User:P-123/Archive 2

Editing archived pages
I just noticed that you edited an archived page. That's not allowed, unless it's some type of archive page maintenance. I'm sure this was accidental, so just keep up the good work in other areas. -- Brangifer (talk) 18:28, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

tools
This page has a "user contribution" menu in the "tools" menu on the left. There you can specify the month, year and type of pages.

84.106.11.117 (talk) 01:23, 28 July 2014 (UTC) (This is the link he sent on VP Help desk:=

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=50&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=P123ct1&namespace=1&tagfilter=&year=2014&month=3  )

Talkback
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recent post about footnotes
Looked like the right page to me. I was going to reply and it vanished! Dougweller (talk) 10:24, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Terrorist
Responding here. I know you haven't. He once again has said he won't edit the article anymore after I pointed out on his talk page that 1RR is not a right and he is editing against consensus. I don't think he's happy. Dougweller (talk) 21:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)


 * "Cut my head off is slang". To see it as racist shows a lack of good faith. And of course " Your two-faced underhanded statement(s) about me are racist" is a personal attack. There are times however when good faith doesn't have to be extended - and if an editor continually fails to show good faith towards other editors, that editor may not merit good faith being extended to them. But you have shown nothing but good faith towards other editors. Dougweller (talk) 10:15, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * All a bit strange, when I don't even know what nationality he is! --P123ct1 (talk)


 * I agree with your comment. Some people are best ignored. You might want to read User talk:Dougweller also. Dougweller (talk) 10:47, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

I think the problem started with the word "terrorist" in the lead being too strong and flouting WP:NPOV. Although the organization is considered terrorist, we don't use it as an adjective. Supersaiyen312 (talk) 13:55, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You are quite right, it did, and indeed that was the reason. Have you read the long discussion about it on the Talk page?  I tried to explain why NPOV was important, but it was hard to get the message across.  Dougweller has now reverted the last insertion of "terrorist" as I didn't want to edit-war!  We can only say that ISIS is a terrorist organisation by saying that it is designated as such by governments and called that by media sources - in other words, we cannot say it directly.  We need some foreign overseas media sources for the footnotes at the end of that sentence, so if you can find any, it would be a great help!  We don't want more than five footnotes in all, and can swap some of the US and UK ones for a couple of foreign overseas ones.  I am not quite sure what Dougweller meant by "foreign" "overseas" (he suggested this on the Talk page), but I presume he meant just non-US and non-UK.  If you can find some (I found the others), just put them on the Talk page and we can decide which of them to put in.  --P123ct1 (talk) 14:16, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * And thanks for that note you put on the Talk page just now (which I have just read). It is very useful to have that stated clearly for readers, to give them the context of that long discussion. --P123ct1 (talk) 14:23, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Referred to you
but not by name at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention - I hope you don't mind. I certainly wasn't thinking of him when I started that section, but his behavior and name-calling is the sort of thing that does drive editors away, although he obviously sees it differently. He certainly should have have reinstated that post to his talk page that you wrote and then decided to remove. Dougweller (talk) 15:46, 2 August 2014 (UTC)  (I think he means "shouldn't"  P123ct1)

Removing an edit you made from someone else's talk page
I think that's ok, especially when no one has replied, but raised it at Wikipedia talk:User pages because I'd like something added to our guidance. Dougweller (talk) 14:10, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. It's all there in the history of course, so any other Admin or in fact any editor can see it. I noticed what he reverted. Doesn't matter. Dougweller (talk) 15:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Done!

 * 0) --Damián A. Fernández Beanato (talk) 08:35, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Technophant
I would like to make certain that you are aware of Banning_policy. You are not permitted to edit on Technophant's behalf. I hope that any e-mail exchange you may be having is strictly of a personal nature and does not relate to any article edits.&mdash;Kww(talk) 13:27, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No proxy behavior, just personal emails and Technophant is unblocked now. --P123ct1

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A kitten for you!
Thank you for taking the time to defend your friends. You seem like a kind person and you deserve recognition. (I've been following the Technophant case.)

Supersaiyen312 (talk) 09:10, 7 August 2014 (UTC) 

Our friend
Given his edit summary calling you a stalker, shall I take him to ANI? I wouldn't want to do this if you'd prefer me not to or don't intend to participate if I do. Dougweller (talk) 10:26, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Name
I'll start an RfC shortly. Using 'the' would be very unusual, by the way, unless we can show that most reliable English language sources use it. All this translation or transliteration stuff is really irrelevant as we go by reliable English language sources, not our interpretations of the Arabic. Dougweller (talk) 08:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Islamic state article
Careful with your edits, I see Worldedixor has obviously broken 1RR. His post to the talk page is a bit odd, no? Dougweller (talk) 10:36, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * It is very odd. I'm not sure who that was referring to or why.  There was no need to alter anything after his revert as he made some other changes afterwards and everything reads okay now.  In fact, he did three good edits subsequently, I thought, one quote correction, a new footnote and brief expansion of an earlier entry in the 2014 timeline. The expansion added the word "genocide" (5th August entry), which wasn't actually in the citation, but it is what was meant. (I don't remember anything being deleted there as he notes.)  Do you think it is all right to use "genocide" if not in a citation, or is it one of those loaded words again? And would it be appropriate to remind editors on the Talk page to do their citations properly?  Nearly every other foonote has been a bare URL lately!  --P123ct1 (talk) 12:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It is definitely a word we should only use with sources - like terrorists. Even if we agree it's correct. These bare urls are a pain, maybe notify any editor who adds one? Dougweller (talk) 13:18, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I will have to leave reverting "genocide" which is not in the citation (except briefly highlighted in a snippet from a Tweet at the bottom of the article) until tomorrow, as I don't want to break the 1RR! --P123ct1 (talk) 13:39, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm baaaack! I've also added my support for merger of Yazidi persecution by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for the time being. - Technophant (talk) 20:29, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Replied
Over to you now I think if you feel up to it. Dougweller (talk) 13:22, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Anwar al-Awlaki
Hi. Re. your edits to the article, such as [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anwar_al-Awlaki&diff=617873915&oldid=617873015] and [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anwar_al-Awlaki&diff=617874678&oldid=617874326], the Wikipedia Manual of Style suggests (a) to write "UK", and not "U.K."; and, (b), although "U.S." is acceptable in other circumstances, it suggests writing "US" in articles that also use other national abbreviations such as "UK". Perhaps you would consider changing the spellings back, given the MOS guidance? Best,  It Is Me Here  t /  c  12:28, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I was aware of MoS, and changed "US" to "U.S." and "UK" to "U.K." only to be consistent with the many other mentions in the article. Have now reverted my edit and changed all other mentions in the article of "U.S." and "U.K." to "US" and "UK".  --P123ct1 (talk) 07:43, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

We've got a help desk for wiki stuff
See Help desk. Not my cup of tea, sorry. Dougweller (talk) 14:14, 12 August 2014 (UTC)



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 * the Study of War, ISIS's annual reports reveal a metrics-driven military Command and control|command, which is "a strong indication of a unified, coherent leadership

IS or ISIS, 'terrorists'?
Dear colleague, I've just posed some mild criticism concerning a recent edit of yours, on: Talk:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Perhaps you feel like reacting on that. --Corriebertus (talk) 16:22, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note to self: answered on Talk page. --P123ct1 (talk) 17:47, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Lucky it was only mild criticism, given what he says to others. --P123ct1 (talk) 13:56, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Syrian civil war sanctions notice
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Mentioned you at
WP:ANI. Dougweller (talk) 09:13, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

"If you need an edit done... "
P123ct1, I just noticed this offer on Worldedixor's page. It's completely inappropriate. Please don't game the 1RR restriction or attempt to trade "1RR allowances". Bishonen &#124; talk 12:40, 29 August 2014 (UTC).
 * Replied saying had already resolved this with the admin and that it was an offer genuinely made without thought of the implications.

You are being mentioned again
Worldelixor has brought his complaint against you and I collaborating to User:Adjwilley's talk page. ~Technophant (talk) 00:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * You mean possibly collaborating! There has been none! --P123ct1 (talk) 01:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks! Remember nearly all of them are only copy-edits and some very tiny, and that an awful lot of them were repairs/corrections of footnotes! I imagine copy-editors clock up more edits than "contributing" editors by the nature of their work: small adjustments here and there to get an article into decent shape for the reading public. It is humble work, by my, does Wikipedia need it; there are so many badly written articles I have been shocked by it. --P123ct1 (talk) 14:23, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hurry up and make one more minor edit then you'll have 500. It only takes one user to ruin your record. ~Technophant (talk) 17:08, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --P123ct1 (talk) 17:29, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * languages, including English. According to the magazine, its name is taken from the town of  [Dabiq] in northern Syria, which is mentioned in a hadith about [[Islamic eschatology|

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For your kind explanation.ShulMaven (talk) 00:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks, Doug. --P123ct1 (talk) 15:07, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Sources problems
That's what WP:RSN is for. Clear section heading, eg "Is this source suitable for the statement....", then "X source is being used to back this: "statement....". I believe it fails WP:RS because... or some such wording. Got to make pancakes now. Dougweller (talk) 07:29, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Question on footnotes
I've checked all the links on Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant and was unable to locate a problem. Could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks. Gregkaye ✍ ♪  08:47, 16 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for coming back on this. There is a quotation which has ISIL instead of ISIS according to the footnote.  The quote in the text begins "ISIL is the strongest group in Northern Syria ..." which you can find with search button and compare with the quote in the citation.  The other two text quotes that had ISIL were okay.  The two footnotes that have ISIL instead of ISIS are numbers 82 and 105.  I checked all the others that had ISIL in the title, but they were okay.  You must have done a global change from ISIS to ISIL; it would account for why the footnotes and quotation were changed.  It can be quite dangerous to do global changes, for just this sort of reason!  Fortunately it didn't stop those footnotes from calling up okay, which surprised me, tbh.  If you could just change those few instances back to ISIS, this will close the problem.  Footnotes can sometimes be a great nuisance and are often more trouble than they are worth, in my opinion!  I don't think you have done any yet, but when you compose a footnote, can you always do it using the WP cite templates, please, as bare URLs can go dead at any time.  I left a note about it for editors in the Talk page here, but some will insist on leaving them as bare URLs.  Very frustrating.  I don't know how experienced you are with composing footnotes, but I have drawn up a template with some simple instructions which I could let you have if you like; I made one as the WP instructions are none too clear unless you can run the accompanying video.  Cheers, P123ct1 (talk) 09:31, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hopefully that's all done now but let me know if there is anything else. I only really have experience with citations through the edit cite function so a link to a guide on footnotes could really help.  Thanks for that.  Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  13:34, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

I'll have a look, and in the meantime here is the boilerplate message, or whatever the right terminology is. If you know how to use the edit cite function, you probably won't need it, but it's useful to pass around to others. (You can see the code for it in the wikitext of this message - it ain't patented!)

That's it. --P123ct1 (talk) 13:43, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * All good. Deletion was as the hatnote at the top of my talk page and as per talk page history.  Thanks again.  Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  15:05, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Gregkaye: I checked as well and all okay now, phew. Thanks. Sorry about the double-posting muddle, btw, forgot to erase my message to you here when I decided to post it on your TP instead!  --P123ct1 (talk) 16:12, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I just think its good practice to reply directly to comments, where possible in sequence and things like that.  Gregkaye  ✍ ♪  16:18, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Happy United Kingdom staying united day!
I'm not sure about your feelings about this, however this does seem to be a good thing for the economic and political stability of England. I want to show you a useful little website to fix text that's all uppercase or lowercase called http://convertcase.net/. It's very useful for fixing refs.~Technophant (talk) 16:51, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Technophant: Thanks! What a useful site.  --P123ct1 (talk) 17:17, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

When facing a Barn Start
Thanks! That was a real surprise. I am glad I have managed to make someone laugh on a Talk page. Actually I am not that experienced, which is probably quite useful. A relative newcomer (February this year) can perhaps see things more clearly than those who are more deeply involved! --P123ct1 (talk) 14:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

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Translation
Greetings,
 * 1. I see that I was pinged a few days ago. Are you still in need of assistance or has the time passed?
 * 2. Have you considered starting an archive for your talk page?

All the best. MezzoMezzo (talk) 11:46, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * MezzoMezzo: I didn't think I had actually pinged you! I was looking for someone to translate a short Arabic citation for our Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant article, and it is just a case of me finding the time to sort out my query, as things are very hectic there at the moment.  I will be in touch. --P123ct1 (talk) 12:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, MezzoMezzo. I have found that Arabic citation and it is here. If you need some background, we took a question to the WP:RSN here - you only need read the first three paragraphs to put you in the picture.


 * You will see that citation is in the list we provided for the RSN and that part of it was translated there for the RSN by an editor on the team, Worldedixor, an Arabic-speaker, but clearly his translation will need corroboration. What does it say, please?


 * Later : Something very curious has happened. I have just called up that citation and miraculously it now has an English Google translation! It did not have one before, hence our problem.  Perhaps you would check that the translation there is accurate, please. We may need to quote the translation in the footnote, so if you could put it into good English, that would be appreciated.  (Google translations from the Arabic can be a bit hit and miss as we have discovered.)  By the way, Daash is another name for the Islamic State/Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL), the terrorist group in question.  There is no pressure to have the translation back quickly, by the way.


 * Regards, P123ct1 (talk) 16:01, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * PS In case you are curious, I found your name via the WP:HD here.


 * Well, that's certainly a welcome coincidence. I'm about to step out in a few minutes, but in the coming days I will attempt to review the translation. The main issue with Google Translate is that it can translate words but not syntax, so sometimes the sentence structures get funny between English and Arabic. I'll try to throw in my two cents soon. MezzoMezzo (talk) 06:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Broken refs
There's a bot that will automatically search past revisions for broken references. I think it scans once a day. Finding broken refs is labor intensive, so if you know the ref is in the past then you can just let it be and it will be fixed within 24 hours.~Technophant (talk) 07:29, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Those footnotes have been absent from the Lead for a very long time (end of August at least). By chance when editing the "History" section just now I spotted that the sentence they had originally been attached to had been moved from the Lead to the revamped "History" section but without the footnotes. It wasn't difficult to find them in a late August version of the page and just copy them over. Luckily I remembered there was once a string of footnotes attached to that sentence. (I think it might have even been me who removed them in the drive to reduce the number of Lead footnotes, and that was ages ago.)  That sentence without its footnotes has been in the "History" section for over 24 hours, so why did the bot miss it?  Interesting technical point. --P123ct1 (talk) 08:11, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I would need to figure out which bot and take a look at the talk page. I probably limits it search to less than the last 100 revisions due to computational limitations.~Technophant (talk) 08:23, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm up too late and need to go to bed. For you it's Sat morning. Its nice to be able to work on the article on not have edit conflicts or reverts while you edit. I expect there may be some attempted reversions in the morning when the north americans wake up see what's happened to the article. I've already been "thanked" by User:Gregaye for moving the infoboxes. I suspect sombody may throw a hissyfit but cie la vie...~Technophant (talk) 08:36, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Using The in ISIL
You reverted my changes here. Can you please help me understand why this is better or more clear? I don't see it that way.~Technophant (talk) 20:50, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I thought it was a mistake. The version just before the one I altered here started with "As Islamic State of Iraq" and then went on to add a "the" before the ISIS and IS headings.  I also remembered that when the article had "As" in the subheadings, there was no "the" in the titles.  I didn't realise you had added "the" deliberately!  I do  think "the" looks a little strange, but would you like me to revert?  --P123ct1 (talk) 21:19, 18 October 2014 (UTC)