User talk:1990'sguy/Archive 2

Thank you
1990's Guy,

I would like to thank you for your support about the Ken Ham article. Unfortunately, the skeptics that own/rule this website are accusing me of inciting a riot. But it means a lot that you care enough to thank me for the changes.

—Zachary Snell

Zsnell443 (talk) 14:53, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I do appreciate your edits to the article. :) Unfortunately, it is essentially impossible to remove their bias -- I've tried for a while unsuccessfully. If you are unable to make your changes there, I recommend CreationWiki or Conservapedia, which offer a different point of view on creation. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 14:59, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I will be sure to look into that. I appreciate the alternative source.

Zsnell443 (talk) 15:01, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * CreationWiki and Conservapedia do not meet our standards for reliable sourcing. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that anything conservative/Christian was not valid on Wikipedia. Zsnell443 (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * That's not it at all. Conservative and Christian are not identical, so the slash is not entirely accurate.  There are conservative atheists, conservative Jews (who may or may not be Conservative Jews), conservative Buddhists, conservative Hindus...  Likewise, Young Earth Creationism was not crucified for humanity's sake, so that is not what defines a Christian.  If you think that popularity matters so much, most Christians outside of America (and a significant portion in America) accept Theistic evolution.
 * When it comes to politics or religion, all Wikipedia does is neutrally summarize professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources (as is relevant, journalistic sources generally more relevant to current and local events than to history or science). Wikipedia sticks to mainstream science.  There is no denying that mainstream science has found evolution to be the surest explanation for how life started on earth.  "Why" is still left up to the reader to decide. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:37, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I think Zsnell 443 is referring to theologically conservative Christians (I prefer the term "orthodox" over "conservative", but it is the same thing). However, it is also true that WP has a bias against political conservatism. Even Wikipedia admits this: Criticism of Wikipedia and Reliability of Wikipedia. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 16:02, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Whether or not that's true, it has nothing to do with evolution and creationism. Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia using mainstream sources, so of course it presents the scientific view as the main view. Doug Weller  talk 16:20, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the Cookies
I've been intrigued with Wikipedia for a while. Thanks for your help/advice. I was trying to add some clarifying information, but it seems it sometimes gets canceled/reverted. Impressed with your comments on your home page. Is there a way to talk offline in Wikipedia, or is everything public?

Again, thanks for the welcome. (And am I doing this right?) Boeldieu (talk) 23:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, and I do appreciate your edits. Most Wikipedia editors (along with the wider culture) are biased against YEC-related topics, and that is the main reason why your edits are reverted -- I've tried a lot to make the content more neutral, but it is very difficult. I do have an email address that I use for my accounts: 1990sguysdg@gmail.com Feel free to contact me there. :) --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 23:40, 30 August 2017 (UTC)


 * As the person who reverted most of your edits, I'd like to clarify that I didn't do so because I'm "biased against YEC-related topics", I did so largely because they weren't in line with our manual of style. This is a set of conventions that Wikipedia, like any publication, uses to maintain internal consistency. For example, we usually don't use academic titles ("Dr.") and post-nominals ("PhD") when referring to people, because this clutters up the prose with no other purpose than to aggrandise the person they're attached to. We also don't link to external websites in prose; relevant links are instead collected together into an "External links" section. Two other important Wikipedia policies are verifiability and neutral point of view, and some of your edits have fallen afoul of them too. You should never add information that can't be verified by a reliable source.
 * NPOV is especially important in articles about a fringe viewpoint like YECism. Regardless of your personal views on creationism, you must take care that anything you add to Wikipedia conforms to a neutral point of view, i.e. it reflects the fact that the vast majority of reliable sources consider YECism a pseudoscientific, fundamentalist religious idea with no basis in reality. Going out of your way to emphasise the educational credentials and supposed scientific expertise of the people who appear in a creationist film looks a lot like you are trying to editorialise in favour of creationism, which is not consistent with a neutral point of view. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 08:37, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

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Edit warring notice
Your recent editing history at Andrew A. Snelling shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 20:42, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * More silly templating. I marked it out. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:48, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Controversies in Genesis
I've apparently started a controversy on Answers in Genesis when I tried to remove bias from the page. While I have been on Wikipedia for years, I am a mere "casual Wikipedian"; I do not wish to make the Answers in Genesis article refute or deny Evolution in its POV, I merely wish to make it accurately describe AiG. I myself am a Christian, but I realize that certain things that I do not believe must be written as fact on Wikipedia. (due to reporting from "reliable" sources like CNN, NBC News, Salon, Associated Press, etc.... * rolls eyes *)

You have quite a resume, and I am quite sure that you are much better in this line of work than I am. Can you please join the conversation regarding my proposed edits here (Talk:Answers_in_Genesis)? AKA Casey Rollins Talk With Casey 21:22, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I will. I have tried a lot in the past to improve the wording in the AiG, Creation Museum, and Ken Ham articles. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 22:32, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Would you please contact me at "1990sguysdg@gmail.com"? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:59, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't give my email address to Wikipedia users. If you read my user page at User:AKA Casey Rollins I say that I'm paranoid as far as identify theft is concerned. Feel free to PM me on my talk page, though. AKA Casey Rollins Talk With Casey 14:42, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, that's fair. I don't blame you -- that's why I created an email address solely for my wiki accounts (here and on the several other websites I edit on). I asked because sometimes it is better to keep conversations confidential, rather than have the entire wiki community see them. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 14:47, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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Template removal
Hey. Do not remove templates placed by another contributor until the issue has been resolved; this instruction is even in the template itself. Thanks.  THE PROMENADER  ✎ ✓  18:21, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Thomas Hughes
As far as I can tell, you didn't do anything wrong with your review here, and I hope the bot's edit didn't give the impression you did. Just remember in the future to keep the |ts= param when declining (it makes sure things go into the right categories). There is a user script that makes reviewing much less painless so you don't need to mess with template magic. —  Earwig   talk 07:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help. I am still learning how to do this, and I first learned about the user script yesterday. I will resume with the reviews today. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 12:41, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Idea
I have an Idea Now for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security we should make a page called Military appointments by Donald Trump. Becuse the President can make Military appointments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security

here are some more jobs the President can appoint.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cardillo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_J._Sapp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Defense_Intelligence_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_W._Tidd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Votel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_W._McDew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense

If we could get this done that will be so great if we can work on this togaver quitly and then show the other Users maybe some of them can help and like it so are you with me on this or not? Afther this we will Make Wikipedia Great Again! And about my Spelling I am a Spical Needs person so ya. ADHD.


 * Thank you for your request, and I understand with the spelling. However, if you want to split DoD and DHS appointments into a new article, a better place for such a request is at Talk:Political appointments by Donald Trump. I think you made such a request already, and if there is no consensus for such a move, I don't want to interfere. However, I think that the president also makes military appointments separate from political DoD and DHS appointments. If you want to make a military appointments page with those appointments without splitting the DoD and DHS sections, I'm all in and will help where I can. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:56, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

User LacrimosaDiesIlla
Hi 1990'sguy this user LacrimosaDiesIlla is Undoing my usefull edits on this page I made the White House Chief of Staff Gray and Added John Kelly to that section becuse he is the new White House Chief of Staff and user LacrimosaDiesIlla is saying Gray has no meaning and it has Gray listed as

Individual took office with no Senate consent needed And The Job is not Senate doing

Its in this table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_of_Donald_Trump%27s_Cabinet#The_Cabinet

Thank you so much.


 * Thank you for your edits. While I want to help, I think it is better if you go to the talk page and explain your position to LacrimosaDiesIlla. That way we can solve this dispute and come to an understanding without an edit war. Either way, I think the article could be clarified so readers are not confused. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 19:02, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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Is Genesis History?
I've been biting my tongue about Jytdog's behaviour at Is Genesis History? since the AfD closed, and now others are piling on with threats and "warnings", I just wanted to say I for one think your handling of things there has been exemplary. I certainly wouldn't have been able to keep my cool as well as you have. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 14:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliment -- I appreciate it. I must admit, it is hard for me to put up with Jytdog, so it's good to hear that I'm handling things right. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 14:47, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Political appointments... RFC
Looks like this RFC is actually this RFC from August 7, 2017. I've removed the ID and a new one will be placed for the new RFC by a bot. Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest  20:53, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:57, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The bot removed the template for the ambassador/career diplomat RfC again. Though the consensus is clear, I would like someone to close the RfC, but since nobody has done this, I'm not sure why the bot did what it did. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:14, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, guy, I forgot about this and got busy with school work. I don't think there is any policy against one of us closing it – unless someone specifically said they want an uninvolved editor to close it. The RFC expired (regardless of whether or not it's been closed as they only last a certain time) so it's time we close it. If you don't want to since you created the RFC, I can do it. Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest  13:42, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I took care of it. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:01, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Steve King
Here is the link to the Steve King vote https://www.c-span.org/video/?435203-1/us-senate-debates-federal-reserve-board-nomination&start=29550 this is the time it's on 08:12:30 https://www.c-span.org/video/?435203-1/us-senate-debates-federal-reserve-board-nomination&start=29550#

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.36.68.29 (talk) 03:39, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

And here is Barbara Lee https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-lee-appointed-democratic-congressional-representative-to-the-united-nations — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.36.68.29 (talk) 06:06, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, you're right -- and now that the U.S. Senate website has updated the list of confirmed nominations, I can see that it also affirms this. Thanks!. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 12:37, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you for the barnstar! I will look over your AfC, to see if it is something I would feel comfortable reviewing. I skip over many AfCs that I look at because I don't feel I will be able to make a good judgment on them. --12:38, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Miller RFC
Consensus for the RfC seems to be remove. Would you go ahead and remove it? If you don't want to do it, I would do it myself.--Certified Gangsta (talk) 08:19, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * As much as I really want to remove that biased mention, an administrator (or at least a non-involved editor) probably should close the RfC. The !vote tally is 9 (remove) to 6 (remove), which means that 60% is to remove. It's a clear majority, but probably not enough for a speedy close. Hopefully, more "remove" !voters will take part in the RfC, which would help achieve a consensus to remove. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:22, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Pssst...
Here's a fine addition in your collection of userboxes, which I accidently found at Userboxes/Wikipedia/humour: Slightly mad  10:21, 15 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestion, and yes, I do think CP is a great site (obviously, since you probably know that I edit it; I keep my activities and behavior on both sites separate). However, the fact that this userbox was found in the "humor" section makes me very reluctant to put it on my user page. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:30, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well I believe it was just misplaced, considering there's a separate user box for those who find this site horrendous:  Slightly  mad  04:52, 16 October 2017 (UTC)


 * That could be true -- many WP editors, however, hate CP and might see the infobox as sarcasm. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 13:00, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

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in what world
is this "unimportant info"? Also, I went and put your punctuation correction back in with subsequent edit so that part of your edit summary is false as well.  Volunteer Marek  13:17, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes it is unimportant (if I and other people on the Right think Obama is a socialist, does that belong in the intro of his article?), and you only fixed the quotation marks, while I fixed the placement of all the periods and commas in the paragraph, so my edit summary is correct. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 13:21, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * By the way, you're obviously invited to participate at the RfC I started on Bannon's talk page. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 13:24, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * False equivalence. If you had lots of reliable sources calling him "socialist" we could say that. But you don't. Here we do have reliable sources, and even Republicans calling him that, not to mention the contacts between Bannon, Yiannopolous and neo-Nazis. So please try this apples and oranges somewhere else.  Volunteer Marek   13:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh, and it's great that you started an RfC. Except that 1) the wording doesn't say "white supremacist". 2) While RfC is ongoing the appropriate version is the status quo version which is this one. So please self-revert. An RfC isn't magical "protect my edit warring" dust you sprinkle on your reverts.  Volunteer Marek   13:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Mmmm, nm, I see that the info was added right before that by another editor. But then the whole paragraph should be removed.  Volunteer Marek   13:28, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I see your RFC was hatted because it was, in fact, malformed. Also, please review WP:RFC. You really should have some sort of discussion on the matter before resorting to RFC. I was looking for a talk page discussion, and there was absolutely nothing. This could be construed as gaming the system, because you essentially prevent all editing on the topic for the 30 days or so that the RFC is going on. Please start a discussion on the article's TP. 207.222.59.50 (talk) 14:48, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That was the purpose of the RfC -- getting a talk page consensus discussion. I have no underlying motives for an RfC and enjoy using it because it is the easiest and clearest way of gaining a consensus. The two editors who opposed the very existence of the RfC are Leftists, based on their edit and talk page comment histories. I take their comments about my RfC with even less than a grain of salt. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 14:51, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert : post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people
Doug Weller talk 18:00, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

01:34:28, 26 October 2017 review of submission by Mursimon
I investigated your comments and don't quite know how to distinguish a resume from an encyclopedic entry. I see many artists pages that are filled with exhibition, art exhibitions, publications, awards and grants. It appears to be rather non-specific as to how much info is permitted or not. All I could gather is that I have listed too many of Tom's accomplishments and that reducing the number of entries would make it more acceptable to you (which, at this point, is what this is all about). I have increased the number of sources and hope that this will make the sourcing less weak. When commenting on some artists having many references, I'm referring to people such as "Roger Brown", Chicago artist who has an incredibly long list of credits. Thanks for any advice you may have. Murray Mursimon (talk) 01:34, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Overall, your draft needs more prose. Having only bullet points makes it look like a resume, and since this is an encyclopedia article and not a resume or simple profile or list, the draft should be in prose, discussing Palazzolo's life and career. It's the prose that really shows how be is notable. While the Roger Brown (artist) has a list that is ridiculously long, it also has a lot of prose that discusses his life and career. Readers are generally more interested in that part of the biography. You probably don't have to remove much, if any, of the bullet points (though I question the "grants" section), since they are his works. But the prose should definitely be expanded a lot.


 * While not my reason for declining the draft, I also recommend adding more in-line citations to the article, particularly the bullet points. I see that only some of them are cited (I'm sure that all the information is in the external links section, and that's fine, but it's always good to know where exactly everything came from). When you add more prose, I also recommend adding the in-line citations. I hope my advice helps. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

RFC
There's an RFC you may wish to comment on here: Talk:Political appointments by Donald Trump. Marquardtika (talk) 21:42, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up! --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:58, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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Can you explain these comments on a Conservapedia article you edit?
I don't expect "Examples of Bias in Wikipedia" to be fair, but don't you guys have anything like our BLP policy? Eg "Another user called User:Grayfell, was accused of abusing his power for also deleting and blocking any user who disagreed with his views. He has also been confirmed to be a sockpuppet, as he made other accounts which agreed with his edits, and attacked those who did not. Those fraudulent accounts are User:Eden5, User:Nasty, and User:I am One of Many." I added the links. This is nonsense. Grayfell isn't an Admin, the other accounts aren't socks. "A user who is from Serbia called User:Vanjagenije, is inappropriately editing pages that are related to the United States, even though he has never lived in America." Is there some sort of Conservapedia policy that you can't edit an article about a country unless you've lived there? "Another user named Doug Weller and his brother User:C.Fred both Canadian, have been going to any anti-trump pages and prohibiting anyone from editing anything pro-trump. They both have admin privileges. User User:Bakilas and User Doug Weller have removed edit summaries, so that people cannot see the history of edits. They both have removed verified information that did not agree with their far-left political beliefs." I'm not Canadian, C.Fred isn't Canadian (like me, he's from the American South) or my brother. I don't haunt anti-Trump pages, in fact as a matter of practice I generally stay away from anything specifically about him. Bakilas can't remove edit summaries and although I can, you know I'd get caught if I did it for political reasons. I'm also not far-left and it doesn't look as though Bakilas is. I don't know who is responsible for these lies - they're so blatantly false it's hard to call them anything else. About the only accurate thing is the statement that C.Fred and I are Admins. I know you didn't write them but you did edit 2 hours after the edit about Grayfell and Vanjagenije. I'll be interested in your comments. Doug Weller talk 19:05, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Here are the diffs of the info being added: Two accounts added this info, and these were the only edits they ever made (thus, they're inactive). I believe these two accounts are socks with each other, based on a comment by an admin with checkuser rights.


 * I did edit the section right after the person made the first edit, in order to add permalinks. I had no interest in the content when the guy added the info -- what concerned me was the fact that he didn't add permalinks -- but I assumed this person had a bad experience here (which does happen, and sometimes it's not the fault of those people) and created an account on CP to add it. But since you brought it up, I looked at the content in question and since you appear to be right, I removed it. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 19:59, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Your explanation doesn't make much sense when you linked the page to your user page because you thought it had relevant content.--I am One of Many (talk) 20:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? If you're referring to my CP user page (which D.W.) linked above for some reason, I only linked to it once in order to remind myself to eventually get around to adding additional info and improving it. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:21, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


 * And no, CP doesn't have any policies about editing articles about countries. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:06, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I saw that they were one off edits and checked to see if the usernames matched any here. They don’t. Thanks for removing it, but the edits were there 7 and 5 months. Who knows how long they’d be there if I hadn’t noticed them? What I’ve learned from this is that Conservapedia doesn’t seem to care much about BLPs and certainly not at all about sources. Doug Weller  talk 20:48, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding it. CP has no effective policies for BLPs or for sourcing anything, but reliably providing information is not their goal, but rather promoting right-wing-religious propaganda.--I am One of Many (talk) 20:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I didn’t mean to link to your user page. I’ve got s program that stores clips and selected the wrong one. Doug Weller  talk 21:31, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Edit warring warning Nov 2017
I am very, very close to bringing you to AE.

Your recent editing history at Answers in Genesis shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 14:28, 14 November 2017 (UTC)


 * More of the same. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 14:31, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Your threats about discretionary sanctions and reporting behavior have become quite frequent. I am thinking it would be helpful if you could cite which aspect of the final decision you feel is being violated. Otherwise, we are kind of guessing at what you are taking exception to. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 15:52, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * There is no "threat". We have DS to deal with persistent disruption driven by advocacy on contentious issues. I have already provided him with notice of the DS and am giving very, very fair warning that we actually apply them. Jytdog (talk) 16:05, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * So, you consider his reversions, even if they do not run afoul of 3RR, to be "persistent disruptions", then? Are you recommending that he note every edit he disagrees with on the talk page before/instead of reverting them? I'm honestly just trying to get to the crux of the biscuit here. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 16:11, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is not OK to use editing privileges for advocacy.  We get people doing that anyway of course, but advocacy for  pseudoscience  got so bad that we have DS on that specifically. 1990s guy is establishing  a very clear pattern of pseudoscience advocacy.
 * With this comment you are now INVOLVED on this matter. Jytdog (talk) 16:30, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I am not advocating for YEC (and don't use the word "pseudoscience", as I don't even access the articles of other topics) -- I think that your preferred wording is inaccurate, does not follow the source, and does not describe AiG's positions well. That's far from "advocacy", and I don't even edit YEC topics a lot compared to politics. Your response, Jytdog, shows a lack of WP:AGF. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 17:51, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I see. I was hoping that there was some procedural correction that could be effected that would alleviate your concerns, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Whether 1990'sguy's editing constitutes advocacy or not is a matter of opinion. I also find it interesting that you seem to have fired an unnecessary preemptive shot by citing WP:INVOLVED, as though you believe I was preparing to take some kind of admin action to which you would object. If you can cite evidence, beyond the fact that he and I happen to agree in our personal beliefs about YEC, that I have been preparing for such action, please do so. Otherwise, I second 1990'sguy's admonition about WP:AGF. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 18:10, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Acdixon. Its not about procedure but about where 1990s guy has been coming from. Whether someone's editing is advocacy is not just opinion, but rather is something that can be demonstrated with diffs, which I will be doing at AE if 1990s guy continues as they have been.  It will not be the first time that I have demonstrated that someone has a very clear pattern of advocating for something in a way that disrupts the project.
 * With regard to the INVOLVED thing. Look at it from my perspective.  DS are under discussion, and a person with admin rights steps in and asks questions..... I was actually surprised to see you go weigh in at the article. Clearly you didn't post here originally as an admin -- but that was not clear at first.  Now it is.  Best regards Jytdog (talk) 21:51, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh -- and thanks for saying that you share 1990s guys YEC beliefs. I was unaware of that (if I was aware of it before, I forgot). Jytdog (talk) 22:08, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you think is thankworthy about saying I share 1990'sguy's YEC beliefs. I would very much like to hear you elaborate on that. Further, the fact that I have been editing YEC-related articles since at least 2014 without your being able to discern my personal beliefs should tell you much about my ability and desire to edit neutrally and within policy.
 * Regarding INVOLVED, I think if you examine my history as an admin, you'll find that I use the tools very sparingly and usually only in very clear-cut cases. I generally dislike getting into the weeds of administrivia or the conflict that comes from seeking or imposing sanctions in any case beyond obvious, consistent vandalism.
 * Finally, I'm well aware of much of 1990'sguy's editing history in the YEC realm, and I do not believe it constitutes advocacy of YEC or any of the related topics. He and I are both keenly aware of the dismal view that most folks take on the topic, and I think both of our editing histories show that we're not afraid to add material that is critical. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 14:59, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is thankworthy because you didn't have to say it, and you did. I appreciate people being transparent.  You are correct that I could have perhaps discerned that by looking at your edits. I have not done that and even so, that might not tell me that you come from that position.
 * With regard to INVOLVED, I have not studied your history of using the tools. Good to know that you use them carefully.
 * I do understand that you do not believe that 1990s guy is not establishing a pattern of advocacy.Jytdog (talk) 15:05, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have no COIs with AiG or other YEC organizations. Also, I try to adhere to NPOV when I edit YEC topics. What appears to be "advocacy" for you is simply differing opinions between us. Your (false) claims that I am an "advocate" for YEC (when that's not even the main topic I edit) say more about yourself than me. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 22:03, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I have raised no concerns about COI. This is a pure advocacy issue as far as I can see. This is not about any bit of content but a long term pattern you are establishing of promoting YEC in Wikipedia.  The best way to avoid advocacy is to reach for high quality, independent, and ideally scholarly sources and summarize what they say. If you find yourself constantly citing low quality sources or SPS, it probably means that the thing you are passionate about is driving your editing, instead of high quality sources driving your editing. Jytdog (talk) 22:15, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * When in the world have I cited bad sources? This dispute revolved around me conforming the wording to represent the source better. And if you're talking about IGH, the consensus was that the sources were just fine. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 22:19, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * This is not about me throwing up arguments and you trying to knock them down, nor is this the actual AE, nor did I come here for dramah. I gave you something to consider about how we work here, and you can heed that or not. There are all kinds of things that advocates do and have always done here over the past 16 years. I think I have pointed you to these before, but please do read WP:ADVOCACY, WP:TENDENTIOUS, and all of NPOV, especially WP:YESPOV and of course WP:PSCI which is the locus of the DS. (and not just their letter, but try to hear their spirit). Please also review the comments of two uninvolved admins in the section above, here. Jytdog (talk) 22:48, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

IRS chief
He was appointed by Trump on October 26 and is effective as of Monday. Also an [https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/454 Assist. Secretary of Treasury]. Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest   00:06, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't know that. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 04:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem! In the future, I think it'd be best to look up the person in question before removing so we don't have to revert all the time. Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest   13:15, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * If you're referring to an internet search, yes, I'll keep that in mind for the next time I see something like this. I usually look at the WP articles of the people in the acting position, but there was no article linked to Kautter's name, and I didn't know he was elsewhere in the article. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 13:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That's why I had inserted the comment !  But I see your point as well! Corky  Buzz by the Hornet's Nest   15:00, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oops! My apologies, I didn't bother looking at the code when removing the comment, so it seemed to me that Kautter was just another career official appointed because he was next in line. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 15:13, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:58, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

A User
Hi 1990'sguy as you know a user has been makeing changes to the Political appointments by Donald Trump. and that user been yelled at by all of us I think its time for someone to get a administrator. To send a werning to the User if you can please find one to like Worn not block the User that will be great. Thanks96.36.68.29 (talk) 03:01, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I will see what I can do. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 13:34, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

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Happy holidays!
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 * Thanks, and same to you! --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 17:35, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Advertising
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Is Genesis History?. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 18:14, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Advertizing? I'm not surprised, considering these charges are coming from you, but I don't see how even fanatic zealots would see my edits as "advertizing." --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:09, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Edit war warning
Your recent editing history at Is Genesis History? shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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 * WP:DTR. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:07, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Request on 09:03:01, 26 December 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by WeilSH
My article the Shanghai Institute of American Studies is rejected and your comment is that it should be neutral and refer to a wide range of reliable sources. I want to make improvements so I take articles in same category such like Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Academy of Social Science as reference.These articles are quite simple with few external links. I am a little confused and I wish you could help me improve it. First, am I right the reason why you think my article appearing to be advertisement is that I list too many publications without reference? Is that ok if I delete some items and make this part more concise. Second, since this insititute is located in China, the sources I refer to are mainly Chinese website, would that be ok if I don't refer to English websites? Thank you very much.

WeilSH (talk) 09:03, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * For the first point, you are correct. Essentially, (without plageriing) the draft should say whatever reliable sources also say about it. If no reliable sources (reputable publications, independent from article topic) discuss a certain part of the Shanghai Institute, that part should not be included in the article, or at the very least, only a very passing mention should be made about it. Otherwise, the draft looks like you're advertising for it. But when you add sources for the article, the sources generally should not have any connection with the Academy.


 * For the second point, using Mandarin-language websites (or any non-English website in general) is OK -- just as long as the sources meet WP:RS, the language doesn't matter. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 20:37, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hello 1990&#39;sguy: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, Corky  02:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year snowman}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.


 * Hope you had a good Christmas, as well! Corky  02:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I had a great Christmas, and I wish all the same to you as well! --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 03:12, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

New Years new page backlog drive
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Edit war warning, again
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Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 00:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Your attitude is ridiculous. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 00:46, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

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I respectfully request you stop reverting my changes in the article of Greg Abbott. Your claim that my wording is POV is inaccurate. My statement does not dismiss her title of the first Latin First Lady of Texas. It simply clarifies that she has other lineages. Thanks. Julio P. 20:17, 10 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julio Puentes (talk • contribs)

Claudia Tenney
Would you have a look at Claudia Tenney? Also Anthony Brindisi if you have a chance. Thanks. Marquardtika (talk) 03:46, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter
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Stephen P. Vaughn
He didn't actually resign did he? Trump appointed him as General Counsel, and immediately elevated him to acting Trade Rep... to me he's like the other "acting" officials and wouldn't be placed in the "resigned" section... He should definitely be added above in the USTR section, though, since he is an appointee... Corky 01:53, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * True -- if you think he's better placed in the USTR section, I'm OK with that, just as long as he's placed somewhere. I knew that he is the general counsel, but I didn't think of keeping him in the main section since general counsel seems insignificant compared to the other listed positions (though I could be very wrong, and if so, please correct me). --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:27, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I see your point, but we have added other positions that aren't necessarily notable as others... CIOs, human resources assistant secretary, etc... those who are appointed by Trump but doesn't need confirmation. Maybe we should set a "guideline" on who should be included? Vaughn was kind of a controversial one due to not working in the agency and immediately elevated to acting trade rep. I don't think we need to include he was the acting trade rep, though we can...  Corky  02:52, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I think we should mention Vaughn's former status as acting USTR, since he clearly was a political appointee and because he led the entire agency for about three months. Guidelines might be a good idea, since agencies have a lot of non-confirmed political appointees (though I am not against allowing non-confirmed people be listed). --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 03:03, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

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April 2018
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Ark Encounter. ''Your revert reintroduced deliberate factual errors. If you continue, I will ask for administrator intervention.'' jps (talk) 17:04, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I crossed out your stupidity, since you're the one inserting blatant POV into the article. Tell me what is factually incorrect about my wording? That it doesn't go out of its way to read like an atheist blog? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * You may remove my message but you may not strike through it. If you cannot be bothered to learn why your creationist beliefs are incorrect, it's not my job to educate you. But you will find it unpleasant to work here. jps (talk)
 * I can do what I want with my talk page, and be thankful that I didn't delete the message outright. Please show me examples of how I'm somehow inserting YEC bias into the article? Because I oppose wording that makes the article read like "RationalWiki", or because I don't want the article to go out of its way to just to call YEC pseudoscience? And your latest comment is about my personal beliefs, rather than my editing -- which is inappropriate and is a borderline WP:PERSONAL attack (if I were writing an article from a YEC perspective, it would look a lot different from the wording I am proposing). --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * You are within your rights to delete the edit outright. You are not within your rights to put strikethrough around it. WP:TPO. jps (talk) 20:02, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes he is within his rights to strike your post as long as he does not change the meaning. Striking the whole post does not change its meaning. 86.153.129.239 (talk) 17:57, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Margaret Thatcher
Hi 1990'sguy! I noticed that you have an interest in creating high quality content. I was wondering if you would be able to help out and be a co-reviewer for Margaret Thatcher. The article is already GA so the review should be straightforward. The review page is here and the A-Class criteria are here. Thanks! – Lionel(talk) 06:20, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I can do that. Thanks for asking me! --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 15:44, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Trump appointees who've left the Administration
I don't see the point in keeping them on both pages... they've already decided to keep List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations after I had nominated it for deletion. Corky 04:30, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * If every person listed in that section is moved to and listed in the sub-article, I will self-revert. However, as I think I pointed out before, what will happen is the sub-article will grow larger and larger as more Trump Administration appointees resign (and most appointees in every administration don't serve for four-to-eight years). --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 12:49, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Alrighty, I see that as an issue now. Do you know where the discussion is where we decided to keep those who have resigned from one position to take another within the Administration? There are others who are only mentioning my name in reference to that discussion and I know I'm not the only one who agreed to it... I want to point them to the right direction... Thanks, Corky  01:17, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * This might be the discussion where we decided this -- it's the only one that specifically discusses appointees who resigned to take up another Trump Administration position. However, this discussion might also be relevant. I hope this helps. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:16, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Ueli Maurer
Hi! That information was placed so that when the Swiss Vice President Ueli Maurer assumes the presidency of the Confederation next year.--Stalin990 (talk) 19:35, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Border article
Please self-revert this as it is currently being discussed on the article's talk page. -- Scjessey (talk) 13:23, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi
Hi... I also edit Wikipedia. Actually, Wikipedia and RationalWiki (I can mention it here) are how I heard of Conservapedia in the first place. I was reading RationalWiki history on Wikipedia and it mentioned CP --Kingdamian1 (talk) 01:25, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Anyway, thanks for saying hello. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:21, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
 * Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
 * 🇮🇳 Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
 * Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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Seriously
Seriously, though... All I did was simply state an opinion or corrected what I saw was wrong. And now I am blocked for eternity by your sysop... What rule did I violate? I was blocked for the crime of knowing more biology? I respected the website, and contributed a lot! This is UNJUST (though not unprecedented) --Kingdamian1 (talk) 19:37, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

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Why are you biased against me?
So,
 * 1.I get blocked, ask you for help in e-mail, and you refuse to do ANYTHING
 * 2.I get unblocked WITHOUT YOUR HELP (you refused to do ANYTHING about ANYTHING!!!) and you block me for "removing content"
 * 3.Then you police my articles and upon finding the SLIGHTEST MISTAKE "warn" me
 * 4.If I go to someone else's Talk page you cut in... AND ALWAYS try to make me look bad... If I talk to Andy or ask him a question, you jump in to show him how "worthless" I am.
 * 5.I write something on your talk page... I get blocked for my views (My block LOG LITERALLY says that the reason I got blocked was MY VIEWS ABOUT EVOLUTION) you DO NOTHING!!!!!
 * 6.When I ask a sysop, you revert my request so as not to let him see my request...

Do you do this to everyone or just me? --Kingdamian1 (talk) 21:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The first three (and #5) are easy -- CP is a conservative wiki (duh), so info should conform to its POV. Your edits did not (if it wasn't already obvious) -- and I'm the one who generally checks peoples' edits (yes, I do it with everyone). Also, I'm not going to change a ban by someone superior in rank to me (it's not allowed, and it's not good conduct even it is was) -- and remember, I wasn't the one who banned you. Also, you don't know about the "behind-the-scenes" conversations we have about matters like this (no, I'm not going to divulge).
 * About #4, it has nothing to do with your "worth", but your lack of understanding of CP's rules. You were obsessed with becoming an admin (though you literally just started and had been blocked more than once for bad behavior). It's not like RW -- it takes a long time and a lot of good edits that don't go against CP's POV. I don't even have full rights. Then you come and expect quick promotion? I find that offensive, actually.
 * I chose to respond to prevent you to correct these misconceptions, but I won't respond anymore on my talk page, since I don't want to discuss CP matters here. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 04:58, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I am sorry to bother you again with CP stuff and I promise I will try my best not to bring up CP here with you...

Look, about my current situation. I do not protest my block. I understand that I broke my promise and started to heat up the situation... But I think 2 week block is ENOUGH ok... Lesson learned. Look, all I want you to do, is just let Karajou, when he is cooled down, see this... just let him read this, and in a COOL state of mind make a decision. First of all, I do not plan to continue arguing or pick a fight... I don't care too much. I just want to edit CP and be a member. I am not a troll. Like you have noted I was not a particularly big fan of RW was I? And in over a year I have created only mainspace articles. I have been blocked several times, I was once blocked, ironically, "for being a creationist."https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User%3AKingdamian1&type=block Anyways, I wish to edit Conservapedia again... If I was only allowed to create pages again, I could improve CP significantly. For some reason, Karajou does not see this. I know, he is a good guy, he loves CP. But if you look at his block list, some people who are clearly there JUST TO DISRUPT are sometimes given 6 months. This is unfair. I know I am not perfect, I inserted leftist POV (though I am NOT leftist), but when corrected I always accepted it... Also, is it really such a big crime that I was arguing. I mean ok, lesson learned, right? Block is to prevent vandalism, can Karajou or you HONESTLY look at me and say that you are genuinely afraid I will vandalize CP? OF COURSE THE ANSWER IS NO! Neither of you think that even for a SECOND... Both of you know FULL WELL, that I respect CP, I respect the power structure, what the project is for. I heated up a discussion, I understand, I was blocked... And I accepted it, now can we move on? Can I continue editing Conservapedia? So again, I know you will see this, though you might not respond... All I ask you is let Karajou see this... That is all, let him pread this in calm state of mind, and decide whether blocking me is to prevent vandalism (which we all know is NOT gonna happen from me), or for something else... And btw, I am not a little kid, hungry for attention. I am younger than Karajou but that does not make me a little kid. Please, let him read this, let him see what I write and let him decide whether I am a danger to Conservapedia or am I being blocked for something else? I know, that my chances for being unblocked may not be good, but can I at least know, do I have a chance for later? And I can't state this enough... I AM NOT AN RW troll. I even provided my block log for you to see... I have kind of run out of traditional sock accounts to create... I would appreciate if you let me know that you understood and saw what I wrote here. I will try my best to NOT bother you with CP matters. Have a great day.. Thanks Kingdamian1 (talk) 04:29, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I think Karajou is in a calm/cool state, and I don't think his biggest worry is you being an RW troll or a vandal. I understand what you wrote here, but I will not and cannot argue with him -- he's been on CP for over 10 years and knows what he's doing. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:10, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


 * ok... I understand. You are a really helpful person and I than you for that. One last thing, what do you suggest, forget about cp forever? Or is there a speck of a hope my situation can be reconsidered? --Kingdamian1 (talk) 05:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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Hashtag tool
Here's the link to the Hashtag tool: http://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags/search

The hashtag #1lib1ref is being used by libraries this month to track contributions to Wikipedia. TeriEmbrey (talk) 16:16, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 16:17, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! :) I appreciate it, though the fight's not over yet. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 12:30, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 July newsletter
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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Gary Washington
Do you know if Gary Washington, the USDA Chief Information Officer, is the same as the one that was appointed to the Commodity Credit Corporation? I am thinking so, but I can't really find anything about the guy! Corky 17:36, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It is, according to agri-pulse.com. It's true that there aren't many sources about him. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I couldn't access the article earlier due to not being a subscriber, so I am glad you are able to confirm! I can add his picture now. Thanks again, Corky  21:27, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

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Edward Alexander Miller
I think the correct name of that general is "Edward Alexander Millar". Comp:. regards, Alexpl (talk) 19:01, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You're probably right -- this wouldn't be the first time (much the opposite!) I've seen different spellings used for the same person. Would you please perform the necessary article title move? Thanks for pointing this out to me! :) --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 22:46, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I dont think its a controvertial move. So I just did it. Alexpl (talk) 10:12, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Awaiting your apology
waiting... Kevin McE (talk) 16:14, 4 August 2018 (UTC)


 * It's obviously no fun being investigated for socking when you're not actually a sock, so I definitely empathize with that. However, it seemed very odd that Cliveplug created an account after you crossed 3RR to support you when you have virtually no support on the talk page for your edits. Also, on that SPI, a clerk endorsed my claim. I think what I did what right, in light of the evidence that was there at the time of filing, and comments like this are ridiculous. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:26, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Slander and no apology noted. Kevin McE (talk) 08:59, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

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Please explain
You appear to be systematically going behind the edits of and removing COI tags and the like, without doing any significant cleanup.

This appears to be either proxying for a banned editor or renewed undisclosed paid editing.

Please explain. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 17:03, 14 August 2018 (UTC)


 * That user was banned over two years ago, and the history of the pages I edited show that you and several other editors examined them and removed promotional info. In the two years since, the pages were virtually untouched, indicating that the current versions are the consensus. Since that was apparent to me, and since User:James mccosker is banned, the tags are redundant. And please, WP:AGF for once. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 17:44, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * BTW, the talk pages still have the COI notices -- and they should stay that way. But if these articles have been stable for two-and-a-half years (even after being noticed and edited by you and others), having a tag at the top of the article is an excessive solution to a real problem. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 17:51, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * This is not answering the question, as to why you are going behind this particular person's edits. That is the question. Please explain. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 17:52, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I answered the question, and I'm not "going behind this particular person's edits", whatever that even means. You had two-and-a-half years to remove the banned user's promotional garbage, if there was any left. At this point in time, tags like that are unnecessary and even hurt the article. If you have no issues with the articles as they are now (judging by the fact that you haven't touched them for years after looking closely at them), the tags should be removed. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:07, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * See below. Jytdog (talk) 18:21, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
 * Other contestants who qualified for the final round were 🇲🇭 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges,  SounderBruce,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack and 🇺🇸 Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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Scare quotes
It wasn't scare quotes, it was wiki markup for italic. Guy (Help!) 14:32, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

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September 2018
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule, as you did at Is Genesis History?. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Bishonen &#124; talk 17:35, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh well -- Wikipedia is a great site for most topics, but most of its editors -- clouded by their extreme animosity for YEC -- don't even try to be objective on topics related to YEC, as we can clearly see on IGH. Apparently, it's a blockable offense to remove blatantly false information about Ken Ham that closely mirrors (exclusively) atheist blogs and other articles criticizing (rather than reporting on) AiG and Ken Ham.


 * I joined Conservapedia specifically because of this bias (one of the best moves I made in the wiki-world) after dealing with it for nearly three years, and that's where I'll be for the duration of this block. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 18:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh look, these same people will start ranting about bad faith when someone points out their bias (which by the way is visible from your user page). But they freely say the other is biased themselves, in this case those not supporting Christian conservative view.

The actuality is you only care about your opinion. Isn't it time you were blocked for bad faith disruption? I am not related to any of the guys he fought with, though a banhammer is long overdue for people like him. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 18:45, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * If you actually look at my edits (rather than blindly believe what others say about them), you'll find that I've been very objective in my editing -- supporting compromise edits that most conservative Christians would cringe at. The problem is, anything short of "YEC is false and factually incorrect pseudoscience" (and not just that, but using those terms every time creation science is mentioned on any article, as is currently the case) is accused of somehow being "YEC propaganda." No, it's YEC propaganda to say "YEC has the strong support of millions of qualified intellectuals while evolutionism has nothing" -- but I never proposed such wording, not even close.


 * Interesting you want me to be banned for taking a contrarian (yet, objective) view on WP's treatment on YEC, when I actually rarely edit the topic these days.


 * Rather than creating an account just to criticize me, go make some real edits. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 19:03, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Lol you pretend you're being "blocked" for your opinion when it was due to 3RR clearly. What else proof is needed that you're only here to push your own bias? Fundamentalist1 (talk) 19:18, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * As for YEC, Wikipedia prefers scientific and historians rather than creationists (experts in the field). And of course every scientist isn't an atheist. Wikipedia allows adding an alternate viewpoint, if it's notable. That includes criticism from reliable sources per BLP. As long as the source isn't pure propaganda or a known political hit piece, it's allowed. If Ken Ham's article doesn't meet this, then you can "correct". Fundamentalist1 (talk) 19:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

User:Bishonen, this guy's userpage is pure political propaganda. While one can ignore the attacks on Christianty claims and his strong belief in Christianity is okay, other userboxes show he is only here to push his agenda. He attacks the EU as socialist and globalist, true or not these are used as common slurs by right-wingers against their opponents. He rejects feminist dogma, though in its basic form it is just equal rights. The last image is of Obama family, criticising them over choices of their children's school. All of this is WP:NOTHERE.

Especially revealing is his faith in Creation science over evolution which explains why he was he's so obssesed and even edit-wars on creationist artciles. Though he claims bias of others and talks about neutrality, he claims he is being blocked for his opinion that Ken Ham info he removed was false. It is clear that this guy is himself biased and not here for the good of Wikipedia. Just ban him already. Otherwise all he and his gang does is hound people like me. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 19:40, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Let's not forget his bad faith claims on bias about creationist sources, when in actual Wikipedia mostly uses scholars or news, not creationsists. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 19:47, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * yes, 1990'sguy's religious opinions are clear from his userpage. In my opinion their userboxes are not in violation of our guideline WP:USER, but if you want to bring their page to the attention of the community, I suggest WP:ANI. I doubt you'll get much traction there, though. Partly because they're fairly normal userboxes, and partly because of the point 1990'sguy makes above: you're a new account created just to post here, and — in my opinion — most likely a sock of an established user. Please don't come here to bait a blocked user. Bishonen &#124; talk 20:22, 6 September 2018 (UTC).
 * User:Bishonen Actually it does matter because I was talking about his motivation. Because it explains his behavior. Regardless of what you think, you must act against this user. He’s himself attacking most other editors as biased against a creationst organisation, even though such sources are usually not accepted here, and refusing to concede he was blocked solely for edit-warring rather than the edits he made. If he's not pushing his agenda, he'll target other users. Such people can't be let off the hook and it's time you did something about them. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 20:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

User:Bishonen I read WP:USER but you should read it. See WP:POLEMIC. Attacks against organisation or individuals are prohibited. Also user pages can't be used for soapboxing or battleground behavior. 1990'sguy has clearly breached this. If you aren't going to ban a guy who edit-wars, promotes his agenda, improperly uses userpages, even has been involved in meatpuppetry on articles he has no interest in like University of Chicago Law School [University_of_Chicago_Law_School&oldid=856864652] where he didn't edit except to restore edit version of an associate. Is this a joke that these people do whatever they want? Fundamentalist1 (talk) 20:40, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

It's not about his religious opinions anyway, but his religious and political bias which enters into his edits as well as his other nonsense behavior. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 20:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Take a hint and fuck off from this page before I block you. Bishonen &#124; talk 20:44, 6 September 2018 (UTC).
 * User:Bishonen Don't use foul language against me. I’ve had enough of your nonsense. The user himself has show his bias but all you do is speak foul words. Blocking me after what you said anyway is a violation of WP:INVOLVED. So be careful. You are being reported. Fundamentalist1 (talk) 20:48, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Hmm unfortunate; I see that it's your first block, so very short.  this is victimization.  As often, a lot of time was wasted at the article's talk page after a driveby routine WP:PSCI-violating  (see my previous concern here about the same issue (...)  As for Fundamentalist1's edits, you may ignore them as they likely were a sock (their comments are commonly even marked with ).  Since you mentioned Conservapedia, I think that I understand the motivation to edit on Wikipedia too, considering its high profile, higher quality and accuracy (vs ridiculous claims like "Unfortunately Bible deniers, including many atheists and evolutionists, refuse to read the Bible, and their irrational closed-mindedness against the Bible obstructs the advancement of science." ), but Conservapedia is indeed a better place to promote or defend creationism.  — Paleo  Neonate  – 02:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikisolidarity

 * Guy (sorry, I don't like typing out usernames when I'm not pinging because it always feels like an insult if I misspell something), don't let this sock get to you. You and I disagree on a lot of things, but that doesn't make it okay for some asshole to make an account just to put you on blast for having a different worldview. I'd rather work with you on an article than with some atheists I know, including this dickhead.
 * And ? If Guy here were to post an unblock request, I'd support it. Things just got hot for a bit, then settled down into the usual talk page fighting discussion. the 3RR vio is not that big of a deal, and I really can't picture him pushing forward with continued reverts. I don't know that he will (a 24h block is not that long), but I just wanted to be clear that I don't think this block will really prevent much. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  22:17, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I removed the comment here a moment ago by another sock. As an FYI, I think the 24 hours is fine enough to allow cooler heads to prevail, and I can kindly suggest if you're approaching 3RR, walk away for a bit. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:34, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not gonna argue against it (I'm of the opinion that there ought to be an function that automatically blocks anyone who hits 4RR, and them let them use a dedicated 4RR unblock request to request a vandalism/BLP exemption), I'm just saying that the 3RR vio Guy engaged in was out of character for him. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  22:50, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I've seen the edits and I agree. I always want to see cooler heads prevail, and if it leads you to revert over and over, walk away for a bit. Wikipedia will be here tomorrow. Just some friendly advice that's all. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:29, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your support, MPants. Honestly, the moment I reverted the fourth time, I was not thinking of the first revert, which was on a different content matter, so for a moment, I thought I was reverting for the third time -- I was not planning on reverting again either way. Of course, that fact is irrelevant to the merits of the block/unblock, but I want to let you know nonetheless. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:15, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

unblock
User:Bishonen and User:RickinBaltimore, I have posted my unblock request. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:17, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I've fixed it for you - you were supposed to post it at the bottom of the page, not edit it inside the block template... Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 06:24, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * So 1990'sguy is released from the block, and their next edit to the article is this, removing the sourcing supporting the content that creationism is pseudoscience - leaving it actually unsourced. I am asking each of User:Bishonen, User:RickinBaltimore, and User:Boing! said Zebedee to consider taking action under the PSCI DS.  Do let me know. If this is not sufficient for you (which I would understand) please let me know and I will prepare a full case at AE. Jytdog (talk) 00:57, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The sources clearly violate WP:COATRACK -- they have nothing to do with the movie. The sources/facts/whatever may be true (that's irrelevant), but what does it have to do with the movie? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 00:58, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) And no, this is a policy dispute -- I haven't violated any policies/guidelines, and disagreeing with you because of WP:COATRACK doesn't constitute a policy/guideline violation. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 01:03, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * And removed again. For pete's sake. WP:PSCI is very clear that we do not discuss pseudoscience without describing it as such. And sources are needed for that. Period. I won't revert again; I am sure others will do. Jytdog (talk) 01:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * For crying out loud, I clearly labeled YEC as "pseudoscience" in my edit -- I made it less wordy and removed the WP:COATRACK violation. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 01:03, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, it's an article of a movie -- I fully support those refs in the creation science article, which deals with the belief. I strongly oppose treating an article of a movie like that of a belief. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 01:06, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 05:32, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * You have just come off a 24-hour block for edit warring, and you go straight in to edit warring on a related the same article. You are heading for a likely topic ban from anything related to creationism if you keep this up. When you are unblocked, you need follow BRD - if you make a change and it is reverted, STOP, do not do it again, go discuss it on the talk page and seek a consensus. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 05:37, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * May I comment on the talk page of the Ark Encounter article before the 48 hour period expires? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:20, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's fine by me. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 05:39, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Friendly advice
Hi 1990'sguy. You and I have diametrically opposed views on the world, but I've always respected your commitment to NPOV and consensus-building on topics you have strong feelings about, despite considerable hostility from other editors. So if you will take some friendly advice: this issue isn't worth getting banned over. Is Genesis History? has become a battleground out of all proportion to the significance of the film. I unwatched the page months ago, and if you do the same I think you'll find editing a much more enjoyable experience again. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 06:56, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I may do that, but it really pains me to see edits like this (1,2; which several editors, with the same views as you, have agreed with me on at the ANI) actually be defended by experienced editors despite their POV and COATRACK problems. Honestly, I doubt that if I didn't act, this would still remain unchallenged. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:24, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * To be fair, if it weren't for you, that article might well be deleted. I agree to a certain extent that the state at one point very recently was very pushy on the "creationism is bunk" front, and I think that's a reaction to the fact that the article should have been deleted but wasn't. But I agree with Joe. This article isn't worth ruining your wikicareer over. Hell, this topic isn't worth it. You're a good editor in general, you just have a weak point. If you accept (or even self-impose) the topic ban that's being discussed at ANI, I think you'll find that your tenure here will become markedly less stressful. That's exactly what I did with American Politics: I took all the overtly political pages off my watchlist, refused to get drawn back into the topic, and I honestly feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, no matter how hard it was to do in the moment. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  23:35, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

ANI
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Guy (Help!) 08:23, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Apology
Just wanted to apologize here, too, for my poor judgment in hastily bringing CP edits into a WP discussion without fully understanding what I was linking. The blunder could've happened with a diff here, too, I suppose, but it being an off-wiki reference just makes it more embarrassing. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 02:09, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Apology accepted -- we all make mistakes. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 02:25, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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Tea
By the way, 1990'sguy. You likely already know about the popular and welcoming Teahouse, but I would also like to mention that you're always welcome to my talk page as well. I don't hate you. User talk pages are also not like article talk pages: they are allowed more freedom of expression (although noone "owns" them, including their user). Even if we end up not agreeing, there's no harm in asking questions, including on article content. I however don't officially "adopt" editors, but if you would like, there are other experienced editors who do, and may be helpful. As I wrote previously, I think that much of your editing is valuable, it's on particular articles that tension was apparent. It seems that the recent ANI thread wasn't fruitful, which is also a message for everyone, including myself. By being careful this could soon be something of the past... One thing to always remember is that Wikipedia is also only an awesome website and that editor sanctions only affect their access to that site, having nothing to do with the real person, their life, their value as a human being, etc.  — Paleo  Neonate  – 11:25, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Noted. Thanks. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 12:32, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018
Hello, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.


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 * As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.


 * There are a number of coordination tasks for New Page Patrol that could use some help from experienced reviewers. See New pages patrol/Coordination for more info to see if you can help out.


 * Other
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 * Moving to Draft and Page Mover
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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018
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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:



All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
 * wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
 * wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and.

DS Alert
Since you were last notified over a year ago. –dlthewave ☎ 11:26, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I was just legitimately confused. I'll make sure to do more research in the future. BrownstoneKnockn (talk) 22:16, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Don't be ridiculous. This could easily get you blocked, and you will if you vandalize Wikipedia again. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 22:52, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018
Hello ,
 * Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
 * Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.


 * If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.


 * We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.


 * With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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Please self-revert
Please do consider self-reverting this. Since you are under heightened scrutiny, I don't think it a good idea to be engaging in this kind of knee-jerk reverting. jps (talk) 21:10, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Please don't. - Nick Thorne talk 21:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you say who are you responding to here? jps (talk) 21:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * This is User:1990'sguy's talk page. You asked him to do something, I asked him not to. - Nick Thorne talk  21:32, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Why don't you want him to do it? jps (talk) 21:53, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Because the term Genesis flood narrative is a straightforward descriptive phrase and the title of the linked article, not a neologism. The phrase neither promotes a biblical POV nor a rationalist one. It is entirely neutral. - Nick Thorne talk 21:41, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018
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This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
 * Reviewer of the Year
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See also the list of top100 reviewers.

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 * Less good news, and an appeal for some help

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.
 * Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

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 * 🇺🇸 L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
 * Pirate_Flag_of_Henry_Every.svg, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
 * 🇩🇰 MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
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 * Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

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NPR Newsletter No.17


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Answers in Genesis
Hello again. I'm sorry I have to nag you in this way, but I've made my final proposal about adding a basis for AiG's rejection of science on Answers in Genesis's talk page, and if this doesn't go through, I will give up. I have taken every issue that has been addressed with my previous proposals into account, and now the only counterargument that they can provide is "if it ain't broke then don't fix it". Please help me out here, as I really don't want to leave the article with a ridiculously obvious POV. O l J a 19:41, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know -- I support your proposal and think you're doing the right thing. I also commented in support. Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to achieve common-sense improvements to articles like AiG, so I do appreciate your efforts. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 21:13, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thanks a lot for your support. I agree it's hard to push against authority, even if their reasoning is weak and sometimes even nonsensical, but I'll do anything within my power to fix the article. O l J a 21:26, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Notice of Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion
This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution. Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! O l J a 02:40, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

This is getting ridiculous
Now they are saying that AiG themselves say that human reason goes against God's Word, and that whoever applies human reason will spend an eternity in hell. Despite the fact that the very source that they use to SUPPORT this statement CONTRADICTS it. Honestly, I don't know where to go from here. If they can't accept THIS, I am not sure if there is any point arguing about anything; I am honestly having doubts whether they would accept that 1+1=2 if it in any way weakened their POV. I think what we should both do is just leave them to their own delusions and help Wikipedia otherwise, as they are clearly not going to change. Sorry to spill my frustration out on you, but I think this might be it for me. O l J a 04:02, 31 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello Oldstone James, yes, I have experienced the exact same thing over the years on the AiG and related pages. Some of it, IMO, has been just as ridiculous, if not more so, that what you're experiencing now. A few months ago, a couple of editors even tried to have me topic-banned from all YEC-related articles on ANI because of a content dispute. Considering the massive opposition, focusing on other areas might be a good idea (it would definitely reduce stress and frustration), but still, I think it's great that you're, at least, challenging them. I wish I could comment more, but I rather busy with some "real world" issues right now. I will try to comment on the dispute resolution and talk page in the next 24 hours, though. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 04:23, 31 March 2019 (UTC)


 * I think the fact that you were nominated for a topic ban says it all, really. Like you weren't even edit-warring, right? Their negligence of Wikipedia policies is scary, they are just doing whatever they want. I remember there was a user called Jytdog some years ago who used to tell everyone that they were heading for a topic ban because they disagreed with him/her, but he/she got blocked indefinitely, so if it was Jytdog who proposed the topic ban, I'm not really surprised that he/she reached you as well. Yes, focusing elsewhere would certainly help with frustration, as my frustration levels are currently through the roof! Anyway, thanks for your help, but, as I said, I think that if they are defending a claim that is contradicted by the very source that they back this claim up with, that's not a good sign of things to come. That means that I will probably give up my editing if that ridiculous claim is accepted, which is looking increasingly likely, so don't bother wasting your time on helping me - real life is more important :) Good luck with your real life work! O l J a 12:38, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

2019 Finnish Election Map
Hello 1990&#39;sguy, my name is Space Monitor. I have found an election map for the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, but I am not aware of how to upload pictures. I wanted to ask if, you could upload the picture. The website is. Thank you very much! - Space Monitor (talk) 20:59, 15 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello and thank you for your message. Unfortunately, I do not know how to do this either, mainly because of licensing (it's a big deal on Wikipedia) and also because I don't know how to create a map from scratch. I am pinging User:Number 57 and User:Corkythehornetfan to see if they might possibly be able to help with uploading this map or maybe creating a similar map from scratch. --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 23:16, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I’d defer to as they create a lot of maps.  Corky  23:37, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to create an election map for the recent Finnish election? --1990&#39;sguy (talk) 23:30, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I might be able to. I'll look tomorrow. MB298 (talk) 04:31, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

April 2019
Apparently you have elected yourself King of the content on the Trinity International University page. The characterization of "unconstructive" edits is simply your opinion. Ray Van Neste is a distinguished member of the theological academic community. Your insistence that he be excluded as a notable alumnus appears to stem from the fact that he does not have his own Wikipedia entry. Frankly, that's a childish and unprofessional approach to the situation. I will say to you that your edits indeed appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. If you wish to find some consensus on this matter, I am happy to discuss it. But threatening me with loss of editing privileges is not helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Relhak78 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Kariņš cabinet moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Kariņš cabinet, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. <b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:23, 1 May 2019 (UTC)