

I feel that the niche of religion, mindfulness, chakras etc. is not standard "personal Training"

This was the point of my edit.

Sorry if this didn't come accross — Preceding unsigned comment added by D45BL7 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

D45BL7 - Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for the message! no apologies are needed; we were all new here at one point and mistakes are expected and an absolutely normal part of learning and growing in your experience here. Please let me know if you need help with anything and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Why

Why’d u delete my page charlie rock — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guccigangxo123 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Guccigangxo123 - The article you created only contained the name of another person. I believed the article to be a test. What was the reason for its creation? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Signing Articles Filter

Hello Oshwah,

Sometimes on Wikipedia, many editors have (sometimes unintentionally) inserting signatures to Wikipedia articles - in certain ones, they type in 4 of the tildes instead of 5 to do timestamps in sports articles. At the moment, there is (mostly) only one editor who removes the sigs on Fridays but with a new filter, probably triggered when a wikilink to the user's/IP's talk page is added to articles, would help other editors to identify and remove them quicker than just having a weekly routine of signature removals.

The edit filter won't be triggered when I add the signature at the end of this message but it would be when it is added to any article. I don't know how good are you of creating filters or passing this on to one who is experienced with filter creation. Thanks, Iggy (Swan) 23:33, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Iggy - Interesting. Do you have a few links or diffs that you can provide here that show me what you're talking about exactly? This will help me to see what's going on and be able to figure out what the right course of action is. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Some editors have done this accidentally - even the experienced ones - Will Keane, Jason Cummings and Matthew Lowton, who are all association footballers, had accidental sigs when the three editors meant to update timestamps when updating stats. Accidents like that do happen but not as often as me when I received a message about the signing articles here which was identified as inappropriate. Iggy (Swan) 19:43, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	You are a good huggle user! Thewinrat (talk) 00:53, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Thewinrat! Thanks for leaving me some wikilove here! I appreciate your kind words... this may or may not be a good thing per-se, but... it comes after years of using it (lol) and after I've added my own custom tweaks and changes to it in order to make my recent changes patrolling even more proficient ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Danny Tiaw

Kei Singer Khaw Isia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.164.74.55 (talk) 09:32, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

ANI: User:Jaco IV

I've just checked in to discover that my complaint at ANI has been closed overnight wihout any opportunity to respond. It's all very well telling me to engage in discussion, but my whole point is that I've been trying to do that and not succeeding. (I even provided a link to where I've tried to discuss it - I've also repeatedly urged him in edit summaries to discuss, not just revert). It's not that we've been having a discussion and failed to agree. This user does not discuss - he just reverts. That's why I raised a complaint at ANI. Colonies Chris (talk) 10:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Colonies Chris - Let me start off by apologizing - I didn't mean for the ANI closure to be rash or imply that I didn't care about your response or feel that you were in need of help. I think that while the responses were fair to point out that you were going a tad bit overboard with asking for help in official noticeboards - however, I'll be happy to take a look despite that and (if not take action) help point you in the right direction and tell you what needs to be done. Let me read through all of the discussions again and get back to you. I'll follow up here soon - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Why Shourya Kumar Lal page is in deletion process?

Why Shourya Kumar Lal page is in deletion process? The person is genuine and references are also given. You can even check the Press Trust of India Press Release for more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.63.125.43 (talk) 11:01, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Please feel free to add a comment to the AFD discussion; however, I highly recommend that you review and understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines on notability, verifiability, and consensus first as making a strong and well-written argument on the deletion discussion will require strong knowledge and proficiency with them. Please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns and I'll be happy to help you. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

I have submitted some references in that page talk. Please do have a look! Shaireen46 (talk) 13:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Analogue Audio Cassette

No CD, Cassette Deks.

No Digital, Analogue Deks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.164.178.255 (talk) 11:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you for making that little shenanigan blocked! Here, have this! Thewinrat (talk) 12:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Thewinrat - Thanks again for the Wikilove! I appreciate it a lot! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Marcus

See this. Bom has issued final advisory, so we remove the active Infobox. --B dash (talk) 13:06, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

B dash - Thanks for the message and for the explanation. Sounds good; let me know if you need any help and I'll be happy to do so. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Mark the train. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Seth Mullin, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

MT Train^Talk 13:47, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good to me, thanks for the heads up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Answer

Hello, Oshwah. You have new messages at Rzvas's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Rzvas (talk) 16:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Responded on your user talk page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:47, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive edits

I can't revert these, but a user seems to be adding this category, can you revert these? --Donald Trung (talk) 18:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

In fact take a look at this, I am pretty sure that this is spamming, though I have no way to report it. --Donald Trung (talk) 18:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Donald Trung - Oh yeah, man - no question. The edits have been reverted and the user has been blocked. Thanks for the heads up; let me know if you see any more issues that require my assistance and I'll be happy to help. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:49, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

The Game of Cootie edits

Hi Oshwah: I was employed in the marketing department at Schaper Manufacturing Company at the time it was acquired by Tyco Toys in 1986 (I erred in my first correction and had to go back and look at my resume). I'm not sure how you want to reference this. I cannot recall what happened after Tyco's acquisition, as I was not employed in the toy industry by then. Anyway, I can promise you it was not acquired in 1973! 71.48.114.20 (talk) 19:46, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines regarding original research as well as conflict of interest, as I believe that (based your message here) your edits do no comply with them. Please let me know if you have any questions about these policies and guidelines and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks for the message and for your honest explanation, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Rim Banna

Hello Oshwah, I apologize but I am a bit concerned with this edit you made to Rim Banna as the subject clearly is dead. Inter&anthro (talk) 21:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Inter&anthro! Thanks for leaving me a message here. At the time I viewed the page, it had a death date and location added to the article but without any kind of source cited alongside it. As I was going through each edit in the history, I saw no edits that added any reliable sources that were in compliance with BLP (I eventually found an edit in the history that did soon after). At the time, I saw that there were numerous edits being made by many different users of all account types and access levels and each adding BLP violations. I felt at the time that the best way to enforce BLP and be completely sure that no edits were live that were in violation of the policy was to restore the article back to the latest revision made before today. A discussion on the article's talk page produced references that were reliable and in compliance with BLP, so I consider this issue resolved now - but I hope you understand that the edit I made (which you cited in your message here) was to be absolutely sure that BLP was enforced.

Updating BLP articles to assert that the person is now dead is an editing process that we must take extremely seriously, as we've screwed this up in the past and very badly - a few times where such mistakes became the subject of very high controversy and media coverage on the internet as they turned out to be hoaxes or attempts to harass the person. We absolutely cannot allow that to happen, and while this edit understandably caused you concerns, it was necessary to make sure that the project and the article was protected from harm. Please let me know if you have any more questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks again for the message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Together revision ..

Hello

sorry for not including my reasons for original revision. I have now done so // sharehome is not an Rnglish-language term etc . I edited the description to make it clearer to an English-language audience. I don't think anyone would disagree that Tilsammans was a hippy commune. I should have discussed it first. apoologies. to accuse me of vandalism is a little harsh/ l — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.180.249.177 (talk) 21:48, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem! Please let me know if I can help you with anything - I'll be happy to do so. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Civil Rights Movement

Could you please fix the term that was purposely redlinked here. Please restore it to the state when the page was first protected here after Dicklyon's first undiscussed edit. Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 22:05, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Mitchumch -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Abuse of admin privileges

Oshwah, anyone could have undone the obvious vandalism that Mitchumch refers to (before you protected the page in that obviously vandalized state, at least). And if you felt that protection was necessary, why would you take input from one of the disputing parties about which version to go back to? His suggestion was obviously chosen to get his choice of over-capitalization, without having to point at his own version. He claims in his revert summary "I don't recall any discussion about terms within article bodies or elsewhere in text bodies", which is complete BS, since that is the main content of MOS:CAPS that he has been intensely involved in, and that I pointed out to him specifically several times yesterday.

A lot has happened since that version you rolled back to, including the close of a discussion on March 14 at Talk:Civil rights movement that concluded that this term is still not a proper name and should not be treated as such in wikipedia. Now, I could understand if you protected the article in a version that had that wrong, if it happened to be that way, but to take input from one of the parties about what the right version is, to a version that predates the relevant consensus discussion/conclusion, this violates everything we know about how admins are supposed to carefully wield their power.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. You still don't seem to have understood or done much to undo the damage you did by overreacting to @Tony1:. I'm not expecting you to fix this, since you have proved yourself incapable of owning up to and fixing your mistakes. It will be taken care of in time, as Mitchumch knows, too. Dicklyon (talk) 15:45, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Any response? Dicklyon (talk) 03:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Dicklyon - My apologies; I didn't see this message until the follow-up question you left just now. I reverted the page to the revision by SlimUser, which predates any of the edits made that involve this particular dispute. I agreed that the page probably should be reverted to a pre-dated version, which is why I responded to him here and did so (the edit summary should have said this instead of saying "per request"). In the end, you two were going back-and-fourth and not communicating - and over a simple capitalization issue. Have you two discussed and concluded together what the capitalization of the link should be? You seem more upset that I apparently restored the page to a revision in order to favor his edits over yours (which was not my motivation for doing so) than the fact that the page had to be fully protected for something so silly in the first place. Figure things out between the two of you and come back when I can unprotect the page so we all can move on. Thanks - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:33, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

IP block evasion again

An IP you blocked recently for vandalism is back at it from another IP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/123.15.139.146 — Warren. ‘ talk , 00:15, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Warren - And it is now blocked ;-) - thanks for the heads up! Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:18, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Sock?

User talk:2600:1:F403:C422:688C:ECBA:4F50:5DAE

John Cena rings a bell. Adam9007 (talk) 01:03, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Yay, another one...  Done ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Talk page misuse?

Hi,

Is this a misuse of a talk page? Seems wrong to me.... Adam9007 (talk) 01:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Nah; if he wants to steam off on his IP talk page, fine... *shrugs* ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:33, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

im sorry oshwah plaese forgive me i maent to add an picture but icopy and pasted the wrong thing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.2.155.195 (talk) 06:09, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! Don't be sorry; we were all new here once and we all make mistakes - it's not a big deal. If you're simply trying to test things, put them in the Wikipedia Sandbox and test it there - that's a page you're welcome to edit and add without care and make sure that it works. Then after it's ready, go ahead and add it to the article. If you need help or have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:14, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Lara Roxx

I don’t think I need to provide any more proof that I AM indeed Lara Roxx, now I believe I should be the only person as long as I am alive to have a right to lock and modify that page, I am going to need Wikipedia to be as prompt on reating to enable Lara Roxx as they are to disable Patricia Bikini. In the end it is me that the article is talking about. So this is what I demand, either you take down the page about me full off filthy lies or you let me set the record straight with proof and media and whatever... but quickly 67.68.95.204 (talk) 06:12, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

You've failed to prove to me at all that you're the person you claim to be. I not not going to go through the external links you provided, as I cannot use any off-wiki information to make any kind of judgement or assertions here - period. I've instructed you multiple times of what you need to do - are you in communication with the Volunteer Response Team via email? If you want to make changes to the article, you can do so by making an edit request by following the instructions here. I'll be happy to review your request and update the article for you - provided that the changes meet Wikipedia's policies and requirements regarding biographies of living people and verifiability. This is what you need to do in order to have your concerns resolved - keep emailing and communicating with them at info-en-q@wikimedia.org, and create an edit request to request your changes be added to the article. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:31, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

RevDel request

Not urgent, but could you RevDel the edit summaries used by Special:Contributions/37.111.233.243? They are spammy and disruptively long. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

John of Reading -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

List of Once Upon a Time creatures

A follow up from your message, yes, I did leave an edit summary, which stated “Merged to the Characters Page”.60.54.91.79 (talk) 07:45, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

My sincere apologies - that revert was made accidentally and wasn't intended for you at all. Please accept my apologies for the mistake and let me know if you have any questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:50, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Could you please help me with afd talk?

I want to ask query with afd talk. Please guide me process — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.223.90.54 (talk) 08:16, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

If you need more information on this process, please review Wikipedia's Articles for deletion guideline page - it will explain this process in its entirety and will answer your questions. If you have any more questions after reviewing this page, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:09, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Dhanvantari

The edit I made to the above article is derived from the website lorddhanvantari.org. I have also personally visited the temple and can confirm its existence.

Vivek hebbar (talk) 08:32, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Vivek hebbar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for leaving me a message here. Sorry, but you cannot add content to any Wikipedia articles that are based solely off your personal relationships, experience, conclusions, or first-world account of events, or anything you researched or analyzed - this is known here as adding original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Instead, you need to add content and cite sources that reflect references that are reliable, secondary, and independent of the subject. This assures a high level of verifiability and neutrality with any content that's added to Wikipedia articles. Since you're new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial. It will walk you through the "Wikipedia basics" and provide you with very important tutorials and walkthroughs, as well as help navigate you to important guidelines and policies and show you were to find them. Afterwards if you still need more information, please review the guidelines that I've linked you here as they will explain this more in-depth. If you have any more questions after taking the new user tutorial and reading the policies and guideline pages I linked you to here, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! I appreciate your message and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:19, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi, please assist. I've developed a recent interest in vandalism and WP:RCP. I have installed Twinkle and want to be able to help more. Any suggestions on where to start? Waddie96 (talk) 09:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Waddie96: You might find the anti-vandal academy userful. If you want rollback, then just check you fulfill the granting criteria (90 days experience, 200 mainspace edits) and then you can request Rollback at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:54, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

@L293D: Hi, thanks for your assistance! Waddie96 (talk) 21:04, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Waddie96: thanks, I was happy to help. Hope to see you soon! L293D (☎ • ✎) 21:09, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

No Subject

Why can you not keep the world of world craft edits, my chruch told me to put them there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.232.204 (talk) 17:39, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Your Edits were vandalism, hence the removal. Thegooduser Let's Chat 22:45, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Lol

Like I wrote my lawyer: this personal feud this guy has with me has become ridiculous and I am hiring him to deal with it. Honestly super bored of this it shouldn’t take this long to provide a reasonable way for a none computer scientist to provide proof of identity 67.68.95.204 (talk) 23:24, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

I would tread very carefully with making statements involving any kind of legal matters. Please review Wikipedia's policy on no legal threats; making or implying any such threats results in immediate blocking unless clarified. I'm letting you know this before you cross the line and I'm forced to take action - don't do it :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Anyway

Just kidding I didn’t tell my lawyer about a feeling you personally dislike me, I know it but I cannot prove it. Fortunately, I can prove everything else Signed P. Patricia Bikini also known as Lara Roxx 67.68.95.204 (talk) 23:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Whew... LOL. I read the above response and replied before I read this one. I would assume that someone with the age and notability that you're claiming would know that making statements like that shouldn't be done (even jokingly), but I would read the response I made above and take the advice given. I hope you're making progress with getting this sorted out. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:17, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

I think it's absolutely wonderful how you are always open for discussion, will always respond to messages on your talk page, but most of all how you solve disputes between users. There have been many times (yes I'm sorry, I admit that I do stalk people's contributions some times) where there have been some heavy wars between users, but you always respond calmly and civilly. I also saw a time where an IP kept making edits that were thought to be vandalism (they really weren't), but you were the only one who replied despite the IP pinging 4 users. If you make a mistake (which everybody does), you always fix the mistake as soon as you hear about it, admit that you're wrong, and apologize, instead of trying to blame it on somebody else or just ignoring it completely. I've looked through many other users' contributions (gosh, why am I such a stalker?) on many other wikis, and I have seen no users who are as kind and willing to help as you. Thank you for your kindness and your service to Wikipedia. Also, I'm sorry if my stalking offends you. Best regards, SkyGazer 512 talk / contributions / subpages 23:53, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

SkyGazer 512! Holy cow man! Thank you for taking the time to write me such a nice barnstar. I appreciate your complements and your kind words very much, and they help me to know that there's at least a few people out there who appreciate what I try to do here. And no, it doesn't offend me at all if you stalk my contributions or my talk page - in fact, I encourage you to. The more accountability and people questioning my decisions that I have, the better. Wikipedia isn't easy for everybody and nobody is perfect, and being respectful and kind to all and being willing to help with their issues and disputes are what will keep editors around and wanting to contribute to the project. I'm happy that my time here means a lot to you, I again thank you very much for the barnstar, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:03, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Issue regarding re-submitting the article

I improved all the suggestion made by users and Wikipedia, now I'm waiting for the review. Can you help to solve the problem regarding this article Draft:Sanjana_Sanghi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dany296 (talk • contribs) 18:09, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Dany296 - I can try and help, sure. What exactly is the problem? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:21, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Signature

If I change the "Let's Chat" Section in my signature to "Stalk Me" Would it be appropriate for Wikipedia? Thegooduser Let's Chat 22:40, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Thegooduser - I think that replacing the phrase you already have with the phrase "stalk me" would confuse new and novice users on Wikipedia who probably won't know what "talk page stalking" is. Remember that the main point of a signature (other to sign your posts of course) is to give all editors a direct and easy way to see, find, and collaborate with you. Users who don't understand this phrase may associate this with actual stalking and be either confused or perhaps even offended, or they'll understand that it's most likely esoteric Wikipedia jargon aimed just for the experienced editors to understand - which may then make them feel disconnected as a new user or overwhelmed and less welcome to seek help. If you're thinking about changing that portion of your signature, pick something easy and straight-forward that all Wikipedia editors would understand (like "my talk page" or "message me") - definitely not something like "stalk me" ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:34, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

@Oshwah: Okay! Sorry if i offended you. Thegooduser Let's Chat 22:45, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Thegooduser - You didn't offend me at all... haha. The reason I said this to you was so that you could avoid the potential of sending the wrong message (no pun intended) to someone reading your signature, which has the potential to possibly offend someone out there who doesn't understand that you were simply pertaining to talk page stalking. I'm just looking out for you, man! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

I am from the USA. Want a burger? Thewinrat (talk) 22:56, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Thewinrat - lol YES PLEASE! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:03, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Request at Militia Act of 1903 talk page

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Militia Act of 1903#False narrative . RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia

Hi there, I am new to Wikipedia. Would be requiring help from you folks regarding how to edit and syntax related stuff. Be in touch.PIC16F (talk) 23:25, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi PIC16F and welcome to Wikipedia! Since you're brand new here and just created your account and got started here, I highly recommend that you go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial. It will walk you through the "Wikipedia basics" and provide you with very important tutorials and walkthroughs, as well as help navigate you to important guidelines and policies and show you were to find them. Go through this tutorial completely, and then see this help page as well as this style guideline if you still need help with syntax and formatting - those guides will assist you as well. If you still have questions after completing the tutorial and after reading these help guides (or if you just have other questions or need help), please do not hesitate to respond here and let me know. I'll be happy to help you. Again, I welcome you to Wikipedia and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

RevDel

Would you mind RevDeling [[REDACTED - Oshwah] this] edit? Grossly insulting and degrading material. Thanks, L293D (☎ • ✎) 11:57, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

(tps) That edit actually needed to go to WP:RFO instead. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:13, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

DoRD - Thank you for handling this while I was out. Much appreciated. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Adding references

Hello I added information about a local company that has made a vehicle Called the tank, I was trying to add the references. See here, can you help in putting the content back and adding these references?

references https://www.maxim.com/rides/rezvani-tank-suv-2017-10 http://www.automobilemag.com/news/rezvani-tank-rolls-500-hp/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/rezvani-tank-suv-10-04-2017/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/rezvani-tank/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/rezvani-tank-is-the-wildest-suv-youve-never-heard-of/

Jamie foxx https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1114879_jamie-foxx-spotted-driving-the-rezvani-tank https://carbuzz.com/news/jamie-foxx-just-bought-the-extreme-rezvani-tank-suv https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1114879_jamie-foxx-spotted-driving-the-rezvani-tank

rampage jackson https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/5511340/rezvani-beast-alpha-x-blackbird-revealed-just-five-of-the-160000-supercars-will-be-made-with-cage-fighter-rampage-jackson-already-signed-up/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Austinmichaelsoutas (talk • contribs) 16:01, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Austinmichaelsoutas - You've made many changes to the article since my revision; do you still need help? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:13, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Huggle repeatedly restoring obviously controversial material to BLPs

Hello, just a note that this and the subsequent four additional re-insertions of the same material by Huggle, were not a very good idea, as subsequent edits, the discussion at the BLP noticeboard, and even a cursory glance at the material and its sourcing should indicate. I have never tried Huggle, but if it does not allow sufficient review of material before reverting, it would be best not to use it in this way on BLP articles. MPS1992 (talk) 20:20, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi MPS1992 and thanks for leaving me a message here with your findings and concerns. Huggle does allow this, but I must've been focused on the fact that the removal was large, an entire section, was done with no edit summary, and by different users on the same day. I took a look at your revisions to the article, and I agree that some of the content in that section was problematic - thank you for removing it. I appreciate the heads-up and for letting me know about what you found. If you have questions or concerns or if you need my assistance with anything, please let me know and I'll be happy to lend a hand. Again, I appreciate you for fixing the content and for giving me a heads up about it. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:27, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Follow up

Hi Oshwah,

I would file the request to change the title of the page (Blanche of Navarre), but I cannot find the space described in the instructions, the talk space at the bottom of the article? My apologies for being such a bother.Poplar838 (talk) 22:35, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Poplar838! My apologies - I responded to your question, answered it, and then archived my talk page shortly afterwards without thinking about it! You can find the previous discussion (and my response) here. Please let me know if you have any more questions or need anything else. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:37, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

I found the talk page in question and have made the request to change the title of the page. But someone has made a mess there, changing some mentions of her name to Blanche and missing others. So the article does need to be edited once the title is settled.Poplar838 (talk) 22:45, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Poplar838 - You're saying that someone "made a mess" on the article itself? I'll take a look... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

lmao scre

yea you can delete my scre page if you want. i made the original in science class last year. i just wanted to see what my friends would think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starsofit (talk • contribs) 22:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Hmm

Do you think 78cd740b5d is a blockable username? It might lead to confusion with IPs. L293D (☎ • ✎) 23:35, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

L293D - Nah. It's not a valid IPv4 address, and it (at best) might be a partial IPv6 address. It just looks like a jumble of letters and number to me (albeit it is a valid hex representation). Let me know if you have any questions or need my input on anything else and I'll be happy to help. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey I'm sorry, I didn't mean to create any confusion/ disruption. I just really like random sequences of bytes. 78cd740b5d

78cd740b5d! Welcome to Wikipedia! Your username is absolutely fine and there's no problem here at all. This editor is simply learning about our username policy and asking questions. If you need any help with editing, let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Again, I welcome you to Wikipedia and hope you stick around. You should take our new user tutorial and complete it before you start editing - it will help you a lot :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

The Rolling Stones / The Troggs disruptive editor

Hey Osh, this editor (Koreybob) was blocked on 22 March. Now there's Korybeau making similar edits... there's also Korybob. That's one more than a pair (of socks). Can you assist at this stage... I think the original blocking Admin. is not available? Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 00:19, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Eagleash! It's good to talk to you again! Yep, I see them - and the edits definitely look similar. I'll get it taken care of! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:31, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Eagleash - I applied an indef block on Korybeau. Let me know if you need anything else and I'll be glad to help. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Good stuff Osh... Oh, it's Mudrunner; should have realised (maybe). Should Korybob without the 'E' be blocked too as a sock even though edits from that account haven't recommenced. Thanks as ever. Eagleash (talk) 00:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Should be already done ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Yep all done!! :) 01:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

Hi Oshawah:

I'll go back and try to find a link to support what I edited.

I'm a climatologist in the United States...and noted severe errors in many of these pages. If you are the one in charge of this page (and other climate pages)...PLEASE google the orginal works of Koppen climate map and the -3 geographic lines on the map. Many people seem to keep editing these pages and moving the line all over this place (based on travel and marketing is my guess). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:188:180:663E:4101:32BC:5617:7B03 (talk) 01:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

What article are you referring to exactly? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:19, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

S.N.Tripathi Date of Birth

I understand that you have removed my edit if date of birth of S.N.Tripathi. I have copy of handwritten note by him in which he has mentioned his birth date. I had corrected the date accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.57.214.135 (talk) 01:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! And thanks for leaving me a message here! Sorry, but your claim does not prove verifiability nor does it count as a reliable source. Please review these policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for the message and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Am I being stalked?

This is rather queer.

I make this edit, and just 6 minutes later, it's reverted for no apparent reason by an IP who has made no other edits. Do you reckon this is a coincidence, given past dealings with people? Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 02:34, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - If it's just this one edit, just message the IP user and ask why (s)he reverted the edit you made to the article. I agree that it is strange, but one can only tell if "stalking" is occurring by examining an editor's habits (which requires multiple edits to establish, not just one). Let me know what the user says in response - I'm curious... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:41, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, I left the standard content removal template (level 1). Is that sufficient? Adam9007 (talk) 02:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Sure. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:44, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

In my experience, it's somewhat uncommon for templates to be replied to though. Adam9007 (talk) 02:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

True. If you want a response, why not follow up with a custom message and ask? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Because I'm no good at things like that . Also, there's no guarantee that whoever was using that address is still there. Adam9007 (talk) 02:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Sounds like a good opportunity to leave a custom message and work on that skill ;-). And yes, in my experience you're probably right. What you do is your call; I'm just giving you my input :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Regarding Murdoch

“unreferenced speculation”? How about at least 6 realible suicide accounts, 2 background accounts, and several books are websites referring to these? If you are seriously interested in unbiased research into this please check the Murdoch website for more information and references. It dispels several myths (such as his dog Rigel and being drunk stories) but also acknowledges it is highly likely an officer shot passengers and himself and at present there is no evidence to eliminate Murdoch from the candidates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.234.183 (talk) 06:07, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! My apologies - I believed the context of the edit to be different than what it was. Your edit was fine and I apologize for the interruption. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Kitteh

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Spread the goodness of kittens by adding {{subst:Kitten}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or kittynap their kitten with {{subst:Kittynap}}

For being so helpful and generally awesome! Great to see you again!! RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 07:42, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

RegistryKey - Holy crap - long time no chat. What's been going on with you? How's life? Thanks for the kitten btw ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Oshwah man I've been busy with life and stuff, the ultimate time sink lol! Want to try to get back going here though. :) RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 07:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

RegistryKey - Nice man... welcome back :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.

Next time you're going to revert someone's edit, please take a second to read the edit summary first. Thanks. --194.213.3.4 (talk) 09:09, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

My apologies if I interpreted your edit wrong - I've removed the warning from your talk page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:14, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

changes on sendgrid

Well I think a wiki page shouldn't be an advertisment. What are your suggestions to add neutral informations about blocked countries by sendgrid? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.22.152.123 (talk) 11:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to add your own opinions or research to about a company you may not like. This is an encyclopedia, and such content does not build a good encyclopedia. Please review the guidelines I've linked you to here and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for the message and for your understanding. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:16, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Edit of the strudel article

I reverted your reversion because my original edit - as I indicated in the summary - was for a good reason and not merely an experiment. 212.59.34.21 (talk) 11:29, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I realized this afterwards; my apologies. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:31, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I need your advice,

Hello Oshwah,

I may need to know more from you about how to use correct English grammar.

Because I am not sure which are the correct ones, so I have to ask you for your grammatical advices.

Please kindly advise me which are the grammatically correct used of 'noun and noun' phrases. Please also tell me why the words are used in certain ways.

1- How do you call the printing of many books?

   a)Book printing
   b)Books printing

2- How do you call the washing service of many cars?

   a)Car washing service
   b)Cars washing service

3- How do you call the service of building houses?

   a)House building service
   b)Houses building service

4- How do you call the making use of the labor of 'many' children?

   a)Child labor
   b)Children labor

5- How do you call the protection of children from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect?

   a)Child protection
   b)Children protection

6- How do you call the the acts of maltreatment is physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment or neglect of many children,

    especially by parents or other caregivers?
   a) Child abuse
   b) Children abuse

7- How do you call the construction of many roads?

   a) Road construction
   b) Roads construction

I hope to see your kind reply soon. Thank you for you advice. 49.48.112.107 (talk) 11:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

@49.48.112.107: the A option is the right one on all questions. L293D (☎ • ✎) 11:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi there! Assuming you're directly referring to the noun (i.e. "This is referred to as ___________"), then all of your scenarios (1-7) would be choice A. Let me know if you have any more questions or need more input and I'll be happy to help. I hope this helps answer your questions and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

The Purple Barnstar

		The Purple Barnstar
		You are to be commended for continually keeping a cool head and always being civil, even in the face of appalling rudeness and blatant personal attacks, examples of which are right here on your talk page, this very day. Despite some recent and absurd accusations, you still manage to respond with a calm and courteous demeanor. Though you are a volunteer, you are also very much a professional and there are many here that appreciate the fine job you're doing, as an editor, an administrator, and a representative of the project. Keep up the good work. Cheers tVVc 14:19, 28 March 2018 (UTC) The Purple Barnstar is awarded to those who have endured undue hardship, such as incessant harassment, baseless accusations or personal attacks here on Wikipedia, but still remain resolute in their commitment to the project and its ideals

Thewolfchild - Thank you very much for taking the time to write me this barnstar and for the very kind words you added to it. I appreciate it very much and I'm happy to see that my work spent assisting new editors and trying to defuse heated and angry disputes and situations are making a positive impact on other people in this project. To be honest, it's not too difficult... I guess after 10+ years of patrolling recent changes and how often I get yelled at and called obscenities by irate people, my talk page trashed and knocked around, sent death threats by LTAs, the whole shebang... you really start realizing just how silly and ridiculous people can be and over such small and silly things in proportion to what they're threatening you over :-). I'm of course speaking about the trolls and not those who are trying to improve the project. It's understandable that people get upset and perhaps infuriated over various disputes and situations here - nobody is perfect. We all handle our emotions, respond to others, and maintain our cordiality differently and I try my best to set the example and put any "dignity" or "pride" aside to do what's best for the project and for the editors I'm trying to help. I'm definitely not perfect - I make mistakes, I screw something up, and I fail many times - but I always try my best to make decisions and perform actions because it's the right thing to do. Thanks again for the barnstar, Thewolfchild. It means a lot and I appreciate it greatly :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:04, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

IP-vandalism by Special:Contributions/2602:306:3796:ABD0:3CF3:3AD:7EDC:4B3C

Hello. At least three different IPs from their /64-range (Special:Contributions/2602:306:3796:ABD0:0:0:0:0/64; AT&T Universe, Lansing, Michigan; possibly a school IP) are currently blocked, so you might want to slap a rangeblock on them, or they'll soon be back with a new IP. Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 14:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Thomas.W - Good call - not sure how I overlooked that.  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Grammar

Grammatical correction for the first sentence of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels

Change: “The user access level of an editor affects their ability to perform certain actions . . . “

To: “The user access level of EDITORS affects their ABILITIES to perform certain actions . . . “

Or to: “The user access level of an editor affects HIS OR HER ability to perform certain actions . . . 2601:803:404:D15:E80B:C701:D53A:B7B8 (talk) 17:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Go with choice A - "The user access level of editors affects their abilities to perform certain actions". ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:14, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Updated. Does that look better? I think it does :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:15, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

User talk:EKKI Group

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 17:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Cahk - Thanks for the heads up about that account -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I can't tell anymore

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic here! I don't see the same thing. John From Idegon restored the COI tag. 104.163.147.121 (talk) 21:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

No, I meant what I said. From what I read, I thought you two were collaborating together on that talk page and getting along. I was busy and multitasking at the same time, so I may have read things incorrectly. Let me give the talk page another read after I get a couple of things done and I can give it more of my undivided attention than I gave it last time. Please accept my apologies if you took that response as sarcasm in any way - that was not what I meant to convey at all. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)(talk page stalker) Oshwah is one of the more patient and level headed admins we have; if he is starting to use a little sarcasm, it might be time to just let things cool off, and look at other content for a bit. The tag is not as important as the content verification. I appreciate the contributions you have been making. Scr★pIron^IV 22:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

ScrapIronIV - I appreciate the kind words :-). Nope, no sarcasm was implied; the users seemed to be collaborating well so I figured I'd leave a comment of encouragement and appreciation. People who set aside their frustrations and work together deserve words of encouragement. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:41, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

To be honest, I also thought the tone seemed sarcastic, which would be out of character for you. But people tend to project themselves on others; I know I tend to have a bit of a sarcastic streak. It's not necessarily evil, but I probably expect it enough that I see it when it isn't there. :-) Happy editing! Scr★pIron^IV 22:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

If you like fishing, that page would be a good place to catch something fishy. A new SPA just removed the tag again-- the fourth or fifth removal. I could make conections to that behaviour and other recent AfDs, but I don't really care that a much. Thanks for both of your contribs!104.163.147.121 (talk) 22:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

To clear the air the SPA who removed the tag is me, the IP user I was trying to remove the check cite tag that I replaced the coi tag with as the consensus seems to be to have the coi tag in place & having two tags seems redundant. Sudden Someone (talk) 00:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Sudden Someone - I redacted your IP address; I'll have it suppressed for you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Sudden Someone (talk) 00:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I can still see the IP address in the revision linked to in the history. Adam9007 (talk) 00:13, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

 Fixed ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:19, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

While I'm on the subject, there was something very similar a few weeks ago, where a serious BLP violation username (about me) was oversighted but I think they missed one revision. I think it was at WP:ANI. If it's still there, should I contact the oversight team? Adam9007 (talk) 00:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - If it needs suppression, yes - contact them directly. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, I found the revision, but I'm a bit wary of emailing the oversight team because of my email address. It contains information I'd rather (assuming people haven't figured it out already) reveal (at least here on Wikipedia) on a need-to know basis. Adam9007 (talk) 00:32, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

If you're more comfortable emailing it to me instead, you're welcome to do so and I will have it handled for you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, I made an exception for the WMF team for WP:999 things, so I may also have to make exceptions for trusted individuals. The alternative is of course to get a new email address, but I'd really rather not do that. Adam9007 (talk) 00:37, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - I use a completely separate email address for Wikipedia-related business, if that makes you feel better :-P. It's your call; you're welcome to email the information to me if you wish and you have my word that it'll be handled and that all information about you will not leave anywhere outside the message. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Emailed. If there's anything that'll be redacted if posted here, I can now just email you instead . Adam9007 (talk) 00:49, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Received, handled, revision suppressed, and responded ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:56, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

I saw the suppression and got the messages. Cheers! . Adam9007 (talk) 00:59, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Apologies

Hello Oshwah. I apologise for the incorrect edits I have made to the 2018 Pacific Typhoon Season page. I will try my best to refrain from using other unreliable websites data on storms and transferring that to Wikipedia. Again, I am truly sorry for an inconvenience this has or may have caused. HurricaneCalebN (talk) 00:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

HurricaneCalebN - No apologies are needed. If this was just a simple mistake, then please accept my apologies for misinterpreting this edit as vandalism and for warning you as if it were such. If you need any help with editing or adding content, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. Thanks for the message and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:22, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

I will make sure to contact you if needed. Thank you for understanding :) HurricaneCalebN (talk) 00:25, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

HurricaneCalebN - You're quite welcome! Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way! If you haven't done so, you should go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial. It will walk you through the "Wikipedia basics" and provide you with very important tutorials and walkthroughs, as well as help navigate you to important guidelines and policies and show you were to find them. If you need anything else, you know where to find me :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:27, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Kolsch beer page

72.47.0.58 (talk) 02:22, 29 March 2018 (UTC)Just curious as why my edit with shiner beer' s website was taken off due to advertising? I did add a link to their web page because I saw several other beer web pages linked. I took it off and re edited it but don't know why some can have links to the company who makes the beer but not shiner? By the way I'm no way part of shiner brewing and don't work or promote for them72.47.0.58 (talk) 02:22, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

My apologies - that was my concern (that you were trying to advertise for them purposefully). Please feel free to revert my removal and restore your changes, and do let me know if you have any questions or need my assistance with anything. I'll be happy to do so. Thanks for the message and for letting me know. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

thank you for your response! I can see how it could be taken as advertising and I'm ok with just listing the beer and company as a company that makes the beer instead of linking it. Thank you again for your response! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.47.0.58 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Constructive vs disruptive editing

Mr. Oshwah dont try to justify your edits as constructive and mine disruptive. You are trying to revert changes which are defaming a personality, which are neither sourced, nor proven, nor even him ever accused. Surely you are either neglectful or making yourself liable of lawsuit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.187.53.135 (talk) 02:30, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

I looked at the page history and, at first glance, the content that you removed was sourced and the content left behind was unsourced. Unsourced content in biographies of living persons must either have relevant source(s) added or be removed. As for defamation, please review WP:UNCENSORED and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing (latter is not to imply the article is about you, it is just a good read for perspective). Articles about living persons which have adequately sourced statements aren't necessarily going to be positive coverage of that individual. Being defamation is far different than being accurate in the coverage and neutral in point of view. If your statement was correct, then add reliable sources which are independent of involved parties to back up the claim. --(talk page stalker) TheSandDoctor ^Talk 02:55, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Edits

I’m trying to remove blatant biased opinions of candidates. I made an honest mistake because it’s tough to edit on my phone, lay off a little it’s Wikipedia not the NFL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Z35282992 (talk • contribs) 03:50, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Z35282992 - Do you need assistance with fixing things? Please let me know and I'll be happy to help and get things resolved. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Post-Battle Briefing

Job well done. Double Plus Ungood (talk) 07:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Double Plus Ungood - Indeed it was! And thanks for helping out - that was awesome. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Tekniikka ja Talous

Hi,

Got a message from you related to article Tekniikka ja Talous. I am the current editor in chief of the publication. I found out recently that the data in English Wikipedia is really out of date so started to update it. I have done it now twice but the old version is still out there for a reason or another which is quite annoying. I guess I must make the corrections the third time. Best,

Jyrki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyrki Alkio (talk • contribs) 07:29, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Jyrki Alkio - Sorry, but I can't allow someone with a conflict of interest to make the edits that you're making here. Your changes are also not referenced, which will also be problematic. You must make edit requests by following the instructions located on this page and have them reviewed before they're considered for application to the article. Do not make edits to the article directly. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them and help you. Thank you for understanding and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:12, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah,

Thanks for your reply. I hoped to be able to update the text without studyingc the whole Wikipedia code of conduct as this is not my top one priority. As a regular user of Wikipedia I am happy to lear you control the stuff put out there to avoid conflict of interest, but now this is not the case. There has not been any update on the article for several years so I just wanted to put things right. I was adding the references as well but I was doing the work piece by piece. I there a shortcut to have this done or should I go through all the tutorials before I am able to update the Tekniikka ja Talous text?

Best,

Jyrki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyrki Alkio (talk • contribs) 11:11, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

China swede page

The term "china swede" came from the finnish language which was not indo-european language like norwegian and swedish and it sounded wierd for most of the settlers in that area. Also there is no point to put finns specifically under asia/nordic ethnicity since their mtDNA is 95% european and none european ethnicity is purely "european". That is a internet meme created in 4chan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.225.28.21 (talk) 07:36, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Your edit here added neutrality issues - such as the placement of the word proof into quotations. It read to me that a point of view was clearly being reflected and we don't want this to happen. This is why I reverted this edit. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

spirituality

the sentence(from this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_spirituality ) in discussion was this:

>> "English rhetorician I.A. Richards has argued that the lack of a word for spirituality in Sanskrit makes it possible for the concept to be used in a nationalist capacity that transcends individual traditions"

Now this above line is totally false statement.

1) Because 'Sanskrit' and its descendant language 'Hindi' both have word of "spirituality" and that is आध्यात्मिकता (pronounced as aadhyaatmik ).

2) Being a degree holder in this language and being a native speaker of this language , I corroborate this.

3) And also you can use the google translate tool at https://translate.google.com/#en/hi/spirituality to see yourself.

4) There is an medieval Sanskrit text named "Adhyaatma Ramayana" which is translated as "Spiritual Ramayana" (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhyatma_Ramayana )

So, obviously I.A. Richards published book in 1997 is spreading 100% incorrect information.

Now, if this line espounded by I.A. Richards in 1997 is incorrect, and that has to be informed/critiqued to the users to maintain the neutral view of wikipedia. If you delete the changes, then it amounts to biased and "spreading the incorrect view, without informing the user that it is incorrect". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:1400:F0AE:C9F:431C:F423:AB4D (talk) 10:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

That's great, and I'm happy that someone is here who can translate content on the page and verify that no issues exist. But your edits, specifically where you add this to the article - are not how to discuss issues, nor is it going to fix the problem. This is why I removed your edit; it's not article content, it's a discussion. And discussions like that belong on the article's talk page :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

No Subject

Hi,

You removed my edit on Steve Redfern' page as i didn't have any sources. I am Steve's son so i didn't know what i could put in for a source.

thanks, Louis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.255.171 (talk) 11:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello there 31.185, I would recommend requesting an edit on the article's talk page because editing while in a conflict of interest is strongly discouraged (being his son, that would put you in a conflict of interest). In a request (click link), I would recommend including reliable sources which are secondary/independent of Redfern. Biographies of living persons are held to a high standard on the English Wikipedia and any unsourced content must either have (a) reliable source(s) added or be removed immediately, that is why your edit was reverted. I hope this helps, if you have any questions or would like anything explained further, please feel free to ask them here. (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 14:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Alevism

please note that this template is being deleted from the article by another user with no explanation at all.108.31.250.33 (talk) 12:36, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

About your recent notice to me on Alevism: I have not reverted any information. But some material was deleted from the article. These includes the Template on Alevism which is the fundamental template for this article. Besides, some other templates like: not to be confused, distinguish, and other uses were deleted by the User:ErzincanliGenc24. I have tried to put these templates back to their original places. In addition, so references were deleted as well. You may see this if you compare the article before the User:ErzincanliGenc24 made these deletions. For example: Alevism (/æˈlɛvɪzəm/; even deleted by this user who edited recklessly, I just try to explain this matter. Thank you.108.31.250.33 (talk) 12:17, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

The following templates were deleted

You have sent me the following message: "Your recent editing history at Alevism shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted."

Actually I haven't made any changes more than 1 per day.

The following templates were deleted by User talk:ErzincanliGenc24:

Not to be confused with Alawi or Ja'fari.

For other uses, see Kızılbaş, Aleviler, and Alawi (disambiguation).

This page is about an Islamic denomination. For the mainly anti-religious Alawi groups, see Ishikism. For the mainly non-Islamic Kurdish Kaka'i-Alawis, see Ahl i Haqq. For the mainly Kurdish Mandean groups, see Yazdânism.

They all were required for the page but deleted by User talk:ErzincanliGenc24, and put it back and sent a message to User talk:ErzincanliGenc24. No 3 reverts per day is made. 108.31.250.33 (talk) 17:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Only the deleted sources by User talk:ErzincanliGenc24 are placed. Could you please add these references to the article again108.31.250.33 (talk) 17:25, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

ErzincanliGenc24, 108.31.250.33: It's easy - just stop edit warring. Take your disputes to the article's talk page and work things out. Edit warring doesn't take into account "whose right" - it's violated when back-and-fourth reverting is occurring and without a discussion taking place or when using the edit summaries in the reversions are attempting to substitute a proper dispute discussion. If these edits continue by either one of you, the next step to stopping this disruption will be blocks. Please don't make me have to be the bad guy and have to do that... I really don't enjoy having to do it, and it would be cool if you didn't :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:11, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

O.K. But what will happen to the deleted information including the sources, should you bring the page into its original form. This guy deleted many referenced material and nobody give any warning to him. For example, Alawi and Alevi, even have the very similar pronunciation, but the template Not to be confused with Alawites was removed. Besides, the fundamental template of Alevism was also removed by this user, if you don't count this as vandalism, how can you call reinstating the deleted references back to the article? I belive that you should put those 4 templates back, thanks108.31.250.33 (talk) 02:05, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

12 Imams

Due to their 12 Imam belief Alevism is categorized/classified within Twelvers. This can be seen in Template:Religion topics in section of Major religious groups and religious denominations which reads as Sunni (Hanafi Maliki Hanbali Shafi'i); Shia (Twelver Isma'ilism Zaidiyyah); Ahmadi; Ibadi... Neither Alawi nor Alevi is listed separately as a major islamic branch. These things were discussed before it was decided not to write either Alawi nor Alevi in this template. If you will make a new definition you should first modify this. Thanks108.31.250.33 (talk) 02:36, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

If one insists in writing Alevism explicitly in the template above the following form might also be considered:

Central and Northern Asian (Burkhanism - Chuvash - Manchu - Mongolian - Siberian Tengrism - Islamic Tengrism)108.31.250.33 (talk) 03:20, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Are they Christian? Yes, according to some scholars they are (this is asserted bt the article)

According to scholar Soner Cagaptay, Alevism is a "relatively unstructured interpretation of Islam". Journalist Patrick Kingsley states that for some self-described Alevi, their religion is "simply a cultural identity, rather than a form of worship". Hence many are called Christian-Alevi or Alevi-Christian Kurds.108.31.250.33 (talk) 04:34, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

References

Arabian Peninsula

a crucial link to Saudi Arabia saudia is not a name of country saudia name drived from saudi family correction of ( a crucial link to Saudi Arabia) must be written as a crucial link to The Arabian Peninsula

thank you please in future do not write saudia arabia becouse this not right name

Arabian Peninsula  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.130.105.66 (talk) 12:52, 29 March 2018 (UTC) 

I'm not sure what your edit here was trying to accomplish, but it definitely wasn't an edit that I felt was acceptable to remain on the article. What were you trying to do? Do you need help? Let me know and I will be happy to do so :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:12, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

No subject

sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.129.162 (talk) 14:08, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

No big deal :-). Don't hesitate to message me if you need any help and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Oshwah,

I got a message from you regarding Joey Curtis link. It is his profile link on Mandy.com which lists his credits and achievements. Please let em know if this doesn't sound reasonable? Can i add it in references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.82.194 (talk) 14:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, and thanks for leaving me a message here. We should use references that are reliable, secondary, and independent from the article subject or area. Do you believe that this source meets these guidelines? Let me know. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:40, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah,

Mandy.com is a reliable source for entertainment professionals and is well known amongst the entertainment industry. We have production houses and industry experts hiring the best talent from Mandy.com and they use Mandy profiles as a credible resource.The Mandy profile is like a Linkedin profile but for the film and tv industry. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.82.194 (talk) 14:46, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

LinkedIn is not considered a reliable source on the English Wikipedia. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 14:52, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

HUGE apology

Ok I apologize for that edit. I went a bit too far. I will make sure that will not happen again. If I edit this article again, I'll make sure it's a GOOD edit and NOT like that previous one in anyway.Tigerdude9 (talk) 17:21, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Tigerdude9 - Don't worry about it; we all make mistakes and it's a normal part of learning and improving yourself. You realized that it went too far and it sounds like you're committed to bettering yourself from it and applying what you leaned moving forward. So long as you hold yourself to your commitment and you sincerely try to make contributions for the good of the project - I'll consider this matter resolved and obviously won't need to do anything... which is nice for me, because it means that I do less work ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:29, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you Oshwah. I will try my best to apply to what you said.Tigerdude9 (talk) 17:32, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Tigerdude9 - I'm sure you'll do fine :-). If you run into any questions or need help, let me know and I'll be happy to lend you a hand. I hope you have a great day and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:42, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Wrong

You'll have to remove the protection for Laura Ingraham immediately, seeing as the nonsense surrounding Hogg is completely fabricated, and thus, should be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.223.19 (talk) 18:45, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

I think the protection on the article is doing just fine :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

RE: Content removal from talk pages

Ok, sorry. I am from eswiki and there is prohibited to delete messeges in talks. I don't remember but... where have I removed warnings from other user talk pages? Greetings. Tajotep (talk) 18:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Tajotep - No apologies are needed; it's not a big deal at all. I was just leaving you a message on your talk page as a friendly nudge and to make sure that you were aware. Anyways, I hope you have a great rest of your day and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Lee Johnson

Hello There. Yes there are a few mistakes witch I corrected. That is because I AM LEE JOHNSON himself. lol... if you have any other challenges please E mail me at coachleejohnson98@hotmail.com . hope all is well and hope to speak with you soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.48.222.145 (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

You need to review and understand Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest. Assuming you are who you claim to be, this behavior of editing an article in which you are the subject is not proper. It's better if you make an edit request to have them reviewed and posted for you instead. Please take this advice and let me know if you have any questions. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Max Schneider

Hi!

On Max Schneider's wiki page it says that Max was raised in Woodstock, New York--but he was actually raised in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in NYC. Max has given multiple interviews where he has discussed this, not to mention that it's the namesake of his debut album.

216.165.95.183 (talk) 19:49, 29 March 2018 (UTC)CW

Yes, but what references do you have to verify this? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Mike shinoda page edit

Whatsup! I completely understand why you deleted my edit. I'm new here so I didn't know how to do it. What do I need to add to make it acceptable? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lllllccccc (talk • contribs) 19:54, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

See my response to your next message below. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

mike shinoda edit

i added a reliable source and i dont understand what i did wrong?? what source do i have to add other than the only facebook live where he was talking about it on? its a reliable source since its the onyl information there is about that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lllllccccc (talk • contribs) 20:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Lllllccccc - It appears that your reference meets a guideline on Wikipedia - please disregard my messages and accept my apologies for the incorrect assessment of your contributions. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need my assistance with anything and I'll be happy to do so. Thank you for the message, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

please don't delete

greetings I am trying to upload company info for our wikipedia page and maybe I didn't edit properly, couldn't find any save button after editing two different entries, I was only able to hit publish to keep my changes which I am still working on thank you Jackie Jackie strano (talk) 21:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jackie strano, and welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, what you're trying to do violates a few of our behavioral guidelines, community norms, and policies - including conflict of interest, using Wikipedia for advertising or spam purposes, adding non neutral content, and others. I highly recommend that you review these pages, as they explain the policy or guideline completely. If you have any questions after reading those pages, feel free to messages me and let me know. I'll be more than happy to answer them and help you. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:10, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Paul MA Willis

Hi, Thanks for the heads up about editing sites on Wikipedia. The page under consideration here is indeed about me but was incomplete, out of date and contained inaccuracies. Am I allowed to edit this page to bring it up today, correct the inaccuracies and provide more complete information?

Cheers, Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul MA Willis (talk • contribs) 00:51, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Paul MA Willis, and thanks for leaving me a message with your questions here. No - you need to make edit requests instead, so that your proposed changes are reviewed and then added by someone else to the article. You should not be touching the article page at all; test your edits using the sandbox, make sure they work, and then follow the instructions on the page I linked you to, so that you can file a request. Please let me know if you have any questions or need my help with filing a request - I'll be happy to make sure that you have the assistance you need. Thanks again for leaving me a message here, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Jason Barry-Smith wikipedia page

Hi Oshwah,

I did indeed make a change to this page.

I'm Jason Barry-Smith, and someone has added an image to this page about me that I'm not happy with.

Noone consulted me as to whether I would like it used, so I removed it.

There's another image that I would like to replace the extant image. Are you able to change that.

Please let me know your thoughts.

All best wishes,

Jason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.23.106.81 (talk) 00:58, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

If you're the person you're claiming to be, then you need to contact the volunteer response team by following the instructions on this page. This team has the tools and training in order to verify your identity and assist you with your particular concerns. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

How to protect pages

Hello! You've left a comment on my talk pages a while back saying I can ask you for help regarding how to protect pages? I have multiple pages about towns in Somalia I've added sources too, but other users keep reverting the edits without cause. I am still getting used to the rules of Wikipedia, how can I protect these pages? I also reported these users, so I'll see what comes from that. Aqooni (talk) 01:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Aqooni! Yes of course - you're always welcome to message me here and ask for help. If you feel that an article needs protection, you should first familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's page protection policy and understand how it works, what the different levels of protection do, and when pages are protected and when they're not. Afterwards, you can file a request for protection at this noticeboard. Please let me know if you have any more questions or if you need anything else - I'll be more than happy to help you. Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy your stay and that you grow and become a long-term contributor here :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:47, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you so much, i'm going to read through the link you posted. How do I report users for vandal edits. Is there multiple ways or just one?Aqooni (talk) 01:49, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aqooni - If a user is repeatedly causing disruption, just file a report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and an administrator will take care of the rest :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I have done that step and will see what comes from it. Thank you for being helpful! Aqooni (talk) 01:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aqooni - You bet. If you need anything else, feel free to message me here any time. Happy editing ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:55, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Heritage_of_Pride

Oshwah Thank you for taking the time to review my changes. I make no excuse for the amount of time you are about to take in reading this but do apologize in advance for any grammer or construction edits here in talk. I think you will be able to follow my train of thinking fairly easily. Fill your glass, read through this once, then check the links added. Perhaps the page is best left as a simple gloss and issues such as Stonewall not being 'the be all and end all center which brought about the Gay Rights Movement' can be left to other pages. I personally would hope wiki minimally adds such pages here as as further reading point. This would offer a greater educational understanding and offer context to time and place.

I find merit to much of what has been deleted and would like to open that discussion. Before you scraped most of my changes, you first undid the change of a link back to the RISE OF MACEDONIA. Was that done because the link to Greece's homosexual past is more age sensitive than the other option? I think it is helpful, as it establishes a link in time this community needs to better understand... it's heritage. HOP's purpose as a 501c3 does include education and is not limited to just the schooling on the last time NYPD used tear gas on it's citizens. Shall we hold things like that for later here in Talk before another edit is made. Also removing the section about it being the first introduction to the larger gender and sexual(/sexuality) minority community is a reality. Each Pride Chapter represents the same spectrum of individuals you might akin to the GOP's BIG TENT (and as a Log Cabin Republican who is not attending tonight's Meet the Candidates gathering so as to get back to you in a timely manner... right there you have one good reason HOP needs to stay in the lexicon, but i would never presume to put that thought up on a WIKI page).

I am aware that Sandbox is the best tool to formulate my 'edit' but as it is a reconstruction of an existing page, it warrants wiki community discussion. By my publishing that, the work has begun. I would like others to see the possibilities and consider the end-user's possible need. I specifically chose the Heritage of Pride page for it is not the NYC Pride page- which is the one I believe should be short and sweet with a link to HOP for those looking to investigate more. THIS DISCOURSE WILL HELP ME BETTER LEARN THE WIKI PROCESS.

Let's start with an easy one, the use of "or simply HOP, commonly known as NYC Pride." When we refer to the DOJ, we are using an acronym for the Department of Justice- we don't need to say 'or simply.'

Next, "commonly known as NYC Pride" is a plain speech understanding of an actual rebranding, lets define the situation for what it is, a dba that was in common use as I can attest to in the mid 80's when I returned from college, if you look at any Pride Guide from 15-30 years ago, it reads Heritage of Pride. But look at how (and why) it has been OFFICIALLY used by HOP in the more recent past. Press releases still include Heritage of Pride and the Incorporated business seems to relay that NYC Pride refers to the events that occur in June which they produce. See letterhead footnote verbiage on this year's release.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/nyc-pride/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2018-NYC-Pride-March-Grand-Marshals-March-Route-Change1.pdf

Where did they become Heritage of Pride and NYC Pride. Is there a difference. Wikipedia really doesn't say, but it could. We can easily read that they are doing business as NYC Pride. I think that it's more appropriate to describe it instead of commonly referred to as. Very crucial here is the legal implications. Abuses like "COME TO SATURDAY NIGHT"S BEST NYC Pride EVENT at CLUB XYZ" are taken to court as poachers.

http://www.towleroad.com/2014/06/judge-issues-injunction-against-nyc-party-promoter-for-infringing-on-nyc-pride-trademark/

Please also examine the year to year and month by month changes in how HOP has represented itself and discern the meat which should appear on WIKI given what we can cite. PR's are not sources I want to use.

April 12, 2016- https://s3.amazonaws.com/nyc-pride/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016NYCPrideGrandMarshalsRelease.pdf

June 23, 2016- https://s3.amazonaws.com/nyc-pride/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/PressRelease_PulseStaffatNYCPride.pdf

May 23, 2017- NOTE HERE THE INCORRECT 'LINK NAME' WITH ITS 2016 DATE THAT SHOULD READ 2017. [20]

That said, part of my issue with your changes stems from the obvious use of sentences lifted directly from their website in some instances.

You reversed my call to change the description of Pride Island. The current wiki page reads like a press release. This is the exact words they use to describe it- "In 2017 NYC Pride evolved Dance on the Pier, a 30+ year institution, into a new multi-day LGBTQ cultural experience named Pride Island. After a hugely successful first year, NYC Pride is excited..."

Here is the wiki page verbiage as it reads today- "Pride Island, a multi-day cultural experience (an evolution from Dance on the Pier, a 30+ year institution)..."

My changes included the 'evolution', but qualified 30+ to the exact years that Dance on the Pier (DOTP) was held. From the first one which took place on The Christopher Street Pier June 28, 1987 through Dance 30 held on Pier 26 June 25, 2016 where Fergie performed. I'm looking at my Ariana Grande Dance on the Pier 29th Anniversary "complete the dream" postcard right now. I was there for both her sound check and in 2016 for Fergie's before Dance 30. There is no DOTP #31 so for wiki to include a '30+ year institution' is inaccurate.

After the NYC LGBT Pride March in 2017 I was able to join friends for the last hour of Pride Island's Inaugural Year- part of a 3 day weekend. For 2018 it is only two days. 2019 TBD. What I find interesting is that you choose to delete my SIMPLIFIED SUMMARY THAT 'HOP PRODUCE EVENTS' and went back to listing some which are no longer 100% HOP PRODUCED- they are partnerships. VIP Rooftop is one, Teaze HER is another. THE MARCH, PRIDEFEST, RALLY & PRIDE ISLAND ARE ANNUALS HOP DOES LAY EVERY BRICK FOR. Partnerships are not core business, but are part of how HOP is able to expand their offerings under the official NYC PRIDE banner. DO you find it curious that Pride Island is not listed as the "The official Saturday night event of NYC Pride" for 2018 where "... returns as Masterbeat once again transforms the legendary Hammerstein Ballroom into NYC’s biggest mega-club with our world famous production featuring thundering concert sound, hundreds of moving lights and lasers and a theatrical production showcasing the hottest dancers and performers in the world." Masterbeat Masterbuilt is a partnership with a 3rd party. It is not produced by HOP, it is organized with HOP. If you are to include such on Wiki, I would hope there is also a link to the partner's page. This is the logic I used in removing Tease (formerly Rapture) from the HOP page. .

I didn't bother to list the many Piers HOP has used over the years but let's examine the latest and how it's presented. 2018 is seeing this 2 day concert/dance experience move to "Pier 97, in the heart of Hell's Kitchen." HOP is limited by the spaces the City makes available. I am glad we stopped the quoting from press releases when we did for Pier 97 is not in the heart of Hell's Kitchen, unless you consider Morningside Heights to be the Heart of Murray Hill. It is the pier in the very far upper west corner of Clinton/Hell's Kitchen.

To burden you more, sole use of this smart branding loses the historical reference that the organizers had in mind when naming the 501c3 and their leadership is still committed to. They wouldn't offer Community Grants and participate in the ongoing activities of other organizations if they didn't see the greater link between the many gender and sexual minority communities as well as their place in it. They also would not have sought out a broadcast partner if they were not intending to document a significant milestone about to occur which was the impetus for me wanting to ensure wiki was current in the first place. I turn to a specific website when I know what I'm looking for or to wiki if the topic includes a broader discussion. My Collier's volumes are a bit out of date. I believe my edit offers wiki some insight for its audience as to what a heritage of pride is and why it is important. Don't we want to offer more on community heritage people growing up alone or bullied etc need to learn about because IT GETS BETTER and they should take Pride in their unique voice?

If we are to accept their website as a credible source that will stand the test of time, we need to ensure wiki selects HOP's words that are not this seasons promotional pitch from James' team, but are facts about what they do or are tenets of who they are, if it is in their constitution which as a NFP should be readily available I believe wiki should have no issue on it being the fashion of the times. Mission statement information too. There was a time God's Love We Deliver served one population in a unique way- prepared meals for those clinging on as they battled AIDS in another time. Their current offerings serve a wider need, allowing them to extend their work to a more diverse and equally underserved population. But did you know that not everyone has access to both the meals and/or the bag program. Bags of food are income restricted. Prepared meals can be medically requested regardless of income. That is how grant money shapes/limits an organization. Page 243 of GLWD's cookbook has an excellent Peach-Blueberry Pie recipe I found worked well for a dinner at my sister's last Fall... Opps... digression... my bad.

I had included in my edit a quick overview of organizational structure which I believe is a good tool for readers to see, as it applies to the concept of Prides in general, and people interesting in learning more on wiki might want to know that there is a seat for them at the table. Just linking a word to the the NFP page might not adequately relay how much this movement has been done by an all volunteer army in a fight for their lives, a fight for their rights and a fight to ensure this issue is tackled globally. This is not an organization that serves the community like your typical Community service organization. The Board of GMHC or AmFAR serve very different roles from the more accessible sort HOP uses. HOP might be unaware how approachable HOP is and that they keep an open door policy waiting for the next generation to walk through their doors. I think I was addressing this decently and also providing facts for those who might incorrectly feel they have not been included. Consider the tenor of 2016 as seen in this NYT article and the inclusion of the RISE & RESIST Contingent in 2017. Why is such a vocal part of HOP's chorus not well represented in the planning year round, two completely separate but related entities are clearly seen in a review of their facebook feeds... it should be feasible for them to work together year round, as might other specific demographics who were included with the addition of LGBTQ (March 9th) but improved the following week as LGBTQIA+ finally appeared on their website- a change of the mission statement was made on March 12th. I think given wiki has already brought gender and sexual minority into the discussion, there is no reason it isn't included on a page relating to people it refers to. I think it might actually be helpful for all dealing with alphabet soup confusion. Or would you prefer to link each letter to the word it stands for. I don't think I have found a wiki page with a one letter link.

I'll leave you with this. In my edit, I attempted to explain how NYC is comprised of 5 boro's and within it are currently three official annual NYC Pride festivals. The Bronx had tried to create one but it hasn't been consistent enough to mention. Queens Pride and Brooklyn Pride so exist in part because of efforts made by former members of HOP like Franklin Fry (a co-chair in the 90's) who wanted to see events occuring where they lived. Many people commonly refer to NYC Pride as Manhattan Pride, wiki should not want to include itself in that divisive 'common use' but could recognize the other local branches. Following the same logic, there is Jersey City Pride which is very much a 6th Boro event- but that inclusion wouldn't be as useful when discussing the Wiki page referring to NYC Pride Events. This was where I was trying to help by including Pride London. Pride Chapters started in the US and spread first to Europe and eventually to the Arctic.

• • • • • NOTE THE FOLLOWING REALLY SHOULD BE ADDED***** from the ABOUT THE TEAM PAGE OF THEIR WEBSITE ARE THESE FACTS & perhaps a better way to explain the network I was looking to describe.

"Heritage of Pride is a founding member of the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators known as InterPride, a nonprofit organization that provides support to over 180 groups that plan Pride events around the world.

HOP is also a member of the following organizations: Northeast Regional Pride, NERP, an association of Pride committees in the Northeast United States; the International Lesbian and Gay Association, ILGA; the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, NGLTF; and the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, IGLTA."

Thank you Oshwah. Would you like me to drop an Advil or Aleve in the post for you now.

Best PhilEdits (talk) 02:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

PhilEdits - Jesus... umm... I'm sorry that you had to write all of that... I reverted your edit by mistake and I've restored your changes back. I think I double-fired in Huggle somewhere - I do not remember seeing these changes during my RCP. I owe you many apologies - it looks like you have quite a bit of time spent with this article. I won't interrupt you anymore - thanks for letting me know about what happened so I could fix it, and... maybe next time just leave a message and ask "hey why'd you do that?" first... That woulda saved you a lot of time explaining something that didn't need be :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:29, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually you did me a favor. I did a trademark search and found the exact wording that it is a DBA. Also, in reviewing your edits, see some flaws. http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4806:hopr06.4.1 Thank you for ensuring I look and leap and look again. PhilEdits (talk) 04:45, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Yep I see them. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:36, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Why did you delete Toast Mobile?

I thought that I made a fairly solid argument in talk. Pokemonisfunlel (talk) 03:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Pokemonisfunlel, thanks for leaving me a message here. Your article was deleted under Section A7 of Wikipedia's Speedy deletion process. Give that section a read, and then read about what a credible claim of significance is. This will help you understand why the article was deleted, and assist you with improving your article creations in the future. Please let me know if you have any questions about these guideline pages and I'll be happy to answer them. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:18, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Revertion of edit on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gorgeous

I see no reason to why you would revert my edit? I just saw that the pronouns were incorrect and would do good to fix it. It was quickly reverted. may I ask why? Or are you a bot that detects edits that may look like vandalism? 2001:D08:D6:2D5B:86B:8DC5:D645:EA2A (talk) 10:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Oshwah is not a bot. He reverted your edits as you changed every pronoun in the article to male pronouns when the subject is female. _{Vermont | reply here} 10:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

@Vermont: Read properly, he is a male. I don't know how you could mistake him for a female if you read the article. 2001:D08:D6:2D5B:86B:8DC5:D645:EA2A (talk) 12:33, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

The article subject identifies as a female, and this is how we address this person per Wikipedia guidelines. Please do not change the gender of an article subject (especially a transgender article subject) without first reading the appropriate guidelines and gaining consensus in a discussion. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:20, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

User:Jaco IV

Hi Oshwah - a week has passed since I raised this issue (which has already been archived from this page). Any further thoughts on it? Colonies Chris (talk) 10:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Colonies Chris - My apologies for taking so long to respond to you. Give me a moment to take a look - stand by. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:02, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Colonies Chris - Since the ANI, it looks like this was handled at AN3 and you both were just warned - which was nice of the closing admin to do. It gave you both a chance to learn from the issue and move forward in the right direction. You were going to continue discussing the dispute peacefully with the editor on the article's talk page - how's that been going? What concerns do you have that still remain? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:16, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

I pointed out before that I had been trying to have a dscussion but the user was just not responding. If you look at the user's talk page, you will see that I have attempted to have a discussion, but I got no response. The user simply reverted my edits repeatedly, eventually on more than 30 articles without even an edit summary. Colonies Chris (talk) 16:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Colonies Chris - Sigh... what a pickle. These situations are obviously not easy, and there's no "great answer" that will perfectly resolve it and make everyone live happily ever after. If he's choosing not to respond or participate in discussion, then I'd say fine... work on the articles and projects as you normally do, and next time he revers your changes, ask for an explanation. If he chooses not to respond and none is given, then restore your changes. If he goes for it a second time, come see me. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, I'm back again. On 6 April I left a message on his page once again asking him to discuss things User_talk:Jaco_IV#Italian_basketball_clubs_in_European_and_worldwide_competitions, and resumed my editing on 7 April; but here's a list of his wholesale reversions of my changes on the same day without a word of explanation [21]. And he's doing it in such a way that I don't get the usual automatic notification that my edits have been reverted. Colonies Chris (talk) 16:33, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Colonies Chris - I've fully protected the article for a few days and left him a message. Since he only reverted you once in the last few days, there isn't any current edit warring going on. But since this has occurred in the past over these articles, I think it's the right thing to apply at this point. Let me know how this goes and if helps establish communication from the user. Good luck and happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:18, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Discard of edit about Arya Samaj

Hi there,

I relieved message from you about rejecting the edit about Arya Samaj, where the text about Nehru alleging proselytization was removed by me. Can you please explain how Arya Samaj should be seen as an organization involved in "proselytization".

Congress and its primary leaders has a different opinion which has more subdued view on religion but it doesn't give them right to call other "proselytization".

India, Indian public and historical leaders like Shivaji etc had long wars against Islamic invaders which were far worse then British rules, but for sure Nehru can't call them involved in "proselytization". Nehru is unsubstantial and immaterial here and his words are not unbiased.

Thanks, Kumar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.138.19.162 (talk) 10:54, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! I just didn't understand why you were removing this content because your edit summary didn't directly state why. It simply contained what would typically be content. I recommend that you discuss your reason for this edit in-depth and explain why the other content needs removal. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:21, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Bill Maynard

Please unprotect. His death has been confirmed by multiple sources. Aiken D 12:05, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bill+maynard&safe=strict&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBnsfUgZTaAhVgFMAKHSAYCC0Q_AUIEigC&biw=1024&bih=650&dpr=2 Aiken D 12:09, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aiken drum - start an editing request on the article's talk page, and include the references you found. Make sure that they meet Wikipedia's reliability requirements for updating a biography of a living person with this kind of changes. Because of the high level of BLP violations added to the article, we're verifying the references provided extremely carefully to make sure that WP:BLP is enforced and that all edits are in compliance with the policy. Someone will take a look at your request and either update the page or respond with any questions or issues. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:22, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Who is “we”? I’ve been editing Wikipedia for nearly 9 years and don’t need your patronising links. The only edits added made today are that he has died and this is confirmed by many reliable news sources. You need to unprotect the article, now. Aiken D 12:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Here are some sources @Oshwah:: BBC the Sun. @Aiken drum: You can use these sources if you like. 2001:D08:D6:2D5B:86B:8DC5:D645:EA2A (talk) 12:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

The article is still fully protected so no, I cannot. Also I wouldn’t consider the Sun a RS. Aiken D 12:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

The protection has just been lowered. I appreciate your patience and your understanding - I just needed to keep that article free of BLP violations, but this concern has now been resolved since references have been located. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you 🙂 Aiken D 12:44, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aiken drum - You're very welcome. My talk page is always open to you and you are welcome to message me any time you have questions or need anything. I'll be more than happy to lend a hand. Cheers - :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:51, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aiken drum - Oh and for the record, I always blue link the relevant guideline or policy pages that I reference in my responses to other editors - it was certainly not done in order to be patronizing toward you or to imply that you didn't have knowledge of those guidelines. It's just a habit that I've developed and I do it by natural instinct. Again, please accept my apologies if you felt that I was trying to talk down to you or by "blue lighting" a bunch of links at you - it's not something I'd do to another editor nor would I would ever even want to imply. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:57, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok, that’s fair enough. I have experienced that kind of thing before so I will AGF next time (or WP:AGF 😊) before thinking it’s more of the same! Aiken D 13:02, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Aiken drum - Oh yeah... I see editors do it too, so I understand. No harm done :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:09, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey!

Hey I saw you reverted my edits and changed the Jesse Kanda page back to a redirect. Yes I should have been working on it in the sandbox- Sorry! my bad- but I feel like Kanda should have his own page as he is a distinct artist although he collaborates a great deal with Arca. Should continue to work on the article until it suitable for publication? Or is there another reason why it was a redirect page. Bigoldnance (talk) 12:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bigoldnance! Thanks for leaving me a message here. I was actually only concerned with this edit where you added some content that seemed mostly phrased and spelled in an incoherent and random manner. I didn't actually meant to revert all of your changes - just that edit; please accept my apologies for the incorrect revert. I've resolved this by restoring the article to the revision preceding the latest revision that had issues, so your changes are mostly back. I have a question, however: Isn't Jesse Kanda and Arca (musician) the same person? If so, why not build onto the article that's already been created and improve that page? I think that this would be the proper way to improve this particular article subject as opposed to making another article over the same person. If this is not the case and these two people are different, let me know. I'd like to make sure that you're setting yourself up for success with the time that you're dedicating to this article :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:18, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for your fast reply - yes that is my fault for leaving the random sentences. Arca is a music producer Alejandro Ghersi while Jesse Kanda is a visual artist who makes his music videos and art! They are different people so I was surprised that Kanda's page was just a redirect to Arca's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigoldnance (talk • contribs) 12:30, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Bigoldnance - Ah, okay. That's good to know. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't created another article if one already existed ;-). Perfect, then you're all set. And don't be sorry; mistakes are expected and is how we learn and gain experience. It's perfectly okay to make mistakes if you learn from them and improve your contributions from them. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you, and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Elmidae. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Jesse Kanda, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:41, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Just a note on that - I'm not entirely convinced that notability will emerge from the current edits, so I unreviewed again. Editor appears to be going strong, so the next reviewer to come along should be able to come to a useful conclusion :) --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:59, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Elmidae - No worries; thanks for letting me know :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:19, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

BBC IP vandal

Hello Oshwah, Regret to say that the BBC vandal 86.9.95.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has again re-surfaced with the usual unsourced edits and edit warring. Other editors and myself have reverted all their edits, but they do not seem to learn the lesson. Thanks for your help. David, David J Johnson (talk) 13:26, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - Blocked. Let me know if you need anything else :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for all your help, Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 13:51, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - Any time ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:55, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, immediately resurfaced with 86.171.173.73 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log).But different location, ?same. Leave this with you please? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 13:59, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - Looks like the IP h as stopped? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:24, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately re-surfaced, yet again, still using 86.9.95.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) with usual unsourced/unreferenced edits. Could I suggest a longer block or page protection for all BBC pages? Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 08:52, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

David J Johnson - What articles are being hit the most? Can you list them for me so I can take a look? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:22, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

some misunderstanding

you are mistaken . I did not make any edit in the article here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagendra_Singh. But no offence taken :-) Sanjeevgeorge123 (talk) 14:33, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Sanjeevgeorge123 - I know you didn't :-). I had just responded to a message from you and was writing a response to the next person's message beneath yours. I pasted your username by mistake, which is why you received a ping to that discussion. I had already realized my bone headed move and fixed it by the time you probably saw the notification. Sorry for the accidental ping :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Stefan Radu External Link

Hi Oshwah,

I recently added a "Player profile and Analysis section" to the Stefan Radu Wikipedia page and you removed the link. Is there a reason for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevenkm119 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Stevenkm119 - I became concerned that the external URLs you were adding. They were being added to multiple articles and to one domain - do you own, manage, or maintain this website at all? Please let me know and I'll be happy to help you from there. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:13, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes Oshawah, I own manage and maintain this site. It is very reputable too; we are a NEWS site and all our information is sourced and confirmed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevenkm119 (talk • contribs) 13:05, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Stevenkm119 - Thanks for responding and for letting me know. Adding references to links that you own and manage introduces a number of concerns (as you can probably imagine and understand). I highly recommend that you reference sources that you have no personal involvement with, or you can make an edit request instead. Just explain in the request that you own and manage the reference, and the request will be reviewed and (if approved) applied by another editor. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:38, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

External Links to Intarsia and Roman mosaic pages

Hello Oshwah,

Please approve and do not remove my links to those resources: My link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intarsia is a very interesting article of Islamic Intarsia. Wikipedia lacks sources of the Islamic art and European intarsia is the same and is coming from Islamic intarsia. With the pictures in the article you can understand much better Intarsia technique. Apart from that there a commercial website there listed: https://www.woodartsintarsia.com/ not adding any value, so I do not understand why my link is removed when the article was not commercial...

Otherwise, my mosaic patterns link was removed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mosaic , that is a very popular resource for schools and universities, as it is the only glossary of Roman mosaics patterns available out there. Please approve this link also.

Thank you for your review.

Regards Lucius29 (talk) 16:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Any news? Lucius29 (talk) 19:00, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Lucius29: What news are you expecting? Those links aren't allowed, per WP:EL. That is all. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:04, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Lucius29 - I'm concerned with your addition of the external link because it appears the motivation may be to advertise instead of contributing to the encyclopedia. Can you please explain in a bit more detail why these links belong? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:16, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello Oshwah,

I do not do it for SEO or promotion as wikipedia links are nofollow, actually my blogpost https://theancienthome.com/blogs/blog-and-news/roman-mosaic-patterns which I wanted to link as external resource in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mosaic is for a very long time on first position on Google SERP for most keywords related to the topic: Roman mosaic patterns, Roman patterns, mosaic patterns... and driving visitors every day. This glossary was days of hard work to make with pictures that do not have problems of copyright (mosaics we make/own) and investigating the names of the patterns (no much resources about this topic anywhere, though there is demand for the topic online). This blogpost is mostly visited by schools and people looking for references, even university students or mosaic schools were very grateful, and this is not a blogpost intended to attract buyers.

Otherwise, the reason why I wanted to link the other blogpost https://theancienthome.com/blogs/blog-and-news/islamic-furniture-understanding-intarsia-inlay to the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intarsia is because intarsia is not a very easy-to-understand technique and confusing, similar to marquetry but it is not marquetry. Actually, it was very difficult to imagine how intarsia is done when reading the wiki because it is not sufficient explaining with words. As you can read on the wiki, Intarsia was firstly an Islamic art form, and that blogpost explains showing pictures of the process how intarsia is made. Intarsia is a craft in extinction due to the cost and difficulty, machines cannot do easily the intarsia work, marquetry yes... People like me try to lecture and promote this craft which is not easy, and most artisans are in most cases subsidized by European government to continue the activity and keep the cultural heritage.

Please let me know what do you think.

Lucius29 (talk) 17:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi again, Lucius29 and thanks for responding. I think your intentions seem fine, but as you can understand - adding links to personal blogs and websites that you own, control, and manage is a discouraged behavior by the community. You should also read Wikipedia's guideline pages on conflict of interest, original research, and identifying reliable sources - these will help explain the issues in-depth. Honestly, I'd play it safe and make an edit request instead of adding those links to the articles directly. This will keep you within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and allow others to review what you wish to change and add it if things look okay. This will save you the most frustration and headache, and I highly recommend that you do this. Otherwise, I really believe that you're going to have a hard time with adding those URLs yourself - and (obviously) for many reasons. Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the pages I linked you here and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:17, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Imperialism

Outside of the USA, Wikipedia is noted for cultural imperialism. I see that you quickly and happily reverted 'faeces' to 'feces'; the US English. This is Imperialism in action. Your comment on your reversion stated that my edit to 'faeces' is 'vandalism'. Really? Anyway, thank you, I am writing a paper on the cultural bias of WP so your edit will inform my thesis. Have a good day and remember that in the USA there is no such thing as the Oxford comma and that Word ships with US English as the default language. :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.3.237.96 (talk) 16:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Well if your edit was fixing something, please let me know and explain in-depth and I'll be happy to help you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:26, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

What?

Happened? There?

I know I'm an IP editor but I provided a clear edit summary. Why the revert? -- 109.78.222.41 (talk) 16:26, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Reply here preferably. -- 109.78.222.41 (talk) 16:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) looks like it was a mistake. Adam9007 (talk) 16:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Quick delete, slow reply. I'd like a response from the editor. -- 109.78.222.41 (talk) 17:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Also why are you stalking this talk page? -- 109.78.222.41 (talk) 17:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi. Yes, I owe you my sincere apologies. I reverted that revision by mistake and quickly restored it after I saw that I did. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Again, please accept my apologies for any inconvenience or frustration that the edit may have caused upon you. It was unintentionally made. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:07, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Okay. That's what I wanted. If you'd said more in your edit summaries I probably wouldn't have asked. Take your time, and take care. -- 109.78.222.41 (talk) 17:11, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Lots of people do stalk Oshwah's talkpage, 109.78.222.41. I think it's the hair. Bishonen | talk 21:00, 30 March 2018 (UTC).

Bishonen - Heh, it's something... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:27, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Behaviorism Edits

Hello, you responded to my edits on the "Behaviorism" article just a few minutes ago. I thank you for the feedback and have revised my changes; if you could review them and provide me with feedback relating to my new edits, it would be great. I'm new so I don't know what I am doing whatsoever, again, thanks for the feedback! Zebralear (talk) 16:36, 30 March 2018

Zebralear - I'm so sorry for taking so long to respond to you! No problem - how are you doing? Do you need help with anything? You should go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial - it'll provide you with a significant amount of introductions, guides, walkthroughs, and it'll show you "the basics" of Wikipedia and how everything works. If you need anything, message me and let me know. Welcome to Wikipedia! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Question about FC Prishtina artical:

Hey, but having won ten league titls and four kosovar cup, whice non of the other clubs have done..it makes the club the most succesful club in Kosovo, doesnt it?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamroki (talk • contribs) 30 March 2018 16:37 UTC (UTC)

Iamroki - It doesn't look like your edit here wasn't referenced elsewhere in the article. Please let me know if I'm incorrect and I'll take another look. Thanks for the message and best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:37, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I Used to Cheer With Kayla at World Cup

Hi I used to cheer with Kayla at World Cup, I can try and dig up my old yearbook to send it to you but I know her personally. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.230.83.81 (talk) 19:29, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Edit to Paul Blanchard page

I added some detail to the personal section (and created a career section) on Paul Blanchard's page. I'm one of his sons, so not sure what other reference I need to give, please advise. Thanks Nick Blanchard

86.144.15.121 (talk) 19:42, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You know what this is for. :) ⌤TheMitochondriaBoi⌤(☎) 20:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

TheMitochondriaBoi - Indeed I do! Thanks for the barnstar, man... I means a lot and I appreciate it a lot! I hope you have a great weekend, and I wish you all the fun in the world of recent changes patrolling. Because you know how fun it is... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:17, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) ⌤TheMitochondriaBoi⌤^(☎) 16:20, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

untitled michelle wolf show

Hi Oshwah, The official title of Michelle Wolf's Netflix show hasn't been released, so I'm trying to edit the entry to Untitled Michelle Wolf Show. Thanks! C — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwiki1234 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Gujjari language,haryanvi,punjabi,hindi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dharmveer07 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Your vandalism

On 21:23, 30 March 2018‎, you vandalised Wikipedia by deliberately inserting incorrect information into it.

Specifically, you are claiming that glyphs from EmojiOne are instead glyphs from different fonts.

I will be rolling back your vandalism. If you think your edit isn't vandalism, then cite a reliable source external to Wikipedia showing that these glyphs are indeed included in the fonts you indicate.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.201.88.231 (talk) 21:30, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Really? Where do I specifically say that? Because I don't remember making a statement and saying, "glyphs from EmojiOne are instead glyphs from different fonts"? And hey, so long as the content on the article is true and accurate, that's all I care about since this is what is most important when it comes to the project :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:39, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

@31.201.88.231:I wouldn't accuse others of vandalism when it was clearly an honest mistake. See Assume good faith. SQL^{Query me!} 22:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Kahloon

I'm concerned about your justification for semi-protecting Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Kahloon. Clearly Ghulam Akbar Malik and an IP editor have on several occasions added unsourced content to the article, but there has been no vandalism, and the addition of unsourced content doesn't seem sufficient to justify semi-protection per WP:SEMI. Of course, it's possible there's something I'm missing. All the best – Arms & Hearts (talk) 22:54, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Arms & Hearts - Okay, I'll take another look at it shortly. Thanks for leaving me a message here and for expressing your concerns - I'll follow-up here with a response once I finish taking another look :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:57, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

western family history

Hi Oshwa, I saw the message you deleted my edit. I had said; I called their customer service number today. I was coming back to change my edit, as I had stated their Tigard office was still open, but it is a Portland number which is about 22 miles away, so I was coming back to correct that. The Wikepedia page states that it was due to close in 2016; you want an accurate page don't you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.132.156.203 (talk) 23:22, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message here. Well, let's not be silly here... of course we do. That's the point of this project, right? :-). The underlying problem is that you need to locate and identify reliable sources to cite and include with the content you're trying to add or change. Relying on someone's word that they contacted the company and that they "know" this content to be true isn't a reference we find reliable at all. In fact, it constitutes original research which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. If you really want to improve the article and do so correctly, I highly recommend that you review these guidelines and policy pages I linked you to, and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again for the message, and I hope you take my advice and review these pages :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Tamil films

No Tamil films were released in March. Remove the list of films that say they were released in March 2018 on the 2018 Tamil Films page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:209F:FF4D:9441:3517:9985:667C (talk) 23:54, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Rajeshvenkatrao appears to have gone ahead and removed the content as well and then put it back with all the dates changed from March to April. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 17:24, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Recent revert

Hi Oshwah! I noticed you did a similar revert for an IP user [22] that I've been dealing with as well. It's been going on for a while and the IP user is trying to obscure the edit to see if they can sneak it by. Is there anything else we can do to help stem the flow of disruption? Thanks, Valeince (talk) 01:01, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Into the badlands

Idk how to suggest an edit so I'm pming you because you're the last person to edit the page.

In the second or third paragraph it says the location of the series is the former usa. I dont recall them ever mentioning a location but based on the ending of S2:E2 it looks as if Sunny and Benji are looking out over the great wall of China — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.29.65.223 (talk) 01:53, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi there 173.29! I am not familiar with the topic. Do you have reliable sources that talk of it? Also, edit requests can be made on the article's talk page (Talk:Into the Badlands (TV series)) following the directions found here (click link). The article does not, however, appear to be protected, so if you have reliable sources which you could link here, I would be happy to consider making that change for you. I hope that this helps and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let us know here. --(talk page stalker) All the best, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 13:56, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Correction to Joseph Ndo spelling

Hi - Joseph Ndo’s name is frequently misspelled as N’Do. I will change it again. The correct spelling can be seen on the video show he presents called Blessed on YouTube. https://youtube/vF7Yvi4jOng Bnational (talk) 02:50, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello there Bnational! I have done some looking into this and it appears that several sports-related publications and other sites would disagree with that statement. Please note that YouTube is typically not considered a reliable source and, as such, should be avoided and substituted with more reliable ones. As for the video you linked, it is entirely possible (and most likely) that the video title was actually the one that had the typo in it. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. (talk page stalker) --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 06:08, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Note

Hi Oswah. I wanted to thank you for your attempt to mediate in the issues between myself and the IP editor. You seem like a well-intentioned person, and your communications here seem very civil, something I feel is increasingly lacking on Wikipedia today. You actually seem to want to do the right thing. That's rare. I'm dropping by to let you know I'll be signing out and likely not returning due to the interactions I've had with this IP editor. While some of my initial responses to him were perhaps a bit more grumpy than they needed to be, what has happened since has convinced me there's no place for me to write articles here. He's added me to an SPI with ridiculous "evidence", then when I found what I considered strong evidence of his own socking, the SPI I filed was summarily deleted as "disruptive". I can't seem to get a neutral third-party to actually look at any this and see what is going on. In any case, since you were the last person I had any interaction with who seemed objective and friendly, I wanted to thank you. Enjoy your time here and try not to become disillusioned. : ) The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 02:55, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

The Master - If you're really leaving us for good, you should give one more thing a chance first. What you need to do is vanish yourself and then go and create a new user account and use that one from now on (consider the old account gone). This basically wipes your username and your "identity" here and lets you come back and edit Wikipedia with a completely new one. Think of it like moving to a new city, and with the paper and passport of another person - you're changing your identity. You obviously won't be able to participate or edit any articles that you were previously involved with (because this is about wiping the slate and letting you start over), but it is an option I hope you consider as opposed to leaving the project entirely. I hope you respond and let me help you, but that's up to you. Regardless of what you decide, it was a pleasure to meet you, I wish you well, and I hope your next adventure is a happy one. Goodbye...... maybe? ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:10, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

I have a feeling that s/he already knows about how to create new accounts. See the unblock request here, to quote "I did create a couple of accounts after that to cause trouble". Anyway assuming good faith but pointing out the history. 104.163.158.37 (talk) 19:58, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

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TheSandDoctor ^Talk 04:29, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

TheSandDoctor - Alright, I'll check my email and read it in just a moment... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Responded. Let me know if there's anything else you need help with. Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

It was not a mistake

You were incorrect, please revert your changes unless you are a bot 207.96.81.91 (talk) 04:41, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello there 207.96! Why/how is Oshwah incorrect? Also, I can assure you that Oshwah is not - nor ever has been - a bot. With that out of the way, when removing content, it is best to use an edit summary to explain the reason for removal. When content is removed without an edit summary it is considered unexplained content removal and can be reverted as such. As an editor suggested when they reverted your revert of Oshwah's edit, please discuss your reasoning for the content removal at Talk:Nashik Airport (and include reliable sources). If others agree and consensus is reached, then the content can be altered or removed accordingly. I would not recommend continuing to revert the reverts or remove the content until consensus is reached (and only if it is consensus towards/supporting removal) as doing so could be interpreted as edit warring and potentially result in your account's editing privileges being revoked (blocked). I hope that this helps to answer your question. If you have any questions, please feel free to respond with them here. (talk page stalker) --All the best, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 05:56, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

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revdel request. talk to !dave 21:41, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

My name is not dave - Handled and responded. Thanks for the email, and sorry it took me so long to respond. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Why did you delete my edits about Paula Radcliffe doing a shit in a marathon?

Why did you delete my edits about Paula Radcliffe doing a shit in a marathon? It's true that is what she's best known for

(talk page stalker) This just got my award for best talk page section title of the day. --MelanieN (talk) 22:30, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Range block Request

The following IP address range, 2A02:C7D:32B7:9E00:0:0:0:0/64, has been using various IP addresses to edit Wikipedia in an illegitimate way - block evasion. Many of them have edited the same page multiple times to alter a small section of the pages (e.g. 2A02:C7D:32B7:9E00:51C9:40FA:1076:87E6 with Lukasz Fabianski and 2A02:C7D:32B7:9E00:DDC7:3269:C2B3:6EA2 to Andy King (footballer, born 1988) ) to name but a few. This, to me, is not acceptable for small area editing, and is definitely unacceptable for block evading. If you have the 'stike out blocked users' options checked, the earliest blocked IP address would be 2A02:C7D:32B7:9E00:1906:7DD3:1E69:A44B set on 27 February for 181 days. I usually find some random IP address from the list through at least one of my watchlist pages which Mattythewhite blocks for around six months. Sometimes a range block can be used to prevent untimely disruption as what has happened here with four edits (I would usually do just one)! Thanks, Iggy (Swan) 22:52, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Iggy the Swan - Is this an on-going issue? I see that an IP within the range is making edits to an article today, but they don't seem like blatant vandalism or disruption. Let me know what's going on and I'll be happy to dive deeper and take another look. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:46, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

It feels like block evasion, of which they shouldn't be editing when the block takes place - that would be the on-going issue. I see from the 64 range that there has been a lot of edits to Dermot Drummy as well, a small portion does not obey MOS:DATE. Other editors may see it as disruption and the occasional block can be in place for evading previous blocks. Thanks, Iggy (Swan) 08:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)