User talk:Ecstatic Electrical/Archive 1

Help me
Why can’t I create a redirect page from Emergency Testing System to Emergency Alert System? Some networks in some regions use ETS to denote weekly and monthly tests of the EAS. I was able to create a redirect just fine from WikiProject Weather to WikiProject Meteorology. I’ve put in a request for the redirect, but why I am getting an error message? I thought that registered users can create new pages, including redirects. — Ecstatic Electrical, 19:46, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe it is because you are not Autoconfirmed. You need to have had an account for 4 days before you can create a new page in article space. You should be able to do so tomorrow. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:53, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Since when do you need to be autoconfirmed to create redirects? I thought that was only necessary for moving pages. — Ecstatic Electrical, 20:55, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It's a recent change. I'll try to find the link to the policy in a minute.  But can you point to one reliable source that uses the terminology "Emergency Testing System"? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and I can't find one. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:56, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Autoconfirmed article creation trial. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:57, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I can’t cite an actual source, but I can say that where I live, on both television and radio, ETS is used for tests of the EAS, and then EAS is used for any “real” activations of the system. — Ecstatic Electrical, 21:00, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * If that's true, it's got to be sourced somewhere. I cannot find anything like that... and what would "emergency testing service" actually mean? --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:05, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Never mind — after further investigation, I’ve discovered that the term “ETS” is only used by a few particular television networks and is not commonly used (if at all) outside of those networks. I just happen to be using one of the networks that does use it :). Although it appears that the term was used more frequently historically. — Ecstatic Electrical, 21:11, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Rollback
Hello, I see you're a new user (I saw you add your username to WikiProject Meteorology, so maybe I'll see you around a bit). I noticed in your contributions that you have reverted several edits and used rollback-like edit summaries. Are you just manually entering those edit summaries so they look similar to those auto-created when using the rollback feature? Master of Time  ( talk ) 20:01, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I’m not sure what you mean by “rollback feature” nor am I sure which summaries you are referring to. — Ecstatic Electrical, 20:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * On the part about what rollback is, I did provide a link. This edit, among others, included an edit summary of the sort that normally only appears as an auto-generated summary for when one is using rollback, but you have not been granted rollback rights. Master of Time   ( talk ) 01:07, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was note aware of that being a reserved edit summary for a special tool. I’ve just seen it in quite a few places and assumed that it was a popular, but hand-written edit summary for generic reverts where no long explanation was provided. — Ecstatic Electrical, 01:09, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It's not reserved; you can use edit summaries like that for reverts if you want. My point is that it is a characteristic autogenerated edit summary when using the rollback tool (such edits are also automatically marked as minor). I was just wondering, and I guess I have my answer now. See you around. Master of Time   ( talk ) 01:13, 11 October 2017 (UTC)