User talk:Kanonkas



What if...
Randy says I should ask you. What if we find non-free images on Commons, that really should only be at en:Wiki? Is there a bot or a template that will move them out of Commons but retain the image elsewhere? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 02:20, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Kanonkas asked me to answer here. As far as I know we don't have a special template/bot for these kind of images at Commons. I believe some admins just restored images for a moment and transfered them to enwp with imagetransfer.py in the Pywikipedia package, but i'm not sure. multichill (talk) 14:22, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not a great tech guy, could you help me with this? There are some still-in-use unexpired or recently changed Scout emblems that the fair-use applies to, and I don't want to lose them because they are in the wrong place. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 14:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The discussion continued at User talk:Multichill. -- Kanonkas :  Talk 10:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Call of Duty: World at War
Hi,

I saw that you were the one to semi-protect that article. I've been engaged in this little edit war with these really stubborn and in my eyes deliberately unwilling user. Could you please judge a better version? This version seems the best in my opinion. The talkpage also holds a small discussion. Got vexed (a lot) there, though. Thanks Mallerd (talk) 21:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Could you at least reply or something, please? I think the little argument is over now, but still. It would be a display of some wikilove. Mallerd (talk) 21:01, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Mallerd. I was just about to reply (and I am on holiday, just so you know). As for the dispute, I would rather not get involved. In other words, I'm not going to judge which version is best or not. I hope you understand, and if necessary you may want to talk to Xavexgoem about disputes, or read about Dispute resolution. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 21:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

TestWiki request
Hello,

sorry to come to ask you something here for TestWiki, but there is no Steward activity there.

The request for my Steward status there is supposed be finished since 6 days, but I can't contact any Steward on talk page or IRC. Could you grant be the Steward rights please ? Or let a message on http://testwiki.unixpod.com/wiki/Test_Wiki:Requests_for_Permissions if you oppose (no Steward or Staff has vote) ?

Regards --Hercule (talk) 13:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Hercule. Sorry, but Stewards on that wiki can't give other users +Steward. Only Staff members can. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 13:56, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

message on my TP
Thanks for taking it out. That guy has been the bane of the Tambayan's existence since forever. Ranks right up there with Grawp and LOTRules, among others, in terms of being a jackass of a Wikipedian (sorry for the PA). Good day. --Eaglestorm (talk) 15:47, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, and I'm happy to help. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 15:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Protection request
Hi Kanonkas, would you mind semiprotect for a long time my userpage?. I'm being harrased by an expelled editor at eswiki here. Thanks in advance, —df | 10:10, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. -- Kanonkas :  Talk 10:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for reverting User talk:SeamenDrewPickles and blocking him. Look at the reply I left on his talk page;) Happy Editing Schnitzel MannGreek . 15:28, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

TreadingWater
I have reduced the block on to three months, still a very lengthy block. Fred Talk 21:48, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, but next time please inform me before you reduce the block. I'm not trying to badger you, but it would be better for me this way (if possible for you). Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 21:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  15:27, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Removal weblink nl:Paus Johannes XXIII
Dear Kanonkas -

I have reverted your removal of the weblink to Pope John's birthplace. It is a nice, relevant en non-commercial website. I can't see any good reason to remove it.. Kind regards, RJB-nl (talk) 19:02, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey RJB. I'll have to disagree with you there. The site was being mass spammed on several wikis by an IP (now globally blocked by a steward). As an addendum, the site was globally blacklisted on meta wiki. If you need further information, please say so. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 19:06, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's quite unclear to me why this site was blacklisted.. It's a nice and friendly website about the house where Angelo Roncalli was born.. What harm could it do? RJB-nl (talk) 19:25, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It was blacklisted because it was mass spammed on several wikis. That's grounds for blacklisting on meta wiki. Jorunn's comment gives you some information as to why it was blacklisted. See m:User:COIBot/XWiki/papagiovanni.com for Jorunn's comment. -- Kanonkas :  Talk 19:38, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

ruwiki
Kanonkas, do you watch ru:Обсуждение участника:Kanonkas? If not, it would be fine to set there a soft redirect to a user talk page you have in watchlist. --Obersachse (talk) 14:56, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

PS. Thanks for your fight against spam.
 * Hey. No I don't watch my ru.wiki user pages. Thanks for the suggestion! Best regards,-- Kanonkas :  Talk 13:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:SPI Clerks
Hi, Was just wondering if you could take a look at my topic at the bottom of WP:SPI/CN? Doesn't seem to get much traffic :). Cheers, &mdash; Deontalk I'm BACK! 12:09, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Good day Deon. I've seen and read the sections, but I'm not quite sure. That's the reason I haven't commented one way, or another at the requests. Hope you understand. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 13:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

IP ranges incorrectly marked as open proxies / bots?
Earlier I was using a (password protected) SSH tunnel through my Dreamhost account, so I could watch an episode a TV show streamed from its web site (for which I need a US IP address as it's geoprotected; I'm based in the UK). I went to edit an article not realising I was still going through the proxy, and I got this message:

Editing from 208.97.128.0/18 (your account, IP address, or IP address range) has been disabled by Kanonkas for the following reason(s): This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer.

The IP range is owned by New Dream Networks LLC, and it's where their own servers are hosted. I'd suggest that the range has been incorrectly attributed as a zombie / open proxy range - there's no open proxies as far as I can tell in this range, and there's certainly no zombified PCs in the range as it's only their servers! Could I suggest that this block is reevaluated?

Cheers Christopher (talk) 23:30, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Christopher. That's not quite true. Webhosts are often used to proxify connections as they're more vulnerable targets to exploits (at times). Traffic shouldn't come from these ranges either. It is our experience that traffic originating from hosting service providers is invariably illegitimate, and usually the result of using an open proxy hosted at that service provider. As such I wouldn't want to unblock the range. If you have any further questions, I'll try my best to answer those. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 00:34, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

flickr review
Hi there Kanonkas, are you online? I recently uploaded (CC-BY from flickr). However, the author has indicated that she will be terminating her flickr account shortly, so it would be great if you could review the the image for me. Thanks, decltype (talk) 21:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Decltype. I've reviewed the file as passed. If you need further assistance, I will be glad to help you. Best regards, -- Kanonkas :  Talk 21:36, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks! The user has been keeping her account active pending my reply regarding the image, so it's great that it got reviewed so quickly. Again thanks, and good night :) decltype (talk) 21:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Reversal, James Hansen
I notice that you have removed a contribution on James Hansen that in includes a part made by me. You give no reason for this removal. Doing things this way is more in the line of childish behaviour than making a serious conttribution to Wikpedia. I suggest you give a good reason for removing this material or put it back how it was.--Damorbel (talk) 06:50, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I won't put it back, sorry. The reason for the removal is that a Scibaby sockpuppet was being disruptive. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 13:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. Does this disruptive behaviour mean that the information is incorrect/unsuitable then? If so, 1/ Is this "disruptive" behaviour the subject of an administrative decision (link please) that requires the explicit removal of the contribution? 2/ Will I be part of the "disruptive" behaviour if I a) put it back, or b) paraphrase the item and make it my contribution? Kind regards. --Damorbel (talk) 15:48, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * With Scibaby, who is essentially treated as a banned user, the policy is revert, block, ignore. If you want that section in the article, you're going to have to bring it up on the talk page, since I know at least a dozen editors will revert you on sight if that comes back in. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 15:28, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

"essentially treated as a banned user". I am interested in this statement, does it mean that you act against scibaby in the absence of an administrative decision, i.e without him being banned? Since you did not provide a link (see above), I suggest that you have no authority for your actions. I am sure you have the interests of Wikipedia at heart but surely this behaviour is against Wikipedia policy?--Damorbel (talk) 06:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * "Essentially treated as a banned user" in that his edits are reverted on sight. This guy is an indefinitely blocked serial POV pusher, who's disrupted global warming-related articles for more than three years now (he's created hundreds of accounts during that span). Surely you can't think that reverting someone who's not welcome to Wikipedia and is only here to push some fringe POV is an act in violation of policy? Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 18:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I know nothing of your claim about blocking. I asked for a link to the administrative decision to block him and you haven't provided one. The natural conclusion is that you don't have a link and you are otherwise unable to maintain your case, Wikipedia has too much unsupported material, this seems to be another example. By the way, having a POV is fully in accord with Wiki policy, it is unbalanced, not Neutral POV (WI:NPOV), a very good reason to restore the material on James Hansen.--Damorbel (talk) 19:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you bother clicking the link to Scibaby's user page. If you had, you would have seen the note on the userpage that Scibaby is indefinitely blocked. There ya go: . Want more? See this, which contains a list of all Scibaby sockpuppets blocked by a CheckUser. Scibaby's only here on Wikipedia to post Global warming denialist claims. That's why he was blocked back in 2006 and that's why we continue to block his accounts. I myself blocked two Scibaby sockpuppet accounts earlier today . Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 00:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. So your statement "Essentially treated as a banned user" misled me because he is in fact banned, which you could have said at the outset. I asked for them to help discover the history of this without scouring the whole of the Wikipedia administration (with which I am not familiar). I understand that you have some administrative function with Wikipedia and I asked for help. I now ask for more help; what is the basis for blocking "Global warming denialist claims"? I intend to restore some of the material about James Hansen deleted here because it is very relevant for readers wanting to know about James Hansen, it shows that there is important disagreement about his Global Warming stance. Now as you wrote before "since I know at least a dozen editors will revert you on sight if that comes back in." would seem to mean that you or others will revert any contribution containing this factual material, would you please tell me, in your capacity of administrator, which part of Wikipedia policy authorises this kink of action?--Damorbel (talk) 06:54, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There's a difference between being banned and being indefinitely blocked. Scibaby is the latter, but since he's treated like a banned user (in that his edits are reverted), I felt that I had to make that distinction clear. Posting global warming denialist claims isn't itself a blockable offense, but the level to which Scibaby engages in such behavior is quite clearly disruptive. Most of the time, he creates sockpuppet accounts to add to articles that global warming is not caused by humans (in fact, he keeps adding info that global warming is caused by cow dung to every single global warming-related article). I'm not familiar enough with James Hansen to assess the relevance of the Capitol Power Plant protest controversy, but it seems the matter was deleted because of certain BLP and POV issues. An example of a POV issue in the article is the last sentence (global warming protests hampered by record snowfall), which is quite clearly an attempt at irony on Scibaby's part. The BLP issues arise when one considers Scibaby's motives. He's here to discredit James Hansen, and he's doing so by including the negative comments made by Chris Horner and John Theon. I'd suggest bringing this up on the talk page of the article and seeing what everyone else has to say. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 15:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Your explanation seems to admit that you are walking all over Wikipedia policy. James Hansen, giving Direct evidence to the Iowa Utilities Board said "If we cannot stop the building of more coal-fired power plants, those coal trains will be death trains — no less gruesome than if they were boxcars headed to crematoria" (p4, para.4) is clearly courting controversy and Wikipedia readers should be informed that not everything he says is part of a consensus. If you have a deletion battle with Scibaby that is to be resolved within the Wikipedia rules but you are including in your exclusion policy valid material about a deliberate controversialist and in the process demeaning to Wikipedia. Do tell me what, if any, criticism of Hansen you think has a place in the article and why you think all of the material from myself and Scibaby should be deleted.--Damorbel (talk) 18:16, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Look, I don't know enough about Hansen to comment on criticism leveled against him. You'll get a much better response from the editors on Talk:James Hansen. What good is it if we let the edits made by indefinitely blocked users stay in the encyclopedia? That goes entirely against the whole principle of being blocked/banned. The way we handle Scibaby socks (WP:RBI and WP:DENY) is a well-established tactic used to combat blocked/banned users. Ask around for yourself and you'll find out. I ask that if you want to discuss content, go to the article talk page. Else, we can continue this discussion on my talk page (sorry for the distractions, Kanonkas!). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 03:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Ten case backlog "waiting clerk approval"
There are 10 cases that have been waiting for over a day to get clerk approval/denial for a checkuser.&mdash;Kww(talk) 20:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Taken care of two cases. As I speak, there are 6 cases left. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 23:38, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Megan Fox review
You nominated the article on Megan Fox for GAN, so I'm letting you know that I have completed the GA review. There are several problems, most notably with references, so work is needed still to ensure that I don't eventually fail it. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 11:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. Thank you for notifying me. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 13:41, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

User:Mynameisstanley
I believe User:Mynameisstanley is back as an IP per this recent list of edits (/). 71.184.38.184 (talk) 09:34, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep. I've reverted the edits made by the IP socks. Thank you for reporting it to me. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 13:20, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

117.55.242.2
Could you please verify that remains an open proxy that should continue to be blocked. (I'm supposed to know all about this, but would appreciate any tips on how to do this that you might be willing to share). According to a note on the talk page of the ip you "verified" that this was an open proxy. Fred Talk 12:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Interesting ports on 117.55.242.2: PORT    STATE  SERVICE 3128/tcp closed squid-http

Does that dispose of the issue? Fred Talk 16:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem like an open proxy anymore. I would be glad to tell you some techniques (assuming you don't know them). I'm a bit busy for about two weeks, but I would be glad to give you some information, over e-mail. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 18:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've unblocked the IP too. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 18:03, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Ping
I forgot about that... thanks for the nudge. —Jeremy (talk) 15:42, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 18:03, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

User talk:80.244.246.166
Hi Kanonkas. There's an unblock request at User talk:80.244.246.166, which I think should be granted. I though I'd run it past you in case there's something I'm missing. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:18, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Zzuuzz. Thanks for letting me check up with the request. I concur with your findings. I've unblocked the host. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 18:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Pong
Were you looking for me earlier today? --Aqwis (talk) 21:24, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep. This request was solved privately. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 22:28, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  04:15, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

commons image
Can you make sure http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xusom.jpg is taken care of? One of the school officials accidentally released all rights to the school's logo, and I'm trying to get it cleaned up as quickly as possible.&mdash;Kww(talk) 05:08, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. It seems the issue was solved before I could get on this. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 12:43, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about SPI Case

 * Can a user be blocked indefinitely based on speculation of WP:Duck reported by another user with out real evidence?.

Here's the related arbitration case about User:Sbs108 where the user has been blocked on speculation with out evidence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Sbs108.
 * Related SPI case - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SSS108
 * What concerns me about this case is that User Sbs108 is being blocked indefinitely with out even any proof or strong evidence on him that he is indeed SSS108.
 * The initial evidence provided by Croatulus were just edit war history between him and Sbs108. The evidence did not prove any connection between the two accounts.
 * Can you please look at this case and give your comments here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SSS108

Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 18:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I would have to say the blocking admin would have to give some good evidence to block per WP:DUCK. It seems like the other SPI clerks have commented on the case, so I'm leaving it to them. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 14:19, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * As per the results from checkuser here - Sbs108 is unrelated to SSS108 further it says (IPs) do not geolocate anywhere near SSS108. Will he be unblocked based on the new check user evidence? Radiantenergy (talk)
 * I noticed that Jéské Couriano unblocked him. Thanks. Radiantenergy (talk) 23:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear it was resolved. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 09:24, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

removal of external link swissmade-architecture.com
Dear Kanonkas,

I added swissmade-architecture.com as external link to the Herzog & de Meuron entry. I think that it is a very usefull supplementation. I do not understand why you removed the link though I studied the guidelines for external links. As for the quality of the website: it is the best h&dm gallery on the web and it is still evolving. If you have any issues with the main index page, I propose to link to http://www.swissmade-architecture.com/?seite=3.

Best regards

Peter

92.225.32.254 (talk) 19:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again Peter. I left you a message on my German Wikipedia talk page. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 08:33, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

User on range 75.47.128.0/17 which you blocked...
Is requesting IPBE. However, they have a very sporadic contribution history, so it is hard to decide if they are part of the sockfarm you intended to catch, or are instead a genuine "collateral damage" to your block. Could you investigate and respond to User talk:Simonster to decide if he is the person you intended to block, or someone unrelated? Thanks! -- Jayron  32  06:20, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Jayron. Thank you for notifying me. I have noted this down. However, a CheckUser will have to help us determinate if we should grant IPBE. I have contacted one, but it may take some time. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 07:27, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, any update to this in the past few days? Just checking in.  -- Jayron  32  05:30, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Nothing. I'll try poking another CU. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 06:06, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

<-The block on that range is AO-ACB, he should be able to edit if he logs in.. That said, I don't think he's the person we were trying to block.. -- Versa geek  01:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Note about emdashes vs. endashes
Hello,

I noticed that you added spaces on either side of the emdashes on the article Cornell University. Please note that according to the manual of style entry for emdashes, only one of two options should be used in these cases: But one should never use the following in these cases: (But NB: unspaced endashes are used in many other cases; see MOS:ENDASH)
 * 1) Unspaced emdashes (Like this&mdash;as I am demonstrating)
 * 2) Spaced endashes (Like this – as I am demonstrating)
 * 1) Spaced emdashes (Like this &mdash; as I am demonstrating), or
 * 2) Unspaced endashes (Like this–as I am demonstrating)

I hope this clarifies why I removed the spacing you had added around the emdashes.

Best, &mdash;Notyourbroom ( talk ) 21:03, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thank you for fixing my mistake and for the information. As a side note, I just wanted to thank you for your good work on the article. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 13:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop
As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome. For the Arbitration Committee, Risker (talk) 08:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

igloo
Hi Kanonkas, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.

igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.

igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.

If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.

igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:


 * The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
 * igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
 * When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
 * The iglooNet assertion system tags clean and dirty edits with colour coding - if it suspects an edit is vandalism, it will be flagged as red, and if it believes it to be clean, it will tag it green.
 * At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! A le_Jrb <sup style="color:blue;">talk 23:47, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

78.55.xxx.xxx
...is still trolling Jimbo's page. I don't know if a range block would be appropriate, maybe not by you (as this may be seen as adding to the dramah) but by another admin, I'm not familiar with range block requests, otherwise I'd put a request in somewhere on your behalf. Darrenhusted (talk) 14:13, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * E-mail, on. Darrenhusted (talk) 17:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Got a new IP to block, 78.55.203.253. <font color="Brown">Momo san Gespräch 16:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Check out what he said at AIV. Oh and based on that rant he made, he is now blocked 31 hours.  <font color="Brown">Momo san  Gespräch 16:35, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  21:13, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Enjoy your Wikibreak
Hi Kanonkas, just dropping by to say that I hope you enjoy your wikibreak. I'm also glad to see that your momentary resignation as an admin wasn't permanent. Hope to see you back on Wikipedia soon, kindest regards, SpitfireTally-ho! 20:58, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Spitfire. Yeah... that was a bummer :) Hehe, thanks for your kind words. Hope I'll see more of you when I come back (especially at SPI :)) Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 21:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Does it seem right...
That the word Intrigue goes to that and only that page? Seems to me like a word that should have a lengthy page or at least one that points to several others: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Intrigue BillyTFried (talk) 22:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * As in a disambiguation page? If so, I agree with you. Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 18:47, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Herbert Marshall (actor)
Hello Kanonkas

I believe you are interested in celebrities so was wondering if you can help me. I noticed it says on the actor Herbert Marshall's bio that his first wife was Mollie Maitland (1915-1928) but according to his army service record it gives her name as Hilda L Bosley though the year of marriage is the same. As Mollie was an actress it could be that Hilda was her real name and Mollie her stage name. I was just wondering if you can advise on how I can enter this on the site as I am a little confused by the whole editing thing. Also I would like to mention that Herbert's full name Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall) was not given on his service record but just plain Herbert Marshall which I am sure will be of interest to fans of the star.

Kind regards

Peter

Peter 10:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Majorsam (talk • contribs)
 * Hi Majorsam. I'm sorry for not having replied back by now. I've been on a wikibreak, thus I haven't been able to reply back. I would recommend you to read through our how to edit page. Please watch this video tutorial as well: Wikipedia video tutorial-1-Editing-en.ogv


 * If you have more questions, please feel free to ask me. Good luck editing! Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 16:23, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (Q1 2010)

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locks
hey how do you request for pages to be locked? I keep having to revert vandalism. If you could tell me how I'd really appreciate it. Texasmade2010 (talk) 19:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Texasmade. You can request page protection for articles on WP:RFPP. Please follow and read the instructions before requesting a page protection. Ask if you need any help. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 10:50, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

multiple accounts
Hi, I see you blocked this user http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Petersantos for abusing multiple accounts, could you tell me which are the other accounts and where the discussion regarding them took place, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 15:01, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Found it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Petersantos/Archive ta. Off2riorob (talk) 15:15, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Off2riorob. Glad you found the evidence. Ask if you need anything else. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 16:27, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Article Protection
Hi Can any user add semi protection (so only registered users can edit the article) or does it have to be admins? If it's just admins that can, would you be able to semi protect List of Eurovision Song Contest winners because there have been alot of IP address edits to the 2010 row created ready for the 2010 winner announcement. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomdresser27 (talk • contribs) 21:19, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Only admins can add semi-protection and so on. I'll protect it later on if it gets worse. Thanks for notifying me about your concern. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 21:23, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi Thanks for protecting the List of Eurovision Song Contest winners article, it will save alot of time spent removing vandalism edits. Tomdresser27 (talk) 21:57, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I concur with this. I witnessed the 2009 vandalism and protection; we really ought to protect the articles before the show even begins in the future.  I just put Germany in as the winner; the details will be sourced later, but all of Europe now officially knows this.  CycloneGU (talk) 22:15, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism on article again
Hi

Would there be a way to have permanent protection on the List of Eurovision Song Contest winners article so that only registered users can edit the article as it's once again being vandalised by IP address users.

Thanks Tomdresser27 (talk) 20:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Sorry for the late response, I'm currently busy these days. As it stands, I think we'll have to wait. Eurovision related articles are getting less significant attention as days go, so a protection likely won't be necessary. If it gets worse, I would recommend you to request a page protection at WP:RFPP. Best regards, -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 13:19, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Eva Rivas
Hi. I took her real name from the foreign language wikipedia articles. It already stated in the article that Eva Rivas was a stage name so I went through the other language versions to find out what her real name is. Technohead1980 (talk) 09:37, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, I am the new user αλεξανδροσ.I wil try to work nice and I will try to don't make mistakes and vanvalisns. Friendly, --¬¬¬¬. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Αλεξανδροσ (talk • contribs) 16:41, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Unblocking 94.23.242.48
Hallo, I have posted a request to lift the block on the 94.23.242.48 IP address on enwiki. « <span style="font-family: monospace, courier; font-size:90%">Saper // @talk » 20:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for the note and posting it on AN for immediate attention. -- Kanonkas : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Talk 15:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

chrissie maher
could you please look at paragraph 4 of this BLP as I dont see it as having any relevance in a BLP Martinos155 (talk) 16:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

chrissie maher
could you please look at paragraph 4 of this BLP as I dont see it as having any relevance in a BLP Martinos155 (talk) 16:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
Hi mate, was wondering if you could take a look at this. There's a guy repeatedly adding a table of "the counting", which I figure is fancruft and in the text already, plus is cited to a fictional book. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:08, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

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Hello!
Earlier today, i tried to login and edit wikipedia on secure trough a public wifi network... I got blocked because of a /16 block you did in 2009.http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BlockList&ip=174.142.32.173 It's not a open proxy buta public wifi provider.Thanks! --Zalgo (talk) 02:25, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

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Request for IP block exemption
Hi Dear Kanonkas. Our (Me & My Bot) Ip address Blocked with You. We connect to Wikipedia project's with VPN, Because some wiki project's (like: commons, es@wiki) was blocked in Iran and We Can't see this project's with normal connection without VPN. Plz change our user rights to IP block exemption's user. If You need My VPN server's ip address I can send for you with email. sincerely:--Pesare amol (talk) 17:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:94.64.53.209 ‎ blocked proxy
Hello Kanonkas and welcome back. I am one of the many editors who watch Circumcision and I noticed you just blocked an IP who just edited the page because it was an open proxy. I have no issue with blocking open proxies if they are being disruptive but am curious what brought this to your attention and what you found disruptive about it? Garycompugeek (talk) 21:21, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
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MSU Interview
Dear Kanonkas,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 03:45, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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working to get this biography into the wikipedia projects official page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Flagg if you can take a look at it, much appreciated.....

i also worked on these pages for the galapagos,Wwikipedia projects of ecuador
i also worked on these pages for the galapagos, they would be for wikipedia projects of ecuador ....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuga_Bay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itabaca_Channel

cheers and have a great day!

Christina Aguilera-Minor Edits
Hello-

I am getting very frustrated that I cannot change one single speck of information on this specific page. I am trying to change a single note on the Discography, that - and I am sure that you must know this, at least by now (I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just wish for you to consider making this change so that I needn't worry) - Christina has an album coming out later in the year, and I was trying to TBA so people who check this page will know to look for any upcoming information.

Sincerely, Kennan1 (talk) 20:08, 15 April 2012 (UTC)Kennan (Kennan1)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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Blocked IP Range Due to Open Proxy
Kanonkas, my company is the owner of the 74.206.96.0/19 block of IPs, which you have been blocking. I had a few questions:

1.) How did you come to the conclusion that there was an Open Proxy within this range?

2.) What specific IP address did you find that was hosting the Open Proxy?

3.) Why did you block the entire range, instead of just the one IP?

We have this block subnetted and allocated to a bunch of customers. One customer is trying to update their company information on Wikipedia. They can't do it from this range of IPs which they are leasing a portion of. We ask that the block either be removed, the block be placed on the specific IP and not the entire range, or have some way for our customer to be able to edit from this block. I am not 100% sure, but is it possible for the customer to create a user account, and be able to circumvent this block?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Regards,

David

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.44.238.236 (talk) 17:00, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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John
can you  please  let  me  down load  a call of duty 2  game  on here please  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.81.232.169 (talk) 08:05, 3 February 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)

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Wikipedia needs a well structured Biography on a very unique man Please help.
Good Day, I am not sure if you are willing to do this, but you seem to fit the bill. I really do not know how to navigate this website well and sort of stumbled here. There is a man known in historical context named Richard Knight. There are no articles about this man, which surprises me. Although there is an article on his sidekick, which I am not sure why, there needs to be one on him. Here is a short synopsis of his amazing story, and hopefully it will inspire you to create one for Wikipedia.One of the most infamous pirates of all time, Captain Kidd was said to have amassed treasure worth £100,000 - a staggering £12 million now - before he was arrested for piracy and murder. He buried a cache somewhere on his travels and at his trial in 1781, tried to barter his knowledge of its location in return for his life. Kidd’s plan failed and he was sentenced to hang, his decaying body left to rot in public view for three years to deter other would-be pirates. But the mystery of his missing loot goes on to this day, captivating adventurers who are convinced that his untold riches are still out there for the taking - if only they could find them. The tale of one such buccaneer, Richard Knight, has been made into a television film, broadcast this week, and is almost as gripping as that of Captain Kidd. I first met Knight, when, fullbearded and weatherbeaten, he bounced into my office in Chelsea in 1985 looking for all the world like one of the pirates in whose footsteps he had sailed the Indian Ocean. A chancer, a charmer, an out-of-work actor, he wanted me to write the extraordinary story of how he had managed to solve the riddles surrounding Kidd’s fabled hoard. And with total conviction, he told me he had dug it up on an island off Communist Vietnam where it had lain hidden for three centuries. It was a ripping good yarn, just the recipe for a page-turner, substantiated at least in part by the jail sentence he had served in a squalid Vietnamese prison having been discovered on the island, which was a matter of record. I was hooked, and together we started working on his story. After a conventional upbringing on Britain’s south coast, Knight became a professional ice-skater before turning his hand to comedy and panto. When he went to Paris to work on a film with the famous French mime Marcel Marceau, he married a French girl. The marriage was soon over and Richard, ever the adventurer, was off on his travels again, this time ending up in California where he hoped to make it in Hollywood. His big break in acting never came, but he told me he had hit a bigger jackpot – he knew where Captain Kidd had stashed his fabulous treasure. Whiling his time away in the local library in between acting jobs, he became fascinated by books on Kidd and was soon convinced that he’d figured out where to find the great prize that hitherto had eluded everyone. The search for Kidd’s missing loot has usually centred on the East Coast of America and the Caribbean, the favourite haunt of pirates in their historic heyday. Where my curious pal Knight differed was that he believed that everyone had been looking in the wrong place. In one book he discovered references to some old charts, hidden in pirate chests collected by a Sussex neighbour, Hubert Palmer. Knight became convinced they had been drawn up by Kidd himself and they proved that, far from being located off the East Coast of America, Kidd’s treasure island was on the other side of the world in the South China Seas. When he learned that Kidd had spent as much time in the Far East as he did in the West Indies, and that the British had minted a fortune in coins there, he was sure he was right. Taking into account changes in longitude over the centuries, he finally zeroed in to the island of Hon Tre Lon off Vietnam, where no Westerner had ever looked before. And when he discovered that the island’s name means Grand Pirate Island in Vietnamese, it really put a spring in his step.These days you can clearly see the island on Google Earth, but, more than 20 years ago, Knight was planning to plunge into unknown Communist territory based on a hunch. Undeterred, he set off in pursuit of his fortune, trying to recruit like-minded bounty hunters in Australia and Hong Kong. His method was to go to the local bar and pick up likely backers over a couple of beers. He took courses in navigation and then fired off letters to the Vietnamese government. First he posed as a mining prospector who wanted to split the share of any minerals found with them.

They weren’t interested. Then he applied for a tourist visa but was told he could only visit accepted venues in Vietnam. Hon Tre Lon was definitely off limits. Knight seems to have had no trouble finding backers, but no one actually wanted to brave the hazards and come with him. By 1981 he decided to chance it on his own, reasoning that’s what Kidd would have done. The canny Kidd would not have shared an invaluable secret with anyone. Even if he had helpers to bury the treasure, he would simply have killed them once they had outlived their usefulness. His maps even show a skeleton which Knight assumed was one of the hapless helpers. Knight had the resolve, now all he needed was a boat. He headed for Bangkok and then to Trengannu on the Malaysian coast about 400 miles from his quarry. There after much wrangling he found a fishing boat with a number rather than a name, TFA 1396 on hire for £500. After several practice runs along the coast, he set off navigating by the stars. At this point, not even Kidd’s ghost could help him. He was crossing the Gulf of Thailand, right in the middle of busy modern shipping routes with no lights on his boat. He might have been safe from detection, but he could easily have been run down by a supertanker. Knight crossed safely and, anchoring off a neighbouring island, proceeded to Hon Tre Lon in a small dinghy, taking with him a metal detector, crowbar, spade, trowels, binoculars, sacks and some basic provisions including corned beef, bottled water and dollar bills to bribe any natives. He beached the dinghy, then, at first light, made his way to the spot where he was sure he would find the treasure. As he did so, he noticed there were several huts on the island - it was inhabited and this spelled danger. He pressed on anyway and, using Kidd’s map and the metal detector, found three chests exactly where he expected they would be - between two wrecks, 20 feet East of the skeleton and opposite the turtle beach. To hear him tell, his enterprise was rewarded dramatically. The chests were full of gold and silver coins, both Oriental and European, and invaluable jade and porcelain figurines. Knight worked fast for fear of detection, stuffing as much as he could in sacks and throwing away most of the tools he had brought with him to lighten the load. With the sun about to set, he decided to look in a fourth location marked on the map. But, despite the fact that the metal detector indicated another find, he decided to putter back to TFA 1396 and on to Thailand while his luck held out and come back later. Knight told me he reckoned his find was worth at least £40 million, but now he had it, he was not at all sure what to do with it. He said he had already written to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington who said they would be delighted to make a bid for whatever he found, but only if it had been taken out of the country legally. Clearly that was not the case, so he had to think of another plan. This became even more urgent when TFA 1396 was boarded by some of the modern Thai pirates who abound in the area. They were drunk and somehow didn’t find the treasure hidden in the hold, but took his watch and the film he had shot which he had hidden in a cash box. Things were getting so dangerous that he decided to rebury the booty on the west coast of Thailand, and come back for it with his Australian backer who was expecting a share. He was so worried about other people finding it that he didn’t even make a map, maintaining there were sufficient recognisable landmarks for him to be able to locate it when he returned. Up to this point in the tale, there was nothing to confirm whether he was telling the truth or not, but Knight always had a rational excuse for his bizarre behaviour, and his tales were no more fanciful than those of others over the ages who have risked their lives in the pursuit of treasure. Treasure hunter George Edmunds, a contributor to the television programme on Knight, certainly bought his story too. Edmunds, who knew the elusive Knight briefly, once received a phone call from the latter in the middle of China asking him for money to pay his hotel bill. ‘I sent him £100 to get him out of a hole and he promised he would give me a share of the treasure,’ says Edmunds, ‘But I never heard from him again.’ There was, however, definite proof of his second voyage to Vietnam. In 1983, while waiting for his Australian backer to come over to Thailand to help him dig up the treasure he had reburied, he went back to Hon Tre Lon to find the fourth cache.

Knight embarked on this second adventure with a young American backpacker, Fred Graham, who was in the Orient looking for stories to kickstart his career as a photo-journalist. But the pair of them were arrested by Communist guards before they had time to dig anything up The guards did not believe their story about treasure, insisted they were spies and flung them into prison.At this point the Foreign Office, alerted by local press reports in Hanoi, tried to obtain Knight’s release, but his family were unable to pay the $10,000 fine set by the Vietnamese authorities. Eventually Fred’s parents in San Francisco came up with the ransom for him, leaving Knight abandoned in his rat-infested jail. Then, out of the blue, a British born Californian taxi driver, spurred on no doubt by the prospect of spoils, agreed to pay the money to get Knight home too - 14 months after his ordeal had begun. He came straight back to England and threw himself into the book. He was still clearly obsessed with the treasure on the island and getting it before the Vietnamese did, and going back to Thailand with his Australian backer to dig up his fabulous find. Then, as soon as the book was published, he disappeared. I never saw or heard from him again and it was only recently I discovered what had become of him. Scoundrel or fantasist, we shall never know unless someone else braves the dangers of Hon Tre Lon or happens on the secret location in Thailand, for Richard is not around to explain himself. It is only whilst contributing to the programme that I discovered he died about ten years ago in Carlisle, a very long way from the South China Seas. His Australian backer had disappeared and he was still looking for a new one. As for George Edmunds, he says he used to believe the story, but he now thinks Knight was on the wrong track completely. He believes Knight deciphered the charts accurately, but they were not authentic. Edmunds wouldn’t be a treasurehunter himself if he didn’t add that, against all the odds, he has now pinpointed the real location and is preparing his own expedition to find it. He says Treasure Island is not in the South China Seas at all. It is in a totally new spot where no one has ever thought to look before. And like Knight, he is convinced he is right.

Please help me help the world of Wikipedia know this adventure. Thank you, 71.201.32.91 (talk) 06:13, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Lisa Tenner BLP issue
An editor reduced a BLP down to a stub after an AfD resulted in "no consensus," deleting what he or she considered "coatrack" and trivial details, and it is clear from the resulting discussion on the talk page that different editors have very different ideas of what kind of details should or should not be included in a BLP. Would you be willing to take a look at the discussion (which isn't as yet overly long) and give your opinion on what sort of details WikiProject Biography prefers included and/or excluded from BLPs? The article in question is Lisa Tenner and the discussion is on her talk page. Thanks for your consideration! I&#39;m Tony Ahn (talk) 06:38, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

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Administrator changes
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Arbitration
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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
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Adrian Perkins
Hi Kanonkas,

I'm addressing my question to you as a member of the politics and government work group, and of the many members listed, I liked your self-description. I first heard of Adrian Perkins on 23 July, in an announcement of endorsement by DSCC.org, and thought to look up his page here for more information. My impression was that the article was both poorly written, and generally biased against him. At 00:28 24 (UTC), July 24, I made the first of four consecutive edits to his page, two of which I wasn't sure would be appropriate: the fact of his endorsement, and separately, the very brief reason given by DSCC.org. Both of these were removed at 16:55, 28 July, by an anon user, with the edit summary "Told the truth" (whatever that means). I still don't know if either of my additions were inappropriate, or if the deleting editor simply didn't like them. If they are not inappropriate, I think they would be helpful to readers.

Separately, I now find a new edit of 01:06, 30 July, by a different anon user, removing the words "was alleged to", changing an allegation to a purported fact. It's my impression from the sources that allegation better describes the situation. Also, I'm not familiar with KEEL radio station, but I get the impression that its programming may generally have a political bias. Of course that would also describe my own edits, which at least state the bias of the source.

I'm not a regular WP user; please ping me for a reply on your page unless you prefer to respond on mine. Thanks very much for any help. Milkunderwood (talk) 05:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020
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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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why my entry looks different than what I copied it from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Freeman

I added Naked Gun 33 1/3 to Kathleen Freeman but it adds a "+" between the 33 and 1/3. That is not how it looks on the page I copied it from (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Nielsen_filmography).

How can I remove the "+" so it looks like the page I copied the code from? I literally copied and pasted and it adds the "+".

thank you

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i want to become a rollbacker
Hello i want to become a rollbacker, kindly help me with this Thatbombayboy (talk) 09:23, 22 March 2024 (UTC)