User talk:Mr. Stradivarius/Archive 23

A user's ban from template space is being reviewed at AN
Hello Mr. S. See Administrators' noticeboard/Archive273. You were the proponent of [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive871#Request_template_namespace_topic_ban_for_Sardanaphalus the original ban in January 2015]. A link from February 2015 is also relevant. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 19:54, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

A better translation solution
I set up a prototype of a translation solution that enables auto-fallback in Module:Sandbox/Jackmcbarn. Can you take a look at it before I try to integrate it into getArgs? Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:55, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've made a few other changes and just went ahead and did it, actually. Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:02, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for putting this together. The code looks good at first inspection - I'll test it some more when I'm back at my home PC. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Module:Br separated entries
Apologies if I've got this completely wrong (to be honest I dont even understand what modules actually are), but from reading this discussion I'm under the impression that the merge has already happened and Br separated entries is no longer used. If this is the case would you be willing to WP:G7 delete it, so the MfD discussion can be closed? Sorry again if I've completely misunderstood everything. Brustopher (talk) 22:50, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and closed it myself - thanks for the heads up. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:36, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

AA colour tracking
Greater color contrast ratio with black and white should always return a colour combination with a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1. If it's not doing that, it's probably time we set up some test cases. Furthermore, there appears to be an agreement that we ought to meet the triple-A criterion; therefore, I see no purpose to the new categories. Alakzi (talk) 15:39, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It turns out the semicolon was the culprit; there's no issues with Greater color contrast ratio. Alakzi (talk) 15:50, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * These should be all of them if you'd like to chip in. Cheers. Alakzi (talk) 15:55, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, all of those pages now display an expression error at the top. Could we wrap the whole thing in ? Alakzi (talk) 09:31, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops... no need for an #iferror, though - this should fix it. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:25, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I hadn't thought of that - thanks. Alakzi (talk) 10:26, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, you're right. I've just spent some time going through the math, and it's confirmed what you and Frietjes have been saying all along - it's impossible for Greater color contrast ratio to give less than an AA combination. So I'll just delete the new categories. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:57, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Can you help with this?
Hey, Mr. Strad. Can you provide a breakout of this tracking category, Category:Articles using Template:Infobox television season with invalid colour combination, as I described at the bottom of the template talk page? I think some further definition of the scope and depth of the color-contrast non-compliance issue would be helpful in resolving the ongoing discussion. . . . Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:23, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Related, but can we get a similar category thing added to Episode list. Or, perhaps more accurately, can you help me put it together to request the template be edited?  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 23:07, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this. I don't think that we need separate categories for AA and sub-AA color combinations in Infobox television season, for reasons I've already mentioned on the talk page. As for Episode list, most of the invalid colour combinations are going to be from the table headings, which aren't actually controlled by the template. If you take a look at Night Gallery, for example, the white text on the dark blue background is produced by CSS added directly to the article, not through any template. Having said that, some transclusions of Episode list do have coloured rows, e.g. List of The Secret Millionaire episodes. I've added some code to the sandbox that would track invalid color combinations in these rows, if that's desired. (Rows that specify a colour are already tracked at Category:Episode lists with row deviations, if you're interested.) — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:58, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Strad, but I think the Infobox television series discussion is past this now. Turns out the entire, or nearly entire, existing category was already AA-compliant, so further breakdowns would not have helped advance the discussion.  BTW, I hope you will be available to say a consensus amen over the the pending compromise resolution to achieve AAA-compliance in the next day or so; given the previous level of acrimony, it probably needs to be officially blessed, rev.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:03, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'll be happy to close the discussion there. Is it ready to be closed now, do you think? — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Feel free to start reviewing the discussion, but I would suggest giving it another 12 to 18 hours for everyone to get their last words in. You may want to call for final comments on the talk page, with a summary of what you perceive as the emerging agreed-to way forward.  But I think everyone has reached the level of exhaustion and that's probably a good thing.  If giving the article editors 30 days to implement voluntary AAA-compliance brings the objectors to the table, I would suggest that should be an easy compromise for everyone to accept.  After that, we need to get some of the WP:TV folks focused on drafting a 30-day notice for the article talk pages, a set of instructions, and preparing the tech aspects to get the notice delivered using MMS or the like.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:33, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Strad, no one has commented for more than a day on the 30-day voluntary compliance plan; it appears that all of the previously active participants have either agreed or acquiesced, so I think now would a good time for you to draw a line under this as the neutral admin and chaperone in the discussion. Next, we need to focus the WP:TV guys on preparing the 30-day notice to be placed on the talk pages of the affected articles, as well as a set of instructions for the article editors on how they may select new AAA-compliant color schemes. We need to nudge this forward to resolution. Thanks for being there. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:19, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Template help
Hey Mr. Stradivarius. I was hoping to ask you once again for help with a template issue. I'm trying to create the be-all, end-all of a template to inform CSD patrollers of bad nominations. See. I've got it working, including some coding that for me strained the limits of my coding abilities, paltry as they are. I can't figure out how to add one function I want it to include. I want one portion of introductory text to be excluded when you add a certain parameter or maybe make it equal to "yes". See Template:Sdd4. I've tried many things, if parsers, switches, and so on, but I'm lost. What it should do is: when you include something like "no intro" as a parameter, or maybe " " or actually, maybe " it will then exclude the text: Speedy deletion work is important and I do appreciate the effort. I would just ask that you please review the criteria carefully because accuracy is also important. On that issue, The text reads seamlessly without it, and you wouldn't want to have that text included the second time you used the template for the same person. I'll understand if you don't have time or inclination.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:11, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, you can now set no intro to anything, and the intro text won't show up. I've also played around with most of the rest of the template code as well. See what you think. :) — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:02, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I was 90% sure if I asked you to add that one thing, you would probably also fix the inelegant code. You rock!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:24, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Help with Module:Dts
Hi, I would like to ask you to help me with Module:Dts (I want to change it on other Wikipedia project; I hope it is not bad from me to ask someone here on English Wikipedia). I'm an active user on Serbian Wikipedia and I want to make this template functioning properly there (with respect to the grammar of the Serbian language). So, I did this with template but don't know how to make "dd. month yyyy." format that previously mentioned language needs to use (with dot after day number, and with dot after year number except when dot is previous to the comma sign: "month dd, yyyy." is OK, but "month dd., yyyy." isn't). To sum up: Could you help me by giving me the changed code of the module Dts (either this one or English one) on my talk page that will be able to show "dd. month yyyy." format, and also in which "month dd, yyyy" English format will be changed into "month dd, yyyy." (with no compromising of the sorting capabilities)? I actually don't know where (and how) to properly add dot, and I need fast solution... Thanks in advance. --Obsuser (talk) 23:44, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to be able to enter data in the template like this:  i.e. , and like this:   i.e.   (with dots, and in this order; not like it now has to be:   etc.). Thanks in advance. I'd be very grateful if you help! --Obsuser (talk) 23:52, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, I can do most of those. The best way to make this work with other languages would be to make a config module where the month names and the error messages are loaded from, and then load it with mw.loadData. I don't have the free time to do that now, but I might later on today. I'm afraid I can't enable, though. There are already several places that this module is used with very early year dates, e.g. 30 AD, so if we allowed the order to be flexible it would be impossible to add dates like   because there would be no way of telling which was the year number and which was the day number. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:11, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, when/if you find free time... Just leave the code here or on my talk page. Thanks. --Obsuser (talk) 18:21, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

More Signpost poll
Hey, right now we have the poll available for use in the Signpost as a sideboard item (as demonstrated Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Style). How difficult would it be to write another version that would allow polls to be used in line with the rest of the content of the article? Here is a quick mock-up of what I mean. That would give us another stylistic option and a lot more space to play with in naming the poll options; it also makes more sense of the left-justified stacking you wrote. Res Mar 14:50, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I shouldn't think it would be too hard. I'm a bit snowed under with real-life things this week, and as usual I've taken on too many things on-wiki recently, so I'm not sure when I'll get round to it, though. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 16:11, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I do wonder sometimes where you get all the time to do all the work that you do. No rush: this isn't a need-it-now as much as it is a want-it-eventually. Res</b> Mar 16:19, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If you get that working, then I'll be interested. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 06:05, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Nabih Berri
Page seems to be showing signs of sockishness again (at the very least an edit war). I went the route of protection, though, because it looks like socking has been happening both to remove/whitewash negative things but also because the negative things are, themselves, questionably sourced. I saw that you've already dealt with the article (and the possible sockers), so I thought I'd give you the heads up. Cheers =) -- slakr \ talk / 05:53, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. I think we should leave the protection in place for now, and then think about removing it when Sockpuppet investigations/Rami.198678 is dealt with. I've also left LimitationsAndRestrictions495656778774 a warning on their talk page. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:39, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Lupin's popups
About this: and what to do if I use script global and many wikis do not have this gadget?-- Anatoliy  (<font color="indigo" face="Verdana">Talk ) 20:14, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, we have the same problem on WP-fr, I don't know what to do ? We can't just copy and paste the script as we need a translation. Your help is welcome. — <font style="color:#008080">S t a r u s – <font color="0080C0"> ¡Dímelo! <font color="FF8080">– 23:05, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * These are both very good questions, and I'm afraid I don't have any good answers at the moment. I think Popups is broken now for all global JS users, so someone will need to fix the gadget. And for the translations, I suppose you would have to replay all of the recent edits to the enwiki gadget on top of the frwiki gadget. It would be better to edit the enwiki gadget to have a proper translation system, and best to make it a full-blown MediaWiki extension, but those will both take work. To fix these problems you're probably best off asking at Wikipedia talk:Tools/Navigation popups or at Phabricator (either at T107399 or in a new task). — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:16, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Infobox query
Hi Mr. Stradivarius, I have a query about this edit. There's a nice thing the generic box does with colour that I would like to add or suggest elsewhere, if I can work out how to write it, but when I looked the code had gone. Can you direct me to wherever I can find it? Many thanks, Sarah (talk) 18:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The template has been converted to Lua, and the current code is at Module:Infobox. You can see the old code in the page history of Template:Infobox. However, the actual CSS styles for the template are kept at Mediawiki:Common.css (search for "/* Infobox template style */"), so that may be the best place to start looking. What behaviour were you looking to emulate? Perhaps I can give you some better pointers. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:25, 10 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi, thank you for the link and for the offer of help, but in case it's complex, please don't feel you have to spend lots of time on it. It's just a minor aesthetic issue, but something I like doing.


 * In general I prefer to use Infobox, rather than (say) Infobox person because I can choose my own parameters. In particular I sometimes add a block of colour to the top of the box. You can see it at this version of Christian Science, which is achieved by using Infobox and writing title = Christian Science | titlestyle = background-color:#CCCCFF


 * When I use Infobox on biographies, someone will often swap it for Infobox person, so I've tried to introduce the colour using Infobox person. Example at Val Plumwood, achieved by writing (copied from someone else) name = Val Plumwood


 * But as you can see it's not the same. The colour is inside the box, rather than on top of it, and it's just a streak of colour, rather than spanning the width of the box. I'm therefore trying to work what to add to Infobox person to achieve the colour block on top (a "title =" option), or how to customize Infobox person on particular articles. Sarah (talk) 17:34, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That's not so hard. The issue is that Infobox person uses the "above" field of infobox for the name, rather than the "title" field that you were using. So you would need to convert Infobox person to use the "title" field, and then pass the "titlestyle" field through to Infobox, like this. Then you could use background-color:#CCCCFF; in articles to get the colour you need. The trick will be persuading people to change Infobox person, of course. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 18:01, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think it'd be very hard to convince people to swap "title" for "above", given that it is superior from an accessibility perspective. You can keep using a to colour the background like you're doing now, and hope nobody notices. ;-) Alakzi (talk) 18:06, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you Mr. Stradivarius and . I've gone ahead and made the change, but I'll revert if someone objects. I'm worried that I've changed things that other people were relying on. Would it make sense to have both parameters, as we do at Infobox, so that people can choose? Sarah (talk) 18:40, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually I've reverted just in case. Sarah (talk) 18:45, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

please remove Chris Christie


3 months ago, you put a pending reviewed changes lock on the Chris Christie article.

Wikipedia says "Infrequently edited articles that are experiencing high levels of vandalism or BLP violations from unregistered and new users".

I don't see evidence that the article is infrequently edited. Therefore, please remove such restriction.

I don't see that it has a high level of vandalism. That's another reason to undo it.

Also there are additional reasons, such that there aren't BLP violations from unregistered users. There aren't any from new users, either.

Therefore, it's so plain that it's time to remove your action.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

No names left!! abcd (talk) 18:04, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm seeing quite a bit of recent vandalism at the page, and that will probably only increase if he is standing for the Republican nomination. If anything, we might need to switch the page to semi-protection in the future. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 18:12, 9 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Looking at the rules, the article doesn't meet the qualifications for pending changes but, based on your statement, might meet the semi-protection. Do it???? No names left!! abcd (talk) 19:52, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * But I thought that you wanted the article to have less protection, not more. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 19:56, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

It's probably about time
It's also probably about time for me to ask you to take a look at VisualEditor/IME Testing. I'm hoping to share the link via the newsletter soon, but since I don't know how to type in Japanese (or Korean; those are the first two being requested) then I can't really follow the directions to test it out myself. If you've got any feedback, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 06:05, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * There are some issues with undo, but I think I'll need to take a screencast to explain them properly. I'll probably be filing a few Phabricator bugs later on. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:14, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I know they are very interested in seeing everything you can tell them.  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:03, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

A Barnstar For You
(Barnstar archived)
 * Thank you! I'm glad to see that you gave one to Alakzi as well, as they have definitely done more than me for accessibility on the site. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:46, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Sandboxed article creation
Hi Mr. Stradivarius. I try to figure out why there is no response on this recommendation (it has been archived). I am placing my template inside your sandbox page. Please see how it works, helping a user organize his sanboxed articles, by creating one or two sandboxes of your own with it (you already have two! and I have put inside them the template that is automatically loaded during new sandbox creation), and how the template behaves to let create an article from a sandboxed one. See how sandboxes are organized in your main sandbox. Sorry for being a bit bold with your sandbox pages. I do not know if there is a conflict with practices followed here and I hope you can enlighten me. Thank you.·· <span style="text-shadow:#ffffff 0em 0em 0.2em,#aabbdd -0.2em -0.2em 0.4em,#aabbdd 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;color:#336699"> ManosHacker 20:09, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. :) This is an interesting idea. Is it supposed to replace Template:User sandbox? Because if so, you should make a proposal at Template talk:User sandbox so that editors there will be aware of your ideas. I also recommend advertising the discussion at WP:VPT, as technical people are more likely to be interested in this idea than others. If no-one responds even after that, then you can just assume that the lack of response counts as a consensus and start a protected edit request. (p.s. I've reverted your edits to my userspace, but don't worry, I'm not annoyed or anything.) Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:25, 19 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mr. Stradivarius. I 'll see to follow the steps you recommend. :)·· <span style="text-shadow:#ffffff 0em 0em 0.2em,#aabbdd -0.2em -0.2em 0.4em,#aabbdd 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;color:#336699"> ManosHacker 09:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Need Help
Hello Mr. Stradivarius! I have imported some Templates and Modules from enwiki to bhwiki; e.g. bh:टेम्पलेट:British regnal year and bh:Module:British regnal year which are giving Lua error ("Lua error in Module:British_regnal_year at line 31: attempt to compare nil with number."). I am unable to find out why. Same is with other calendar templates, e.g. bh:टेम्पलेट:Year in other calendars. Please help! Thanks in advance ! --<font color="#FF00FF">S <font color="#FF7E00">at <font color="#00A300">yam <font color="#0A20F0">Mishra '''<font color="#6F00FF"> --talk-- 05:55, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Need help!
Mr. Stradivarius, please see the new note on my talk page and advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pageantscambuster (talk • contribs) 14:57, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Nina-Iraq
Please remove the article Miss Iraq as it is full of false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.9.135.85 (talk) 15:05, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

the previous article was more accurate source: A reputable Iraqi magazine published the article backing up the first article published http://nina-iraq.com/2015/05/22/the-history-of-the-miss-iraq-pageant-how-iraqi-beauty-inspired-iraqi-business/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

pageantscambuster needs to be blocked and you need to revert to the old article as it was objective and is backed up by reliable sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 15:12, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

i left the real source and you seem to still back up an inaccurate version of this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 23 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Give me a little time - I'm not able to magically divine the truth before I look at all the sources... — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:23, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, it looks like Nina-Iraq doesn't count as a reliable source as anyone can submit a story there, and therefore we can't use it on Wikipedia. See WP:SPS for the Wikipedia policy details. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:35, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

dear sir,

I have posted the official iraqi magazine which published the article, The person pageantscambuster has cited a website www.missiraq.net which does not mention worood al azzawi as a titleholder.

Please find below the article which the original article is based on. http://nina-iraq.com/2015/05/22/the-history-of-the-miss-iraq-pageant-how-iraqi-beauty-inspired-iraqi-business/ Missiraq1947 (talk) 15:26, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

looking forward to your reply, please rectify the information contained by reverting to the first article published. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 23 August 2015‎ (UTC)
 * I've added your latest replies back inside this talk page section. Please scroll down and click the "edit" link on the section heading if there is already a section heading for the matter that you want to discuss. The "New section" button is only for first-time posts. Also, please make sure that you sign your talk page posts and use proper indentation. Thanks! — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:39, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

"Nimrod1980" and "Missiraq1947"
Mr. Stradivarius

As I suggested earlier, Nimrod1980 who you and Kuru blocked is now back under a new id "missiraq1947"

And attempted one more time to edit the page "Miss Iraq" with misinformation.

This is clear sockpuppeting in front of your own eyes. Wikipedia defines sockpuppeting as "to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website"

I know I can file a claim but I believe this is something you can see for yourself.

I kindly request that "missiraq1947" is blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pageantscambuster (talk • contribs) 15:48, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that you'll need to add Missirag1947 to the sockpuppet investigation. I probably count as involved since I started gutting the article. (Also, please sign your posts.) Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:51, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

I will file a claim for sockpuppeting right now but I hope you saw for yourself that the person created another id since you reverted his/her edit. Pageantscambuster (talk) 15:55, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

I have filed the sockpuppet investigation for missiraq1947. Please check your records since I don't want to provide the direct link to the "investigation page" for this person to abuse. Anyhow, its obvious you can see for yourself who this user must be. Pageantscambuster (talk) 16:11, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Miss Baghdad 2014 is worood al azzawi
http://alsabaah.iq/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=77040

Proof no 1

https://www.facebook.com/missiraq.iq

Their Facebook page states they are registered under the Ministry of Culture The official website of the ministry of culture www.mocul.gov.iq Does not in any way endorse such a contest

And they are using a photo of the former Miss Universe crown which is a breach in itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Blocking
I encourage you to block/ ban pageantscambuster and please contact me in private i will give you my personal email so i can provide you with evidence — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 16:01, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Submitting private evidence isn't really a good idea, as we generally only block for violations of Wikipedia policies. See the blocking policy for more information. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 16:51, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Deleting miss Iraq article
deleting the article at this point would be the best decision ever, until a reliable source can be detected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Miss Iraq Article
I firmly believe that you should block pageantscambuster for providing false information, and by abusing the Wikipedia rules and regulations. Missiraq1947 (talk) 17:50, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Deleting Miss Iraq
i believe that this page should be deleted for all its unverified content until acreasonable source is found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missiraq1947 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

I adjusted your edit
Hello. I adjusted the indent on one of your edits. I don't think you intended it to count as a vote so I added a colon. If I got it wrong sorry. <b style="color:Sienna">Chillum</b> 15:52, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, you're right. I'm not sure how I didn't notice that after I posted it. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 21:40, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it was ok when I posted it. I guess someone must have "fixed" it. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:25, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Aha, Bilorv did it here, perhaps not helped by Aero Slicer's misformatted comment here. (Not to worry, though - these things happen.) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:37, 25 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I see. Glad it all got sorted out in the end. <b style="color:Sienna">Chillum</b> 23:38, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fix this article also Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi. Viewing while logging off shows the article as Okay, but viewing the article while logged in shows larger red notice "Script error: The module returned a value. It is supposed to return an export table." Aero   Slicer  06:55, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Purging the page fixed it. It looks like there was some problem on the MediaWiki end, as neither of the affected templates at the top of the page were edited recently. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops – sorry about that, and thanks for fixing it . — Bilorv(talk)(c)(e) 09:10, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
(Barnstar archived)
 * Thank you very much! It's just too bad that I haven't had too much time to do that much nominating recently. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:01, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Purpose Notice
Notice Thanks, Zulu Papa 5 * (talk) 04:44, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject TAFI

 * I don't remember if I've invited you before, so here you go. Check out the project! North America1000 07:40, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Anne
I'll leave that article to you, but did want to toss the highbeam link over the bar. Do with it (or don't with it) as you will. Cheers, --j⚛e deckertalk 00:01, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I didn't renew my Highbeam subscription, but it looks like it is the same article as this one that I found on the Boston Globe's website. Could you check whether they are the same for me? Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:18, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm sure it is--my subscription is lapsed, but either that's the same article or Highbeam has some copyvios to answer for! :p  --j⚛e deckertalk 01:21, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Anni Dewani
Wikipedia is not censored. then why call my edit as insensitive by someone whose Username is related to Dewani family. Another user calling me single purpose account, while i gave reference, and they themselves are obsessed with this article. There are two types of editor. One who represents the Dewani family and believes that we should not mention that a married woman from a rich NRI family could have been the victim of attempted rape, as that would bring dishonour to the family, another party wants to prove that the husband is the main villain. -- Aero  Slicer  09:49, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds like you need dispute resolution. Or possibly WP:BLPN or WP:ANI. If there's a vandal that needs to be blocked quickly or something like that, then I'd be happy to do the honours, otherwise I think this shoulid probably go through the proper channels. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Well I first saw the article in DRN only, before that i wasn't aware of it's existence. I was not involved in that DRN. As i knew about this murder case, i got interested. You can check my talk page and that article's talk page.-- Aero  Slicer  12:30, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Polling module
Hey, I'd like to increase the usability of the Signpost polling template. The best way to do, in my estimation, would be to replace the generic  with a more specific error, one which asks the user to create the votepage using a click-through. This would simplify the poll setup procedure to:
 * 1) Insert a poll and save the page.
 * 2) Click on "Create votepage". This is the editintro used by the old wikicode template, and this is the preload. Lua should be able to fill in   in both cases using the     parameter (doc).
 * 3) Save the page again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#333333; font-size:small;">Res</b> Mar 15:08, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just finished doing this. You still need to specify a vote page, but now if you specify a vote page that hasn't been created, you will be prompted to create it using the preload text. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I've updated the documentation and informed the others. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#333333; font-size:small;">Res</b> Mar 18:24, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Tags
Hey, can you run the Signpost tagger Python scripts again? I'd like to make the list current again. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#333333; font-size:small;">Res</b> Mar 00:26, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I should clarify what I mean by "working on tag definitions". The issue at this time is that we haven't come to an agreement about a set of tags that are both comprehensive enough to be useful and relaxed enough to be memorable. It's a problem in authority control and not one we've yet solved. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b style="color:#333333; font-size:small;">Res</b> Mar 00:32, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, done. Sorry for the delay. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Z for Zachariah
When I was a teenager sometime in the seventies I read the story Z for Zacharian in a magazine. I could swear it was in Redbook magazine. I can not find that this story was published in anything but National Giographic. At that time of my life I was just starting to get into reading and loving it. My mother was the one that got me into reading as she was an avid reader and I remember specifically her giving me the Redbook magazine to read the story Z for Zachariah. I just finished watching the movie Z for Zachariah and was very excited because I remembered the storyline. The story was one that I did not forget. Please chech on this for me. I read it sometime between the late 1970s or early 1980s. Sincerely, Brigitte Hawthorne — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.2.174 (talk) 01:06, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what exactly you're asking me to do here, but you could start by reading the articles Z for Zachariah and Z for Zachariah (film). — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:27, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Hidden tracking categories
The category you made for tracking Potentially illegible userboxes seems to be causing some problems; I noticed it's not only applied to the template itself; but I also find it being applied via transclusion to my talk page where I've transcluded an affected userbox. To be honest I don't think this was an intended effect and I personally find it somewhat annoying. Seems to me that it defeats the purpose of the whole category if you can't just apply the category only to the template page itself and not have it transclude down to pages who choose to include the userbox via transclusion. I even tried to subst the template to rid myself of the unwanted category placement but that didn't seem to work either, so I'm actually at a loss at how I'm supposed to remove this category. I won't be removing the affected userbox, I don't believe the tracking category should be cascading down like that. ♥ Melody ♥ 18:54, 6 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I've changed the userbox module to not add the category on any talk pages. -- WOSlinker (talk) 19:18, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Could you perhaps make sure it also doesn't hit userpages too similarly? I don't think the category need apply to pages using the template, just the template itself ♥ Melody ♥ 19:50, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems like it's only hitting user subpages which is workable. Not a bad thing if it's marking User:Username/Userboxes. ♥ Melody ♥ 19:52, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, there might be a better way to do this. Perhaps allowing user subpages but not userpages, as well as Wikipedia space and template space. I'll have a think about it. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:14, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Restoration of Deleted Wiki Page


Hello,

I'm contacting you because i believe that you were the admin who monitored the discussion for deletion for my Giovanni Zelko page back in December. Since new information and developments in the career of the Direction have occurred since the deletion of the page, i think now is a suitable time to restore the page and I would like to request your assistance in putting the page back up.

Looking forward to your response.

Thank You, Folasade — Preceding unsigned comment added by Folasade.aremu (talk • contribs) 19:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Folasade.aremu. Are you aware of any new reliable sources about the article's subject? — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 21:45, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Mr. Stradivarius, yes i have, i have internet, journalistic and photogrpahic sources that verify that Zelko's movie just had a theatrical release in the United States and more — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:e000:4dd2:f400:211f:f90:a25c:45cb (talk) 22:57, 7 September 2015‎ (UTC) (Moved from Talk:Giovanni Zelko)
 * Looking at the sources on Google, I think that The Algerian has enough coverage in reliable sources to pass our notability guidelines for films. I'm not seeing enough coverage about Zelko himself for an individual article, though - it might be best to create the film article and then redirect the Giovanni Zelko page there. If you really want to have another go at writing the Zelko article I can undelete it as a draft article if you want, but please be aware that it won't be accepted as a full article unless you can prove that he passes Wikipedia's notability guidelines for biographies. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:05, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for putting a preload URL for the trout slap on your user page
Now I've got a friendlier way of responding to human stupidity as exhibited on Wikipedia. Chances are, I'll need it, because, as a brilliant man once said, only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macks2008 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Whoops my bad. Didn't even realize I forgot to sign that.--Macks2008 (talk) 01:02, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If you like that, I have a feeling that you might like the Department of Fun. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:09, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

I did not have any where to referance
I got your message concerning the last edit I made, but I did not have any where to reference. I just knew from personal use of the named app.68.100.116.118 (talk) 01:53, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * In that case, that content can't go in Wikipedia. Every claim that is contested or is likely to be contested needs to be cited to a reliable source. If content fails that test, then we leave it out. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:55, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I have added a source now. Thank you.68.100.116.118 (talk) 02:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that source doesn't pass Identifying reliable sources. You need to find something like a mention in a newspaper or a book. We can't research things ourselves from the Windows store, as that would violate No original research. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 02:46, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

All right, I will add it again if I find a reliable source.68.100.116.118 (talk) 22:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Concerning the edit you undid, a certain user, Mdrnpndr, redid it, saying that you used invalid reasoning. Try to discuss and come to an agreement with him. You will find his address on the history page of the article we have been discussing, followed by "Invalid reasoning". Tell me the result of the discussion.68.100.116.118 (talk) 22:47, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Margaret Sanger web page
Hello Mr. Stradivarius,

I am contacting you about the Wikipedia page [] I noticed that you were the last to edit it and was curious as to why under the section "controversies" and then the subsection "race" there was no information regarding her ties to the Klu Klux Klan based from her autobiography "Margeret Sanger: an autobiography" (p. 366) in which she gives a direct quote about attending and speaking at a rally. The section that is currently available gives no inclination as to her racist ties and actually paints her in a rather unfitting way regarding her relationships with African Americans.

Please get back to me as soon as you can and I do appreciate your time

Thank you, 166.171.249.237 (talk) 18:43, 10 September 2015 (UTC)VZ


 * I was just answering edit requests made by other editors - I have no real interest in the page myself. You need to ask on Talk:Margaret Sanger. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 22:01, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar for you
[Barnstar archived]
 * Thanks! It was the obvious move, really. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 02:50, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016
Please do me the pleasure of joining us at Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 !!! Next to the traditional architectural topics, this year there is a special focus on such topics for gadgets, templates, bots, Wikimedia apps and tools, and third party products relying on Wikimedia APIs etc, and we cannot do that without the users/developers of those. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 20:46, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm intrigued. :) I'll have to look into the possibility of getting travel sponsorship. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:52, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Harassment issue
Hello, Mr. Stradivarius

Codename Lisa here. How do you do?

I have a harassment problem: A user called is reverting my messages to another user, even though it is not a hostile message. Here is the diff: and  I am open to debate as to whether my wordings were appropriate (especially one of my edit summaries) but last time I checked the policy, no user is allowed to remove the messages of another unless it is an extreme case of incivility and the removing user is impartial. I have reasons to believe this is the start of a long term harassment case. Here is why.

Two days ago, I reverted 's dangerous breaking change to a highly visible template, Template:Infobox software. Fortunately, no counter-reverting has occurred. But my attempt to write an explanatory message in the template talk page was interrupted three times by edit conflict error messages (Alakzi posting there) and a database outage. So, eventually, seeing as Alakzi had discovered half of the problem, I wrote a lighthearted "Bravo" message that has proven very successful in the past, and an explanation as to why I reverted first. But Alakzi responded with a profanity. (I believe I myself have in the past made a breaking change somewhere; you and astutely implied that if I repeat, I might lose my editing privileges. I don't remember having responded with a profanity, assumed bad faith in either of you, or have chased you around Wikipedia reverting your talk page messages on technical grounds. As of now, my appreciation for both of remains untarnished.)

I believe if we properly extrapolate Alakzi's bad faith in the template talk page, this is not an issue of a simple disagreement; it is a case of revenge that is about to start. You may disagree but at least I believe I am entitled to my talk page messages not being removed. So, can I have it back?

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 18:41, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * You are not "entitled" to anything; it is common sense not to issue vandalism warnings for test edits, and a boilerplate warning hardly qualifies as "your message". Also, I did not "chase" you anywhere; I noticed their edits because they were made on the doc page of Infobox software, which I've quite obviously got on my watchlist. I checked the new editor's contribs to see if they'd performed any other unconstructive edits and happened to notice your misapplied warning. Alakzi (talk) 18:49, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, this is the first attempt in being rational in Alazki's part; although, given the fact that we are in presence of a person who has the power to block him, that's wise and rather unsurprising. But sadly, he is wrong. Even though I am not the owner of Wikipedia (and broadly construed, entitled to nothing in it), so is he not. And while I concede that perhaps the discovery of my messaging might have not been an act of active chasing, its reversion was at best an attempt to establish that he has rights beyond mine and at worse, an attempt in vengeance.


 * If MS is not responding, then I might as well escalate it to WP:3RR level.
 * Best regards,
 * Codename Lisa (talk) 19:53, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You appear to be under the misapprehension that so long as you abstain from cursing, pretty much anything goes. No, it's not appropriate to mock other people for making genuine mistakes; it's not appropriate to insinuate that I'm chronically irrational; and it's not appropriate to suggest that I'd abandon my position and bend a knee to admins for fear of being blocked. My revert was not vengeful, but earnest; misapplied warnings are potentially damaging. I possess no rights beyond yours; rather, we all possess the right to correct the mistakes of our fellows. And no, I absolutely do not regard you as evil. What a ridiculous thing to say. Alakzi (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It appears an IP user, 185.108.128.11, has stepped in and resolved the problem with a compromise. I know is a compromise lover. So, CL, if you are seeing this, I think you should rest the harassment case for now. Or don't start it. The behavior is consistent with 's ordinary behavior. You know, in general, he is ... well, what's the polite word for it? WP:DBAD? He has tried to play God one time too many. Fleet Command (talk) 21:57, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ... well, what's the polite word for it? You didn't try very hard, did you? Alakzi (talk) 22:09, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe this edit was a misunderstanding. Alakzi obviously thought that Codename Lisa's message was sarcastic, but I've never seen Codename Lisa be at all sarcastic before. I suspect this may be a cultural difference: in some cultures sarcasm is a big thing, and you have to pay attention all the time to detect whether what someone says is sincere or not; but in other cultures, sarcasm is rarely used, if it is used at all. I've only heard it very rarely here in Japan, for example. As for the user talk warnings, the talk page guidelines do indeed say that messages left by a user should not be removed by another user, with various exceptions. If the warning was blatantly wrong or excessive then I think it might fall under the "Removing harmful posts" exception, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. I could see the case for an IAR alteration or removal if a warning was otherwise suboptimal somehow, but if I was going to rely on IAR for this I would leave a message on the talk page of the person who left the original warning to make sure that there were no misunderstandings or bad feelings about it. In situations like this, good communication can go a long way toward preventing edit wars and other drama. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:40, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Talk page guidelines may say that, but WP:VANDAL is a policy, and states that "Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful". The section WP:NOT VANDALISM specifically excludes various types of sub-optimal edits, including the type in question, from being classed as vandalism. [{WP:BITE]] also applies. No evidence of harassment has been provided. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:56, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, here's the edit in question. If that was done in mainspace, I think most people would call it vandalism. As it was done to a template documentation page, I agree that it was more likely to be a test edit than an intentional act of vandalism. But I also don't think it was so clear-cut that you could say 100% one way or the other whether it was vandalism or a test edit. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:32, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If there's not the apparent intent to cause damage, it's not vandalism. This is spelled out for you in the lede of WP:VANDALISM, and WP:AGF might also be of relevance. The most likely scenario here is that the new editor was attempting to fill in the infobox to use in a new article or on their user page or some such, which happens quite often. Alakzi (talk) 12:49, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, I agree that that was the most likely reason for the edit, and as I said, I don't think it was vandalism. I'm saying that I can see how other editors might consider it vandalism, and that I don't think that we can say with 100% certainty that the user was acting in good faith, even though that's the most likely explanation. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:34, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * By default, we assume that they're acting in good faith. This is how the civilised world works, and it's how the WP:AGF guideline works. There's no slew of evidence to be able to extrapolate on, and there's no obvious intent to cause harm; therefore, it is not vandalism. If other people were to consider it vandalism, they would be wrong. Alakzi (talk) 00:39, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:NOT VANDALISM. It is policy that such an edit, even in mainspace is not described as vandalism. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:41, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, I just removed a month-old example from Infobox Wikipedia user. Seems to happen a lot - people read it as a form to fill out and submit to make the infobox. Opabinia regalis (talk) 20:43, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I also believe this was a misunderstanding. Alakzi has a somewhat interesting communication style and sense of humour. While it might be effective if you were talking in person, he/she does need to be more careful about how their comments might be perceived in a online environment with editor from different cultural backgrounds. I think it is also fair to say that Alakzi does not mince their words to others, and yet is very sensitive to others' words. This inconsistency does cause problems, and if he/she wants to be treated sensitively then perhaps they should be more careful with their own choice of words. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:37, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Please explain to me how "Careless! That's all I can say." could've been well-intentioned. CL had ample opportunity to simply state what was wrong with my edit, but they're dead-set on teaching me a lesson. And, apparently, MS and Redrose, who's unwilling to tolerate the tiniest of errors, are partly to blame for their reaction - why is it that I'm not surprised? Alakzi (talk) 12:49, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

On Margaret Sanger
Gee, thanks for making a nazi like Margaret Sanger look like a saint. She clearly wanted to do away with african americans as much as Hitler !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FB90:2C34:59E9:0:1A:4ECB:9901 (talk) 17:29, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You should be directing your comments at the editors who made the protected edit requests, not me. Although when you do, I recommend leaving out the "Nazi" part. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:39, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Question which I think you may know the answer
Hello Mr. Stradivarius. The other day, I discovered something I think may be a bit problematic that I also think you may be able to either resolve or tell me where to go to request it resolved. As you know, I have the template editor user right. When I go to a page that has both cascading protection and template protection, the tabs I see at the top are "...Edit, View history...". However, the "Edit" option appearing worded as so is misleading to me since I'm not actually able to edit the page at all. Whenever I have seen this, I have been going to WP:RFPP to request that the template protection be upgraded to permanent protection so that the "Edit" option will be changed back to "View source" (which is the way the "Edit" option usually appears when non-admins try to edit a protected page.) So, instead of having to always do this, I'm trying to find a way to get the applicable interface page (probably in the "MediaWiki:" namespace updated so that if a template editor goes to a page that has both template protection and cascading protection enabled, the "Edit" option will appear as "View source" instead. However, I have no idea where this interface page is located. Can you help me? Steel1943  (talk) 20:35, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * (tps) Related - Village pump (technical)/Archive_140 - 185.108.128.5 (talk) 20:40, 25 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Umm, IPs cannot technically be talk page stalkers since they cannot have watchlists. That, and I think I know who you are... But yes, I do agree that it's related. Steel1943  (talk) 20:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * A true tps never lets that get in the way. I use the https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mr._Stradivarius&feed=atom&action=history RSS feed to track changes. - 185.108.128.5 (talk) 21:07, 25 September 2015 (UTC) )
 * Then I stand corrected. Interesting. Steel1943  (talk) 21:18, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I should be flattered, I guess. :P — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:57, 26 September 2015 (UTC)


 * The "correct" way to fix this would be to update the MediaWiki software itself. The devs will know if it can be implemented and if so, what needs changing. If we used a hack in the MediaWiki namespace, though, I suspect that it would either not get updated properly when some page in the cascading-protection transclusion chain was updated, or that it might put a lot of strain on the servers due to cache problems. I suggest that you look through Phabricator to see if there is already a bug for this, and if not, file a new one. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:57, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Navigation popups edit requests
Hi,

Just wondered if you'd seen my answer at VPT, now archived? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw it, and I it sounds like a good idea for a new feature. I can't see myself getting round to working on it any time soon, though. As I said, I think it would be better to write a new extension based on Hovercards rather than maintain the old Popups script, but converting Popups into an extension would be a big job. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 13:58, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't see that happening anytime soon (the point was made recently that hovercards is for readers, popups for editors). I just wish I could find someone who could make these changes in the short term. Do you have any suggestions, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:22, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Lua and Template:Gutenberg author
Hi, I see you are an admin who knows about Lua! Would be you be interested in helping me with this edit request to add a new Lua module? The other admin I asked didn't know about Lua and was cautious. It's a simple module and tested working, I've written other modules like it. The behavior is exactly the same with one additional feature. -- Green  C  00:44, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, there appears to be a problem with SSL at Gutenberg. One user reported it and I have verified. It doesn't effect every browser only some. The discussion is on the talk page and I made a patch in the current sandbox. Can you update? -- Green  C  19:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed. It's probably best to use edit requests for this kind of thing, by the way, as I won't always be around to make the edit. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 22:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you know what I can do to obtain template editor perms? I've written and maintain a number of templates, this being the only one locked but the others could be locked in the future. -- Green  C  22:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, just keep submitting edit requests until you fulfil the granting guidelines, then make a request at WP:RTE. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:12, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Move protection on New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
Hey Mr. Stradivarius,

You moved protected the article New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering back in January of 2014 and I thought I would come to you first before going to the move request board. The school has officially changed their name to New York University Tandon School of Engineering after a large donation from the Tandon family. The official name can be seen on the school's website along with this press release. Would it be possible to move the page again? Thanks! --Stabila711 (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

RE: WWE personnel template
Thanks for imforming me that the page has been un-protected. Rewind Wrestling (talk) 10:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok. Well, the consensus was to follow the article WWE Personnel. We have consensus about inactive wrestlers, develoment wrestlers... which IPs and users don't follow. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 23:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, these latest IP reverts are just disruptive, really. I've semi-protected the template. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:22, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Policy about service awards?
Hello, MS.

CL here. How do you?

I am unable to determine the status of Service awards. Is this a policy? Or is it a joke? (Or something in between?)

I ask because User talk:SundayRequiem claims SundayRequiem is Vanguard Editor (132,000 edits, 16 years of service) while this is user only 4 months old, with 274 edits. If it is a joke, this user is just being humorous. If it is a policy, however, ... I don't know. I had never navigated this aspect of Wikipedia. I guess there is a first for everything.

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 12:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi CL. :) It's not a policy, and I don't think there needs to be any consequences to claiming to be a Vanguard editor, particularly so when Wikipedia itself isn't yet 15 years old. By the way, I hear that there are celebrations planned for that. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 13:14, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Good to know. Thanks. I'll humorously but carefully imply it next time I communicated with him. But it is a relief to know this not one of the issues that Wikipedians are super-zealous about it. (So far, NFCC is the only such area.)
 * Best regards,
 * Codename Lisa (talk) 23:31, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

I need ur help..
Could u send me a test Mail on [email address redacted] Officialandria (talk) 11:03, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Try http://ismyemailworking.com/. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 11:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, you probably shouldn't post your email address here, as it is likely to be used by spammers. I've removed it. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 11:19, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No my dear .. It's still not solved .. My date of birth is 22/2/1986. I can provide legal proves and the site u up for ref is not genuinely with my concern .. At all .. It's a false information.


 * Plz wood be grateful if u could send me ur email id I wood be all ready to send my id proof of my age .. And my so that u could change things


 * Andria D'souza is born in a caltholic family to Lawrence D'souza. Born n raised in Dubai as an NRI, Andria passed out as a business management n commercial art student but  as creativity was her forte she chose to become an Rj and a successful VJ in Dubai Zee Tv MENA region . And since a  year Andria has shifted base to Mumbai the city of dream to purse her career in acting. Officialandria (talk) 17:10, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * In that case, you need to send an email to . In your email, please include both the address or title of your article and the specific problems you are having with it. The volunteers there should be able to help you out. You can see Contact us - Subjects as well for some other alternatives. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:23, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank u so much Mr Stradivarius .. I will be glad n grateful to u if could send me a blank email I'll send U my proves and also need ur help on how to handle my Wikipedia .. Thank u for all the help  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialandria (talk • contribs) 12:30, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Protection of js and css
Hi, I have been trying User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/ConfirmRollback and so far it works great. Nice work!

Now I was thinking if common.js and common.css need to be protected from vandals? I understand that if they get modified it can lead to disaster? <i style="font-family:Sans-serif"><b style="color:blue">Qed</b><b style="color:red">237</b>&#160;<b style="color:green">(talk)</b></i> 16:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No need - the security risk is big enough that the MediaWiki developers have made .js and .css pages editable only by the user they belong to and by admins. Try and make an edit to User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/ConfirmRollback.js, for example. You should find that you aren't able to make any changes. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 21:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense. An other question, that just popped up in my head. I see that you have not configured the rollback in User:Mr. Stradivarius/common.js like your guide says, you just importscript. I configure my rollback at User:Qed237/common.js. Why do you not configure it or do you do it somewhere else? <i style="font-family:Sans-serif"><b style="color:blue">Qed</b><b style="color:red">237</b>&#160;<b style="color:green">(talk)</b></i> 22:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It's just that I like the defaults the best. That's why I made them the defaults, after all. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 22:17, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Good point :). I will try the different alternatives and feel around. I had not planned on doing this (but I had the thought) and I did not even request to be a rollbacker, but an admin saw my edits and thought it was approriate for me to get that user right. This is a good opportunity to test your gadget and so far it is awesome. Thank you for your great work. <i style="font-family:Sans-serif"><b style="color:blue">Qed</b><b style="color:red">237</b>&#160;<b style="color:green">(talk)</b></i> 22:23, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just noticed that you're hiding all of the rollback links in your settings at User:Qed237/common.js. Actually, if you just want to hide all of the rollback links, you don't need my gadget - the existing rule in your CSS page will do that anyway. Try removing the gadget and all of the settings from User:Qed237/common.js. You should find that the rollback links are still hidden as they were before. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:05, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Socks at Debito
It's pretty obvious all these IPs and ChemicalG are all the same user, and probably Mr. Di Griz, too. Is there nothing that can be done? Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 03:27, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I am guessing that some are the same, and some are meatpuppets. For the IPs, I'll apply semi-protection when necessary. For the other users, I recommend filing SPIs if you think you know who is a sockpuppet of who. And if editors get too far into IDHT territory, then I'll apply ArbCom BLP sanctions. But if we get questions and suggestions that we could reasonably assume are made in good faith, I think we should give them the benefit of the doubt and debate them honestly. What I don't think we should do is just assume everyone is a sockpuppet and block them all, thereby shutting down all debate. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 05:00, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

I'd say that Curley Turkey's constant abusive and provocative language probably aren't helping anything either. Mr. Di Griz (talk) 05:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd say that Mr. Di Griz's username is a dead giveaway. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * And he is now blocked. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:51, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * And thank you for that! Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Please semiprotect Talk:Debito Arudou for a week because a shifting IP is using it for trolling. Johnuniq (talk) 10:33, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 11:10, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

U mad, bro? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.205.198.253 (talk) 09:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Redirects from moves
Are you sure Special:Diff/684367972 was a good idea? IMO, redr is really meant for when there's more than one Rcat, and it seems cleaner without the blank line. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:40, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is the way I've noticed User:Paine Ellsworth doing it, but I have no problems with you reverting if you think it's better. I suppose I probably should have discussed it somewhere before I made the edit... — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:45, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll leave it for now at least until Paine chimes in. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:49, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you both! Still little known about Redr is that it now autosenses protection levels, so when it is used you don't have to concern yourself with adding/subtracting protection templates and such – .  Redr may be used for from one to seven rcats.  In addition, other appropriate templates and  can be used either within it or with it.  So I would ask (and in fact I would have asked eventually) that Redr continue to be used with R from move at MediaWiki:Move-redirect-text. <b style="font-size:85%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Painius</b>  03:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Someone's wanking all over my talk page again
Can I get some talk page protection, please? Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 05:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Semi-protected for a week. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 05:49, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, maybe indef protection for your user page would be a good idea? — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 05:57, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I was going to turn you down, as nobody's ever vandalized my user page before, but as I clicked the edit button---there was wanktard Cory's little message below. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:53, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh! I didn't realize he'd actually vandalized it. You're fast! Protect me, please! Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:59, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Module:UserLinks
I see you were a substantial contributor to Module:UserLinks, so hoping you could help me. I have my wits with programming and what not but have never done any Lua... do you think you could add a link to change the user's rights? I'd like to do something like  where cr is the code to show the "change rights" link (Special:UserRights/Example). No rush to get this done. Thank you! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This should do the trick. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 21:58, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Works great, thank you! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  23:08, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

TAFI
Since you stopped by WP:TAFI, I don't suppose you'd be willing to take a peek at some of the other nominations and Support/Oppose them?--Coin945 (talk) 10:02, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but my area of interest generally only extends to technical things these days. I will admit to wanting to expand the Choreography article out of sheer indignation at it being so short, however. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Haha fair enough. FWIW, it's a very unofficial system, so essentially anybody can nominate or support/oppose. So hypothetically one would not be obligated to do anything more afterwards. But I'll let you get back to what you do best. :)--Coin945 (talk) 10:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

YGM

 * Replied. -- Biblio worm  15:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Siddique


I am representing Mr.SIddique Ismail, i had added his portfolio pic also added his facebook link and twitter link its now not being displayed please help me

sharath — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalathilsharath82 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The automatic script that removed your external links isn't clever enough to know which of your edits were good and which were bad, so it just removed all of them. I've restored the image for you - thank you for uploading it! Before you add more external links you should review Wikipedia's guidelines on external links, and seeing as you are representing Siddique, you should also review Wikiepdia's guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest. If you have any questions, please ask at the help desk - they should be good at guiding you in the right direction. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

TAFI
When you find time for it please review my latest noms at TAFI. Isabel Adrian and Josephine Bornebusch. Appreciate it.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:02, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:#000; background-color:#FFB924; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">

Happy Halloween!

Hello Mr. Stradivarius: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  Codename Lisa (talk) 23:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.
 * Thanks CL! Happy Halloween to you, too! — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:49, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Deletion to Quality Award
At Category:Deletion to Quality Award candidates, it seems the category is now mostly empty? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:06, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, now the category is completely empty. Any idea on how to fix it? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It should be working now. It turned out that the Four Award code had a bug in it, so when I based the new Deletion to Quality Award code on it I unwittingly copied the bug over. I've now fixed them both. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's populating again, thank you! Now if only there were an easier semi-automated or automated way to award them to editors, and update Deletion_to_Quality_Award, that would be awesome. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:56, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a bot request to me. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:58, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I made a request at Bot_requests. How does it look? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:06, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yep, looks good to me. Now it just depends on whether people have the time, skills, and inclination to write the code and maintain it. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 05:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I think it's just that first-pass-through to get it started that's really important. Then, once the community's introduced to it more, others will help to maintain it, hopefully. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Wow, now Category:Deletion to Quality Award candidates is populated with 577 total pages, that's wonderful !!! A bit much for me to work on by myself. If WP:BOTREQ doesn't get a response, any other ideas on how to get someone to help out with giving that out in an automated or semi-automated fashion ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You should mention the fact that a one-time run would be ok in the bot request. One-time runs can be hacked in ways that automatic, permanently running bots can't. For example, if someone can generate a list of users and articles, then the delivery of the messages could be handled through the mass message extension, and the hall of fame could be generated with a programmable text editor. If semi-automatic would be acceptable, then it could be done using a user script, in which case WT:User scripts is the usual page, but probably more people watch WP:VPT. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've noted that a one-time-run is acceptable at WP:BOTREQ, and also posted requests to WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Anything else I can do in the interim to help facilitate this ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not really - just answer people's questions if they have any and keep your fingers crossed. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Is there a way WP:AWB could be used to do it? If so, I could award them myself. I'm just not good at the coding part, what do you think ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You would need to generate a list of pages and users, and to connect them to AWB through its external scripting API. Both of those things will require some programming knowledge. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Any idea on how to get help with the programming part ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Years of study? :P Or you might get some help at WT:AWB or at VPT, I suppose. I'd wait for a response to the bot request first, though - if someone writes a bot for you then you won't need AWB at all. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 12:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hahah okay. Sounds good. Thank you very much for all of your help and advice &mdash; it's really most appreciated !!! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 13:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

So far, no one has responded to my requests at WP:BOTREQ, WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Any ideas? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:15, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd give it a bit more time. It's only been 24 hours so far, and I'd leave it for a week before starting to look for alternatives. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:20, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okey, sounds good. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:21, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Okay -- been one week and no reply at any of those places I posted -- any other ideas on how to get some help with this? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * There's no magic bullet, I'm afraid. It's the same as trying to get people to do anything - they have to want to. You could try leaving a ping at the bot request to see if anyone will comment on why they haven't responded to it yet. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 09:52, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks. Any recommendations on which experts in particular to ping? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:35, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I just meant to leave a general reminder-type message, not one directed at anyone in particular. I reckon that with your posts at BOTREQ, VPT and the user scripts page, you should have reached most of the people who would be interested in helping out with the programming. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:50, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've posted, again, at WP:BOTREQ, WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Kinda getting frustrating at this point. :( Any advice or help would be appreciated, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * , any other creative ideas on how to get technical help with this? Any other expert editors, individually, that you could suggest? Anything else I can do to try to get expert assistance ? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:26, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not really. You can find the kind of people who do this kind of thing by looking at who has been answering bot requests recently, though. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 00:46, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks very much for your help and advice, I really do appreciate it, very much. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:26, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Template:R from move
Apparently there is recent trouble with the notification system, so I've come to your talk page to ask you for help with Template talk:R from move when you get a chance to look at it. Thank you in advance! <b style="font-size:85%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Painius</b> 17:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops! I just realised that I completely forgot to reply to this... Sorry about that. Glad to see that you got the code working, though. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 11:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I wondered what had happened. No problemo, Mr. S – you should see  now!  At first, it had climbed to more than 25,000 entries (5%), then I eliminated the unnecessary entries, which trimmed it down to its present population of under 7,000 (1.4%).  There are still many entries that will fall off automatically over the next few days, and I'm already digging in and fixing the other entries.  This is the type of thing I love to do on Wikipedia, so thank you for your kind thoughts and again for your much needed help in so many areas!  <b style="font-size:85%;color:darkblue;font-family:Segoe Script">Paine</b>  18:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

apologies
hello,

It's me, the (former) IP hopping troll. I've decided that it isn't constructive at all, and will stop it completely. It was borne out of frustration, but resulted in some seriously negative stuff. You are right when you say that things might be different if they were handled in a different way. I actually probably do have a lot to contribute, and might legitimately contribute in the future, sans trolling.

Anyway - thanks for remaining civil despite my behavior.

If you could also pass on my apologies to Curly Turkey, that would be appreciated.

regards,

- former IP hopping troll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.207.61 (talk) 02:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi there. I'm glad to hear that you're leaving the trolling behind, and I'm sure Curly Turkey will be too. There is always some give and take in Wikipedia editing, as it is one big melting pot. We get people with all different opinions (although admittedly some more than others), and when opinions differ there is always going to be some friction. So I can understand your frustration, although you probably caught on to the fact that I didn't think you were expressing it constructively. I've never said that the Debito article is perfect, and there is certainly room in it for published criticism of him - even Debito himself agrees with that. If you engage constructively on the talk page and edit in accordance with Wikipedia rules, then I won't block you, and I think other editors there would be open to engaging with you. It might take some time to build up goodwill there after the sustained negativity that has befallen the article and its talk page, but it will happen if you persevere. (And I will help you with that - I was on Wikipedia's Mediation Committee before, after all.) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:06, 30 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I've unprotected Debito Arudou and Talk:Debito Arudou, so you should be able to edit there now. I'd recommend creating an account first if you don't already have one. (And starting with an apology there too would probably go a long way towards making peace with everyone.) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 03:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

no worries, but I don't think that I should be contributing there as I probably cannot do so fairly without bias. Therefore, if I do contribute in the future, I'll contribute elsewhere. I'll re-introduce myself once I create an account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.207.61 (talk) 03:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I said I would reintroduce myself when I made an account - and here I am. Yodenshi (陽電子） - i.e. "positron".

Yodenshi (talk) 07:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I like the name! If I chose my account name again now, I'd probably go for something along those lines. I have too much name recognition now to do much about it now, though. Let me know if you have any questions about editing, and I'll try and help as best I can. Also, if you are having problems with any remaining blocks, let me know, and I'll take a look. And if you like, you can take a look at joining WikiProject Japan, although I should probably warn you that Curly Turkey is a regular participant there too. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 08:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

By the way, I made my first "legit" edit today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Synchrotron - it's only minor, but still. You might be interested to know why the change of heart from being a bit of a pest to actually wanting to contribute a bit - it's basically because you didn't get sucked into it, remained civil and handled things in a positive way, which (over time) convinced me that there's different way. Yodenshi (talk) 06:34, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm glad that I managed to make a small difference. :) Looking forward to seeing more synchotron edits from you! — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 08:08, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Editnotices/Page/Template talk:Protected page text/doc


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AfC script
Hello. Any followup on this (the script that moves userpage to draftspace, tags draft with username, and notifies user)? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:38, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I started writing it last month, but then I got sidetracked. It's a 5-day weekend in Japan this week, though, so perhaps I'll find some time to work on it. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 08:18, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, my friend. No hurry, no worry. Just checking. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:21, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've finished writing the script, although it may still have bugs lurking in it. Would you like to be my guinea pig while I iron them all out? :) I've added some documentation to User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/Draftify. In your case, I imagine you will want to add the following to User:Anna Frodesiak/common.js:


 * Try it out and let me know what you think. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:22, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, I am guessing MusikAnimal will probably appreciate a ping. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:24, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes thank you!! Excited to try this out! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:28, 16 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Fantastic! I will be busy all weekend, then give it a go. Many thanks! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:57, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, gave it a try at User:Superiots with options "Notify user of page move" and "Soft-block the user and leave a block notice". The dialog out said said "moving to draftspace... done", "tagging draft..." then it broke :( I checked the JS console and it reported Uncaught ReferenceError: apiManager is not defined in ApiManager.prototype.softBlockUser, the line user: apiManager.getTargetUser. However it did in fact tag the draft, just didn't notify the user or block them. Hope that helps diagnose what went wrong. Thanks! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  22:12, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This should be fixed now. It was just me using the wrong variable name. :P — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:42, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Perfect! Just perfect! Thank you so much!! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:06, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Did you let the good folks at AfC know it's ready? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:08, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :) I've left a notification at WT:AFC. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the script, Stradivarius. I have used it once, and - I'm sorry to say - it did not go well, have a look at Draft:St Michael's Rowing Club. A minor thing is: I can see the script calls uw-draftmoved, a template I often use myself but never with the third option. Let's make it clear that leaving the Reason for the page move field blank will yield the in most cases perfectly fine standard message of uw-draftmoved "This is because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions." If I knew you better, I would boldly edit User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/Draftify, now I'm leaving it to you. Again, thanks for the script, I'm sure it will be a timesaver for all of us at AFC. Sam Sailor Talk! 16:15, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the report! The page blanking bug should hopefully be fixed now. I think the problem was that the script was trying to get the page content of the draft page after it was moved by the script but before it was registered as having being moved in the Wikipedia database slaves. I've changed the script so it just grabs the content before the page move and uses that. And after thinking some more about the reason field, I just decided to remove it altogether. The defaults should work for most situations, and I couldn't see a good way of editing uw-draftmoved to make an arbitrary reason work nicely. If anyone really misses it, though, I'll try and think of a way of putting it back in. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:24, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds great. Again thanks for writing these scripts that make it easier to deal with the daily chores. Sam Sailor Talk! 10:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

User:Wrabbjr902
I'm sorry this user is the main reason the template has to be protected. We try to talk to him, but he blanks his talk page. I believe this user is trying to vandalize the template by moving certain wrestlers. The user is nothing but trouble. -Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * He has vandalized again.-Keith Okamoto (talk) 02:33, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I have blocked him for disruption, since he edited without consensus after being told to do so by three others. As far as List of WWE personnel and the template are concerned, I want to get some input from WP:AN and get a community sanction and see what type of restrictions we should impose on them. --<font color="#cc0000">w <font color="#00cc00">L &lt;speak&middot;check&gt; 03:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for dealing with this. I don't think we need to get AN involved yet - the normal consequences for edit warring and disruptive editing should be enough. If there continue to be problems after we've tried the usual things then we can think about whether we need to have other sanctions. Actually, it wasn't vandalism - vandalism is when you intentionally try to damage Wikipedia. It looks like Wrabbjr902 was acting in good faith, although his repeated reverts without discussion certainly counted as disruptive editing. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * User has returned and continued his disruptive editing.--Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a month. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:41, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I just saw him blank his talkpage.--Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * He's allowed to do that - see WP:BLANKING. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 01:23, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry again. But Wrabbjr902 is going around his block by creating a new Username as User:BrothersinArms24. On the Template:WWE personnel, BrothersinArms24 is doing the same thing Wrabbjr902 was doing before he was blocked.--Keith Okamoto (talk) 15:47, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you file an SPI for this? It would be good to have a checkuser confirm whether the accounts are the same person, and also to check for any sleeper accounts. Best — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I did. Did I do it wrong?--Keith Okamoto (talk) 17:08, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've requested checkuser for you. As for the evidence, it would be best if you could give some diffs where Wrabbjr902 and BrothersinArms24 have made similar edits. Just a few examples will do, so that the SPI clerks know what to look for. — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:12, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Arbcom stuff
Hi Mr. Strad. How's life? I vaguely remember you creating the Arbcom election guide randomiser... would it be possible to do something similar for candidates on the candidate page? I expect it is, but I haven't played with Lua - so I thought I'd just bother you. Discussion here, if you don't mind commenting / doing the work! Also, have you considered running? Besides the fact it's a stupid thing to do... <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 11:15, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Things are pretty good, thanks. :) I've randomised the candidate list for you using Module:Random, after making just a little update for it to allow newlines as separators. Hopefully that should do the trick. I won't be running this year, I'm afraid - far too much stuff to do in real life. But I have enormous respect for those foolish enough to subject themselves to it. ;) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 16:48, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that! <b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">Worm</b>TT(<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>) 08:12, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Let's talk
hi67.140.27.137 (talk) 22:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

lets talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.27.137 (talk) 22:22, 13 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello, random IP. How can I help you? — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 23:13, 13 November 2015 (UTC)