User talk:Renamed user 7z42t3k8qj/Archive 6

Deletion of user talk page
Deletion of talk page User talk:Ashlin K J. I'm involved in an edit war with @ & friends regarding unsourced content additions to Lead generation but I am noting you kindly deleted their talk page so I'm not too inclined to create a new one. Can you please create a new one with helpful links about unsourced content. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay .. I've re-created the page as 3 newbie editors are insisting on adding unsourced content and its me who would get blocked for edit warring. Please ignore this. ✅ thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 05:09, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, the talk page was created by a LTA and it was deleted while mass deleting all pages that they had created. Glad you took care of it. Ashley  yoursmile!  06:00, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

congrats on RfA
I’m know I’m sort of late, but congratulations on a successful request for adminship. Justiyaya (talk) 08:51, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the message, . :) Ashley  yoursmile!  09:34, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Congrats!
I was late to notice but many congratulations on the successful RfA! It is a very cool feat and you're a perfect fit for the role :)--NØ 08:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your kind words, . :) Ashley  yoursmile!  08:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

TPA
Hi Ashleyyoursmile. You blocked for WP:NOTHERE, but they're continuing to post self-promotional stuff on their talk page. Revoking talk page access might be in order... thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:58, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the message. ✅ Ashley  yoursmile!  15:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

RfPP
Hi Ashley, congrats on your successful RfA! I'm glad to see you editing at RfPP, and I thought I'd share this essay that shared with me a while back which I found useful: User:MelanieN/Page protection. I think it does a much better job than the admin guide of helping clarify edge cases which is why I like it, but don't get me wrong, you're doing a good job! Thanks for your help, and let me know if I can help you with anything. — Wug·a·po·des​ 20:08, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , thank you very much for taking time to leave me this message. It's an excellent essay and I'll definitely refer to it before applying protection to any pages in future. Ashley  yoursmile!  05:32, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Akala bio.
I simply added information from the BBC Radio4 website. No idea how you cite this. But it simply reports that he is currently broadcasting on Radio 4. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.42.253.72 (talk) 18:56, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Responded on your talk page. Ashley  yoursmile!  06:49, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Henry Clay
Hey. Check out the IP that recently vandalized Henry Clay. Based on behavioral evidence, it looks like the vandalism may be coming from a school. I would tag it, but I do not know how to determine exactly which school it came from. Scorpions13256 (talk) 14:54, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the message. I'm not sure if it's a school behaviour. They have so far made only two edits this month and their last block was back in February 2020 for 72 hours. I wouldn't block them now, I'm going to monitor their edits. Ashley  yoursmile!  15:00, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll try asking Materialscientist. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:01, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , sure. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  15:02, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

MY PARAGRAPH RE: FRANK HOPKINS
Hello:

My addition to the article on Frank Hopkins, the Wild West Cowboy who wrote an autobiography about his life, the contents of which have been mostly debunked, drew a response from you saying that it had been archived because it has no citation.

It doesn't need a citation. I wrote that paragraph. I didn't get it from anybody. What I say in the paragraph is that, seen from a creative writer's point of view, the truth of what Hopkins wrote doesn't matter, even if he presented it as factual autobiography. In fact, that adds to its interest. Everyone now more or less agrees that Hopkins lied about a lot, maybe not everything, but certainly about major events such as the 3,000-mile horse race and that his mother was Lakota. So what? Did Buffalo Bill lie in the many Dime Novel stories about his life, or interviews he gave? Of course he did. It was good copy then and it's good copy now. And telling whoppers was a Wild West genre. An American genre, one might say. Such as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" or the Paul Bunyon tales. Or Clifford Irving's "biography" of Howard Hughes. Or all those innumerable, wonderful, anonymous Native storytellers who told their kids around the campfire that Coyote was, indeed ,real. And thus bequeathed to us one of the greatest Tricksters in all world history storytelling and literature. Did every one of those people then who heard the stories believe without question that Coyote had created the world and that he had also made love to a human woman, etc.,? Does every single believer have to believe that Moses parted the Red Sea or that Jesus Christ without question turned water into wine at Cana? All stories to be believed require faith, the faith that there is some truth in them. Does it have to be literal belief? is symbolic acceptable?

From a postmodern perspective, Hopkins could be seen in a couple of ways. He is a type of the American con man that Melville portrays in The Confidence Man, a type that finds a public face in the recent president. Is Hopkins part of that line? All right, say he is. Still he was a writer, and though all writers of fictions may be cons they have never really materially hurt anybody. Has Hopkins? That's one point.

Hopkins's "autobiography" can be understood as a postmodern genre of which he is a forerunner, the fictional autobiography, a highly interesting fused genre. In the end, after all, he only penned a compelling novel and claimed much of the narrative as fact which wasn't. So, assuming no one has been substantially hurt, Point Two: Is Hopkins's aesthetic achievement interesting enough to survive no matter what it's literal truth? Considering that a film has been made from it and the film was a success on its own terms, I think one would have to at least acknowledge some worth in the material.

Thing is, sure, Hopkins told a whopper. Some believed it. Some didn't. But whether he did or didn't tell the truth, Hopkins deserves credit for being a storyteller who had a feel for the Wild West--fact and fiction--and left behind an interesting document, which can be viewed not just as a disreputable con job but as a forerunner to more conscious works of fictional autobiography. As long as we go in knowing that he made up most of it, and we even appreciate that aspect of the work, and we also see it from a sociological and historical perspective, we can enjoy this great whopper Hopkins gave us. It's the life he probably wanted to live. And did, in a way. How many white kids used to wish they were part First Nation (Indian)? So long as this wish respects First Nations people and in no way insults their dignity, can there be harm? Hopkins did live the life he wanted. Imaginatively. As many do.

Neil Flowers, MA in Theatre (UNM), MFA in Screenwriting (USC)2600:1700:EC91:C370:A1C4:4124:62F4:F87E (talk) 21:49, 2 June 2021 (UTC) Writer, Text Editor, Script Doctor, Storyteller, Actor. Former University/College Instructor of English and Critical Thinking Author's books available at amazon.com
 * Hello, Neil Flowers. What you just wrote and your article edit is your original research, and Wikipedia has a very firm policy called No original research. This policy is non-negotiable. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  23:20, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Neil Flowers, as Cullen328 explained, you need to provide citation to a reliable, published source to support the content that you want to add. Because we have a policy called Verifiability, sources should support the material as presented in the article instead of the beliefs or experiences of editors. Thank you, -- Ashley yoursmile!  04:12, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations Ashley
I see you had a successful RFA. I am happy to see an antivandal become an administrator. Good luck! Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:22, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, . I appreciate your kind words. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  05:14, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Good to know. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 14:01, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Belated Congratulations
I am sorry I missed your RFA. I was offline much of May. I am glad you passed and I thank you for your block of a vandal that I reported a few hours ago. As you probably know, the number of administrators paying attention to vandalism has declined some in the past year or two, especially at certain times of day and certain days of the week. I look forward to your work on this as well as your great content contributions. Best wishes. Donner60 (talk) 06:52, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the kind words, . I really appreciate it. I'll try my best to serve the community with the tools. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  07:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Belated Congratulations

 * Sorry, i missed your RFA, how nice, you are a great fit for admin role. Big congratulations. --Assyrtiko (talk) 07:02, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for leaving me this message, . Ashley  yoursmile!  14:20, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hi there, Ashleyyoursmile, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to see you have started writing biographies of women. I hope there will be many more. If you have not already done so, you might find it useful to look through our Primer for creating women's biographies. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 14:52, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . :) Ashley  yoursmile!  17:00, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I second the welcome to WIR, Ashley. Also a belated congratulations on a successful RfA and "receiving the mop" as it were. If you don't mind, I may just continue "stalking" your talk page even though you don't necessarily need anyone to watch for those pesky vandals anymore. :) -- A Rose Wolf  18:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you very much for welcoming me and for keeping eye on my talk. The more eyes the better. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  07:55, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

"Lights Up" FAC
Hello again! I will do a review for the "Lights Up" FAC sometime in the future. I am currently reviewing another FAC and will be helping with a peer review after so I will be getting to both of those items first. My FAC review is very close to being completed. I just wanted to let you know that I did see your FAC and I wanted to make sure you knew that I was not ignoring. Best of luck with it. You have put a lot of work into the article, and I always love seeing song articles get some love and being nominated for a FAC. Aoba47 (talk) 23:36, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I remember telling me earlier this year that you are extremely kind and helpful. I guess I know now what HĐ meant. You have helped me a lot during the peer review and I really appreciate your willingness to review it again. Thank you very much,  . :) I look forward to your comments.  Ashley  yoursmile!  06:09, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the kind words! Aoba47 (talk) 16:59, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to update you that I will do a review for the FAC once the oppose comments are handled as I do not want to interfere with that. Aoba47 (talk) 04:36, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi there!
Just to say hi :3

Also I'm friend-ly person :) Kittiy0403 (talk) 07:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, nice to meet you. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  09:33, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Ashley. I had just reverted the marketingspeak had wrapped bits of Monogram Foods in (IMO) and went to block them, to find your softblock. I'm not sure that's enough. Please check the edits and see what you think. Anyway, not the biggest deal, and it's night in this neck of the woods — I'm just going to bed. Bishonen &#124; tålk 20:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC).
 * Hi, my apologies for placing the soft-block. I have hard-blocked them. Again, apologies for any inconvenience. Ashley  yoursmile!  20:47, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Ha, no, don't apologize, Ashley. We got different impressions and stumbled over each other's feet, that's all. It can easily happen, once a username is listed at UAA. G'night. Bishonen &#124; tålk 21:08, 7 June 2021 (UTC).
 * Hey, Ashley, could you check the source after this edit, please? The edit was made by a new user,, probably the same person as , since the account was created after the softblock but before the hardblock. I was going to speak to the user, with a template, as well as telling her gently that she shouldn't change the information without a source for the change. This on the assumption that the given source only sources the original info. But that's not certain, and my problem is I can't access the source, Denison Bulletin Review, because of the ever-loving GDPR — I'm in the EU. I get a 451, "Unavailable due to legal reasons". So could you just look at the source and let me know, please? Then, of course, you're welcome to deal with it, or I can do it — whichever you prefer. And hey, I haven't congratulated you on your adminship, have I? Have an Adminship! Bishonen &#124; tålk 09:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC).
 * Hi, the source mentions: "Between 2010 and 2019, Monogram has donated over $3 million to charities focused on children and their families" and that they "will award $50,000 in 2020 to charitable organizations that sponsor programs benefiting children and their families." The source does not mention the figure "$4.5 million" so I have reverted their edit. Given the identical edit summaries "grammatical and stylistic changes" of both accounts, is likely a sock of . You can go ahead and block them.
 * And, thank you very much for the congratulations, I really appreciate it. The painting is beautiful and I hope to do my best with the tools. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  09:32, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Ashley. A relative of mine painted the ship and uploaded it to Commons because I asked her to. Long time ago now! Well, I don't want to block Sally Vaughan, she's not a "sock" in that sense. (Certainly not as much of a sock as User:Bishzilla, .) She followed the instructions she originally got, and, going by the chronology, probably never saw the other instructions in the hardblock notice. I'll just tell her about WP:PAID and so on. Bishonen &#124; tålk 11:08, 8 June 2021 (UTC).
 * , that's great. Thank you. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  12:14, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , that's great. Thank you. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  12:14, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Congratulations for successful RfA
Congratulations for your successful RfA, even though it is kind of late and I did not participate because I was not watching the page. Thank you for your continued helpful contribs! User3749 (talk) 16:21, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you very much for your kind words. Ashley  yoursmile!  16:22, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

American Hebrew Academy Edits
Good afternoon. I am the Educational Advisor for the American Hebrew Academy and made edits to update the wikipedia page, but they were rejected. Please let me know how to make edits. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.237.199.39 (talk) 16:33, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, it appears that you removed sourced content from the page without explaining why in the edit summary- see Special:Diff/1027555623 and Special:Diff/1027555804. Also, you have a conflict of interest with the article since you have a close affiliation with the academy. Hence, you are strongly discouraged to edit the article directly; however you are welcome to propose the required changes on the article's talk page instead. Thank you. Ashley  yoursmile!  16:44, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Descartesunderwriting
Hello. I am going through CAT:UNBLOCK and saw this user. It looks like a good block.

This user has picked a new username. I also see a decent amount of quality edits from them in their contribution history. I want to check your opinion on unblocking them after getting their assurances that they will:


 * 1) Change their username
 * 2) Not promote anything on Wikipedia
 * 3) Stay away from the subject of Descartes Underwriting

I will not take any action until I hear your opinion on the matter. Keep up the good work. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 07:57, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for reaching out to me. If you are satisfied with their explanation that they have read and understood the policies, and that they do not intend to make promotional edits here, I'm okay with the unblock. Hope you have a great day. Ashley  yoursmile!  08:03, 9 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay I will wait until I get their assurances before proceeding. Thank you. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 08:05, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for View (Shinee song)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:45, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Running Man (South Korean TV series) page protection request
Hi ashley, would like to ask if you are free to response to WP:RPP. User is very disruptive despite warning them only once (level 1), then user go create sock account and started doing the same again and I warned them in the sock account and the process repeat. I have opened investigations against the user, however would like to request temporary protection to prevent user creating havoc. Please also help to revert the revision made by the sock to the last revision by me. Thanks you  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  10:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, Pictogram voting support.svg Semi-protected&#32;for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.. Looks like the same user is trying to disrupt the page with multiple accounts, but might as well be WP:MEAT. And, thank you for the revert on my talk page. Hope you have a great day. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  10:23, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks you for the help. Welcome and have a great day to you too.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  10:25, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Ingrid Wallberg
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Imperial Triple Crown
Congrats on the Triple Crown(s)! Nice to see the rare featured topic as one of the pieces of content. You might be interested in a userbox I made, :

— Bilorv ( talk ) 12:51, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you very much. :) Much appreciated. Ashley  yoursmile!  13:04, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Merchandise Giveaway Nomination – Successful


Hey Ashleyyoursmile,

You have been successfully nominated to receive a free t-shirt from the Wikimedia Foundation through our Merchandise Giveaway program. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work! Please email us at merchandise@undefinedwikimedia.org and we will send you full details on how to accept your free shirt. Thanks!

On behalf of the Merchandise Giveaway program,

-- Vermont (talk) 06:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Annie Åkerhielm
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Women in Europe contest now with centenarians
Hi there, Ashleyyoursmile, and thanks for participating in the contest. You might be interested in covering one or more of the centenarians in 's detailed redlist. We have decided to target them for the remainder of the contest as all but one are from Europe. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:12, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for the notification. I will take a look. Ashley  yoursmile!  12:17, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Margit Abenius
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Help needed
Hi Ashley, could you take a look at IP user (223.17.145.27). IP keep adding WP:CSECTION to Aespa despite me informing IP not to do so. In addition, not sure if this is violation, IP user talk page also uses Template:Retired which as per the documentation stated that "Please do not use this template simply to hide from discussions", I believe IP are not allowed to be using the template. IP also past history of problemtic edits as seen in their talk page history.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  13:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, Paper9oll. Ashley doesn't seem to be editing at the moment. I have given the IP a final warning. They didn't receive your 3RR warning until they had already violated the 3RR, which is the reason I didn't block them. But I will if they revert the article again. Bishonen &#124; tålk 16:28, 20 June 2021 (UTC).
 * Hi Bishonen, thanks you for the help.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  00:39, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . June has been a busy month. 😅 Ashley  yoursmile!  06:09, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Sunshine
Happy first day of summer, Ashleyyoursmile!! Interstellarity (talk) 19:58, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for spreading sunshine, . 😄 Ashley  yoursmile!  06:13, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Stina Quint
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

MediaWiki talk:Bad image list
Thanks for your contribution there. FYI any administrator is allowed to make reasonable modifications to the list. I am sorry that I missed your RfA, I would have supported it. I myself became an admin after barely a year so I don't consider being new to be a fault. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 07:56, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, my apologies. I have so far only made requests on the talk page and ended up doing the same today. Thank you for letting me know and for adding the image to the list. Hope you have a great day. Ashley  yoursmile!  08:13, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * No apology needed. You are never required to use your magical admin powers. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 08:14, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Hii pls unblock my ip address.
Pls unblock my IP address. DrxAmiya (talk) 16:30, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Help
Hi, Ashley I hope you knew myself, Dhaneesh 🙃 Ram. I have a better experience in wiki editing with my past account தனீஷ், but with my new account I can't create any new main Articles, even I can't move the draft to main Article. So can you help me, by giving me rights to main article creation or to move the draft to main Article. Or can you support to access my old account just for page moving.

Rather than this, please move my recent draft Draft:Tiruchirappalli Local Planning Authority to main Article. Thank you. Dhaneesh🙃Ram 09:09, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , you had agreed to not use both accounts simultaneously, but it appears that you have been actively editing with both. This has to stop immediately or it would get you blocked. And no, I'm not going to grant any permissions to your new account. Wait for two more days and your new account would be autoconfirmed. Ashley  yoursmile!  13:05, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much Ashley. Dhaneesh 🙃Ram 04:57, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

188.162.254.164
same targets as recently blocked IP. --DB1729 (talk) 06:52, 28 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Blocked. Thanks, .-- Ashley yoursmile!  06:55, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

IP thanks
Thank you for helping dealing with the uncivil IP. Even with a block, they seem to to still be name-calling via edit descriptions on their own talk page here. Is there any way we can deal with this? Andrzejbanas (talk) 06:54, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks for letting me know. I'll revoke their talk page access if they make further attacks. Ashley  yoursmile!  06:58, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Pendleton College
Hi Ashley,

I just noticed your message in regards to the recent changes on Pendleton College's wikipedia page. I am from the College's marketing team and wish to update the information on that page to the correct details as seen on www.salfordcc.ac.uk/pendleton-sixth-form-college. Please contact me further if you have anymore questions.

Best wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:1C03:8501:9018:CE9F:AD11:2B63 (talk) 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Pendleton College
FYI - I have logged in now. So please direct messages to this account.

Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesswatts0 (talk • contribs) 08:14, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, I've replied on your talk page. Ashley  yoursmile!  08:27, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of a article
Hi there.

I created an article for somebody, and the person in question has contacted me asking me to delete the article. Is this something you can do?

The article is not overly critical of them or anything, they just want it taken down for privacy reasons.

If this is something you can do, please write me back and I can give you the article name.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshFight (talk • contribs) 08:43, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

FT link on userpage
Hi Ashley! Although it doesn't matter but still I thought to let you know. The Featured topic icon on left side of your userpage points to wrong(non-existent) page. I couldn't figure out how to correct it or else I would have told you. -- Parnaval (talk) 10:40, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thank you, . Ashley  yoursmile!  10:44, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Balance Coffee Affogato Query
Hello Ashley,

Apologies if you thought there was any 'spamming' going on with our additions. We were certainly only trying to provide value via our content and thought we would be well placed to contribute to the affogato page.

We certainly won't add any more links if you don't think our content is offering the value we intended.

We'd love some further feedback and any direction and guidance.

Many Thanks, James (Balance team). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.252.43.139 (talk) 09:03, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, inserting external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam. Please read our spam guidelines here. If you  want to appeal your block, then please read Guide to appealing blocks, and request unblock from your original account. Thank you.  Ashley  yoursmile!  10:54, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Nell Walden
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

June thanks
Thank you for improving articles in June, with some impressions of places, flowers and music for you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for sharing beautiful meadows, churches, and cities. I wish I could visit all these places. 🌻 Ashley  yoursmile!  06:20, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Bergman: I don't think you have to change a target to avoid a redirect (unless it's for the Main page). Actually, a working redirect from his wife's maiden name would tell me better that it's the right person than a piped link. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:04, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, you are right. The piped link was unnecessary. I've removed it. Thanks. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  10:09, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , seems like I'm running out of ideas for DYK hooks. Would you mind suggesting one for Gun Bergman? Ashley  yoursmile!  10:31, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * But that looks like such an easy one, mentioning that translation of the work of a Nobel-laureate-to be ;) ... that G.U. (piped, pictured) translated ... before becoming the wife of Ingmar B? - Or no husband at all, but praise by the author? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , yes that sounds nice. I was thinking of something that could incorporate that for Ivo Andrić, Bergman was the only one translator in Sweden. Ashley  yoursmile!  13:07, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Also fine, go ahead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:26, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * O dear, I forgot this thread! - Came to say that I added: missing SlimVirgin, and RMF festival opening --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:02, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Very very very very very very very late congratulations!
Hello there, Ashleyyoursmile! I heard that you became administrator a while back, and congratulations on the promotion!

P.S. The first time I stumbled across your username occurred when I was browsing through different user talk pages and came across one of your messages in another user talk page. Maybe I'm too much of a browser.... Tfess up?or down? 18:54, 29 June 2021 (UTC)


 * TFESS, thank you for the message. :) -- Ashley yoursmile!  05:09, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

bokani soko
hi the information about bokani soko that was there was not entirely correct soi was tasked to work on it and i have more clear information to add thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwalyag (talk • contribs) 02:28, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , see your talk page. Ashley  yoursmile!  05:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Badge and barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! -- Ashley yoursmile!  04:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Harvey Weinstein protection
Hi Ashleyyoursmile, hope you are well. I just realized we protection-conflicted over at Harvey Weinstein. Feel free to reduce the semi-protection length if you would like. Thanks! --   LuK3      (Talk)   14:58, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm okay with the indefinite protection. I hope you are well too. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  15:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

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ArchiveSent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:26, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for María Teresa Sesé
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Touching base: I'm Director of the film Private Number
Hello Ashley,

First off, I apologize for that, I wasn't aware who set up the page. So please forgive me for my stumble in clarity. I'm the Director, writer, producer. I would like to make some changes to the wikipedia regarding the movie. Since the time of the release 5 years ago Arc Ent, the company went out of business 7 months later. Since my company is the sole owner of the film 100%, we went back and reshot 50% of the movie and brought in additional cast mates to make it 100 times stronger, and it will be released everywhere this October 1st. Also, the name of the movie is different. Its now spelled, "PR1VAT3 NUMB3R" I'm happy to provide you whatever is needed to post. Thank you for your time and again I hope you can help me. God bless

LazRael Lison

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Antwan2021 (talk • contribs) 14:51, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, thank you for reaching out to me. Since you have disclosed your affiliation with the movie, you have a conflict of interest. Editors who have a conflict of interest are strongly discouraged from editing the related pages on Wikipedia. You might want to propose the necessary changes on the article's talk page instead, by using the template. The requested changes would be reviewed and made by other editors. For further details, please see WP:COI and WP:COIEDIT. Thank you.  Ashley  yoursmile!  15:05, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gerda Sprinchorn
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Request to revdel for WJSN
Hi Ashley, please help to revdel this revision under WP:RD2. Thanks you.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  06:24, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , done under RD3. See if it's gone. Ashley  yoursmile!  06:26, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Yup, can't see anymore. Thanks a lot.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  06:27, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , you're welcome. :) Ashley  yoursmile!  06:28, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , also blocked the IP. -- Ashley yoursmile!  06:33, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Please block this IP
86.129.94.255 has vandalized on many pages especially for massacre-related pages. Please block this IP Ethan2345678 (talk) 03:18, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you very much for the kind words, Ifnord. Much appreciated. Also, thank you for reporting all the vandals. :) -- Ashley yoursmile!  19:16, 6 July 2021 (UTC)