User talk:Brandon

Wow - I was going to leave a similar message to Brotherbog below - I hope this is the correct way to do so :) In addition, all the "MrEarlGray's" edits have a racial/religious dimension/bias. cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josibald (talk • contribs) 00:19, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi Brandon
Great Panda pic!

I was wondering if you could just keep an eye on shahid malik which you're semi-protecting. Some subtle but negative edits attempted. I've left a reasonable message on the relevant talk page but I'm a novice....

thank you.

Brotherblog (talk) 05:07, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Wow - I was going to leave a similar message to Brotherbog below - I hope this is the correct way to do so :) In addition, all the "MrEarlGray's" edits have a racial/religious dimension/bias. cheers.

I think ive placed the message incorrectly but it relates to the page 'Shahid malik'. cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josibald (talk • contribs) 00:22, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello Wiki Administrator, I was wondering if you're still on! Nick2crosby (talk) 03:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes! Brandon (talk) 05:52, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, are you available to chat today on Thursday? If so, please specify a time and if not can you let me when you will be on?! I need your help with something!!

<+Jeske_C___> gave me your info.

Thank you, Sebubuntu Sebubuntu (talk) 13:28, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi! What can I help you with? Brandon (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, I am wondering if you could help me with getting the following page back on? I actually do not know why it was taken down. I work directly under Nassim Haramein, and have a neutral, clear, informative wiki-friendly write up that I could send you for your review. Your help is much appreciative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nassim_Haramein_%282nd_nomination%29 Sebubuntu (talk) 18:08, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, what should I do with Technophant? Thank you, Seb.Sebubuntu (talk) 19:25, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, can you let me know if I should continue waiting for Technophant or if I should contact anyone else? The page was deleted in 2008 and a lot has changed since then! There is a movie coming out https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-connected-universe-film#/story and we are excited to also put this in Wiki. If possible, please let me know what my next steps are, I kindly thank you for all your help.22:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC)~Seb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebubuntu (talk • contribs)

Standard Offer unblock request for Technophant
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Hello, Technophant! Is there anything I should do to enable the process or has a request for the page to be unblocked been sent? (sorry, totally new to this...) Thank you so much! Sebhia19:20, 1 September 2015 (UTC)~ 19:19, 1 September 2015 (UTC)~

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Anonymous (group)
I see you implemented a indefinite page protection in 2009 for Anonymous (group)- please remove it. Thank you ! --ChristopheT (talk) 13:44, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Brandon. See here. ÷seresin 21:28, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, seresin! Brandon (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for NSO Group
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Pegasus (spyware)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:06, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

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Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
Hi Brandon. You were the admin who Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis back in March 2009. The article was created a few years later in April 2013, so I'm wondering if the re-creation is a significant improvement over the version you deleted or if the article should be tagged per WP:G4. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:05, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The article as it exists today is substantially different from the article I deleted in 2009. Brandon (talk) 01:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Brandon for checking on this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:47, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Unprotect request
Hi, Brandon,

Could you remove indefinite semi-protection from /b/? You protected it in 2008, but vandalism has not been a significant problem since. Perhaps pending changes is all that is required, if even that. Best, Mark Schierbecker (talk) 02:09, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. If this works, its truly the end of an era. Brandon (talk) 02:23, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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Database reports/Uncategorized categories/Configuration
This database report script consistently returns a few non-existent categories, as well as Category:Contents, which is uncategorized by design. Any chance of one of you modifying the script to prevent this? Not a big problem, just wondering. — swpb T 15:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi swpb. It's certainly possibly to do additional filtering on the database report output to account for the "zombie" database rows and to remove "Category:Contents". The relevant code is here, I believe: . I doubt Brandon or I will be quick to fix this. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:48, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Ultra-Conservative listed at Redirects for discussion
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CONFUSION IN AN ARTICLE
Hello i need authorization to modify an article in wikipedia about naturism because this topic is confusing and need to be modified, what shall i do? Sincerly, Naturista2018 (talk) 15:45, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Bot Approvals Group inactivity notice
Hi Brandon,

Please see Wikipedia_talk:Bot_Approvals_Group regarding our new activity requirements based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=874067212#Should_BAG_members_have_an_activity_requirement? recent RFC]. This will impact your BAG membership, unless you meet the activity requirements in the next 7 days. SQL Query me! 00:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * In the spirit of the principle of least privilege, please remove me whenever convenient. Brandon (talk) 10:24, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Can do, thank you for your years of service! If you ever want to come back, please let me know, I'd be happy to help in any way I can. SQL Query me!  04:24, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

... and again today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

A year ago, you were recipient no. 2144 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

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Please unprotect JoAnne Kloppenburg
2405:201:2801:B6F4:A80D:B086:CA92:7356 (talk) 13:41, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

"me.com" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Half-Life (series) mass media


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 * Deleted. Thanks for cleaning that up. Brandon (talk) 19:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Pp-move-indef
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AFD heads-up
You forgot to sign your closure of Articles for deletion/Héctor Martín Cantero. —  Fourthords  &#124; =Λ= &#124; 12:28, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! I’m apparently useless without user scripts. :D Brandon (talk) 02:23, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

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Ways to improve T-mobilitat
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T-mobilitat moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, T-mobilitat, is not suitable 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. Boleyn (talk) 16:59, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I've moved it back, please don't move articles I've created without discussion. The topic of the article is inherently notable: it is the official method of payment of Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, a public transit authority in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Both the Spanish and Catalan language wikis have extensive coverage of the topic with many, many reliable sources. Brandon (talk) 01:53, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Instead of responding to this comment, you moved the article yet again using a script. If you truly believe the article isn't notable, take it to WP:AFD instead of edit warring. Brandon (talk) 17:43, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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T-mobilitat moved to draftspace
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Old IP indef
Hi Brandon. I was looking through old indefs of IP addresses. Does Special:Contributions/118.157.100.0/24 still need to be blocked? Cf. Sockpuppet investigations/Hoylong22/Archive. -- Tamzin  &#91;cetacean needed&#93; (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 20:48, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Unblocked! This looks to be a generic KDDI block these days. Brandon (talk) 06:10, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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PQC HSM
Brandon - any thoughts on the "reliability" of the following research paper re: Quantum-safe HSMs, in this case in the automotive space:

https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/026.pdf

You recently reverted a reference to Quantum-safe HSMs because you deemed an ABI citation as an unreliable source.
 * According to https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/026, this article is still considered a preprint. WP:PREPRINT likely applies and the article would not yet be considered a reliable source. Either way, the article appears to cover "designing a post-quantum secure HSM for automotive use cases", not discussing industry trends as the section I removed does. Brandon (talk) 22:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)


 * 10-4. Thanks for the quick response. 174.95.192.16 (talk) 01:04, 28 June 2024 (UTC)