User talk:MapleSyrupRain

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Asexual Visibility Day article
Hello, I saw your question about this page over at the Teahouse. I agree it's a topic that should have a Wikipedia article. (I'm not ace myself, but have plenty of friends who are ace or demisexual.) I know you're new, but I'd like to work with you on the article rather than just making it myself. Let me know when you're ready! —GrammarFascist (talk) 10:17, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I did a little bit of hunting for resources though, and I had more than a little bit of trouble finding sources that aren't primary, and that seems like it would be a big problem, but if we can find a reliable source or if I'm wrong about something (I probably am) then I'm all for it! MadnessEnsues (talk) 17:44, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see what you mean. The best we could do would be an article about Asexual Awareness Week, with a subsection about Asexual Awareness Day (since there just aren't RSes for the Day, in part because it's new this year — I'd thought it had been around longer, but was probably thinking of the Week) and even that would be a bit shaky. What we could do is start a campaign to get notable media, such as The Advocate, to write an article about both AAW and AAD. One good thing about our communities is that it's easy to get people involved in things like this! If you will set up an online petition, I'll see about getting my two ace friends with the most tumblr followers to make posts encouraging people to sign the petition and/or email and/or write to The Advocate — and/or other media outlets you think would be likely to respond to such a campaign. Once we got that reliable source published, we could create the article without fear of it being summarily deleted. Sound good? —GrammarFascist (talk) 21:19, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that sounds great! Thank you! MadnessEnsues (talk) 05:47, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Since I'm not familiar with creating articles at all, where/how would we start it? Thanks! MadnessEnsues (talk) 19:18, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't see your question sooner, MadnessEnsues. If you copy and paste GrammarFascist in when addressing me on your talk page (like I just did with your username), Wikipedia will notify me right away. There are several methods for starting a new article, but I think we might as well wait until we have at least one source Wikipedia would consider reliable to establish notability. I think Change.org probably has the best name recognition; how would you feel about setting up a petition there to pressure The Advocate (and/or other queer media) to cover Asexual Awareness Day and Week? — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 00:01, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, sorry about that GrammarFascist. That sounds great, but unfortunately I can't set that up myself, maybe if someone else started the petition? MapleSyrupRain (talk) 03:52, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Brian heim composer. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, PROF. DR. AHMET BAYLAR, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Brian heim composer (talk) 19:42, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

User adoption
Hi, Saw your name on the users seeking adoption list and thought I'd pop by to see if you were still looking for a mentor. If you are, I'm looking trying to mentor more new users, so let me know if you'd like any extra help! Montanabw (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Montanabw! Thank you very much for your offer, I am indeed still looking for a mentor! MapleSyrupRain (talk) 17:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Great! What sort of help are you seeking? What types of articles do you like to work on?   Montanabw (talk)  05:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * All I've really done thus far is fix typos, so I'm not sure as to what types of articles I would want to work on. I'd really like to learn how to make helpful, (substantial?) edits and create articles, though! MapleSyrupRain (talk) 23:21, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Where is your area(s) of interest? (On wiki, I mostly work on horse articles, for example)  Sometimes you can join a wikiproject and see the lists of articles they want to see started or improved.  We are all volunteers, so follow what looks like fun.   Montanabw (talk)  03:49, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I looked at some of the wikiprojects, and I think I'd like to work on Tolkien/Middle-Earth related articles as well as d&d-related articles. MapleSyrupRain (talk) 21:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I'd say that you should continue to do copyediting for typos and such, but with an eye to expanding existing articles that are weak or creating new articles... always best to lurk or sign up at the wikiprojects to see where the project feels help is needed, because that's a good way to be welcomed... usually a bad idea to do something like, oh, rewrite a featured article... LOL. If you want to make drastic changes, always best to post your idea at the article talk page first to see if anyone has objections. Montanabw (talk)  09:34, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Montanabw, I wanted to write an article on Asexual Outreach but I'm not sure how to go about it (and I'm kind of on the edge of whether or not it's notable)? MapleSyrupRain (talk) 17:10, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The best thing to do is to create a "sandbox" in your userspace and work on a draft there. I've created a link for you: User:MapleSyrupRain/Asexual outreach.  You can work on it there and when you have the basic ideas outlined, let me know and I'lll give you my opinion on whether it's something notable enough to take to mainspace and how much work would be needed. Just click on the redlink and create the draft there!   Montanabw (talk)  22:16, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Checking in
Hi MapleSyrupRain. I'm just checking in to see whether you are still interested in proceeding with your Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy program. If you are no longer interested, or no longer have time to continue, that's totally fine. We can either stop or put the course on hold until you are ready. All the best, Mz7 (talk) 22:08, 5 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey User:Mz7! I'm definitely still interested, I was just having issues finding vandalism that hadn't already been reverted, and then life caught up with me. I'll try to get that next assignment done but it might take me a while. I can ping you when I'm done, if that works?
 * Thank you so much, MapleSyrupRain (talk) 16:22, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. For some tips, Special:RecentChanges is the typical way to find vandalism; if you go into your beta preferences, there's an option for enabling "New filters for edit review" – these give you new tools that use machine-learning to highlight edits that are likely to be vandalism. Another way that I used to use to find vandalism was to patrol Special:Log/newusers, which is the log of new user account creations. Accounts that haven't made any contributions yet have red "contribs" links. Clicking through the blue contribs links can sometimes help you find vandalism from newly created user accounts, and it's also a great way to welcome new users who have edited constructively. Mz7 (talk) 23:24, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Haha, that's what I've been doing. The filters are incredibly useful, and I've gotten a few I need to log, but I always find myself racing other countervandals. Thanks for the tips though, I haven't looked through the new users page for that so I'll see how that goes. MapleSyrupRain (talk) 16:00, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Your message
Hello. Thanks for your message. I have one question: considering the other user doesn't come to the article talk page, where a post was opened about the dispute, and that every noticeboard you've listed request such discussion, how can we solve this? Thanks Reza Fariborz (talk) 02:23, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Reza Fariborz! I'd say to go ahead and ping the user and mention this on their talk page. If they keep edit warring despite this then that's probably grounds for further action though since I focus on counter-vandalism and not so much conflict resolution I'm not sure what that would be. You might want to ask an admin or experienced editor in the wikiproject associated with the article for further help. MapleSyrupRain (talk) 15:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello & Thanks for your answer. The problem is that the other user isn't registered. So I can't send him a message. Nor to mention the fact that the said user, in the beginning of the edits (09:45, 2 October 2017), was asked by a friend of mine to come to the talk page (which he didn't). Guess I'll try to ask an admin. Reza Fariborz (talk) 11:37, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can. IP's still have talk pages, that's how you send messages on here. User:Reza Fariborz If it wasn't possible to ping them I wouldn't have suggested it. Besides that, it's only necessary to alert an admin if they continue to edit war. If they've stopped there is no need. MapleSyrupRain (talk) 02:14, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for your answer. Considering the IP constantly changes, I don't see how this would work.

Of course they've stopped: their advertisment is in place.

About the situation: any real politician, who has actually any kind of importance, willing to come to France, would have thousands of articles at his name: "hariri" France gives actually almost 3 millions of results.

With the same search with this guy's name and France, you have 36 results, mostly wikipedia clones... Reza Fariborz (talk) 12:46, 19 November 2017 (UTC)


 * IPs don't constantly change unless you're using a proxy or you have a service provider that does it. It seems the situation has passed either way, and as I have frankly no idea what you're referring to or saying, please take up the issue further with someone who is familiar with the article's content and what is even going on. Good day, MapleSyrupRain (talk) 08:35, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

As far as I've checked, the other editor has like... 10 IPs. Yes, it appears the admin I've asked for has protected the article. I'll try to precise my point into the article talk page. Thank you for your time. Reza Fariborz (talk) 20:38, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

From your PS on ANI
This isn't strictly related to Sleepless, so I've come here instead of staying there- there's absolutely no reason you shouldn't vote! Plenty of non-admins participate and vote in discussion there (me included) and it's great you want to jump in to the fancy stuff! There is a template <----> that some of us non-admins use there, but you don't have to by any means, and to be honest, most don't. Happy editing! -A la d insane (Channel 2)  16:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, A lad insane! I appreciate the response and the heads-up. Happy editing to you too! MapleSyrupRain (talk) 16:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Hippocratic Oath
Stop editorializing the source translation https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hippocrates_cos-oath/1923/pb_LCL147.299.xml. This line was present in the original page on May 6th 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hippocratic_Oath&oldid=895785817. Acknowledge that the source contains the line: "Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion." If you can acknowledge that, I expect no further reversions from you.

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