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Blocking of a user
I have seen the blocking of user ojeniyi ramadan 2020 but the user also contradict wikipedia username policy which states real name is not advisable. Tbiw (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * If they really were a person of that name, such a name (while some might consider it inadvisable) would be perfectly acceptable. But that particular person's edits were a mixture of blunders and shameless efforts to promote himself, to such an extent that "you are clearly not here to advance our project" seemed the block to choose. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:48, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

LA publicist
I just was wondering if you had any comment about the request made by. 331dot (talk) 11:53, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

FYI
Probably not very useful, but directed at you, I think. Oh well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:01, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Thankyou
Dear Orangemike,

Is this better? --IloveAircrafts (talk) 01:16, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

I was Western Heights College before --IloveAircrafts (talk) 01:17, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out
Hello Orangemike,

I’m glad you reached out to me regarding the recent edit rollback on Feminazi, and that you’re dedicated to making Wikipedia a place that anyone can access and edit without feeling marginalized or left out. I added links to Social justice warrior and Regressive left in the See Also section because the three are closely related slurs that are often used together. If this can be taken badly, I understand; I won’t dispute the edit if that’s the case. —Marisauna 03:22, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that it stretches the boundaries of our guidelines on "See also" sections, unless there were reliable sources comparing the three terms, which I have not seen so far. "Feminazi" is kind of an old-school slur now, and the new generations don't use it in quite the same way or with the same frequency. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:03, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

User talk:Shekhawatregion
You really should not decline an unblock request for a block you made yourself, you know. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:32, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm... I've seen other admins do it, but if you feel it's best practice not to do so, I'll refrain. This one is just so damned clueless.... See the quote on my user page from our esteemed colleague DGG on the topic of PR and the English language. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:38, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, there's plenty of cluelessness there! I have occasionally seen an admin do the same, but I think it generally isn't accepted practice - checks and balances, and all that. Besides, there was no danger of anyone accepting that unblock request ;-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:27, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

WisCon 44
Thank you Orangemike for your hospitality, I wish we would continue to share our interest in science fiction through wikipedia, a world that I am passionate about.

Kind Regards from Barcelona.

Una braçada fort q:D

--Amazonia 2018 (talk) 15:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Recovery of content for personal use
Hi Orangemike

You recently deleted a Draft page of mine called Mint Group.

Please can I have access to the content that I worked on so I can at least save it for a different platform?

I'm sure you can appreciate that the content – while rejected by Wikipedia – still took hours to write and work on and could be suitable for somewhere else. Please, from one editor to another, I just need access to it so I can retrieve the most recently edited copy and the relevant links.

Is this possible?

Please note also that this draft was only formally submitted once, after which I've been spending time trying to meet Wikipedia criteria. It's not a repeat submission, I've done all I can to follow Wikipedia rules and in doing so am learning more about the notability requirements of the platform. I respect your decision and will decline from submitting again as I respect Wikipedia's boundaries. But I am somewhat screwed if I do not have the content in the first place in order to move forward. Please help in this regard.

Samantha Herbst (talk) 13:48, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You have to set up an e-mail on your user account so that I can e-mail the deleted text. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  22:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Talk

User talk:Orangemike

Thanks Orangemike. I have set up my email on the account. Will appreciate the deleted text.

Kind regards.

Samantha Herbst (talk) 14:35, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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Lynn Anderson user
Hi Mike, would you be able to help out with Lynn Anderson situation? I'm starting get nonstop messages from this user and it is making me uncomfortable. ChrisTofu11961 (talk) 18:59, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Notability of Territorial Legislatures
On here you mentioned you would raise the notability of the territorial legislators to a different noticeboard. Can you let me know when and where you raise the issue of the notability of legislators of the various territorial legislatures (e.g. American Samoa Fono)? I would like to contribute.--Mpen320 (talk) 02:16, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Notability_(people); shortcut WP:NPOL or WP:POLITICIAN. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:05, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

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JWStealey unblocked
Hi there, Orangemike! was OTRS verified by. As a result, I have unblocked them. Just a friendly heads up, no action required on your part. -- The SandDoctor Talk 13:55, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Question about Yankeejess
Why did you ban Yankeejess for undisclosed paid editing when he was clearly disruptive? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 16:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * To me, UPE is by far the bigger sin, and thus I blocked them for that. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Block of 83.86.149.245
Even though the block was for legal threats, since it's an IP, did you mean for the block of to be indefinite? —C.Fred (talk) 18:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I seldom if ever have had occasion to do a legal-threat block on an IP. Is there a customary length of time for that other than the usual "indefinite or until withdrawn"? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The issue is whether the IP is dynamic or static. If it's dynamic, then another user will be assigned the IP at some point in the relatively near future, so a short block is in order (1–3 days). If the IP is known to be static, then a longer block would make sense—but even then, it would typically be 3–6 months, or in cases like open proxies, I've seen up to 3 years. —C.Fred (talk) 18:21, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Alas, I know not how to tell. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * If it were me, I'd go for a block on the order of a week. If a user comes along and asks for an unblock in a day or two and says they're not the same person, I'd unblock. On the other hand, if the same behaviour continues after the week expires, then I'd assume it's a static address and block longer term. —C.Fred (talk) 18:33, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * At your suggestion, changed it to a week. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:56, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:25, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mark A Sanders


A tag has been placed on Mark A Sanders requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. DannyS712 (talk) 12:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Marc Rodrigues (Collabora) block
Hey Orangemike, your block message and block on don't appear to match up - the message says indef block but the actual block was 31h (and has expired). I'm guessing you meant to indef, but I haven't changed the block just in case you really did intend a temporary block. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:16, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanx; fixed. Feel free to consider his unblock request. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Block of Canadianchamberofcommerce
I see that you blocked for "Promotional username, promotional edits"  I don't see any promotional edits here. In fact the only edit I see is one to the Teahosue, where the user asked how to change the image on an article. There was nothing in that edit indicating any promotional intent or effect. It is true that the user name pretty clearly indicates an organizational account, but I think the more usual practice is to warn the user (as I did) and not block unless edits continued without a name change request. That is certainly what the instructions at UAA call for when there is a previous warning. This is in part because our normal sign-up page has no hint that such a name is improper, and immediate blocking, even if technically justified, seems rather bitey at least to me. In any case an orgname block with no promotional edits usually gets a different block template and different block settings. I urge you to reconsider this block, and future blocks in similar situations. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 00:34, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Intelinside420
Hey Mike, I'm a little curious about your block of, and how you were able to determine that they are "clearly not here to build an encyclopedia" - their one edit looks fine. No offense, but this looks like a terrible block to me. --Bongwarrior (talk) 20:46, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * We have been getting a metric shit-ton of new one-edit accounts with names ending either in "420" or "69420"; I suspect it's a game being played on one of the kiddy boards like 4chan, 8chan, etc. to annoy us stodgy old Wikipedians. Our software already flags account names ending in 420 (yes, I get the joke, I'm an old hippie myself), and if there is no sign that they are actually being useful, I have blocked a batch of 420 account names. If they are sincere, they can appeal, and I'm not going to be curmudgeonly about extending the Rope of Friendship to them. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:54, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't doubt you are acting in good faith, but it seems like there's an awful lot of guesswork here. I've been wondering about the whole 69420 thing myself, but one or the other by itself isn't an unusual thing to add to a username, and neither is it unusual for an account to only make one edit. If we are going to block every username that meets these flimsy criteria because they might be 4chan, without any additional evidence, even if they appear to be editing constructively, that will lead to an entirely unacceptable amount of collateral damage and is worse than anything 4chan can do to us.
 * Sure, the user can appeal if they feel they were wronged, but most people probably aren't going to beg to edit Wikipedia. They are more likely to just walk away. --Bongwarrior (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

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To Orangemike
To Orangemike: This is in response to your following message: "I have no problem with your re-name or with you being unblocked; but you still don't seem to understand that "giving them a kind of free ad, as I do with Greenpeace in many u-names" is exactly what we forbid people from doing, for exactly the reason that you wanted to do it. Wikipedia does not exist and will not be exploited to support your cause, however noble you perceive it to be. As it happens, I support Greenpeace's causes, but have been nauseated by the credulity of well-meaning white folks in the area of fakelore and New Age woo-woo."

I didn´t ask for your opinion about my new u-name, and find your presumption as an editor at an open source site as inappropriate and tell-tale of the mishandling of this Legends of Rainbow Warrior by you, clearly, and all the editors weighing in so far. Sadly for you, my new name also gives Gpeace a nod, and wiki´s "forbidding" only emerged because you jumped like a cat at a car backfire. Nice job, but you´re still hung up on names like no scholar, and rather undiscerning about the substantive points I´ve been making. Thus, as for "exploitation," it appears that the off-target crusade here belong to you and your supporting editors, since "fakelore" is not itself an absolute concept that conforms merely to your cliques´ apparent supposed "non-anti-but really incorruptible pro-Native" stance, oversimplified, and rather overwrought lack of any significant scholarly source back up in using the term. Anthropology, BTW, is an academic discipline. I mentioned my academic credentials, modest but genuine and hardly hotheaded, as I asserted the value of acknowledging possible or likely Native Am elements is because of my longstanding scholarly interests. I suggest you review my comments to Doug W, including about Santa Claus, because as much analysis as I touched on from the real St. Nick of history to Santa Claus of US commercialism is the level of insight I´m presenting in using scholars I found in a jiffy, Geertz and Nabokov ed/Apache prophecy to anchor the hole in your all´s conceptual blind spot squeezing "fakelore" like I´m not the revolutionary here. I moved to Brazil from NYC, "OM," and "advertise like an activist," with my tag for a group called "MST," not just Grnpc. In that and my scholarship, I would never disrespect someone like you unrestrainedly and in abject travesty, have me. At an OS, no less. Sad times, indeed. But look at my ship passing in the night supporting BLM, RLM, and ALM, because it´s all human rights reflecting religious traditions, and means that Native Ams like Black Elk matter as much as Joseph Campbell, and layers of issues require SKILLED analysis by scholarly types with integrity, not abusing and confusing lightweight authority.

BTW, I´m an independent scholar, have no stake in your folly, and will just pass it along to help remind people that some wiki excellence is not to be confused with its varying quality.GrnpcmstMark (talk) 23:15, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1. You clearly still don't get it: usernames are not places to advertise a cause, even a good one. Your new pick makes it clear that it's Mark, not a Greenpeace unit, doing the edits. That's how we like it.
 * 2. "Fakelore" is a pop term for a pop phenomenon. Even Jove nods; many folks suspect that some of the "Cherokee mythology" in our beloved Mooney is actually from Greek or Hebrew sources which by Mooney's time had contaminated the well.
 * 3. My first anthropology training was at a little place called the University of Chicago, and my first class was in Native American culture. But one of the things I was taught, was that even native informants can be unreliable, and that you need to check and re-check your sources, especially for extraordinary claims. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:33, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Please see ....
User:Smallbones/Proposed commercial editing policy

Smallbones( smalltalk ) 02:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Re:Rename of BrandSherpas
I lack tools to control him. This user requested a rename and explained his motive for that. I am not able to read the article you've linked here, but if you say that he violates our policies, it is your decision to block or unblock him. Cheers! Nadzik (talk) 15:29, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

 * Yum! Looks much tastier than the stale poppy-seed rolls and cold cuts on which I'm lunching alone.... -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:55, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

You've got mail!
I've responded to the matter you emailed me over. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 )  07:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Death threats?
I have just found that there was something to do with death threats?? I don't know if that is about me but I certainly have not put death threats in edits. All I have done is mentioned a concern that adding Salafism to the khawaraji could put innocent Muslims lives in danger because someone else reading Wikipedia could harm innocent people who could have something against Muslims. I have to put that because Wikipedia needs to be aware of other people, I am a Safeguarding officer so I am letting Wikipedia know to be careful how information could affect other people IrishDonovan (talk) 09:54, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It was not about Islam, it was about the O'Donovan family article. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:35, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

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Did you intend to do this?
--Guy Macon (talk) 05:05, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't often report death threats, so maybe I got a little flustered. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  05:14, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Not a common event for me either. The good news is that COVID will likely get me before the IP has a chance to make good on his threat. Agricolae (talk) 14:22, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Hassan Ahmad Khalil draft
Hello Orangemike, I hope you're well. You recently deleted my draft Hassan Ahmad Khalil and I would like to submit a revised version. I was told to contact you for tips and notes on how to make it approvable. I assure you i am not trying to promote the subject, but him being an economist makes it natural to highlight his economic views. Please advise, thanks.Ziad.awwad (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * As it happens, I just left some advice on your talk page. You would need to discard the crap you gave us before; nothing sourced to YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, or LiveJournal. If he is genuinely notable, we need substantial coverage of him, sourced to reliable sources like The Economist, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Der Spiegel, Haaretz, The Wall Street Journal and the like. Remember: we don't care what the subjects says about themselves; we care what impartial third-party reliable sources have to say about the subjects. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:04, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Quantum radar
What do you make of the COI claims on that one? Other than it being a content dispute?ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:19, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Outside of my field; but S-ro "I can't remember to sign my posts" doesn't seem to understand how broadly we define COI. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:21, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for that JarrahTree 12:55, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of CATalyst
Why did you speedy delete Conservation CATalyst? This is my first page and I am trying to make it fix my mistakes. I am hoping you can revert it, so I can revise this and did not waste hours making this page. Please let me know ASAP how I can fix this page for this organization, they study my favorite cat the caracal and I hope to make several more pages. ALLBN (talk) 19:13, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * "(talk page reader) It was deleted under G11 which means the page is advertising/promoting a certain company/organization. All pages on Wikipedia must be written in a Neutral point of view. CompassOwl   (talk to me!)  22:28, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Can it please be reinstated so I can fix it? I had over 30 independent sources and I took the language right from these sources. How do I petition to get it back so I can fix the page instead of just having it deleted? I spent a lot of time on this. Please assist. ALLBN (talk) 23:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * See, that's your problem right there. You took language from sources who seek to promote, praise and advance the organization and its work. Wikipedia does not exist to promote your cause, however noble you (or I) may perceive it to be. The old version was not salvageable. We need information stated in plain, undramatic prose, simply stating who they are and what they do, and sourced to impartial, reliable third-party sources rather than to advocates and fans. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:31, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Orangemike, maybe you could copy some sections from the original that are NPOV and giving something to get started again? Because it seems like they did spent a lot of effort on it. Cheers,  CompassOwl   (talk to me!)  23:44, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you CompassOwl! I greatly appreciate your guidance and assistance! Orangemike, I have revised the page in my sandbox with neutral language and 41 independent citations. If you could please revert the deletion I can publish it and you can tell me if it is acceptable or if there is anything else that needs to be changed. I believe it fits all qualifications now with minor adjustments. If you are unwilling to do so, could you please direct me to how I can petition formally for this? Although, I would prefer to work with you directly on this. Thank you for your time. ALLBN (talk) 00:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC) ALLBN (talk) 04:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Where is this new version posted? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:31, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I can not post the new version until the deletion from you is removed; it prevents it. Please lift the deletion so I may post the updated version. It was unfair to say it was "not salvageable" and rude to delete a first time writer with no attempt to help them. I agree that a had a few sentences that were not unbiased, and I was unaware you should not cite a website. After your suggestion, I went back and revised. However I wish you would have contacted me and told me this before outright deleting it. I had dozens of unbiased news sources and my page was completely salvageable. I would like to finish this one so I may try another one. I lost my job and this is a way I may contribute, please stop preventing this. ALLBN (talk) 16:54, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * You certainly can post the new version; the deletion will not prevent that in any way. I'm sorry if you didn't understand that. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:10, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

It is a modified version of my previous page you deleted... that is in my sandbox. When I go to publish, I get the error code: Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 404) because you deleted it and so a new version can not be published. If you do not revert your speedy deletion I will have to rewrite this entire thing and re-find 40+ independent references (since they can not just be copied and pasted). Why are you being so unhelpful? I am sure your pages were not perfect right from the beginning. Please either 1. revert your speedy deletion so I may try again with the page I have made OR 2. Kindly direct me to how I petition formally to revert your decision. Thank you. ALLBN (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm confused. There is nothing in your sandbox. Where is this version you're trying to publish? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

It is a modified version of my original one, I am still working in my sandbox but I can not save it or publish it because it has technically been deleted so I am just stuck.... ALLBN (talk) 18:35, 29 July 2020 (UTC) ALLBN (talk) 19:13, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

I am not sure why you are arguing with me about this instead of just helping me? Please either revert deleting or direct me to petitioning it. I feel like perhaps you have a bias about this organization. We have now spent a day going back and forth on something that would take 30 seconds. Thank you for your time and assistance. ALLBN (talk) 19:17, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * My "arguing" is because you kept asking me to do something that isn't necessary. But since you didn't seem to understand me, I just restored the old version. Please improve it as you have promised. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:27, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Orangemike, I think ALLBN meant that they worked on it somewhere else, not on wikipedia. CompassOwl   (talk to me!)  23:06, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Update, just a few minutes after Orangemike restored the page (before I could even fix anything) Deb deleted the page again and blocked me. She has admitted she was "too hasty" - this seems to be the theme with WIki people. What happened to the benefit of doubt or consideration???

CompassOwl, you are literally the only person I have encountered that has shown an ounce of kindness or has tried to help me since I started, and I appreciate it!!!! Could you please look at the page Conservation CATalyst and edit/ let me know what needs to be revised? I put the page under construction (I was not aware that was an option before). I am sure you are busy but would greatly appreciate your expertise and recommendations so I may improve. Thank you for your time and consideration. ALLBN (talk) 18:47, 30 July 2020 (UTC)ALLBN

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Niemeier
I'm open to being convinced that it's worth adding "he made a strange post to his own blog" to the Niemeier article, but it'll take a lot of convincing. Can you show me external coverage? DS (talk) 03:45, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It is frequently referenced in SF news coverage about Niemeier in File 770, blog posts about him by Hugo-nominated fan and pro writers, and the like. In the close-knit SF community, that's considered notable; how say you? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

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How is a spokesman not a reliable source?
You do know what a spokesman is right? He carries the official message from the person he/she/they is representing. George W Bushes Official Spokesman said he is staying out of the matter completely. But I guess everything the New York Times says is true huh?Guitarguy2323 (talk) 01:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Guitarguy2323, you should really look at the reliable sources article Orange Mike gave you. Also please look at a list of reliable sources for Wikipedia. New York Times is a reliable source so to some extent, yes. Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 02:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Orange Mike,
I am not. But, based on my research this is what her public name. Is there any thing wrong of using the persons public name? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joedav (talk • contribs) 02:43, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The title of an article should use the subject's common name, and if it's a common one it should use a distinguishing characteristic. The title of the deleted article was the best one for the subject. If you think a solid article could be written about this person, create a draft under a title like User:Joedav/Rebecca Brown (missionary) and then take it through the Draft article or Article for Creation process, without concealing the two prior efforts to write about her here. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  02:54, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Orange Mike,

Please note that first, before I started to write on the draft/article I have done a search in Wikipedia and couldn't find any article related to this author's name. Secondly, why would I use the title "missionary". Wouldn't be expected searchable key word could be "the persons public name". And also, I didn't find any information related to her service as a missionary. According to Wikipedia [] "A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to promote their faith or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development..".

However, this woman is only known by her teachings in "spiritual warfare".

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joedav (talk • contribs) 03:36, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Her publisher publishes her as "Rebecca Brown". According to your prior writing, "Rebecca traveled extensively around the world holding "Christian Conferences" between 1980s and 2016s. She was one of the most well-known deliverance teaching ministries in the world." Traveling from the U.S. to other places around the world doing religious education is one of the definitive things a missionary does. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:51, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Apparently, the disambiguating (missionary) came from the original article, which was a translation of the article about her in the Portuguese-language Wikipedia (since deleted). As long as it's made clear that this is the same person as Rebecca Brown (missionary) and Rebecca Brown Yoder, there's no reason you couldn't create a new draft under User:Joedav/Rebecca Brown (religious writer). -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  04:36, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Orange Mike,

Thank you for your correction and feedback. Would it be possible to edit my previous draft instead of creating new one?Joedav (talk) 03:04, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It would be unwise. The previous version leaned almost exclusively on self-published sources and other content which is not acceptable here. You need to find information about this person from reliable sources not connected to her or her writings. I'm a Protestant and never heard of her. What if anything has been said about her in reliable sources like Christianity Today, Sojourners, The Christian Century and the like? Who is this Yoder guy? A previous version said something about Jewish international bankers, a phrase with vile and scabrous history; but the name Yoder in my experience is usually Mennonite or Amish. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  11:25, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Mike. I joined the WI Wikiproject, the 13th state where I've collaborated with other WP editors. Activist (talk) 05:22, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Removal of CV-Revdel template on Christian Brothers High School
Hi Orangemike, you recently restored an earlier revision of Christian Brothers High School -- while doing so, you removed a CV-Revdel request I had placed there after an editor who appears to represent the school posted (likely copyrighted) content from the school website. Was my revdel-request unnecessary or was this just an oversight? Best, — Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 22:51, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sloppiness on my part. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:35, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Changing name of article
Hello Orangemike,

I am working on the biography of Lawrence Hurst and I would appreciate some help (I hope this is the right way to reach you. I am still new to all of this). His current page is titled "Larry Hurst" but he is most commonly referred to as Lawrence. I recently spoke with Mr. Hurst, and he does not like that his page is titled this way. I see that I have to be a more experienced user to do larger edits like that so if you would help me, I would greatly appreciate it. I can link you to articles referencing Mr. Hurst as Lawrence if it would help prove my point as accurate.

thanks, B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hurst — Preceding unsigned comment added by BWMcCoy (talk • contribs) 19:22, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * That's done through a Request for Move; follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested_moves. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  21:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Request for undeletion draft Rebecca_Brown_(Yoder),_M.D.
Hi Orangemike,

This woman has written a number of books. You've said self-published sources are not acceptable. However according to Wikipedia's rule self-published works “should be examined carefully”; it does not say “not acceptable”.

One of her books titled “Standing on the Rock” is a self published book but it is one of best seller books.https://www.amazon.com/Standing-Rock-Powers-Gods-Covenants/dp/1879854929

We need Wikipedia because it contains all kind of helpful information from all around of the globe. We just can't limit information based on our own understanding and limitation.

We have rules in Wikipedia. Today, based of Wikipedia rules I am issuing petition re-review this issue under skilled, more experienced and senor staff members. I understand your point of view but this is not all about you and me or about we like it or we don't; it's all about Wikipedia and Information as such this needs to be screened carefully unbiased.

I believe one of Wikipedia's main role is to search for valuable information and analyze it's correctness carefully; then, document it properly and make it easily acceptable for public.

Another thing, you've said “Who is this Yoder guy? A previous version said something about Jewish international bankers, a phrase with vile and scabrous history; but the name Yoder in my experience is usually Mennonite or Amish..”

As a professional person I wouldn't judge someone just looking into his/her name.

According to a book titled “Unbroken Curses” co-author of this book is “her husband”. His story is written detailed in this book. Again this book is one of best seller books.https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-Curses-Hidden-Trouble-Christians/dp/0883683725

Finally, in my last respond I say thank you for your correction about the signature (I forgot to sign!) but, about her name that's “her legal name”. I don't think anyone can have a right to decide what her name should to be in Wikipedia. Thank you. Joedav (talk) 00:57, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Self-published sources are notoriously unreliable, as we all have a very human tendency to reflect ourselves in the best light, and to filter out the less pleasant aspects of our past.
 * These books are "best-selling" only if you use a very narrow filter to define your term.
 * Actually, yes, one of the roles of a Wikipedia editor is to choose the name by which a subject is most likely to be known and sought, sometimes called the "rule of least astonishment". Since she is published as "Rebecca Brown", a version of that name is going to fit our rules better than the very odd and awkward one referenced in the subject line of this discussion. And by the way: her legal name may be "Rebecca Brown Yoder"; but nobody's legal name is "Rebecca Brown (Yoder) M.D." -- neither the parenthesis nor the M.D. is part of a legal name, as I ought to know. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:31, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Orangemike,

Rebecca Brown Yoder is her legal name. And, Daniel Yoder is her spouse. In Wikipedia we use parenthesis to disambiguate title name from other similar names. In addition, almost all of her books are published by “Rebecca Brown MD”.

According to Wikipedia, title name should be easily recognizable that someone familiar with/readers are likely to look or search for and editors would naturally use to link to the article from other articles.[] As per Wikipedia's rules guidance, we need to avoid ambiguity and choose more likely searchable name.

She could be under religious writers category. But, not (religious writer) as the article/title name.

Thank youJoedav (talk) 17:40, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, (M.D.) could be used as a disambiguator. But that still doesn't give us any of the mandatory substantial coverage from reliable sources, as I've said before. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  21:46, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Rebecca_Brown_(Yoder),_M.D.
Hi Orangemike,

I am requesting for the undeletion as I am going to edit and work on it. The deletion process came because of the picture not because of the content and I understand the mistake I have done. Please remove the picture not the draft.

Thank you.Joedav (talk) 01:53, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Late apologies!
Hello OrangeMike! I just wanted to apologies for previously having a username that was against policy. My username has been changed and the issue is now over, but I thought that it’s never too late for an apology (especially after a very difficult process you had to go through for my unblock). Happy editing!Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 06:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Enabling Macros
Hello OrangeMike,

I would like some help in editing the page for Larry Hurst. Id like to add a sidebar and table of contents but it says i need an administrator to enable macros. Can you do this?

BWMcCoy (talk) 19:57, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * That doesn't sound like a message that came from Wikipedia. Can you provide its exact text, or better yet, a screenshot? Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

HelloJackmcbarn, I got that information from a google search, not wikipedia. I apologize if i sound ignorant to the formalities and workings of Wikipedia. I am still new to editing and would appreciate any assistance.

BWMcCoy (talk)
 * It sounds like you're using instructions that are intended for something other than Wikipedia then. Anyway, here's the right way to do it: For the table of contents, you have two choices. It will display automatically if the page has at least 4 headings (right now, there's only 2: "Career" and "References"). You can either add 2 more, if you have relevant ones, or you can force it to display anyway, if you think that would be useful even with so few. You'd do the latter by adding to the page in the source editor, or going into  and changing "" to  in the visual editor. For the "sidebar" (I assume you mean infobox), you'd add that by adding infobox person to the page in the source editor (see its documentation page for all of the parameters you can give it), or going to  ->  and putting "infobox person" under "" in the visual editor. Jackmcbarn (talk) 20:12, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Jackmcbarn i got it. thank you. Can you also help me with a requested move on that page. BWMcCoy (talk) 21:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Jzio
Did you mean to unblock ? You converted an indefinite block to a 24 hour block, and the editor is now editing again, though it's just his user page so far. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:08, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Mistake. Reverted. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  11:58, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

I want to add something, but I'm not sure if I can
Mike, I've talked to you a few times on Wikipedia, and a few times at WisCon, so when I was faced with a problem, you're the person I think of to ask. I'm a faculty member in Computer Science at Beloit College. We're very proud of Clarence Ellis (computer scientist), a 1964 grad of Beloit College who went on to become the first African-American Ph.D. in Computer Science, and invented the idea of having an icon on the computer screen that you clicked to launch a program. He has his own Wikipedia page, and he's listed in "Category:Beloit College alumni", but he's not listed in the "Notable Alumni" section of the Beloit College web page. Both I, as chair of the Computer Science program, and our Public Relations folks would like to see Prof. Ellis promoted to that section, but it seems likely that if either of us do that, we would violate the policy on not editing your own page. Can you suggest how we might go about getting him added? Thanks, Darrah (talk) 02:53, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
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UAA report
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Regarding before
Who's side are you on? Figures you'd be defending them how can I be cool when they ruined everything I did apparently I'm just the bad buy I violated everything. 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 14:04, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't want to attack anybody but they forced it. 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 14:06, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Figures as far as I'm concerned you'd care less about what a small person like myself would say. I should just quit I don't in a place with small minded people like you. I like Wikipedia but I can't be on a place with unreasonable uptight rules. 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 14:31, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
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Apology
I’m sorry for what I said before if you hate me now and want to block me from editing or delete my account. You can I guess I don’t deserve to be a Wikipedia editor at all. I just thought I was making those edits because I thought they deserved to be but I guess they had every right to undo them. I don’t expect you to believe me but I just wanted to say I was sorry, that’s all. 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 21:49, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
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Undelete Gino Wickman
Hi Orangemike, You recently deleted the page Gino Wickman. I would like to work on the content of this page to make it allowable. Could you please undelete the page, and I will edit it right away so it abides by Wikipedia's standards and requirements? Thank you for your consideration. PowellAmyM (talk) 15:50, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * We can't do that; the material deleted was a blatant copyright violation, and we can't be party to a copyright violation. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:48, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your fast response. I'm don't understand, because the text written was Gino's bio. It is for common use and is on every author page across the web. How can that be a copyright violation? PowellAmyM (talk) 12:11, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Under copyright law, that text is copyrighted by the person who wrote it. Unless they explicitly waived their copyright, we cannot legally reproduce it. As a side note: if the text was written for or by Wickman, it probably would not be regarded as coming from a reliable source anyway. We don't care what Wickman has to say about himself, we care what reliable, impartial third-party sources have to say about him. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I'm under the impression that creating a new page entirely could take several months. Could I give you new text to replace what's there to have the page reinstated? PowellAmyM (talk) 13:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Answered
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A.t.b.j.p. here
You permanently blocked me. I don't know why and I don't care. I only came to tell you to delete my account because I'm not going to edit Wikipedia anymore. I don't like you. Bye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.181.40.127 (talk) 10:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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Hi OM, just wondering why you've EC protected the Great Barrington Declaration article indefinitely. In a few days, or maybe weeks at most, there will be little or no interest in it. However, it will now be protected permanently, thereby denying editing access to many bona fide editors. Of course they can always request unprotection, but most would, I suspect, simply move on. Would you consider putting a time limit on it - say three months? Thanks, Arcturus (talk) 16:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
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Question about the West Division High School Page
Hello! I was reading a comment from you about two years ago and you said not to "overrwrite" the page and that I should ceate a separate page-if I were to do this I would still need to alter the West Division High School Page to clarify that the building is being used for Milwaukee High School of the Arts, as if you were to attend now, there is no continuity between the schools, they have effectively become completely separate institutions (their is a single award given that comes from the history of West Division, but Student and Faculty/staff have little to know recollection or knowledge of West Division High School. My mother who attended MHSA in it's first year didn't even know much about West Division, and most of the Faculty/Staff had already left that first year because of the requirement for college arts credits to work there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sambrosius (talk • contribs) 03:07, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

User talk:DelosInc
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:52, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Rule 34
I can not understand your "after all these years".

Has it been a discussion already (a many years long discussion)? I'd looked in the article talk page, but I was not able to find one. --79.25.201.122 (talk) 22:03, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 * There are prior AfD discussions dating back to something like 2006, if memory serves me correctly. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:55, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Possible ArtManagementZRH second account
The account Michaelchase3 appears to either be a sockpuppet or in coordination with User:ArtManagementZRH. Also the "Magazine" repeatedly used as a source is actually a site run by a digital marketing firm. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:15, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, quick update. Actually this is a third account as an account named Khalil Berro exists and tried to publish an identical article. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Will you be frequenting Wikipedia for the next couple of days?
Sooner or later is going to either "get it" or "come close to getting it" or possibly "make it clear he's not interested in getting it." I'm really hoping for the first option. I saw you make a clerical edit to the page so I assume it's on your watchlist.

Will you be checking Wikipedia at least ever 12-16 hours or so for the next couple of days? davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  02:07, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I expect so. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  02:20, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

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RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article
I am forwarding this RfC notice to you, along with the ongoing Discussion Summary Chart because you are listed as a History Project member interested in US history. The RfC and discussion is found at Talk:American Revolutionary War. Please feel free to delete this notice if it does not fit your current interests. - TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 10:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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CoI on Jesus Culture
Hi Orangemike. I notified about the possible conflict, but I have the article on my watchlist and have taken care of any potential CoI situations. This is why I removed the page-level template. If you feel it's still needed, feel free to restore it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:46, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

ZetrOZ Systems COI Clarification
Hello Orangemike,

Thank you for helping me with my draft! I posted my clarification about the mandatory paid editing conflict of interest (COI) on Theroadislong's Talk page under the COI Clarification section.

Happy holidays!

TherealMDB (talk) 02:30, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

COI, or not
I've just noticed that you added a COI template to Draft:Timothy Persons and that this was silently and inconspicuously removed in the very next edit. You may wish to readd it and also comment in Draft talk:Timothy Persons. -- Hoary (talk) 09:40, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Deviminakshi
Hello Orangemike, this is just a courtesy heads up to let you know that I have unblocked Deviminakshi (formerly "DebMinfos Services Pvt Ltd") after renaming the account. This was done as the username was the only stated reason for the block. No action is required on your part. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. -- The SandDoctor Talk 04:00, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Nicholas Alahverdian
Orangemike, one of many sockpuppets asked you to speedy Nicholas Alahverdian, and I think your decision to do so was premature. The article has survived two AfDs since the one you cite: a keep in 2019 and a speedy keep this year (only because the request was opened by another sockpuppet of this same user). CSD G4 requires that the articles be sufficiently identical copies, which is not the case, see, and it requires that the article have been deleted in its most recent deletion discussion, which is also not the case. Please consider restoring the article and bringing it to AfD. ST47 (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree, was coming here to say the same thing. This page should be undeleted. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 06:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * There have been shenanigans around this page and it looks as though you, Orangemike, have got caught up in it with a sockpuppet persuading you to delete the page out of process. Please restore it. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 07:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I know this was an honest mistake, but I think this can only encourage the sock (to know that their now self-reverted request actually worked). Genuinely serious question: is there maybe a technical way to show admins a message when they go to delete a page saying "Do not delete this page. The request you got to delete it was a sock."? That might help to ensure this doesn't accidentally happen again, as I'm sure the sock will try again with another admin. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:34, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't remember how to do this, but I think there is a way to make certain text only visible to admins. Maybe the CSD templates can be changed to compare the page name against a [fully-protected] page containing a list of pages-titles that require extra scrutiny before deletion.  If the page is listed, have the template put up visible-only-to-admins warning message and modify the admin-use deletion-tools to honor the warning. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs) 🎄  18:55, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi guys. <-- Here is an example. gnu 57 19:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I've only just seen this, folks, and I had already restored the article before I got here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:55, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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User abusing talk page
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Please refrain from adding bias to pages
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February 2021
Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments. Such edits are disruptive, and may appear to other editors to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. The admin did not suggest I misued the template. J.Turner99 (talk) 22:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No, this admin is warning you that you misuse templates, and indeed this "warning" of yours is another misuse of a template. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  02:03, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Editors are expected to treat each other with respect and civility. On this encyclopedia project, editors assume good faith while interacting with other editors, welcome page, and it is hoped that you will assume the good faith of other editors and continue to help us improve Wikipedia! ''Hello, I do not care if you are an admin. Frankly the other admin who was on my page acted much like i'd expect one to — respectful, unbiased and professional. I will inform a bureaucrat if you continue abusing your powers. I do not think it is befitting for another admin to get invloved when one has already done so, especially when they had nothing to do with it. More importantly, when the user they are talking to has a low edit count.'' J.Turner99 (talk) 09:06, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * JTurner, your edits were bad and were promptly reverted by multiple editors, not because those were a sockmaster and sockpuppet, but because your edits were bad. It is you who are failing to assume good faith here. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  15:09, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Given that the disruptive behavior has continued (1 2 3, plus this bit of canvassing), is it possible to jump to a block without going to the trouble of an ANI filing? Thanks, JBL (talk) 17:47, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Verifiaction of accounts
Hello Orangemike, last year the Pulsion Medical Company contacted de:WP:Tel (call a wikipedian), that they would describe the technical specs of one of their products. In german Wikipedia is it possbile to verify an account, so that companys can update their articles with facts and new dates and do not hide with sockpuppets. Am I right, that there is no such process in en:wp? After blocking the company I would ask, is it possible for the company to continue their work (f. e. ) or should they stop contributing to Wikipedia? Regards, Conny (talk) 18:08, 4 February 2021 (UTC).
 * We do not permit collective accounts of any kind in en.wikipedia; each account must belong to a single human being. Now, if "Gunther at Pulsion" wants to set up an account, fully discloses his status as a paid editor, and agrees to make suggestions [with links] on the talk page of the article rather than editing it himself, then that is within our rules. Those suggestions, though, must include links to reliable, impartial third-party sources, not to self-published content such as company manuals. We don't care what Pulsion has to say for itself; we want to know what reputable third parties have to say. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

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Help Restoring Edit on previous page
Hello, I was editing the Dayton International Peace Museum page under the username Dayton Peace Museum. I did not realize at the time that that name was not accepted. I am currently helping out at the museum and thought that name would be the best. I have created a new account, but I was wondering if you could restore the page to the edits I had made under that name or if there's a way for me to recover and copy for myself what I had added?

I'm sorry for any confusion, I am new to wikipedia editing. Daytondude23 (talk) 20:20, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * With your obvious conflict of interest, you should suggest these edits on the talk page of that article, providing specific sources for the content you want to add and disclosing your COI. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

It has been years since anyone has edited that page and much of the information on the page is straight up wrong and is damaging to the organization. I can suggest the edits in the talk page, but I don't see anyone else taking the initiative to go through and change things to where they are correct. If it was possible, please keep at least the updated introduction at the top and the current exhibits, both of which were sourced in my edits. Thank you Daytondude23 (talk) 23:15, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
 * No, that's not how we do it. (And the fact that you think "current exhibits" have any place in an encyclopedia article is a fine example of why you're asked to let others do the editing.) -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:39, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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Draft: Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum
Hi Orangemike: Hope you are doing well. I was notified by one reviewer that my article was deleted by you because of reading like an advertisement. I am hoping that you can reconsider and undelete the article so i can revise it and publish it. I have revised many many times previously to make sure it is aligned with Wikipedia rules and requirements. I added many reliable resources and it is from the writers' point of view. By no means I am trying to advertise anything through my page. I am simply writing about a very important group who are active and valuable in the field of Sacred architecture. I am very interested to publish this article and to contribute to Wikipedia. I really appreciate your help in how to successfully publish this article. I have been passed around for the past 4 months by many reviewers and it is just getting so frustrating. I just need some advice and guidance. I have asked for images to be published and I have send out and released copyright to Wikipedia commons to be allowed to publish this images with my article, but i have not heard back for the last 5 months. Could you please assist with this article! Thank you for your advice in advance. --Esmaeili.nooshin (talk) 01:17, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

Arbitration
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Draft: Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum
Hi Orangemike, I am still waiting to hear back from you on the status of my article. not sure if yo had a chance to read my preivous inquiry above. I really appreciate your response. --Esmaeili.nooshin (talk) 16:47, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum (ACSF). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Esmaeili.nooshin (talk) 01:17, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Request
Can you block me temporarily, I don’t feel like editing anymore (at least at the moment, I have admitted to being a LoganTheWatermelon sock.)--24.211.69.28 (talk) 00:47, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Jacked-up template invocation of expert in your protected talk page archive
I'm working on clearing the backlog in Category:Articles_needing_unspecified_expert_attention by categorizing the template invocations with subject parameters. Sometimes these will come up in talk page archives, or user talk pages, when someone mentions the template and doesn't use tl to enclose it. These can usually be fixed by wrapping with  or tl, but one of your user talk page archives User talk:Orangemike/Archive 7 is fully-protected and I can't edit it. Could you either unprotect it or remove the template? Cheers, jp×g 01:52, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Precisely where does the edit need to take place? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  02:59, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's in User talk:Orangemike/Archive 7. jp×g 03:11, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I think I took care of it. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It isn't showing up in the category anymore, so I think it's good now. Thanks! jp×g 03:58, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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Leclerc
Hi OrangeMike, with respect, I don’t think the name Leclerc2020 is block-worthy. There are heaps of people named Leclerc. The fact that he is claiming to be M. Bernard Leclerc is a separate issue, his account might be called anything and he could still make that claim. It's not like the account is named "AmbassadeurLeclercOfficial" or something like that. Also seeking input from @Liz who has left some messages on his talk page. Pelagic ( messages ) – (15:28 Sun 21, AEDT) 04:28, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Artmotion LLC
Hi OrangeMike, I was paid just to create a page on Wikipedia for a company but I think the text that they sent me is against the rules here and for that you deleted the page, First I am sorry about this but please please check the new text that they sent me again, down below if it is ok, can you enable the draft page to be replaced with the new text?

" Artmotion L.L.C is an internet service provider and telecommunication company in Kosovo.

It was founded in 2003 and since 2008 has started providing and using the Internet in Kosovo, the course from 2011 also offers cable television services.

Artmotion has network in Kosovo offering  internet services through fiber optic, coaxial network and microwave network throughout the territory of Kosovo. It is a licensed operator for international KOS-IX nodes, RAEPC and IMC to provide Internet, Cable and IPTV services.

Artmotion has 14 channels of their own that broadcast movies, documentaries, animated series, music, TV shows, reality shows, cooking shows and sport, cooperating with companies such as NBCuniversal, Sony, Paramout, ViaCom, Warner Bros. etc. Artmotion offers cable TV with over 200 channels, OTT and Internet.

HISTORY

It was founded in 2003 based in Prishtina. It started as a small company oriented towards business clients by providing dedicated internet services. In 2011 deployed it's own FTTH network in Prishtina and started IPTV services also for residential customers besides those to business clients.

In 2017 Artmotion expanded its HFC network using most recent technology of time, throughout all major cities of Kosovo. In the same time a TIER3 Data Center was built in order to increase capacity and stability of services. In the same year Artmotion started it's own TV Platform consisting of 14 channels under the brand name ART. In 2018 Artmotion launched its OTT service with features like VoD and CatchupTV which is user friendly OTT. "

Please let me know what to do next.

Thanks.

Labinot Gashi (talk) 16:02, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

RevDel request
Hello, sorry to bother you. Can you please remove this edit? Thank you. -- Ashley yoursmile!  20:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

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World Harvest Bible College
I don't disagree since there's no there there, but curious why the COI tag now when the worst of the content is gone. I'd merge it to Lester Sumrall but I imagine it would be reverted on the grounds that colleges are notable. StarM 18:27, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I figure that the history is there, it should be watched for. If you think that's not productive, go ahead and remove the tag; I trust your judgement. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Makes sense, didn't think about the history element. I was actually trying to source the copy in hope it was a copyvio, but it's paraphrased enough to be clear. Thanks for your thoughts.      StarM 18:46, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Jim C. Hines Page
Good evening! It looks like there's a potential for further vandalism on the Jim C. Hines page as there is a thread on a rather vitriolic webforum calling for further vandalism, including one user who is clearly the one you just temp-banned. I can share the link if you're interested, but it is absolutely awful. Not sure how you'd want to move forward with this. Pirmas697 (talk) 21:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your help! Greatly appreciated! Pirmas697 (talk) 00:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Now that the only user that performed those edits is indef. blocked, I think the page protection could be lowered. Brainfrogk4mon (talk) 14:16, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Feedback request: History and geography request for comment
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Edits on "It Can't Happen Here"
You wrote: "'Your comment ignores what the content you removed says. I know that after Trump's election, the bookstore where I work part-time started selling a lot more copies of It Can't Happen Here than we had ever sold before.'"

This is purely anecdotal if we're being frank. Another bookshop might have seen a similar rise in such sales during another president's tenure and other pundits held similar views on previous presidents during their time as well, with each promising a return to some sort of time of glory for the nation. This speculation does not apply specifically to only one politician and therefore is not constructive to include entries aimed at only one specific politician as a recording of historical fact. One of the sources cited (Salon) made the very same claims about George W. Bush. Right leaning sources made similar claims about Barack Obama and some continue to make similar accusations against the Biden Administration. The very fact that George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump are no longer in charge is enough historical momentum to demonstrate that the impetus behind the book does not quite apply as such pundits have claimed. This amounts to such particular sources, be they right or left in nature, as providing passing opinion instead of historical value. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gap-2112 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hey,

Thank you got blocking that user. I assume he will be back in one form or another in a few months time, just like he did last time. I was wondering, is there a chance to change my wiki name or to make my profile less visible? Suden13 (talk) 08:54, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Instructions and advice here: Changing username. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  22:00, 30 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Do you think that the user in question, when and if he finds a way to create a new profile, would be able to find me? Suden13 (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * We're all exposed to some extent. I can offer no advice that doesn't sound callous and weary. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:06, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thank you for blocking that user. Suden13 (talk) 18:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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Asimov birthplace
We are all well aware that Asimov opined on this. There is a clear consensus on the talk page that it would be best to state that Asimov was born in Russia. Please review that discussion.sbelknap (talk) 11:54, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I did review it. I saw no consensus developing that would override Asimov's own clear statement. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:48, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

UAA
Hi Orangemike! I just saw this edit on my watchlist. In future, feel free to just bug/poke me if CAT:UAA gets too full with blocked users. TheSandBot maintains the category and clears out blocked entries. Most other tracking categories like that one (and where unblocked should be removed) are also runnable by just poking me. I've finished clearing it out of blocked entries for the time being. -- The SandDoctor Talk 01:12, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Berea, Iowa
Hey Mike,

Thanks for your work expanding Berea. I found some additional info and added it to the article. There are a number of public domain maps which show Berea, one of which I added to the article. Thanks again for your efforts improving the article! Firsfron of Ronchester 05:37, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Mere appearance on a map does not constitute evidence of notability, especially because of the phenomenon of paper towns. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:10, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yep. A simple map appearance would not justify an article, for sure. Firsfron of Ronchester  15:30, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

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Block appeal by JeffreyLinnert2400
I'm reviewing a block appeal by, who you (quite correctly) blocked for promotional activity and COI. The editor has agreed to refrain from editing on the COI subject altogether, and has pointed to other areas where they may be able to make productive contributions. I'm generally willing to give a second chance under these circumstances (with the indef to be immediately reinstated if they touch the COI stuff again), but would like to get your thoughts first. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:38, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm willing to AGF. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  21:18, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Um...
...what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by - wolf 19:51, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * When was the first time? - wolf  20:21, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The instance about which I dropped you the note the first time: your advice (really pretty helpful and well-worded, by the way) to Capitol013. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:34, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Still not sure which edit you're referring to. Can you post a link? - wolf  20:39, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Edits like this one, where you manually type a version of your name, but don't use the tildes, so there's no link to you. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:50, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Not sure why you assumed I "manually added a version of my name", or stranger yet, why you claim there is no link to me (my user page) when clearly there is. I did actually sign that post by adding four tildes. That edit is no different than any talk page comment I post, including the ones on this very page, (except the first one, where it seems I didn't add a signature... possibly on pupose, but if I'm gonna get templated, might as well earn it ;-) - wolf  01:00, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I believe the confusion comes with the fact that you force the link to be black so it doesn’t look like a clickable link. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 01:11, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see! The way wolfchild has it formatted, it does 'NOT in fact look like a clickable link. That's confusing, but not a besetting sin. My apologies for the confusion, wolf, and my thanks to Mcmatter for figuring it all out. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:37, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Apology accepted. I change my signature every few years and I've had this version for about 3 years or so now, so I'll probably be changing it again soon. Have a nice day - wolf  01:51, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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KHVIIIArchivist
Please immediately unblock User:KHVIIIArchivist and restore their user page, which you deleted.

Their user name is not against policy, and theirs is not a shared account; and the user page is not misusing Wikipedia as a web host as you allege. You appear to have disregarded the points made in prior discussion on the user's talk page by User:Andrew Davidson and I; and contrary to your assertion the user is not required to include a personal name in their account name. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:40, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Andy, my concern is that "archivist" is a role, which makes this a role account. My understanding of our prohibition of role accounts is that a new archivist could use this account, and we lose the chain of custody (metaphorically speaking) as to which human being owns this account. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I read what you wrote there, before I commented here. You're wrong; the issue was already discussed; and there is no policy that supports your stance; much less the unwelcoming manner in which you acted upon it, or deleted the user page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:50, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I's like to see a cite on that, Andy. But we both agree that you are in good faith here, and we don't want to bite the editor. I'm typing this from a hospital bed between tests, and don't want to get into a war on it. Go ahead and unblock and restore if you're really convinced that's the way to go. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:59, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to hear you're in hospital, but how do you propose that I unblock when I'm not an admin? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:20, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

[restored from archives]

I noticed today that you are again posting regularly, and have been since 30 May, and throughout June to date, but that you did not respond to the above before it was automatically archived on 17 June; and that User:KHVIIIArchivist is still blocked.

Please as a matter of priority unblock KHVIIIArchivist, and restore their user page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm corresponding with the archivist; thanks for reminding me. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  14:20, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The request was to unblock, and to undelete the user page, per your post on this page on 28 May, in whcih you said "Go ahead and unblock and restore". I am unclear as to why you have naot yet done this. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:04, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Lift semi-protection from Graceland University
Graceland University has been semi-protected for nearly a decade. We can probably try unprotecting it. ElKevbo (talk) 01:17, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:58, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

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Copyright problem on Henry Clay Payne
Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/henry-clay-payne/, which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, some content had to be removed. Please let me know if you have any questions. — Diannaa (talk) 14:32, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I've never edited that article. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:31, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I assume you actually meant Henry Clay Payne. I see what you mean, and have re-worked the article in ways that address, I believe, your concern. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:54, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot to paste in the correct article title. I have done a little more copyright clean-up, ready for you to check. Thank you,— Diannaa (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Shamelesslipsticklesbianxoxo
Hi Orangemike! It's great to talk to you again, and I hope you're doing well! :-) I saw that you hard-blocked Shamelesslipsticklesbianxoxo due to the username being a blatant violation of Wikipedia's username policy, but I don't believe this username to be a violation. Why is this username an unambiguous and blatant violation of Wikipedia's username policy, and why did this user deserve a hard block? Is there something I'm missing? Thanks -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   01:12, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The user made an excellent case for unblocking, and I have already done so. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  08:25, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I'm happy to see that the user has been unblocked and that the matter has been resolved between the two of you. I'm just concerned with this block that you applied in the first place. Not only did you block this account for having a username that was a violation of Wikipedia's username policy (which the username was clearly not one), you hard-blocked the user account, which is usually done when the username is an egregious UPOL violation and to the point where it can be assumed that the account's only purpose is to edit and behave completely in bad-faith (very offensive usernames, etc). I'm not trying to nag at you, point fingers, or tell you what you (should) already know. I think we know each other well enough; you know that I'm not the kind of person that likes doing that. ;-) All I'll ask is that you take this as a small mistake, and that you take the opportunity to put it on your radar for future situations. Maybe give Wikipedia's username policy a quick refresher, or refresh yourself on how we handle username policy violations depending on their nature. I just don't want to see someone like you get themselves into any hot water by the community over mistakes like this. :-) Thanks again for the response and for following up with the user and unblocking them. Cheers!  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   23:42, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Courtesy Copy of “Notice of Informal Motion Concerning Insertion of Self-Published Gambling References”
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Arturo Fuente
To be fair to this chap, they created the account to revert a bunch of vandalism in the article that went undetected for days (and which you inadvertently restored). The username block is legit, but I'm fairly sympathetic to their cause.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 20:44, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Really, Mike? Did you indef them for this singular eidt? Sam Sailor 21:07, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * "Their reputation for unsurpassed quality, with both flavor and construction, has amassed a loyal following among cigar connoisseurs." That's pure promotion. But Ponyo's right about my sloppy reversion; my bad.-- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:04, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Sharon English School
Hi Mike. Who tagged Sharon English School for A7, and why would you it as such? Please undelete it including the talk page that. Sam Sailor 23:48, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There were no actual references outside of the subject's own website, and no assertion whatsoever of notability. The "article" basically said, "Yay, us; we exist." -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:53, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That is not an answer to my question. Do you refuse to undelete? Sam Sailor 00:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Was that meant to be a request for undeletion? I could undelete to a draft, if you promise to work on it and make it suitable for use as an article. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  00:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * No, it was not a request for undeletion, as A7 undeletions do not fall under RFU. Did you forget that?It seems a little odd given the situation that you start an attempt at negotiation. Which guideline are you following?If it was me I'd reevaluate the situation, recognize my mistake, and undelete.The alternative is deletion review, but it need not be necessary. Sam Sailor 18:16, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Restored (with talk page), moved to Draft:Sharon English School. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:56, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Why? Again, which guideline are you following now? Please also respond to my other questions. Sam Sailor 20:03, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * General notability guidelines, mostly. What we have right now is completely unsourced, completely lacking in any assertion of notability, far less evidence of same. That's not even a stub, so it belongs as a draft. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:51, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

I object to the draftification and request you move it back to mainspace.When re-evaluating, what mistake became apparent? Sam Sailor 21:02, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Put down the stick, that equine has joined the herd celestial! Why don't you try turning that draft into an actual article? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:08, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

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Albert Bryan (politician)
Hello Orange Mike, I would like to request the article Albert Bryan be renamed to Albert Bryan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IslandVibez (talk • contribs)
 * We can't do that; there are three other Wikipedia articles about men named or called Albert Bryan. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:54, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

angel numbers
Hi, sorry to bother you. Saw your commentary about angel numbers and it looks like this IP has been adding several unsourced statements in different numbers and adding links to their site on ES, IT, and FR. Not sure how to go about it and I didn't want to get involved into edit warring with this IP, so when you have some time, would you mind taking a look? --Lovelife11111 (talk) 12:23, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I don't speak any of those languages, and cannot help you there. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:30, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick response. I'm not very good with those languages either, but a quick check of this IP's editing patterns lead to adding links to the same site, so I thought that was unusual. Thanks for your time. --Lovelife11111 (talk) 12:35, 28 July 2021 (UTC)