User talk:RickinBaltimore/Archive 19

Draft:EMoflon
Hi RickinBaltimore, You deleted the page Draft:EMoflon. I would have liked to copy the content of the page prior to its deletion. Is there any chance, I could access the content (temporarily)? Best, Roland RolandKluge (talk) 12:25, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Roland, per WP:REFUND I've restored the draft for you. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:40, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

BeanstalkHope
Hi RickinBaltimore - I see you have deleted the page Beanstalk Web Solutions for unambiguous advertising or promotion. I am creating this page as an encyclopedia page only, so others with knowledge on the topic can add to it and keep the page up to date so readers can learn about the history and development as well as current facts and information. It was not created for advertising purposes. I denoted a very detailed history about the owner and founder as well as a company history and company overview with facts about the company. There was no sales or promotional information in the text. I would appreciate your input on what part of the article needs to be changed or what needs to be done in order to get this page approved. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you for time and understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeanstalkHope (talk • contribs) 22:29, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The page was entirely promotional and read as it came from the company's website directly. Additionally, from your username it would appear you have a direct conflict of interest with the company. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:29, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Apps Associates,LLC
Hello RickinBaltimore - you speedily deleted the page Apps Associates, LLC citing rule G11: unambiguous advertising or promotion. I would appreciate your help in understanding what precisely was the content in the article that was promotional, or what gave you the impression it was an advertisement. The article contained historical information and I intended the article to be a stub, a starting point, for others to add content and improve. The article didn't contain any promotions, sales information, or pricing that would indicate a product or service was being promoted. Could you kindly provide suggestions it improve it so it will be to standards? Thanks for your time with this. NoreenChase (talk) 18:51, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The issue is two-fold. One the page did promote the services that the company provided. Secondly, the company doesn't appear to meet any of the guidelines for notability listed in WP:CORP. Finally, my bigger concern is that I wonder if there is a conflict of interest in publishing this article. If there is, you MUST declare this. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:08, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

ENFOS, Inc.
Hi RickinBaltimore, you marked the page ENFOS, Inc. for speedy deletion, citing rule G4: recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion. In actuality, I had spoken to the moderator that marked it for deletion originally (Juliancolton) and had rewritten the article based on his suggestions. Afterwards, the page was definitely in line with Wikipedia rules given the causes for deletion in the first place and the new version conformed to objective tone and relevance rules. All this happened after the deletion discussion, and records can be found in Juliancolton's Talk page archives. He approved the article after my rewrite, so it was not a recreation of a page that was deleted. If all you saw was the deletion discussion, I'd understand why you figured it was a repost though. Thanks and I appreciate your time. - CWade593 (talk) 3:29, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't see in the talk page archives that he approved the re-write, rather that he moved the page to your draft space and advised you that the article would need to be written as to address the issues of the AfD. As it stands, those issues were not addressed and it still was a promotional piece, with many of the references being PR pieces from PR.com. The G4 was justified in that regard. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:41, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The original issues were addressed - which is why the page was allowed to be re-instated. If you check the changelog, the originally flagged article was quite different and required extensive editing. The mod never had a problem with it after the rewrites, but your point about the PR.com references is a good one. I'd like you to restore the page so it can be edited and rewritten to comply with the rules. Thank you! CWade593 (talk) 2:32, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Again, I did not see anywhere in the article history that the admin agreed to this, just that they would need to re-write the article. The article at the time of the deletion was still a mainly promotional piece, and even if it was re-written enough to satisfy G4, would have been a qualifier for G11 for promotional articles. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:36, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * G11 is for unambiguous and exclusively promotional pieces...the article for this global environmental company looked very matter-of-fact and unbiased to me (especially after recent edits) and this ENFOS method of managing environmental liabilities looks to be unique and noteworthy enough in its field for inclusion. I see no reason at all why this should be deleted - please instead provide suggestions/concerns on how to achieve a NPOV to your standards... Xeinok (talk) 17:55, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * RickinBaltimore, can you reinstate the article? I'll make sure it passes the guidelines and draft it by you for approval if need be. CWade593 (talk) 2:32, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Again at this time I do not feel that restoring the article at this time is the way to go. However, if you have started working on a rewrite of the article I would suggest crating it as a Draft first to be reviewed, then published if it passes a review. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:09, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That's fair - can you please provide me with a link to the deleted article?  CWade593 (talk) 12:08, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Can you provide me a copy of the deleted article?  CWade593 (talk) 2:04, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

I have to ask, do you have an conflict of interest with ENFOS at all? RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:41, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Dakar Dem Dikk
You recently "speedy" deleted Dakar Dem Dikk as A7. I believe the subject - the public transport network of a capital city - is very likely notable, and would like to review, and if necessary improve, the content. Please restore it. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:39, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Andy, I'd restore if but there's nothing to restore short of a URL and a comment that the drivers are in a union. There's nothing there to restore. You're more than welcome to recreate the page as you see fit. The deleted page honestly barely qualified as a stub. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:16, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless, please restore it. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:26, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You got it. All done! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:09, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Working on it now. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:22, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I hadn't expected that using this page as an example of a topic which has a Wikidata entry but not 'worthy' of a Wikipedia page, would mean that it would become resurrected. Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't create more than a stub on WP initially. What I was really doing is correct the public transport lines of Dakar in OpenStreetMap.org. So I didn't really wanted to be distracted creating a WP article. I created the stub, because of the red link on the Worker's Union page. For pages in Belgium or The Netherlands I (sometimes) go the extra mile trying to find sources in newspaper archives and so on, but it's time consuming and not very rewarding, so it happens less and less that I try to add content to WP.--Polyglot (talk) 13:31, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Maven General Motors
It looks to me like has been abiding by WP:COI. Suggesting edits on the talk page after disclosing COI, etc. Their username is inappropriate (suggests role account), but if they correct that, do you have any objection to me lifting the block? --Yamla (talk) 19:06, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * As long as they change their name I think that would be fine. The name indicates a company, so that I'm not OK with. Otherwise I'd be cool with it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:11, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks! --Yamla (talk) 19:22, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Courtesy note
Hi Rick. Just letting you know that I've unblocked (previously WarrenTechCenter, previously Maven General Motors) on the understanding that they abide by WP:PAID and WP:COI. If you disagree, please let me know. Hope you enjoy your holiday! Yunshui 雲 水 15:48, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Not at all! Perfectly ok with the unblock as the issues I had appear to be understood. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:39, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Category deletion per CSD G6
Hi there!

I have a small request: when deleting categories such as Category:People who are confused that are tagged with db-xfd, would you kindly include a link to the deletion discussion page in the deletion reason, so that editors can trace what happened with the category—you can do so manually or by using the "deletion" link in the speedy deletion notice itself. Without the link to the discussion, the reason for the deletion becomes more obscure (especially to non-admins).

Thanks in advance! -- Black Falcon (talk) 04:27, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You got it! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:14, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

AfD error
Thanks for catching that error I made on AfD. That's what happens when I try to do too many things at the same time – generally, doing two things at once is the most I can handle. Thanks again. ---  The Old Jacobite  The '45  22:55, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, I was confused when I saw that at first! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:36, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Easycore
Hi. The article for easycore, a subgenre of rock music, was deleted at AfD and then was redirected to pop punk. The redirect was deleted at RfD in February with little discussion and even less consensus. You salted the redirect last month due to repeated recreation; however, there is now a reliably sourced section in the pop punk article dealing with easycore. I would like to redirect there. Would you be willing to unprotect the page? Chubbles (talk) 02:28, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * There's really not enough in the way of RS to justify the redirect being unprotected and recreated. If you feel the RfD should be overturned, I would go to request for undelete and see if that can be reversed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:12, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * WP:UNPROTECT seemed a better fit, though I guess either would be a reasonable place to go...I filed a request there. Chubbles (talk) 00:07, 7 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey Rick, . There's obviously a strong consensus against having an article, per WP:NOTE, and based on the history I don't think we should de-salt, so I've declined the request for unprotection. However, the RfD was simply centered around the fact that the subject didn't exist in the target article. That's no longer the case, rendering that consensus moot. So, if there's no objection from either of you, I propose we restore the redirect to the existing section on the subject, and keep the page salted, to avoid any further drama. We okay with this compromise? S warm   ♠  00:45, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't see any obvious WP:N issue, nor do I see a strong consensus established either at the 3rd AfD or at the RfD. Both establish tenuous consensus at best. The term is in common usage, which is why it keeps getting re-created. A protected redirect is a fine temporary solution, as far as I'm concerned - but once someone does the work to build a page for it, we should be prepared for consensus to change in the future. Chubbles (talk) 01:56, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Look,, I apologize if you found my wording regarding the consensus disagreeable, I was under the impression that there were three deletion discussions and there were only two, the most recent of which was plagued by non-credible contributors. I will concede that these were not good discussions. But regardless, that still isn't that large of a distinction in how strength of consensus is judged. Literally no one put forth a credible argument that the subject was notable, so I'd say there wasn't much substance at all to the "keep" camp. Now, look, there's no point in re-hashing the deletion, because no one's saying the article can't be recreated. The only thing that needs to happen is for the notability requirement to be satisfied, either by making the notability self-evident in a new version of the article, or via a WP:DRV if you think the deleted version should be restored. It's not that difficult. If either of those things happens, the page will be de-salted without any issue. S warm   ♠  04:04, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, getting pop-culture things undeleted is hard in general, and it's harder when opinion begins to calcify that something teenagers care about "doesn't exist" or "just isn't notable", which is kind of where some of the deletion comments were trending. (look at how hard it was to get an article on Scene (subculture) or Blood on the Dance Floor (band) established; in both cases it was years before a longstanding institutional bias within Wikipedia could be overthrown with overwhelming reliable sourcing.) When something is protected, the presumption is that it doesn't deserve an article until you put a lot more work into it than you would ordinarily need to to write an unprotected article. I'm not trying to write the article on easycore (though there is a draft that is perhaps halfway to surviving), but I think the community should be open to a good-faith effort to make one, even in the face of multiple past deletions. In theory, it always is; in practice, it sometimes is not. In any case, I can live with a protected redirect, if Rick is on board. That very much serves my original purpose here. Chubbles (talk) 04:52, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm OK with this redirect (and not the rest of the other ones listed at the RfD) being restored, and protected. I don't think there will be enough to justify an article on the genre, but a redirect to the section in Pop Punk should be ok as it exists in the article now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:01, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Chubbles (talk) 21:23, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

BookMyForex
Hi RickinBaltimore, you deleted the page 'BookMyForex' citing rule A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events) and G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). This page has been up for a year and saw several edits so to comply with rules and regulations of Wikipedia. I had spoken to the moderators that marked it for deletion originally (Deb) & (RHayworth) and had rewritten the article based on their suggestions. Afterwards, the page was in line with Wikipedia rules and there were few edits on the page by moderators and contributors and the new version conformed to objective tone and relevance rules. All this happened after the deletion discussion, and records can be found in Deb's Talk page archives. They approved the article after my rewrite. I understand the promotion part of it but as being the 1st online marketplace in the world for its sector and being a market leader in India in its sector it should have a page. This page came up actually as part of my research into India's informal & unregulated currency exchange market and how companies like BookMyForex were bringing in that change towards transparency, for my course and since some of the other companies in this sector had their Wikipedia pages, I thought of creating one for this. As I explained earlier, I had followed guidelines and taken suggestions from moderators. I would really appreciate if you can look into this again. Thanks and I appreciate your time. - Bashir M (talk) 05:56, 6 October 2017 (UTC)Bashir_M
 * Reviewing Deb's talk page, I do not see where this was approved. You commented on their page regarding a deletion on November 17 of last year about the page being deleted. As for my deletion, the company does not meet WP:CORP guidelines for notability, and it still read as promotion. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore, the page was up for a year and there were further changes by few other moderators. If the page would not have been approved why would it be up for a year? And if there are any further changes required or you need further evidence of notability, please restore the page and I will edit it and add more details. You can review it again and if still does not fall under the guidelines, I am happy to continue with my life Bashir M (talk) 10:29, 6 November 2017 (UTC)Bashir M
 * I have greater concerns now about a probable conflict of interest with this topic. It would be better served if you allowed an editor without a COI to create this article. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:53, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore, this is something that I discussed with Deb and one other moderator last year. I don't have any interest in the company apart from the fact that I was working on a dissertation on how highly unregulated the Indian Forex market was and during my research, I found out that this was the first company who brought in the concept of a marketplace and helped in regulating the Indian forex market. There were few smaller companies who were on Wikipedia and I thought creating one because If the smaller ones are on here, why isn't a bigger player, a market leader. I can share my dissertation with you if you would like. Rest If you still think it is a COI, I can't say much but like I mentioned to mods last year that if ever there was found a COI, please delete and ban me from contributing on Wikipedia Bashir M (talk) 05:14, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * If you want to recreate the page at this point, please do so in Draft space, but do not move it to the main space before it has a chance to be reviewed. As it stands the article that was deleted would be deleted again if I were to restore it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:34, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore, I have created the page and submitted it for review. Please guide from here on. Thank You Bashir M (talk) 10:21, 8 November 2017 (UTC)


 * As an un-involved reader, without reference to this discussion, it has the trappings of a promotional piece by someone with a conflict of interest. It's overly-polished for a company that just doesn't seem to be that notable. The references are largely trivial mentions... I'm just not convinced by it. Delving deeper though, it just seems such a bizarre choice for a new editor to write an article about an online currency exchange service.  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  11:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Khaki Jones notable woman, Space Ghost co-creator, Adventure Time exec, and Gravity Falls Disney exec
Sorry to bother. Can I get Khaki Jones undeleted so I can revise? You deleted my entry since I waited over 6 months to get it up to code. Thanks friend, and I enjoyed your thoughts on the harassing Wikipedia culture, which is why I left. Best, Anne Asdiprizio (talk) 20:50, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Restored just now, best of luck with your editing! RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:01, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of The Marketer (Building)
Admin Team, I was working with another admin to keep a page from being deleted. But have since had my thread removed by the admin. Can someone please help me resolve a page being deleted that I do not believe should have been. I am willing to put in the work necessary to make sure the page meets the standards required by Wikipedia. The page was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marketer_(Building)Arachlow (talk) 17:48, 10 October 2017 (UTC)Arachlow

I completely agree with the deletion. The page was spam from the very first sentence onward. "The Marketer is four floors of forward thinking"? The building MIGHT be notable, but is needs to be rewritten from a completely neutral viewpoint. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:53, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

RickinBaltimore, I am not trying to dispute the fact that the page needs work. I was just blown off when i was trying to work towards making the page meet the standards. Is all of the content complete spam or just that opening sentence. I am still relatively new to this process so I am trying to make sure I meet Wiki standards. Am I able to recover any copy from that page, or am I better off starting from scratch?Arachlow (talk) 17:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The entire page was advertising copy. Additionally, if you have been paid to work on this article in any fashion, you MUST state this per WP:PAID. Not doing so will lead to your account being blocked. I would do what was told of you at WP:REFUND, that is rewrite the article in Draft space, then submit through the Articles for Creation process. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:16, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Strange template
Was this correct on my part? You deleted this as a G2, then I did the same. Is it supposed to go to TfD or is this too lacking in logic to require the full process? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 23:06, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That didn't need to go to TfD, and it's clearly someone testing creating a page. I don't think they understand what the Template is used for, and thought it was a '"Draft template" of some kind. If they recreate it I'll move to their Draft page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:25, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Vote X
Thanks for the block. What's done with the edits made before the block? Special:Contributions/31.52.216.116 &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  13:17, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * They appeared to have been addressed in one fashion or another. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Cause of deleting page (Abdul Ghafoor Memon)
Hello Rickin! you deleted the page of Abdul Ghafoor Memon, can you please tell me cause of it, and what is criteria of submitting a profile? if you can, then send me your email address..

User:Thaheem_Ubed
 * The page was deleted as it did not address the reasons for the deletion in Articles for deletion/Abdul Ghafoor Memon, where it was previously deleted. IF you want to create an article on the subject, you are welcome to do so, but I would recommend going through the articles for creation process to do so. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:24, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Electoral Commission
Hey Rick, I was just wondering, based on your statement it looks like you are planning to run for ArbCom (which doesn't start until November 5) instead of Electoral Commission? Regards, Alex ShihTalk 15:10, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh....Crap. Deleting. Like now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:16, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I blame it on the watchlist notice, which is usually reserved for only the actual committee election I think. Alex ShihTalk 15:17, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I blame society. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:18, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Camp Quinebarge page deletion
Hi RickinBaltimore,

I recently created a page for the summer camp I direct, as several camps in NH have pages but we did not. My page was tagged for copyright infringement and for promotion. Since it was my first article, I understand that I don't have a ton of experience on wikipedia and that I could easily have had the wrong tone (not as neutral as necessary) - but I'm a little unsure on the copyright infringement. Not sure if that was an assumption because there were several quotations from the website, but the text is my own (as is a lot of the text on the camp website).

Just wondering if you have any suggestions on a rewrite that would better fit wiki guidelines. I would love to have the page (or a new version of it) reinstated.

Thanks, Lizschwartzer
 * Hi Liz and thanks for reaching out to me. The issue was the page was indeed that it was promotional in tone, but more so, a LOT of the article was taken from the website for the camp. Even if you created the website, we have a very strict policy on copyright infringement, which this fell under. Also, if you are going to recreate the page on the camp, you have to definitely write it from a neutral viewpoint, and explain what the camp is, and more importantly how it is notable through independent reliable sources. Finally, and this is the big one, you have a definite conflict of interest with the subject, as you said you wrote the article, and I see you are the co-director of the camp. This is a very big area of concern, and we generally recommend you do not in areas where you have a direct conflict of interest. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:56, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rick, This is Liz' colleague. We have been deleted again but this time after emulating other camps nearly exact wordage and tone, just changing our name, location, etc. It feels like we are being singled out. If we are not, we don't understand. The last entry we kept to just a few sentences, just facts, and nearly identical to Camp Fatima. We got deleted, others did not. I would guess almost every organization was originally created by a person with a conflict of interest. This is frustrating. Please help us. Eric — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emcarlsondc (talk • contribs) 05:36, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi there and sorry for the delay, weekends are almost always a no-go for me on Wikipedia. I didn't delete the page a second time, I saw that the page has been deleted and protected from recreation however. Looking at the page, the issue is that Camp Quinebarge does not meet our guidelines for notability. While articles can be created for other campsites, i looked at the example you gave me, and I nominated it for deletion, as it too does not show why it is notable. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:29, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Talk page access removal for Peterpens
Hi, you removed talk page access for User:Peterpens a couple of days ago after they had already been indefinitely blocked, and one of the two reasons you gave was: you clearly do not understand the reasoning for your block. If you already knew that they didn't understand what was going on, you should have explained to them what the problem was. Rather than just basically saying "what you are doing is making me angry, let me show you how angry I am". It wasn't as if posting a rant on their own talk page was causing a problem for anyone. If there are people out there who feel that they are on a mission to insert dubious material into wikipedia critical of the PRC, this hasn't been helpful in stopping them. Woscafrench (talk) 10:44, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey there Woscafrench, sorry for the delay in answering (weekends and all). The issue is that posting a rant on their talk page after they had been blocked for that exact same thing (soapboxing) is a clear sign they did not understand why they were blocked, or ever cared to be honest. The talk page revocation was simply to stop their continued soapboxing, especially after they were blocked, and multiple editors advised them to stop, and were warned that continuing would lead to this happening. The problem was explained to them enough, they chose not to listen to it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:18, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Article wizard/version1/Wizard-Company notability
Does this page meet G8? I have tried to fix the broken redirect to the new page that Primefac moved it but have I done the right thing? Pkbwcgs (talk) 12:41, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Well it's not a G8 as the page it's directing to is an existing page. I don't see an issue with the redirect here. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:46, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Good! This was actually my fix from earlier as I redirected it to an existing page. Pkbwcgs (talk) 12:50, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, I'm not seeing an issue with this one. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:51, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

2017–18 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
I was going to start a new page for this and see you deleted one back in July. Rules dictate I contact you to see why it was deleted. Lincolning (talk) 19:33, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, it was created by the sock of a banned editor, and in violation of their ban. By all means, go right ahead and create it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:40, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Lincolning (talk) 21:48, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

144.121.75.42
Did you mean to perform a shorter block on this IP address. (considering the extensive unconstructive editing history and the block log). Regards. 198.236.58.11 (talk) 17:37, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No I meant 1 month. For whatever reason, I got reverted back to 31 hours. I fixed it, thanks! RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:39, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Maciej Filipowicz
Could you explain mi why the footballer is ency? His achievement is playing in the third division in Poland. Anonim WX (talk) 13:57, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * G11 doesn't apply for a case like that, which is why I declined the speedy deletion. However, per WP:NFOOTY "Players who have played, and managers who have managed in a competitive game between two teams from fully-professional leagues, will generally be regarded as notable." II Liga is consider a league which is fully professional. So in this case, he's notable enough to pass NFOOTY. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:06, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

2600:387:0:80F:0:0:0:5A
Hi Rick, you recently blocked the IP 2600:387:0:80F:0:0:0:5A and now they're just pasting gibberish on to the talk page. Would it be possible to get their talk access revoked? RA 0808 talkcontribs 20:11, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, I took care of this. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:14, 25 October 2017 (UTC)


 * - this IP 2600:387:2:809::78 may be of interest to you after you read this. SlimVirgin took care of it at the article. Oh, and please do run for ArbCom, and the same for . I couldn't have dreamed up a better set of candidates. Atsme 📞📧 22:47, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Bob (image)
Last night when I went to bed, the deletion discussion of this article had been closed with a decision to merge this article with an upcoming draft of another article that is current in draft space once that article passes AfC review, or to keep it if that article does not. This morning I woke up to find that the draft article is still there in draft space, but this article is gone under the speedy deletion criterion G8 - Page dependent on a nonexistent page. I am a little confused. Can you explain for me? Thanks. KDS4444 (talk) 18:16, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Certainly, the article Bill Fink was moved to Draft:Bill Fink earlier today. Once this happened, the page I deleted was a redirect to a non existent article. This was purely a housecleaning deletion, and once the Bill Fink article is recreated in mainspace, the redirect can be recreated too. We don't redirect from mainspace to draftspace. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:19, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Got it. I thought the decision was to wait until the draft article passed review (which it so far has not, as it is still waiting for that) and to keep it if the draft article did not pass review.  Doesn't that mean that we still need to wait until the draft article passes review?  And doesn't that mean that a redirect still gets retained for the merged-from article namespace anyway once the merged-to article does pass review, if it does?  G8 leaves no redirect.  KDS4444 (talk) 18:36, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd still wait for the draft to get approved correct. And as for this redirect, G8 (or G6, for a housekeeping deletion too) does apply, as the article it was redirected to didn't exist. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:42, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * And if the draft doesn't get published, then what happens? And doesn't a decision to keep pending the future existence of another article mean that the article gets kept until then?  Am still confused by this.  KDS4444 (talk) 19:00, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Rick, I can see you've made a number of edits since my last message to you here, though you haven't responded to it yet. I am sure your time is spread around the project in lots of ways-- I don't mean to try to impose in your time and I realize there is WP:NODEADLINE, but deleting this article on the grounds you have given has struck me as more than randomly odd and continues to confuse me. Can I reiterate my concerns about it to you?  Thanks!  KDS4444 (talk) 21:14, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The page was redirecting to a redlink, therefore it was a G8 eligible page. I'm not sure what else there is to do about this? It was a redirect to a deleted page. If the page draft isnt approved, then the page stays deleted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * After looking around a bit, I now understand what has happened: I had interpreted the result of the deletion discussion differently. It appears that user:jytdog merged this article into the draft space article, which now means the two collectively exist in draft space only (and as the draft of the article on Mr. Fink).  As I can no longer see the content of the deletion discussion (because it seems that appears to be gone along with the article) I am not able to re-examine its content to fully understand what the wording was.  Is there a way I can review it somehow?  Please let me know.  Thanks.  KDS4444 (talk) 01:38, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I linked to the deletion discussion at the talk page of the draft article 5 hours ago, at the same time as I did the merge.  Jytdog (talk) 02:02, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Jytdog-- I have been having a hard time keeping up with all of the interesting changes you make to the things I write. I have now found the link, and read it.  There was also a merger tag that had been placed on the top of the deleted article with some unusual wording in it regarding what should be done with the article.  Could I have a look at that as well somehow?  Thanks.  KDS4444 (talk)
 * Am going to assume that's a "No" (?). KDS4444 (talk) 06:34, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Request
Can you please hide the revision at. It appears to be harassment and I don't think it should be displayed to other editors in the history of the page. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It was vulgar enough to be removed, took care of it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:55, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, please hide the edit summary at . Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:09, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

MTV Unplugged
I have made continuous changes to the erroneous information and details surrounding the Unplugged TV Series. My changes are constantly removed. As I created this project and know all about it's inspirations I feel I have the right to edit it accordingly. These facts exist on all media to back up my story do the research. Why am I not allowed to edit this?
 * You are removing valid reliable sources that have verified information in the article. If you have other information that is through these sources, I would suggest bringing it first up at the article talk page, as you have an admitted conflict of interest in the subject of the article. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:42, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

My name is Robert Small. I am the co-creator of MTV Unplugged. Your descriptions and references are wrong and I would like to correct them. Let me know how I need to do this.Regards 91 570 2992, robert.smalltv@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbara kanowitz (talk • contribs) 20:04, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I would suggest you go to the talk page of MTV Unplugged, and discuss the concerns there. Mind you, you must have other sources to validate the ones that you say are wrong, otherwise it is the removal of sourced info. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi
please review my article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vishalgauravjh1/Devsena_Mishra Regards

A cup of coffee for you!

 * Hometown boy made good! RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:02, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Best buddies
Looks like our guests and  are best buds.

Also, if you're bored, see possibly unrelated, but equally best friends and. G M G talk   15:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll keep an eye out on the last two, they seemed to have stopped for the moment. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:45, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Patience
Today, you are displaying almost infinite patience. I've watched and appreciated in silence. Nice job. :) --Yamla (talk) 20:00, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I'm trying my best to explain to them but either they don't understand, or it's WP:IDHT. Their last unblock request though is going to be denied, and I have the feeling a talk page ban is coming quick. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:01, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I hope it doesn't go down that way. Maybe your link to the policies will help. We'll see. --Yamla (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Nope . RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:14, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I feel like it was partially my fault (if I was more clear in the original block); sorry guys. Alex Shih (talk) 14:21, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries, there was a lot going on there, and it appears there's more going on now too, especially seeing that an older account was discovered. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Revdel asap
A user named N1ggerfuek has been blocked and there edit reveled, but someones (very) personal info is in the filter log, this will need to be revdeled as well. Tornado chaser (talk) 18:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware if edits caught by the edit filter can be revdel'd. I'll see if they can at least be suppressed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:26, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Just to let you know, that task needs to be handled by a member of the Oversight team. I reached out to them, and they removed the edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017). Administrator changes
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Remove Page Protection
Hello there. I would like to edit and create a new neutral and non-biased article on Shawn Adamo. Could you open it up for creation, seeing as you were the one that blocked it? Thank you. FiendYT  ★
 * Certainly can do so, let me get to that now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:54, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * There you go! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:55, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Frank Recruitment Group
Hi there. I see you speedy deleted Frank Recruitment Group earlier this year. I was not involved in the original article, nor am I involved in the company. There are, though, some good quality third party references about the subject. How would you feel if I resurrected it with a complete rewrite to bring it inline with our style and tone? Cheers. The JPS talk to me  22:43, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * If you can rewrite it from a neutral viewpoint, and use those 3rd party references, go right ahead. Just recreate the article with those sources (or go with a Draft at first). RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:14, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Rick, I've spent some time today redrafting this article. It is at User:The JPS/draft. I think it is now much more neutral, and reflects our MoS. I can't locate any criticism about the company, so it is still perhaps a bit one sided, but I think it scans better than the version you deleted. I'd be interested in your comments. The JPS talk to me  23:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

ANI
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Cameron11598 (Talk) 18:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * the thread is SPSKachhwah --Cameron11598 (Talk) 18:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

User:JoeyPknowsalotaboutthat
You might want to consider revoking talk page access for as he is continually trying to "edit" and discuss edits with other users while being indefinitely blocked. Nihlus 20:35, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * TPA removed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:39, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Requests for page protection.--Moxy (talk) 12:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, protected for 2 weeks. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:27, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Revision Deletion
[] to []. Malware site. Only first parts were deleted. The link is still in above revisions. 2600:1:F1A7:FB21:2DB1:634A:3E3A:2B8E (talk) 00:36, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:26, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine
Hi Can you re-protect Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine as it is a known target of Cebr1979. Thank you. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 15:19, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Paul, at the moment I'm going to leave it as is, as there hasn't been any disruption since protection was lifted. Should they start again, post a request to RFPP and it'll get taken care of. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:27, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi
Please I didn't make this a draft like I wanted too Can you help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ladell_Parks

Thank You Regards
 * What do you need help with Lisa? I see the page as a draft right now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:12, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

I would like your expertise opinion if I should submit it or not or know what I am missing. Lisacarterrr (talk) 22:05, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay Lisa, reviewing the page, I'm not sure if he meets our general guidelines for notability just yet. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I must have missed this but
The link is still availble in [] to []. Also, yesterday a vandal [] inserted some infringement into Banana Peel, Guacamole, and Talk:Banana. I tried to tag two of them, but for some reason I was reverted. Could you hide them? If you check his edit history you will find the infringement easily. Also, do not forget the malware link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1:F1A7:FB21:2DB1:634A:3E3A:2B8E (talk) 22:55, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, I took care of the first 2 edits. As for the vandal, I didn't see anything that needed to be immediately acted on. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:20, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Election
Hi Rick, I was just curious if you are still considering running for the election? Alex Shih (talk) 19:23, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I am, I'll probably be posting a self-nom later this week. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:25, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Nice, good luck! I am thinking about it too, although I will probably fail miserably compared to you. But it's worth a shot I think :-) Alex Shih (talk) 19:27, 13 November 2017 (UTC)


 * That's exciting--good luck to both of you! Drmies (talk) 19:42, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

User talk:Muhammad Asif Chaudary
You blocked this user for spamming, and it looks like they've decided to continue on their talk page (diff). Could you block their talk page access also. Thanks. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  20:09, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * THanks, taken care of. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:17, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Haydn Gwynne
I'm uncomfy with this edit. It's very Orwellian if topics of articles can just edit out facts they don't like. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 02:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That's something I would direct the IP to go to WP:OTRS for. We can't prove that the IP is who they say they are, and if there is a concern, OTRS would be the best to address this. That being said, it's a note that I don't really think NEEDS to remain in an article. I'm going to drop a line on the IP talk page, RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:51, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * What the IP said "it is information I don't want people who know me/my mother to know" doesn't even make sense if he had really changed his name as presumably the people who know him and his mother already know his old name since he would have had it for 17 years until the IP first claimed a name change a few months ago. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 14:33, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Framk Recruitment Group #2
Hi Rick, You might remember I contacted you because you (justifiably) deleted Frank Recruitment Group. I've spent some time this week redrafting this article. It is at User:The JPS/draft. I think it is now much more neutral, and reflects our MoS. I'd welcome your comments, before I publish it. The JPS talk to me  22:59, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is definitely a lot less promotional in tone than the previous version. I'd recommend a run through the articles for creation process to be sure, given it's deletion earlier. More eyes can't hurt. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:39, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Unbreeched
Hello Rich - I came across the expression "unbreeched" the other day. Wikipedia has several mentions of the term, all explained in the context of Breeching (boys), i.e. wearing pants for the first time. I went to create Unbreeched as a redirect to Breeching (boys) but I was warned "A page with this title has previously been moved or deleted" by you at 16:02, 15 December 2016 - it was a Neelix redirect. It seems legit to me: any objection to my recreating it? Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 18:04, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I would be ok with it, go right ahead. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:36, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:00, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

AP Goyal Shimla University
Hi. I'm contacting you as the administrator who salted AP Goyal Shimla University. I was unaware of that and I created Alakh Prakash Goyal University, as part of my efforts to create articles for all the universities in India. I came upon the protected article while trying to create a redirect. Anyway, I ask for the article to be unprotected so a link can be created. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 23:40, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I've created the redirect and left it protected. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:23, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's an even better solution. --Muhandes (talk) 20:24, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

ANI
213.162.72.238 is back again with another IP, 213.162.72.210. Please do something about this. This IP user is a menace. VeryGoodBoy (talk) 22:59, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't know it was taken care of, I'll check. Sorry for the delay due to the holiday I was not active. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:28, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It looks like a range block was out into place, so hopefully this takes care of the issue. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:37, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Easycore
Hello! I'd like to create an article on the page easycore, as it is notable enough. I would like to ask you to remove the protection on the redirect page so I could create the article. Thanks. SuperLuigi22 (talk|contribs) 06:36, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I know there is a lot of back and forth about this subject and whether it is notable enough. I saw you started a discussion on the talk page, and to be honest I think it needs to be discussed there before I would remove the protection on the page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:35, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for replying! SuperLuigi22 (talk|contribs) 22:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

2407:7000:817C:1706:6DD1:ECC9:DA45:B58E
Hi, Rick. I think this IP address 2407:7000:817C:1706:6DD1:ECC9:DA45:B58E was recently used by JoeyPknowsalotaboutthat to evade the block made by you, due to the similar edits:.   ZaperaWiki44  (✉/Contribs) 08:59, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I would agree with you. If this keeps up, a SPI report might be warranted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:33, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * This editor continues to use multiple IP adresses. It is considered sock puppetry. I think you should rather block the range and/or add JoeyPknowsalotaboutthat in a sockpuppet investigation. Please, can you also temporarily protect List of largest stars to prevent abuse? 88.188.215.39 (talk) 10:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The 2nd IP has been blocked, and the page was protected by another admin. An investigation may be warranted as well if this behavior continues. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Protection templates
Just an FYI: When adding protection templates to pages, if you set the "small" parameter to yes (examples: or  ), then that will display just the padlock in the corner and not the giant banner. — MRD 2014  Talk • Edits • Help! 00:01, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ugh. I knew I forgot something. Thanks! RickinBaltimore (talk) 03:10, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

ecoAmerica
Hi Rick, I understand why you deleted the stub for ecoAmerica since it was so short at the time. However, I have recently added more information, including credible and notable references, to an article under the same name (ecoAmerica) that I just submitted for review. Since the new article could take up to two months for approval though, is there a way for you to view it sooner and consider restoring that new version in place of the deleted stub? Thank you, Mark
 * As it stands right now, there aren't any sources that show how the group is notable. While there are sources in the article, none of them give ecoAmerica enough coverage within them to be considered a reliable source. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:57, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Does the New York Times article in the references at the bottom (Seeking to Save the Planet, With a Thesaurus) describe ecoAmerica in a sufficiently thorough, balanced, and informative way? And if not, would the Washington Post article at the bottom (Climate change can take a toll on mental health, new report says) serve as more of a blueprint for a notable and reliable source? Mark Oswald (talk) 15:08, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The Post article I would not say is a valid reliable source, as it was a one sentence mention of ecoAmerica and nothing more after. The NY Times article I'm on the fence about. While ecoAmerica is a focus of the article, it's not the group that is the focus, but the discussion of terminology on climate change/global warming. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:11, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news
 * Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
 * A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous
 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

 * Congratulations for being elected, and good listening when cases come, - always better when they don't have to come ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Help needed regarding persistent but unnoticed vandal (page you have edited before)
Sorry to bother you persistently but I need your assistance on a page you have edited before called Fenway Sports Group.

A user, and I suspect he is also behind other accounts and IPs before on the page going back several months (including one time you reverted him yourself]], has been consistently, despite reminders has been consistently with mobile edits trying to change the set English-style and actually damages the article through his failure to edit the warning out correctly in the at that very point telling users not to do it, meaning he is deliberately ignoring this despite multiple attempts by users to do so. This is a typical example of his edits. If you look in the history of the article, you will find this pattern persists among various different accounts and IPs.

I apologise for bothering you on this matter, but you seem to be the last admin to edit this page, so I thought you were best to approach this with. 78.147.37.213 (talk) 21:54, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I left a note on their talk page regarding the use of a consistent version of English on the page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:02, 6 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Seems like right after you did that, a completely new IP comes up and does the exact same thing. 78.147.37.213 (talk) 01:31, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

revdel needed?
at talk Talk:Logan Paul, a new editor (possible VOA) posted Logan Paul's (sopposed) address, this may need revdel. Tornado chaser (talk) 17:26, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I doubt its their actual address, but have revdel'd to be safe. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it could be someone else's address, and I thought it could attract unwanted attention to them. Tornado chaser (talk) 17:32, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Your recent block of the Trey Sartorius vandal
They're back as a different IP: Amaury ( talk &#124; contribs ) 22:04, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks like they have had a range block placed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:22, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Side note, I'm wondering if an edit filter might be used in this case to help weed out their edits. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:36, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Tobias Conradi
Hey, before you hit Tobias with his most recent block, he hit a few pages that I reverted. Now that they are a 3 reverts, once he comes back under a new IP, it’s just going to be a constant revert war on pages. Would you recommend giving a revert another shot with anon page protection? All under []  TastyPoutine  talk (if you dare) 14:30, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm getting there LOL. Working on it right now, I just had to protect ANI. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:31, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * OK thanks!  TastyPoutine  talk (if you dare) 14:32, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I haven't protected all of them just yet, a few just had 1 edit it appeared from TC. If warranted I'll jump in. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:40, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Re: Pussdestroyer
I see that they have yet to respond to your message regarding their username left this morning. Might want to block this one before it gets stale, and consequently buried. Boomer VialHappy Holidays! • Contribs 02:24, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've got their talk page on my watchlist to see if they respond. I'll give it to tomorrow to see what, if anything, they say. RickinBaltimore (talk) 02:46, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

User:RaZoRWrAiTh
RaZoRWrAiTh- I need my name cleared from the page man,would've liked it as a draft so i can edit it.Anyways,clear the name,so i can correct it,whatever that is.And also,you can explain what all was wrong with it anyways.Have an idea ,but want details. RaZoRWrAiTh (talk) 09:04, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * There are a few issues with the page that I deleted. For one, this was a violation of WP:NOT, as you were trying to use the page to promote yourself. That leads me to my next point, and that is using Wikipedia for promotion. We strongly discourage writing about yourself here, especially promotionally. I am not going to replace the text, and I'd suggest to find another venue to promote yourself. RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:16, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy Saturnalia!

 * Shhhh, that dice playing is called Shadowrun. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:42, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Commiserations Congratulations

 * See you shortly on the mailing list! Doug Weller  talk 11:52, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Congratulations. -- Euryalus (talk) 12:14, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well done Rick! 🎅 Patient Crimbo 🎅 grotto presents 14:22, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well done I think! -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 14:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks to you all, and I hope that the faith given by the community doesn't go to waste! RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:32, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Let me add my congratulations, and hopes that you don't regret it! Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:23, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Congratulations. Mkdw  talk 19:17, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Mz7 (talk) 22:21, 18 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Congrats Rick. You got some big shoes to fill ('s, not mine) and I'm sure you'll do well. Thanks in advance for your service. OK, what else--you'll need two-stage authentication, a disposable email address, a shock collar in case there's an emergency desysop in the iddle of the night... Drmies (talk) 22:22, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 2FA? Check. Secondary email? Check. Shock collar? Now that's getting a bit personal isn't it? :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:49, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, you didn't get your standard issue shock collar yet? You should talk to the Cabal Equipment Dept. They engrave your name on it and everything! (Seriously though, congrats. Looking forward to working with you.) &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:15, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The ArbCom safe word is 'more'. Mkdw  talk 17:31, 19 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Please forgive me. I voted for you. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:18, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I really ought to start doing a candidate guide. My picks keep winning. Good luck! Rivertorch FIREWATER  18:49, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

ANI notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is G6 deletions of draft namespace redirects. 24.205.131.55 (talk) 03:21, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Deleted page of My Friends From Afar(Draft)
Hi RickinBaltimore, I noticed u just recently deleted the page. May I know why u deleted the page and I need this page to be put up as soon as possible. If u intended to put up the page then we try not to deleted again. Can? Shall we talk about this? Thank you! Best Wishes, 202.166.73.171. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.166.73.171 (talk) 09:41, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Do you mean Draft:My Friends From Afar, which currently exists? The deletions I performed were all redirects to mainspace, or each other, which is permitted via G6. RickinBaltimore (talk) 10:44, 19 December 2017(UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore, thanks and noted!

Reverts
Hi RickinBaltimore. Just wondering why you reverted an anon's edits to Administrators' Noticeboard/Incidents here. Are they not supposed to edit there? 14.0.158.94 (talk) 14:18, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That's an IP that's evading a block, and a long-time vandal. Simple case of WP:DENY. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:19, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * My bad, I didn't read it all! That's really bizarre:
 * "It is my desire, ambition, and right as an Englishman to teach you lot some lessons about just what an international team of highly skilled and professional vandals and trolls can do when fighting an injustice on Wikipedia. And that is what I am going to do"
 * - any idea what the "injustice" he's talking about is? 14.0.158.94 (talk) 14:31, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * None what so ever, par for the course for this vandal though. Personally, I don't pay it any mind. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:33, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That's fair enough. Was curious in case they were a former editor gone rogue or something. Seem to be a few of those entitled types who think Wikipedia wronged them somehow. As you say, RBI and get on with life! 14.0.158.94 (talk) 14:39, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 * There are all sorts of immense injustices. I have a huge list of them and proof, but unfortunately it does not fit in the margin of this page. 148.252.129.130 (talk) 00:39, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 * Thank you and the same to you and yours! RickinBaltimore (talk) 03:10, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings
...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:31, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello RickinBaltimore: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, — MRD2014 Merry Christmas! 02:05, 25 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. See you at the start of 2018. I'm taking a little break to spend with family and friends, and will be sporadically around. To those who left well wishes, my deepest appreciation. RickinBaltimore (talk) 02:24, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
 Hello there! Shearonink (talk) wishes you & yours the the very best of the season!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia, here's to hoping your holiday time is wonderful and that the New Year will be an improvement upon the old. CHEERS!

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Shearonink (talk) 02:34, 25 December 2017 (UTC)