User talk:ScottishFinnishRadish/Archive 12

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A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Congrats on passing your RFA. Hope to see you editing around more, even though you are now ~~almighty and powerful~~ an admin. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 03:21, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Just wanted to offer my congratulations also! Thank you Blaze Wolf for giving the barnstar! SPF121188 ^{(talk this way)} ^(contribs) 19:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

extended confirmed request

can you please look at the extended confirmed request here:

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:Popular_Front_of_India Bijiigil (talk) 00:56, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

User preferences: gender pronoun

I routinely use the gender pronoun templates like {{their}} for Signpost markup. It looks like your user preference may not be set. Or it is exactly what you want, in which case ignore this. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:10, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

I generally try to use gender neutral language in pseudo anonymous spaces, and I also generally don't fill out any gender questions on the Internet. They/them is fine, or masculine pronouns. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:02, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Bri, there's also a typo in the blurb, newst. I would have fixed it myself, but I assume that only signpost people should touch those pages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:07, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

In my experience anyone is welcome to make good-faith edits to Signpost drafts, so long as it hasn't yet been approved by the editors in chief (at that point it's generally all hands off). ––FormalDude (talk) 06:48, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Just a little thank you for clearing up the insane amount of vandalism on Domee Shi, and for protecting the page twice over. And also as an apology for calling you "ScottishFinnishRabbit" instead of "Radish"... Thegreatluigi (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I talk about rabbits fairly often. There's even a picture of some of my rabbits on my userpage. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:33, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

A baton for you!

A baton for you!

Continuing the tradition originally started by Tamzin for DanCherek's RfA, I'd like to pass the baton to you as Wikipedia's newest administrator. Well done on your RfA! Good luck, and long live the baton!

It might have been a bit of a slog, but your conduct in the RfA showed why you deserve the mop. I hope this won't discourage you from seeking to be a great admin, and that you will encourage others to run so that the baton doesn't remain in your hands for too long. Feel free to contact me if you need anything. Z1720 (talk) 23:50, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Z1720: I think you might have copied this incorrectly, it wasn't unanimous :) Nythar^T^.^C 00:02, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I forgot to copyedit the first part. Goes to show that mistakes will always happen! Thanks for pointing this out. Z1720 (talk) 00:51, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Nythar^T^.^C 00:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations! I hope you are able to enjoy a drink or two, and have some fun. If sh*t happens, you now have a new mop to clean up with!

When I came by to offer congratulations, I noticed that the baton image appears to have a caption in the image file itself. I have uploaded a cropped version. I was also able to take the opportunity to relicense the image to CC BY-SA 4.0, which is an international license (the license of the current image version is specifically written for German law). Would you be able to pass this version of the baton to whomever earns it next? House Blaster^talk 01:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll sure try to, but I might need a reminder when the time comes. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:21, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

It appears that you don't need the reminder, but I set a calendar reminder a week ago to come here and issue one.
Really enjoyed your Signpost article! I definitely see the benefit in your suggestion to automatically close RfAs after exactly 7 days; I have raised this at WT:RFA. House Blaster^talk 16:51, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Nice going

A very thoughtful interview in the signpost, I felt (Link, for any watchers who haven't seen it). I agree strongly with your point about content curation. I've historically been in the "admins must write content" camp, but only to the extent that admins need to know enough not to screw up curation. Some folks have gone rather beyond that, it would seem. Vanamonde (Talk) 04:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

It can be, depending on if people are looking for a way to avoid saying the candidate looks like a horse. – Sorry, I'm not getting the horse reference. E Eng 04:53, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Read the previous answer, EEng :) Vanamonde (Talk) 04:57, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I talk about rabbits fairly often. There's even a picture of some of my rabbits on my userpage. – ??? E Eng 14:05, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

My wife and I breed rabbits, as well as other livestock. Just another of the too many hobbies I have. When I'm not farming I'm building furniture or doing artistic woodwork and metalwork. I spend a lot of time outdoors too, hunting and fishing, as well as less violent hobbies like hiking, kayaking, and snow shoeing. I generally have too much going on. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, but how does that answer explain the horse reference? E Eng 19:20, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

The prior question in the interview, Back when John Kerry was running for president of the US I had a friend who said he couldn't vote for Kerry because "his face looks like a horse." You can't convince someone you don't actually look like a horse, and as long as RFA is about how people feel about you, there's not a whole lot that can be done. To be clear, this is common on the support side as well, supporters just have the benefit of anything without an explanation being read as "per nom." ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:24, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I actually figured that out eventually, but it was more fun to keep playing dumb and exasperate you. I find it pays to break in new admins right away. E Eng 20:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

As Vanamonde says, it's related to the prior question. I always liked that anecdote, because it shows that past most of the rationalizations people state when voting, it mostly comes down to a general impression or if they think the candidate looks like a horse. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

A good read, thank to all involved! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I wondered how many would still oppose after having read the interview. - The tree pictured is one of my favourites. My No. 1 collapsed in a storm years ago, and I still miss it when passing by on the road. - see also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

That's one of the reasons I think that RFA might work better as a one week q&a, followed by a secret vote.

My favorite tree is an enormous oak in the middle of the woods near where I hunt. It's easily fifty feet taller than the surrounding canopy, four or five feet in diameter, old and craggy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Sound great! Mine was an apple tree. - Believe it ot not, today's church booklet for October had a front pic of mostly radishes :) - German Erntedank, harvest thanks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I had a few excellent radish harvests this year. I sent El C a picture of me holding a daikon as large as my arm. My rabbits also appreciated all the radish greens. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:58, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations SFR! I wish I had kept an eye on the RfAs, but hey, you always had, have [and will have, [unless you screw up, [which I hope[/believe] you won't,]]] my support :) — DaxServer (t · m · c) 17:15, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Adminship

Congrats with your adminship Lotje (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, indeed! Congratulations! I didn't even know you were nominated. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 21:46, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

About your adminship

Congratulations on becoming an admin! Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 21:47, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Cyber Anakin

Um... if you look at Talk:Cyber Anakin, there is a content dispute going on, and the appropriate protection would have been full protection in my opinion, not semi-protection to lock out one editor who happens to use an anonymous IP address. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

I looked at it as a single good faith editor edit warring against three other users, which showed a reasonable consensus against the edits. Rather than block the good faith user I wanted to allow the discussion to continue, stop the edit warring against consensus, and avoid blocking a good faith user. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:16, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

About User:Kidtommee

Hello, I am Tommy 's dad, I'm really sorry he had some disruptive interactions today. I'm trying to explain to him what he did wrong, he doesn't understand about verifiable sources (he's 9) and I wasn't aware he was trying to edit some articles (to be honest that makes me kind of proud). I know the (obvious) reasons behind his user being blocked, but I would like to take the time to explain how Wikipedia works (I didn't know he was interested). Please allow him to keep his Username, and he'll eventually return prepared to collaborate. Another observation, after all this years (I joined Wikipedia 15 years ago I think, and collaborated mostly in Wikipedia en Español) you would believe that blocking IP's is kind of an obsolete idea, just because you blocked him I wasn't able to use my ISP's IP to communicate with you, then I tried to use Surfshark VPN and that IP was also blocked (useless pattern I think). Thank you and have a good night. (Rolf Obermaier (talk) 00:57, 3 October 2022 (UTC))

(by talk reader) This is weird. I've seen my share of WP:LITTLEBROTHER but this is the first time on this website I've seen someone advocate on behalf of a child. Compromised account? Good hand bad hand? This could be real; not inconceivable. This is just weird. Were I an admin, I'd stick to what I know and that is the fact that Kidtommee isn't ready to be editing here. This sort of situation would not be resolved through SPI, so any unblock I might make would have to come with strings attached to the so-claimed parent. Kid misbehaves again? Both accounts are blocked. That's just me talking, though. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

That's about my thought process on the whole thing, too. They can still request an unblock through UTRS at some point, and as I placed the indef, I'll leave that up to another admin to decide. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:20, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, it is not a "compromised account", he's just a kid and he loves Bob The Builder and HIT Entertainment and all that, and he thought he could edit on this article based on some wrong knowledge. He simply doesn't know the rules and I wasn't aware he was trying to edit an article, he is not ready to contribute, but that is exactly my point because, one day, he will be, and "Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any page and improve articles immediately". I am not asking an unblock, but kids tend to see things in absolute terms, I don't want him to feel discouraged to ever come back and edit, because that would be a shame. I am asking for some leniency because all he sees is an absolute (indefinite block), I don't want him to desist in something as good as this project, his time will come and he'll be prepared. The way I see it, this generation is getting too much of wrong information and dumb ideas through social media or fox news, and my kid is reading from Wikipedia, this is not a formal request, this is just a father that is proud that his 9 year old son wants to be part of something worthy. Greetings. Rolf Obermaier (talk) 17:02, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

When he is ready to edit the WP:UTRS system can be used to request an unblock. Indefinite is not infinite, and the block can be lifted if reviewers are convinced the disruption will end. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

A quick perusal of his contributions does look like the good-faith edits of a kid trying to help, at least to me. I look forward to him contributing when he's a bit older. Useight (talk) 18:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Your block of 7ft George

I think VOA would have been a better choice.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't disagree. Does the VOA selection default to indef? I've used it before, so I should know, but I don't recall. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

If you're blocking with Twinkle, yes.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:18, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Bbb23, think NOTHERE applies to 157.130.12.106? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I never think of NOTHERE applying to an IP, but you can block them for vandalism if you wish, although not indefinitely. BTW, the impersonating account you indeffed is a sock. He impersonated Cryptic, too, and did the same edit to a blocked user's page, telling them to create another account. Cute, huh?--Bbb23 (talk) 00:20, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Probably not worth the block on the IP, already stopped editing. People sure come up with silly ways to waste their time, and other's. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:27, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

72.29.39.190 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

First off, congrats on the mop. I saw your 72 hour block of the user after they hit my test filter, so just letting you know I expanded the block to a year-long rangeblock of 72.29.39.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) since it's been the same disruptive user for years. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 15:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

The number of long term disruptive editors in the television topic area is crazy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:10, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

There's a few areas in Wikipedia which have unbelievably dedicated disruptive editors and incredibly dedicated disruptive editor sniffers. I feel a PhD is needed to handle:

unsourced television additions
beauty pageant sockpuppetry
bollywood disruption
genre changes
local South Asian politics

DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 16:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Don't forget children's television shows and people who are unusually old. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:35, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

I had an IPv6 range a few months back that was going around and inserting "facts" relating to Judy Garland being supposedly approached for roles in almost every classic 1940s/50s Holywood film. On some level I admire the persistence, but damn if it's not disruptive. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Everyone needs a hobby, I guess. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:03, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Disable TPA

Hey could you disable the TPA of the IP range you just blocked? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

All set. Thanks for the reverts. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Yep no problem! ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:37, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Remove this user's talk page access

Hello will you remove User:Adorevisa's TPA? Thanks, Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 01:18, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Just ignore them. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:20, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Sure, I can do that, but they might make repeated platitudes and they even posted something abusive directly towards you. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 01:22, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

That's fine. WP:RBI is the watchword of the day. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations! Sorry for being late to the party, but I only just realised that the 'crat chat had concluded. 08:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC) Cordless Larry (talk) 08:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, and much appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:46, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations

now didn't you promise me home cooked dinner at some point on one of our pages? :) I hope all is well with you. Star Mississippi 23:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I sure did. Let me know when you're in New England and I'll whip up some honey glazed garlic rabbit over herbed potatoes, all grown by my wife and me.

Things are going pretty well. With all my fancy new buttons that I can accidentally press I figured I should reduce my phone editing, so I got a Chromebook. Should come in handy for writing too, as work seems to be getting much busier. I think mostly what I'm going to do with it though is play Baldur's Gate, or install dosbox and play old Wizardry games. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:13, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Oooh yum. I had the chance for rabbit recently but ended up with venison and patatas bravas. Not sure I could have gone wrong with either. Forgot that's where you were. I should have waved as I drove from Vermont through MA and CT to NY earlier this summer. Next time. Glad all is well.

I never got into a tablet, but that plan sounds fun. Still waiting for someone to mod the original Legend of Zelda for iPhone again.

Give a yell if I can ever play show and tell with the new buttons. Star Mississippi 23:43, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I think I've done each of the main actions I plan on taking, and haven't accidentally blocked a steward yet, so it seems I'm getting the hang of it. I have reached out quite a few times to other admins, so I'll add you to the support list.

Hopefully I'll have some venison soon. Almost the season, and my spot has a lot of sign. I checked my camera recently, and there's at least three nice bucks hanging around, as well as a few does, one with a fawn. I spent a couple hours out there yesterday clearing brush and branches, so when I'm out for archery I don't miss because I hit a stray stick. With the amount of rabbit I raise, two deer will let me go a year without having to buy meat. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:51, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Support list for anything except images. I'm still lost on those, which fittingly was an oppose or neutral on my RfA.

I was trail running this weekend and had a couple deer friends. Their habitats are definitely changing. In the area where I was it's not just climate, but also roads being built/moved within their migration paths. I'd much rather them be dinner than road kill. Star Mississippi 02:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

The only image work I really do is marking copyvio over on Commons, so hopefully it doesn't come up.

Along with the habitat changes, there's also the lack of predators. He's are growing to unhealthy levels and there's more disease spreading. Hunting is an important part of conservation. Not that I really help out with the conservation, because I never see any deer in season. This spring I was out for opening day of turkey, in the blind I use for deer as well as turkey, and two deer sauntered by. Didn't see anything in the 50+ hours I had spend out during deer season.

I think they have calenders. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:22, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Advice regarding update to Australian alternative investment firm article

Dear User:ScottishFinnishRadish,

I’m LizziePEP, an employee of Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian alternative investment firm. You can find out a little more about me and my COI/paid editor status at my user page.

About four months ago, I submitted what I hope other editors will find to be an appropriate update to the Pacific Equity Partners article. It’s been some time since I submitted the request, and I have yet to receive a comprehensive review of the proposed changes.

I’ve been in touch with other notable Wiki editors with varying success, and have made some requested changes by editor User:DGG, including compiling a full revision of the article in my user space here: my user page

I notice you have had much to do with edit requests in the past, and would like to enquire whether you have the time to look over my submission and provide feedback?

Thanks very much. Lizzie PEP (talk) 01:16, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

I very seldom look at COI edit requests, and recently my time has been limited, so it's unlikely that I'll have the time to review your proposals. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:18, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Dear @ScottishFinnishRadish, thank you for your reply. I understand, would there be an alternate editor of whom you are aware that you would recommend I reach out to? Thanks Lizzie PEP (talk) 23:08, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't know anyone that handles COI edit requests. Your best bet is probably to open an edit request and wait on the queue. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Heads-up

Hey :) Just a quick heads-up that you missed a rev from your revdel on Maddy Thorson - specifically the rev that's generated when you protected the page. I'm not sure if this was an accidental miss or if you didn't realise that it needed deleted too, so thought I'd give you a quick heads-up just in case it's the latter! stwalkerster (talk) 14:43, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Stwalkerster, I missed it. I was outside doing some work on winterizing my chicken run and repairing some fence and saw that disruption during a break. I think I also forgot to select the right reason for the revdels :/ — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:51, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Meh, no worries - just wanted to make sure :) Thanks for taking care of it when you did! stwalkerster (talk) 14:54, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Is there any way to append a reason to a revdel after the fact, or is it just stuck with the generic reason? — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:01, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

There's no way to edit the log entries that are already there (much the same as edit summaries); you'd have to create new log entries by undeleting/redeleting. To be perfectly honest, I'd just leave it be at this point. stwalkerster (talk) 15:04, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, it's pretty clear to anyone reviewing why it was revdel'd. — ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:05, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You're off to the races! Andre🚐 23:54, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Oops

Should have checked deleted contribs. Thanks! -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 21:21, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

No worries, I wasn't sure if you had seen it, or if it was after your decline, or you just wanted to make sure that wasn't a dumb one-off edit. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:22, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

New Pages Patroller

Hey, SFR! Can you please grant me new page patroller rights? I've done quite a bit of it in the past; however, I stopped doing it for a few years. When I wanted to start doing it again, apparently it had become a privileged action. Thanks! It's me... Sallicio!^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 18:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Sallicio, I don't really do the permissions thing, so you'd be better off reaching out at WP:PERM. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! It's me... Sallicio!^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 12:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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Operation Sandwedge

I noticed that move protection was changed from admin to extended when edit protection was added to the article. Just wanted to make sure that was the intent. -- Dolotta (talk) 12:12, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Dolotta, that was a mistake, thought I had unchecked the modify move protection box. Restored to admin move protection. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:02, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

2022 Atlantic hurricane season

Hello, ScottishFinnishRadish,

It's still not exactly clear to me why you deleted this page but you have to be very careful when you take any action after a bad page move. Bots typically move all article redirects after a page move pretty quickly and if you delete a page with Twinkle, you can end up deleting a few (or a lot) of valid redirects that now point to the wrong page. When taking action after a bad page move of a popular page, if you are considering deleting either the bad title or the regular title, please check for redirects ("What links here") and either manually correct them to point to the right target or leave a redirect from the bad title to the correct title and the bots will get around to correcting these double redirects.

So, your page deletion ended up deleting a lot of valid redirects but Cryptic has restored them all now. But this is how you learn! I once mistakenly deleted all of the pages in a category...it's important when you make a mistake to set about fixing it once you realize that things didn't go as you planned. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:34, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Liz, there was a request on discord, and a few admins started taking action all at the same time. I was under the impression that someone was handling the redirects after my deletion.
I even mentioned that I was going to have to fuck up deleting stuff or moving pages at some point, since it's a right of passage for admins to have to go to AN and request help fixing whatever they did with their tools.
I will certainly be more careful with that in the future. Sorry for the trouble. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:38, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

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This user is actively suppressing information on Boris Johsnon's involvement into the investigation of the 2018 Salisbury terrorist attack perpetrated by Russia.

They stopped replying after I supplied sources for my claims. Lemmerelassal (talk) 08:00, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Lemmerelassal, neither source you provided supports your earlier statement, Boris Johnson has undermined government investigation into the Skripal assassination/terrorism attempt. Also you'll need to ping me if you expect responses on your talk page, as I have thousands of pages on my watchlist and it's easy to miss things. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:25, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Vanniyar Page

Can you take a look at Vanniyar article's talk page? I made a request there. Please approve it and make the changes I requested 103.158.244.149 (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Question

Is this what you were thinking when you remove an empty edit request? Special:Diff/1116460921 Terasail ^[✉️] 18:06, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Terasail, yeah, that's what I had in mind. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:12, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Nice, it just has another Yes/No box once the delete button is pressed if you want to add a message to a talk page. First time I tried this so it took a while to get something going. Will probably add next week. Terasail ^[✉️] 18:17, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Terasail, excellent. I look forward to trying it out. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:18, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Terasail, I was thinking on this, and if you're planning on having a dialog box after remove request is selected, perhaps instead of a yes/no dialog for an empty request, you offer a few template responses, e.g. the not a forum template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:01, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah I have been thinking of better ways to do this but someone asked about another issue so I fixed that and decided to release it in its current form. I will update it in the future with a better design but I thought it would be better to release something rather than nothing. Terasail ^[✉️] 17:00, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

I might add other template responses in the future but for now I will just stick with {{Empty edit request}}. Twinkle and such are better for other warnings and I can't really be bothered right now to detect such warnings (increase warning levels uw1-4 and such). On the other hand I changed how the warning is added, it isn't a yes/no dialogue box it is now a checkbox that appears when you click the trash icon. Terasail ^[✉️] 18:09, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Terasail, I wouldn't bother with the escalated warnings, because it very seldom comes up. Not a forum removals are the most common after blank request removals, but they're still far less common, so the blank request template is good enough. Thanks! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:40, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Magdalen Berns protection

Hello. You page-protected the biography on October 18. The "DumbBOT" removed the protection today. I reversed it, but it doesn't seem to have taken effect. (Thank you for the page protection after repeated vandalism by several IP-address only editors.) Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 02:48, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Pyxis Solitary, I only protected for two days, and the protection expired. The bot just removed the template. If the disruption starts back up let me know and I'll protect it for longer. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:13, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Ah. I did not now it was only for two days. Thank you for your reply. Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 04:15, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Would you like to set up an alternative account?

ScottishFinnishRadish, now that you are an admin, you might want to consider setting up an alternative account for public networks, creating a committed identity, or setting up 2FA. This would help secure your account and make sure it doesn't get compromised. 2601:647:5800:4D2:35D3:BBB4:35B7:79E6 (talk) 23:06, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't edit on public computers or networks, and a committed identity isn't necessary as I have a unique email address for Wikipedia use with a unique password, as well as a second email address not linked to my Wikipedia account that Arbcom and oversighters are aware of, which also had a unique password. Lastly, when Wikipedia has a decent 2FA setup I'll likely use it. Until then I'll rely on a strong, unique password. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:53, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Resueman01 at Tom MacDonald (rapper) ‎

Actually, all of this editor's edits except the last one were constructive removal of vandalism. I think they just weren't paying attention when they reverted my further reversion. General Ization ^Talk 02:01, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

General Ization, thanks for the heads-up on that. Unblocked and apologized. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:06, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

np, stuff happens. Thanks for protecting the article! General Ization ^Talk 02:09, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Edits) 16:13, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

About this user: Do you think his userpage violates WP:FAKEARTICLE? I raised the issue with him on his talk but he says the banner at top is enough. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Chris troutman, it's pretty close, yeah, and to NOTWEBHOST as well. Not enough to speedy, but maybe worth a discussion. At this point I'm inclined to let it sit for now, no reason to kick them while they're down, but in the future an MFD might be necessary if they don't adjust it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:43, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Chris troutman, looks like the problem is solved. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:47, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Oppenheimer

Regarding your reversion here and the related block, there are two other accounts that made the same kind of edits: 33_nileshmoviesz (talk · contribs) and 22_nilesh (talk · contribs). Can these be blocked as well? Not sure if a CheckUser check is needed to find more. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 12:55, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Erik, there is already an spi for these, but I don't recall what it is right now. If you see any others, let me know. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Ah-ha, thanks! Found it here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nilesh kmr 2010/Archive. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 13:03, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Erik, might need blacklisting. If I wasn't on my phone at work on break I'd search for it's user in cited to see if any have slipped through. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:06, 25 October 2022 (UTC)