User talk:Fluffernutter/Archive 22

block length
Re [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASnakebyte42&diff=629128281&oldid=629126907] -- did you really mean infinite? (Don't know that it's important in context, just curious). NE Ent 02:52, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we commonly stress to blocked people that "indefinite is not infinite". In this case Snakebyte was interpreting their block as "you are blocked forever from everything", so I wanted to make it clear that being under an indefinite block doesn't mean they're under a forever-and-ever-block. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:13, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Stephanie Adams
Can you review this full protection, set by you on 15:32, 4 August 2012‎.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:44, 8 October 2014 (UTC).


 * I reviewed it a few months ago at someone else's request, but I'm about done for the evening and don't have the energy to find it in my archives. I'll dig around tomorrow, find that, and get back to you. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 00:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, no hurry. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:55, 9 October 2014 (UTC).


 * Sorry, that took me a little longer than expected. It looks like I last evaluated the protection in July of this year, on the article's talk page. At the time, there was a renewed flurry of editing and I wasn't enthusiastic about unprotecting in the midst of that. It looks like that spate of attention has passed, however, and given that it's been a while since we saw the LTA that caused the article to require full protection, I've dropped the protection to semi now. I've half a mind to pop PC1 protection on top of that, but we might as well see how it does under just semi before locking it down any tighter. If you or any of my talk page stalkers want to help out, I would appreciate people keeping an eye on the article for while to make sure it remains under control. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 16:10, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I saw this on my watchlist (the article is till on there from my prior involvement with article a few years ago). I'm not at al keen on long-term full protection, but in this case removing it makes me nervous given that there has been a determined and persistent campaign against the subject over several years (and if memory serves, she hasn't necessarily helped to de-escalate things). I suppose it's time to give it another try, but I think we should have a hair trigger for reverting back to full prot (or PC1, if it'll stick, and if it's very closely monitored). HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  16:34, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah I agree, . This is not an article where we can, as my mother would put it, "dilly-dally" about restoring protection if things start to go off the rails again. Since PC allows edits to be made and remain in page histories, I'd rather opt for full instead of PC if we need to re-up the protection; better to keep the edits from being made in the first place than have to do yet more BLP cleanup after the fact. You or any other admin can feel free to modify or increase the protection I set as needed, especially if the article starts heating up again. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:34, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Certainly protection should be restored if it is needed. We are more ready, though, to do this than we were.  All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:23, 12 October 2014 (UTC).

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20:05:01, 16 October 2014 review of submission by KevinPace1
First, thanks for taking the time to review my article. As you can tell, it was my first. What specifically can I do to improve the article? I compared it to numerous other jazz vibe articles and it is nearly identical to theirs. Again, thanks for your time and all of your help! KevinKevinPace1 (talk) 20:05, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

KevinPace1 (talk) 20:05, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi . The main problem with your draft is that it lacks citations for the vast majority of its information. Wikipedia requires information to be verifiable, which means we need to be able to trace back a statement in an article to the proof of that statement. This goes double when we're writing about living people, on whose behalf we try to make all statements about them pretty bulletproof. If we let authors write anything they wanted about living people without requiring them to verify that information, it could easily lead to reputation and libel issued. So in your article, you have a few hundred words about Jon Metzger...but there's only one source linked to any of those words, and that source only addresses some of what you wrote about. A baseline rule of thumb when you're writing about a living person is to make sure you have at least one cited source per paragraph, telling us where you got the information in that paragraph. Remember that encyclopedia articles are intended to be surveys of other, more primary material, not original research that can't be traced back to primary material, so that readers can follow the trail for their research. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:29, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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Stephanie Adams article
I believe you were the admin who either fully protected or both fully then semi protected the SA article. I and my colleagues researched the page and found two aggressive and negative editors in the past, fasttimes68 (banned then later banned again as a sock puppet) and hoary (still editing and following) interestingly so are friends. My suggestion is that you ban hoary from editing this page and also place the full protection back up again for at least another year. From what I've seen of hoary and his both frivolous as well as libelous edits the past several years, even exhibited in the discussions, and given the fact that SA is a continued public persona who will more than likely have more news coming out, it is better for Wikipedia to be safe than sorry. Unless no one minds more cleaning up to do. Tfortrouble (talk) 12:12, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * How strange,, that such a new account should immediately and exclusively focus on that article, without even dabbling at anything newbie-related first. Given that you've never edited with this account prior to yesterday, which "colleagues" are you speaking of? How do you know Hoary, who they're friends with, and what type of edits they make? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 15:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Topic Ban
Sorry to hear about your health issues (I'm a cancer survivor myself, so I know a bit about chronic health issues ). Anyrate, no I'm not going to ask for my Topic ban to be lifted, so don't worry about that. I want to ask if the ban on MOS:ID is "broadly construed ", in other words, I know I'm banned from that page, however, am I banned from any and all discussions about MOS:ID anywhere ? Thanks KoshVorlon  Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 17:31, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi . Your topic ban applies to "all pages and discussions related to transgender issues, broadly construed". So the intention there is to keep you away from transgender issues, specifically, anywhere on Wikipedia, including the MOS; if there are sections of the MOS you wish to edit that are completely unrelated to transgender issues, I would see no problem with you editing normally on those (abiding, of course, by BRD, your 0RR restriction, etc). MOS:ID, in particular, though, seems potentially problematic. If the part of it you intend to edit seriously has absolutely nothing to do with transgender issues - if you're interested in editing the "Arab" section, for example - I wouldn't see that as a problem, but the "broadly construed" language of your topic ban means that you're expected to keep well away from any MOS edits that could have anything to do with transgender issues - so pronouns, people's names, how to refer to groups by sexuality, and things like that would all be right out. The usual advice for broad topic bans applies here: if you're not sure a topic is 100% not covered by the ban, either ask first, or just don't make the edits you were thinking about. Tl;dr version: You're not banned from editing everything in the MOS, but MOS:ID in particular seems like a questionable place to focus your attention if you want to be positive you don't step on the topic ban, and I would advise you to be scrupulous about staying away from anything even slightly related to transgender issues within that section. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:56, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Understood Fluffernuteer.  I wasn't going to actually edit that page, however,the subject came up (not on a transgender page) and I wanted to be clear on my restrictions before I responded.  I hear you though,  if that subject comes up, don't respond to it would be my best choice.  Thank you !  KoshVorlon   Rassekali ternii i mlechnye puti 16:50, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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Any objections?
Hi Fluffernutter. Thine Antique Pen has wandered over to my talk page and asked if the "no requesting permissions" restriction could be removed. It was a voluntary agreement upon unblocking, not a community imposed restriction - and since you were involved in discussions around then, I thought I'd double check your opinion. It was updated in 2012 so he had to go through me if he wanted to make requests, and I don't think he's asked more than a handful of times. I've no problems at all with the restriction being removed, and absent objections will do so tomorrow. Worm TT(talk ) 08:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I haven't seen any trouble to do with TAP in a very long time, and I get the sense he's matured, so I'm fine with removing the restriction as long as someone does the usual amount of "making sure nothing goes immediately off the rails after that". Thanks for checking in with me! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * No problems, glad to hear it! I'll do my best to keep an eye on him... if I have a chance! Worm TT(talk ) 14:13, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

User page vandalism
First, thanks for taking care of that. But I didn't actually even catch the change in my watchlist before you deleted it, so I don't know what it contained. Would it be possible for you to drop me an email letting me know what exactly was in that revision? If someone's posting things on my user page bad enough to be revdeleted I feel like I should probably know about it. -- TaraInDC (talk) 17:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem,, email sent. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 17:27, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you, tireless tired wikignome, for quality articles such as Sharon Kinne, for, for fighting vandalism and copyvio, for educating editors to contribute constructively, and for looking for the good around here part of which you are yourself, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 11 November 2013 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 659th recipient of my  Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:47, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

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Copyright checks when performing AfC reviews
Hello. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular. The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered. If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.) If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with. Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors. I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC). Sent via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

email
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 * Got it, and replied. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:08, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

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 * I hope to attend this. I never got to meet other wikipedia editors offline and this is a good opportunity to get to know local editors that live in the NYC area.  VegasCasinoKid (talk) 11:51, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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A message left on my IP
Hullo! You left a message for me on User talk:92.26.124.162. Well, not me, actually; I didn't edit the page, so just to let you know whoever did the editing didn't get the message, and it's finally prompted me to make an account after all these years. So, thanks! And thanks for protecting the integrity of the Wiki. JojoScotia (talk) 21:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
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Gelou
Thank you for your copyedit. I made some minor changes and answered your comments (in the edit summary). I hope my changes and comments are acceptable for you. Borsoka (talk) 04:37, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks good, ! I'm hoping to find some time today to finish up copyediting the rest of the article. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 14:48, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

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66.87.121.63
Can you remove this IP's block and replace it with a rangeblock? 66.87.120.162 has made two edits at WP:AN3 on the same subject; it's clearly the same person. Nyttend (talk) 18:22, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I ran this by a CU earlier today and they said this would be a pretty bad idea to rangeblock for more than a very short time; it's a mobile network and there would be a significant amount of collateral damage. We're sort of stuck with whac-a-mole. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:38, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I rangeblocked without knowing about this discussion since the guy is now posting at WP:AN3. What I tried was a 3-day bock at . You can revise or lift this as you think best. User:HelloAnnyong used to have a good tool for checking collateral but I'm not sure if it is still available. EdJohnston (talk) 18:44, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Rangeblocks are totally out of my comfort zone in general, so I'm ok leaving what you did to at least see if it helps. If there turns out to be a lot of unrelated unblock requests during the block, we can re-evaluate then. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:50, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Sock of 66.87.121.63
Please see and Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring  Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 16:38, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The onslaught seems to have stopped for now. I'll keep an eye on the IP for a while to make sure it doesn't start up again. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * And now blocked. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:38, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * thank you! Jytdog (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

User talk:129.7.135.136‎; 16:48
He's already been dealt with for his disruption, but I thought you should see my TP (most recent entry) for more of that image he keeps posting! Slightly bizarre behavior... <sub style="color:green;">Fortuna <sup style="color:red;">Imperatrix Mundi  16:52, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this is something who is...creative...with the truth, and has been at it for years. He pops up every now and then, sure one of us is Satan and that everyone needs to know, and we whack a bunch of socks calling people names, and then he subsides again for a while. Needless to say, I'm of the opinion that if that facebook post was made at all, it was probably made by our sockmaster using a joejob account. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 16:55, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * !!!! Cheers <sub style="color:green;">Fortuna <sup style="color:red;">Imperatrix Mundi  17:01, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

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