User talk:Justin15w
Your question on Wafer (electronics)
[edit]Please see Talk:Wafer_(electronics)#Lithography. Moxfyre (ǝɹʎℲxoɯ | contrib) 20:35, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
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That was a content dispute, not vandalism; I had originally misinterpreted the edits as vandalism, which led to a misunderstanding. It's been sorted out now, and I doubt page protection will be necessary. Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Complaints|Mistakes) 00:19, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
- Understood and apologize for getting in the way. Justin15w (talk) 00:21, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
- It's not a big deal, but try not to make the same mistake I made: don't revert too quickly. Anyway, thanks for understanding. Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Complaints|Mistakes) 00:22, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
Rollback granted
[edit]Hi Justin15w. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Widr (talk) 20:38, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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Reply
[edit]Hello Justin. Thank you for your attention to my edits on Davor Dzalto. While I was clearly trolling it was for a purpose. Please review Dzalto's page and clean up how shamelessly self-promotional it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.216.192.82 (talk) 23:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
- @76.216.192.82: This has already been addressed in Talk:Davor Džalto. Justin15w (talk) 05:52, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
I appreciate your opinion, but I am only making the article more accurate.
Thank you for your time. LmL (talk) 01:41, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
Concerning your message: Hello, I'm Justin15w. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Emperor Yang of Sui have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Justin15w (talk) 01:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what your defintiion of "constructive" is, but I think your undoing was unconstructive. I changed "khan" into "khagan". Do you have any problem with that? A waste of my time, that is what it is. Rather ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HuMo (talk • contribs) 16:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC) https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:HuMo — Preceding unsigned comment added by HuMo (talk • contribs) 16:04, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
- @HuMo: Hi there. The reason I reverted your edit is because it turned a wikilink into a red link that doesn't lead anywhere, degrading the article quality. If you feel your edit was constructive, feel free to add it again, ensuring the wikilinks remain active, with a good summary as to why it was changed. It's nothing personal. Thanks. Justin15w (talk) 19:03, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
recent revert
[edit]You recently reverted some content on Purdue University Northwest. Please report libelous edits to oversight-en-wp@wikipedia.org . By the way, the section immediately below this seems to be messing up your page. Thanks John from Idegon (talk) 01:32, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
- And I tried to fix it, but I suck at HTML. John from Idegon (talk) 01:39, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
- Me too! I can't figure it out. I asked the Teahouse. I'll also keep that email address available for future reference. Thanks! Justin15w (talk) 01:43, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
A New Anti-Vandalism Award for you
[edit]A lick from Holly | |
To a fellow anti-vandal patroller (and springer spaniel lover) I'm sending Holly to thank you for your contributions XyzSpaniel Talk Page 20:38, 12 October 2016 (UTC) |
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Dire wolf
[edit]Hello Justin, thankyou for your frustrating defence of the Dire wolf page recently; the matter is "now before the courts" [[1]]. Keep up the good work. Regards, William Harris |talk 20:56, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @William Harris: Thank you kindly, William. I figured that account was a sock but noticed he stopped editing for a bit. Justin15w (talk) 21:00, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- It is only a matter of time before the entity starts again, let us hope we can nip that in the bud with a blanket ban on all three accounts. Regards, William Harris |talk 21:03, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- PS: I notice that you have the option of using both Twinkle and Stiki as a tool - which do you prefer and are there times to use one in preference to the other? William Harris |talk 21:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @William Harris: I like them both for different uses. I use Twinkle for Recent Changes patrolling, or when I'm using my phone, or when I'm patrolling at work on breaks - generally just to fight gross vandalism. STiki uses a java program and combines the warnings, reversions, and potential reporting to AIV into one click. Really makes it easy and fast, but often I need to go into my web browser to gain the context of the edits in question on the wiki page itself. It's better to really dive into edit reverting and take a closer look beyond the typical vandalism. Hope this helps! Take care, Justin15w (talk) 21:16, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- Many thanks, enjoy! Regards, William Harris |talk 21:18, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Justin, the outcome was a 48 hour ban with a warning - the system works and is lenient in the first instance. This at least adds some "history" to that Talk page. Regards, William Harris |talk 19:42, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- Many thanks, enjoy! Regards, William Harris |talk 21:18, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- @William Harris: I like them both for different uses. I use Twinkle for Recent Changes patrolling, or when I'm using my phone, or when I'm patrolling at work on breaks - generally just to fight gross vandalism. STiki uses a java program and combines the warnings, reversions, and potential reporting to AIV into one click. Really makes it easy and fast, but often I need to go into my web browser to gain the context of the edits in question on the wiki page itself. It's better to really dive into edit reverting and take a closer look beyond the typical vandalism. Hope this helps! Take care, Justin15w (talk) 21:16, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- PS: I notice that you have the option of using both Twinkle and Stiki as a tool - which do you prefer and are there times to use one in preference to the other? William Harris |talk 21:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- It is only a matter of time before the entity starts again, let us hope we can nip that in the bud with a blanket ban on all three accounts. Regards, William Harris |talk 21:03, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Bobby Bandiera
[edit]I know for a fact that Bobby Bandiera's birthdate is Oct 19, 1953. If you go on one his Facebook pages "Bobby Bandiera Rocks" , you will see that the people who know him well are in agreement with me.
Thanks Jules323 (talk) 20:51, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- @Jules323: I googled his information and it appeared to me that the existing birth date was correct, but as always I could be completely wrong. "Bobby Bandiera Rocks" is a closed group so I am unable to check it. I'll stop reverting you but you may want to seek consensus from other editors at the talk page: Talk:Bobby Bandiera. Nothing personal and good luck! Justin15w (talk) 21:06, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Justin. I appreciate your quick revert of the latest IP at Myron Ebell! I've now configured Pending changes to keep that kind of driveby vandalism off. Bishonen | talk 16:46, 1 December 2016 (UTC).
- @Bishonen: Thank you! I don't take kindly to BLP violations. Keep up the good work and see you around. Justin15w (talk) 17:58, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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Justin, Thanks so much for correcting my spelling error "Coalminers'" Thanks for trimming the title, too. WarrenRicheyKid (talk) 22:31, 17 January 2017 (UTC) |
Zephyr Headwear
[edit]First off, thank you for your feedback! I'm new to Wikipedia and appreciate you reviewing the article I drafted. I'll make the change that you suggested to make the article not sound promotional. I'll work on adding more information so it's not just a stub.
Also, it would be great if you edited the article to some extent (if possible) so I'm not the only one who has worked on it. I don't want it to be deleted since it's notable and deserves an article. Thanks again. Pwgormley (talk) 21:06, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- Pwgormley: You're welcome! I will take a look this weekend. If the article is ever in danger of deletion, let me know. We can move it to draft space if needed. Justin15w (talk) 21:44, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Just to let you know, I indicated that I'm familiar with WP:COI and WP:COIADVICE on the Zephyr Headwear talk page. If you could remove the COI tag in the article, that'd be great. I won't be making any significant changes to the page. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pwgormley (talk • contribs) 18:28, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Pwgormley:: Done If you find more material or sources you'd like to add later, feel free to send me a note and I'll review. I'll probably try to hunt down a logo to add to the page as well. Thanks and take care, Justin15w (talk) 18:44, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Sounds good, I'll let you know if I find more sources. Here is a link to the current logo. Pwgormley (talk) 00:10, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Some stroopwafels for you!
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New Page Review - newsletter No.2
[edit]- A HUGE backlog
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While On The Subject Of Dogs
[edit]Apropos dogs and reducing error in the world, I was recently corrected in the nicest possible way. I was out running, and I saw a man walkng two large, handsome, French poodles in the park.
I've found talking to people about their dogs an efficient way of making friends since I was about four or five, so I told him, "They're very handsome. I'm told the poodles are the most intelligent of all the dogs. I think it's a pity they been bred into idiocy by rich, idle women who want an animal they can carry around in their handbags. And they've done that to the fine Russian hunting poodle in a hundred years flat."
He didn't even bother with "Well, not quite." He put me right with, "Yes, Cicero made exactly the same complaint in the Senate..."
Cheers, David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 19:46, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections
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New Page Review - newsletter No.3
[edit]Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed.
- Still a MASSIVE backlog
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Revert of water wheel
[edit]Thanks for reverting that silly deletion. You got there just before me! That ip address has history so I have reported it. Malcolm Boura (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Malcolm.boura: No problem. I find myself reverting a whole lot IP edits from the educational system. Widr (the admin) is usually REALLY good about taking care of them. Thanks and take care! Justin15w (talk) 22:36, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
[edit]Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have 812 reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just 55 reviews, the 22,000 backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
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LTA
[edit]LTA = long-term abuse. Pretty sure I've seen this wanker before. NewEnglandYankee (talk) 16:52, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
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Storming of the Bastille
[edit]Storming of the Bastille has been vandalized again. Can you get it protected please? Roberttherambler (talk) 22:07, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Meg Patterson
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A kitten for you!
[edit]Why did you remove my boom
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Please comment on Talk:Abortion
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
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Technology update:
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Please comment on Talk:Steve Bannon
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[edit]Backlog update:
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New Years new page backlog drive
[edit]Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
[edit]Backlog update:
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New Year Backlog Drive results:
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New Page Review Newsletter No.10
[edit]ACTRIAL:
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