User talk:Bishonen

This user has been blocked from editing Wikipedia 3 times. And the last admin blocked by Jimbo. The LAST. Don't trifle with her.

Userbox barnstar

Awarded by DHeyward

10:19, 2 September 2015‎

He's back -- the man behind the mask ...

... and no one cared who he was until he put on the mask.

(This is Hijiri88, by the way. Posting this logged out because I'm pretty sure he's monitoring my logged-in edits. I probably should have removed his comment while logged out as well, but what can you do.)

106.133.164.1 (talk) 01:39, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Sanction notification

Thank you for the notification. Sort of important for editors new to the area. I was informally informed about it, had to look it up, and was wondering why I didn't get a notification. Otr500 (talk) 23:46, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

You're most welcome! Bishonen | talk 15:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC).

User page protection request

Bishonen, I seem to have annoyed an IP hopper. Would you please semi User:Jbhunley. If there is an easy way to do it for the whole User:Jbhunley/ tree that would be even better since they went after many pages. If you have to do it manually though, do not bother with it. Thank you! Jbh^Talk 01:01, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

PS that tilted TOC is cool - makes my eyes cross, but still cool. Jbh^Talk 01:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

I've semi'd your userpage indefinitely, Jbhunley — it hardly seems likely an IP would ever have any business editing it. But this is very annoying... I did mass protect my own pages about a year ago, when I had a determined personal harasser. But I can't remember how. Anybody? @Writ Keeper, MusikAnimal, and Materialscientist:? Hehe, I love the tilt, but it's getting a bit long — maybe I should archive. Some day, you know. Bishonen | talk 15:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC).

There should be a 'semiprotect all' button at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Jbhunley/ https://i.imgur.com/XwzDXNi.png - NQ (talk) 15:53, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Yup, I've already pushed it. I was gonna say, I distinctly remember writing that script. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:57, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Bishonen, Writ Keeper - Thank you! Jbh^Talk 17:16, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

You can also use Twinkle to mass-protect, on the same Special:PrefixIndex/User:Jbhunley/ use TW > P-Batch — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:23, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Must you suck the fun out of *everything*? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:39, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

In seriousness, though, I don't actually see a TW tab on Special:PrefixIndex. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:02, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

I didn't either. Thought it was just for admin eyes only. - NQ (talk) 19:05, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

And there we are. Thanks very much, all. Writty, I was pretty sure it was your script, I think you may actually have written it because I needed it. (You're such a good guy. Please run for ArbCom!) I just didn't remember how to use it. I wonder if this brilliant note I've made on my page will help next time. Unlikely, I suppose. Bishonen | talk 19:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC).

Arbcom. Yeah, that's what we need. Speaking of sucking the fun out of everything...Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 22:11, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

I don't see a Twinkle tab on those pages either, MusikAnimal. Does it need to be, uh, activated somewhere in my prefs? Bishonen | talk 10:52, 21 October 2016 (UTC).

Really? I see "P-Batch" and "D-batch", both admin functions so yes, the tab would only be visible at all for admins. Special:PrefixIndex is the primary use-case for these features. If you don't see them, then this must be a bug... :( Could one of you, Writ Keeper perhaps since you are a developer, take a look at your JS console and see if there are any errors? See WP:JSERROR for those who need instructions — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:32, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

I reckon the Zilla has desysopped Bishonen! Wow! _Muffled ^Pocketed 16:41, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Sure, I'll take a look later today. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:57, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

I asked some other admins on IRC and they said they see the Twinkle menu at Special:PrefixIndex. I tried on both Vector and Monobook. Mass delete/protect are arguably the most powerful admin features, so I really want to figure this out :) Thank you! — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:00, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

No errors (only warnings), appears in Vector but not Monobook. Dunno what's different about our monobook vs. yours, though, if you've tried it. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 01:10, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

In Monobook, Twinkle options should show up as links along the top, not as a dropdown menu (sorry I thought maybe this was implied). So next to "special page" you should see "d-batch" and "p-batch" (screenshot). Do you not? — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:12, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

No, I see your screenshot, but there's nothing there next to "special page" in my Monobook. (Vector? Who uses Vector?) Except "semiprotect all", which would be Writty's script. Bishonen | talk 03:49, 22 October 2016 (UTC). P.S. Could that possibly be the problem? That the Twinkle links are sort of masked by "semiprotect all"? Do you want to see a screenshot, MusikAnimal? I could e-mail it to you. Bishonen | talk 10:43, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Could you add the following code to your common.js and see if the tab shows up on Special:PrefixIndex/User:Bishonen? mw.loader.using(['ext.gadget.Twinkle'], function() { if (mw.config.get( 'wgCanonicalSpecialPageName' ) === 'Prefixindex') {Twinkle.addPortletLink( Twinkle.batchprotect.callback, "P-batch", "tw-pbatch", "Protect pages linked from this page" );}}); - NQ (talk) 11:50, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Add that code? [Dubiously:] I suppose I could. OK, done. No, it doesn't make any difference. Thank you for trying, little NQ. Should I remove it again? Bishonen | talk 15:13, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

yes please, wouldn't want it to screw anything up. It worked for me though, so not sure what's wrong. 84 (talk) 15:34, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

(←) I am so lost... I set my personal JS to be the same as yours, Bishonen, and I still see the links (the P-batch link I see twice, because of NQ's script that you added). I'm going to guess there's a conflicting gadget or something. Let's take this to the next level, if you don't mind... I've temporarily given you sysop rights on testwiki. At your convenience, please go to testwiki:Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and enable "Twinkle debug version", then browse to testwiki:Special:Prefixindex and let me know if you see the links. Thanks so much for your help! I worry this isn't working for a lot of people — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:42, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

I got as far as enabling "Twinkle debug version", but then when I click on your testwiki:Special:Prefixindex link, I only get a generic page, without any pages listed on it. Unsurprisingly, I didn't see any Twinkle links, because there was nothing there for them to refer to (no pages to batch protect or similar). So I tried looking for pages with your name as the prefix — obviously, I myself don't have anything in my userspace on that wiki — and got a little list. With still no Twinkle links. I've e-mailed you a screenshot of what I see.

And you have replied — I didn't realize I was using Vector on the testwiki, so I looked for the links to the right of "Special page"... sigh... OK, hang on while I just change the skin. Bishonen | talk 20:05, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

• Yes, it works in Monobook too on the test wiki, I see the links where I expect them. But I can't do the same in my usual prefs, can I? There's no Twinkle debug version there. So, are you going to fix it for all of us? I'm really glad this came up, you know. There's some more Twinkle links I've never been able to find, that I know other people rejoice in — perhaps those will miraculously turn up, too, once this is fixed ("debugged"). Bishonen | talk 20:15, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Oh no, you've already desysopped me! Bad MusikAnimal! Bishonen | talk 20:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Hehe, I love to break rules but the testwiki folks insist sysop powers are for development purposes only. Anyway, yay! We know the issue is not Twinkle by itself :) I'm convinced it must be a conflicting gadget. Could you email me your list of gadgets (take a screenshot, I guess)? What other Twinkle options are missing for you?

Also, I did some SQL queries about skin usage, and of all the users who have modified some sort of setting (so probably most users who were active at some point, and not throwaway accounts/socks), around 2.1 million use Monobook, ~86,000 use Cologne Blue, ~79,000 use Modern, and 8.9 million use Vector :) Vector is the default these days, so it makes sense it's the most popular — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:50, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

little NQ has cracked it ! @Bish @MusikAnimal: @Writ Keeper: Have a looksy at User:Writ Keeper/monobook.css and User:Bishonen/monobook.css. Spot what's hidden! ;) 84 (talk) 20:55, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Haha!! Well that explains it! The Twinkle settings you mysteriously are missing you explicitly have hidden! Wow. Thanks NQ! I'm going to guess Writ Keeper told you to do this, Bishonen? Writ I've just about had enough of you :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:58, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

The CSS should have been one of the first places I checked. So angry at myself >:( — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:01, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

No, I don't think it was Writ, even though there's some overlap with his choices... I think I did it on my own, because I'm pretty clever, you know.. full of technical initiative! Can I be a developer, please? Peering into the past, I think the line of links got too long and the ones I really wanted disappeared to the right on my tablet, and there was no using them. I'll just unhide the lot, because I can't be arsed to use the damn tablet these days anyway. I like to use Bishzilla's ten-acre desktop monitor, which has lots of room for little links. Sorry I'm so forgetful, Musik. Thank you little NQ! Bishonen | talk 22:20, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Calling a living person/scholar a nut on wikipedia pages, BLP issues?

Hi @Bish: See this. Isn't calling a living person "a nut"/etc, making personal attacks on a living human being, or other defamation of living person(s) on wikipedia pages inappropriate and unacceptable? That is a few weeks old comment, in an article I did not follow nor read in the past. The comment is still live, so just a note of admin clarification / caution may suffice. If inappropriate should it be deleted or stricken off? Thanks, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 01:56, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Depends. Some times you feel like a nut (Almond Joy), some times you don't (Mounds (candy)). Jehochman ^Talk 03:36, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

LOL. @Bish's talk page is the place to be: Horses, flowers, starry nights, Almond joy and :-)s. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 04:06, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

• Hi, Ms Sarah. I've removed the opprobrious remark and had a word with the user. Jehochman is a right nutter, btw. Bishonen | talk 10:47, 21 October 2016 (UTC).

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	What a fine idea...to have an image appear to those who edit your talk page. Such a fine first picture too...quite contemplative! MONGO 04:58, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you for bright bulb little user. Illumination in murky autumnal home most timely! (Thickest cloudcover ever today.) Hmm. Has another bright idea: how about I add this to carousel too, for a surprise item? I see it's currently being used on the Russian Wiktionary, besides your award. Trying to figure out what the illustrated word can be... no luck. Anybody? Does человекообразность mean Bigfoot? Or Hairy Shakespeare? Bishonen | talk 08:47, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Google translate says it means "people imagery". Huh. Like, folk art? Bishonen | talk 08:50, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

Acording to my dictionary the root word (человекообраз-) means anthropomorphous. With a gendered suffix it is anthropoid. -ност collectivizes a noun so I would say things like Furries would be a good fit. Jbh^Talk 12:28, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

So the image is supposed to be Shakespeare roleplaying in in furry fandom..? Sure, why not, and I'm glad to see it travel, though it's hardly what User:Penyulap had in mind when he kindly created it on request from Bishzilla. Originally, it represents MONGO as the Hairy Shakespeare of the Woods, warbling his native woodnotes in all those featured and hairy and leafy National Park articles.[1]. Bishonen | talk 15:31, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

As is not uncommon, woodland realm has few opportunities for MONGO to edit. Hoping problem rectified soon. Nevertheless those Rooskies need be wary of the potential costs to both limb and eyeball (vodka martini with eyeball garnish my favorite) should they misuse my likeness in a nefarious manner.--MONGO 16:23, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

RexxS is quite the fine technical user person. Thank goodness he's on our side and not that of those dastardly Rooskies.--MONGO 16:37, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Now lightning! MONGO excited!--MONGO 03:50, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

So...pictures must do auto update. MONGO unable to understand such fine complexity...--MONGO 03:41, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Every twelve hours, little MONGO. That's the cleverness of young RexxS. But I only gave him nine pics to alternate between. I wonder if I could put in a few more here? I can see where the image names are, so probably wouldn't need to understand the complexity. What say, RexxS? Would you rather I not mess ignorantly with module? Bishonen | talk 10:17, 29 October 2016 (UTC).

Of course, please add more. I tried to write it so that it could be easily updated. You just need to put a comma after each filename except the last one, just like any list. Enjoy --RexxS (talk) 12:48, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Now more images! Look at me, I'm programming in Lua! \o/ Bishonen | talk 17:08, 29 October 2016 (UTC).

A creek...most idyllic spot of woodland realm.--MONGO 20:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Ha! MONGO You been in woods? Beer coming for MONGO. Usual shipment. You been quiet. Irondome (talk) 22:47, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

MONGO trying to behave...but it very very hard.--MONGO 04:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Strong spirits for MONGO on way. Beer chasers too. Will keep MONGO in picture. Mescal will be sent. Only 24 bottles though. MONGO be warm through winter. Drambuie too. All depends on U Boat activity in Atlantic. Keep MONGO up to date on this. Irondome (talk) 04:16, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

• Pelicans!--MONGO 02:14, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Wecarlisle AE

Pinging Mandruss too.

For future reference, would ANI be a better venue for matters like this? Since it was related to ARBAP2, I thought AE was the only venue I could take that.

And I agree, the warning to report time gap was not ideal. But the disruption was blatant and repeated so I thought it needed addressing. Between the edit notices and the edit summaries by reverters and the user themself, it seemed that they knew about the DS and ignored them.

Just wondering what the ideal way to handle such things would be for the future (esp. as we get closer to the election in the USA). Cheers! EvergreenFir (talk) 12:36, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, EvergreenFir. Yes, IMO either ANI or AN3 would have been better in this case. There was ongoing disruption, so it was urgent. Discretionary sanctions are more for persistent problems, and they only start to "count", so to speak, after a user has been alerted to them. The user had been persistent enough, but mainly before your alert, so s/he wasn't ready to be sanctioned per DS. Giving the user a DS alert was a good idea, but there was nothing preventing you from then using other venues. DS are meant to make it easier, not harder, to stem disruption in sensitive areas. (The cumbersome way they're sometimes used can make one wonder, I know.) They should never prevent anybody from using other venues, or approaching an admin individually, or whatever. As for the ideal way for the future: well, considering these interesting times, why not hand out a few DS alerts for American politics preemptively, where you think they may do some good? (Not a whole shower, as that might be frowned on.) They make it easier for admins to act down the line. The alerts are not accusations — you see where it says "It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date", bolding in original — and people don't really have any reason to take umbrage at them. Especially not if you make a point of templating folk on different sides of the, uh, great divide. Bishonen | talk 15:05, 28 October 2016 (UTC).

That makes sense. I was always a bit unclear if you had to go to AE to get an active sanction addressed or not. I'll go to ANI or AN3 (the latter of which can be a bit slow too) in the future. I appreciate you explaining too. That does help. :) EvergreenFir (talk) 16:46, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

— and people don't really have any reason to take umbrage at them, which is not to say that they won't. :D ―Mandruss ☎ 16:47, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

It's funny, Mandruss, but I had originally written a parenthetic "(though they do)" to EF, but I thought "too many parentheses, you talk too much, Bishonen" and zapped it. Indeed they will. I nearly fainted when a new user actually thanked me for his DS alert, in the section "Sanction notification" above: "I was wondering why I didn't get a notification". Very nice. Bishonen | talk 17:00, 28 October 2016 (UTC).

In my experience a majority will see it as a confrontation, if not attack, regardless of the fine print. ―Mandruss ☎ 17:06, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

@Bishonen: Remember that time- can't find it off the top of my head- where, for a particularly tendentious editor, it said "This does imply misconduct regarding your own conduct." Classic! _Muffled ^Pocketed 17:11, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hehe. That must have been Darwinbish. I don't remember where it was either. Bishonen | talk 19:16, 28 October 2016 (UTC).

A cookie for you!

Good block there. GABgab 00:11, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

• [Immediately chewing. Bishonen has no self-control.]. Mmm, pretty nice! Bishonen | talk 02:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC).

Block

Can you please take a look at the user page which you deleted, User: Musiclov, then go to the page that user was editing a lot, and check the edit history. The page was meant to be a redirect, where an admin User: Seraphimblade found this article, put it back to a redirect, then the two users, Musiclov and it's sock puppeteer, put it back to the promotional page it was. this happeed about 3 times, so i just marked it for deletion for promotion. Please block Musiclov and it's sock-puppeteer, Wikiartiste. Adotchar (talk) 16:54, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

I replied to you on User talk:Musiclov before I saw this, Adotchar. I'll take a look at the socking issue. Bishonen | talk 16:58, 30 October 2016 (UTC).

Also, I sent in a request for rollback about a week ago, which was denied, and it was before I really started being entirely active. So, if I were to apply again now, do you think I'd make it? I really need it for STiki. I'm currently using Snuggle and it isn't working really well. Adotchar (talk) 17:01, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

I've blocked both accounts indefinitely. They're pretty obviously one person, but I don't think that's worth making an SPI song and dance about. Thanks for your good work, Adotchar. Hmmm, I don't know much about why or when rollback is or isn't granted. Could you link me to your request and the denial, please? Bishonen | talk 17:11, 30 October 2016 (UTC).

I need some help, please. I used to do NPP, until an admin, Kudpung, told me to stop. So I moved to working on Snuggle for recent changes patrol. And since recent changes are changes to pages, he is now really angry at me for some reason, and I haven't been doing anything wrong. Please help, link is here: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:Adotchar#NPP_3

(talk page stalker) The user page User:Wikiartiste is a near-copy of an old version of Saptaparna Chakraborty, the page in question (now redirected). It's probably ok to work on a draft of your favourite garage band in your user-space, but it would be more usual in a sub-page, rather than the users's landing page. As Wikiartiste is now blocked, perhaps it could be moved without redirect to User:Wikiartiste/Saptaparna Chakraborty, or maybe just deleted (as its in the page history of Saptaparna Chakraborty)? --RexxS (talk) 17:21, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

• Adotchar, that's above my paygrade, sorry. I don't understand it. Again, where did you request rollback and what was the reason given for denying it? And RexxS, yeah, I deleted it. It would surprise me if the individual doesn't have a copy, since it's been on both the userpages and is as you say in the history of Saptaparna Chakraborty. Not sure how you mean they could work on it, though. You know both the accounts have been indeffed? Bishonen | talk 11:20, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

It was denied for a lack of anti-vandalism, but it was before I went fully anti-vandal. I'll put a link here this afternoon. _{Adotchar| reply here} 11:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Yer, I saw they were indeffed. I just hoped that their next sock could quietly work on the article in user space without disturbing anybody else :D

@Adotchar: I have great respect for Kudpung, and his expertise includes the fields of New Page and Recent Changes patrol, so I'd take his advice seriously. My advice to you is not to be in a hurry. Take your time to learn what folks like Kudpung are explaining to you. Expect to spend a month or more using the simple tools or making manual edits to combat vandalism. You have made a good start, spotting Wikiartiste et al, and bringing your evidence to a sympathetic admin like 'Shonen for action. Keep up the good work and you'll be able to show the admins at WP:PERM a history of good judgement. That's what they are looking for in granting permissions. I hope it turns out well for you the next time you ask. --RexxS (talk) 16:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

BOOOOOOO! Happy Halloween!!!

Happiest of Halloweens (and more candy) to all the Bishes, 'Zillas, 'Pods, Darwinesques, Little Stupids, and the entire beloved Bisheria! ---little key in old creepy spoooky disguise

Thank you little Sluzzelin! [Peers closely.] Delicious! Multicoloured Beluga caviar very festive! bishzilla _ROARR!! 09:53, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

Some remodeling may be in order

Hi-tech solution

Hey there, it's probably from Bishzilla stomping around, but your table of contents isn't hanging on all of its nails anymore. Do you need me to give you some? :p—^cyberpower_{Trick or Treat:Offline} 01:43, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

I've moved the remaining nail for the moment. That's much better, don't you think? --RexxS (talk) 01:55, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

So what's it hanging on now?—^cyberpower_{Trick or Treat:Offline} 02:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

I tried to straighten it out again, but something looks off. I can't quite put my finger on it.—^cyberpower_{Trick or Treat:Limited Access} 05:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Here, use some neodymium magnets to hang table of contents on wall. Extra strength; can withstand 'Zilla stomp! Altamel (talk) 06:26, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey! 180° is all very well, let 'em stand on their heads, but it's covering up my "blocked by Jimbo" barnstar! Please fix! (Oh, the edit notice has a bison now. Well majestic!) Bishonen | talk 09:49, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

Never fear, with magnets table of contents can hang anywhere. No need to cover up other decorations. Altamel (talk) 14:24, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

[Dubiously.] Well... thank you very much, all. Maybe I turn it round in a while, before there's a riot. Bishonen | talk 16:12, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

Like—^cyberpower_{Trick or Treat:Online} 17:45, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

@Darwinfish: You forget to use a leveling tool? It's crooked again. :p—^cyberpower_Chat:Online 13:44, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Hmmm. [Darwinfish checks for this item in his native tongue.] Ah, vattenpass. Sorry, Cyberpower678, I haven't developed one of those yet, still evolving. (You should be grateful I've got feet!) darwin^fish 15:48, 2 November 2016 (UTC).

@RexxS: re your last edit,[2] wobbling would be nice, but I don't see any. Do you? Bishonen | talk 17:17, 2 November 2016 (UTC).

• OK, I see wobbling now, but it's discreet in the extreme. Faster! Faster! Bishonen | talk 17:20, 2 November 2016 (UTC).

It only wobbles when you're not looking. (Hint: preview the page to bypass Wikipedia's cache.) --RexxS (talk) 17:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Madden

I've gotten a lot less tolerant of "minor spelling fixes" that aren't, particularly in a silly season-related article. You're obviously a kinder, more forgiving person, probably because Bishzilla takes care of the mean stuff. Acroterion (talk) 17:15, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

That's it. Though I have my moments of intolerance, too. I just this minute blocked Jewwy Seinfeld, reported at AIV, that the other admin had rejected for being at the wrong noticeboard. Fuck that, just block, you know? Bishonen | talk 17:19, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

We should make Arnaud Amalric O.Cist the patron saint of blockers. --RexxS (talk) 19:37, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Uh? You don't think I was sorting it out properly myself, RexxS, without any need to involve the Christian god or crusaders? IMO the user "Jewwy Seinfeldt" needed blocking indefinitely on the name alone, regardless of what noticeboard they had been taken to. Nothing to worry god with. Bishonen | talk 20:04, 31 October 2016 (UTC).

Trump

Thank you for this. Donald Trump could use some active policing in the run-up to the election, not least to avoid unnecessary drama and finger-pointing at WP:AE. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 00:07, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

—Yeah.. I'm not American, though, nor much of a masochist. I find a good deal of it so strange as to be incomprehensible. Mainly, I can only manage the low-hanging fruit, such as this. Bishonen | talk 09:50, 2 November 2016 (UTC).

N sahi

@Bish: Have a look at this and this, plus this edit history. Such incivility against @Joshua Jonathan. The disruption by @N sahi is high. Already identified to be a sock, @N sahi account blocked for 2 weeks and other named @Nrityam indef. @N sahi account needs a watch if the user returns. Sorry @JJ, but know you are valued and admired despite the generous dose of abusive words and nonsense thrown at you, every now and then. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:22, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Only two weeks for that character? I've asked Bbb23 about it, and also about the SPI page against you which one of their page moves created. It should be deleted IMO. Bishonen | talk 05:18, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

@Bish: Prolly @Bbb23 was just looking at the SPI case, and not the behavioral/PA/disruption/etc. I am clueless about the relevant guidelines on this, but 2 week block for 1st time SPI offenders may be the proportionate/appropriate thing to do. @Bbb23 did the right thing. Indeed, @N sahi is not just an SPI character. Incivility aside, that user disrupted the due SPI process by attempting to delete evidence and move the SPI case file name. Someone has deleted all that now. @JJ, others and I have a similar mess to wade through, recheck and clean up in Buddhism, Hinduism space articles that '@N sahi' socks edited over the last few months. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 14:07, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

@RexxS: Loved that "It only wobbles when you're not looking." thingy. LOL. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 14:07, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

It's true. The nature photo in the edit notice — I hope you've noticed them — only changes when nobody's looking, too. Bishonen | talk 15:45, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

Thank You

 Buster Seven Talk 13:52, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Need an uninvolved admin

At the thread WP:ANI#Tendentious IP. JzG's there, but he's involved. I've asked more than one admin, so no pressure. Thanks. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 23:50, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

I've blocked the IP for a month. Bishonen | talk 05:26, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

• I'm just going to leave this here in case you want to keep an eye on it. It could just be a coincidence. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 04:14, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

I'll watchlist them, MjolnirPants. But it could indeed. I'd think many, many people might register an account to make that edit. Have you thought of welcoming them? Bishonen | talk 10:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC).

Yeah, that was why I logged on right now, actually. Already done, and talk page watched for any questions they might have. I've got my fingers crossed this is just a coinkydink. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 13:04, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Need an interaction ban

I need an interaction ban. Another editor has proposed a split for the Garage rock article and there is a discussion on the talk page there, and TheGracefulSlick has injected comments there that I do not take to be in good faith. He has also made borderline deletionist comments and gotton into unnecessary circumlocutions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Back from the Grave, Volumes 1 and 2 (CD). I feel that his comments in both threads should be redacted. While normally he would be entitled to say whatever he wants, I feel that, based on the situation with ALongStay, he should recuse himself of any negative commentary of my work in such forums. I'm sorry it has come to this, but things have gotten a lot worse between use in the last two weeks. I have given him a chance, and he keeps trying to undermine me. This is difficult because I acknowledge some kind things in the past. I don't know why he is doing this. I am asking for an interaction ban. I do not want him to be involved in any of the discussions around my work, whether it be Afd's, splits, etc. Garagepunk66 (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Garagepunk66. I'm very sorry to see you're upset. I get that impression not only from the message above in itself, but also from the fact that you had to edit my page 13 times to leave it here. Please stay cool. My suggestion would be for you to walk away, at least for a while. I can't say that I see any obvious signs that TheGracefulSlick is posting in bad faith in those discussions. In any case, an interaction ban is not something that a single admin can place; you'd have to ask for it on AN or ANI. But please take a breath before you do, and think about it. I don't myself think you'd have much chance of getting what you ask for, especially as you and TGS have very similar editing interests, and can't realistically be expected to avoid each other. Bishonen | talk 19:26, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

Bishonen in light of this, I must ask, would it be a good idea to ask for an article ban on Garagepunk until the split we are forming is complete? I want this transition to be smooth and he has shown some concerning signs that will muddy the process. Normally, I would consider him a great asset; however, this is more of a formatting and policy issue, something he hardly concerns himself with. He has already said he does not trust four capable users to handle the situation and that we will tear it to pieces [3] [4]. Another user at the discussion also pointed out Garagepunk's language of apparent ownership and total lack of faith in Ilovetopaint, an editor who practically specializes in genre articles [5]. Garagepunk obviously denied ownership, but was still against any of the solutions (which used clear rationale) and still used comments that hinted at ownership because of his "hard work"[6]. His attempt at an interaction ban is another sign he is showing no faith in other users. Now, I associate with him more than any other user, so this is difficult to consider, but I may need to do the article can be split appropriately. What is your opinion?TheGracefulSlick (talk) 04:22, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Article ban? Are you out of your mind? We had only heard from a few people at that point, some of whose prescriptions are not in the best interests of the article--and I have a right to defend the article against mindless truncation. You of all people who watched me sweat and labor to build that article--how dare you say that. I don't own the article, but I've earned the right to sit at the decision making and crafting table you want to expel me from. Ilovetopaint goes around putting silly templates on all the GA articles accusing them of "synthesis" and the like--his methods are more often disruptive than helpful (but I admit he did a great job on the Good Vibrations article). He is over-obsessed with certain rules and guidelines to the point of fanatic fundamentalism, but misses the whole principle of why they are there. He often misunderstands the topics at hand and believes in copying from the source (never more than one source) ad verbatim, which is problematic. He does not often see the necessity of viewing things in context. I'll have to admit that his harsh methods have challenged me to be a better editor--and I do always consider his point of view when he brings it up. He has a right to his opinions, but after I pushed hard to help get the whole big article to GA, I have a right to speak and contribute too. I will be a team player and work with everyone including him. No one has a monopoly on truth. Garagepunk66 (talk) 06:12, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) There's no way an editor who wrote more than 80% of a GA article is going to be banned from the article unless they repeatedly violate all kinds of policies over a very long period of time. There's also no way that someone who wrote more than 80% of a GA article is going to be excluded from the process of deciding, trimming, altering, or splitting it by editors who have contributed nothing whatsoever to the article. And I agree with Garagepunk66 that someone who slaps a giant handful of driveby tagbombs on an article does not really sound like someone who should be in charge of tearing that article apart. In terms of the AfD, I suggest to Garagepunk66 that he retain copies of those articles on user subpages so that if they get deleted but he has a worthwhile idea for the text he can implement his plans from the copies. Softlavender (talk) 06:46, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I just learned a new Wiki-term, Tag Boming. Interesting. Thanks. Garagepunk66 (talk) 07:42, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

• TheGracefulSlick and Garagepunk66, there will be no article bans nor interaction bans, and I hope you can both remind yourselves of your good relationship before this happened and reach out to each other. Please meditate a little on that before you post again. Bishonen | talk 11:15, 6 November 2016 (UTC).

There is no one I would more want to reach out to. But, I have understandable concerns right now. I am battling to keep an article I worked hard to help bring up to GA from getting torn to pieces. Garagepunk66 (talk) 14:07, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Friendly heads up

You are involved in a recently-filed request for clarification or amendment from the Arbitration Committee. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Amendment request: American politics 2 and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the Wikipedia:Arbitration guide may be of use.

Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:16, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Kevin. (And thank you for recusing from clerking the request.) I probably won't comment, as the circumstances are pretty simple and the arbs ought to be able to sort them out without me. Bishonen | talk 23:38, 5 November 2016 (UTC).

We are number one.

That was not an A7, as it was about a song. Moreover, there was a credible assertion of significance. Either one of those would have invalidated A7, let alone both. Adam9007 (talk) 22:14, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Oh, I should have said A9, sorry. I don't think much of the credible assertion of significance — are you referring to the song having "gone viral", or being created for LazyTown? The second is the best, IMO, but not really good. But I'll think about it, I have to go to bed now. Thanks for getting in touch. Bishonen | talk 23:05, 6 November 2016 (UTC).

Gone viral. Adam9007 (talk) 23:16, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I don't think that's a legitimate claim of significance, and I don't recall seeing it accepted as such, because it's far to easy to say, about anything. Sorry, you'd better take it to Deletion review. Bishonen | talk 03:26, 7 November 2016 (UTC).

The discussion on my talk page

Maybe the complaint could have been more diplomatically worded. The word "justiciable" has been in the news recently. I would say that ANI is the appropriate venue to deal with this:

• AstroLynx, who is an Islamic scholar, claimed that there were no contemporary records of where the Farewell Pilgrimage took place, thus ensuring that the commenters at the RfC would come to the wrong conclusion.[7]

• Knowing the caption was incorrect he argued that it was "concise and to the point".[8]

• He made a personal attack while misrepresenting the source, which said the picture could remotely be what he claimed if the author were making an abstruse point about Sunni theology but emphasised that this was simply an illiterate artist trying to make money by painting an illustration which would be pleasing to a shi'ite ruler.[9]

• Pushing his POV after being informed that scholars rejected the idea that the picture is of Muhammad prohibiting intercalation.[10]

• He made another personal attack with no diffs to support the allegations.[11]

• Pushing a source which he says does not say the picture is not of Muhammad prohibiting intercalation while omitting to mention that it does not say that it is Muhammad prohibiting intercalation either.[12]

• Deliberately misrepresenting the argument. The picture was painted 400 years after al - Biruni wrote his book and nobody had argued that the book was sectarian.[13]

• Deliberately misrepresenting the source.[14]

• Made the accusation that a participant had been falsifying other editors' comments, is dishonest, and accuses "editors of being biased, opinionated and obstinate". There are no diffs - I read the discussion and the words are not there.[15]

For nine years there has been a consensus that the picture is irrelevant. AstroLynx and NeilN tag team to add it back every time other editors implement the consensus. In a final act of cynicism they have protected the article so that only they can make changes. Here are their reverts:

AstroLynx

2008 April 17, June 9. 2009 July 20, Dec. 7. 2010 April 14, 24, June 14, Aug.14, Nov. 16, Dec. 13. 2011 Jan. 25, June 30 (x2), July 27, 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 5, 9 (x3), Oct. 11, 14 (x2), 17, 18 (x2), 31, Dec. 9. 2012 Jan. 9, 23, Mar. 12, July 24, Aug. 20, Sept. 12, Oct. 19, 30, Nov. 12, 30, Dec. 17. 2013 Jan. 22. 2014 July 28, Oct. 15. 2015 Mar. 22, 23, April 13, July 16 (x2), Oct. 14.

NeilN

2009 Oct. 30, Dec. 18. 2010 March 22, April 4, 14, 21, 24, May 21. 2011 April 24, May 1, 13, 27. 2012 July 9, 10. 2013 Nov. 9 (x2). 2014 Jan. 11, March 17, Aug. 20, Sept. 26, Oct. 15 (x2), 24, Nov. 19. 2015 Jan. 21, March 23 (x2), April 9, Sept. 16 (with the patronising edit summary "This again?"), Oct. 6.

NeilN is clearly WP:INVOLVED in this content dispute but every time somebody raises the matter at talk he removes the comment and blocks them. This is abuse of tools.

Would you agree that ANI is the appropriate venue for the complaint? 78.146.222.77 (talk) 17:52, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Discussion on your talkpage..? You don't have a talkpage. Do you see the redlink for "talk" in your signature above? If you expect to discuss with others, and if you have any regard for their convenience, you'll create an account, so as to avoid, for instance now, me having to research my own contribs back in time to find what IP talkpage is in question.

After digging out your original IP, 78.146.221.36, I have realized it's still blocked — a block that you're evading by posting here on my page. Apparently you don't understand a block is for the person, not for a particular account or IP. I must say I'm surprised; surely there wouldn't be much point in blocks if the person could freely jump to another IP and keep on editing? — also you could just as well have posted this message to me on User talk:78.146.221.36 — which is a page you're actually allowed to post on while blocked. Since your block evasion is so pointless, I'll AGF that you did it innocently, and answer your question: yes, take it to ANI if you think there's any chance your complaint will get traction. Whatever account or IP you use to post an ANI complaint, please have the courtesy to provide links in it to this edit, that I blocked you for, and to User talk:78.146.221.36, to give readers a chance to evaluate the situation and your prehistory. They won't appreciate a game of "guess who I am", like the one I had to play to find you. And of course don't take it to ANI, or post anywhere else, until your block has expired! If you do, I'll block your entire IP range.

As for "Maybe the complaint could have been more diplomatically worded" (this complaint), no — it could have been less nonsensically and misleadingly worded — nothing to do with diplomacy. Bishonen | talk 18:38, 8 November 2016 (UTC).

Hey Bish. This person is actually banned: User:Vote (X) for Change. I would strongly recommend against extending any AGF. I don't say this often about editors, but this one frequently flat out lies. More info: Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Vote (X) for Change --NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) And a quick look at the LTA shows that out of the IP-addresses known to be frequently used by Vote X a whopping 16 IPs are currently blocked, making the post here block evasion many times over. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 20:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

That list is probably a fraction of the IPs used. I know I've blocked VxfC at least 50-60 times but haven't added to the list. There's a reason why this editor caused Arbcom to contact the WMF and ask them to look into legal options for these types of cases. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:23, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for enlightening me, NeilN and Thomas.W; I didn't know much about that LTA. I don't suppose there's much point, but I've blocked the small range that 78.146.221.36 and 78.146.222.77 have been posting from. Doesn't look like it would do any harm anyway, see [16]. Then, we've all got more than Wikipedia to worry about this morning, even without being Americans (as neither you nor I are). Sigh. I think I'm going to just go back to edit mode and meditate on the cranes. Bishonen | talk 11:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC).

Oh, the cranes just turned into a fish. Oh well. That's the nature of my edit notice. Bishonen | talk 13:50, 9 November 2016 (UTC).

And this is why... ;) _Muffled ^Pocketed 14:07, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

A Crane becoming a fish while another looks on

A crane that has crashed, just like the world economy is crashing around us today. The only one who is happy about the election outcome is probably George Bush, Jr., since he will now no longer be the least popular president ever in the US....

ARCA

The amendment request in which you were a listed party was withdrawn by the filer and is archived at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Amendment request (November 2016). For the Arbitration Committee, Miniapolis 20:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Plagiarism

Hi, Am I supposed to post a response to your post on my talk page here? Please delete and let me know if not. Thanks.

Thanks for getting back to me so soon. I believe that the book may in fact have plagiarized the article, and not the other way around. I thought I might have jumped the gun. Frankly, despite a modest run at the copyright/plagiarism guidelines I was not certain whether or not it was. The book is entitled: The Esoteric Codex: Demigods of Classical Mythology by Brian Reineking. The portions in question are: The legend as a whole encapsulates Rome's ideas of itself, its origins and moral values. For modern scholarship, it remains one of the most complex and problematic of all foundation myths, particularly in the manner of Remus's death. Ancient historians had no doubt that Romulus gave his name to the city. Most modern historians believe his name a back-formation from the name Rome; the basis for Remus's name and role remain subjects of ancient and modern speculation. The myth was fully developed into something like an "official", chronological version in the Late Republican and early Imperial era; Roman historians dated the city's foundation to between 758 and 728 BC, and Plutarch reckoned the twins' birth year as 771 BC. A tradition that gave Romulus a distant ancestor in the semi-divine Trojan prince Aeneas was further embellished, and Romulus was made the direct ancestor of Rome's first Imperial dynasty. Possible historical bases for the broad mythological narrative remain unclear and disputed.[3] The image of the she-wolf suckling the divinely fathered twins became an iconic representation of the city and its founding legend, making Romulus and Remus preeminent among the feral children of ancient mythography.--From the article's lead section. And the entire "Legend in ancient sources" section. Let me know how I can help.Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 01:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC) CORRECTION: The entire lead of the "Legend in ancient sources.Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 01:15, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The book, The Esoteric Codex Demigods Of Classical Mythology is published by Lulu - an immediate "red flag" (see Lulu (company) for background), so it's not a reliable source and shouldn't be used on Wikipedia. Its publication date is 13 Mar 2016, and it's plagiarised from our article since the text beginning "The legend as a whole encapsulates Rome's ideas of itself ..." from page 219 of the book appears identically word-for-word as the third paragraph of the lead of our article as it was on 7 March 2016. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 02:48, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Still confused. I'm sorry to be so seemingly dense, but should I delete the passages? I'm sorry, I've never dealt with plagiarism before and the wiki help was of no real... well, help.Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 02:59, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Per User:Haploidavey's post on your page, and RexxS above, the "book" copied Wikipedia, not the other way around, so no, don't delete the passages, Informata ob Iniquitatum. And thanks very much for drawing attention to it. Bishonen | talk 19:29, 10 November 2016 (UTC).

Just curious

Hi Bish. I was just wondering what is that creature on the top left of the anime girl in your userpage? Btw, is your contents box intentionally tilted cuz I'm kind of worried it's just me. :| (N0n3up (talk) 06:24, 10 November 2016 (UTC))

Creature? Do you mind? That's User:Bishapod, a very ancient creature. Compare my sockfarm section. Oh, no, don't tell me the table of contents fell over again? No idea why that keeps happening. Could be something to do with User:RexxS. Bishonen | talk 19:35, 10 November 2016 (UTC).

(talk page watcher) You know perfectly well :p it's because the ToC managed to help itself to the mini-bar last night. Who left the door open?! _Muffled ^Pocketed 19:43, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Donald Trump Biased Language

Hello Bishonen,

User:Calliopejen1 has made a subsequent edit since my last one. Therefore, it is impossible to self-revert at this point, and consensus has been reached between us. In addition, I did not violate the 1 revert per day rule, as my last revert was over 1 day ago.

In any event, the article now reads "pro-life" and "pro-choice", and therefore no longer has a biased tinge to it. Prior to my (and Calliopenjen's) edits, it read "anti-abortion" and "abortion-rights", which was extremely biased! If you were going to use the term "abortion-rights", then you would need to use "fetal rights" rather than "anti-abortion".

Please discuss issues on the talk page prior to posting warnings on user's WP pages. Also, please review content and provide a compromise edit (like Calliopenjen did) in order to reach consensus. Ontario Teacher BFA BEd (talk) 02:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

By the way I don't have a preference between pro-life/pro-choice and anti-abortion/abortion-rights. I only think that "pro-abortion" is highly objectionable. Calliopejen1 (talk) 02:25, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm glad that's resolved. Ontario Teacher BFA BEd, you made this change and then partially reverted to it three times in some 18 hours, resoundingly violating the 1RR rule. I don't understand your argument that you didn't do that because it's now more than a day since you perpetrated those edits (which incidentally isn't true). I'm quite baffled by it. Also you shouldn't have reverted at all, even once, as that already violated the other restriction "All editors must obtain consensus on the talk page of this article before reinstating any edits that have been challenged (via reversion). If in doubt, don't make the edit." Italics in original. Ignoring both the restrictions gave you a strong advantage in attempting to edit war your change into the article, since the other editors felt constrained by 1RR. Admins aren't allowed to both edit an article and act on it in an admin capacity. I don't edit it (as Calliopejen1 and several other admins do) and thus I don't provide any compromise edits. If I did, I wouldn't be able to warn people about violations such as yours in an admin capacity, or sanction them, but now I can. Now that you're aware of the restrictions, please abide by them. Bishonen | talk 07:42, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

Myron Ebell

I have concerns about the edits of User:BatteryIncluded to the article Myron Ebell. As you know, this article is under general sanctions.

First, this editor has been adding poorly sourced content to support what appears to be a bias against the person in this biography. For example, this was a sloppy summary of the source cited, and was not supported by the source cited. When the edit was removed, the editor reverted with the edit summary "Show references to the effect instead of deleting the existing ones." This is not how Wikipedia:Verifiability works. The editor later added references here from a personal blog.

On the article's talk page this editor made this statement where they lament "Unfortunately, the courts had not caught up yet with Ebell to make him stop -an now under Trump's wing, he likely won't be stopped for a long time." Editing this article seems to be a political mission for this editor, which is certainly contrary to WP:IMPARTIAL. This editor also left a message on my talk page here warning me to "Please keep your Republican tags and opinion." This editor, in my opinion, has demonstrated an inability to remain impartial when editing this article, and a willingness to intimidate other editors who do not edit with his or her bias. Thank you for your attention to this. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:55, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

All those entries are facts of his career. You can't erase his past. BatteryIncluded (talk) 03:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Comment - Please note that a caution about discretionary sanctions was left on BatteryIncluded's talk page here. I have concerns that this caution was not effective, and that this editor has continued to intimidate other editors of Myron Ebell. After that caution, another editor was called an "idiot" here. Please note that I have expressed my concern about this editor at User talk:Zigzig20s#For your attention. I also looked at Talk:Myron Ebell and found disturbing comments made by BatteryIncluded about other editors:

• [17] - called an editor "dumbass".
• [18] - called an editor "obnoxious and unethical".
• [19] - "cut the bullshit".
• [20] - "cut the bullshit".
• [21] - "You have no interest in building this encyclopedia, so go FYS and go edit comic books or something with a low scientific threshold".

This editor's sentiment is clearly articulated with this edit, where they state "Now that Trump has been elected, it doesn't much matter ... human civilization on this planet is soon over. I will still call out this sort of BS, but I won't waste any more time on you."

Intimidation of other editors is not helpful to the project, and will certainly not enable the positive, honest and well-sourced growth of the Myron Ebell article.

This editor is well aware of the discretionary sanctions on that article. I appreciate your attention to this. If you feel it would be better to pursue this at ANI, please let me know. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Magnolia677, I do think ANI would be better, for more eyes. Bishonen | talk 15:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

Polyenetian a liar, exaggerator, troll

This guy is a total maniac. If I'm not mistaken he is the same troll who used to write about how many Africans died, how many people were massacred. He is extremely offensive. He's been allowed to manipulate wikipedia all this time to fullfill his negative and hateful agenda.

I promise I'm not going to write anything nasty to him, I just want to make a very short reply. I just want him to know I replied and after this message I'm not going to write to him anymore.

He is also the type of guy who cherry pick sources from written google books and exaggerate his edits and it doesn't if the sources are reliable or unreliable. He will mis-interpret it to his willing direction. He properly used a new ip address again.

77.98.238.98 (talk) 05:03, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I agree with you to a certain extent. Compare my note to RrBurke, who reverted your edit on Polyenetian's page. I've removed Polyenetian's part of the quarrel too, as perhaps you saw. But no, the semiprotection stands, in other words you can't make a reply on the page, short or otherwise. I don't see what good it could do. If you believe he's editing logged out, or has used other accounts before, feel free to tell me about it. I wish you could e-mail me... but IPs can't. Look, I don't understand why you don't create an account. IPs tend to be treated with less respect, as you can see in the way you were reverted. Bishonen | talk 13:25, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

Is there anyway to message him privately? right now I simply just want to reply him so I can rebuke all of his garbage exaggerated claims. I want to teach him a lesson but I will not do it on wikipedia however I don't know how how else to contact him. Please show me a way.

77.98.238.98 (talk) 05:28, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know a way. You could try googling the account name and see if a facebook account or something comes up. Wikipedia isn't about "rebuking" — what's the point, if he's all you say? Bishonen | talk 13:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

How do you stop people who plays by the rules but have such bad intentions in their wiki edits? For example you can see that in his talk page Polyenetian, he insist on editing massacre of about 40,000 Manchus by the Taiping rebels in nanjing however despite reverting his edits multiple times he still continues. A person like who have a agenda to talk about the massacres of other ethnicity, he clearly enjoys it but do you moderator do anything about it? 77.98.238.98 (talk) 08:23, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm unfamiliar with the area myself. The place to appeal to "you moderators" is WP:ANI, but I'm not holding out high hopes. Nationalist warriors are one of Wikipedia's most intractable problems. Bishonen | talk 16:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

Businesstoday123 block

Hi Bishonen, I reverted an edit of User:Businesstoday123 earlier, and noticed the user has now been blocked. Was the user really posting promotional content? I can't see the user's deleted revisions, but based on the user's prior edit at Wikipedia:Red link, it looked like the user was trying to create an English translation of the French-language Didier Pineau-Valencienne article.—Laoris (talk) 19:39, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

I see what you mean, @Laoris:. The user's English is about on a par with my French, but I can see it's a version. The deleted contributions were simply an article containing a shorter version of the post at Wikipedia:Red Link, so they wouldn't tell you much. I deleted the article after Businesstoday had blanked it, which is a speedy deletion criterion (WP:G7). I thought it was pretty disruptive to post it at WP:Red Link, thereby blanking a considerable part of the content that was there. And I saw "prominent", "prestigious", "flagship", "great success", "pioneering", "innovative" in there, so I jumped to the conclusion that this was one of the many spammers who insert advertising on random pages. Perhaps I've become jaded... I see now that this might simply have been a newbie who knew a "red link" means an uncreated article and thought that was the place to put an article. Well, sort of. I'll unblock. (They've already been told their username is dodgy and should be changed, I see.) Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. Bishonen | talk 20:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC).

Thanks for revisiting this. Undoubtedly the translation quality was not up to par (looks like maybe Google Translate, actually) and missing all the refs, etc., so I don't fault you for the assumption. Looks like the original article was pretty long too, so I don't know if anyone would have been willing to bring the translation up to standards. And thanks for all you do around here!—Laoris (talk) 20:38, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Maslowsneeds

Hi. I noticed that Maslowsneeds is potentially using an IP, geolocated to NY also the residence of Maslowsneeds, to prove again the same point and going as far as calling editors "sadists". I don't know what course of action could be taken from here, but I am sensing NOTHERE right now. Thoughts? Pinging @Doug Weller: for his analysis. Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 04:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

I see 184.189.217.210 (talk · contribs), User:Callmemirela, but that's a California IP. Has to be determined behaviorally I think. Doug Weller talk 07:27, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps you have the wrong IP? The IP I was referring to was 2604:2000:9046:800:DDDE:8915:FDD9:2BD5 (talk · contribs). Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 07:32, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

That one only has one contribution, but its /64 range (=the same person) has some suggestive ones. IMO this is an occasion for Doug to use his CU tools (or ask another CU if there's something wrong with him doing it). Bishonen | talk 10:06, 12 November 2016 (UTC).

Talkback

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hi

I noticed you seem to be online right now. As an uninvolved admin, would you mind closing this thread? It's kind-of descended into a gay bashing lynch mob and, after being told to "drink my semen" [22], I think I'm too involved to close it myself without risking it being reopened. Thanks. LavaBaron (talk) 19:22, 12 November 2016 (UTC)