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Dive tables
May I request that you undo your move from Dive tables to Dive table, please? WP:SINGULAR is clear that articles about classes of objects are a specific exception to the general policy. The class consists of many different dive tables and the singular is rarely used, particularly as even a named set will almost always be made up of multiple tables: US Navy tables, Bühlmann tables, etc. The singular would be even rarer than the analogous use of "Hebrew numeral aleph" – the article is still called Hebrew numerals. --RexxS (talk) 05:24, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for carrying out the request. I started a move discussion at Talk:Dive tables to see if my reasoning was correct, but could I ask for your advice on closing that discussion, please? I have no idea how long it should remain open, nor on the etiquette of who is expected to close it. I'm guessing that if no further comments are posted, then closure after a few more days would make sense. Should I be looking for an uninvolved editor to close it at that point? Thanks in advance for any suggestions you are able to make. --RexxS (talk) 02:28, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Countenance divine
I have opened an AfD for Countenance divine at WP:Articles for deletion/Countenance divine if you are interested. Tb (talk) 01:25, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bunding
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Swahili language
Hi Kjkolb, regarding "Some of the dictionary sites may be questionable, but I kept those that appeared to provide good content and were not overly commercial" on the Swahili Language page, I re-added africanlanguages.com/swahili because (a) it's the 2nd-largest online Swahili Dictionary with over 16000 entries (b) it's COMPLETELY free to use online (c) the quality is excellent, it is by FAR the best-quality online Swahili dictionary ... the only thing being sold from the site is a 'downloadable' version of the dictionary, and that is completely optional, you can use the whole dictionary for free online. It would not make any sense if this huge and most useful Swahili dictionary was not linked ... if it should not be, then neither should kamusiproject.org, which also sells a lot of stuff from their website. Unfortunately some other user is now deleting the link again, mistakenly thinking it's commercial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.7.4.240 (talk) 20:22, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I have responded on the talk page for your IP address, User talk:41.7.4.240. -- Kjkolb (talk) 03:16, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response! I appreciate your reasonable-ness. It is indeed under discussion now with the other user. 41.3.48.156 (talk) 14:06, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Oak (wine) and Oak barrel movement
I fully agree that there are important other uses for oak barrels besides wine (such as whisky and brandy). But I think that repurposing the Oak (wine) article may not be the right way to deal with that. The barrel article already contains a decent section on beverages, and perhaps that is enough. I think perhaps Oak barrel should be a redirect to barrel rather than a redirect to Oak (wine). —BarrelProof (talk) 11:35, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with your assessment. For some reason, I failed to check out the "barrel" article before the move, definitely a bad idea. I had just seen that a few potentially inappropriate redirects were being used and took action before proper consideration. I should have waited until I was less tired to move the article - I did not have much else to do at the time, as my cable television service was out. I moved the article back as soon as I realized my error, but my usually reliable Internet connection was also having some trouble, and I am not sure if all the redirects were fixed at that time. I am sorry for any inconvenience that my ill-considered move caused.
 * Perhaps a new article should be created, such as "aging barrel" (currently a redirect to "barrel") or something similar. I would not use "wine barrel" as the title because some liquors are also aged in barrels, but "wine barrel" could be a redirect. The "oak (wine)" article could either be incorporated into the "aging barrel" article when the new article has sufficient content, or it could be an expansion of part of the article, with a summary given in the article and a link to the "oak (wine)" article given at the top of the section.
 * Also, maybe the name of the "oak (wine)" article should be changed to "oak wine barrel" if the content remains the same, or perhaps "oak aging barrel", if it is expanded to include other uses. I know that the article talks about oak chips sometimes being used instead of barrels, which might be why it has its awkward name, but the main focus of the article is on oak barrels, and "oak chip" already redirects to the article. However, I will leave these decisions to others, as I cannot give the articles enough attention at the moment.
 * I apologize for the delay in my response. I had an Internet failure, followed by a power outage, which then caused browser issues. I just got around to this tab today. -- Kjkolb (talk) 23:21, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:United States Navy submarine chasers
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San Francisco meetup at WMF headquarters
Hi Kjkolb,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the next wiki-meetup happening in SF. It'll be located at our very own Wikimedia Foundation offices, and we'd love it if some local editors who are new to the meetup scene came and got some free lunch with us :) Please sign up on the meetup page if you're interested in attending, and I hope to see you soon! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Comments on the Structuration theory page appreciated!
Hello! My name is MJ. I'm a new editor on Wikipedia. I have recently completed some large-scale edits to the Structuration theory page. I saw that you've been active on its Talk page in the past, and I wanted to invite you to return and add your comments and suggestions about the page concerning its readability, clarity, usefulness, and/or comprehensiveness-- or anything you'd like to add to the discussion/dialogue around the page! As I said, I'm a new editor on Wikipedia. The structuration theory page has been rated "Highly important" to the Sociology WikiProject, and I'm concerned with making sure that the page is both accurate and informative for readers who want to know more about this important sociological theory. More than anything, I'd like to inspire a discussion about the changes that have been made, improvements, or support. Any suggestions you have are gladly received! I hope to see you on the Talk page soon! Mjscheer (talk) 06:32, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on Electrical junction
Appreciate your edits to Electrical junction—yes, I agree, it's much better now. Wbm1058 (talk) 12:21, 25 August 2012 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. :-) --Kjkolb (talk) 00:21, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Shoreline (band) for deletion
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Business entity
Hi, thanks for improving the redirect target for business entity. However, I have now redirected that to the same page as legal entity and moved the list back where it was. I think this is a better result, but if you want to discuss it further please do so at Talk:Types of business entity. – Fayenatic  L ondon 14:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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kingdom
I have reverted your undiscussed move of kingdom to kingdom (disambiguation), which included deletion of stubby disambiguation-like pseudo-article you had created (the entire text of which is below. I have two suggestions: first, if you think a serious article is possible on the subject that does not duplicate content covered by an already existing article, please create a draft at an alternate or temporary title before moving; 2) request a discussion of the merits of replacing the disambiguation page with the new article. Cheers, older ≠ wiser 11:40, 7 June 2013 (UTC)


 * This article is about a kingdom ruled by a king or queen. For other uses, please see kingdom (disambiguation)

A kingdom is a state that is ruled by a king or queen.

See also
 * Dictatorship, Emperor, Empire, Hereditary monarchy, Monarch, Monarchy, Sovereignty


 * I have no problem with your reversion, and I feel that your arguments make a good case for your action. I encourage others to revert or modify my edits whenever they disagree. I apologize for not discussing the move. It would have been better if I had at least tried to get a discussion going with a topic as high-profile and probably contentious as this one. I mostly deal with articles and moves that are never discussed because you cannot find anybody around that cares. In the rare case that someone does care, there is usually just a short discussion about whether this is the right way to go or not, and the action stays, gets modified or gets reverted. Warmest regards, Kjkolb (talk) 21:35, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

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I need your help as a librarian. It turns out that in the article Afro-Latin American placed an erroneous Venezuelan black population of about 5 million people and attach with a reference which I believe is not due; as the only authority to offer and ethnic demographics in Venezuela is "INE" who points a much lower I corrected the info, and user changes reversed, cause I do not want an edit war, and I placed the information is official. Greetings, I hope your answer.Jaam0121 (talk) 14:23, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Semper Libera
Hello, I am researching Semper Libera. Where you involved with this Investment? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grisnerdc (talk • contribs) 14:44, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mainstage


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Speedy deletion nomination of Darial
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Redirect of protein residue?
I don't object to its redirecting to protein structure, but I am disappointed that the thing I was trying to learn (what brought me to the article)—namely, "What's an explicit, unambiguous definition of the term "protein residue?"—is absent from that latter article.

My own view about (and expectation of) redirects is that a necessary part of their successful use is that the target article both (1) provide information adequate to make clear why the redirect happened and (2) contain—or at least clearly link to—whatever information a reader who navigated to the first article would likely have been looking for. This is to avoid providing readers a mental experience like this (I'm going to exaggerate here):


 * I sure do wonder what cat food is. I know... I'll check it out in Wikipedia!


 * Oh good, there's an article...


 * What? How come when I ask for the article on cat food, I find myself arrived at the article on hot-air balloons? And how can I get information from the latter to address my needs with regard to the former?

Could you help out by mending this? Thanks—PaulTanenbaum (talk) 12:43, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * A bit of research confirms my hunch that "my own view" conforms with WP:R. Sorry, should have dug that out for insertion in my original request.—PaulTanenbaum (talk) 12:49, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Reply from Kjkolb starts here

Here is part of a lesson on protein from Langara, with some minor changes by me. "Amino acids are linked in a chain by condensation reactions of the a-carboxyl group of one amino acid with the a-amino group of another. The linkage formed is called a peptide bond. One water (H2O) molecule is released for every peptide bond formed."

While the article "protein structure" does not give the definition of a protein residue until further down in the article, as I should have corrected per the policy that you referred to, it is mentioned in the section "Amino acid residues". It states that "...a residue refers to a specific monomer within the polymeric chain." The amino acids, the monomers that make up the protein polymer, are called residues when they are part of the protein. I think that they are not called amino acids when part of the protein because they are no longer the same molecules as the original amino acids. To be part of a protein, they have to lose some atoms. As the "residue (chemistry)" article says, "In chemistry residue is whatever remains or acts as a contaminant after a given class of events." In this case, the protein and the amino acid residues (see next paragraph) are what remains after the reaction, not contaminants.

"Amino acid residue" (AAR) is another term for "protein residue", and it makes more sense to me than the term "protein residue", but if there is a consensus in chemistry to use "protein residue", then it should be used, in case there is ever a separate article, as well as using protein residue in any definition and explanations. I know that it is not a very reliable test, but AAR gets nearly ten times the Google results than "protein residue". The term AAR currently redirects to the "amino acid" article. That article has the definition, "...a residue refers to a specific monomer within the polymeric chain of a polysaccharide, protein or nucleic acid."

I just went back to check what the article looked like when I made the redirect. You can see it here.

The following is what the article looked like before I changed it:
 * "Each protein is a polymer – specifically a polypeptide – that is a sequence formed from various L-α-amino acids (also referred to as residues)"

The following is what the article looked like after I changed it:
 * "Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides -sequences formed from various L-α-amino acids. Each unit of a protein is called an amino acid residue because it is the residue of every amino acid that forms the protein by losing a water molecule." (I should have put "...an amino acid residue, also called a protein residue," in the sentence)

The following is what the article looks like now:
 * "Proteins are polymers — specifically polypeptides — formed from sequences of monomeric amino acids."

The sentence that I added was deleted, rendering the redirect confusing and disappointing (more on this at the end of this post, look for !).

Update: I already changed the article, as I discussed below. Feel free to modify the article yourself.
 * I think that something should be done about the protein structure article, such as adding the revised sentences, "Each monomer of a protein is called an amino acid residue, also called a protein residue, because they are the residues of every amino acid that makes up the protein. Proteins form by amino acids undergoing condensation reactions, in which the amino acids lose one water molecule per reaction. Each reaction forms a peptide bond, also called an amide bond, between each amino acid residue."

However, I think that the terms "protein residue" and "amino acid residue" should probably redirect to the "residue (chemistry)" article, which should be modified to give a better explanation of residues involving proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acids and anything else that is composed of residues. What do you think?

!The following is a continuation of a thought that I had when I found that the problem was that the current article did not have the information necessary for the redirect to make sense.
 * This is just one example of the pitfalls of having a group of people, who have little or no communication with each other (and often cannot communicate in a conventional manner because they can be separated by months or even years of time), write an encyclopedia. Wikipedia has attempted to prevent as many pitfalls as possible, but I think that we may have come to a plateau of quality (in some well-developed articles) that cannot be overcome with our current policies and writing methods.

If I have failed to address something, please let me know. I will probably be offline soon. I may be back later today, or I may not be back for several days. I never know what my schedule will be. I just do not want you to be checking for an answer every couple of hours, as I simply cannot meet the expectations that come along with that. ;-) -- Kjkolb (talk) 04:13, 23 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Your fix scratches my itch! And thanks for going to the trouble of providing such an extensive explanation. More than I could have asked for :-)—PaulTanenbaum (talk) 11:57, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguation changes
Thanks for making improvements to some of the disambiguation pages. Many of them are in need of some cleaning up. However, I would strongly recommend against expanding the descriptions of many entries. The descriptions are really meant to be only as long as they need to be in order to distinguish one topic from the next. And there are a number of other changes you've made that also seem to go against the guidelines at MOS:DAB (how we handle redirects and primary topics, to name a couple). Also, I'm not sure that it's actually stated as a guideline but it's definitely the ongoing practice of the DAB project to have "X may also refer to:" on a line of its own. Those were not accidental and it's not really constructive to change that style whenever you're editing a DAB page. Again, your edits in general are sincerely appreciated and I haven't reverted any of your edits (though I did restore one piece of primary topic styling). I just wanted to mention these things so that we can work even better together in the future. &#32;-- Fyrael (talk) 07:52, 19 August 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
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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)

Discussion to move "String" to "String (disambiguation)"
In order to make way for moving Draft:String to article space to take the place as the primary topic, I've posted a proposal at Talk:String to move the disambiguation page currently at "String" to "String (disambiguation)". Your input would be helpful to establish a common consensus on whether or not this move, or something else, should be done. I look forward to your thoughts on the matter. You've been notified because you were involved in the initial discussion that led to the proposal. The Transhumanist 23:22, 16 January 2017 (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
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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.

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Nomination of Endogenic and exogenic for deletion
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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 02:26, 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)

Proposed deletion of Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium


The article Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Non notable business association with no independent sourcing."

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Proposed deletion of Peronella


The article Peronella has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No evidence this fictional character passes WP:NFICTION/GNG. Some mentions of queen Peronella in 19th century texts, no analysis or such. WP:TNT in any case, given this article doesn't even attribute the fictional work she originate from."

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Title of Belogorsk
Hi. Since you’ve previously moved this article, perhaps you should add your opinion at Talk:Belogorsk (Crimea). Thanks. —Michael Z. 2020-03-19 23:04 z 

Proposed deletion of Hodge-Podge (comics)


The article Hodge-Podge (comics) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (fiction) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant English-language coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of 'This article meets criteria A and B because...' and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you."

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"SiO2 Group" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect SiO2 Group. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 15 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 86.23.109.101 (talk) 15:52, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:Notability (TV and radio stations)" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:Notability (TV and radio stations). The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 18 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Alsee (talk) 17:23, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users
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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

"Photosensitizing" listed at Redirects for discussion
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New administrator activity requirement
22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Voltage reduction


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"Secular world" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder
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