User talk:CapitalR

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What's your real name brother ? WikiEditPS (TALK) 13:32, 24 June 2024  (IST)

Infobox journalist
You recently contributed to the Template:Infobox journalist. Your input is requested for the following discussion: Template talk:Infobox journalist. Thank You. --Flyguy33 (talk) 06:53, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:Navbox/core/doc
Template:Navbox/core/doc, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:Navbox/core/doc and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Template:Navbox/core/doc during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:10, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I already deleted it under CSD G8.  — Edokter  ( talk ) — 14:16, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Navbox long
Template:Navbox long has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 10:17, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Mass Prison MCI Shirley.gif
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Non-free rationale for File:Mass Prison MCI Plymouth.jpg
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Nomination for deletion of Template:NavigationBox athletic conference
Template:NavigationBox athletic conference has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. WOSlinker (talk) 19:49, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

San Francisco meetup at WMF headquarters
Hi CapitalR,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the next wiki-meetup happening in SF. It'll be located at our very own Wikimedia Foundation offices, and we'd love it if some local editors who are new to the meetup scene came and got some free lunch with us :) Please sign up on the meetup page if you're interested in attending, and I hope to see you soon! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 19:36, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Massachusetts coat of arms.png listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Massachusetts coat of arms.png, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Varnent (talk) 09:39, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear CapitalR,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 21:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Documentation for gadget authors
I saw you had done some work on heavily-used gadgets. We're trying to start a library for gadget authors to use. Please check it out and post any questions or comments there. -- ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 02:28, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted
I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.

This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets (extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.

We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!

I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.

Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.

Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 21:15, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

9th Amendment
Hello CapitalR, You seem to be vandalizing a webpage. My current understanding of wikipedia policy is that the information that you have reverted is allowed to be there the way that it was because "the term "original research" (OR) is used on Wikipedia to refer to material—such as facts, allegations, and ideas—for which no reliable, published sources exist" and articles should be written in your own words while substantially retaining the meaning of the source material." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OR Please explain your position. I do not wish to be in an edit war with you, but an edit war seems to be what you are engaging. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghostprotocol888 (talk • contribs) 06:07, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Ghostprotocol. First, please refrain from accusing me of vandalism and assume good faith -- I was simply removing what I felt were comments not necessary in the article and lacking proper references.  If you would like to include those passages in the article, please find a reliable source to ensure the statements' verifiability.  If you have questions on what constitutes a reliable source or would like help rewording the passage, I'll be happy to help out.  The comments as they stand now appear to be a grammar lesson followed by your personal point of view, and are not backed up by references.  The article doesn't really need a grammatical parsing of the text (comma placement discussion isn't really helpful), but can always do with referenced interpretations.  As your additions to the article are under dispute (not just with me but another user as well), you should take it up on the talk page to help find a consensus before re-adding it.  --CapitalR (talk) 06:14, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Westborough Lake Chauncy 1.jpg
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The Dark Knight Rises box office collections
Hello sir. I've seen that you've made edit on The Dark Knight Rises even though it is locked. Probably you have the privileges. If you can than please edit the box office section of the infobox of the movie. The movie has crossed over half a billion dollar while the infobox shows 337 million. Please if you can than correct this and update the article or please ask somebody else to do it. I can't because I don't have the privileges so I'm asking you to please do it. I will be highly thankful to you. --MegaCyanide666 (talk) 15:08, 01 August 2012 (UTC)

Qingdao–Taiyuan_High-Speed_Railway interwiki
Hi, it looks like your browser [/w/index.php?title=Template:Qingdao%E2%80%93Taiyuan_High-Speed_Railway&diff=next&oldid=497476682 had problems] processing Chinese characters in interwiki links, and I have re-added the links in Qingdao–Taiyuan_High-Speed_Railway. --Kakurady (talk) 00:08, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. I realized I had done this on a few pages and fixed a few, but looks like I missed at least one!  Thanks again, and let me know if others need fixing, --CapitalR (talk) 00:10, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Template_talk:Czech_elections
Hello, seeing that you have contributed to the Template:Czech elections, I would like to invite you to share your view on inclusion of presidential elections prior to 2013 to the list. Thank you, Cimmerian praetor (talk) 12:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Great West Conference navbox
Template:Great West Conference navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:33, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Nbsp!
Template:Nbsp! has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  Gadget850talk 13:34, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:36, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Input requested
CapitalR,  you made an edit on Templat:retired that's currently being discussed  here. Your input would be appreciated. 19:22, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference navbox
Template:West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. UCO2009bluejay (talk) 22:07, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

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

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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Technical news
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 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
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CSS styling in templates.
Hello, Just heads up that there is currently work on an extension in order to enable CSS styling in templates. Please check the document here to discuss best storage methods and what we need to avoid with implementation. Thanks --Melamrawy (WMF) (talk) 19:55, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Check this out
Some content you contributed to is being considered for discussion for destruction at Templates for discussion/Log/2018 February 3 Trackinfo (talk) 08:09, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:33, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Moon-beast


The article Moon-beast has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Fictional race that fails WP:NFICTION, WP:GNG and WP:PLOT. BEFORE does not show any analysis, only in-universe style summaries.

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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users
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Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Metropolitan Airport


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New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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