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 * Thank you. That's far from the worst I've had today, don't worry about it. Canterbury Tail talk 20:21, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Wait, you mentioned something about a salary? Canterbury Tail talk 20:21, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yup, I heard it will be doubled. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:39, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Translations
Thanks for the tips re adding Irish translations this evening. In relation to sources evidencing use of the relevant translation, you advised the following on Bar of Northern Ireland:


 * "It can't be someone else just referring to them, it need to support that the "Bar of Northern Ireland" has an official Irish translation that is used. If the Bar of Northern Ireland never uses it, then it's just something someone else translated."

This doesn't appear to be supported by WP:IMOS, which says:


 * "An Irish version of a subject's English-language name may be given in the first sentence of the lead of an article on that subject if it is a well-known, commonly used name for that subject. It may also be used in the appropriate field of an infobox. If there is no commonly used Irish version, it is not appropriate or encyclopaedic to "invent" such names, as this constitutes original research. The mere fact that an Irish name appears in certain sources, such as dictionaries or databases, is not sufficient evidence that it is commonly used."

WP:IMOS appears to indicate that a statement by a Government Minister using the relevant translation of the name of a Professional Regulatory Organisation in an official government statement would be sufficient evidence of usage, and the source used in the reference doesn't have to be the organisation itself? Gatepainter (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * However in your case it's a single mention, in a government of another country. And additionally the fact that it cannot be located outside one or two mentions also shows that it is not commonly used. Additionally it needs to be well known and commonly used, which for the Bar of Northern Ireland it clearly isn't. So a single brief mention, in a single publishing incident, by a government of a country the organization is not in is clearly not commonly used or well-known. It's apparent there isn't a commonly used Irish version of the name. Canterbury Tail talk 21:32, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Is the issue that I only gave one reference? I can add the Supreme Court website (http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/pagecurrent/9A4957731840B6BC802574180042D6B0?opendocument&l=ga), the book 'An Ghaeilge sa Dlí' and other mentions. I presume the "commonly used" criterion refers to usage in the Irish language, rather than in English. Sources such as dictionaries or databases are identified as being insufficient, but I'm not proposing to use such sources.
 * Thanks for your assistance on this. Getting clarity will be helpful for editing other pages in future.
 * Gatepainter (talk) 23:39, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No it's more there's no indication that the organisation in question uses it, acknowledges it etc and that it's not commonly referred to by it. It's a bit like taking someone's English name and translating it into Irish and saying it's their Irish name but the person doesn't have an Irish name. There's a difference between someone's name translated to Irish and their actual Irish name if you understand. If the organisation or individual themselves doesn't acknowledge or use the name then it's just a translation and it means they don't have an Irish name. If you understand what I'm saying. If we were writing this encyclopaedia in another language, obviously things would be translated, but this is the English language Wikipedia and to use a name in another language we need to show it's actually connected to them. Otherwise it's just what some others may call them which isn't the same thing. French Wikipedia would have a French version of the name, but it doesn't make it their name.
 * For instance it was a long period before we could add an Irish name to the Northern Ireland assembly because they weren't using it and never indicated in any way they had an Irish version of their name, no matter that Irish language sourced unconnected used it. However eventually they did issue publications with it which means they acknowledged that was their name in Irish and we could start referencing and including it.
 * Ultimately just because some person or organisation exists on the island of Ireland doesn't mean they have an Irish name. You can't just call someone or something something else unless there is evidence they do it or a significant number of others do and it's how it's commonly referenced. For example Paul Gascoigne was commonly called Gazza, that's common and easily sourced. Someone may have called him Pauly, but we can't support that it's significant or common.
 * Note you can also take this conversation to the talk page of WP:IMOS, would get more opinions on it. Canterbury Tail talk 23:51, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Just so I can understand the nuance between the "organisation in question uses it, acknowledges it" point in your first paragraph versus the "significant number of others" point in your last paragraph, is it that a translation should only be included in an article if either the subject of the article itself uses/acknowledges it, or a significant number of others use it?
 * Gatepainter (talk) 00:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I would say so yes. For instance someone, or something, could have a nickname that everyone calls it by and as a result that would come under a common name. Even if they don't like the nickname, if it's well sourced and can be proven to be a very common name then it would be okay, as long as it's not just a simple translation to another language and only used in that context.
 * Honestly though, I would take this talk to the talk page of WP:IMOS, there are a lot of good people there from all sides of the Ireland equation and you'll get some good advice and feedback on this topic. At the end of the day, I'm just one person's opinion and interpretation. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:39, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Gatepainter (talk) 13:03, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for that clean-up at Gardiner Expressway
I'm going to blame the cat for that random italic text! Nfitz (talk) 17:23, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah no worries, it was clearly an accident and not malicious or anything like that. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:36, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Republic of Ireland
Just a heads up: re this, "Republic of Ireland" is not in the Irish Constitution, although it is prescribed by Irish statute law, i.e. the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. Scolaire (talk) 14:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Doh thank you, trying to multi-task and doing everything badly. Many thanks for the heads up. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:27, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. Scolaire (talk) 15:45, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Notability of buses
Please see my points on the discussion on my talk page regarding the general notability of buses in Baltimore. For anything related to the LocalLink 80 route in particular, the talk page for that article would be a better place for it. I will prioritize it since it has been highlighted first but bear in mind that there are quite a lot of topics to update, some related to this one, which will take some time. If you are wondering what makes the 80 distinct in short is that it is one of the most frequently running and highest ridership routes in the network despite not being functionally classified with the rest of the high frequency network, and the path the route takes itself is unique because of its deviation from the "spoke and hub" model of the network as well as going through a particularly unusual portion of the street grid and serving a number of neighborhoods that are not served by another route. (These neighborhoods, like many in Baltimore, are where the majority of the population does not drive. I would argue that this route has more relevance than most highway routes in Maryland, many of which are not even signed or referred to as highway routes. The bus argument might make more sense in cities that are more car-dependent.)

If there are any particular types of sources or information you would like to see in bus articles to improve them, let me know. I have a collection of print material on Baltimore bus transit, so I may be able to point you to something if you have a question that can't be answered with a Google search. (I scan them but PDF scans aren't ideal for search indexing even with OCR). --Middle river exports (talk) 02:24, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

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Neon-Noir reference
"What unites the two movies across the decades is their common aesthetic, described as Neon Noir." (my emphasis) --  Pete Best Beatles (talk) 13:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, but they link Neon Noir as a reference of what neon noir films are, and that doesn't support it. The main article you used as a reference isn't a notable writer or expert in this field (in fact we don't even know who wrote it) and doesn't seem to be a reliable source, it's one writer's opinion. Though I will note we've never had a discussion before on the reliability of that site. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:03, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Here are three more references (to my new wording). The article should ultimately have just one, but I'm hedging my bets. Plus I thought it would be easier for you to access them if there were links. --  Pete Best Beatles (talk) 05:07, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Issues with MagicAllium
Hello,

Although a long time ago now, you did once offer to help me with matters of understanding site policiy and I believe I could use that now. User MagicAllium has yesterday made an amount of disruptive edits such as removing content because it is 'lame' or removing entire sections because they disagree with the grammar. I posted warnings on their talk page but they just removed them all and didn't acknowledge it and attempting to talk to them on my talk page led to them not responding to any points being made. My understanding is that after this I am to turn to ANI which I have done but it had been 12 hours and no one has engaged with my posting there.

Do you have any advice as I can't see what else to do from here? Dubarr18 (talk) 06:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay so looking at the Navan page they're actually right. I would have removed that content as well if I'd noticed it, it's pure trivia and not encyclopaedic. Their comments could have been better, but the edit is actually fine. My advice would be to immediately take things to talk pages and not get involved in a reversion cycle. That being said they also should not be involved in an edit war either. So I've left a note on their page about that. However I will say that their edits all seem valid. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Apologies but in regards to their edits on the String of Pearls I can't see how those edits are valid, especially when the only reason being given is grammar issues and elsehwere they fixed and improved an identical section on other pages. In regards to talk pages I can attempt it in future but any attempt to add anything to their talk page has just had them ignore and remove it making it difficult to have any proper conversation. Dubarr18 (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The content they removed from The String of Pearls wasn't really about that book, but Penny Deadful's in general, and as a result shouldn't be in that book's article. There may have been a small piece that should have been saved, if it could have been referenced, but the bulk of it wasn't about the article subject. Oh and any editor is entitled to remove anything from their talk page, they do not have to engage. That's why the article talk page is often more useful. If there is a discussion on the talk page and an editor choose not to engage in it, then they don't get a say in establishing the consensus. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:46, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day!
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I was told to come to an administrator because I mistakenly removed edits on my user talk pages. They said only am admin can revert it. Please revert mine to show my user boxes thanks so much,and please ping reply,cheers.Uricdivine (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Irish Names
Dear friend, I noticed your comment on the Rory Gallagher (Gaelic footballer) page about the Irish version of names in the source code (and Gallagher is "Ó Gallchóir", a *very common surname in Ulster Irish). I don't know if this issue may not be a minefield, for 95% of names in Ireland have the original Irish version they came from. The pages for Liam Watson (hurler) and DJ Carey have the 'correct' Irish version ‐ certainly Watson's. During Irish-language commentary, I've heard these names, although those people may only occasionally refer to themselves in Irish, if at all. Hence, what advice would you give on how best to proceed, and apologies if you know all this already! Regards, Billsmith60 (talk) 14:10, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Consensus on WP:IMOS is that just because a name has an Irish origin, and can be translated into Irish, doesn't mean it's their name. For it to be counted as their name in Irish they need to A) use it, B) be relatively commonly used and C) it needs to be sourced. Most "Irish" names are just people's names translated into Irish which isn't the same as them actually having an Irish name. Translating it into Irish is pure WP:OR and is not their name and is not acceptable. Just because an Irish language source translates their name into Irish, isn't any different to any other name, country, etc being translated, it still doesn't make it their name. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:15, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

My recent edits
I recently reverted some edits (see here for example) because the consensus seems to be that the tables are borderline if not outright inappropriate on smaller articles like that, unless the "width-auto" is used and it's collapsed, in which case there seems to be no issue amongst editors for its inclusion. However the editor I reverted keeps readding the tables without addressing these issues and without attempting to make any discussion once it's known there's an issue with the content. I tried to fix them myself but was unable to do so. I did notice that you seem to be able to make the edits in a way that works, so I wanted to point out my edits because if you are able to make the changes, please feel free to revert me so that the problems with the tables are fixed. I'm certainly not asking you to do work for me or create work for you, it's just that I wasn't able to make it work, I honestly don't know what I was doing wrong when I attempted to fix it myself. Thanks. - Aoidh (talk) 18:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh no worries. It's easy enough to get the template ensmallened (I know that's not a word) and collapsed. Simply add the following lines to the top of the temple in an edit inside the brackets (I add them after the location line).
 * width = auto
 * collapsed = true
 * And that should work. See this edit for how I fixed it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:38, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, let me play around with that in a sandbox and give that a try. If I can actually get it to work I'll happily undo my edits with those additions. - Aoidh (talk) 18:50, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I've also dropped a note on that editors page that they're not making friends, and to add the above as well when they add the template to avoid all these issues. I've asked them before and they didn't take it to heart. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:52, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Well look at that, it worked. I don't know if I was just having a brain fart or misspelling something or what, but I couldn't get the tables to cooperate like that until you spelled it out for me. Thanks, I'm undoing all of my edits now and including those parameters. - Aoidh (talk) 18:57, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh no problem, happy to help. The |width = auto really needs to be incorporated into the template by default. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 19:00, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Pronouns
In roughly 50 years time. All pronouns will no longer be used, as every group in society will find something offensive about them. GoodDay (talk) 21:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)


 * There will always be cultures people who will use them. We still have English dialects that use "thee", "thou", and "thine", after all! BilCat (talk) 23:01, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And for me you is singular, the plural form of you is youse. :) <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 02:14, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Down my way it's "y'all"! BilCat (talk) 02:59, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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Morals and ethics
You reverted my change on the Orphan Black page. Having taught courses on applied ethics (one called "Moral Problems of Contemporary Society") for many years at university, I know something about the subject. The terms "morals" (from Latin) and "ethics" (from Greek) are commonly used interchangeably, even by scholars. Where a distinction is being made (e.g., using "ethics" to refer specifically to the study of right and wrong conduct), the distinction should be made clear to the reader. The present links to the Wikipedia entries don't do much to clarify what distinction may be intended in this case. I made the change I did because I find that the present wording is likely to muddy the water for the average reader. Scales (talk) 02:17, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I’ve always understood them, and been taught them, to be rather different. With morals being an individual thing and internal mechanism and ethics being a more externalised and potentially societally governed thing. At least that’s how it’s taught in the European education systems that I’ve been involved in.
 * All that being said however I’ve checked the reference for this line and the show being about moral and ethical implications isn’t at all supported by the reference which at the end of the day is actually the important thing. So none of it is supported by the sources so likely should go unless a better source can be found. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 03:53, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. Your understanding is not wrong; it is one way of drawing a distinction between "morals" and "ethics". But have a look at this piece, which seems to reverse your definition of the terms. https://theconversation.com/you-say-morals-i-say-ethics-whats-the-difference-30913 The way these terms are used is not consistent, and all in all, it's probably not worth arguing about. Do what you think is best on the Orphan Black page. Scales (talk) 01:01, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I actually think it's best to remove anything that isn't sourced. And that section of the line about morals and ethics isn't supported by the source and should likely be completely removed. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Northern Ireland protocol
Here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Protocol LeicesterToNottingham123 (talk) 20:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm very aware of it, and no Northern Ireland isn't part of the EU. It actually seems that you are the one who doesn't understand Northern Ireland, Ireland or anything to do with it. Your editing is starting to become disruptive and please be aware that competence is required to edit Wikipedia. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:34, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry.LeicesterToNottingham123 (talk) 20:37, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, I'm the creator of an article you were involved in the discussion of, Loch Naver. As you can see here we never came to a conclusion. Since I want to revamp Loch Naver after my block I want your perspective regarding whether the settlements we discussed should be included in any shape or form in the final article? And if not why? N1TH Music (talk) 16:32, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Swastika
I checked RootOfAllLights talk and saw warnings for vandalising the swastika page in multiple other sections going back at least a year. The adding of the symbol may be a recurring issue. At the very least, the vandalising of the page is. I don't have time to check the specific edits they were previously warned for rn Stephanie921 (talk) 01:05, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

User_talk:RootOfAllLight goes back almost 2 years, and even at that point the behaviour was described as having been done for "quite a long time". Stephanie921 (talk) 01:09, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes I’ve seen that. I have a feeling I’ll be creating an ANI thread shortly as I’m fairly sure they’re not here for encyclopaedic purposes. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:55, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Okay, thank you Stephanie921 (talk) 03:10, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hazaras
Hello, Canterbury Tail! Can you pay attention to this discussion please. I was forced to start this discussion due to the removal of sources from the Hazaras article. I would be very grateful if you could take your time. KoizumiBS (talk) 17:05, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

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Request an account
Hello. I would like to make a request for an account. I have already done three times there, to no avail (did not even get a response on my e-mail once). If you could help me with this, I would be more than thankful. Thank you in advance for your time. 2A02:1388:208E:4ED0:3D12:FBF9:E54D:10AD (talk) 14:17, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Kyleung05
Just after the block expired our friend is back. He has been adding improper categories to transit pages and actors' biographies: in the case of the former, he adds the "List of rolling stock" category to pages that are not lists; for the latter, he adds filmography categories to pages that are not filmographies. I reverted and warned him but if prior habits persist I'm sure he'll continue to do it. Happy to post to WP:ANI when that happens if you'd prefer I handle it there but thought you'd might like to know since it seems you've been following this user. Wallnot (talk) 23:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * While they have been disruptive in the past yes, I'm not sure I'm seeing why edits such as this one are bad and need reverting. Seems reasonable as it's a reasonable category. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 23:43, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I suppose I misread that one; didn't realize the Toronto subway rolling stock article is indeed a list. The point stands re the filmographies, though, as well as adding Category:Lists of rolling stock in other instances. Wallnot (talk) 00:39, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * More importantly on the Toronto rolling stock one, the date change they made was actually correcting an article error according to the sources (specifically the second one.) I know I've been critical and have blocked this user before, but I think this one is jumping on them. As for the categories, we should try and explain why their edits are wrong here. I'm more than willing to indef this user for disruptive editing, but I don't think it's quite there yet. If you wish to take it to ANI or the like instead I won't object, but I also will not block at this time. That means just at this time, but if they continue disruption I'm willing to do so. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:08, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
 * That makes sense, thank you. Wallnot (talk) 01:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Flybe page
Many thanks for your revision on the Flybe page. I will look for a source on the two aircraft in question ASAP. I am still very new to Wikipedia so am just getting to grips with many of the courtesies and guidelines which are in place! Regards. C F Spring (talk) 18:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Revert
If you looked, you can see I only removed the underscores, and in no way changed the spelling or meaning of your post. I only do this when it creates a lengthy link that forces the page to compress to left, making reading and navigation difficult. I have done this numerous times, going back years, and you are the very first editor to make an issue of it, ever. It would actually be considerate of you to remove the underscores yourself, going forward, but as for this edit, as you really didn't have a reason to revert, and the purpose of my edit was for accessibilty, which you have now been made aware of, I will kindly ask that you now self-revert. Thanks - w o lf  21:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * No, there's nothing wrong with the link. The underscores made no difference for the operation of the link and the compression when the underscores are removed is incredibly minor and in no way affects the operation of anything. There is no reason to remove the underscores of a copy pasted link and I see no reason to self-revert it. I see nothing in the WP:TPO that allows for the editing of a link to remove underscores. And I did explain my edit and did give a reason for the reversion and why I reverted it, it achieved nothing. I don't understand your comment on how the page compressed to the left causing reading and navigation difficulties, as I've looked at both versions and the only differences are there's a minor compression of space, and the link will split across lines if you make the screen ridiculously small, neither of which are improvements to accessibility. And can you point me to the guideline surrounding the removal of underscores to help with accessibility. Thank you. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:06, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Erm, I never said there was anything "wrong with the link", it works the same with or without the underscores. That said, I don't know how it appears to you, but for me, as I said, it compresses the page to the left. You say that nothing in TPO permits underscores to be removed, but nothing prevents it either. But beyond that, what about AGF? Or just good will in general? While you may not have known the reason before your revert, you know it now, so why make an issue out of it? How does retaining these underscores make your comment, or the page in general, any way better? Why are you contesting this? - w o lf  22:20, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Actually TPO does prevent it by not listing it as an exception to when you can modify someone else's comment. The fact it doesn't mention it means it's not permitted. I don't see why you're contesting it or insisting on removing them in the first place, I see no accessibility issues that it's causing, I see no compression. I see two almost identical pages, one with no underscores and the resulting minor kerning alteration only. I see nothing that's it's improving by modifying the link to remove them. It's not broken, so doesn't require a fix in the first place. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

There is a part where TPO states: "" and it continues with a section that leads off with: "", one of which is: "", and it goes on to list several examples, ending with "". This of course meaning that the list is not exhautive, there are other possible exceptions, (such as simply removing underscores when they cause issues with reading and/or navigation, and that have absolutely no effect on meaning). I would think that idea is this section just can't list every possible exception. I would also think that for some unlisted items, like the situation we have here, the hope is that two editors can be reasonable and collaborative, that they would review, discuss and come to an agreement. I'm not sure why that isn't happening here. You again refer to how the page looks to you, but what about how it looks to other people? Perhaps editing on a different device? Or that have other issues and factors at play, that simply lead to a different result? I made the edit and you reverted it. Ok, some people are like that, but I then explained it, and now, look at all the effort we've expended here... this is pointless. Surely you agree we could be putting all this time and effort to better use, no? We've both been on WP a long time, I don't recall ever having a dispute with you, so I don't think this is personal. So really, I'm kinda at a loss as to why you want to pursue a conflict here, instead of just letting it go and moving on. - w o lf  08:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree, lets move on. I see no reason for you to alter the formatting of my edit. You were bold, you were reverted, the discussion isn't going to go anywhere so lets move on. Like you I'm not interested in pursuing this any further, if you refrain from altering my talk page messages there is no further need for discussion. So yes, let it go. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:28, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you keep referring to "your" message(s), but you don't hold sole rights in perpetuity to anything you post on WP. Your only answers here are based solely on "I don't like it" and "I didn't hear that", considering your continued refusal to address any of the issues I've put forward, or really, to be in any way cooperative. The is another section in TPO under the part about editing other's posts; it's further down, under "" ... "" (I don't know if that's the difference between what we're seeing, but you're not being forthcoming with any useful information.)


 * If you won't self-revert, then I'll again change the formatting on that page to make it more stable. It makes no change to the meaning of your message, you've already admitted you see little difference, if any, between the two versions, and as you've stated that you are ready move on, there's really no reason left for you to belabour this issue.


 * That said, I'll just add that this was an unfortunate turn of events. As I said, we've both been on WP for a long time, we often edit the same subjects, and I've don't recall ever having a disagreement with you. I've always respected your contributions to the project. I hope none of this changes, going forward. Have a nice day. - w o lf  20:36, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You're the one who won't drop this. You reverted again, and I've reverted you again. You are the one who said you want to move on with editing something else, so unless you can provide a policy reason to refactor someone else's talkpage comment, with a reason and evidence that it's necessary, do not alter other's talk page comments that are not broken. It strikes me as more that you're the one who doesn't like it. And yes I have looked at it on a mobile device, a desktop device, on multiple browsers, and there is nothing that I can see that it is causing any kind of a problem. As you say I've been on Wikipedia for a long long time, and I've never heard of an instance where an _ in a URL causes an accessibility issue. Considering the hundreds of thousands of such links lining talk pages throughout the project, both personal talk pages and article discussion pages, I'd think if a standard internet URL display caused an issue in a browser it would be mentioned somewhere. The only time I've ever come across a reason that we remove them is if they're in direct links inside actual articles in prose such as "and the plane landed at Heathrow_Airport." Additionally you should not be engaging in a edit war over a topic that is under discussion (especially 2 minutes after asking me to self-revert again), and edit warring applies to all pages on Wikipedia, not just articles. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 21:47, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Any talk page watchers, I know you're there, want to chime in? On either side of the point for an outside third opinion? <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:35, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * "...so unless you can provide a policy reason to refactor someone else's talkpage comment, with a reason and evidence that it's necessary, do not alter other's talk page comments that are not broken." - that right there tells me you are not reading my replies above, or choosing to ignore whatever in them that doesn't suit you. I provided several quotes, highlighted in color, from TPO that support the change I made. I did not "refactor" your comment, I simply removed the underscores, and I explained why, repeatedly: that they were causing an issue with the page. So you have chosen to revert, yet again, and oddly chose to cite TPO, (I've provided quotes from TPO, you haven't), and EW, (you're a revert ahead of me, and you provided no reason for your reverts. Actually read WP:EW, as well as H:RV, WP:RV, WP:ROWN & WP:OWN.) I made an edit to fix a problem. Just becuase you don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's a reasonable edit to make, supported by the guidelines. You, otoh, have not provided a single, worthwhile reason to revert, making your edits purely disruptive.


 * If others want to comment from the bleachers, (eg: GART-22: "TWC is very much in the wrong!!"), I strongly suggest that you consider exactly what is being edited and why, along with the guidelines, etc. cited, in the responses I've given, and the effort at cooperation I've made. Compare that to attitude I've received, along with the lack of reasoning for reverting, no policy support, and/or no cooperation in return. You guys are acting like I'm completely re-writing his comment, without any justification, and having this discussion just to stir up shit for the hell of it. I just tried to fix a problem with a minor, justifiable edit. All the nonsense that followed was completely unnecessary. 04:25, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * So yes I have read your comments, all of them. And as I say I've tested the page on multiple browsers, devices etc, and also looked at dozens of other talk pages with the same URL formatting, some going back a decade or more on active talk pages, that no one has seen a need to correct. The unfortunate thing is you haven't demonstrated there is a problem you're trying to fix. Look at it from my perspective and you'll see why I'm not seeing it as a reasonable edit to make. Underscores in URLs, specifically in visual hyperlink text, causing accessibility problems has seemingly never once been documented on Wikipedia as an issue that I can find, and I've searched (it's possible I've missed something and am willing to be shown that.) And yes I've asked what is the problem this is meant to resolve, and the only explanation you've made is it compresses the page to the left which from a technical perspective I cannot even visualise that such a bug in either Mediawiki (or browsers in general or some browsers) exists. I know you think you're being clear, but you've actually provided no information on what the problem seems to be beyond an ambiguous "it compresses the page to the left making reading and navigation difficult." The fact it's never been a reported problem historically in the many tens of thousands of uses also leaves me scratching my head as to what the issue is. As a result, from my perspective, it comes across more of a nitpicking personal preference edit and not one to fix an actual problem. And to be honest the fact that you've "done this numerous times, going back years, and you are the very first editor to make an issue of it, ever" is also head scratching for what you're making out to be a significant problem that no one has ever talked about. If there is a genuine problem with my talk comment formatting then I'm happy for it to be corrected, but I see no demonstration, and no discussion, of there being such a problem. Additionally if there is a major accessibility issue here, this is the wrong solution to the problem, it's something we should resolve as a project, not an individual making some tweaks to people's comments one at a time if they see them. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:52, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for that response. As to not being clear, I apologize for that and I will try to clarify now: the issue does not appear when I use my laptop, but does appear when I use my android smartphone, in desktop mode. In read view, when there is a wikilink with underscores in every space, creating one long string of characters, it extendes past the normal page width on the right, causing the page to compress to the left. The longer the link, the more it compresses, making the text smaller. This also creates room for the page to scroll left and right, as well as and down. When you are navigating on a small screen by thumb, it's now not just matter of sliding up and down, but you also need to continually correct to the left. When there are lenthy url strings, they are automatically broken to fit to the screen size, to they don't cause the same problem. This is different in edit mode, however, where both wikilinks and urls extend past the normal screen width to right, causing the navigation problem, but at least here there is no compression.

I assure you, this is not "nit-picking". I suppose I just figured this was an issue that only appears in the particular circumstance of editing with a smartphone, in desktop mode. Whenever I'm editing a page, for whatever reason, and come across these extended wikilinks, I sometimes just simply remove the underscores, which improves both navigating and reading. To me, this is a legitimate improvement. I've done this on busier pages, such wikiproject talk pages, and the busiest of them all, ANI, and as I said, no one has ever made an issue of it, not even in the slightest. I have not inquired about it at a venue such as VP/T (or at least, I haven't yet... I may have at some point). I believed that was because others were also aware of this issue and knew that I was only removing the underscores to fix it. So now, the question is: can you accept that I was making a legitimate edit, as outlined here, and covered in TPO, (as well as a possible access issue), or do you still think I'm needlessly chasing after underscores as some kind of pet peeve, and making up the page issue as an excuse? I can assure you it is the former, not the latter. I fully realize that editing another editor's comment, especially a second time, without a legitimate reason, is just asking for a block, and I'm not looking to get blocked.

As for the Titanic talk page, after the edits that have been made since, the link in question now defaults to the left side, casuing less extension to the right, and making the compression minimal. (But for me, it is still there). In edit mode, the navigation issue is still there, but there is also a long IPv6 signature, so (afaik) not much to be done. (It makes a difference where such links are, and whether editing threads vs full page). To be honest, if that wikilink was in it's current position when I first edited the page (answering an edit request), I probably wouldn't have bothered with it. At any time, if the compression in read mode is mimimal, or there are also lengthy urls and/or IPv6 signatures in edit mode, then I usually don't bother with any wikilinks extended by underscores.

So there, sorry about the length, but I wanted to try and clearly explain the issue, what I've done (so far) because of it, and why. I hope I've now done that. And, as I've done in my previous posts, I still want to try and maintain some goodwill going forward. Have a nice day - w o lf  15:24, 26 October 2022 (UTC)


 * No worries for the length, sometimes to get the explanation right it's good to use more words. Thanks to your description above I've finally been able to see what it is you're talking about. As you say yes it's a very specific confluence of events. Small screen mobile phone in portrait mode and viewing the page in the specific desktop version and not the mobile version. Thing is this isn't actually a Wikipedia issue, it's an internet issue/standard computer operation issue. It's not reasonable for a webpage, designed for full desktop viewing to be expected to render properly on a small format screen, in a different orientation, overriding the sites desire to give you the mobile experience which is designed specifically to avoid these kind of issues. I'm torn on whether this is something that is reasonable to go around and fix as it's kind of like if I open my car hood, don't use the pole to keep it upright, put my hand inside and then deliberately let go and let it fall on my hand it then hurts situation. It's not being operated the way it's intended and there's several things you have to do to get to that situation. So this isn't a Wikipedia accessibility issue or the like, it's a the way computers work when you put them in that situation issue. We don't support accessibility for those situations. You will get this in any long single string (I suggest you do not go to Longest word in English page on your phone or some pharmaceutical compounds. So it seems wrong to edit comments just to overcome a situation that it shouldn't be in in the first place issue. The mobile flag to a web browser is designed specifically for this and that is the solution to the accessibility issue, if you choose to go down the path with warnings that's kind of on the user and we shouldn't be taking steps to assist in that area. Accessibility is about providing a means for things not to be an issue for others, and we've provided the means as has the site and the browser. I know it seems like a minor issue to you, and a triviality to fix, but it's the wrong solution to a problem that's honestly of the user's own making. It's not intended to be used in that manner.
 * This all being said I will not revert it again if you wish to make the change, but I do believe your approach is wrong and you're trying to solve something that is only an issue if you deliberately operate it incorrectly. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I find I'm using my phone to edit more and more, which is becoming common for a majority of users, and I would use the mobile version, if it didn't suck, (and apparently I'm not alone in thinking that). You of course have a point about things being used as intended, but I don't think that makes other forms of usage completely invalid. I appreciate your change of stance on the edit, but as I said, after the last few changes, the link is now on far left for some reason, minimizing the compression. If it was like that to begin with, I wouldn't have bothered, and so won't change it again now. Hopefully a future verison of the wiki-software, (or my next phone), eliminates this issue. In the meantime, I don't go looking for links to change, and only do so when I'm editing a page and a link is long enough to cause the problems I noted. That said, I will take your comments into consideration. I don't anticipate any further issues, but should it come up again, I'll make every effort to communicate as clearly as possible from the outset. Thanks again for your considered and informative reply. Have a nice day - w o lf  19:10, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * TWC should not have changed another user's comment. The reasonable thing to do here would have been to ask CT to make the change. After CT reverted, and asked TWC not to edit his comments, TWC was very much in the wrong to re-apply his edit. That's edit warring, even if it's in talk space, and even if it's not 3RR. GA-RT-22 (talk) 22:49, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You caught me spying! Wolf can be a bit tedious sometimes, but he does mean well. Unfortunately he shouldn't be editing someone else's comments like that, especially after being reverted, and especially an experienced editor. He does have a tendency to "major on the minors" at times (as do I!), and this is such a case. I've learned it's sometimes best to let him have his way, and just move on to more important things. BilCat (talk) 22:52, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I used to have the same issues on my tablet. I barely see it any more, so I assume my browser was updated in some way that fixed the issue. It can be annoying, and I do understand Wolf's motivation better now. I used to just add single square brackets to such links and move on. I never had anyone complain about it, and I don't think anyone ever reverted either. BilCat (talk) 17:59, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Accassidy
Hi! Not sure where best to report this, nor if you can do anything about this (though noting you were the one who blocked him recently here), but Accassidy has been making the same kind of edits to Simple English Wikipedia as those he was blocked for here on en.wiki, see simple:Special:Contributions/Accassidy. I would have responded to the original ANI discussion about it, but I just realised this after the discussion was closed unfortunately. Monster Iestyn (talk) 02:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately we have no authority over Simple Wikipedia, it's a different project. However if you raise it to the admins over there, I'm sure someone will take care of it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:32, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I see... to be honest I was also hoping not to have to do this myself, since I have interacted with him on Wikispecies a few times in the past, all in good terms, so it might make any future interactions there awkward at least. It's disappointing to see him go down this strange WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS road on Wikipedia. But I guess that can't be helped, I'll just have to do this anyway I suppose. Monster Iestyn (talk) 14:38, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi again. Just to keep you updated if you were interested, he has now been blocked on Simple English Wikipedia too. Monster Iestyn (talk) 23:45, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

RA9Markus
Hi, over at Emilio Aguinaldo, user RA9Markus continues to revert the infobox image to his preferred portrait, referring to users who have changed it as idiots or blind. I've warned him three times and asked for consensus on Talk:Emilio Aguinaldo, but it's just happened again with me as the idiot. I was unsure if this is a 1RR happening overtime, but as I'm now a revert myself, I can't really comment. Please advise. Sciencefish (talk) 10:20, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I have left a note on their talk page, lets see if that is in any way helpful. If they continue I will block, and may well block them permanently from editing that article. They need to get consensus, which they clearly don't have, stop edit warring and the personal attacks. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:50, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Sciencefish (talk) 11:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * FYI, RA9Markus has once again reverted the image to their preferred one, ignoring the consensus discussion on the talk page, and again calling those that changed it idiots. I've put a level 4 warning on their talk page. Sciencefish (talk) 09:22, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, next time don't warn them just come to me and I'll manage it if I don't see it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:30, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood. Sciencefish (talk) 09:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

UCL press
Hi, CT. As a Friendly Local Administrator, could you look at UCL Press, please? Looks like a copy/paste job (hopefully, COI edit if not).

For UCLP to have its own article is uncontroversial IMO (when I created it as a redirect to UCL, it was a quick'n'dirty fix that I forgot to come back to). So the question re the means rather than the end. Is a null edit giving attribution enough or does it have to be done 'properly'? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone has already handled it, deleted the copyvios and redirected it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:57, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, so I see. Thanks for looking anyway. Was this the most appropriate way to flag a new or rebuilt article for review? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:50, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Since it was a blatant copyvio it’s fine. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:44, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

K Club
Why did you remove the infobox Michelin star from the article K Club? It is part of a series where all restaurant with a historical Michelin star have that infobox. The star is sourced. The Banner <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 18:08, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I reverted, I see it is referenced even if some of the wording is not quite correct (I.e. chefs don’t earn stars, restaurants do.) I did remove it because it’s ancient and could make people think it still has it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:43, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * It is the restaurant that gets the star, but often when the chef leaves, the star leaves too. And when the chef starts elsewhere, Michelin knows his/her qualities and is often quick with rewarding a new star. For example: Henk Savelberg.
 * But thanks for the revert. Much appreciated. The Banner  <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 21:36, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Disruptive airline editor back again.
Please see User talk:99.233.169.216. You blocked them two months ago and they are back making the same kinds of edits on a mass scale. I reported this at ANI but no one has taken any action yet. <b style="color:#034503">MB</b> 00:49, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * And done. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 02:22, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Thankyou
TCG here, I just want to say that I appreciate your attempt to offer a balanced point of view while I was being used as a scratching post. Wikipedia would be a far better website if there were more editors like you. The others in that nasty shouting match have now taken over a page I had put a good deal of work into and now revert any and all edits not made by themselves. The sheer amount of bad faith, bias, and possessiveness over articles is frankly disgusting. I got indefinitely blocked for the high crime of reverting an article they had arbitrarily commandeered. However I have no further interest in the site anyway given the appalling behaviour of a certain admin I will not name. I had once thought Wikipedia could be reformed, but it would need many many more people like you and far fewer like.... yes...

Cheers, and farewell. - TCG. 89.240.246.123 (talk) 14:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Please help me
Please block the IP range 147.158.0.0/16 because it was used for adding fake information across Wikimedia projects as depicted like this..... Thanks...... 180.241.77.113 (talk) 04:07, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Please help me
Please extend the expiration blocking time of IP range 120.188.0.0/17 until 31 May 2025 because it would be used by the anonymous user which frequently add word "Lampung" at the wrong place as well as adding any wrong information across Wikimedia projects like this..... Thanks..... 36.78.194.76 (talk) 04:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
 * That range is already blocked, there is zero reason to pre-emptively extend it. Lets just see if it's an issue once the block expires. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:55, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Alien 3
Thank you for reversing my edit on the pronoun. A while after I made the edit, I realized I had misread the sentence and went back to undo -- but you beat me to it. Good to know someone is double-checking! Grammarbuddy (talk) 04:16, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, we all make mistakes sometimes. Still learning after 17 years myself. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:11, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:43, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

DrkWebber
You seem to be on a lot of pages I’m on. DrkWebber (talk) 18:59, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have well over a thousand pages on my watchlist, and have tens of thousands of edits all over the encyclopaedia. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:31, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I illustrate on DEVIANTART. DrkWebber (talk) 04:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:08, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
User talk:SharadSHRD7 is continuously vandilizing the page Next Indian general election even after warning him. Editors like User talk:Dhruv edits told not to add regional alliances to the page as it is national election. He is still vandalizing the page even requesting him not to do that. He has contested in edit warring many times in past and there was a discussion involving him at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Please do something. XYZ 250706 (talk) 14:32, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * A) it's not vandalism, I recommend you read WP:VANDALISM for what constitutes vandalism and B) You're edit warring in a content dispute. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:34, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Selfpromotion
Could you specify from which lemma you have removed external links? Smi953 (talk) 10:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't know what that sentence means. I'm not sure how the workings of a theory have anything to do with Wikipedia. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

You wrote on 17 January 2023: Self promotion. Please do not use Wikipedia to reference and link to your own works, this is considered self-promotion and spamming.

Information icon Hello, I'm Canterbury Tail. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 12:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC) Smi953 (talk) 11:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


 * You should have gotten a notification on it since it was a reversion, but it was these edits where you link from a see also to your own work. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:23, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

It was not meant as selfpromotion, but to give users more insight into bar scale values, especially historical ones. The International Cartographic Association has thought it usefull enough to make this information available on its own site on the internet. For my part the 'see also reference' can be used without my name as author, as long as the user can have profit from it. When someone else would have added the reference it would have been an independent source! Smi953 (talk) 10:23, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Just be sure you're following WP:COI. It's generally best not to add anything about yourself in any way and allow others to do so. One other point, See alsos are for internal Wikipedia links, not external links. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:08, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
@Canterbury Tail Please block User:SharadSHRD7. He is continuously creating dispute and edit warring in some pages like Next Indian general election and Rajya Sabha. He is creating arguement with other editors with baseless logics and is continuously reverting others' edits. He is imposing his edits over others even aftr other editors are against his disruptive edits. Users like User:XYZ 250706, User:Chennai Super Kings Lover, User:AS Sayyad, User:Repto79456, User:Ku423winz1, User:Shakya2007 have discussed with him, but he is still imposing his edits over others. These edits are fed up with User:SharadSHRD7's disputes and baseless arguements. XYZ 250706 (talk) 15:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is based on collaborative environment. Disagreements have to be discussed in the talk page of related article. Users like User:Ok123l and User:Dhruv edits had adviced you in the talk page to stop adding Left Democratic Front (national level) because of its speculative nature, but you still insists to add it without any explicit source. I have applied for dispute resolution on this issue. SharadSHRD7 (talk) 15:37, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Seriously, I cannot believe you're all edit warring and risking blocks over a possible election in way over a year. Frankly that article is a WP:CRYSTALBALL and should probably just be deleted. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Should I blank that article due to WP:CRYSTALBALL, to stop these edits war? <b style="color: Green;">Chennai Super Kings Lover</b> <i style="color: Green;">(talk)</i>

Thank you for standing with our factual group against a disruptive user accused of violating Wikipedia's guidelines. Shakya2007 (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't get me wrong, I have no interest or care in the content of the article. I'm just stopping the massive disruption that's happening to the article. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:05, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Banagher
Hi, you made an edit to the Banagher page by deleting an external link that I had put in. The link was incomplete so I had inserted the wrong URL. However, it is a while since I used Wikipedia extensively and I cannot find the place in the text where the citation was. It was removed from Line 427. Is there a way of getting line numbers up in Edit? I'd like to fix it but just cannot find it - I did a lot of updating at the same time. Thanks for the help.Corcs999 (talk) 12:24, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It was an external link, it was just in the External links section. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:20, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
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Ohio
Brother, I really thanked you for blocked that "Meme kid" Simpsonsfan505. Very weird that he's ever deleted the entire article about Ohio tho BroBro1222 (talk) 07:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Do not gravedance on blocked editors talk pages, and do not change other people's comments, especially to an incorrect spelling. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:44, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Srry mate, just didn't know if the word "Encyclopaedia" exists😅😅 BroBro1222 (talk) 08:19, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Alien 3 stylised name discussion
I have begun a discussion on Alien 3 talk page about the stylised 'Alien³' name. Find it here: Talk:Alien_3

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Heathrow Airport
Please note that as per our style guidelines, all airports with distinguishing name annexes are hyphenated, that includes London-Heathrow - you won't find another destination chart where its not. 2001:A61:1016:8201:184A:C762:E1C4:73EB (talk) 07:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Can you point me to this guideline? <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Reported a disruptive IP editor at ANI
I'm not sure how much you remember about that "IP hopping Malaysian block evading editor" (refer to this and this), but their behaviour has continued on for a long time now since then, to this day, with pretty much all recent edits coming from 42.190.x.x and 219.92.x.x IP ranges.

I've filed a report at ANI/Vast history of disruptive edit warring and personal attacks from a user at 42.190.128.0/18 (+ more IP ranges), including a comprehensive list of incidents table, the first IP range has been blocked long-term already, but I just wanted to post this notice/message since you were involved in this at least once in the past, if you know more about them and have anything to add.

AP 499D25 (talk) 01:16, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

ANI blitz
Hi @Canterbury Tail! Sorry to have pinged you on ANI regarding this one user's ANI blitz before I saw it was resolved on their talk page (i.e. they said they'd stop). I was just very concerned about a fairly new and inexperienced user making a really stern and bold judgment, along with a vote declaring it should be involved editor's last chance, in a very contentious and sensitive discussion, and clearly without giving it much thought. I am all for users with a variety of experience participating in public debates, but have found his conduct to be suspicious at best. Anyway, I am happy it was resolved and thank you. Ppt91   talk   17:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Not a worry, all is good. I'd rather know other editors are noticing and it's not just me in isolation having issues with it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:42, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:18, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Battlestar Galatica
Hey there, just a heads up: it's possible is actually a sock of the permanently blocked  (who you blocked). The fact that they're edit warring about the UK/US thing, which is exactly what twobells did (which was a factor in their block), is very telling. The BSG article has been on my watchlist for over a decade, and they were the only one to ever edit war over this. Despite having under 300 edits, they have edited 14 of the same articles as twobells and Inadvertent Consequences's previous account, (they made a new one because they forgot their password) has edited 36 of the same articles as twobells. Thoughts? Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Had been having some thoughts of familiarity, but yes all the interaction reports and edit styles are blatant. Drawer has been cleaned. Pages tagged and bagged. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:40, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I was going to create a SPI, but I noticed you were the admin who blocked the original account, so I figured this way was easier. Thanks! Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh absolutely, no problems. Thanks for the research, and feel free to reach out anytime. I come across your edits frequently and have many of those pages on my watchlist. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:45, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks again! Have a good day! Drovethrughosts (talk) 15:00, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

The Empire Strikes Back
I noticed you reverted by edit to The Empire Strikes Back. I have noticed many, many Star Wars articles with applied to them, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Luke Skywalker, Star Wars (film), etc. Why did you revert my edit? I believe that linking to wookieepedia is helpful for articles, as Wookieepedia provides a IU presentation of the subject. Senior Captain Thrawn (talk) 19:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding an external link to a webpage you are one of the most major contributors to constitutes a WP:COI and is usually considered promotional spamming. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:15, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I am not "one of the most major contributors" to Wookieepedia. While I have performed a minor edit to The Empire Strikes back article, I don't think this is a COI. From my understanding there seems to be a consensus that having links to wookieepedia articles is useful, I don't think this a is COI just to add a link. "While editing Wikipedia, an editor's primary role is to further the interests of the encyclopedia. When an external role or relationship could reasonably be said to undermine that primary role, the editor has a conflict of interest similar to how a judge's primary role as an impartial adjudicator would be undermined if they were married to one of the parties." I think that adding a link to a wookieepdia article is furthering the purpose as an encyclopedia, as there seems to an agreement that doing so is useful. While most of my contributions here have been related to that, it is merely because it is something that I can do to further the encyclopedia. Senior Captain Thrawn (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Update after reading External links. "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons." I believe wookieepdia qualifies for this because it contains a lot of information that is not suitable for Wikipedia, but may be of interest to the reader. While it does also say "Open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors." [should not be linked] wookieepedia definitely has a history of stability and a substantial number of editors. Senior Captain Thrawn (talk) 20:35, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If you want to put it back I won't fight it, but you do have a COI for Wookieepedia being such a prolific editor there. Additionally it is my belief that Wookieepedia links should all be removed from Wikipedia due to it failing WP:COPYLINK due to the sheer amount of copyrighted stuff it hosts without permission. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:32, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
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Poverty in Canterbury
Hello! I see you have just removed a bit on Poverty in Canterbury. I understand your reasons. There is much additional material I could cite from e.g. local paper Kent Messenger. Is it just the source cited that you are not happy with or is it the whole idea of having something rather negative on the Canterbury page that you do not like? If the former, then I can rework with different sources? Balance person (talk) 08:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There is an active discussion going on on the Talk:Canterbury page, I think this is best handled there. Overall though I think it's better than I initially thought but needs tidying and ensuring it follows WP:UNDUE. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 08:27, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you

 * While I appreciate it there really is no need to thank me. Its called being a decent human being. Something I wish more people where. As someone who isn't a member of a minority group it is absolutely and completely my duty to stand up against those who think it's acceptable, to throw slurs, comments and treat people like that. The majority telling them they're actually the ones in the minority and smacking them down hard is the only way in my opinion. But yes I will never tolerate even an inkling of such behaviour on here or offline. And I'm sorry you got treated that way by small minded insecure cowardly bigots and apologise on behalf of the rest of us. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 23:55, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Flags in internet country code top-level domains
I'd remove flags in accordance to Manual of Style/Icons, since what I removed some of these flags, like .ru, .me, .tv and .ws, when flag icons lead to unnecessary disputes when over-used. 112.204.193.241 (talk) 23:40, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 23
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*Sigh*
Ya might as well cue up, Boar's Breath while yer at it, Mr. Voorhees. Americanfreedom (talk) 15:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 06:10, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Londonderry/Derry
By way of heads-up, see the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles. Alekksandr (talk) 17:32, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * By way of further heads-up, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abhartach&action=history - User Superlonghurst has repeatedly edited Abhartach in breach of Wikipedia's MOS, has been invited to discuss the issue at that article's talk page, and has not done so. Alekksandr (talk) 10:56, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked for persistent disruptive edits. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:19, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

"Odd edit farm"
Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1101 that you raised last June all switched to adding big paragraphs of blog-sourced content a few months later, if you hadn't already noticed. I just reverted some such links added by AuntElizabeth today, and noticed this after being curious about a warning on the user's talk page. Belbury (talk) 09:28, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
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Re: WP:ANI
I noticed the thread about this user and thank you for your actions. I probably should be reported them to AIV or similar and/or investigated their edits more when I had posted on their talk page. I was trying to give them some benefit of the doubt but I will take this outcome in mind for the future and be willing to take more action for similar content (I think I didn't partly because it felt like a case where an admin would defer until more evidence. My mistake.) Skynxnex (talk) 21:08, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You didn't do anything wrong really. You assumed good faith a bit better which is an admirable trait. However once I looked into it further it seemed there was a lot of red flags. I made a call, and it seems like the other admins are backing me up. However this doesn't mean you made a bad call. Yes it's quite likely this would all have been missed, it also means it could have happened again. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 23:29, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Your block of 2607:FEA8:699C:8700:A976:26B4:32CB:C9FA
Thanks for blocking the disruptive editor at  Note that he/she was editing for several day - same stuff, same articles, hundreds of edits - using a different IP address in the  range. Probably worth a /64 rangeblock. 10mmsocket (talk) 13:53, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone beat me to it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:46, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thank you again. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:31, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * User is back on Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:699C:8700::/64 BilCat (talk) 23:57, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Down for a week now. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 02:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. BilCat (talk) 03:35, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This will get tricky blocking a large IP range like this, but we'll see where it goes. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 09:06, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand. I suspect they'll pop up on another range in a few days. BilCat (talk) 07:19, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It's all part of the fun of the Wikimedia Whackamole game - plus we don't have to pay 25c to play! --10mmsocket (talk) 08:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, they don't have to pay either! If they did, maybe we'd get a lot less of it. BilCat (talk) 10:09, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Well they spent around 6 hours making edits the other day which I rolled back in about 2 minutes. So they're paying, just in a different way. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:03, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yet they keep coming back to do it all over again. Sigh. BilCat (talk) 11:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * And back again at Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:699C:8700::/64. BilCat (talk) 00:20, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Down for a month now, all rolled back. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:13, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. BilCat (talk) 01:43, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem. I don't get why people bang their heads and waste their time doing this stuff. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 10:57, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The one-month block has expired, and they have returned to the same editing patterns on multiple articles on Special:Contributions/2607:FEA8:699C:8700:0:0:0:0/64. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 20:20, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sheesh, blocked again. I've also caught them a couple of times on other IPs and blocked them, definitely the same user. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:23, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! BilCat (talk) 20:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yay! 10mmsocket (talk) 20:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Catch of the day
User:Scutata Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:05, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Boring. Someone else beat me to it :) <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:01, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Request
User:Pratyush Jiban Borah warned umpteen times but kept vandalising. Can you please block him? Thankyou. <b style="color:#fffdd0">zoglophie</b> 08:30, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Article Mohammad Yaromtaghloo
How is it possible to edit an article with reliable sources? Seepelan (talk) 20:02, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Please read Reliable Sources and WP:REFERENCING for details. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:03, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Warhammer article blankings
IP 107.15.19.235 who you reverted a short time ago on Warhammer 40,000 has two similar edits to the Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game articles doing much the same thing, blanking sections on the respective settings. A reading of WP:NOTGUIDE doesn't lead me to believe this is an appropriate application of the policy (the sections are not a game guide in the sense the policy talks about) but history shows me to not be the best judge of Wikipedia's policies, so I'd just like to touch base on this before taking action; is this something to be reverted? Rogue 9 (talk) 02:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

H.P Lovecraft Edits
You said they seem inappropriate. Can you please elaborate why do you think they seem unrelated, spam or inappropriate? Bytepie (talk) 13:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, Canterbury Tail. Thank you for your message. I added the link to the H.P. Lovecraft profile on Mysticbooks.org because it provides relevant information about the author. While you may have found it inappropriate, I believe it is useful and within the context of H.P. Lovecraft's works. I understand that you may have concerns, but it's worth considering the efforts of smaller groups who strive to make classical literature more accessible for free. If you have any further questions or would like to discuss this matter, please feel free to reach out. Thank you. Bytepie (talk) 13:21, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It adds zero information to the article, zero. There is nothing in that link that isn't already in the article. And there are no links to books that we don't already have links for. It provides no value at all. And since you keep adding that site all over Wikipedia it's clear WP:SPAMming. And all the other articles is the same thing. Links must add additional encyclopaedic content that the article doesn't already have and abide by WP:EL. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:28, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Had a moment
Momentarily thought you were calling me the link spammer, as mine was the last edit before yours. Then saw you removed actual spam from an earlier edit. Well done. Hyperbolick (talk) 03:19, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Removal of my addition to Mesolithic Ireland
The other day I added what I thought was an interesting piece of information on the subject of Mesolithic Ireland. I added some additional information regarding a Mesolithic site where I live (Ballymaglaff). I also cited a reference to the deceased archaeologists book, who initially wrote about this decades ago. This is an article on archaeology.org, about the settlement. https://www.archaeology.org/news/2158-140603-ireland-ballymaglaff-mesolithic

Why did you remove this information? Do you think that I am making this settlement up? I simply cannot understand why you would just erase this. Stevemcb (talk) 21:51, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually I didn't mean to, I meant to fix it up with a better reference, which I have now done so. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 23:11, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:32, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Reversion of edit at M20 motorway
Hello! I noticed that you reverted my edit at the M20 motorway article. I'll agree with you that the context regarding Brexit in the lead was too detailed, however, I think that the overall structure of the lead in my edit was an improvement to the previous revision, delivering it in a more succinct and structured manner. Using the previous revision of the article (my edit), it would go from this:

"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted. Since 2018, Operation Brock..."

...to this:

"It is also used as a holding area for goods traffic under Operation Stack and Operation Brock when traffic across the English Channel is disrupted.", which is similar to the wording prior to the edit and after it was reverted.

Thank you! Yasslaywikia (talk) 13:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Why did you remove the conversion templates from the article? I notice you did the same on the M2 motorway article so they'll need reinserting. I think it's better to put the why in first instead of trying to link to the solutions before explaining why personally. I shouldn't need to wait until the end of a longish sentence to understand its context. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:48, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't notice that I removed the conversion templates from the article - does this have to do with the miles to km conversion or something else? I'm not that experienced of an editor, so please forgive me for my incompetence. As for the understanding of the context, I understand - I think it'd be better suited in the body of the article, as you said. Yasslaywikia (talk) 13:54, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes just the conversion from miles to KM. We use templates that auto-calculate those rather than manually putting them in. It also allows automated screen readers to interact with them and have things in the user's preferences. For the M2 it would just need putting back for the miles/KM in the opening. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:56, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I see, thank you! I didn't realise that there was a template assigned to them as I'd assumed that they were worked out manually. That'll be great to know in the future. When I'm editing articles with conversion templates on them, how do I change the text without deleting the conversion template by mistake? Afterwards, we can discuss what to do with the lead paragraph and if my rewriting of it is an improvement, and this around the inclusion of context surrounding Brexit with Operation Brock would be omitted. Yasslaywikia (talk) 13:59, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You can just copy and paste the template around like you would any text and edit around it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:10, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Need help on Canada article:
I need a current event timestamp on the Canada article. The place is in the news-STILL in the news due to the ongoing fires.Some believe the cause is Arson, some say it is a accident, like someone had thrown out a lit butt. I can't do anything at all there, due to a protect status. Got smoke from this even in the US Heartland area. 216.247.72.142 (talk) 13:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Canada is a country, not a current event. It does not need a tag. Please stop spamming all over Wikipedia related to this. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:18, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

It'sss just that the fires on Canada are having a real impact on the US economically, and physically, since asthma claims are up as well, and I need help on this, since these fires are no longer a local news item, they're now a International matter as well. That is why I need the current affairs tag for Canada. As to the cause, I've heard everything from Arson to a major accident, such as people throwing out lit cigs and/or a unattended campfire.
 * Well if the US keeps denying climate change it's only going to get worse. Reap what you sow, the previous generations completely sold out the earth to make a quick buck and the rest of us are living with the consequences. And no we're not putting a current affairs tag on Canada, Canada is a country not a news item or an ongoing event. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Block evasion
Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2023_Virginia_plane_crash&diff=prev&oldid=1162374183 ☆ Bri (talk) 19:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Some people just don't know when to stop. Sigh. BilCat (talk) 20:50, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I hope that they know now, and don't come back as Special:Contributions/144.178.6.38 ☆ Bri (talk) 21:03, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * We can hope. BilCat (talk) 21:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Babqari ☆ Bri (talk) 22:01, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Sheesh. Blocked and page protected. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 23:02, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

ANI
I think you antered the wrong number of tildes here. Easily done! 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC) Phil Bridger (talk) 17:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Argh doh. I don't normally do that. Thanks for catching. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:24, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:57, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

ANI Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding lack of civility in WP:CFD. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 04:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Kung Hibbe sock
Hi, the Kung Hibbe NOTBROKEN sock is active again, impersonating me into the bargain. Could you? Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Dispatched. Favonian (talk) 11:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm clearly not of the right mindset, but what do people get wasting their time on this, it always gets reverted. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:52, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Continuing issues with Becausewhynothuh?
I wanted your eyes on this thread if you have the time. I am unfamiliar with the limits regarding potentially transphobic content. Honestly, their past several edits show serious WP:CIR issues in my non-admin opinion, but I didn't want to raise this to ANI if I am incorrect. Cerebral726 (talk) 14:49, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:53, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Why the revert?
The contributor with the numbers as a username mistakened my edit on The Butcher Boy as vandalism when in fact it is not. Sinead died recently and it was her final feature film. Just wanted to give you a head ups on the clarification in case you or someone numbered user reverts my edit on the page again.Cosmic2992 (talk) Cosmic2992 (talk) 18:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I removed it because it's not relevant or important to the film. Especially when it was made 26 years before her death. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:21, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

"removed the scam site"
You ”removed the scam site" from Talk:Toronto, but left the link to it in the article itself. I directly copy-and-pasted it from the citation in the article's lead.  The way you removed it from the discussion also now makes gibberish of what I was saying, while also making it look like  the one linking "scam sites". 2402:6B00:8E60:E300:50D0:74DF:19D3:657 (talk) 07:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Immediate action needed against user: Betty Logan
Hi there, I have pinged you into a discussion concerning the recent conduct of user Betty Logan. I would appreciate if you could take immediate action. Many thanks. Richie wright1980 (talk) 17:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Please don't ping random people into random conversations. If you think there's an issue that needs admin attention them please use WP:ANI. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:07, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Oceanic Airlines: new user becoming agitated re: sourcing requirements
User:PaulLaForge, who has made a blustering post on my talk page, is reverting my reversions of unsourced, unencyclopedically written commentary regarding an entertainment project that they have not demonstrated actually exists. Could you kindly help out with a second opinion? Much obliged. -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  17:20, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

postscript: it has now descended to personal attacks on my talk page. (You're on the "Recently Active Admins" list is why I got here.) -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  17:25, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Ireland population file
Did you look here before making this edit. The sources you need are given there? ww2censor (talk) 16:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I did. There are no sources on that talk page or on the file page itself, despite what the file description page states. If I'm missing the blindingly obvious, please point them out and trout me but that talk page you pointed me to contains no sources and neither does the file description page. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:04, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Just FYI
Templates for discussion/Log/2023 August 29 Moxy - 21:03, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Help with a sockpuppet
I am requesting help dealing with a obvious sockpuppet account 2001:8F8:173D:665C:F439:2CF7:3D9:7AB0 that has been mass reverting edits of mine that were of the now blocked Becausewhynothuh?. I see that you previously blocked the user and have much more experience in dealing with these issues than I am. Sorry for the trouble. &mdash; JJ Be <sup style="color: blue">rs  17:54, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:57, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. &mdash; JJ Be <sup style="color: blue">rs  18:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Socking?
I did a quick look at a couple of articles without finding anything, but if you want me to help you can email me. Doug Weller talk 18:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * See the thread above this one. Quite obvious. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:56, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, didn’t look. Useful. Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 19:39, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Fame at last!
Well. Maybe no fame. That was surely when Breitbart called me out! :-) <span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 23:15, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

County Londonderry/Derry (again)
I note that you blocked user 81.144.121.47 for vandalism at 18:01, 13 March 2023. By way of heads-up, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conradh_na_Gaeilge&diff=1175963263&oldid=1174033522 - they have made the usual county name change (which I have reverted) on the basis that "Conradh na Gaeilge do not refer to their branches in Derry as being in 'Londonderry' which is an offensive colonist name".Alekksandr (talk) 20:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. Thanks. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:54, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Sini Shetty
Hi, there's an IP user on Talk:Sini Shetty, who in the two threads on there is monologuing rather than discussing anything to contribute to the article. I'm a bit stumped over what to do here, as I've tried engaging, could you please advise. Sciencefish (talk) 14:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I just deleted the lot. They're not trying to improve the article in good faith. We're not a forum. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:46, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

"SoC" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SoC&redirect=no SoC] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Thryduulf (talk) 00:53, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

ILRS page country flags removal?
Hello, I just wanted to inquire about your recent edit on the info box for the International Lunar Research Station page. I see that you've removed the country flags from the infobox, and are an administrator, so I was wondering if there was a reason for this related to rules? In my personal opinion the flags being in the infobox is more asthetically pleasing than the alternative bullet points and doesn't really take anything away from the page. I'm not familiar enough with site rules to know if there is a policy mandate for removal, though I had assumed the flags being there was appropriate considering they are present on (for example) the infobox for the Artemis Accords page and the ITER page, among other international collaborations. Wanting to seek clarification rather than reverting here. Thanks in advance for any insights or guidance you can provide. Chancellor1 (talk) 02:02, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * As per the edit summary, see MOS:INFOBOXFLAGS for the explanation. Basically they're not to be used for asthetic purposes. they're visual clutter and don't convey any information but are distractions. There are only a few cases where they're permitted. And incidentally they've been removed from the Artemis Accords and ITER page in the past and someone has re-added them against the MOS. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:28, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Update on problem user- now banned
Hi there,

I notice that you posted several comments on User:Alpha200807's talk page a few days ago, so I thought you should know:-

After posting a comment of my own about what I'd treated as a good-faith, one-off mistake, I noticed they already had numerous complaints and warnings (including yours) going back some time, with no sign they'd taken any of it on board or were about to stop.

So I took it to the Administrators' noticeboard to see what their response would be, and the upshot was they were blocked almost immediately afterwards.

Still no indication in their response to the block that they even get why they were considered disruptive, so you were likely spot-on that this is (at the very least) a CIR issue.

All the best,

Ubcule (talk) 17:07, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah. There's plenty of eyes on them now, and everyone is agreed how disruptive their edits have been. I only regret that I was distracted and didn't block them sooner. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Page deletion requests
Bro @Canterbury Tail, please delete the redirected page 2008 Beijing Drum Tower incident during the Olympic Games because it have WP:2REDIR issues..... Trims..... 36.77.145.72 (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

LTA Lampung vandalize again
Dear Mr. @Canterbury Tail, please recheck range IP 114.5.0.0/16 and 114.10.0.0/16, these range IP are also used by LTA Lampung, please check the contribution of these LTA.

Please block it again for two years. Thanks. 36.69.20.240 (talk) 13:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Editnotice
Hi there! Do you recall when you edited Cyberpunk (role-playing game) last week, if you saw a yellow box at the top of the screen saying "There are suggestions on this article's talk page for references that may be useful when improving this article in the future"? BOZ (talk) 21:32, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm sorry I don't quite recall. Now you mention it something sounds familiar, but I can't be sure. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 21:41, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
 * OK no worries, wish I had caught you sooner. :) I'm hoping to take that template live soon, so that editors can see when there are suggested sources on the talk page, so that they can improve articles or assess them for whether or not deletion would be appropriate. I am hoping people will find that useful! BOZ (talk) 21:58, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Blade Runner
I noticed you reverted my edit but Blade Runner being the original work (which it actually isn't) is beside the point because it's still a film in the franchise (look at Category:Terminator (franchise) and Category:Terminator (franchise) films to see what I mean) and as for the category itself, you're welcome to start a deletion discussion if you think it serves no purpose but you should do that before emptying it. Charles Essie (talk) 23:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes Blade Runner is the originator of the Blade Runner franchise. That it was loosely based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep isn't relevant to that, Blade Runner started the Blade Runner franchise and that is self evident. That's neither by the by anyway, I won't do anything more with the categories. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 02:55, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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Page protection requests
Mr. @Canterbury Tail, please protect Dewa United F.C. and Sriwijaya F.C. pages indefinitely from anonymous edit, especially LTA Lampung because they are always vandalized by these LTA. Thanks.... 36.76.0.10 (talk) 19:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Status quo
I was just notified of a comment you made on my talk earlier this evening. Can you cite the article involved so that I can look into this? Please refer to the ongoing discussion at Village pump (proposals). Best, 31.55.242.67 (talk) 20:11, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The article in question was Croatian Defence Forces where you changed the English version from American English to British English. It has nothing to do with date formats or year articles that you've never edited so not sure why you'd point to something like that. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 21:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The very first revision of this article (long before 2009) refers to "Croatian Defence Forces." 31.55.242.67 (talk) 12:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay yes, absolutely fair. Great point that should have been blindingly obvious to me. Apologies, I have self reverted. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Felix Leong
Hi Canterbury Tail. Would you mind taking a look at this Teahouse question which is about Draft:Felix Leong. I think be back again trying to create an article about Leong. I'm asking you about this because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Felix Leong and also your various other previous interactions with Australianblackbelt. Perhaps you remember enough about the prior attempt to create this article to be able to assess whether this newer one is just the same thing all over again. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Good call. Sock drawer has been blocked up and the draft deleted. Thanks for the heads up. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:33, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for looking into this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:36, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

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About the DS Penske question
I think removing the nationality altogether, like Elon Musk, can solve the problem. 78.131.72.186 (talk) 18:53, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Well then discuss it, don't edit war over it. You discuss until you reach an agreement, not throw a comment in and edit. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 19:07, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Peyto Lake
Hello, thanks for your efforts there, but I've undone your semi-protection of that article. The particular long-term abuser targetting that page, JohnLickor372 (also known as the history section vandal), likes to go back to the same pages over and over, as you've probably noticed. I want to keep this one open as a honeypot of sorts so I can detect more IP addresses used by this vandal. The article's been on my watchlist long before he came to the scene. Graham87 (talk) 05:09, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Understood. No problem. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:42, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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Ireland Hozier (Culture, Music)
Seen that you deleted my placed information. You found him not big enough to put him in the list like the way I did, from The Nerherlands, did. Maybe are you more specialized in Irish music and stars but....I would be glad if you see a possibility to at least mention him in the text on another way...His debutalbum sold 6,5 million copies and here he is for sure the most nowadays popular Irish musician. Musicworldvision (talk) 23:57, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Blocked IP
I noticed that you blocked an IP with the comment "LTA Barrie airport disruptive editor". Where can I find more info about this LTA? The Banner <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 13:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It's all purely in the history of airline and airport articles, not something fully filed. They just keep turning up with various IPs (I believe they had an account at one point) and keep messing with the articles. Usually by tweaking reasonable seeming things that contradict the sources but they also love making non-MOS alterations to infoboxes. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 14:40, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Mostly Ontario-based (according to Geolocate?) I think I have seen him before. I keep an eye out and start recording the antics on my talkpage. The Banner  <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 15:22, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * They're specifically coming from Barrie this IP. I've no evidence that other area Ontario IPs are that same user, but the Barrie ones definitely are. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * OK. The Banner  <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 16:35, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Wales templates
Just wondering if I am permitted to edit Wales templates e.g "Template:Geography of Wales". I assume that I am because it's not a mainspace page but rather a template page?

Thanks! Titus Gold (talk) 16:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As far as I'm aware yes, your ban is only on Mainspace. Some might argue that Templates are part of mainspace since what you edit ends up in Mainspace if the article connection to the template is pre-existing, but that wouldn't technically be correct. However you cannot edit a template to add anything related to Wales in any way and then add it to an article. Some may see it differently, but by a reading of the topic ban that's how I see it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 19:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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sandbox?
Hi, Canterbury Tail,

What did you want me to learn from your addition to my Sandbox, where you posted: "(rv don't mess with other editors sandboxes unless they've explicitly said you can)"?

TIA for the explanation. BilCen (talk) 22:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't need you to learn anything, it was directed at the other editor. The sandbox is in your pages, not in the main encyclopaedia space. It is yours to do with as you need and other editors aren't supposed to edit other user's pages unless asked to do so. You did nothing wrong, there's nothing for you to learn here, it was aimed at Lambjet. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, right. Thanks. I appreciate the concern. Not to worry; we are collaborating on the article under construction in that space.
 * Is it Wikipedian practice to make a world-readable announcement to that effect? I simply ignored the other editor who edited that sandbox page long ago.  Deor, who was not invited to collaborate, but nevertheless added something (useful) to the work under construction. BilCen (talk) 06:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Recognition Talk:Three Mile Island accident
Thank you for recognizing what I could not. How do you know when a discussion is made in good faith or not and if it should be removed? I have WikiProject_Occupational_Safety_and_Health/Discussions on my watchlist, so I see very similar topics come up pretty frequently and would like to know when to delete and when to respond. Or does it just come with experience? Thanks. Recon rabbit  14:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is a troll/scaremongering editor that keeps posting on disasters (and some other pages) about why isn't the public being told that X is terrible when evidence says otherwise. I've been following them for a while not, they're just a recurrent troll on many articles. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Miss Universe 2021 edit war
Hi, User:Wywuwuwu is edit waring in Miss Universe 2021, reverting flag removals and other MOS in the infobox. I have warned them but they continue to add back or revert. Could you please help. Sciencefish (talk) 17:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Alien
The traffic on the Alien Talk page is very low with very low responses there. And I am not sure that starting an RFC is the best path to take at this time. Your previous edits were to remove chronology from the Plot sections, and also to remove it from the Alien franchise page. Since the footnote option on the Plots is currently even at 2 supports and 2 opposed, then my suggestion is to return it to the franchise page which has no Plot section. The reliable sources I would use are articles from Variety magazine and science.com to add the chronology to the Alien franchise page. Would that work for you? HenryRoan (talk) 16:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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Pictures
Could you please provide guidance on which images are suitable for use on Wikipedia? Alternatively, could you recommend a Wikipedia page where I can learn more about this topic? Thatsyrianitalian (talk) 00:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the images that have been deleted due to copyright violations? See Wp:COPYRIGHT. You can't just lift an image you find on the internet, they are nearly always copyrighted and if you can't tell then they're copyrighted. Images need to be released freely, or actually taken yourself. You cannot take an image from the internet and upload it to Wikipedia and claim it's your own work, that's copyright violating. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:21, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I see many pictures that are screenshots of the actor or actress in movies, is that copyright, sorry for the dumb question. Thatsyrianitalian (talk) 13:37, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If you read the Copyright policy it will tell you what you need to know. It's mostly about attributing it properly, having low res and proving you can't get another image from anywhere. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Complaint
I am here trying to contribute to Wikipedia while balancing school (I'm doing this during school hours) I'm sorry I'm not perfect but I don't like it when a 50 year old Brexit geezer tells me my contributions aren't worth much because in the span of 1 week i made 51 edits and less than 30 present were reverted I'm sorry i can spend 10 hours a day browsing a encyclopedia and fixing mistakes because i have a life but I'm trying to help. Lion1010NT (talk) 16:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not 50 years old. I'm not a Brexit geezer (whatever the heck that's supposed to mean) I don't spend 10 hours a day on Wikipedia and almost every single one of your mainspace edits have been reverted, not 30%. You can either listen to what other editors are telling you, not impose your opinion (how would you feel if someone edited the main page on Christianity to say its fake and not true cause there is no solid evidence for it) and try to follow Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, or you can get blocked as that is the way you are going. Instead of continuing to do the same edits that have already been reverted as unencyclopaedic (changing died to passed away) you can try and add sourced encyclopaedic information instead of your opinion. And you choosing to be offended because there is an article on another religion, due to it not matching your own, gives you zero rights and in fact shows that you are unable to contribute in a neutral and collaborative manner. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Who do we mention for franchise owners?
Hey you might remember me from that Star Wars article where I say the owner is Disney but the owner is Lucasfilsm which itself is owned by Disney now. I am just wondering there are lots of franchises articles that don’t follow ur rules like in The Last Airbender article has Nickelodeon as the owner and underneath Nick is the parent company of Nick which is Paramount Global under small fonts. Is this allowed? How come they can mention the parents companies of the company itself but not the Disney stuff? NakhlaMan (talk) 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Just because other articles don't mention the actual owner correctly doesn't mean they're right. The fact is the owner is about the owner, not the owner's owner or ultimate top owner. The owner of the owner is not in scope for the article and can be mentioned on the owner's article. I.e. the fact Lucasfilm is owner by Disney isn't relevant to the article about the franchise as the owner, but is relevant to the Lucasfilm article. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * So what ur saying is I should start changing ALL franchises articles and make them say owner is Nickelodeon instead of Nick (underneath Paramount?) Look I am not starting any edit wars I want to get to the bottom of thise because lots and I mean LOTS of people keep vandilising the Simpsons franchise page and keeps adding Disney despite its sub 20th Century owning it. A similar thing happend to the same Star Wars franchise article and I even gave him a link to my talk page with that comment u sent last year. NakhlaMan (talk) 13:31, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying you should do anything, and there should not be any edit wars. Any conflict, take it to the talk page of the article for consensus just like with any other editing dispute. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmmm too be honest there should be syllabus on infobox franchise templates on what to do with the owner and every franchise has to follow it. NakhlaMan (talk) 14:04, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That would be in the infobox template instructions and discussion page. At the end of the day it says and describes owner, not owner of owner or ultimate owner. That seems pretty obvious to me. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 15:17, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Ready for GA status?
Hello @Canterbury Tail,

After reading the 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision article again, I feel like it's ready to be nominated for WP:GA status. Although this article is only a month old, is it still too early to nominate this? 🛧 Midori No Sora♪ 🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈  ) 01:03, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I haven't really been involved in any GA nominations so I'm not the best person to ask. I'd say possibly not as it's not stable an is still likely to change in the future, but I will admit to not knowing all the criteria. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 02:10, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright, Thank you. 🛧 Midori No Sora♪ 🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈  ) 02:12, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism by some random guy
I appreciate your comment and I'm able to comprehend with it. I'm new to wikipedia so not so good with the rules. But there's a guy called "Krish Nikhil" who has been removing my pictures from some pages without any reason. He is doing it out of jealousy and he has absolute no reason to support the removal. He made the account day before yesterday just to remove my pictures and he only uses it only for that purpose. He has some beef with me for no reason.. I'd like to see your take on this issue. Sanil Nath (talk) 13:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Lemme look at it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:49, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Please have a look on his contributions, it only comprises of removing my pictures. People are pricks for no reason, also he is operating under a fake name. Sanil Nath (talk) 13:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes I see that, I've left a message on their talk page. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 13:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Is it alright if I upload the pictures again? Sanil Nath (talk) 15:09, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Do they meet our policies? Do you understand why they were removed in the first place? <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:06, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I do understand. Because of the loud watermark and the wrong placement of the image in the article. I'd request you to deal with Krish Nikhil first as he keeps removing it without any rhyme or reason. Sanil Nath (talk) 17:08, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Also at the end of the day, you've tried to add photos to articles and have been reverted, by myself and others. Per WP:BRD you now need to get consensus on the talk page to include them. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:55, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The guy is back. He removed 2 of my pictures again without any rhyme or reason. I thought Wikipedia was a good community but this tells a different story. Can you please look into it as this scenario could frustrate anyone. Sanil Nath (talk) 18:03, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Could you please check his IP address if you have access to CheckUser. Sanil Nath (talk) 18:15, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've given them a final warning and restored your edits. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I re-reverted your change here - while the series of edits by User:Krish Nikhal do not appear to be in good faith, in this case the article already had a photo of the same display team and that section has way too many photos already.Nigel Ish (talk) 19:35, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That is fine by me, that's a fair editorial judgement call not a hounding disruptive reversion pattern. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 21:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright, thank you so much. Sanil Nath (talk) 21:43, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Georg Bruchmüller additional citations template
Hello. I removed the citation template from Georg Bruchmüller because 7 separate sources, with 15 inline citations, seems appropriate for article that is only roughly 5 paragraphs in size. Every single section contains at least one citation as well. Do you feel this is inadequate? How many additional sources do you think that page requires before that template should be taken down? Thank you. Durchbruchmüller (talk) 23:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There are large swathes of the article that do not have sources, sections that should be their own paragraphs perhaps making sweeping statements with no references. It's rather under referenced. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:08, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Mabel (Singer)
I am reaching out in regards to the wWiki entry from teh sinegr Mabel. Someone keeps reverting her background from "English-Swedish" to "English" siting "no proof of citizenship". I just included this link from The Guarding about Swedish RnB and souls singers. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/01/scandipop-mabel-zhala-seinabo-sey In fact no article linked states her citizenhip as eitehr Swedish nor English, but having a Swedish mother, English father and spent ages 8-18 (ten years) in Swedena nd teh Swedish schol system, I fail to see how she shoudl only be listed as "English". Isn't this sabotage? Can you help out? Fantomen73 (talk) 20:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's a long term abuser and banned account sock evasion of User:Dealer07. Feel free to revert their edits on sight. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:45, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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Editor experience invitation
Hi Canterbury Tail :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 11:43, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Krotch Lockman
Krotch Lockman is back to violating MOS:NUMERAL. You warned him back in 2022 but it didn't take. . He is also making pointless abbreviations like here even thought the source explicitly says "Saint Louis Bread Company". ThaddeusSholto (talk) 13:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

thanks for recent edits
I am assuming that you are aware of User_talk:Crazybangladesiooooha and related issues.

I seem to have calamities abound when trying to quote/use the foreign script user name.

It seems it might be cross wiki as well... JarrahTree 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in Wikipedia study
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

IP: 104.180.97.95
Thank you for blocking IP: 104.180.97.95. However, it appears that the same person with exactly the same edit content and same location is also operating from IP 101.108.97.95. Can I respectfully suggest that your block also applies to this address? Thanks and regards, David J Johnson (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
As for your comment in the edit summary: No, not every safety video emphasizes that. Only in Japan that luggage part is emphasized in detail. Sources have pointed out specifically that this safety video stood out from all other airlines' which is usually a passing one-liner. See, just for a few more examples. - Mailer Diablo 19:49, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

CPPConstruct
Hi - last month, you blocked for evade a block. Can I inquire about the username of the main account behind this sock puppet? I require assistance with a SPI. — Saqib ( talk  |  contribs ) 20:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe it was for whom the sockmaster is . <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Newtownards
Hi Canterbury Tail, I was referring to Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles, which states that for places in Northern Ireland, foreign-language terms should only be included in the lead where the name derives from that language, whereas


 * For places in Northern Ireland whose names are derived from English, the other names should only appear in the infobox along with a source.

"Newtownards" is derived from "New", "town" and "Ards", all of which are English-language terms (although Ards ultimately derives from Irish, which is why Ards Peninsula has the Irish in the lead). Thanks, Dāsānudāsa (talk) 16:32, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think in this case it is fine as the town was from the Irish before it's New Town Ards naming derived off of that. It's still ultimately derived from the Irish. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:06, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Weather and unsourced changes
The edits I made to the text matched what is in the 1991-2020 climate averages for Belfast Newforge. What was there before is outdated text that contradicts the official Met Office data (the source is from 2009, which means it's presumably referencing the 1971-2000 averaging period). Further, while I'm happy to exclude the airport data from the page as the city has a closer station, use of such data is not unprecedented (Limerick uses Shannon Airport data, for example, which is about 13 miles from the city centre). --Jacobfrid (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If you're going to update it you need to update the references as well. The changes you made were not supported by the references in the article that were supposed to support it. Do not update numbers for anything without also updating the references for it. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 01:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
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Greater Toronto Area versus CMA
Hey Canterbury Tail - Actually there is no precise definition of the Greater Toronto Area. One definition includes all of Halton and Durham; the mid-2000s map I replaced here does not include those entire RMs. The interactive map I produced here presents the official CMA which map does not exist elsewhere on wikipedia. You can always create a subject on the page to go over the various definitions (commuting area, CMA, media market, etc...). Since I am done with the map, feel free to comment. StillWatchesCartoons (talk) 17:44, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry but you need to take it to the talk page and not edit war to include your changes. It's quite clear that the Toronto CMA and the GTA are not the same thing, so we cannot pretend that it is. Saying the official name of the GTA is the Toronto CMA is clearly and obviously incorrect. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 18:08, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * As noted yesterday, no one is conflating the CMA with the GTA, just remove the official title on the infobox and call it a day. If you want give equal weight and give official CMAs their own Wikipedia pages, that could work but that would take a lot of time.  This is not limited to GTA, this hits MMA, Quebec City, Greater Vancouver, Ottawa, and may be others.  After reading the "Talk" commentary on GTA and other pages, this is certainly not a new matter, nor is it one I created.
 * We in the States avoided this mess decades ago, mostly because we don't use municipalities as building blocks for our metropolitan areas, so we don't have as much room for ambiguity. But the debate is way above my pay grade. StillWatchesCartoons (talk) 21:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * What happens in the states has no relevance to a Canadian article. Conversations around this should take place on the article talk page. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 22:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please kindly read (or re-read) the first paragraph above explaining the issue as I see it. For the record, as requested, I already wrote on the GTA talk page, and in reply to you specifically and I got no response.  It's fine, I have moved on, thanks. StillWatchesCartoons (talk) 16:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is no hurry to respond, there's no deadline. We're not in a rush. And we're all volunteers here. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Troublesome editor
Hello - I noticed you're an admin.

Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could help me with a troublesome editor that has hijacked killone abbey page. The entire dialogue is on the Talk page.

My WP:COI is that I am a local that has known these lands my entire life and I have ancestors buried in the ancient burial grounds as do many locals.

The contentious sentence added to the page states there is a public right of way. The sentence needs to be removed as there has never been a public right of way through Newhall Estate.

I have provided this user ample evidence on the Talk page which he refuses to accept.

The reference link he's using mentions a (private) right of way - not a public right of way. He has provided no evidence for a public right of way and refuses my evidence.

This user sadly has a biased agenda.

I gave tried everything to reason with him and reach consensus.

I've provided him sources including a government minister stating there is no public right of way which he also refuses to correctly quote on the page.

The sentence is contentious and needs removing from an encyclopaedia article.

He has left a warning on my page not to edit the page again. If you could please advise on next steps I would be most grateful for your help. Than you! Kellycrak88 (talk) 21:44, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Royal Wessex
Hi Canterbury Tail, hope you're doing well. I saw that you deleted this draft as a copyright violation, though I had declined an earlier G12 tag after looking at the source website's copyright notice ("You are free to use any part of the text, providing the page doesn't stipulate a particular author, as this is information for the common good placed in the public domain."), and as this page does not seem to indicate a particular author. I had already added the citation to the draft along with the PD-notice template to comply with our plagiarism guidelines. I know it's probably a bit moot as the original author is now blocked, but... as copyvio allegations were part of the AN/I report that led to the block, I'd like to note it for posterity if this was indeed not a violation. Thoughts? Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 05:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm interesting. Their copyright notice is a little contradictory, but I think the intent is what you stated. I would undo it, but as you say the creator is now blocked so it likely wouldn't be for anything (unless a sock turned up.) Thanks for the heads up. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 11:38, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

My behavior
I should be aware that I apologize that my behavior went wild because I did not follow the collaborative procedures editing East Asian region pages. But again thank you for your advice. Silence of Lambs (talk) 12:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

County Londonderry (again)
See Jonathan Anderson (fashion designer) - 4 different IP addresses have made the usual change. I have reverted it each time, put a note on the talk page and invited discussion there - to no avail. Would this page be a candidate for semi-protection? Alekksandr (talk) 19:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. 3 months. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 19:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Alekksandr (talk) 20:27, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi origin
Every single DNA sample from the ruler class and kings shows them being half Bantu and Persian with some Indian here and there to say that al Hassan was Abyssinian which implies that he was Habesha is wrong. without clarifying that most slave Abyssinians are of Bantu or Nilotic origin Not Amharic Semitic. Direct descendants of Al Hassan stil exist most of them are afro Persian bantu with zero  Amharic Semitic DNA.

Sources to my clams with dna samples

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05754-w

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812914/ Developed it entirely (talk) 16:35, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Not sure what this is about or why it's here. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 16:45, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh i'm sorry it's about Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi and you removed one of my edits about him being of bantu origin or nilotic origin Developed it entirely (talk) 17:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, then you make the edit and attached references with the edit in the article. Not in the edit summary but as references against the point you're editing. If you're not sure how to do that, here's a good guide. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:23, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

County Londonderry (again)
See "List of Cisterccian abbeys in Ireland" -IP editor keeps making usual edit. I have invited discussion on talk page.Alekksandr (talk) 17:03, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've added to my watch list and blocked the two current IPs temporarily for persistent disruptive editing. I don't want to protect the page, it's been stable until very recently, so lets just watch and see what happens. I'll protect if needed. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:11, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you.Alekksandr (talk) 17:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:43, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Attacks on buildings and structures
You keep removing articles from the category tree of Category:Attacks on buildings and structures. This is a parent category of Category:Attacks on restaurants and Category:Attacks on bars. The category tree does not distinguish between the attacks on patrons or the buildings themselves. Dimadick (talk) 20:21, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Um, I removed one. Once. This is a far cry from "you keep removing". And it seems clear then that the category is misnamed. Any reasonable person would read a category of "Attacks on buildings and structures" as that, an attack on a building and/or structure. Not on its occupants. Not an attack that happened to take place inside one. Looking through that category tree now, it's quite clear that the wording choice of the entire category tree names is rather poor if it is indeed intended to encompass attacks on persons inside instead of attacks on the building. And I'd go as far as to say that was its initial intent, but editors have started adding other items to the category that probably shouldn't be there. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 20:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Thomas Niedermayer
Hello CT! I notice you seem to be rather experienced in dealing with.... delicate... issues... and I would like to raise this article to your attention.

A biased editor is doing some truly bizarre mental gymnastics trying to negate the severity of an unlawful killing. 92.30.6.163 (talk) 21:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * For background on this editor see Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 98, where their edit was described by another editor as "clearly introducedn non-NPOV language and language which doesn't even seem to come from the any source, so it's not surprising it was reverted". Kathleen&#39;s bike (talk) 21:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Who?
 * That isn't me. Not everyone who disagrees with you is the same person. 92.30.6.163 (talk) 00:34, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, right. Not only do you turn up at the Thomas Niedermayer article straight after the other IP has edited, in your first post in this discussion thread you also use the same "bizarre mental gymnastics" phrase the other IP used here. Kathleen&#39;s bike (talk) 09:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Nice way of poisoning the well. Thus far you have avoided the actual issues I have raised and seem intent on inventing your own definitions for words. Whether or not I am the same person as the other editor, this does not alter the basic facts of the issue at hand. 92.30.6.163 (talk) 11:45, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Please take this away from my talk page. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 12:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am sorry that... this... happened. 92.30.6.163 (talk) 13:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Orla Chennaoui
By way of 'heads-up' ... I note that, on 9 June 2023, you protected the above article for one year, expiring on 9 June 2024. Since that date, the usual edit has been made and reverted three times, most recently by a registered user. Alekksandr (talk) 17:28, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Real time Hurricane info on Wikipedia
You (and the others who supported your view) are absolutely correct on the bare URLs in current (or any) Tropical Storms. You made a firm and well supported comment that opened space for other editors to weigh in. Well done.

I can not offer a citation, but I covered every hurricane coming in from the Atlantic for ten years. At the National Hurricane Center, for CBS News, as part of a camera crew providing live interviews with the director.

Wikipedia is not a source for medical advice. It is not a source of advice on approaching hurricanes. The NHC has rooms full of people, laptops and super-computers to develop that advice. Every broadcast and cable network and local station provides that. ps We don't do traffic reports, do we?
 * — N eonorange (talk to Phil) (he, they) 21:56, 26 June 2024 (UTC) —

ETG3661
Not sure how to report this, but ETG3661 is pretty clearly a sock of indef blocked vandal TreyFern513.

GA-RT-22 (talk) 17:44, 2 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't know who that is ETG3661 (talk) 17:49, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Well at least they finally found the talk page. Too late though. Thanks for the heads up, dealt with. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:51, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, . PhilKnight (talk) 17:52, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Interesting that they stopped and created a new account like that. Ah well they're all blocked. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 17:56, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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ANI discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding your questionable block of User:Caseythezahima. The thread is Egregiously bad block. Thank you. — <span style="background:#1F6295;color:white;padding:1q 5q;border-radius:10q;font-family:Franklin Gothic, Verdana">AP 499D25  (talk)  07:58, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

KSP short description
Hello, I had a few questions regarding the short description of the KSP page, I originally posted these to the talk page there but thought I should put them here as well.


 * 1) 1) I was wondering why the year of release isn't included in the short description of the Kerbal Space Program Wikipedia article. Release years are included in the articles for other video games such as Minecraft and Fortnite. Wouldn't including the release year in this article maintain consistency?


 * 1) 2) Additionally with other articles on video games the genre is not stated in the short description, but it is here. Therefore shouldn't the words "spaceflight simulation" be excluded in the short description?

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Yellowknife Airport
I just noticed this. Which of the links was the copyvio? I've seen links to timetableimages.com, airliners.net, and departedflights.com in other articles and would like to remove them. The airliners.net is useless as a source because it's just a link to a photo. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 18:13, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Timetableimages.com is a pure hosting of scans of airline brochures etc. They're all copyright violations, they're not snippets the site hosts images of the entire brochures and schedules so fair use is out. Airliners.net I don't think is considered a reliable source, at least I don't think so but I recall conversations around it on the wikiprojects but not the outcome. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 19:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I suspected it was the timetables as it's the one I had seen most often. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 19:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Always wanted to chat with you anyway, we cross paths from time to time. At some point I want to head up your way and, if you're willing, I'd like to reach out for some guidance. <b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b> <i style="color: Blue;">talk</i> 21:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)