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The Signpost: 1 January 2023

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Happy New Year, Jauerback!

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Happy Fifteenth Adminship Anniversary!

Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:25, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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Split, Croatia

Hello, I am writing to you because you had already intervened here for the article Split, Croatia. I wanted to let you know that the IP has returned to vandalize the article: could you do something ? Greetings. --LukeWiller (talk) 22:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC).

It looks like it's been taken care of now. In the future, you'll most likely always get a faster response at WP:AIV. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 11:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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Steven Elder

Please delete this page from Wikipedia. Tuppenceworth (talk) 15:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

If it fell under a category for WP:CSD, I would. However, this deserves to have some other opinions. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:16, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Question

Hello, I believe when I first started Wikipedia, you commented on my talk page and gave me tips. I wanna say thank you for that. But that is not the sole reason I'm here. I was wondering if you were offering to adopt a user because I want to be adopted by you. Just want to know.

Purplelavendermidnights 17 (talk) 03:12, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't really have the time for that. I would suggest checking out WP:ADOPT. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 10:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
It's ok thanks for replying. Purplelavendermidnights 17 (talk) 20:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hello

Just wanted to say thank you for taking care of that LTA. Cheers, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 11:23, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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New message from NP83 ‎Curling

  Sorry I was about to prevent the vandalism on ‎Curling and by mistake to undo yours. Thank you. 18:32, 31 March 2023 (UTC) NP83 (talk) 18:32, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:34, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
Thanks NP83 (talk) 18:36, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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Revoke TPA

Please revoke the talk page access of this user. They are continuing to be disruptive through their talk page. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 15:52, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
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  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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Help

Could you help me wikification and give it notoriety this article https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Pat_Casey_(BMX) --Jusaset (talk) 21:39, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're asking, but you should ask any questions about it on the article's talk page. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:37, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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ForeFlight page

I am a founder of the company (Jason) and thought wikipedia would be a good place to capture some of the history of the company. However my recent edits were removed for being "spammy" - what changes would be helpful to prevent my updates from getting killed? Millz311 (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

In that case, you really shouldn't be making any edits to that page at all as you have a clear conflict of interest. I've left more information about this on your talk page about this. What you added sounds like an advertisement or something that would be found on ForeFlight's website. It's promotional and not encyclopedic. Finally every article on Wikipedia should have every statement backed up by reliable sources. None of what you added was sourced. If you have suggestions for the article, you can make them on the talk page. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:32, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
Got it, thanks for the response! I will stand down! Millz311 (talk) 19:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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Feral child

Please explain the error I introduced and what the last good edit is. Don't keep people who are not as expert as you guessing.Ricardogpn (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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commment

hello good day. please my account got blocked , i dont know why , because am a new user in wikipedia , i would love to ask why , because i want to use the same article to create a new page , i will love you to direct me on how the whole things works. tnx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialslimbeatz (talk • contribs) 11:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

The Fring Photo

I tried to make sure that the photo was not copywritten, I thought that because it was from Commons, that it was okay to use, IDK. It was a mistake, I just thought the top photo should fit in with the rest of the characters. MrCboY1997 (talk) 20:10, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Normally, you'd be right. Photos on Commons should be able to be used in articles, but the user who uploaded it probably didn't realize it was copyrighted and no one caught it until now. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:19, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

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Are you in Knoxville ?

This newspaper is cited 49 times... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 14:36, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

So? Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:39, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
WOW? ... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 14:47, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
Living in Knoxville matters how? Does that limit what articles I can contribute to or not? Does the use of 49 citations to a website (newspaper or other) make it automatically notable? The answer to both is "no." Anyway, the crux of the issue is that you don't apparently understand why claiming a newspaper is notable (or even worth mentioning) while sourcing it to itself is an issue, then I don't know what to tell you. Of course, now you went overboard, but whatever. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 04:29, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Dianne Feinstein

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  • An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

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  • Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

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remember balls1234wtf

hello again! !kurukitty! (talk) 01:05, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Nope, and I'm sure I'll forget about you as well. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ford County, Illinois

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Talk page access

Hi, you might want to revoke talk page access at User talk:SlackerD2 as the user is continuing to make personal attacks. Thanks. — Czello (music) 20:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Honestly, until that last little rant of theirs, it wasn't even worth reverting, IMO. Next time just try letting them vent. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 21:04, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you

The person vandalizing Johann Tetzel has been so incredibly annoying - thank you so much for semi protecting the page! -REDACTED403 (talk) 13:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

No problem. Feel free to submit a request at WP:RPP for anything like that in the future. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:01, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

User:Jauerback removing or deleting confirmed content

Please advise why you deleted content from Dave King (Singer) page about his personal life and marriage to Gina Cavalier on 10/24/1998 where the articles were confirmed and verified by written sources. This can only be seen as personal vandalism. You also protected and blocked the page without giving notice on the contributor's page (barbarellasouth) which is in violation of the Wikipedia rules of ethics. The image present was also proved copyright through wikicommons. Please advise your reasoning for your deletion of this content. Barbarellasouth (talk) 18:55, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 19:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Well the OP was a sock and got blocked so this is now moot. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 19:50, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know.! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:17, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
Of course! I have WP:AN on my watchlist. ....I don't exactly know why. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 02:49, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Hills Hoist

"Hills Hoist" is a brand of umbrella clothes line. There was no mention of umbrella clothes lines directly before my work. What is your parochial taxonomy of clothes drying ? It just looks like Pyxis Solitary asked you to torment me. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 18:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

You have got to be kidding me. Your addition was completely WP:OR and sourced to a product listing on Home Depot. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:44, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
not kidding, the artifact is so "ordinary" that there are
no other descriptions but retail. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 03:06, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
That's almost comical that you believe adding a product listing from Home Depot as a source is acceptable. Until you find a reliable source, that's just you doing orignal research. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

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Frank Sinatra and Michelle Pfeiffer

Hi, thanks for your help at Frank Sinatra and Michelle Pfeiffer. However, I noticed that the semi-protection you put in for both of these pages is significantly shorter than the previous semi-protections, which was one year in length for both pages, respectively. These one year protections also expired mere minutes before the vandalism resumed. See both pages' protection histories. Would you please consider making both semi-protections longer? Thanks. Sternip (talk) 23:05, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for pointing that out. I noticed the date, but I didn't catch the year, so I just assumed it was a protection for few hours only. That was a bit dumb on my part. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 23:41, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, User:Jauerback. I have one more request to ask of you. There are many indefinitely semi-protected or extended confirmed protected pages that still, for whatever reason, have not had their prior PC settings reset. It seems redundant to have PC settings in place for pages that are protected with semi or ECP indefinitely. I was wondering if you could go through these pages and reset the redundant PC settings? The pages are:

I know it's time consuming, but can you take care of this issue on the above pages at your earliest convenience? Sternip (talk) 23:52, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Well, that went sideways fast. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 02:31, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

User:WWFCENA repeats same behavior after block

Just a heads up, after you blocked User:WWFCENA, they came back and immediately repeated the same edits. Mike Allen 22:37, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

And they're blocked again. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:15, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

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I was about to request semi-protection when I saw you already applied it. Not a moment too soon. HangingCurveSwing for the fence 19:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Not a problem, but there would have been no need to do that as there were already three requests there for the same article. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 04:23, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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Filipino user

Hello! I’ve noticed you have recently blocked a Philippines-based user for improper edits. As a another Philippines-based user I am sorry you had to go through this experience. However, I have to inform you that the user’s reply to you in our language has been basically violations of WP:NPA (they’re accusing you of oppressing (the verb is “inaapi”) Filipinos and WP:OWN with xenophobic undertones (basically questioning your right to intervene in the topic affected because you are “just a foreigner”). I have just warned them already about what they are doing but I am leaving this message just in case they do not take the hint. Borgenland (talk) 17:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:06, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

block Without specific Reason

Hellow i got alert with the content of blocked indefinitely. Since i have not committed anything wrong why i got blocked? Regards. Balash-Vologases (talk) 18:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Edit Warring

Hi, I have simple question that nobody ever answers. What's the best way to win an edit-war. First of all, during edit wars both sides have justification whether it be passion or bureaucracy or whatever. Most of time it's just users who don't know that they're talking about or trying to keep things the same. What's the best way to win an edit war, I know that trying to keep undoing edits makes both sides look bad. So how do you win professionally and put a stop to the stupidity of both sides? UnboundBeartic (talk) 23:54, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

The actual answer that you may not like but is the reality of the situation is the edit wars are decided by which admin intervening favors X or Y opinion. There is blatant abuse of policing from wikipedia admins allowing people to edit as they wish with no concensus as long as they agree with their edits. But if they don't agree with you then be prepared to have to follow all the rules to a T and eventually concede in the talk page if the other person refuses to yield. ChaimRosenberg222 (talk) 01:09, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
First of all, there's no "winning" of an edit war. Your best bet is to avoid edit warring entirely. You can always seek dispute resolution. And, ChaimRosenberg222 is completely wrong. Admins don't make content decisions; we only make conduct decisions. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 03:39, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Josh Cahill edit war is back

G'day, thanks for previously protecting Josh Cahill, but the protection has expired and the edit war is back. Please re-protect and revert as you see fit. Jpatokal (talk) 03:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm not seeing anything blantant. However, feel free to make a request at WP:ANEW. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 03:41, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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