User talk:Dreamy Jazz/Archive 6

Block user for Vandalism
Hi, the following user user:49.142.69.113 has continually been vandalizing wikipedia by deleting large portions of articles such as "Southern China Airlines" and "Emirates Fleet". Despite several warnings they have continued to do so and should be blocked.Notme7 (talk) 12:27, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , hello. I see that this IP is now blocked, so this looks as it is resolved.
 * I recommend that in future you skip my talk page or a admin's talk page, and instead go straight to the Administrator intervention against vandalism (AIV) page to report vandals needing a block. I say this because it may be many hours before I see a message on my talk page, but reports at AIV are often seen by an administrator within a few minutes. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:05, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I recommend that in future you skip my talk page or a admin's talk page, and instead go straight to the Administrator intervention against vandalism (AIV) page to report vandals needing a block. I say this because it may be many hours before I see a message on my talk page, but reports at AIV are often seen by an administrator within a few minutes. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:05, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Question about album covers
Hi DJ! I noticed that you were the file uploader for some images of album covers (namely the three Djesse volumes). I'd like to upload an album cover image for an article I just wrote, but I don't know how to properly upload it with the free use declaration and ensure that everything is both legal and in line with Wikipedia's guidelines. Is there anywhere I can read that would explain that upload process, or would you be willing to give me a few pointers? Thanks so much, Noahfgodard (talk) 21:08, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , the album cover should have no more than 0.1 megapixels, but if the image is over that a bot will reduce the size for you. Just uploading the image as is will be fine, but if you have a image editor I find that reducing the size to around 310 by 310 pixels usually gets the file small enough without removing too much quality.
 * There is more information about acceptable uses of non-free images at WP:NFCI, which states that album covers can be used in the article for the album, but only in other articles where there is critical commentary on the album cover. In this case you can freely use the album cover in the infobox etc.
 * When I upload I use Special:Upload with the template (with the parameters filled with the appropriate information) as the summary and select "Album or single cover" (under non-free then under covers. The option is about half way down the option list) as the Licensing option. More information on the parameters for the rationale template can be found at the template. Hopefully that is useful. You can read more about using non-free content at Non-free content. Happy editing (and uploading), Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:45, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! I used that template and it seems to have worked. Best, Noahfgodard (talk) 22:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * When I upload I use Special:Upload with the template (with the parameters filled with the appropriate information) as the summary and select "Album or single cover" (under non-free then under covers. The option is about half way down the option list) as the Licensing option. More information on the parameters for the rationale template can be found at the template. Hopefully that is useful. You can read more about using non-free content at Non-free content. Happy editing (and uploading), Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:45, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! I used that template and it seems to have worked. Best, Noahfgodard (talk) 22:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

YGM
With regards to an SPI you are currently handling. Capitals00 (talk) 17:15, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the reminder. I saw this email, but got distracted. I'll take a look again now. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:54, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

A technical opinion, please
Please examine Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WhatsApp University, article created by an editor you have blocked as a sockpuppet. I am asking for your technical opinion, ideally at the discussion, over hether this should be deleted "because the editor was in vioation of his block". I am not seeking to influence your opinion in any way, and am content if you choose not to offer one. Fiddle  Faddle  16:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , hi. I see that the CSD was contested by another (non creator) editor. However, they have withdrawn their contest. The AfD can be closed early if it meets one of the speedy deletion criteria and I would say that this article meets WP:G5. I'll delete it under this and close the discussion. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:03, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm grateful for your opinion. Thank you Fiddle   Faddle  21:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

A technical opinion, please
Please examine Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WhatsApp University, article created by an editor you have blocked as a sockpuppet. I am asking for your technical opinion, ideally at the discussion, over hether this should be deleted "because the editor was in vioation of his block". I am not seeking to influence your opinion in any way, and am content if you choose not to offer one. Fiddle  Faddle  16:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , hi. I see that the CSD was contested by another (non creator) editor. However, they have withdrawn their contest. The AfD can be closed early if it meets one of the speedy deletion criteria and I would say that this article meets WP:G5. I'll delete it under this and close the discussion. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:03, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm grateful for your opinion. Thank you Fiddle   Faddle  21:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

please help me create page for Aahwahan Foundation
Aahwahan Foundation is a genuine team of people NGO who is really working on the ground level so I want to publish their story please help me  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niteshkumarindia (talk • contribs) 19:17, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have posted a message on your talk page regarding concerns that you might be editing for undisclosed payment. You should address these concerns, either by declaring you are not being paid to edit or by disclosing that you are being paid to edit as required by this site's terms of use. You can see more information on this at Paid-contribution disclosure.
 * After you declare whether you are being paid or not, you can recreate the page at Draft:Aahwahan Foundation. Ensure it is written from a neutral point of view, supported by multiple reliable and independent sources and is written in your own words. You can then submit the draft you create for review by placing {{subst:submit}} at the top of your draft page. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * After you declare whether you are being paid or not, you can recreate the page at Draft:Aahwahan Foundation. Ensure it is written from a neutral point of view, supported by multiple reliable and independent sources and is written in your own words. You can then submit the draft you create for review by placing {{subst:submit}} at the top of your draft page. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

please help me create page for Aahwahan Foundation
Aahwahan Foundation is a genuine team of people NGO who is really working on the ground level so I want to publish their story please help me  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niteshkumarindia (talk • contribs) 19:17, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have posted a message on your talk page regarding concerns that you might be editing for undisclosed payment. You should address these concerns, either by declaring you are not being paid to edit or by disclosing that you are being paid to edit as required by this site's terms of use. You can see more information on this at Paid-contribution disclosure.
 * After you declare whether you are being paid or not, you can recreate the page at Draft:Aahwahan Foundation. Ensure it is written from a neutral point of view, supported by multiple reliable and independent sources and is written in your own words. You can then submit the draft you create for review by placing {{subst:submit}} at the top of your draft page. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * After you declare whether you are being paid or not, you can recreate the page at Draft:Aahwahan Foundation. Ensure it is written from a neutral point of view, supported by multiple reliable and independent sources and is written in your own words. You can then submit the draft you create for review by placing {{subst:submit}} at the top of your draft page. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks!...
... for adding so many album covers to articles. Much appreciated! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 22:01, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , no problem! Watching a livestream and its a task which I can do at the same time. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

hmm Comment Reply

 * Sure. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:31, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , same with the others? Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:43, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Nah just that one. It's a good honeypot. Praxidicae (talk) 14:47, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

WP:SPI case
Hi! Would you care to take a look at Sockpuppet investigations/Mark Boron, seeing as you're familiar with the case? TompaDompa (talk) 13:11, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure. I'll look now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:50, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * dealt with. Blocked and tagged. Comments struck and section hatted. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:14, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! TompaDompa (talk) 14:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Request for the Extended-confirmed-protection of the Wikipedia page: Kim Soo-hyun
The page Kim Soo-hyun has been under constant disruptive editing from few hours. I request you to change the protection level of the page. Please let me know if my request is legitimate or not. Thank you. Revolutionery (talk) 04:08, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , the disruptive editing seems to be from one IP address. In this case it is better to block the IP (for violating the 3 revert rule), as I see one recent constructive edit from an IP address.
 * I would warn you that there are limited exceptions to the 3 revert rule. Unless your reversions can be exempted under these exemptions, you have broken the rule as you made 5 reverts in a 24 hour period on that page. Violating 3RR (shorthand for the 3 revert rule) can lead to a block of 24 hours for a first time violation. I do understand why you reverted these edits, as they add a likely copyright violating image to the article, but you should mention which exemption you are claiming when reverting for the 4th or more time. In this case I'm just going to advise you about the 3 revert rule. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:27, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I would warn you that there are limited exceptions to the 3 revert rule. Unless your reversions can be exempted under these exemptions, you have broken the rule as you made 5 reverts in a 24 hour period on that page. Violating 3RR (shorthand for the 3 revert rule) can lead to a block of 24 hours for a first time violation. I do understand why you reverted these edits, as they add a likely copyright violating image to the article, but you should mention which exemption you are claiming when reverting for the 4th or more time. In this case I'm just going to advise you about the 3 revert rule. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:27, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Beauty pageant LTA
62.42.55.149 just started editing at the same article as the last Vodaphone Spain block evader. You blocked them before so I'm bringing this directly to you. It looks like they were also active in September at 62.42.55.183, and elsewhere in the range before that. Bri.public (talk) 15:34, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:43, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oops, I just reopened the SPI, should I self-revert? Bri.public (talk) 17:46, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'll deal with it there seeing as you've opened it. It's best for transparency anyway (i.e. so that its listed in the archives for future reference). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:49, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

They are back at 95.39.235.87. Reopened DevilBlack69 SPI. - Bri.public (talk) 16:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Just seen this, but its been dealt with already. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:00, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Locky1986 blocked
Hey Dreamy Jazz, hope you're well! I just saw your note regarding to the SPI case after I blocked for disruptive editing and personal attacks. I noted it on the SPI subpage but if you need to amend or change that block I'm fine with it. Thanks! --   LuK3      (Talk)   13:05, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I saw both the block and the note. Thanks for blocking so quickly. I don't think I will need to amend or change the block, unless TPA or email needs to be revoked later down the line, but thanks for letting me know that your fine with the block being amended. If they request an unblock, the tag on their userpage should be noticed and will direct reviewing administrators to the SPI.
 * I'm doing fine and hope you are well too. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm doing fine and hope you are well too. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Attacks
Please revoke TPA of User:Wapenẞ Megan☺️   Talk to the monster  11:32, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Already done by . Will do some revdel now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:17, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Done some revdel on it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:23, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , Gracias! Megan☺️   Talk to the monster  12:25, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Expansion of Rajnath Singh and Asif Ali Zardari
Respected admin, I Muftiaz Minhas Raza 2 (talk) 12:02, 6 October 2020 (UTC) want to let you know that the article on both of them is short as they are holders of higher offices of both the nation till the article of them need to be updated. Thanks

Dreamy Jazz, I have very good knowledge on many Indian politicians and some pakistani politicians, but their articles are protected.Muftiaz Minhas Raza 2 (talk) 12:06, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment above was made by a confirmed sockpuppet. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:53, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Filadelfo Rangel
Hi Dreamy Jazz. You deleted Filadelfo Rangel with the message: Mass deletion of pages added by Lujaraga26: Created by blocked user (WP:G5) in violation of their block. A new page Filadelfo Rangel (footballer) created by Lujaraga2605 has appeared. I assume this is the same sock but can you check? Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 00:21, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I presume it is, but let me look. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:51, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like them behaviorally. I've filed a pro forma report and blocked. Thanks, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:05, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * For reference its Sockpuppet investigations/Ronalditos58815738 Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:16, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Drones101 cleanup
Hi Dreamy Jazz

Your mass deletion of pages created by has left about 1000 pages categorised in categories which no longer exist: see https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/30916, which is presently swamped by such pages.

See e.g. Category:Canadian children's animated school television series, which currently contains 21 pages, and appears to have been populated by Drones101: recent changes

I don't mind much whether these categories are kept or deleted. Most of them are too narrow for my tastes, but I guess there mat be a case for keeping them.

However, the immediate issue is that per WP:REDNOT, these page should not be in a non-existent category. Those of us who work on cleaning up Special:WantedCategories have just had a mountain of work pilled on onto us by what seems to me to be an incomplete response to a sockpuppet.

If you choose to restore the category pages, it looks to me likely that these are Drones creations:


 * Category:1960s American children's musical television series
 * Category:1970s American children's musical television series
 * Category:1980s American children's musical television series
 * Category:1990s American children's musical television series
 * Category:1990s American children's reality television series
 * Category:2000s American children's musical television series
 * Category:2000s American children's reality television series
 * Category:2010s American children's musical television series
 * Category:2010s American children's reality television series
 * Category:2020s American children's game shows
 * Category:2020s American children's reality television series
 * Category:American adult animated satirical television series
 * Category:American adult animated school television series
 * Category:American animated satirical television series
 * Category:American animated television series by genre
 * Category:American animated television series by technique
 * Category:American children's animated school television series
 * Category:American children's anthology television series
 * Category:American children's comic science fiction television series
 * Category:American children's school television series
 * Category:American children's science fantasy television series
 * Category:American children's space adventure television series
 * Category:American children's superhero television series
 * Category:American films featuring puppetry
 * Category:American satirical sitcoms
 * Category:American space adventure television series
 * Category:American superhero television series
 * Category:American teen superhero television series
 * Category:Canadian adult animated school television series
 * Category:Canadian children's animated school television series
 * Category:Canadian children's anthology television series
 * Category:Canadian children's comic science fiction television series
 * Category:Canadian children's science fantasy television series
 * Category:Canadian children's space adventure television series
 * Category:Canadian children's superhero television series
 * Category:Canadian school television series
 * Category:Canadian space adventure television series
 * Category:Canadian superhero television series
 * Category:Canadian teen superhero television series
 * Category:High school television series by country
 * Category:Teen drama television series by country
 * Category:Teen sitcoms by country
 * Category:Teen television series by genre

Please can you sort this out somehow? Either restore the categories, or mass-rollback the edits which populated these categories.

Thanks. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 15:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I'm happy either way, but I'll go around and mass rollback. I wanted to leave this to regulars with Special:WantedCategories as they would have a better idea around whether each category should be recreated. However, I will go and mass rollback the additions of said categories, due to your comment that they are probably too narrow. Thanks for letting me know and posting about this. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:59, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dreamy Jazz. There aren't many of us working on SWC, so doing this w/o admin tools would have been onerous.
 * These niche categories have been appearing at SWC for a few months, so hopefully the eviction of these socks will put an end to it.
 * If you can ping me when you think you are done, I will re-run https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/30916, and we'll see what's left. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 16:35, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I've emptied all except from the one now bluelinked in your list. I've also emptied two other categories which I found through their deleted contributions. Could you run the quarry query? Thanks. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:22, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's great. Quarry re-started. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 17:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Just saw that the Quarry has finished. Looks like I missed one. Will deal with that now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:48, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That missed one has been emptied. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Good work. I think this is all sorted now.
 * It was nice working with you to clean this up.
 * Best wishes, -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 19:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Same here. Thanks, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:27, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

SPI archive: Chaitanya.agarwal35
Hey there. It looks like this archive] is not complete. The archive page does not exits. &mdash;  LeoFrank  Talk 16:36, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the note. I'll fix that. I'm guessing my internet had a problem whilst archiving that case and so it didn't save the page. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:38, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Should be fixed now. Thanks again for letting me know. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

LOL
I love that note of subtlety you put on that one-edit-wonder. :)

I've watchlisted the draft page, which is - or was - tagged for CSD for multiple reasons including being created by a LTA. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  18:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Its protected at template editor / sysop level so it should remain deleted at that title, but thanks for watchlisting. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:48, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Its protected at template editor / sysop level so it should remain deleted at that title, but thanks for watchlisting. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:48, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Its protected at template editor / sysop level so it should remain deleted at that title, but thanks for watchlisting. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:48, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

WP:SPI case (again)
Hi again! Would you care to take a look at Sockpuppet investigations/Mark Boron? Looks like they're back. TompaDompa (talk) 18:53, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure. They are definitely back. Ducks be a swimming again.... Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:01, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

2601:601:0:4A20:1CF5:14D9:287D:4051
Please block user:2601:601:0:4A20:1CF5:14D9:287D:4051 ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 23:58, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , block issued. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:02, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've also blocked /64. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:04, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

YGM
Capitals00 (talk) 18:05, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll look at this now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:41, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * To note, I have dealt with this. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

75.138.88.122
user:75.138.88.122 is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 14:09, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Dealt with. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Yyoumad123
I saw the thanks. You are welcome. If this person does turn out to be a minor and manages to get unblocked, I recommend someone with experience helping younger editors shepherd him - or her - for a few weeks. That person will not be me. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  20:01, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure. Thanks again for the personalized advice for that user. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I once was an ignorant editor who let his ignorance get in the way of writing an encyclopedia. People can change.  I did.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  20:26, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Amrapahal Pahanswan
Considering repeated socking by this LTA, it seems that the commonly targeted articles like Rajnath Singh, Maharana Pratap, Jaswant Singh need protection for sometime. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:02, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I've gone for extended confirmed for the first two, and semi protection for Jaswant Singh. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * So that all pages have had their protection level "upgraded" by one level. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:10, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:38, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Remove talk page editing?
Did you want to remove talk page privileges for the duration of this block? I can't see how this is in any way not misleading. Toddst1 (talk) 21:22, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , yeah I'll do that. Don't think we need that. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:24, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the initial cleanup here. I was in the middle of making an AN/I report for the disruption on Talk:DJ Malyk which I was able to abort before hitting "Publish."

I think you missed one IP though. He edited a previous incarnation of DJ Malyk on October 21 according to the filter log. Ironic, if he hadn't triggered the filter log, I wouldn've never known. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:39, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , which IP is this? (I can't see any unblocked IPs in . I did just correct a block of an IP because I had an older version of the page loaded in my browser, so the typo with one of the IP addresses was present). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:41, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem for the initial cleanup. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:42, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've found if that's the one you mean. I'll block that now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:44, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, that wasn't the one. There must've been a timing issue since one of the ones on the SPI page, I think 182.186.32.239, didn't have the strike-through.  It does now.
 * Could you go ahead and delete DJ Malyk as db-banned, and WP:SALT it and likely permutations, Dj Malyk, DJ Malyk (Producer), Dj Malyk (Producer), DJ Malyk (producer), and Dj Malyk (producer)? Oh and might as well salt pages related to DJ Wim Walker/Wim Walker (DJ)/Wim Walker and Saqlain Malik as well, they were created by or moved to mainspace by the sockmaster account and since deleted.
 * Hmm, based on the still-visible-to-mere-mortal-editor interactions with Wim Walker under its various names, it looks like this SPI from two months ago will need to be folded into the one I just opened, today's has the older sockmaster. I'll put a note on today's SPI page saying so. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:54, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It did seem to be possibly related to another case (a minor reason why I wanted CU ran). I also thought it was familiar in some way, but couldn't entirely put my finger on it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:00, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll move it now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll salt at extended confirmed for now a selection of the pages. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:13, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. This seems "familiar" to me too, especially once one of them put up a false AFD full then over-wrote my correction. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  23:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * In lieu of mass salting, I've gone with Special:AbuseFilter/1024 as a temporary measure Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:33, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Smart move making that filter private, now I can't see the edits when it's triggered. Oh, by the way, I emailed you what "smelled funny," feel free to pass it on to other admins if you think it will help.  It might also help create another edit filter to draw attention where attention is needed. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  23:42, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll create a separate one as that's my test filter which I usually use for short term abuse filter purposes. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I hadn't realized that private filters have the log hidden too. The more you know. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:47, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Created a new one. You should probably be able to see this Special:AbuseFilter/1096. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:59, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yup, I can see it. The comment about private logs creating log entries that I can't see the "details" or "examine" buttons for, don't quote me on that.  I think I saw it somewhere.  I do know I frequently run across log entries where the "details" and "examine" buttons are missing, I just assume it's because it's a private log.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  00:05, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Block evasion
You blocked 62.42.55.0/24 with the following summary:
 * 18:01, 1 October 2020 Dreamy Jazz talk contribs blocked 62.42.55.0/24 talk with an expiration time of 1 month (anon. only, account creation blocked) (Abusing multiple accounts: Please see: w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DevilBlack69)

Thought you want might to know that they may be currently operating on 62.42.52.0/24 or more specifically Special:Contributions/62.42.52.139 ☆ Bri (talk) 18:30, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've blocked 62.42.52.0/24. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:39, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 62.42.53.* and 62.42.54.* are part of the same /22 block editing on the same topic since February (whois, contribs). davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  18:50, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I'll block that too. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:03, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Followup question: Is it possible to page-block an IP range?  The risk of collateral damage from a long block goes way down if it's only a handful of pages that are being abused.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  18:53, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * From Special:Block/62.42.52.139/22 it looks like I can partially block, so unless it would fail when blocking, yes. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:57, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've also gone and blocked 96.55.146.110/24 too. Similar edits and similar range to last IP reported in the archive. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:11, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

remove the error message

 * in re:

There is an error message on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandni_Jafri#/issues/0 and the page is semi-protected. Let me know how to remove this error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Menaria Rahul (talk • contribs) 11:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , these messages describe the state of the article (and are not error messages). They don't necessarily need to be removed and should remain there as long as they remain relevant for the article. This includes issues around editors editing the article whilst they have a conflict of interest, the issue that article reads like an advert and that the subject may not be notable for an article. You will need to explain why you think these don't apply instead of just removing them/asking for them to be removed. You could suggest changes to the article to address these issues. The page is protected because these have been removed many times recently. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:45, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

OK this is weird
A new editor mentioned you by name on her talk page.

This user has a fascination with bunnies. Is seem to recall someone being blocked in the last month or two for WP:NOTHERE or WP:CIR-related reasons who also had a fascination with rabbits. No clue if it's the same person or not, but the mention of your name by a "new" editor got my attention. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  02:39, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh yes. This is Sockpuppet investigations/Sissiyao313. Block inbound. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:45, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * All dealt with. Has been blocked and globally locked. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:45, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * FYI an IP editor attempted to edit this editor's WikiVoyage user page, see here. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)  14:58, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Hep to remove the message https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandni_Jafri#/issues/0
Hey, I have read the article but I don't find wrong or wired in this article. Please help me to remove this message or please tell me how can I remove this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Menaria Rahul (talk • contribs) 17:23, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , you will need to find multiple independent and reliable sources to ensure she meets the notability guidelines and propose these are used in the page on the talk page. The article needs to be written from a neutral point of view (for example "It is devoted to promotion of local arts, culture, fine and classical art forms and give it a global stage." is written like an advert), so suggesting changes on the talk page by adding Edit semi-protected with the changes to ensure it is neutrally written will help address this. It won't be removed until the issues are no longer present, so they will need to be addressed for them to be removed. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:00, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I got your email. I point to the suggestions in my message above for what is needed. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:28, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

You’ve got mail
Apologies in advance for the length.

CAMERAwMUSTACHE (talk) 18:06, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've skim read it. Will do a full read soon. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:20, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * To note this has been dealt with. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:25, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

This is ridiculous

 * in re:

They shut down my arbitration request and wrote it's "Cadenza related"... it's not! I gave a whole list of articles proving I'm being stalked, and they just shut it down saying it's boomerang from out Cadenza argument, it's not! Maxim.il89 (talk) 23:07, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Responded at my talk page. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 23:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

DJ, just wanted to note that Maxim.il89 has had another, shorter block imposed on them so when that expires, the partial block you placed on them will be lifted. At least, that's how I understand it works right now. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 00:30, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I just saw the block as you posted this. I think it does remove the partial block and reinstate it with a full block, as the block summary says "changed block settings" so it seems to have modified the block modification I made.
 * I'm also fine with the reduced length, as I simply added the case requests page to the already existing partial block to prevent further reverting of clerk actions. The length of the block itself was not important, just that it stopped the immediate edit warring. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm also fine with the reduced length, as I simply added the case requests page to the already existing partial block to prevent further reverting of clerk actions. The length of the block itself was not important, just that it stopped the immediate edit warring. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

180.150.80.24
Can user:180.150.80.24 please be blocked asap. CLCStudent (talk) 00:55, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ blocked 5 days. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:58, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

2a02:c7f:10f0:bb00:c180:70ae:a228:bf2f
user:2a02:c7f:10f0:bb00:c180:70ae:a228:bf2f is abusing her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 12:18, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've revoked their TPA for the duration of the block as the vandalism they were previously doing continued onto the talk page. It wasn't bad necessarily, but the vandalism moving to the their talk page suggests that TPA is not needed for this block. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your dedication

 * Thank you so much! Its good to keep the persistent spammers away. Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:18, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

tired...
I'm tired of filing SPIs for this guy, I think it's probably time I just nag you/report to AIV but please block him. Praxidicae (talk) 20:45, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , done. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:47, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Once more... actually twice... Praxidicae (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , Special:AbuseFilter/1099 if its useful. I've blocked these Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:42, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Request for Extension
I request that you ask the arbitrators to allow me another 300 words. I haven't written the additional material and will only do the review if the extension is granted. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:54, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I have emailed the arbs using the clerks mailing list (which all arbs are subscribed to). I'll get back to you, or another clerk/arb will, once there is a decision. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:57, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd support such an extension, since User:Robert McClenon in their post could only ping me. Not enough space for clarification or sources while dropping a sub-ANI low-level associative smear. An extension surely would allow them to provide ArbCom Case-level contributions.&lt;/cycnical>. -DePiep (talk) 01:18, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Request for practical improvement
Would you consider this edit for Arbitration/Requests/Case:
 * Sandbh created a complete list of the seven related ANI's (ok), now in their section . IMO it would be helpful and clarifying if this list is replacing/added_to the early list by Case initiator CaptainEek (as Sandbh asked themselves). However, the suggestive descriptions then be removed. Just #, link, date, title maybe. BTW, as it is now: since Sandbh added their own tenacious descriptions, the post should be within wordcount. -DePiep (talk) 15:17, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * As far as I can see only one link they have suggested to be added is not already in the list. However, this link is in the statement by the filer, so I don't think it's necessarily needed there. The rest of the changes are to add descriptions, which isn't needed in that section. The sections which are linked to should speak for themselves. I won't be copying the changes over for them, and their comments including the suggested change will count towards their word limit. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
 * OK thanks for looking into this. -DePiep (talk) 16:06, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Diwali!

 * Thanks! Hope you have a very happy and prosperous diwali too. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:04, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Restoring a deleted Wikipedia Article

 * in re:

I posted a disclosure on my user page at User:4thd.au, and used the template Paid for this purpose. Since I got permission to use Human Appeal Australia for their data from an appointed representative of Human Appeal Australia, please return back the article "Human Appeal Australia" and the logo file that was deleted.

Thank you 4thd.au (talk) 03:47, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , in regards to the logo / permissions ticket, I cannot undelete files on commons as I am not an administrator there. The quickest way would be if you reupload the image to commons which was sent in the email using commons:Special:Upload. Then email back or ask the person who emailed to email back with the URL of the uploaded image. A user who handles image licensing will then tag the image as being released.
 * In regards to the text of the draft article you created it was deleted for being promotional and also a copyright violation. I suggest that you rewrite the draft article in a non promotional way. Also I recommend that you read our policy on writing articles from a neutral point of view before rewriting. It is important to note that the website still says "Copyright © 2020 Human Appeal Australia. All rights reserved.". It would be desirable that the website says that certain text (and also the logo) is released under the license, otherwise the draft will likely be flagged for deletion again. If you want a copy of the deleted draft, I can provide one via email. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:11, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * In regards to the text of the draft article you created it was deleted for being promotional and also a copyright violation. I suggest that you rewrite the draft article in a non promotional way. Also I recommend that you read our policy on writing articles from a neutral point of view before rewriting. It is important to note that the website still says "Copyright © 2020 Human Appeal Australia. All rights reserved.". It would be desirable that the website says that certain text (and also the logo) is released under the license, otherwise the draft will likely be flagged for deletion again. If you want a copy of the deleted draft, I can provide one via email. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:11, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

As you said in regards to the text of the draft article I created it was deleted for being promotional and also a copyright violation, the following was sent by the representative of Human Appeal Australia to give permission to use any material relevant to Human Appeal Australia website & social media

OK thanks for looking into this.

"I hereby affirm that I represent Human Appeal Australia, the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of both the work depicted and the media in Human appeal Australia website and the logo HAIA.jpg attached to this email. I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. sofian ben mussa appointed representative of Human Appeal Australia 2020-11-10"

So please return the deleted article (Human Appeal Australia) including references since I don't have copy of it 4thd.au (talk) 23:05, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have emailed you the deleted draft. Please ensure that before re-creating the draft, you ensure it is written from a neutral point of view. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:10, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok thank you for your help 4thd.au (talk) 01:32, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , I see you re-created it in mainspace. I significantly re-worded the draft to make it less promotional and moved it to draft space as it does not have enough sources to meet the general notability guideline. You will need to add multiple independent and reliable sources so that this organization meets the notability requirements before the article can be published. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 02:32, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Greetings

 * thank you for the message! Hope you have happy holidays too. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:05, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Day!

 * , thank you so much! Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:25, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * thanks so much! Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Re:Troubles
With reference to the ARCA request I withdrew, I wanted to say, it was a predominant clarification request, not an amendment.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 21:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , the request was declined by the arbitrators (independently of whether you wanted to withdraw) + I'm not sure if there is anything you would like me to do re your statement that it was predominantly a clarification request. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:32, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The reason is it seems a little harsh to me that I am now not allowed to deal with it again for another 6 months when I was mostly asking a question for clarification.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 15:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The arbitrators reviewed the topic ban at your request, as you start your statement asking for it to be removed. The arbitrators discussed this, and decided that they were not prepared to lift the topic ban (per the arbitrators discussion). Although you do say it was primarily a clarification, any request for the removal or reduction of the topic ban is an appeal which if declined leads to the 6 month minimum appeal time. I had also confirmed that the minimum time limit applied on the clerks mailing list (which includes arbs and clerks). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Ma.darbandi unblock request
is requesting unblocking at. Is this a checkuser block? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 17:24, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , only CUs can make checkuser blocks and the block has to be marked as a checkuser block for it to be one. As I (the blocking admin) am not and have never been a CU, this is therefore not a checkuser block. Hope that's helpful + happy mopping/editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:28, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Always like to check first. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 17:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:36, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Can you help?
Hi,, I wanted your help in a fixing a template. See Template:User autoconfirmed since. I want some modifications in it. I tried to do it but didn't succeed in it. Can you fix it as: Can you help in this. Thank you. Empire AS Talk ! 11:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If we select  or   then 'This user has been an autoconfirmed user since 2 years, 8 months and 3 days.(verify)'
 * If we select  then 'This user became an autoconfirmed user on 19 October 2018.(verify)'
 * If we select  then 'This user has been an autoconfirmed user on 19 October 2018 (2 years, 8 months, 3 days ago).(verify)'
 * , I've made some modifications in the sandbox by using switch parser functions. It implements the above using "for" instead of "since" as using for in that first sentence read better. I've also implemented dmy support. The default it mdy. I have copied the sandbox over so my changes are in the template. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for helping. I'm not very expert in editing or creating templates. However, I want to ask a question that from which essay can I learn to edit and create the basic to advanced templates? For me, they are too complicated. Can the above template be modified by using  function or it wasn't possible. Thank you.  Empire AS  Talk !  06:11, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , the above template was modified using switches and ifeq. If "if" was used, the code for the template would be much longer. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions is a documentation page which has been useful for me. It is in depth and also relatively clear. I personally just created templates using more complicated parser functions to learn about them. Templates can also include calls to lua modules, which are commonly used in complicated and highly used templates. Its a more versatile language than parser functions, but still has its limitations. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:33, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll try to learn about templates from the page you suggested. However, I was trying to fix that template by using #if function and perhaps due to that I didn't succeeded. Thank you very much. Empire AS  Talk !  09:40, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
on Beethoven's assumed birthday --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:33, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello, tagging question
I saw you focus on tagging for WikiProject Biographies. I just wrote John Eyre (British artist). He shares the exact same name with John Eyre (painter). Normally I start a project assessment tag on the talk page, and someone from the project will assign it a category. I don’t  how to deal with two people with the same name. Is there is a way to differentiates them on the project's template? Thanks, Jacqke (talk) 13:24, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , if you are talking about the listas parameter, WP:LISTAS describes best practices for listas parameters. It says that disambiguation in the title of the page shouldn't be included, so both pages having the same listas (Eyre, John) is perfectly fine. If you are talking about something else than the listas parameter, do expand on what you mean. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:34, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No, it was the listas. I should have put that in.  Thank you. Jacqke (talk) 13:37, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

 * and to you too! Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:08, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Need Review and Approval
Dear, please help in reviewing this article and approval: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Lashings_Cricket — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.241.161.188 (talk) 04:46, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * and to you too! Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:58, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks and welcome. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:01, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy holidays
This year, many people had COVID to fear, The holidays are getting near, One thing that will be clear, We will still have holiday cheer, Happy holidays and happy new year!! From Interstellarity (talk) 23:07, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , thank you and have a have a happy Christmas and new year. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:24, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Why not delete and salt Draft:Akash D?
Hi Dreamy Jazz, WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Kartiksharma6/Archive popped up on my Watchlist and started to tag Draft:Akash D for G5 CSD but noticed you protected it so let it be. Just out of curiosity, why did you choose to protect it rather than delete and salt it? I do understand per WP:BEANS you may not be able share much. Happy New Year! S0091 (talk) 16:22, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , because its not eligible for G5. The draft was created before this sockmaster's first active block unless I'm mistaken. However, it may be eligible for another criteria. It has been a good honeypot, but feel free to mark for deletion under CSD or MfD as you want. Thanks for cleaning up after socks. Have a happy new year too and happy editing in 2021, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:55, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Section header
I'd copied that text out of my sandbox prior to pasting it into the Twinkle box when raising the report - didn't notice I'd copied the level 2 heading along with the content. Cheers Girth Summit <sub style="font-family:Segoe print;color:blue;"> (blether)  12:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No worries. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:34, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Dreamy Jazz!
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Happy New Year! Dreamy Jazz, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:58, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.


 * And to you, . Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks and welcome sir . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:03, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
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Empire AS  Talk ! — is wishing you a Happy New Year! It's the last day of 2024 and tomorrow will be . Hope the coming year brings pleasures for you. Have a prosperous, enjoyable and a productive . This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:New Year 2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Empire AS  Talk ! 17:52, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * And to you, . Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:56, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) Empire AS   Talk ! 06:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Dreamy Jazz!
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Happy New Year! Dreamy Jazz, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Moneytrees🏝️Talk🌴Help out at CCI! 01:42, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.


 * Thanks . Hope you have a happy new year too. Happy editing and clerking, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:58, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Request to strike
Hello. Please read User talk:El C. It's a clear NPA vio, so are you allowed and willing to strike it? &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  23:01, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I am discussing this with my fellow clerks. I'll let you know what we decide on. In future, it's best to send an email to to contact the clerks as all clerks are subscribed to that list. As its getting late where I am, I am unlikely to deal with this until tomorrow (but the other clerks may before me). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:19, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Message from 68duck (mistakenly posted to Passengerpigeon's talk page)
Hello, Dreamy Jazz, are you currently available to adopt me? I'd like to learn the basics off wikipedia article editing, so I can be a good contributor here for a long time. Thanks for reading. --68duck (talk) 01:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I am a bit busy right now, but I can adopt you if you want. Let me know of any questions you have and I'll try my best to answer them. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:16, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Request for advice on Jazz draft
Hello Dreamy Jazz, since you are both a Jazz fan and an AfC reviewer, I wanted to kindly ask for your advice in regards to my The Jazz Groove draft. I basically want to ask what your preliminary/informal thoughts about it are?, and particularly if you have any suggestions as to where I can find better sources? I already went through the possible sources list found at WikiProject Jazz, but found very little of use so far. Thank you for your time,  History DMZ  ( talk )+( ping )  08:01, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Hello. My source collection methods are usually a mixture of google, google scholar (for more academically pointed subjects) and my university online library. Most of the sources I find come from google in some way. I find using double quotes (to get google filter out pages without this exact phrase) and different variations of keywords gets me the sources. Also going through the first 3 or so pages is usually as far as I travel. Google scholar may not be helpful here, as I can't see this station being subject to a peer reviewed paper. If you've tried these places I can't think of other places to search. Hopefully you find other places to find better sources if I've not been able to help.
 * In regards to the draft itself it looks good. A few suggestions are its probably best to have good sources for the last sentence of the history section, as words like "hand-selected" and "spanning eight decades" are best sourced. I would also say that there are probably not enough sources.
 * Hopefully that's helpful. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:35, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Dreamy Jazz, your thorough response is very useful. Keep on adminin' with that Jazzy feelin'   History DMZ  ( talk )+( ping )  02:07, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hopefully that's helpful. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:35, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much Dreamy Jazz, your thorough response is very useful. Keep on adminin' with that Jazzy feelin'   History DMZ  ( talk )+( ping )  02:07, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Could you adopt me
Dear, I have been editing the Wikipedia since the past few months. I have done many edits and want to do more and more in the future. I want to apply for the rollbackers rights but I'm unaware of what Vandalism is. Now, Could you please teach me. It would be a great experience to be your student. Thank you. Happy editing! – Kamilalibhat (talk) 14:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'm a bit busy at the moment, but I'm happy to adopt you. I may not get back to you for a while, but I'll answer questions when I see them.
 * Vandalism, as described at Vandalism, is editing (or other behavior). In other words vandalism is a deliberate action which attempts to damage Wikipedia, such as replacing a page with crude words or inserting nonsense. Not all disruptive edits are vandalism, but all vandalism is disruptive editing. Disruptive editing is editing which disrupts or attempts to disrupt Wikipedia, and may not be intentional.
 * The reason why rollback is used for vandalism, is because the reason for the revert is so clear that an edit summary is not needed. Rollback does not grant the user anything more than a button which allows the user to revert with one click without an edit summary. Therefore, rollback should only be used in cases where the reason for the revert is very clear or if you made the edit (there are other exceptions, but the general rule holds).
 * If you want to gain rollback rights, see it as a tool and not a status. Its important to note that rollback is granted when an editor shows they have need for it. I note that your request was declined at . I suggest joining in with Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy as it is a structured and useful course which helps trainees learn about vandalism. If you complete the course, you will be almost certainly given rollback rights if you ask.
 * Let me know if you have further questions, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:39, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * But how do I join that Academy. Could you please specify the steps? – Kamilalibhat (talk) 17:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , you can ask one of the instructors listed at Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Instructors who have space. The users with space for more students are Cassiopeia, Thanoscar21 and Pahunkat. Post on one of their talk pages to ask to be one of their students. They will guide you through the process if they accept you. If you don't want to be a part of that, you could actively revert vandalism for a while and then request the rights. Rollback is not required for vandalism reverting, so you can monitor changes in Special:RecentChanges and then revert vandalism. You can also use Twinkle, which is a javascript tool which allows you to revert editors and then leave them a warning. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:10, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thank you. I'm very happy. I don't know why. But I'm. Really, you helped a lot. Looking forward to be your student soon as you will get free. – Kamilalibhat (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Let me know if you have further questions, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:39, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * But how do I join that Academy. Could you please specify the steps? – Kamilalibhat (talk) 17:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , you can ask one of the instructors listed at Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Instructors who have space. The users with space for more students are Cassiopeia, Thanoscar21 and Pahunkat. Post on one of their talk pages to ask to be one of their students. They will guide you through the process if they accept you. If you don't want to be a part of that, you could actively revert vandalism for a while and then request the rights. Rollback is not required for vandalism reverting, so you can monitor changes in Special:RecentChanges and then revert vandalism. You can also use Twinkle, which is a javascript tool which allows you to revert editors and then leave them a warning. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:10, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thank you. I'm very happy. I don't know why. But I'm. Really, you helped a lot. Looking forward to be your student soon as you will get free. – Kamilalibhat (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Kurds and Kurdistan prior resolution
Hi DJ. On this case page, the "prior resolution" list, which I think comes from the original filing, is incomplete and a little bit inaccurate (e.g., it describes a sub-thread I started in an existing thread as a new filing by me). What's the easiest way to go about fixing it? Can I edit the case page directly (I assume no)? I could give you what I think is a complete list and maybe you can review it and update the list as needed? Or I can include a complete list in my evidence section (I'd rather not use up words and links on that though)? Thanks, Levivich harass/hound 18:33, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , hi. This list is from the case request. You are correct that you can't modify it, as I see it as a archive of the case request. I'm not sure of the process around modifying it for factual inaccuracies or otherwise, so I've sent a message to the clerks mailing list to discuss whether anyone (even me) should be adding in post case request. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:54, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * OK thanks. FYI there is a more-complete list at Administrators%27 noticeboard/Kurds, but even that list is not 100% complete. I was thinking of updating that list and posting it somewhere; I'll wait to hear from you. (I don't think this is how it's been done before, but maybe a separate section on the Evidence page where anyone to add a link to a noticeboard discussion.) Thanks again! Levivich harass/hound 19:01, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , in discussion on clerk-l several arbitrators don't see much point in changing that section. As the arbitrators don't really at all consider this section after the case request is opened, this means that adding fresh links or making corrections are very unlikely to be considered by the arbitrators. They suggest that if you think the links are needed, the arbitrators suggest adding it to the evidence subpage. In this case the arbitrators have authorized the clerks the authority to grant extensions for non-parties to 1000 words and 100 diffs (doubling what non-parties would normally have). If you do decide to include these links and are coming close to the limit you can ask me directly or email for such an extension. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:22, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks DJ. If they don't need it, even better, it'll save me the time! Levivich harass/hound 20:59, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

SPI clerking
I honestly forgot you aren't "technically" a full clerk. I guess it shows just how little meaning the clerk fez actually has. ;)

Anyways, do you have any questions for me before I nominate you for full clerkship on the CU mailing list? Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:13, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , yeah there isn't much of a practical difference (and it is nice to have a listed go to for questions). To answer your question, no questions come to mind. Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 20:08, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

please
here Or write in Russian or Uzbek. I am an Uzbek from Uzbekistan, but by no means from Russia, and I do not know who this Nikida Rodin 2002 is. Google Translate translates incorrectly. I didn't understand what the word "Packaging and label" meant." Explain. 84.54.86.36 (talk) 12:56, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't speak or write Russian or Uzbek. Russian speakers at Category:User ru-N who may be able to help you. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:31, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Does your hot thing remember me? We talked to you in the IRC channel Login zokidin@umail.uz translator does not work correctly 84.54.86.36 (talk) 20:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. I've not been on IRC for a while and don't remember talking about this case. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:42, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Nikita Rodin is not me! He is Russian, I am Uzbek. I was mistakenly banned. ZOKIDIN 22:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.54.86.36 (talk)
 * From the user talk page history of that page the account "ZOKIDIN" was confirmed as a sockpuppet of Никита-Родин-2002. This means that technical evidence confirmed without a reasonable doubt that the account was a sockpuppet of Никита-Родин-2002. I cannot comment on whether this is correct as I cannot see the information. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:54, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry. 213.230.87.156 (talk) 23:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Possible new User:ArmanAfifeh sock
See Draft:Aron Afshar. Best, GPL93 (talk) 22:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , dealt with. Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:34, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Turns out that this user was just translating from fawiki. I'll keep an eye on them, but based also on global contributions they don't seem to be a sock after all. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:57, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Translation of articles
Hi, I had a question. I want to translate some articles from Persian that are not available in English. Does this cause a problem or not?And how to declare who I have translated؟؟؟-- IEureka  • 📃 21:08, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , in the edit summary you can include "translated from ..." with ... being the article on fawiki you translated from. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:51, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Excellent and thank you I apologize.why I can not create an article right now Is it related to access cut or not?And when can I create an article? I mean in the main space, not the draft.-- IEureka  • 📃 21:55, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , the reason you cannot yet create articles is that your account is not yet 4 days old. Once your account is 4 days old (so on the 27th of January) you will become autoconfirmed, and then you will be able to create articles in mainspace. In the mean time you can create articles in draft space like you have being doing already, or your own userspace. Once you become autoconfirmed, you can then move your draft articles into mainspace. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:49, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help, I can create an article after 4 days.I'm sorry, I was editing Reza Bahmaei article, but there is nothing in his name. There is a name in the info box.--IEureka (talk) 22:59, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I think you have fixed what you meant. Let me know if you have further questions about it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:22, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, if I have any questions, I will ask you and when will only one short draft I wrote be published?--IEureka (talk) 23:25, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , articles for creation can take a while. As the mainspace title is protected, an extended confirmed user will only be able to publish the draft article. Most AfC reviewers are extended confirmed, but due to the backlog of submissions, it may be a few months before it is reviewed. As I do not understand or read Persian, I won't be able to verify if the sources support the article, so I won't be able to review it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thank you for your complete answer.--IEureka (talk) 23:31, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Global locks
Hi mate, saw your note on Sockpuppet investigations/DJdjPollard15. What exactly are global locks? I'm keen to see if we can get this sockmaster's IPs blocked if possible, but I dunno if that's what you were suggesting. – PeeJay 22:47, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , hello. Global locks are basically the equivalent of a block of an account but for all WMF wikis. To go into more detail, it prevents an account from logging on any wiki and therefore also prevents the account from making more edits. Global locks do not block the IP of the sockmaster and only affect the account.
 * The IPs used by an account can only be viewed by checkusers. Checkusers do not publicly disclose IP addresses they find using their tools per the privacy policy, but they will block IPs and IP ranges without disclosing which sockmaster they relate to. With cases like this, it is possible that the user is on a highly dynamic IP address or they are using different networks. This means it could be a game of cat and mouse with blocking IP addresses. It is also possible that a checkuser has blocked the IP address or IP address range used by the sockmaster following your request. If a checkuser has actioned your request, they won't necessarily respond with "I've blocked the IP address", as doing so would allow someone to correlate the times between their recent IP address blocks and when they said "I've done that" to work out which range the sockmaster uses. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:04, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hope that was helpful and let me know if you would like further explanation. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:23, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No, that was a great explanation, thank you. KUTGW! – PeeJay 06:37, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No, that was a great explanation, thank you. KUTGW! – PeeJay 06:37, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Question?
Hi, hope you are well. I wanted to ask a question that is is possible to use #ifexpr for a range of value. For example, if we select: Another question is that is it possible to get to values from the #ifexpr function. For example
 * and get both 'Yes' and '❌' as a result. Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 08:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , the first wouldn't work like that as the - sign would be interpreted as a subtract, and other symbols similar to the negative sign are not recognized by #expr / #ifexpr.
 * You could achieve this by having two ifexpr's. One checks if the number is above 1000 and the other checks if the number is below 3000. If both are true then it is in the range of 1000-3000. If either is false, then it is not. So you could do
 * In regards to the second question, the ifexpr function is defined by . So the only things that are returned by the ifexpr is true or false (and by extension the it returns only the values you include after the expression). #expr just returns the result of the expression, if you are wanting the raw output. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:56, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * In regards to the second question, the ifexpr function is defined by . So the only things that are returned by the ifexpr is true or false (and by extension the it returns only the values you include after the expression). #expr just returns the result of the expression, if you are wanting the raw output. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:56, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * In regards to the second question, the ifexpr function is defined by . So the only things that are returned by the ifexpr is true or false (and by extension the it returns only the values you include after the expression). #expr just returns the result of the expression, if you are wanting the raw output. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:56, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * By using the first, wouldn't we get the values less than 1000 and greater than 3000? For the 2nd part, what parser function can be used to get 2 resulting values? Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 12:15, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , no. The first ifexpr checks if 1000 is smaller than and the other checks if 3000 is greater than the pages in the category. So in other words, the first ifexpr checks if the number of pages in the category is above 1000. The second checks if the number of pages in the category is below 3000. True is returned if the expression is true and nothing is returned if it is false. If both checks if both are non-empty strings. Therefore, if both are true, then the first parameter after the expression in if both is returned which is "in range" (in range as both conditions were true). Otherwise, "not in range" is returned as one was not true. You can test that out. Currently, the expression returns "not in range" as the category has no articles. If this was the case, it would have returned "in range".
 * I'm still not sure what you mean. If you want the values from the second and third parameter, then just write them out separately. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:27, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm still not sure what you mean. If you want the values from the second and third parameter, then just write them out separately. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:27, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm confused. See my sandbox (in progress). There I want 2 results, 1st ✅ and 2nd 0. Although I've got the first but I don't know how to get the 2nd value. Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 12:32, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , you used "Artices with long short summary" when you meant to use "Articles with long short description". Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:36, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * so what you want instead is  Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:39, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * That was a big mistake. Sorry. Empire AS    Talk ! 12:39, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , no worries. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:41, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I also fixed the misspelling of Articles in the code in your sandbox, as I wondered why it wasn't working there. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:44, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Still there's a mistake. Some text 'in range' is written multiple times. Moreover, what about 2 outputs? Is it possible to get an extra output showing the range of like 5000–7000. Thank you for helping. Empire AS   Talk ! 12:54, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

The category contains 6,857 pages which don't fall in any other parser function except the first as 6857 is between 5000–7000. Then why 'in range' is written multiple times? Thank you. Empire AS   Talk ! 12:58, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , the changes you have made have caused this. You duplicated the expression several times, so that's why there are multiple "in range" written. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:59, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * let me have a look. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:01, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I realised that "|R" is needed in the pages in category magic template, as the result returned usually includes a comma. The ifexpr conditional does not like commas, so using the R option removes the commas. It should now work, as I have updated this in your sandbox. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:12, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The now corrected code is  Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:16, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Can it be changed to . Morever, can an extra column of range can obtained? Thank you for fixing that?  Empire AS    Talk ! 13:23, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , the order of the parameters in if both does not matter. You can swap it around if you want, as long as you leave the expression itself unchanged (as that modifies the output). I'm not sure what you mean by an extra column of range, but if you want to have multiple ranges to check, just copy and paste the code to where you want and change the lower and upper bounds for the range to what you want. For example
 * If you mean having it in separate columns, then place the copied and pasted code into a row for the other column. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:40, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * If you mean having it in separate columns, then place the copied and pasted code into a row for the other column. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:40, 26 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I think that you didn't get it. I meant to say that the above code returns us a single output (for example, X) if in range. But is there any way to get 2 outputs (like X and Y)? The above code gives a single output but can it provide 2 outputs in 2 columns? For example, if it returns the 1st output X then 2nd would be Y (both in separate columns). If 1st as A then 2nd should be B. If first is M and then second as N. In other words, I need 3 columns, first 'Category', second 'Status' and third 'Range'. If the value of 2nd column due to 1st, then the value of third column should also change according to the 2nd. The first column provides the value of 2nd column but not of 3rd. How can we get a 3rd value in 3rd column that would change accordingly to 1st and 2nd? Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 04:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , I see what you mean now. If you want to have the values in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd column depend on each other, then I think the way it can be done is having the code in each column for the row. You then customise the output for each, ensuring that the the status and range columns have the same category in the check. However, this would mean a lot of duplication and a long file. There is another way you could simplify this. You could create another page which acts like a template, such that you have a definition of a row as a subpage which is transcludable. You can then transclude the subpage for each row, defining the category name and ranges. That would be complicated to set up as a subpage, but would save the amount of raw wikitext on the page. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)


 * One more question, is it possible to use ≤ and ≥ (equal or greater, smaller) in the codes. Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 07:13, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , yes, however, they are written "<=" and ">=" in expressions. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:56, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

See the page Pages with citation errors. However its code is a bit difficult to understand. Can this code be modified to get a range like 1000–3000. By looking at the code I think it may be used to select a range. Thank you. Empire AS   Talk ! 10:26, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , using the code from there  It displays  when the count is at or above 3000, it displays  when the count is at or above 1000 and below 3000, and it displays ✅ when the count is below 1000. You can add further ifexpr's to get more statuses. To change the range, change the number for each expression, but the order of the numbers has to be biggest to smallest left to right in the expressions (i.e. 3000 then 1000, or 500 then 50). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Another thing, can you adjust the template Template:Backlog progress bar small to display only the green bar and percentage unlike Template:Backlog progress bar that displays a box. Thank you. Empire AS   Talk ! 10:31, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , done. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

I thought that I'd not disturb you again but the issue rose again. First, see my sandbox, in the citations section you may see an error. All the 4 lights are visible but only red light was made to be visible above 20. Other thing, can you please remove the word 'complete' from Template:Backlog progress bar small and add a new parameter for the width of bar like 80% width or 30%. Empire AS   Talk ! 04:54, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , the error looks to be caused by your use of "≤". The "≤" symbol is not recognised by expr. To achieve less than or equal, you need to use "<=". This is because, as says, less than or equal is defined by an less than sign followed by an equals sign. It does not list the combined unicode symbol. When replacing "≤" with "<=" in your sandbox it fixed the problem.
 * In regards to the progress bar, I have added that functionality and hidden the "complete" from the bar. To define the width, when transcluding the template add the parameter "width" with the width you want. This can be a percentage, but can also be in pixels or em. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * That's great. Now it seems that I'd complete it soon. Thank you. Empire AS    Talk ! 06:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * However, one thing that I noticed is that you never forgot to ping the user although it affects your number of watchers. Unlike some other Wikipedians who don't ping to increase their number of watchers.  Empire AS    Talk ! 06:40, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * , thanks for the barnstar. Happy editing, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:34, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Admin Recruitment ?
What is a "need for the tools"? I think that if you think you need the tools, you maybe shouldn't have them. I think that what we should be looking for is editors who are willing to use the tools prudently.

I am ready to stand for admin again if someone will nominate me. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , my description of that is pretty vague even in my own mind. What that statement means for me is that the editor should use the tools once they get them for the benefit of the community and also in an area which they have experience in.
 * I agree that an editor who thinks they need the tools may actually not be suitable, but editors with experience enough for RfA should know and understand what being an administrator is. The saying "A good leader is someone who doesn't want to be a leader" is relevant, and I would agree that an overly confident editor wanting the tools wouldn't be a good fit. However, those who don't want to be administrators aren't going to want or use the tools (and for someone to feel pressured for something they don't want to do isn't good). There is a balance of want and not wanting which I think is what makes a good administrator. My description however is primarily "my life would be easier if I had the tools" / "I could do this if I have the tools".
 * The second point about experience is to ensure that the area they initially will work in is somewhere which they understand and so moving from no tools to tools isn't a big jump. This has the benefit of ensuring that the community can see they understand the particulars in this area, so can be trusted to do good.
 * Perhaps what I actually mean is "will use the tools to benefit the community". This is also vague, but I hope conveys that an editor should find use for and want to use the tools in a way which will be a benefit, but not overly want them. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:07, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I would say that I'm probably not the best person to nominate, as I have never had an actual RfA run with myself as a nominator / co-nominator (although there is one not yet transcluded). However, I am open to such a proposition if you would like me to. I suggest looking for editors / admins at Request an RfA nomination if you would like to pursue it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:19, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Perhaps what I actually mean is "will use the tools to benefit the community". This is also vague, but I hope conveys that an editor should find use for and want to use the tools in a way which will be a benefit, but not overly want them. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:07, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I would say that I'm probably not the best person to nominate, as I have never had an actual RfA run with myself as a nominator / co-nominator (although there is one not yet transcluded). However, I am open to such a proposition if you would like me to. I suggest looking for editors / admins at Request an RfA nomination if you would like to pursue it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:19, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I would say that I'm probably not the best person to nominate, as I have never had an actual RfA run with myself as a nominator / co-nominator (although there is one not yet transcluded). However, I am open to such a proposition if you would like me to. I suggest looking for editors / admins at Request an RfA nomination if you would like to pursue it. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:19, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Law, Sport, And Science MFD
I have NAC closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Law, Sport, And Science as delete if you want to take the actual adminy actions on this one. Seems like a G1 speedy delete case anyway.--WaltCip- (talk)  15:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , will do that now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:12, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Could you adopt me?
Hello, I just came across the list of adopters at WP:CVUA and saw your name there. So I just wanted to ask you that about my adoption. If you are willing, so please ping me on my CVUA page. Thanks! – EditorThanos  ( talk ) 17:14, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , I am not a instructor at WP:CVUA. The list of those users is at Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Instructors Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:36, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * But I think you were! – EditorThanos  ( talk ) 17:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , I am a adopter at Adopt-a-user which is separate to the counter-vandalism unit academy. I have never been a instructor at the counter vandalism unit academy. At the moment I am not accepting new adoptees under adopt-a-user. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:07, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Noted:) If you will be adopting, let me know. – EditorThanos  ( talk ) 19:17, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

You are fast today
About 8 minutes from a certain account's first edit until you opened an SPI. Nice. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  22:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , it's all about when the right time is to open the watchlist. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:17, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Discussion
I opened discussion about the very late evidence and you immediately after closing the discussion for rebuttals: Could you explain how me and other editors are supposed to rebuttal when the evidence was posted 30 minute before closure? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 02:51, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , I note that the evidence phase has since been re-opened for two more days. I do agree that the evidence was late, and it is good that you can now respond on the evidence subpage to the late evidence. As I had no instruction otherwise, I closed the evidence phase as scheduled. Perhaps adding in time or a procedure which allows responses to evidence added close to the deadline is needed. Hopefully the next few days will be enough to respond to the evidence added close to the deadline. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:47, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Hey, did you see my comment? Without the rebuttals its below 1000 words, so its ok? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 00:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , I hadn't until now. However, an arbitrator confirmed that I should ask you to shorten your evidence. If you would like to request an extension, then request at the /Evidence subpage or email the arbitrators directly. Otherwise, please shorten your submission. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:23, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Does that arbitrator know that my main evidence is below 1000 words without the rebuttals? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 11:28, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , they didn't ask, but I can relay this and ask therefore if the length is acceptable. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:16, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * To add, I have asked on clerk-l about this. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:35, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Jazz, I would like to ad 2 more quotes from GPinkerton, 105 words and 2 links. Is it possible? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I've asked the arbs. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:08, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No extension? --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 22:13, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , no reply yet. The AIK extension was previously agreed. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:14, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * There have been some replies, however, no decision on your request specifically yet. It looks like the phase will remain open for another day, but it is late where I am so I am off for the night. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:06, 9 February 2021 (UTC)