User:Oshwah/TalkPageArchives/2017-04

I need help.
I don't know how to add citations to the stuff I edited! How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VideoGameFan15 (talk • contribs) 00:34, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi VideoGameFan15! Thanks for leaving me a message with your question! See this page. It shows you how to cite reference in-line, as well as how to make sure they're listed on the bottom. If you still have questions after reading that page, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. Happy editing! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:40, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Pssst. --Neil N  talk to me 01:07, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Even better! Check out what NeilN provided above (see this page). Very cool!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, that was designed to be subst'd onto talk pages. Check out VideoGameFan15's. --Neil N  talk to me 01:22, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I realized after I responded... lol. Don't mind me; I'm tired and extra derpy today :-P  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:34, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Today? :-p :-p --Neil N  talk to me 01:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * HA! You got me there... I have no rebuttal to that statement :-P  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Block notice (JOKE)
You have been blocked from editing for a period of OVER 9000 YEARS for being so sarcastic, way too girly and crashed on Capital Beltway on Washington DC. Oh F****ing stop on this s***** interstate!! it's funny LOL. :D Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful driving. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may get off the highway by first reading the guide to being a girl driving on I-44, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:  (Note: Even you're male, this is not intended to offend you and you're fine.)  KGirlTrucker81 huh? what I've been doing 02:09, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * LOLOL!!!!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:26, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Another Nsmutte sock.
Thanks, ansh 666 05:23, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * AAAAND IT'S GONE! ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:27, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Government of Rwanda in Exile
Government of Rwanda in Exile is back. (No April foolin') unless, it's meant to be a joke? 220  of  Borg 07:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

marilyn vos savant

"You can change Wikipedia, but you can't change the truth" -Neil Degrasse Tyson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baggidy (talk • contribs) 10:07, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017
This is your only warning; if you remove or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia again, as you did at User talk:Samwalton9, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Sam Walton (talk) 11:24, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 second for continued removal of material. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Sam Walton (talk) 11:38, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh fuck me. Timothy Joseph Wood  12:00, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * 😂😂😂👍🏻 Class 455 ( talk |stand clear of the doors!)  13:22, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yo, Oshwah, your hair is seeking dispute resultion mate ;) have a great weekend! &mdash;  O Fortuna!   Imperatrix mundi.  13:31, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ... Gosh darn it. --Cameron11598 (Talk) 17:00, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer
Hi, Oshwah! Could you please remove pending changes reviewer right from me? I feel like I do not need it. Cheers, Friy Man  talk 12:34, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * FriyMan - Because you asked on the 1st of April, can you confirm that you'd like this user right removed? If so, I'd be happy to do so. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:36, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All right, I actually want this right removed. Cheers, Friy Man  talk 03:46, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. I probably will need it at some point... Cheers, Friy Man  talk 12:02, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Christina Slade
Hi

I did edit this page to say that Christina Slade stepped down at the end of March - that edit is still there? I made a mess of the succession box, though. My apologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artsadvocate (talk • contribs) 17:53, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Unreasonably Deleted Article
There obviously isn't reason for you to delete the article Matt Works, because it's all true. User talk:M briglia05 20:23, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Report Image?
User uploaded image claiming it's their own work. How do you report that? Chris "WarMachineWildThing"  Talk to me 08:32, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi WarMachineWildThing! It looks like the proper place to list the image is at Copyright Problems. Let me know if you have any more questions. Sorry for the late reply, by the way. Been on vacation ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:41, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Laurie Buchanan
Hey fella,

I've created an article but moved it to a user-redirect instead of submitting it to the main Wikipedia - can you help me undo whatever i've done, I can't seem to revert the action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JermainRobson (talk • contribs) 18:42, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * JermainRobson - It looks like this page has been fixed and is now at Laurie Buchanan - Do you still need assistance?  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:42, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

An Oshwah Cookie for you!

 * COOKIES! YAY!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:43, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * Hi EurovisionNim! I saw your PMs on IRC! Come back and chat!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:50, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I wasn't on my laptop -- Eurovision Nim (talk to me)(see my edits) 06:46, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

:-)
 Hello Oshwah, DoABarrelRoll.dev has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Could you help me?
Could you please let me know if my edit to The Undertaker should have been reverted? If it shouldn't, could you please unrevert it? -barrelroll.dev 04:57, 8 April 2017 (UTC) -barrelroll.dev 04:57, 8 April 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoABarrelRoll.dev (talk • contribs)
 * As I was the one who reverted it Oshwah, per conversations on the Articles talk the sources from WWE are reliable and should not have been removed, these removals are why the page was semied because of constant IP issues, also I believe this user was a blocked IP, who did nonsense edits just to get confirmed because of the semi placed on The Undertaker as all their edits are their own space except to post to your talk and to remove the retired refrences from The Undertaker article that are sourced. Please note these requests on their talk page and this. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me  05:10, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

His retirement is not confirmed, because he is not on the WWE Alumni Page. Also, remember to assume good faith. We -barrelroll.dev 05:22, 8 April 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoABarrelRoll.dev (talk • contribs)
 * Are you the same IP user who has been making these changes? Please disclose if so.  At any rate, I agree with 's assessment that the data should not have been removed.  If you'd like it removed you'll need to gain WP:CONSENSUS to implement the change.  Thanks! --  Dane  talk  05:28, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok. I Did not know​ about conseseus. Also, I have an idea to reach an middle ground. We unrevert for a period of time, see how many times it's reverted, and make a revision again. -barrelroll.dev 05:39, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Not how it works. <b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 05:41, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you click here, it will bring you to our policy about gaining consensus. This will help you understand how that works.  Once you have consensus, you may reimplement the change. --  Dane  talk  05:44, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Ok, Thanks. PS, I have been looking at the WWE Alumni Page ever sense WM33 ended. Not to change anyone's mind, just saying. Also, thanks 4 ur 3O Dane. -barrelroll.dev 05:57, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

User:DW...
Hi. I was a bit concerned about the username and the unblock comments (about his brother being killed) when I saw it last night, as they both contain serious unsupported accusations (and I've no idea if they're true - I tried Google but couldn't find anything). But I was too tired to think too much about it. This morning, with a clearer head, I thought it best to rename the account (without a redirect) to get rid of the username, so it's now all at User talk:Renamed user 20170408 01, and I've also redacted parts of the first two unblock requests. As the original edits seemed to me to be a clear attempt to cause harm to the person, I've also reported it to the WMF Emergency email. Would welcome a second opinion - do you think this was the right thing to do? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:06, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm beginning to think this might be all a prank, as I can find no sign of the alleged murderer or his alleged address. But better be safe, I think. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:23, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Boing! said Zebedee - You did exactly the right thing - thank you for taking care of the other logs and what I may have missed :-). I constantly keep an eye on the new user creation logs, and I obviously smelled trouble as soon as that username popped up on the list. I redacted that username from the user creation log and rev del'd the edits as soon as I saw them, but I might have missed the block log. Renaming the user was a good move, too (I don't have that power - else I would have done this myself). When it comes to the "bread and butter" of it all... if a user adds serious BLP issues, possible libel, threats of harm to self or others, or anything serious in that kind of area -- we need to treat these edits as if they were 100% true and 100% serious -- even if we think (or "know") that it's trolling, a complete hoax, or someone just trying to be (what they believe is) "silly". Policies state that we're allowed to err on the side of caution and "redact first, ask questions second" in these exact situations. Given the blatancy of those edits,the username, as well as what the user stated were his/her intentions -- I see no problem at all with what you did :-).  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:55, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:43, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Boing! said Zebedee - Of course; any time. It's good to talk to you again. Hope things are doing well! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:44, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * As an update, I got a message telling me that oversight/suppression is better than renaming, as it leaves fewer traces of the original username behind. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:26, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I was eventually told that as well. Oh well, least we know for next time ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:28, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

3RR
Hello:) I would like to report that 엠비엔 뉴스특보 has broken 3RR on their talk page. -barrelroll.dev (talk) 05:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Users can revert their talk as much as they like. WP:3RR doesn't apply to user pages or user talk pages. You could find yourself blocked for Vandalism if you continue to post the same content to a user​s page after they have removed it. <b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 05:27, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi -barrelroll.dev - Users are allowed to revert pages within their own userspace as often as they like, provided that they respect and remain compliant with Wikipedia's user page guidelines. Additionally, if you're restoring warnings that you've left on someone's user talk page that they've removed, please note that removing warnings is allowed within your user talk space. In fact, the deletion can even be considered proof/acknowledgement that the warning message has been read (since they deleted it - they obviously knew it was there). If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask them. I'll be more than happy to answer them. Happy editing :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:30, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Can you please......
Can you please delete my images I Uploaded. , ,,, and. Thanks <b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 06:57, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * WarMachineWildThing - I was able to delete the ones hosted here, but the last two images will need an admin from the Wikipedia Commons to delete. Just request it there and they'll help you. Otherwise, the ones here are ✅.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I missed 2 others 1 and 2. Might be on commons I'm not sure, requested there too. Thanks <b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 07:16, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Explain please?
This is highly suspect and in my decade of editing here I've never witnessed such a thing. First of all, overturning a block without consulting the blocking admin is generally considered to be poor form. Just an FYI there. But that's not the issue. I issued a 24 hour block to two editors who were involved in an edit war. Both had breached 3RR, neither had a block log, so 24 hours for both was standard operating procedure per longstanding precedent and WP:3RR. After 1 minute&mdash;1 minute&mdash;you show up and reblock one of the editors for 72 hours. Your block rationale doesn't seem to make any sense. The user had not really done anything to receive such an unusually harsh increase in their block, and aside from the edit warring, appeared to be making reasonable edits in good faith. Your block rationale was exceedingly vague and the user themselves doesn't even seem to know why you did that to them. Meanwhile, 11 minutes after implementing an unusually draconian sanction on that editor for no real reason, you completely overturn the block for the other one. That other editor was equally guilty here. Yet they apparently contacted you off-wiki, so you let them off scot-free? Because now they understand 3RR? They didn't seem to have a problem understanding 3RR when they were issuing a warning about it. Or when they were talking about it on your talk page a few days ago. Assuming there is a good reason for this action, I would like to hear it. At face value, it's shockingly unfair behavior that smacks of favoritism. It's evident that you know this user and they're a self-proclaimed talk page stalker of yours. It's hard to believe you undertook this action with no personal opinions in play, and that would make you WP:INVOLVED. Assuming you don't have some key piece of information that I don't, I strongly urge you to unblock the IP. One-sided edit warring blocks are usually not viewed as an acceptable administrator response for obvious reasons and frankly this appears to be highly concerning favoritism from an administrator. Such favoritism is unacceptable. S warm  ♠  07:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm aware that I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion, and if you have some evidence of socking or past disruption, you will have my sincerest apologies. S warm   ♠  08:22, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Swarm - I'm responding to let you know that I've received your message here. I have a detailed rationale and I'll follow up with an explanation here shortly. Stand by. I might have blocked this IP on accident. I wasn't aware that I extended your block on the IP until your message.  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)  08:33, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Swarm - I'm restoring your original block length of 24 hours on the IP. I'm trying to re-connect my dots here and I think I blocked the wrong IP by mistake. I know that I unblocked TMW, but I did not change or alter the IP's block (well.... not on purpose). I'll follow up in a moment.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:41, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Swarm - I apologize for not bringing the unblock of the account to your attention or for brushing it by you first. To give you a TL;DR: I've been mentoring and working with WarMachineWildThing for the past couple months or so. I've been trying to help him learn Wikipedia policy and how to resolve disputes and issues properly (after a bit of a rough start on Wikipedia). After his account was blocked for 3RR earlier, he reached out to me and asked why he was blocked. I took the time to clarify and explain the exemptions to him, as well as why his reverts on Stone Cold Steve Austin weren't exempt. He indicated that he understood, and he agreed and promised to stop editing the article, resolve the dispute on the article's talk page, and make no further edits on the article until the dispute is resolved. Because of this, I felt the block was no longer necessary nor preventative and I unblocked his account. I tried to explain my reason as best as I could in the unblock reason, but I may not have been clear or detailed enough.
 * I'm not sure how I managed to overwrite your block of the IPv6 address; I meant to block a different IP (completely unrelated to this matter) and must've blocked this one by mistake instead. It was accidental and in no ways meant to imply or make administrative decisions with the intent of leaning favorably towards one person, and more harshly toward another. However, I understand how someone (given the changes I made to the blocks) would translate or give that impression. If you still have questions or concerns, please let me know. I definitely want to address your thoughts and concerns and make sure that we're A-OK with everything. Again, I apologize for causing the confusion and the concerns. Thanks again for your messages and for coming to me with your thoughts.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   11:02, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification, we're totally good. I misunderstood what was happening and I apologize for reacting in an accusatory way. I have nothing but respect for you as an administrator. See you around! S warm   ♠  20:29, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Swarm - No big deal at all :-). Like I said, I'm glad you came to me with your concerns and that we were able to easily sort it out. I appreciate your kind words; I echo the same respect and friendship as well. Also, it's good to run into you again. It's been quite some time since we crossed paths... Shoot, a year at least... Hope you're doing well and that life is good :-D.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:34, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Beta Kappa Gamma contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it is made for a fraternity that has been running for 17 years. I, along with more than 500 brothers around the United States, are part of this organization. Multiple websites showing brothers are www.betakappagamma.org and bkgbaylor.org. If you wish to check our facebook, instagram or even 501c3 and tax ID to see that we are an officially recognized American non-profit I would love to send it to you. Should you require any more information, please email me at REDACTED — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appie094 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Appie094 - It looks like you're properly contesting the deletion on the article's talk page - perfect. An administrator will view the article's talk page before deciding whether or not to proceed with deletion. Not to discourage you, but I should also let you know that this article was previously discussed and the decision to delete it was reached here. Let me know if you have any questions.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:09, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Oshwah - Thank you for your response. I have been working on the website for the past hour and would be very disappointed if my efforts were in vain. The fraternity has grown immensely since 2012 and even the content on the page has resembled that of any other fraternity. In terms of national presence, if you look on school websites like Baylor, UT Austin or LSU, you will find Beta Kappa Gamma's influence on the community. In terms of chapter numbers, there are multiple fraternities and sororities that have less than 7 and ones that only have 1 chapter(local fraternities). Please let me know what I can do to keep my fraternity's name on Wikipedia. I can send the tax ID and 501c3 number to prove that it is an officially established United States Non-profit organization that functions as a multicultural social service fraternity — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appie094 (talk • contribs)
 * Oshwah - have you seen the last talk I posted? Appie094 (talk) 15:52, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Appie094 - I have; my apologies for the delay getting back to you. I'll respond to you today when I get down-time and can do so.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   16:01, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Appie094 - Please accept my sincere apologies for not getting back to you. I got busy lately and have just sat down to respond to messages here. Do you still need assistance? Let me know.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:14, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oshwah how can I keep the Beta Kappa Gamma fraternity wikipedia page from getting deleted? iv'e included numerous news articles but they are still very stubborn Appie094 (talk) 17:05, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Appie094! Unfortunately, there really isn't much you can do. The article was deleted as a result of this AFD discussion. In short, the discussion that came to a consensus that the article doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. This isn't judged by examining the article itself, but by performing research and a search for reliable sources that exist and are available to be used. When an article fails to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, improving the article or adding more references will not resolve this; it means that the article subject (or in this case, the Beta Kappa Gamma club) isn't something that should have its own article at this point in time. Beta Kappa Gamma could certainly someday become notable if it becomes the subject of multiple references that establish such... but right now, it fails to do so. I'm sorry to give you such bad news... I know that you spent a lot of time on the article and that it meant a lot to you... but what I can do is give you some resources that will help you to determine if the next article you write is notable before you do so! Then, you won't go through that disappointment and feeling that all of your time and work was for nothing. Take a look at Your first article -- it's a tutorial, wizard, and guide that will walk you through the process of creating an article, show you the guidelines that you should reference and understand, as well as how to check and determine if what you want to write will meet these guidelines. You should use this page until you become familiar and proficient with these guidelines, so that your time isn't wasted in the future. If you have any additional questions regarding the links and explanation I provided you here, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Don't be discouraged! I created articles when I was new here... and they were also deleted. Everyone goes through this... you're not alone :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:56, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

hello
hoi:-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.109.122.21 (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Pico Far East Holdings Limited
Appears to be edited by SPAs. Much of the content is promotional and is unsourced. My removals of promotional material are being reverted. Any suggestions? Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 03:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC) I tag-bombed the article too, coi, primary, refimprove, advert. Sheee... Jim1138 (talk) 03:55, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Opened WP:COIN Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 12:04, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

User:Meristem Research and Allied Services
You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:00, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Cahk - ✅  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:48, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Please check this username
Is a good username or is it problematic? The user was just hard-blocked for this reason but I don't see how the word "rat" might be attacking your purpose, and besides, I have not seen any serious vandalism from this account. Thanks for your advice, « « «  SOME GADGET GEEK  » » » (talk) 23:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Rat is derogatory, implying that somebody is dirty—like a rat. Also, it could be misinterpreted as an account under Oshwah. Thus, the block. RileyBugz <sup style="color:#D7000B;">Yell at me  &#124; <sub style="color:#D7000B;">Edits  23:13, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Why are you asking Oshwah? I hard-blocked it because it was a clear attempt to defame. If they want to restore an article they need to ask nicely from their original account, not use an abusively-named sockpuppet. I haven't found the original article, which must have had different capitalization, so I don't know what account was originally used. I assume Oshwah deleted that article, incurring the wrath of OtR. Or else it's an Nsmutte sock.  Acroterion   (talk)   23:20, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * National Indian Students Union UK ~ GB fan a "frantic, furious ball of anger" 23:44, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That AfD was plagued by sockpuppets: this would appear to be yet another.  Acroterion   (talk)   23:59, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Famous Arkansans
I didn't see Donna Aspxum, Miss America 1964(?) on the list. She us from El Dorado — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.139.202.53 (talk) 23:34, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

How do you add the blue background?
Hello Oshwah,

I noticed the blue background on your talk page. How do you do this?

Ups and Downs 1234 (Talk to me) (My Contribs) 04:20, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe see the code at User:Oshwah/Templates/TalkpageMainTemplate? (the div style=colour) I used a similar technique on my user page to make it multicoloured and gay. Adam9007 (talk) 04:52, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

G7 and A7
It was actually an A7 CSD, and I should've thrown G11 in there as well. Well, all's well that ends well. Thanks for your help. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 03:16, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Boomer Vial - You bet :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:20, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Edit to Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Hi Oshwah,

The changes which I made in the Lakshmi Vilas Bank wiki page were discarded by you. I would like to know the reason for that. If you would like me to provide some information on the edits I made then I can give you them (14.140.239.222 (talk) 06:03, 18 April 2017 (UTC))

Regards
 * Hi there! My apologies for the mistake. I saw this edit and thought you had also added the "ONLY TO OUR COMMUNITY PART". I see now that it was somebody else. I've restored the changes you made to the article. Please let me know if you have any more concerns or if you need anything else. Thanks for leaving me a message and for letting me know. Cheers :-) --  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:05, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Scum of the earth edit
Ok is it even possible to give you a good enough source that you will leave his edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.216.159.85 (talk) 07:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Site Ban
Could you review my comments here, and enforce the site ban on the most recent IP address that edited on the article?--Cahk (talk) 09:02, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Cahk! I'm reading through the ANI discussions you've linked me, as well as the article's history page to find the coorelation between the problematic IP addresses that were being referred to, as well as the content that the banned person repeatedly changes. It looks like they're all in relation to the section within the article regarding the subject's felony conviction. In that case, there definitely is little question that the IP that just recently edited the article is the banned person. I'm going to finish reading, and take action from there. Won't be long :-). Thanks for the heads up; I'll take care of it! :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:15, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Cahk - I've blocked the IP for block evasion, and applied pending changes protection to the article for one year. This is the best solution to this situation, as it allows anyone to edit the article without restriction while also allowing pending changes reviewers the ability to review, identify, and decline edits made by the site-banned user (and without impacting the revision that is viewed by the general public). Thanks for the message and for the heads up. Please let me know if you see any more disruption by this user, or if I can do anything else for you. Cheers! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:35, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Now ... onto the next IP 73.9.140.124. Recently came off a 1 year ban on making legal threats (against me, no less). I won't make any comments as to what the editor has posted as "comment", but I think it's the typical pattern we've seen way too many times last year.--Cahk (talk) 15:30, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Cahk - I've left a message on both the IP's talk page that you provided here, as well as another on the talk page of the IPv6 address here. This will provide this person with the proper place to go in order to contact the right team and receive help with her particular issue. Hopefully this helps defuse the situation and sends her in the right direction (provided she reads my message and follows my directions). Let me know if I can do anything else to help with this particular situation. I'll be happy to assist :-). Cheers --  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:08, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Blair Imani/Notability Question
Do you think Blair Imani is notable enough? Blair Imani Jazzybell (talk) 23:14, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Jazzybell! Welcome to Wikipedia! Looking at the article you created, I'll say that it, without question, makes a credible claim of significance. Without doing the proper research and looking for references (I'm just looking at what you've used in the article), I'd say that the article subject has a high chance of meeting Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Again, this is without doing the proper research myself and just looking at what you've written... I'll say that you've done a great job so far :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:19, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * Jazzybell - You're welcome :-). Feel free to message me here any time you need help with something. I'll be happy to help! :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:07, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of page I started
Hi,

I was writing a page about a famous philosopher named John J. Stuhr. You can read about him by googling him. Anyway, I wasn't done with the article (I started it I wasn't adding to it!) and some other admin person but a hold on it or something. Then when he released the hold after I explained to him the validity of what I was writing I couldn't get back into the non-html section. So I am starting over, please wait until I am done. This is a real article about a extremely well known person.

Thanks, Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythias83 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Pythias83 - According to the edit summary you left with the last edit you made to this article, you said "please delete so I can start over" - were you requesting the article be deleted so you could start over? This is what I interpreted your edit summary to mean. If this is not what you meant, please let me know so I can assist you. Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:07, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I see, thanks. I appreciate your deletion. But now there is some other notice on there that states


 * "A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted. If you are creating a new page with different content, please continue. If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below.02:49, 19 April 2017 Oshwah (talk | contribs) deleted page John J. Stuhr (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page)."


 * So I was bit confused by this note. But now I understand what to do.


 * Thanks for your patience! This is my first Wiki article; I am writing it for someone who deserves the recognition because he has helped so many scholars over the years.


 * Since I am a bit of a novice though, I will read up more about how to write the article correctly.


 * Again, thanks for your help and patience!!!


 * mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythias83 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Pythias83! Because you requested deletion and are just re-creating the article again, you can just ignore that notice and proceed with creating it as you did before. You have nothing to worry about. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. Cheers :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your help Oshwah! Enjoy the day, M — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythias83 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

HI again, sorry to bother you again but the picture of John J. Stuhr cannot be uploaded via Insert_> Media. A window pops up that states: "Something went wrong We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons." This is just an ordinary photo of the philosopher for whom I am creating this page; I don't know why a "bot" (I assume) stopped it. Thanks, Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pythias83 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Charles Jaco
I cited everything I added. It is actual video of the CNN broadcast that I referenced in my edit. My edit contains nothing that is not in the CNN video. This seems to have been removed by a bot and I ask that it be placed back as I wrote it. Please advise me of the precise issues that induced you to remove my edits.

Regards.

Hi
Oops, looks like i accidentally edited while logged out, be careful when reverting Oshwah :D 189.153.61.122 (talk) 07:37, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Yes, I apologize for that - I thought that an IP was removing a CSD tag to an article... but then quickly realized that it was a redirect... and that the removal was correct... haha :-). What is your username? If you need me to rev del your IP after you log in so that it's kept hidden, please let me know and I'll get that taken care of!!!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   07:42, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

You Deleted my Page
My page name is Biriala Goodday Thomas You Deleted it i cant edit it any more — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Goodday (talk • contribs) 09:47, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Yes
Yes it's me <b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 10:34, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you put the original indef protect you placed on my talk per the original ANI.<b style="color:Red">Chris "WarMachineWildThing" </b> Talk to me 10:36, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * WarMachineWildThing - ✅  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:40, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Takieddin el-Solh
Hi there thanks for your message - was not a test but just trying to bring his bio up to standards with other Lebanese Prime Ministers so used the format. Grateful if you could revise. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.119.64.21 (talk) 18:45, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Andrew Bowyer
People keep hating on Andrew Bowyer, the greatest running back of all time... I keep trying to say how good he is, but people keep taking down my edits. I hate America — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bowyerandrew (talk • contribs) 19:09, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Carterville High School motto
Can you please stop changing the motto? We held a school poll to change the motto. How can I verify this to you? Carterville Highschool Staff (talk) 19:41, 19 April 2017 (UTC) CHS

You said to contact you if I think you made a mistake
Hi Oshwah,

I am referring to this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orenda

You just removed an edit I made. If you type the name Orenda in cyrillic in google Оренда you will find hundreds more sources about it and what it actually means in Bulgarian than in English. This is because this word is widely used and if you use google translate you will find out that it has the same meaning as what First Nations gave to it. I find it fascinating that Ancient Bulgarian shamans and First Nations Canadian shamans use the exact same word with the exact same meaning. I think this is important for others to know as well.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.190.193.178 (talk) 19:43, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi,, please read the link that put in the edit summary of the revert (WP:POV). Lil Johnny (talk) 20:23, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

David Peel Removed content
I personally placed this information on the Peel's page first and it is my wording. I was the first to know he died since I was with him when he passed away.. I do not appreciate others trying to get journalistic credit for something they did not know and did not do.. It is called stealing... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.79.179.137 (talk) 04:32, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

3RR
Morning Oshwah. Please advise if you can deal with a 3RR edit war or whether I need to follow the official channels of opening a case. It refers to this article on Paubrasilia. Thanks, Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 07:13, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Oshwah. Things are under control. We have established dialogue. I am sure you would have helped, but for now things can run their course. Regards, Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 08:12, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * On the other hand I would appreciate you intervention per wp:STATUSQUO. The first time Rui removed the content was a valid edit because the content wasn't referenced, but after the content has been backed by sources, the content should not be removed while not consensus.--Luizdl Talk 23:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Rui Gabriel Correia and Luizdl! So long as you both agree to stop editing the article in a back-and-fourth fashion, and agree to discuss the dispute and not make changes to the disputed area until a consensus is reached, there's no need to take action or "intervene" on anything or anybody. However, if the edit warring continues (by either one of you), I'll be forced to do so. Just keep the agreement made, and have open communication on the article's talk page and there's nothing either one of you need to worry about as far as 3RR or any of that stuff. If either of you have questions about anything, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'll be more than happy to assist in any way that I can. I wish you both good luck with settling the dispute at hand and in a civil manner, and I wish you both happy editing :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:59, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Adminstats
User:Oshwah/AdminStats? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:29, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Mine's doing the same thing too. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:30, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Almost done with the article!! Need help for one more thing.
Hi Oshwah, Thanks again for all your help. I have a large part of the entry complete. I last thing I need to is upload the picture for his Infobox. I tried to do this, but a "bot" didn't let me. It is just an ordinary picture of the philosopher. He is dressed formally and the pic was taken during his wedding. The exact words on the message after I tried to uplod the pic was: WE COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER THIS FILE IS SUITABLE FOR WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. PLEASE UPLOAD THAT YOU TOOK YOURSELF WITH YOUR CAMERA

Here is the link to the site" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Stuhr

Thanks, Mark (Pythias83 (talk) 11:32, 20 April 2017 (UTC))

Well, whatdoes it mean - neutral? I know about right and wrong, truth and alternative truth, but what is neutral??? can one be neutral regarding the truth? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Futsy (talk • contribs) 11:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

abella danger
The deletion request should be reviewed. It seems to meet all requirements in regard to references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scenicview1 (talk • contribs) 15:38, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Oswah I received your message, However I may swell up, so sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Percy7875 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

HelloPercy7875 (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

In regard to the Abella page.
Thank you for clarifying. I'm sort of a novice when it comes to making edits or having a lot of knowledge when I'm editing or discussing using wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scenicview1 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Agent Orange
I made that contribution because here it is said that Agent Orange was from Placentia, which is in Orange County.--DeathTrain (talk) 20:09, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

I must ask you why my contribution was not productive, I added the city they originated from. The Wikipedia article for just about every other band mentions the city and not just the county. For example, the article for Social Distortion, another band from Orange County, specifies the exact city they originated from: Fullerton. Why not do the same for Agent Orange? I have already shown through that video that they originated in Placentia, Orange County. It also says on the Adolescents article that Steve Soto, who was an original member of Agent Orange, went to school in Placentia.--DeathTrain (talk) 13:35, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Because your source is an apparently illegitimate copy of a local late-night, public-access entertainment show posted to youtube by a user who not only can't spell "whose", but doesn't even seem to understand the difference between a comma and an apostrophe. You edit may be accurate, but you didn't even provide a source in it, and when you posted the source here, it's a sketchy source, at best. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  14:46, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

How about this? Is this a better source? I also noted that there was and is no source on the article even saying they're from Orange County.--DeathTrain (talk) 21:37, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I've responded to you at the message you left on my talk page. The short answer is: Yes, that's a good enough source for this claim. I've formatted the reference for you there, so you can copy and paste. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  16:32, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

That Jim Gaffigan thing
Dude are you serious?

It was announced he isnt in the season

Also does everything need sources? Because its effort and I could give less of a fuck if I'm being honest

Aight cheers xxx preceding unsigned comment by 193.109.199.187 20:25, 20 April 2017‎ (UTC)
 * I would imagine that anyone who cared enough about it to argue the point would care enough to spend 5 minutes searching google... ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  20:26, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Who are you and why are you commenting on something that has nothing to do with you?
 * Because he is trying to answer your question, and the notice at the top of Oshwah's talk page says that people can answer questions here. Anyways, one generally needs to give citations for pretty much everything, unless it is something frankly obvious, like the fact that the sky is blue. RileyBugz <sup style="color:#D7000B;">Yell at me  &#124; <sub style="color:#D7000B;">Edits  21:46, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Concerning my username
My username it doesn't against any Wikipedia rules.

English translations of Homer
Did you actually bother looking at the edit I made or read the edit note? The quotation in the article as I had found it was incorrect-- it divided the lines up wrong and introduced paragraph indentations where in the book there were none. The information in the article was wrong, and I fixed it; you can see for yourself if you don't believe me (the book is freely previewable on Amazon)... I can't imagine what would have possibly convinced you that my edit was "not constructive" aside from sheer carelessness. Please try to be more diligent in the future. 64.179.181.178 (talk) 00:28, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oshwah--page 77. Drmies (talk) 00:32, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Please accept my sincere apologies for the reversion and the confusion I may have caused. I saw this edit, which appeared to me to be the random removal of templates and other wikicode from the page (and with no edit summary). I didn't realize that this edit was only one of the many others that you made on the article. I'm usually good at making sure that I don't accidentally undo changes in this situation (where the change I'm seeing is part of a series of many changes by the same person); it looks like I somehow didn't catch it this time... please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I'll be happy to answer them. I appreciate you for bringing my erroneous edit to my attention, and I hope that my response has at least helped you to understand what my thoughts were and where the mistake rooted from. Happy editing :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:38, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All's well. 64.179.181.178 (talk) 01:03, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Afzal Kahn page
Hello,

Please be advised, the source you refer to - re: Afzal Kahn is not the same person.

Mr Kahn's passport, which is here, states AFZAL KHAN - nothing else.

If you would like confirmation, please e mail him direct: REDACTED His PA: REDACTED

I trust this is sufficient enough for you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murphytux (talk • contribs) 01:46, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

rhona mitra's age
Rhona Mitra's age

Hi. The original source cited in this article for her age is perfectly correct ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVW2-4XTX ) It is the calculation of her age that is wrong. She is actually 41, not 40.

Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.108.39 (talk) 01:58, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

French Flag and a meme
Hi, i'm going to talk about the page "List of flags by color combination" I know it's bad to edit some stupid thing about a meme But in the White article, from what I learn... White Flag is OFFICAL flag of France between 1815-1830 (source is from RealLifeLore's video about flag of France on youtube) so that's it sorry and regardWTFareyoudoing14 (talk) 07:25, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Your formatting was slightly off; I've adjusted it for you :)
 * You mean the flag under the Bourbon restoration, of course; see-> Pavillon royal de France.svg
 * Incidentally, I'm not sure your user name is in complete harmony with our policy on WP:AGF... as it kind of doesn't. Cheers! &mdash;  O Fortuna   semper crescis, aut decrescis  08:04, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

User:Be Selective Shoe Store
You may wish to revoke talk page access as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cahk (talk • contribs) 16:45, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Jerome D'Silva
Hello Oshwah,

Jerome D'Silva was my Grandfather, My Mom's Dad. He passed away in Etobicoke, Ontario at HOME on Thurs,April 20, 2017. This is TRUE. Please allow me to update.

Thanks EDS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.239.131.242 (talk) 18:32, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to beta-test IABot
Hello Oshwah! I would like to invite you to help beta test the interface for InternetArchiveBot. IABot is a bot designed to help mitigate link rot on Wikipedia. Users can control the bot by using a Management Interface that was designed to be integrated with and similar to Wikipedia (For example, only autoconfirmed users can run the bot; on-wiki administrators have admin access on the tool; user permissions on the tool are flag based; logs are kept; etc.)

If you'd like to help out, feel free to give the interface a go to check for bugs/anomalies/other weird things and send your feedback to Cyberpower678, the bot operator. Again, the interface is at http://tools.wmflabs.org/iabot/ (If it's down for maintenance right now, it'll be back up shortly). If you are not interested, feel free to ignore this message. Thanks, — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 22:37, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * K6ka, Cyberpower678 - Hell yeah! Count me in! Thanks! :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:43, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

why
why are you putting peepee on the hardy boys watchmasters key I was trying to fix it but it keeps popping up??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.99.102.32 (talk) 00:04, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

This IP is a User:Alec Smithson sock, heavy contributions on the page you just erased. Home Lander (talk) 00:11, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Home Lander - I'll keep an eye on this IP. If it doesn't continue to edit, I'm going to hold off on doing anything. Otherwise if it does make edits, it'll be toast ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:14, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I put it at AIV too, if you want, you can erase it. Home Lander (talk) 00:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Racial Fetishism page edits
Hello Oshwah, I am a new Wikipedia user, and I am doing a project for my Women's Studies: Gender, Race, and Sexuality class. My classmates and I were assigned to edit the Racial Fetishism page as it had problems regarding original research and neutrality. Our group also found that this page had issues with organization as the Overview did not do what an Overview is meant to do because it gave a history of the term "fetish" rather than discussing how fetishism is often related to race. With that being said, I tried editing the page by cutting the overview section and adding it to the introduction, and referencing the "fetishism" page rather than belaboring the history of fetishes. When trying to adequately discuss my edit, there was not enough character space to describe what I was trying to accomplish through this edit. How may my group members and I regain access to edit this page? Best, BangMichelle (talk) 00:13, 22 April 2017 (UTC)Michelle Bang
 * BangMichelle - AHHH!! OKAY!!! That makes a lot more sense now. I see now that you're in a class together. From the top-down, it appeared that there was edit warring going on, as you were all moving content around as others added it, and vice versa. I'll unprotect the page right now. Thanks for letting me know about the group and what was actually going on :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:20, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. Happy editing, and please do not hesitate to message me if you need help at all! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Under Any Moon
Sources for 1989, both added to article:

https://www.discogs.com/Jets-Believe/master/213150

https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Karate-Kid-Part-III-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack-Album/master/233023

https://www.discogs.com/release/2032046-The-Karate-Kid-Part-III-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack-Album/images

Last link shows the CD and booklet with the 1989 date. 72.185.208.185 (talk) 00:15, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Thanks for letting me know! If those references aren't already used as sources within the article, I'd recommend that you add them with your change so that not only will your changes show that you're providing references, it'll be a great improvement to the article as well. If you need help with doing this, visit Wikipedia's guideline on citing sources. If you have more questions for me, please do not hesitate to ask me them here. I'll be happy to assist you further. Thanks for leaving me a message, and I wish you happy editing.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:17, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Dipogon bifasciatus
You should look at edits before reverting (Huggle)76.189.141.88 (talk) 00:32, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Leaving accurate edit summaries and referencing content added within your edits would help prevent a revert, so a tip. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 00:39, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * Hi Drewmutt! Thanks for the beer! I definitely had some to start the weekend off right ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

A furry thing for you!
Take any more reverts of mine and we'll have some issues. Thanks for your anti-vandal work.

Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 00:42, 22 April 2017 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>
 * Hi Zppix! Thanks for the wikilove, and thanks for the compliment! Hope you had a great weekend, and (as always) - happy editing ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:19, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

.no such company as .Fushi Copperweld
Please note the information on the Fushi Copperweld page is erroneous. Fushi Copperweld DOESN'T exist only Copperweld Bimetallics which is American owned.....The Fushi Copperweld page needs to be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by No more fushi (talk • contribs) 01:16, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * No more fushi - How do you know this exactly? Do you have reliable sources to show this? Looking at your username and edits, it appears that you may be someone that has personal ties or a vested relationship with this company (such as being an employee that works for them?). If this is the case, then your personal ties represent a conflict of interest with this article subject. Please read Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest (I linked it to you in the last sentence) - in a nutshell, it is highly discouraged behavior to edit or even participate in discussions that involve article subjects that you have a conflict of interest with. The best thing to do in this situation is to edit something else, and no longer continue editing these articles. If you have questions, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks --  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:30, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal appear to disagree with the fact that Fushi Copperweld does not exist. ~ GB fan 18:37, 24 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I thought there might have been some sort of established meaning behind this user's name, like a PAC opposed to the merger or something, so I googled the user's name. No hits for anything like what I was expecting, but I got a random gem in this reddit thread, which is a creative writing exercise and a hella fun read. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  19:00, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Massive unsourced content in Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport
On Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport: Continues to add unsourced content, see this history. please help... Rama Ybrahim ( Talk ) 05:36, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Prinsipe Ybarro - I'm looking into this now. The page has been protected, but I'll need to calculate a few short ranges in order to prevent him from easily moving onto another article and continuing the problem. Okay... I'll get it done. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:07, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Prinsipe Ybarro - Sorry for the delay following up with you about your message here. I looked at the article and ended up blocking the IP addresses that were repeatedly adding unreferenced content and causing disruption. Another administrator also added protection to the article to stop it further. If disruption continues on the article, please feel free to let me know or file reports at AIV or RFPP. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:33, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Paubrasilia (again)
Hi Oshwah,. Just to let you know. Nothing came of the dialogue between the other editor and myself and unfortunately no-one else has weighed in. For me, without further voices and suggestions on the matter and on how to proceed, I am leaving the article and moving on. However, that should go both ways, but the other editor feels different about it. Actually it would appear that is has now become an obsession, a question of proving a point, seeing that he has done nothing else on the English Wikipedia for almost two months and for two days did nothing else other but this. To me, the shorter this etymology section the better, for it makes no sense to go into such detailed analysis in the article, as I said here, to wit, "The only reason that article has such an extensive etymology section has nothing to do with the tree, but with the unending debate over the |origin of the name Brazil/ Brasil. And the reason for that unending debate is exactly because it is not possible to ascertain for sure what the origin of the name is.". In other words, that level of detail belongs at Name of Brazil, not in other articles about the species. Keep well, Rui &#39;&#39;Gabriel&#39;&#39; Correia (talk) 11:05, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Jack Ingram
Can I ask why you change "pp-pc1|expiry=July 6, 2018" to "pp-vandalism|expiry=03:48, 29 April 2017|small=yes"? This page seems to be a favorite of Dylan's, and has been protected before, which is why it was given a lengthy protection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellymoat (talk • contribs) 12:59, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Kellymoat - Are you asking why I changed the protection level on this article? Or are you just asking about the change I made to the top icon on the article (the edit you were describing above)? The article's protection level was modified on April 22nd due to the high amount of disruption from IPs and different accounts that were occurring at the time. At that point, adding semi protection was necessary... the high volume of disruptive edits were just causing reviewers to have their time wasted, and it was clear that the current protection level that was set wasn't working. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Happy editing :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:53, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Admittedly, I don't know one PP from another PP. I just know that the shortened date concerned me because the article is frequently attacked by vandals - which, as previously stated,

was the reason for the original longer time.Kellymoat (talk) 19:00, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Kellymoat - Check out Wikipedia's protection policy. It'll explain to you what each protection means, along with when it's supposed to be applied. Let me know if you have any more questions :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:12, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Info on China–Pakistan Economic Corridor is not correct
Hi there.... There are lot of references are not correct in following page... I have marked as it disputed... please guide me how to launch the complaint... this is the link... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_Economic_Corridor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.186.76.51 (talk) 19:16, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Thanks for leaving me a message with your request for assistance. You're always welcome to raise concerns by adding a discussion to the article's talk page (click here to go there). If you wish to file a report on a particular noticeboard, doing so and on the correct one will depend on the exact issue that you're noticing within the article... are you saying that the references that some content is citing isn't correct? Or are you saying that there is content that's referenced, but is stating different information compared to the reference that's cited? If you could elaborate further and more in-depth with what you're seeing that is wrong, I'll be able to assist you further and send you in the right direction. Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:01, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

You've got mail!
Yoshi24517 <sup style="color:black;font-family:arnprior">Chat <sub style="margin-left:-4.4ex"> Very Busy  19:23, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Responded :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:23, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

188.120.238.110
Hey Oshwah!

It'd be really helpful if you blocked 188.120.238.110-- s/he's messing with answers on Wikipedia because we are in a trivia contest (the world's largest! 90fmtrivia.com!). S/he just did it again on the Steve Jones page. :/

Thanks,

jessica — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.22.153 (talk) 04:55, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Thanks for letting me know about this user. However, it looks like the IP hasn't edited since over a day ago (my guess is that the user has moved on). Because of this, I'm going to hold off from taking any action at this time. If you notice this IP continuing the disruption, please let me know. Thanks again for leaving me a message :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:36, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

wrt : "I noticed that you made a change to an article, Ksenia Semyonova"
wrt : "I noticed that you made a change to an article, Ksenia Semyonova"

Thank you for your prompt.

I did not do any edits to this or any page, I guess my IP number is or was the same as one used by the person who did.

My IP numbers are assigned to me by my ISP and are not subject to any control by me.

Would registering remove this problem?

thanks

82.132.235.129 (talk) 12:58, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Please register an account to stop receiving unrelated warnings. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 18:30, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Extended confirmed users
Hi Oshwah,

On this page, it says that users with 30 days tenure and made at least 500 edits will be an extended confirmed user. However, does this apply to those who just edit outside mainspace like talk pages and Wikipedia pages? Now, what about those who just do semi-automated tasks like moving 500 pages, using the reFill tool 500 times or undoing 500 edits? Thanks in advance. CubeSats 4U  04:48, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * , everything counts. You can see your edit count here. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 05:09, 24 April 2017 (UTC)


 * CubeSat4U - Any page that is protected under Wikipedia's Extended Confirmed (30/500) protection can be edited only by registered accounts that have at least 500 edits and were created at least 30 days ago. You can also go to your preferences to see your edit count . Let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them :-). Cheers --  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:32, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Where do I report WP:ROLE accounts?
Hi,

There is an admission on User:Seiavoshy that multiple people use the account. Where do I report this? UAA? AIV? Or just directly to an admin (as I'm doing now? ). Adam9007 (talk) 18:23, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Adam9007! Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I've been busy and I'm still trying to catch up on my emails and talk page messages. I'd say either is fine. You could even open an ANI about it, too... since it doesn't technically fall into vandalism nor a uername violation. You're also able to ping me here, as you did before. This time, I'll be around to take care of it ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:24, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Afzal Kahn
User 86.12.109.4 is right back at it doing the reverts as before block. He has been told repeatedly to go to talk page, but seems to be defiant in making the revert on Afzal Kahn. 19:51, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Tina Tyler
Hi, I added that her marriage in 1999 ended in 2002. My text was after the sentence saying she was married in 1999. "That marriage ended in 2002. I was both a friend and business partner to both her and her husband. This info is from me and my personal relation ship with them both. Not from a website. Please return my update to her page. Thanks.

JMC2646 — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMC2646 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

goat yoga
i would like to talk about my edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayakfroo (talk • contribs) 23:05, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

edit goat yoga
hello i apologize i know i am new to this but i made some edits to goat yoga because i noticed that there were some false claims and i believe that Lainey Morse was editing her own stuff possibly under a different name for goat yoga. i noticed that she changed a lot of information from when goat yoga was first put up on wikipedia. she deleted a bunch of sites to change it to say what she wanted to say in her favor. this is not right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayakfroo (talk • contribs) 23:12, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Rich incognito
Hey ive been trying to add something to richies page about el presidente. Can you just let me add it real quick i mean it came straight from a barstool video and i put that in so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.30.73.115 (talk) 23:31, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

reverting my changes
Hi Oshwah I would like to say if you read the poem by James Michie named friendly fire you would see why I called him a racist the poem in question is extremely racist and inflammatory toward's Scottish people which I am although supposed to be satirical I find it disgusting and racist and believe he should be known as a racist.Khemisst (talk) 00:34, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Khemisst - You need to refer to Wikipedia's policy on neutral point of view. This policy states that we do not add our own opinions, viewpoints, commentary, or analysis to articles - all content must be written in a neutral point of view. This is why I reverted your edits. If you have questions about this policy, please let me know. Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:36, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Change to DoE
You removed a change I made to the Department of Energy page, even though I did provide a source with my edit. DId I incorrectly cite my source?
 * Sorry, it was accidental. I continued to mess up from there. The content you added has been restored.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:10, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

I need some advice
I need a little admin advice, preferably from an uninvolved admin with good judgement, and you fit that bill quite nicely. However, it is a complex situation that will take a wall of text to explain. It is certainly something which would best be asked in confidence, but not an emergency nor related to personal information, and the contents of the exchange may eventually need to be aired out in order to resolve the situation. Would you be upset if I emailed you about it? (Again: it will be a long email; ~12 paragraphs or so, though I will endeavor to trim it up as much as possible.) I'm okay with you saying no, though I have to admit that I'm a little flustered and grasping for a solution right now, and truly hope you're open to hearing me out. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants  Tell me all about it.  02:35, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi MjolnirPants! Go for it! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I sent it. Take your time responding. Trust me, you'll need plenty of time. That email could make War and Peace look like a pamphlet written in 24 point font. With lots of pictures. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  03:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * MjolnirPants - No worries! I'll read it tomorrow while I'm at work, and get back to you tomorrow night.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:14, 25 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I promise that the most recent email as of right now was the last one, unless you reply and ask for a further response. I understand that I'm being a bit demanding, and don't intend to hog any more of your time. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  20:25, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * MjolnirPants - Relax... You're fine. My talk page and my email is always open to you, and you shouldn't feel guilty or bad for asking for help. You're not intruding, nor do I consider any of this a "waste of my time". I'll take a gander at your response within the next few hours; I'm multitasking between projects and work tasks, so I don't know exactly when I'll have downtime - but it should be soon! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:32, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * There's no rush, take your time. Thanks again. :) ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  20:44, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Editing articles for current partisan material
When editing articles, should political edits be removed as vandalism? In the page on the book The Camp of the saints, at the bottom it mentioned how Steve Bannon referenced the book. This seems irrelevant in the great scheme of things as many have referenced the book in the decades since it was published, and it seems like the only reason he was singled out was to damage his name. Or is this relevant information and should be kept?

Talk page access
I sometimes forget, but are blocked users permitted to remove the block templates from their talk page, as at User talk:Chacon, Joe? Thanks, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:35, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes they are. Only declined appeals for active blocks can't be removed. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 03:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * NeilN is correct. Click here for the list, if you're interested. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:40, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, both. Glad I didn't edit war on that. Cheers, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:41, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Joanie Loves Chachi
Hello, I received an NPOV warning message on my talk page and a revert of my constructive edits on Joanie Loves Chachi. Not sure why removing uncited information, and adding a cited assertion, triggered that, but perhaps it was a Huggle false-positive. I'd appreciate hearing from you on the article talk page. 72.201.104.140 (talk) 03:44, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I reverted your edits here and talked to you about Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy because you appear to remove content from this sentence, and then add "A false" to the beginning of it, meaning that it now reads, "A false urban legend circulated that the show was far more popular in Korea due to "chachi" being similar to a Korean word for 'penis'". This appears to add a non-neutral viewpoint here when you refer to the legend as "false". Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:48, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It is not a non-neutral viewpoint, it is supported by the source cited. I removed content which is uncited and unverifiable. I explained this all on the article talk page. 72.201.104.140 (talk) 03:49, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ohhh Good Lord... I'm sorry. I just picked up that this article subject is about a TV Show... I apologize; I reverted my removal of your changes and I put yours back.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:50, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

About my Username report with the Chinese name
Tracy Chu's Chinese name is clearly written out and established at the English Wikipedia page for her. It is not hard to determine that the Username and the Chinese name for Chu is one and the same, based on that. Kiteinthewind  Leave a message! 08:33, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Interesting edit history
Appears to be a large-scale, slow edit war. just reverted and was himself reverted. Content appears to have not had any cites. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 09:15, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Jim1138! Yeah, I noticed this too. I'm keeping an eye on things. I'm hoping that this user discusses the dispute and doesn't revert or keep disrupting...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   09:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Jared Kushner
Hi, Since you protected the main page, can you please take a look at the talk page, at: Talk:Jared_Kushner, to my mind, the comments are indeed a BLP. Calling someone an antisemite should most certainly not be allowed. Sir Joseph <sup style="color:green;">(talk) 19:10, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:25, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ad Orientem. I got busy at the office and couldn't follow-up on this until now. Much appreciated.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:21, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * NP. None of us are on here 24/7. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:41, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks to both. Sir Joseph <sup style="color:green;">(talk) 03:38, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Making edits
Hello,

I am trying to make edits on the Teddy Geiger page, why aren't you allowing me to update his work to the most recent? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unmatched777 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Unmatched777 - My apologies. I didn't realize that I reverted many more edits that you made to the article than the one that I saw. I've restored your changes back; please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Please forgive my mistake.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:11, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Question about spacing
Hello,

I am working on updating the Teddy Geiger page. For some reason when I update "album credits" underneath Discography, the chart shows up on the very bottom of the page. How do I have it only show where it needs to be under "artist credits"? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unmatched777 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Unmatched777! I'm taking a look right now for you... usually it's something really small, like a misplaced ending tag or having a bracket in the wrong place. Stand by - I'll let you know in a moment...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:35, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Unmatched777 - Fixed it! You just forgot to add a closing bracket  }  to the end of a couple of your tables. Adding those fixed it right up. Let me know if you have any more questions or if you need my help with anything else. I'll be happy to give you a hand :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:39, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I really appreciate your help. One last thing...
Hi Oshwah!

One last thing, for the Teddy Geiger page, under "EPs" there are two separate charts. The top one that includes "living alone, snow blankets, and step ladder" should be under EPs. And the chart below that one with "for you i will" and "these walls" should be under "Singles", may you please help me move the first chart to underneath "eps"?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unmatched777 (talk • contribs) 23:45, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Unmatched777 - Sure thing! Fixed. As before, it was a simple case of missing brackets to mark the beginning and end of each table. Your "singles" table looks like it needs a little polishing in the formatting department, but you're at least all set with the table locations. They're now where you expect them to be. Let me know if you need more help, and I'll be happy to do so :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:51, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Changes to Content page for Brooklyn NSW
Hi Oshwah, I am exceedingly disturbed that you would remove all of my changes and reinstate the original page without even reading the content. No content was removed that was not rewritten or available elsewhere on the page. I am a residenti of the town and put a great deal of effort into improving the page content for both visitors and residents. It is clear that you did not even read the changes as the original content was reinserted instantaneously. I believe your intervention here was poorly considered and inappropriate. Can you please return the edits that I made to the page immediately.110.142.216.198 (talk) 05:14, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * My apologies; your edits have been restored. I didn't see the addition; only the removal. Please let me know if you need anything else.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:16, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Allegedly
We avoid using "allegedly" unless allegations are all we have. Please address my assertion on Talk:Sybil Ludington that the alleged ride never took place, there is no evidence for it, and the very article that purports to document it should not be uncritically presenting it as fact. 72.201.104.140 (talk) 05:17, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Why unblock this ip?
Can you block back this ip 175.136.226.204 indefinite/permanently without expiry date? Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.136.226.204 (talk) 07:53, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Nicole van den Broeck
Dear Oshwah, I'm afraid that Nicole is spelt with a singular "l",not with a double "ll".Would you please so kind and correct it, since my correction has been deleted by your bot? Thank you so much in advance, 134.147.188.99 (talk) 09:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a reference that shows that her name is spelled the way you're stating that it is? I'd like to take a look; if it's correct, I can assist with fixing it. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:04, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * There you go. It's Flemish, but it should be sufficient. :) http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielrennen/article/detail/3138366/2017/04/20/Voormalig-wereldkampioene-op-de-weg-Nicole-Van-den-Broeck-is-overleden.dhtml134.147.188.103 (talk) 10:35, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey, so long as you have a reference that's reliable, fine by me. That was my initial concern: the fact that there didn't seem to be one referenced. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:11, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I see your point. Here's another one from Belgian tv. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2956792 134.147.188.103 (talk) 08:58, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

No subject
Oshwah there is a total of 273 winners of the voice tv series around the world last change someone forgot to add it up 273 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.112.150.145 (talk) 10:13, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Move all Love episodes to List of Love episodes, leaving just an embedded table and a link on the main article
Hey, I just created the article List of Love episodes and I moved all Love episodes there because season 3 is incoming and we cannot add other episodes on the main page otherwise it'd be a mess. I wrote it on the Love talk page too. So I should remove all episodes on the main article Love (TV series) and just add. That was my last edit for. --Jennum (talk) 10:40, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Jennum! Thanks for leaving me a message here! Ahh... okay... that makes a lot more sense now. I apologize for the confusion, and I appreciate you for taking the time to explain. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:17, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * no problem, thanks for your check

dj vadim page
I'm editing Dj Vadim's wikipedia because of the informations are wrong and old. I'm his manager if you need to know that and i was asked to edit the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mivim (talk • contribs) 10:50, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Mivim! Sorry, but you need to read and understand Wikipedia's policy on no original research. You can't add information that simply references your knowledge or personal ties with the article subject. Content that is being challenged or will be likely to be challenged - must have reliable sources either available, or cited in-line with the content. If you have any questions about this policy, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:19, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

dj vadim page
I'm doing my job here and i'm adding this to the website not taking them down. So please don't tell me that i will be blocked for doing the right thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mivim (talk • contribs) 10:56, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * See my response to you above.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Crumpler, West Virginia
Hi.

My information came from a documentary I was watching this morning (with a somewhat distracted eye as I was also busy on the internet) and I believe it was a repeat of a program broadcast yesterday evening on the Belgian TV channel "Canvas". I am not totally sure however, it could be a documentary on a Dutch channel - but I think it was Canvas.

I also don't know if the documentary itself is Belgian or American.

It showed a few inhabitants of Crumpler - a young couple with two children. The father stated they had to survive with 420 US$ a months. Their home's interior looked frankly a bit "overdone" (in the sense that for a young couple with at least a clearly educated wife, it would be unlikely to see that much trash inside a home - such as a camera close-up showing a cigarette butt daubed into some tomato sauce on an uncleaned plate. I didn't mention this in my addition to the Wiki page however as it is my personal opinion.2A02:1811:B214:CA00:BB31:61F5:99C:5605 (talk) 11:41, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

LORD KIRKWOOD
Hi Oshwah Thanks for your message....I'm afraid I am a bit new to this editing lark and forgot to cite suitable source for the edit. I will do this now Coelo115 (talk) 13:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, I suggest checking out The Wikipedia Adventure for a cool "tutorial" on how to edit here on English Wikipedia. It is of course optional but would help newcomers, like yourself, edit. If you have any questions, feel free to ask myself at my talk page, or  Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 20:48, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Why did you change the edit to Yassmin, and on what basis do you think you know more than me?
See above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.20.24.93 (talk) 13:43, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

The edit violated multiple policies, read WP:NPOV, WP:BLP, and WP:V. You can't make claims that people are racists without very, very good sources that say that. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 16:11, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Give Kids the World History Suppression
Out of curiosity, what happened on Give Kids the World Village that made you suppress the edit? Elisfkc (talk) 16:55, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Elisfkc (talk) 13:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Punt Pass and Kick edit
Oshwah,

Yes indeed I did edit the Punt Pass and Kick entry. I have a memo from the NFL dated April 18th 2017 from Roman Oben, Director of youth and high school football, which is part of NFL operations. I can email it too you for verification if need be.

Thank you Abdog96 Abdog96 (talk) 18:38, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Abdog96, and thank you for taking the time to message me about this. Unfortunately, adding content like what you were trying to add here - needs have a reliable source and cited in-line with the content added. This helps establish verifiability with the information, and allows such changes to be easily peer-reviewed and scrutinized (if needed). Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers! :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:26, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Garbage edit summary
This is a garbage edit summary: the edit you reverted had a clear explanation in its edit summary. Don't do that. --JBL (talk) 20:11, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Joel B. Lewis - Oh, weird... why did I revert that edit? The removal and explanation is completely fine and appears to be legitimate. Maybe I pushed the key twice on accident? Either way, you're correct in that this reversion was bad. Fixing now. Thanks for leaving me a message to let me know. Much appreciated.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:16, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your speedy and thoughtful response! All the best, JBL (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Joel B. Lewis - It should be you that should be thanked, if anything ;-). No problem; always happy to help (even if it involves undoing an edit that I dun goof'd at)... lol  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:29, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

A new(er) tool I found for helping with vandalism
Hey so, I was emailed via Wikitech-l with a tool that can help find sitelink removals, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you, to help some of my fellow anti-vandal editors with well anti-vandalism work. Click here to access the tool. Feel free to share this tool around with others Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 20:41, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Zppix! It's a pleasure (as always) to say hi to you again! Awesome find! I'm definitely going to give this tool a really nice look (hopefully when things slow down at the end of the week). I appreciate the insight ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   20:31, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Mistake
You made a mistake when you took off what i out on casey Dicks page. I know him in person and i know those things are true — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teiso (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Spitzer
Hello,

I am trying to add the reference to my post but am new to this and not sure if I am doing this correctly.

Here is the reference: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dentist-wins-7-7m-ex-spitzer-staff-article-1.1262539

Thanks in advance!

CristobalColon1220 (talk) 23:05, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Source for Margarito
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/23/sports/sp-margarito-mosley23/2

It's also on the article talk page. According to the la times article he was born in the us and has am american passport. I've never seen a verifiable source state that he is a citizen of Mexico. If you have that source that's fine but most of these sources just list him as a "mexican fighter" which may just refer to his heritage. Thanks. Danggoshdarn (talk) 23:20, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Why would you revert me like that when I'm acting in good faith. The source is on the articles talk page and in the first non-introductory paragraph. From that article, "And even after Margarito, a U.S. citizen with an American passport, changes his address, that's likely to remain the same."m Danggoshdarn (talk) 23:24, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Danggoshdarn - It looks like I reverted the wrong edit. It's obvious that you were removing content with that edit, and then I mistakenly reverted it stating that you didn't cite a reliable source... yeah... obviously something dun goofed. I apologize for the mistake. I see that you've restored the edit I reverted; if you need anything else, please do not hesitate to let me know. Thanks for leaving me a message here and for giving me a heads-up about the issue.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey, no problem. I'm just used to one user in particular constantly reverting without citing a source. Cheers. Danggoshdarn (talk) 12:59, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Re: Jadavpur University
Hi!

I removed the entire section of "controversy and criticism" in Jadavpur University wiki page as it is very apparent that it was written by a partisan author. If you look at the wiki page of Jadavpur University, it has been poorly constructed with a huge section dedicated to its history and nothing much following that. There are no sections on its departments or student activities or fests. I remember this page had a very cogent introductory section and a section on its departments and student activities as well as images of various departments. These sections are now missing and have obviously been removed without any editorial supervision. Over the years, this page has been subjected to brutal vandalism, which is not unusual since Jadavpur University has a vibrant liberal arts faculty who dabble in student politics and hence attract a lot of political attention. However, I wish that the page is taken up by the elite authors of wikipedia, who will hopefully ask for contributions for various pertinent sections deemed worthy for a wiki-page of a renowned and historically important Indian institute of learning and protected under its ethics guidelines. The section on "controversy and criticism" is extremely misleading, refers to a single isolated incident and do not deserve a separate section in a poorly constructed article of a major university.

Shaan7 (talk) 23:32, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Questions on why my edits to "Shohreh Solati" has been removed?
hello I made a few changes to this page about this iranian singer, I am not sure why it was considered unconstructive and vandalism and ha sbeen removed. All I did was editing her birth name, an explanation of her nickname and stage name and mentioned that she's considered a gay icon by many in the LGBT community. what about that was uncostructive?! -Thanks!M1363b (talk) 23:49, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Charlie Wilson
I am sorry! I am still learning! I put it back, I realized what I did. My bad!

Slangley111 (talk) 00:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

david meskhi page
Hi Oshwah,

i'dm david meskhi the page i'm about to edit is about me...

it was filled with old info not relevan to me anymore and the guy who made it told me that i can edit it with just registering and he showed me last year ho whe did it...

i wish this page did not exist at all couse it's kind of radicuouse but since it exists i want to make it shordet clearer and apdate with current info and links and pic...

can i do this or what i need to do to do this

thnak you for your usport

Correctdat (talk) 00:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)CorrectdatCorrectdat (talk) 00:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)(talk) 00:12, 27 April 2017 (UTC) david meskhi

Bruce Kirby Bio
Oshwah -- I am Bruce Kirby's niece. His wife -- Rosalyn -- asked that I correct the date of his birth to April 28, 1925 after I told her that the date on Wikipedia was April 24, 1928. His birthday is this week -- April 28. He will be 92. PLEASE help make this correction permanent.

THANK YOU

Fran Zone (Bruce Kirby's niece) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoneme (talk • contribs) 00:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Zoneme - Sorry, but you need to read and understand Wikipedia's policy on no original research. If you have any questions about this policy, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Southern Culture Articl
Gotta fix that bro. You can't start the article off with a whole bunch of qualifiers about Southern culture then at the end of the intro go "this is about white southern culture, for black culture go to the Af-Am Article" that stinks of racism and is ironic since the issue and one of the main sticking points is that Southern Culture is primarily fueled by whites segregating themselves from everyone else in that region. 172.56.10.215 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:55, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there! Your edit here violates Wikipedia's policy on writing article content that is reflected in a neutral point of view. This is why I reverted it. Please let me know if you have any questions about this policy. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:54, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

nina's world
Hi Oshwah, sorry for the disturbance on the subject nina's world. I don't really know how to make the right changes here at wikipedia. Perhaps you can help me. In 2014 an Brazilian artist and doll maker called Maria Maia created Nina's World as an brand for dollmaking and art exposure trough facebook, instagram and social network and by the end of 2015 the tv show was created/released, thuth to be told both of them exist and as far as I know cooexits but it seems wrong that only the tv show is explained or mentioned here so I tried to put that information here, is that possible? Thanks in advance for your help! (GabrielSchimmelpfeng (talk) 00:57, 27 April 2017 (UTC)gabrielschimmelpfeng)
 * Hi GabrielSchimmelpfeng! Great question! What you'll need to do is locate references that are reliable, and then cite these references in-line with the content you're trying to add. When you do this and do so correctly, you'll be absolutely golden and will have made a good improvement to the article. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy your stay! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

The Soviets and their "amateur" status
Until 1988, only amateur athletes were allowed to participate in the Olympics. Because of this, NHL players could not compete. This is primarily why the Soviets dominated Olympic hockey from 1956-1988. The Soviet Union had a state sponsored hockey team, that was almost always on par with the talent coming out of the USA and Canada (see the Summit Series, World/Canada Cup tournaments). Because of this, you had athletes who were officially amateur, but were at a skill level close to, or above what professional hockey players were at. I find it very unfair...

Marked for Page Vandelism :o
Hi Oshwah, I have been marked for page vandelism of the page on Queen's College, Guyana by ClueBot NG, then was made aware that he's a bot so I decided to interact with you instead seeing that you'd sent me the first messages on my editing of the said page. Apparently the issue was that I had not included references pertaining to the changes I'd wanted to make (which pertained to the school's rankings). I then looked up the links and attempted to include them in the edit. At this point cluebot stepped in and marked me for vandelism of the page and began automatically reverting my edits to the original version.

Please help, the edit I'd like to make is a very valid one.

Thanks! Qcgraduate (talk) 01:38, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, . There's a couple of things you need to be aware of. First, any information added to an article needs to be Neutral, verifiable and supported by reliable sources. Second, you should really check out WP:MOS because the formatting of some of your edits at that page was pretty bad. It happens with newer editors, things can be pretty complicated sometimes.
 * The other thing is that your username seems to indicate a possible conflict of interest with respect to Queen's College. If this is true, you should declare your conflict of interest and, instead of directly editing the article (except for very minor stuff such as grammar and spelling), stick to posting requests for other editors to fulfill or decline on the article talk page. Good edit requests, regardless of the source, are usually done quickly. When an editor takes issue with a request, they will almost always explain why and suggest an alternative. I hope this helps. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  14:13, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

You have mail
Hey Oshwah, I understand you're probably busy, but I've sent you an email concerning an edit-warring user on Memories...Do Not Open who has been sufficiently warned and broken 3RR (having performed at least six reverts in a 24-hour period). Latest is here.  Ss 112  03:09, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Ss112 - Did you get my response? I plan on checking it out within the next few hours. Gotta get some real-life chores done first, then I'll sit down and take a look ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:14, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry, only just checked. Thanks!  Ss 112  03:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Have you had a chance to check out the user yet? They've been reverted by multiple users now and come back daily to edit war. I'm not sure they will talk anything out, despite being asked to by another user.  Ss 112  10:12, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I've also tried explaining to this user on their talk page about their breaking 3RR and the fact that reviews are supposed to be opinion-based, but they're just not getting it.  Ss 112  17:49, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Explanation requested
Could I bother you for an explanation as to why you declined my AIV report against ? This editor has been blocked twice already for repeatedly creating the article on Afolabi Timothy, and the first thing they do upon returning to editing is to recreate the article. This looks like a pretty straightforward block to me. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:21, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik - I felt that the creation of the article was the center of the concerns raised, so I simply deleted it. The only block on this account was due to abusing multiple accounts, which had nothing to do with the article re-creation nor the concerns expressed at AIV. I err'd on the side of holding off on further action, and I simply deleted the article. If the user engaged in additional re-creations, I felt that action could easily be taken then. In a nutshell, I felt that this was the appropriate way to handle the report at the time. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns, and I'll be happy to answer them. Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:13, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sir Sputnik - Since the report is still at AIV, I'm going to remove my response and let another administrator take a look so that a collective decision can be reached. Hopefully this will adequately address your concerns.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:25, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Done.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:27, 27 April 2017 (UTC)


 * It is true that "The only block on this account was due to abusing multiple accounts", but that is not the only block of this editor. An editor who has been repeatedly blocked for doing the same thing, and then does it again, should normally be blocked, usually for longer than before. It makes no sense to let an editor get away with things because the block was on another account when doing it with the same account would have led to a block: if anything, the fact that a sockpuppet has been used makes a block more reasonable. I therefore agree with Sir Sputnik, and I have blocked the account for a month. In view of an earlier warning that continuing in the same way might lead to an indefinite block, that seems to me to be fairly minimal. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:31, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Giuseppe Parlapiano
Several similarly named accounts have been created within the past few minutes, at least two of which feature the same "user page" blurb. TIA. 05:43, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi ATS - So far, I've only found two accounts with the same user page content you pointed out: and . Are there more that I have missed? Can you list all of the one's you've found? That would be a big help if you could do that :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk)  (contribs)   05:51, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The third is, which has no contribs as of yet. I thought there were four accounts, but one was used to create another. — ATS &#128406;  talk  05:53, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Found another: . Keep em' coming! I want to get a full list going so I can smash them all out ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I wasn't searching for shameless self-promoters, but ... — ATS  &#128406;  talk  06:01, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ATS - Basically, I'll have irrefutable evidence (and enough to sock block outright) when that same content is added to their user page. I'm curious to know what he's up to...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Meantime
... protection of Andrew Cohen (spiritual teacher) may be warranted. Serious hit-and-run from a few accounts, atill in progress. — ATS &#128406;  talk  06:22, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ATS - All taken care of ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:37, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Natalie Alyn Lind
Natalie's Instagram Live video she did before the photoshoot.

In it she confirms that she will be 18 on June 21st. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.235.170.1 (talk) 10:22, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Suggestions, please?
This article Outliner has several lists of outliner software. Most have inline links to the software company. Should these be made into refs or what? Thanks Jim1138 (talk) 10:30, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

As time Goes By
I am trying to rearrange some so-called "Song Information" to its respective song instead of leaving it cluttered down below. However, your Huggle action triggered it as vandalism and simply revert it. I therefore feel it was necessary to justify my action, however, if you consider Huggle action to be legitimate, I will respect that and will take no further action. Thank you. --210.1.21.116 (talk) 12:33, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Andre Ethier
You deleted my edit saying andre ethier lives in chandler and attends the mormon church. I HAVE BEEN TO HIS HOUSE AND BEEN TO CHURCH WITH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brighton O (talk • contribs) 13:54, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

your feedback
hello oshwah. may you please tell me what allows me to add software or company names such as you can find e.g. on SPHs page? many thanks karloss — Preceding unsigned comment added by 19Karloss79 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Yung Lean
Listen here buddy... Yung lean is dead, and there isnt anything you can do about it.

Iranian Scientists
hello. [gaber ebn hayyan] and [ibn sina] and [zakria razi] and [molana jalal edin balkhi] were iranian (persian) people. the have been born in iran. please edit those pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.246.227.160 (talk) 16:44, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Please revert to my changes on Polsinelli page
Good afternoon, I am the Chief Marketing Officer of Polsinelli PC, and recently made updates to our page. Kindly revert to my changes. Thank you very much Allison Berey--Allison Berey (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Please see point number 5 in the list that links to. Your edits caused the article to read like a promotional article. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  17:05, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

I don't understand
Hockey player Michael Mantenuto committed suicide at age 35 on April 24 and hockey player Sasha Lakovic died of brain cancer at age 45 on April 25 and they were both in the hockey movie Miracle, and you don't think that's worth mentioning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:281:C503:1FB0:9C2B:7A19:5FD9:2AFF (talk) 18:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

prospectus or not?
hi oshwah,

I deleted the prospectus from here because user "Aloneinthewild" deleted it from here, so I thought this is the standard for university wikis.

so who was wrong?

regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Logbase10 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Battambang's other name
I just received a notification about how my recent contribution on revising the name of Battambang with Phra Tabong since it is a name that is still continuously used among Thai and Lao native speakers. Do I need to provide you the how it is written in Thai font?18:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)71.87.98.220 (talk)

A barnstar for you!

 * Zppix! I really appreciate you for leaving me this barnstar - thank you :-). I agree with your statement and echo your feelings - this barnstar does seem to be handed out less and less over the recent years. It's saddening to realize, honestly... :-/  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:11, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Pardon me for reviving this old conversation, but I do believe that truly deserves this barnstar. I see him quite often when I take rounds at the recent changes page and he's been doing an appreciable amount of work at reverting vandalism (and also at patrolling the user creation log). And for a cold-hearted, self-indulgent species that is the anti-vandals (excuse my queer sense of humour), Oshwah is genuinely one of the nicest people here. Most of his replies on his talk page are very helpful and friendly, making him more approachable - a great quality to have as an admin!  Jiten Dhandha  •  talk  •  contributions  • 23:03, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Jiten Dhandha - I appreciate your kind words. They mean a lot to me :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:19, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * McSqueegee! I owe you a handshake and my sincere "thanks"! I appreciate you for taking the time to leave me the wikilove, and if you ever need help, input, or advice with anything in regards to recent changes patrolling and reverting vandalism, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I'll be happy to help you with anything that you need! Happy editing! :-D  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:14, 27 April 2017 (UTC)


 * You've more than earned it :), and thanks for offering advice, if I ever need anything I'll be sure to ask. Cheers! - McSqueegee (talk) 22:28, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

rev delete?
Hey Oshwah could you take a look at this, might need a rev delete? regards CV9933 (talk) 20:58, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

✅ --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:05, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Ooops, sorry Oshwah, for some reason I thought I looked at your contribs and you weren't active, but now I see you were. Sorry if I stepped on your toes. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:09, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Floquenbeam - Don't be sorry at all! Feel free to step on them any time... so long as the person asking for help actually receives it, that's what I truly care about ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:14, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Notice of discussion at WP:ANI
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Thank you. 82.132.234.75 (talk) 21:46, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * No bots in operations. L3X1 (distant write)  21:49, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Although my many years of patrolling recent changes may result in edits that say othewise... I'm very much a human ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:51, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * When the hell do you sleep?! 82.132.234.75 (talk) 21:53, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I had a late day yesterday, but I'll be sleeping good tonight! This week has been busy! Lots of off-wiki things at my real-life job to get done ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   21:55, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Hello I'm sorry about TheAmazingHacker5555 and Sciencedude505, I just wanted to have fun making mean edits, but due to blocking the accounts I can't edit with my actual account called AzUrArInG from my Ipad mini and my Windows 7, I just wanted to do it for fun so I make them have a similar way to get blocked with swearing issues and more similar with old year edits as a joke, now I need it fixed so I can edit with my Ipad and windows 7 so I can use my normal account so I can edit good things with it, so now you know that Sciencedude505 and TheAmazingHacker5555 is me in disguise like, I promise I won't do it again and please unblock them so I can edit with my normal account to edit good things and also can edit with my other electronics, because the one i'm using is a school chromebook ok, but anyway have a good night ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AzUrArInG (talk • contribs) 23:37, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * SPI filed. Thanks for the confession. L3X1 (distant write)  02:02, 28 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Oshwah, did I handle that correctly by closing the ANI and then AIV when they came here? Or should I have done something else? I am sure they are a sock, they know about ANI, NAC, DENY, AGF, and AIV. L3X1 (distant write)  02:02, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Having read that IP's Contributions I'd say it's likely they probably were a troll. That said, there are legitimate reasons for anonymous editors to know about ANI (Anon foes not imply newbie, anon not new does not imply sock etc), so I'd question your judgement in rushing to close that thread. IP even has a point to an extent - Oshwah, you're insane man, haha! 78.40.158.52 (talk) 06:06, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * L3X1 - Seemed like you handled things just fine. If they're an admitted sock puppet, WP:DENY ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:22, 1 May 2017 (UTC)