User talk:Deskana/Archive 35

Well, nuts.
Hey, Deskana! So, I had gone to User:Maydewsl, intending to block as an obvious sock, but i decided to wait on the CU results. When WilliamH declined, I went ahead and blocked, but after doing so, I saw that you said it's unrelated...so what happens now? Unblock? I still find it hard to believe that a completely innocent account finds their way to that AfD as their only edit, voting "per IronKnuckle" within ten minutes of registering and two hours of the AfD being created. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 17:15, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Although it may not appear so at first, mine and WilliamH's evaluations of the case are not mutually exclusive. People don't just appear and support AfDs like that. I agree that it's almost certainly a sock of someone, I just don't know who. If they give us an unblock request it can be evaluated. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 17:18, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Heh, okay. I guess that, despite my fervent wishes, CU has obstinately persisted in its refusal to be magic pixie dust. :) I'll keep the page on my watchlist in case an unblock request is forthcoming. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 17:21, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I believe he has made an unblock request, but may have done it incorrectly. If CU came back unrelated, is one AFD comment really sufficient evidence for a duck block? Gaijin42 (talk) 17:25, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's not for me to decide. I will not act as judge, jury and executioner on checkuser cases. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 17:28, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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Dear Sir Madam

Radio Tatras International, RTI, via the Slovak studio (please check the IP) has been contacted by a number of listeners due to the spat on WikiPedia. Below a very cordial exchange with another admin. Please delete if you feel better about it.

Therefore, can I ask you the same questions as posed to your colleague. I am happy to share that we have coached T2G Students in radio interview, worked with some as work-experience students (radio is only one aspect of our overall business)

I will be happy state in a skype call, should you wish, how much miss-information is being peddled by those editing Train2Game. There is an interesting side to this for you, since the new regulations came in controlling any we content with a UK office and/or editorial control, many companies no longer fill there sites with hundreds of claims. It is easy to see this working with Train2Game. repeatedly one Admin has claimed Train2game is another company whilst saying it was former by two companies - further he always took out the reference to City and Guilds - I have evidence of this. As an friendly FYI, Google Train2Game City and Guilds and watch the Youtube video by City and Guilds on the subject.

Respectfully yours RTI

Hi Wehwalt Thanks for trying with the Train2Game page. I tried to make correct amendments after being advised of the incorrect entry by listeners. I fear your efforts are pointless. The reason, even when those not embroiled in the war of words edit the page, David replaces the entry with miss-information. Which tells us, the complaint we received against Wikipedia is genuine. As the person who tried, we would like to invite you to explain how this works. As there is no email for you, please send your email explaining the complaints procedure you followed for the attention of "RTI Investigates Wikipedia" via studio@rti.fm which is on the air. The wiki page has miss-information on RTI as well - never mind. Regards TEAM RTI - N.B. you will find the IP is Slovakia. RTI also likes to remind contributors that if it feels miss represented in shows it can lodge a complaint with OFCOM where RTI remains licensed to broadcast

A copy of this note has been retained on file — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Since I gather my protection of the page was not universally applauded, I think it would be better if another admin made the next move.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:06, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

So you mean that if someone wants to add miss information you simply agree - there are thousands of Train2Game students with a large number already contacting us. If you still feel unable to comments on the specifics of this issue can you share the procedures for blocking a user for sharing miss information and who does one report this to, the person with the responsibility to amend content and ban offending users please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk) 18:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

The place to discuss incorrect information in the article is the talk page of the article. You don't seem to have written anything there yet.

Incidentally, you should be careful with your comments about complaining to OFCOM - such comments could constitute a threat to take action off Wikipedia, and may get you blocked from editing according to Wikipedia's WP:NLT policy. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:26, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

The OFCOM statement is good practice - contributors should be made aware that if they feel there was a wrong doing they have a right to complain about the offending comments made. Thank you for the comments about WikiPedia policy, very interesting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk) 18:33, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

You may not be aware OFCOM is the broadcast regulator in the UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk) 18:36, 27 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk)


 * What are you even asking me here? Your message is badly formatted, contains content copied from another page, and has no clear point. If you've got something to ask me, please do so explicitly. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 18:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

EXCUSE ME - the formatting is due to WikiePedia not me - I was sharing information to bring you up to speed.

OK to simplicity. RTI Listeners want to know why WikiPedia is allowing untruths and miss information to be posted on the Train2Game page of WikiPedia? The listeners are students.

Regards RTI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.112.79.171 (talk) 19:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * So you open your interview with a loaded question? I expect better if you wish to convince me to comment. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 20:26, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Radio Tatras International is not a broadcaster any more. It's now a podcaster - David Gerard (talk) 23:04, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm really not trying to convince you to comment, I am giving you the opportunity. If you do not wish to comment then that's what will stated.

David, with respect is relying on content from Wikipedia which is also not accurate - a trip to the web site would prove that. I can't imagine why he didn't bother to check the referenced web site as he could have then updated the page to be accurate. RTI will not be updating pages on Wikipedia. Regards RTI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.16.42.254 (talk) 13:24, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

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hello, please could you re-review my article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Men%27s_Fitness_Germany I have added more references

thanks

Perrymanku (talk) 12:12, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * No you haven't. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:14, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * In fact, based on your three AfC submissions you have demonstrated quite clearly that you do not understand our referencing process. It has been suggested to you multiple times that you read WP:VRS but you do not appear to have done so. I would suggest you do not waste any more time on submissions that will not get approved due to poor references. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:17, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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Training the Trainers
Hi Deskana, we're looking to finalise numbers and I just wanted to confirm that you're still interested in attending the event on 23-24th February? Thanks, Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 20:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Richard, I'm still interested in attending if there's space for me. Thanks! --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 20:19, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As 18 people have registered their interest and there's only space for 12 we're in the process of chasing up who can come and who would need accommodation (arranged by Wikimedia UK). I'm assuming given your comments on the event talk page that you would not need accommodation. Would that be correct? Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 12:32, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That is correct. I live in Manchester city centre. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 13:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Deskana, the details of the venue are now on the UK wiki. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 13:56, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * That's not Manchester, that's Salford! There's a difference! In seriousness, the walk from my flat will take me past Victoria station so if anyone is arriving to Manchester there on Saturday morning I could meet them and walk to the venue with them. I imagine they'll be arriving on Friday night though? Still, let me know if you'd like me to do that. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 14:21, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * We've finalised the list of attendees and you're amongst the 12. See you there! Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 11:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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Clarification
Dear Deskana, your name has been mentioned unnecessarily in an ARE discussion together with mine. According to what is claimed there, "I assume you are a sock of the user I assumed was socking" (sic). I am sure that if you saw this you only laughed. Even so I would like to clarify here publicly that I never had any doubt about neither yourself nor any other WP admin who are check users. I can imagine that being a check user is a huge resposibility and I have no doubt the best people are chosen for this function; therefore I have full confidence on each and every one of them. I would sincerely like to apologise you for this unlucky referral of your user name. Thanks for your time and effort in trying to make WP a better place, discovering dishonest users. Greetings and best wishes. Take care. --E4024 (talk) 10:06, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It is quite humorous. Either way, you need not trouble yourself about my reaction to it. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 13:39, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Could be Wagner.

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 * I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm afraid. Who's Wagner? --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 16:18, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Wagner. A sockpuppeteer. 194.83.68.229 (talk) 12:33, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. Well, you should file an SPI case. Due to my Ombudsman Commission appointment, I am refraining from routine use of checkuser. Plus, I don't check accounts just because someone posts a collection of them on my talk page and says "Could be socks". --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I can't file an SPI case due to the page being protected. 194.83.68.229 (talk) 12:43, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's unfortunate. In that case, you should contact an clerk to assist you in filing a case. For the reasons listed above, I am unable to do so. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 17:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Thank you for blocking IP 87.232.1.48 as I suspected all along I was right concerning the IP. Just for the record I can tell you that I suspected the IPs 134.226.254.178 and 87.232.101.49 was used by the IP for quite some time so good that someone finally did something. I am quite certain also that user page MaxxFordham is used of IP 87.232.1.48 and if so a attempt to give the illusion of consensus at a discussion on the Killing of Travis Alexander article has been taken place. Thank you again.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:44, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Help for investigation in sqwiki
Hello Deskana, I'm writing this request to you because you're currently part of Ombudsman commission. My nick is Euriditi, an administrator in Albanian Wikipedia (verify). It's been almost two weeks now that in ours community a group of users had been discussing harshly and taking personal attacks to each other about a couple of articles (regarding political figures of Albania's history). The situation escalated quickly, they also accused each-other for using Sock puppet accounts, violating community standards in order to support in discussion pages and our Village Pump their personal ides. Personally, I think that these suspicions stands, because new, unxeperienced users (created only hours ago) start to discuss old issues. This is really strange for our small wiki community. We also organised a voting to elect a Check user, but the voting process will take much time and this case is very sensitive. All I fear is that this might become a potential disruption for our community. So, our community express the will that Ombudsman commission must investigate this case. The investigation should be done for all the users who commented and expressed opinions in these sections of Village Pump Diskutoni se ç'duhet bërë me artikuj të dyshimtë si Lufta Civile 1943-1944, OFERTE PER PAQTIM!!!! and Paralajmërim ndaj Babagjysh për fjalët e pista dhe vandalizmat e bëra nga ai because these are the sections where suspected Sock puppet commented. To conclude the users that should be investigated are:
 * User:Tetovo boy
 * User:Adriatik Çela
 * User:Arb.iter
 * User:Babagjysh
 * User:Euriditi (including me)
 * User:Mr. Pseudo
 * User:Hatake
 * User:Maja e Lëpjetës
 * (* suspected users are in bold)

Please investigate this case as soon as possible. For further elucidation you can contact me in sqwiki. The results of this investigation should be posted at our Village Pump -  Euriditi  11:08, 19 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Per this user's request, I responded on his talk page on sqwiki. The response can be seen here. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 11:39, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your help. I moved the request at Steward requests/Checkuser. -- Euriditi  12:12, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hello, you chimed in at Articles for deletion/Hunter Douglas. I've worked on the article, adding references, and think I've removed most traces of COI editing. Would you be willing to take another look? Thanks.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  04:27, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Still reads as very promotional to me, though it's definitely not as bad as it was. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 22:55, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Just so you know...
I began my comment before you closed the discussion and didn't get an edit conflict when I hit the save button. Given that this is how the wikimedia software works, I really don't think it was necessary to undo my comment. Slp1 (talk) 17:51, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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Not such a great idea
I'm pretty sure we aren't acquainted with each other (if that's the case then, hello! Nice to meet you!), and I know you made this comment with the best of intentions, but this editor is eminently unqualified to be working with SPI. He has a history (recent mind you) of accusations of socking against other editors that have no merit, e.g. consider this SPI where Viriditias added Belchfire, a frequent opponent of Viriditas because one user name is known for "belching fire" and the other username is known to "belch farts". Saedon said All of this is massively circumstantial and not even close to enough to be considered a well reasoned argument and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Belchfire&diff=next&oldid=530375488 This is one of the more asinine arguments I've seen in a sock accusation. In case anyone is interested, the most asinine was someone accusing User:Yobol of being sock because "Yobol" is "lobby" backwards. I mean, it's not but even if it was, just holy crap. Too much dopamine.]''. This is not an isolated incident. I of course am a bit biased as you might imagine -- having been accused by Viriditias of being a sock with absolutely zero evidence (with a highly offensive personal attack throw in at the same time to boot). Yeah, he got it right this time at ANI, because he used diffs, not specious speculation. Regards. little green rosetta $central scrutinizer (talk)$ 11:52, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello. I appreciate your concerns. Let me explain how I see this. If he's capable of clerking properly, then we can use him. Based only on what I've seen myself (which, if I want to be fair and impartial, is all I can use to judge his behaviour), he is. If he's not capable of clerking properly, then that will become evident and we can ask him to stop. I was not offering to let him bypass the process; he'd have to sign up and wait for a trainer to pick him like any other clerk. Hopefully that alleviates your concerns. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 11:57, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, no harm will be done. This was more of a caveat emptor message.  Thanks.   little green rosetta $central scrutinizer (talk)$ 12:18, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for taking the time notify me. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:19, 29 March 2013 (UTC)


 * For the record, this "Little green rosetta" account showed up fully formed without any learning curve in August 2012, and jumped right into the ongoing WikiProject Conservatism edit wars/sock puppet wargames on multiple articles. Furthermore, I have a long history of nailing sock puppets to the wall (probably close to 90% hit rate or more) over many years as the archives show, including LGR's close, close friend Belchfire who was recently blocked for sockpuppetry.  LGR's complaint that the SPI did not nail Belchfire at the time of the initial check is probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.  The guy was socking throughout that SPI and the CU's didn't catch him because they refused to check at that time, however they eventually caught him anyway.  "Belchfire" was not my opponent, he is and was a goddamn troll and edit warrior.  LGR will continue to deny he's a returning user, and that's fine, but he isn't fooling anyone.  As I've maintained for eight years, I have no interest in any administration tools whatsoever, and I have no intention of "clerking" anywhere.  But IMO, LGR cannot be trusted. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 05:28, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

And also for the record, LGR's claim that I have a "history...of accusations of socking against other editors that have no merit" is totally and completely without merit. Here's the evidence (yellow indicates hits for and against in the instances where I defended the accused):


 * inconclusive
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined
 * declined

That's a sample from SPI, not including older reports from RFCU and ANI. LGR is simply stirring the pot. Viriditas (talk) 06:00, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hehe, yay! Thank you! --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 16:10, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Randomly selected
Well not totally randomly as I'm picking a couple of sensible sounding active admins from an unrelated ANI thread. I asked a question here Wikipedia talk:User pages, as a third party, this doesn't affect me, but I don't think the page gets much admin traffic. If not your area/too busy no worries, will leave this same message at 3 other Talk pages. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:05, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Also note OGBraniff again to Viriditas In ictu oculi (talk) 03:35, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * To respond to your first messages, I don't really think it matters. Perhaps there is an ambiguity, but I really don't think it matters; most accounts that get these sorts of messages on their talk pages end up getting indefinitely blocked. To respond to your second message, I'm not sure what you want me to do? If it's a sock, then provide some evidence of that and I can consider investigating. The onus is always on the person who wants the check to convince the checkuser that it is worthwhile, not on the checkuser to investigate any mention of a possible sock. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 16:33, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks. BoingsaidZebedee and others already commented, it seems majority reading is a repentant one-time socker can actually archive his/her socknote, I'll simply observe.
 * Re the second item no I don't want you to do anything, I'm merely cc-ing you on the message I left with Viriditas because he initiated and you dealt with the last one, I don't fully know the SPI system so I was just being cautious and making sure that if you wanted to be informed you were. No action asked for. Have a good one. Thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:41, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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Merge of 2 sockfarms
Hi. Re the 3 new probable socks at Sockpuppet investigations/OGBranniff, just a suggestion but since the connection was shown last time perhaps User:OGBraniff socks should be in the same category as User:AdamBraniff75 socks? Thanks for all your work. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I am not involved in the maintenance of cases and categories for sockmasters (frankly I find them in violation of WP:DENY), so I'd be guessing as much as you if I started fiddling around with them. One of the clerks will know what to do with this if a connection is confirmed. Feel free to ask one of them for an opinion here. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 09:58, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Dan, Dave pointed out a clash with the scheduled Manchester Wikimeet and the next WMUK AGM on 8 June. So I have rescheduled the Wikimeet to 15 June. Letting you know because you'd put your name down. Cheers, Bazonka (talk) 17:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note! The new date still works for me, so it should be possible for me to be there. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 17:30, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Well I'm afraid I'm just being bloody awkward here. I've changed the date yet again to the 22nd June because the 15th clashes with the Download Festival at Donington which I'm planning on attending. Hope that's not a problem for you. If it is, then we can possibly change it back. Cheers, Bazonka (talk) 20:25, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I fly out to the USA on the 21st June. It may be wiser to keep it on the new date though, if other people are also going to Download. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 21:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Aw shucks. Sorry about that. If you're happy for me to keep it on the 22nd then I will do, but I don't mind moving it back if necessary. Thanks, Bazonka (talk) 06:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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Re: Checkuser
I'll be happy to submit diffs; what do I do once those are prepared? (in terms of how do I edit the SPI page; I doubt it's "remove CU decline and re-add requested"?) –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 15:05, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Simply add them on to the case. A clerk or checkuser will see this, and can then revise the templates. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 15:47, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, I added some! Thanks. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 15:57, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've looked at your case and there's far too much prose in there to make sense of it easily. I was left confused as to what accounts were making what edits, which is not good. Try one bullet point for each diff, with a sentence explaining how it shows a similarity between the accounts. As with all things in life, if you're brief and concise, you'll get a much faster response. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 21:33, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * How does it look now? –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 21:46, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll ask a clerk to check. I can't right now. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 21:56, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks!! –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 22:07, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Riley/Gwickwire issue
Have the other projects been officially notified? I hold sysop at three of the affected projects (test, wikidata, enwikivoyage) and have refrained from starting discussions there since I've been waiting. Also, if you weren't aware, User:RileyBot is flagged on several wikis. --Rschen7754 09:22, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 * They haven't. I had to go to bed. I'll notify the other projects now. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 09:33, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Akuri. I don't understand what's going on here... Thanks. NE Ent 09:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * What specifically is it you need me to review here? I'm a little confused. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 09:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm really confused ... I'm not aware of any SPI or finding that Akuri has violated any policies, so I'm not sure why the category exists, so from the limited information I have it appears to be unwarranted (attack page?); given there may be information I'm not privy to it occurred to me asking a neutral experienced checkuser to evaluate the situation would be the path of least drama. (As opposed to Cfd.) NE Ent 10:15, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying. I have received a few emails about Akuri from other users. Nothing definitive has been proven by checkuser on the Akuri account, but there is some extremely suspicious behaviour. I am confident that Akuri is not a new user. Regarding the suspected sockpuppet template, I have no strong opinion. I think it's pointless to tag IPs as suspected sockpuppets because it does nothing. Similarly it's also pointless to scold people for undertaking an action that does nothing. If people want to waste their time tagging those IPs, then let them do it; it is their own time that they are wasting. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 10:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You're right that I'm not a new user. If you look at all the IPs I've edited from that Mathsci tagged, you'll see I was editing as various IPs for over a year before I got an account. However, I don't think IPs I was using before I had an account should be labeled as socks. 188.142.108.23 (talk) 11:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Given that it does not affect your ability to edit at all, in honesty I am struggling to care about the templates. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 11:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Every other person I've seen who has a sockpuppet category about them, with multiple accounts or IPs tagged, is a banned sockmaster who makes socks to evade their ban. I think when most people see the category Mathsci created about me, they will assume I am something similar. There's no way to tell by looking at the category that it's actually only a list of IPs I used while logged out and before I registered. 188.142.108.23 (talk) 11:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Again, this does not affect your ability to edit. Anyone who checks your userpage will see you are not banned. I will not repeat myself to you again, because as I've said to you already, I struggle to care about these templates for the reasons listed. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 11:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Forced user renames coming soon for SUL
Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Single+User+Login+finalisation+announcement%2FPersonal+announcement&filter=&action=page translate and review the notification] that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages Rename practices and Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:05, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Ombudsman Commission
Hi! If the capitalized form is preferred, Ombudsman commission (the page to which the link in question leads) probably should be moved and edited to reflect this. —David Levy 11:54, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You know, I'd never noticed that. It definitely needs fixing. Thanks very much for bringing it to my attention. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 12:45, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Notifications box replacement prototypes released
Hey Deskana; Kaldari has finished scripting a set of potential replacements available to test and give feedback on. Please go to this thread for more detail on how to enable them. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hello *waves*
Hi Deskana :) I'm Katherine, one of the staff members from Wikimedia UK - we haven't met because of my unfortunate inability to make a Manchester meetup yet, though perhaps we will at the AGM?

I have a favour to ask, only if you have time though. A Trustee is concerned by a volunteer's proposed amendment to the Charity's Data Protection policy (see | here) and I was hoping you could cast your eye over it and offer an opinion as to whether it does adversely affect user rights in relation to how the charity operates as a data processor? Doug has told me you're very knowledgeable in this area and I would be so grateful to have any advice you can offer! Thanks! Katherine Bavage (WMUK) (talk) 09:12, 20 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Katherine! I was actually around the WMUK office yesterday for the Lua event, so I got to see your working environment at least. I should be at the AGM, but it'd be great if you making it to a Manchester/Liverpool meetup some time! Regarding your request, I'll happily offer my advice (with the caveat that I am not a lawyer or legal expert). I'll post on the WMUK wiki. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 13:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Translated RfC about OC scope
Dear Deskana,

For your information, I've translated your proposal into the Dutch language (see here) and informed the community of my home wiki about the request for comment (see here). I realize the request for comment already started two weeks ago, and I hope I'm not too late with this. Wouldn't it be a good idea to inform all local communities using global message delivery?

Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 10:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Mathonius. Thanks for translating the message into Dutch. As far as I'm aware there is no time limit on the RFC so we can leave it as open as long as needed to get comments. I'll try to take a look at the feasibility of using the global message delivery system to get a notice out. I think this counts as a fairly important matter, so the usage should be justified. Thanks! --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 13:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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