User talk:Husond



''Welcome to my talk page! Please sign and date your entries by inserting  --  at the end.''

''[ Start a new talk topic! ]''

''Please post new messages at the bottom of my talk page. Use headlines when starting new talk topics. Thank you.''

Hey Husond!
Hey long time no see, I was going to ask you a favor, the following article Steve Stivers is going to get a lot of vandalism now that he won the primary and is an official candidate for congress, I was going to see if it is possible to have it semi protected for the next 6 months until election day, if you cant do it thats cool, i just thought it might be a good idea to ask.--Joebengo (talk) 00:08, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Grey Wolves
Could you check on this article? Recent edits by Kalt wie Stahl are rather POV backed by a non-English, unpublished website. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 17:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey!
Nice to see you back. You probably still recognize me (from my old RfA); I'm still active like I was. I just wanted to pop in here and say hello and welcome back! Have a good day/night/week. Schfifty 3 03:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
I appreciate the help. Also, thanks for pitching in at recent changes. We need all the help we can get. See ya 'round  Tide  rolls  14:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

IP block
You recently blocked User talk:174.91.217.32 for vandalism. I noticed this IP was specifically targeting User:Paul Erik. I'm suspecting sockpuppetry. Thoughts? --N419BH (talk) 00:51, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no idea; I do not have enough experience to make that call. I just find it extremely odd that a brand new IP is specifically targeting a 20,000+ contribution user by name. I've left a message at Paul Erik's talk page as he'll probably know more. Other than that I don't really know what to do. --N419BH (talk) 01:04, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The following is from Paul Erik's talk page. I'd say we can just drop it for now. --N419BH (talk) 01:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "Thanks for helping with the cleanup. It's an anon who is apparently mad at me for reverting his joke edits to the Joseph Cirincione article. I'm just ignoring for the time being. But he seems to be unaware that unregistered editing from an IP address is traceable; his address is in Montreal, using Bell Sympatico internet. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 01:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)"
 * Okay, thanks for clarifying. I'll let you know if I have any further questions. Advice and input is always appreciated. --N419BH (talk) 01:55, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Roachies
Huh, your hand is sort of famous there, thanks to all the roachies... --Illythr (talk) 16:38, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * You yourself - not yet. Your hand, however...
 * A question that's been bugging me for awhile - how did you manage to keep them from falling off or crawling up your sleeve? --Illythr (talk) 22:42, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I've made the same mistake, apparently - anything as agile as the "regular" roachies would swiftly fall off on their own in order to be able to further pursue their eek-provoking activities... --Illythr (talk) 20:34, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Ayako Shirasaki Article - Possible to translate into Portuguese?
Hi Husond, I'm looking for a translator from English to Portuguese. Are you into Jazz Piano and like to Help? Or maybe know someone else? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayako_Shirasaki Thank you! --JanMatthiesMM (talk) 22:47, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Bronx/The Bronx
Hello, you participated in a discussion last spring that resulted in renaming The Bronx as Bronx. There is now a proposal to open a new Request for Comments on restoring the original name. If you have comments about the timing of such a proposal, please make them soon at Talk:Bronx because, unless a there's a consensus against such a Request for Comments, it will begin early this week. Thanks. —— Shakescene (talk) 21:47, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Lisbon
You always decide to change without ending discussion? Discussion is still ongoing. Subtropical-man (talk) 11:45, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Didn't notice the topic on the talk page was finally engaged. Will join in. Hús  ö  nd  21:54, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Featured portal review/Portugal
I've listed Portal:Portugal for Featured portal review as I don't think it meets current standards because it's not kept up to date - in fact, you said much the same in January 2007! If you can join in the discussion or help to improve the portal, that'd be fantastic. I've left a note at WP:Portugal but I don't know how active that is; if there are other people you think I should tell, please let me know. Regards, BencherliteTalk 17:32, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

invite to discuss Kosovo geographic names
I am working on a list of issue and a stragtegy for the names of places in kosovo , User_talk:Mdupont I would like to invite you to take part and comment, have seen your activity of kosovo articles in the past. Thanks, mike James Michael DuPont (talk) 12:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Antonio Petrus Kalil
Hi Husond, I posted recently to the BLP noticeboard with a problem about a BLP that relies on Portuguese sources, and Slp1 suggested I contact you. It's Antonio Petrus Kalil, an article about a Brazilian operator of an illegal lottery. I noticed it after a couple of requests for protection at RfPP. Someone apparently from Kalil's family is objecting to the content.

There were some very serious allegations in the article -- the worst have been removed, but we're still having difficulty making sure (a) that the article doesn't go beyond the sources, and (b) that the sources are high quality. If you have any time to look that would be very helpful. There's a section on talk that starts at Talk:Antonio_Petrus_Kalil, though it's quite long to read. There's a suggestion that we go back to a stub at Talk:Antonio_Petrus_Kalil, and a list of the sources the article currently uses at Talk:Antonio_Petrus_Kalil.

It would be helpful to have an uninvolved Portuguese speaker overseeing what's going on, even if it's just to comment occasionally. But don't worry if you're too busy to take a look. I'll completely understand, so feel free to ignore the request. Cheers, SlimVirgin  talk| contribs 22:06, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion for improvement of your "has been here" layout
Instead of using pictures of parentheses, I recommend that you do the following HTML solution.
 * ( [[Image:Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg|40px|Rio de Janeiro]] [[Image:Bandeira_de_Minas_Gerais.svg|42px|Minas Gerais]] )

Since the parentheses are rendered as HTML, you will have the correct background color. Bender2k14 (talk) 15:17, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

File:Trinity Church.JPG listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Trinity Church.JPG, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Skier Dude ( talk ) 03:24, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Baniflogo.png
 Thanks for uploading File:Baniflogo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

PLEASE NOTE:


 * I am a bot, and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. If you have a question, place a template, along with your question, beneath this message.
 * I will remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again.
 * If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request.
 * To opt out of these bot messages, add  to your talk page.
 * If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page.

Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 05:35, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Southern Portugal Blackout of 2000 for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Southern Portugal Blackout of 2000 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Southern Portugal Blackout of 2000 until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.  Night  w   17:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll
This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Montepiologo.png
 Thanks for uploading File:Montepiologo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

PLEASE NOTE:


 * I am a bot, and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. If you have a question, place a template, along with your question, beneath this message.
 * I will remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again.
 * If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request.
 * To opt out of these bot messages, add  to your talk page.
 * If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page.

Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 17:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 02:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects
--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 19:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Portuguese translation
Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Portuguese to English translators and wondered if you could translate John VI of Portugal and/or Amélie of Leuchtenberg? Thank you or obrigado.--Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s Little Spy (talk) 00:10, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 01:01, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next several days. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:04, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. WJBscribe (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Resysop
Sysop flag restored. Welcome back. WilliamH (talk) 21:14, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Hús  ö  nd  21:18, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Welcome ...
... back :) --regentspark (comment) 21:20, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Regentspark, you're still around! Thanks! Been a while, huh? ;-) Regards, Hús  ö  nd  21:21, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup. Still here. You've had a long break - Now get back to work on those vandals, trolls, pov pushers, SPAs and other riff raff that haunt wikipedia!  --regentspark (comment) 00:12, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah. And I see a lot of stuff has been going on during my absence. Must get back on shape. ;-) Hús  ö  nd  00:13, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Welcome back, Husond! :D Acalamari 21:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Acalamari! :-) Hús  ö  nd  23:43, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back! :D Keilana | Parlez ici 00:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Keilana! Hús  ö  nd  00:11, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm late to the party, but welcome back! :)  Snowolf How can I help? 18:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi!
Hey bro,

How are you? Long time no see. :D

Regards,

Spawn Man (talk) 13:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll
This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. I know this happened just recently but no administrator would close these frequent rm's down. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:25, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Request for input
Hi Administrator? Husond, I found your name when I was surfing through the archives of Talk:Continuation War. I like what you stand for according to your user page, and I think Portugal sounds like a neutral origin for a WP administrator. *Are you still an administrator? Either way, I'd be grateful if you'd have time to look at the edit war occurring at Continuation War, and tell me how to move the dispute on the fast track to resolution. Based on the what I can see, Sovietization of history articles related to the USSR has become pervasive on WP. Thanks for your trouble! Paavo273 (talk) 07:54, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

West Papua userbox
Your User:Husond/Userboxes/IrianJaya userbox links to the disambig page West Papua. Is is supposed to link to West Papua (province) or West Papua (region)? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 14:14, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Or Republic of West Papua? Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 14:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The latter. Thanks Hús  ö  nd  22:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Userboxes
Hey Husond, do you remember anything about formatting?

I've been making a userbox subpage (using yours as a model), but as you can see, the userboxes in the center column are aligned to the left. I want them to be perfectly centered. How do I do that?

Thanks in advance. =) Kurtis (talk) 10:53, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Featured portal review
Portal:Basque has been nominated for a featured portal review and may lose its status as a featured portal. Reviewers' concerns are set out here. Please leave your comments (which can include "keep" or "delist") and help the portal to be of featured quality. The instructions for the review process are here.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  05:05, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * , left you a comment at the subpage linked above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:52, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I noted we can give it another week to see if there's any progress being made there, if not, unfortunately, probably won't stay at this level of quality. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:04, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured portal review/Basque
Any chance you could work to address issues at Featured portal review/Basque ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:33, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Proposed EU introduction
Hello, on the EU talk page I have made a proposal for a new introduction for the EU that I believe summaries the EU better and makes it more engaging. I would be grateful for any constructive feedback. My hope is to have the page become a featured article and contribute to Project European Union as a whole. --Erzan (talk) 14:24, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Tradução
Teria como terminar de traduzir essa página? Grato. 189.101.40.134 (talk) 11:51, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Gareth Huntley for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Gareth Huntley is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Gareth Huntley until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Gbawden (talk) 13:02, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Featured Portal Review: Iceland
Portal:Iceland has been nominated for a featured portal review and may lose its status as a featured portal. Reviewers' concerns are set out here. Please leave your comments (which can include "keep" or "delist") and help the portal to be of featured quality. The instructions for the review process are here. Gestumblindi (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll
You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:38, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Please
Is it possible you translate this article? Gratefull. 2804:14C:5BB6:802D:E269:95FF:FE51:FF80 (talk) 16:46, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Pedir um favor
Será que poderias traduzir este artigo do português para o inglês? Att (Saudações Brasileiras). 187.104.25.153 (talk) 05:05, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 09:04, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

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

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

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

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

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

IP editing
Hello there, from Portugal,

regarding this message (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:193.137.135.2), i was not the person to edit wrongly in Olivenza. If you check the IP's list of contributions, you will find i only started editing there on 8 November of this year, which is the IP from where i edit whilst at work.

At home, my address is this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/85.242.133.151). Of course, i understand your concern, it could very well have been me to perform that edit. Attentively, happy editing and apologies for any inconvenience --85.242.133.151 (talk) 15:42, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * That message was 9 years ago!! Hús  ö  nd  21:43, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

(editing from work)Oddly enough, I was only notified of it (through the "you have a new message" banner in orange) in this year (2016) and month (November). Thus, I immediately responded to avoid any misunderstandings. Hope this clears things out. --193.137.135.2 (talk) 14:41, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Just thought of this now: or maybe i was reading the message for the 193 IP whilst at home (thus, the 85 IP), and the latter received a message and i thought it was a notification of the former. Most likely my bad in understanding. --85.242.133.151 (talk) 15:41, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Steven Krivit for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Steven Krivit is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Steven Krivit until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. jps (talk) 11:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

Discuss this newsletter • Subscribe • Archive

13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

... and again today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Requested move: Pączki → Paczki
Greetings! I have started a requested move discussion at Talk:Pączki, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks — Kpalion(talk) 16:25, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

The TWA Error
Hello, Húsönd. I found an error when this page is trying to display the user status. Please check it. -- Ný(rönn)-Holtredéþch-Deskrúð / Nyholtredehn ( Discussion! ) 08:00, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, Húsönd. Maybe you didn't notice, but on Jimbo Wales's talk page, maybe 72 solve the problem. But, thanks anyway. -- Ný(rönn)-Holtredéþch-Deskrúð / Nyholtredehn Discussion! 23:31, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Your award section.
You should know that black is not obvious when the background is dark blue. For example, can you see these words clearly? So, I suggest, change the font color of the description under your awards to make them look more precious! -- Ný(rönn)-Holtredéþch-Deskrúð / Nyholtredehn Discussion! 08:50, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Invitation from Wikimedia Portugal
(English below)

Olá. A Wikimedia Portugal é uma associação portuguesa sem fins lucrativos, fundada em 2009, reconhecida pela Wikimedia Foundation como "chapter" de Portugal. A nossa missão é, em geral, contribuir para a disseminação generalizada do saber e da cultura, através do incentivo à recolha e criação de conteúdos isentos de restrições de utilização, modificação e distribuição, e da difusão dos mesmos; e em particular, promover e apoiar os projetos da Wikimedia Foundation, entre os quais a Wikipédia, com ênfase para os projetos nas línguas faladas em Portugal, o português e o mirandês.

Gostaríamos de contar com o apoio de (e reciprocamente apoiar) todos os voluntários naturais, residentes ou simplesmente interessados em Portugal. Embora fundada em 2009, a associação teve um largo período de inatividade, que estamos agora a ultrapassar. Vimos por isso convidá-lo, caso nisso tenha interesse, a inscrever-se como associado da associação, demonstrar apoio à existência de um "chapter" em Portugal, e a envolver-se em atividades futuras inscrevendo-se na lista de distribuição de email. Recentemente, a Comissão de Afiliações da Wikimedia suspendeu o apoio à Wikimedia Portugal, pendente, entre outras coisas, do apoio da comunidade de editores portugueses. 

Agradecemos desde já!

Hi! Wikimedia Portugal is the Portuguese chapter of Wikimedia, founded in 2009 and recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation. Our mission is to contribute to the general dissemination of knowledge and culture through the incentive to the collection and creation of content without restrictions on use, modification and distribution, and promote their difusion; we promote and support the Wikimedia Foundation projects, among which Wikipedia, with emphasis on projects in Portuguese and Mirandese.

We would like however to count on the support of (and in turn ourselves support) all volunteers that are citizens, resident, or simply interested in Portugal. Despite being founded in 2009, the chapter has gone through a long period of inactivity that we are trying to overcome. We have sent you this message to invite you, if you are interested, to enroll as associate to the chapter, demonstrate your support to the existence of a chapter in Portugal, and get involved in the discussion of future activities by registering in the mailing list. Recentely, the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee suspended support to Wikimedia Portugal pending, among other things, the support from the community of portuguese editors. GoEThe (talk) 14:11, 2 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Só se for para promover a separação dos vários projectos em português nas variantes português do Brasil e Europeu - sem a qual a péssima qualidade manter-se-á. Nomeadamente ao nível da Wikipédia lusófona.
 * De qualquer forma, desde a adesão ao acordo ortográfico tenho zero interesse em editar na minha própria língua, e como tal acabo por não participar em iniciativas da comunidade portuguesa de editores. Hús  ö  nd  16:36, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

File:Spacehive logo.png
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for calculation the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot (talk) 23:13, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

 * Thanks! Hús  ö  nd  19:57, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Basque Country (greater region)
Portal:Basque Country (greater region), a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Basque Country (greater region) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Basque Country (greater region) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Legacypac (talk) 18:33, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Delmi Alvarez
Hi, Husond! I am working on this article, which has been heavily edited for years by the subject, who has added what looks like every mention he's ever received, including photo credits and announcements of exhibitions. I am having a hard time assessing sources and was hoping to find someone who can help me go through and throw out the ones that are blogs, photo credits, and otherwise not useful. Some are in Spanish, some I think in Galician, and I'm finding I'm having trouble even recognizing the blogs, in particular, even when I run them through a translator. Like, do you know whether 'microsiervos' means it's a blog? At any rate, if you have any time to provide assistance, I'd surely appreciate it. I'm also having trouble determining whether an online source is a photography magazine, or just the announcement of an exhibition. It's a pretty overwhelming task. I think this guy is notable, but honestly it's almost hard to be sure because of the sheer number of references. --valereee (talk) 12:49, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:47, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

Precious
Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

A year ago, you were recipient no. 2203 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

/* Bom dia */
Poderias traduzir o artigo pt:Batalha da Praça da Sé por favor? Agradeço desde já pela paciência. 2804:14C:5BB5:8B2F:40D3:7B13:E99C:59B1 (talk) 14:40, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest
Sent by ZLEA at 23:30, 19 October 2019 (UTC) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:52, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Happy belated birthday! 🎁 -- The SandDoctor  Talk 18:49, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

 * A (very) belated happy adminship anniversary! -- The SandDoctor  Talk 18:48, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Crazy message
Today I received my first message via wikipedia, and it is signed by yourself.

It accuses me of making some type of prohibited edit to a wikipedia page in 2006. Please know that I have never made any edits to any wikipedia page. I assume that the message was sent in error, maybe to my IP address? If so, I wasn't living in this time zone during 2006 so if I inherited some nefarious IP I suggest that you contact my provider rather than myself.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.68.136 (talk) 16:25, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Your signature produces lint errors
Hi Husond! I hope that you are well. I noticed that your signature is causing lint errors both here and on meta because the font tag has been deprecated. I have converted your signature for you and future proofed it.

Hús ö  nd

Could you please update your preferences to use this one? Thank you! -- The SandDoctor Talk 18:47, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Super. Thanks very much. Hús  ö  nd  21:08, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! I'm glad that I could help and thank you for updating . -- The SandDoctor Talk 00:28, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:17, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

EU support in country-related lists
Hi! I'm aware you have contributed to some EU related articles in english Wikipedia. I write to you to demand your support to keep EU figures and data in country-related lists like in List of countries and dependencies by population. Please, add your say to my proposal of EU data. Thanks--Manlleus (talk) 21:04, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 12:27, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 00:04, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed&#32;if you do not return to activity within the next several days.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 00:01, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

You have been removed from Local Embassy due to inactivity
Hi Husond! You're receiving this notification because you were previously listed at Local Embassy, but you haven't made any edits to the English Wikipedia in over 6 months.

Because of your inactivity, you have been removed from the list. If you would like to resubscribe, you can do so at any time by visiting Local Embassy.

Thank you! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) &#124; Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. &#124; Sent at 18:02, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux  Talk 00:09, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Wishing Husond a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:31, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

We make it a "big deal" every time someone won't edit without their infinity gauntlet
Hi. I notice that, although you're an accomplished countervandal for which you don't need the mop. I am quite un-moppable (because I anger many of the unblockables) so I just can't understand the need for a status symbol on wiki when it's almost always in violation of WP:HATSHOP. Most of my work now on wiki is editor retention, with projects like WP:MIA and WP:BDC so I welcome contributors to return to editing. Could you please explain why your first edit in years is asking for your status talisman when you should know full well the community has soured on this sort of thing as they just recently refused a similar request? Chris Troutman ( talk ) 13:43, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back
Hello Husond. Your account has been [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3A granted] the "rollbacker" and "pending changes reviewer" user rights. These user rights allow you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes and quickly revert the edits of other users.


 * Rollback user right
 * Please keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin).


 * Pending changes reviewer user right
 * The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection enabled is located at Special:StablePages. You may find the following pages useful to review:
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing.
 * Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes.
 * Protection policy, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.

Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of reviewer or rollback. If you no longer want either of these user rights, contact me and I'll remove it, alternatively you can leave a request on the administrators' noticeboard. Happy editing! — xaosflux  Talk 14:54, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Following up from WP:BN, I've added some flags so you can jump right back in to vandal patrol, please take a moment to read over the information above and the linked pages. — xaosflux  Talk 14:54, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Happy to be back. Hús  ö  nd  08:56, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Remote (company)


A tag has been placed on Remote (company), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Abinsoo (talk) 17:17, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Remote (company) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Remote (company) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Remote (company) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 16:38, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I strongly suspect the AFD will end up as a Delete. As you know, I feel the sources *should* clearly be sufficient, though I respect some people may judge that differently even if proceeding wholly impartially. Some of the other reasons that have popped up for deletion are pretty ridiculous (e.g., now, that "global provider of payroll services" is marketing gobledygook). Husond, while you may feel the pressure to declare absence (I presume) of a CoI is inappropriate, it is a reflection of how Wikipedia has developed in recent years. For better or worse, the threat of the evil hand of marketing -- for companies in particular, for some reason -- is viewed as sufficiently threatening that if there's even a whiff of a potential CoI, the whole article will come under preternatural scrutiny. So - if you'd like to continue writing articles, please next time just be prepared to confirm you have no CoI if asked. And just not write it if you do have a CoI. This is all meant not to pile on or moralize, more to express solidarity that I don't think this article is being treated fairly here. But also to encourage you to adapt more to current mores if you stick around! Martinp (talk) 02:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Martinp. Yes, it's likely going to be deleted and I have no qualms about that, as legitimate concerns about the sources/notability seem to be piling up. Maybe it was premature of me to have created this article before some more diverse content about the company had been published, as most of the existing one is linked to the round of funding. I still think the company is notable and we should have an article on it, but maybe it's not the right time yet. Inevitably we will have to have one as the company grows and its coverage in the press increases - but when that happens I'm sure I won't be the one creating it! Very bruising and time wasting this whole COI episode, it reminded me of the unpleasant side of Wikipedia. But I'm not demotivated, I'll just focus my attention elsewhere. Hús  ö  nd  08:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 21:48, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * gottem 107.115.5.118 (talk) 06:07, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Remote logo.png
Thanks for uploading File:Remote logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

 * }

Citrushoneyart (talk) 20:49, 20 August 2022 (UTC) 


 * Thanks! Hús  ö  nd  22:51, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
<div class="ivmbox " style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #AAA; background-color: ivory; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center; "> Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Spacehive logo.png
Thanks for uploading File:Spacehive logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 10 May 2023 (UTC)