User talk:Rklahn/Archive 1

Thanks for the thanks for the thanks on First-past-the-post voting:
This was actually my fault as I did a big revert and unintentionally reintroduced an error. So thanks for correcting my error, and thanks for the thanks! —  Czello  21:33, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Kamala Harris
This is to inform you that I have opened a dispute resolution concerning the Kamala Harris Talk page "Attendance" item. You have commented there. I believe that the "2019" section of the article should reflect the well-documented fact that Senator Harris missed 62 percent of Senate votes in 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Kamala_Harris Jab73 (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Well seeing you have opened this can of worms, I will say this as well...Are you really sure she was there that much. The number seems a little high and should really be looked at closely.2600:1700:7610:41E0:CD12:123A:B908:BE89 (talk) 18:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia and me in "The Atlantic"
There is a new article in the online version of "The Atlantic", where Im quoted. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/the-wikipedia-war-over-kamala-harris-race/615250/ where I was pleading for a return to sanity on Talk:Kamala Harris. I was not successful. It turn out so bad, that it seems to have become newsworthy. Rklahn (talk) 19:06, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't think that was your contribution quoted in the article. Perhaps, you should reference the archive to research who was the correct contributor of the quote in question. Besides, since when is a cooperative forum the proper place to claim a wording or rewording (of talk page comment) as your work. Sounds to me as if you are a little narcissistic. Have a blessed day.2600:1700:7610:41E0:CD12:123A:B908:BE89 (talk) 18:26, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I believe I was quoted by The Atlantic accurately. If you think Im being misleading or was misquoted in some way, you are going to have to highlight that. And I hope you are using "Have a blessed day" in its original spirit. The way you us it, it comes off more like "Go F yourself". Rklahn (talk) 20:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Helping on Kamala Harris article
Hi! I was looking for who has already been working on the Kamala Harris article and I want to checkin before I do anything. I’ve been a wikipedian since 2004 but do very little editing so much of my edits seem to get reversed as soon as I log off. I don’t like wasting my time so want to check before I do any more of that.

Could I ask you a few questions about how to edit high-view-count and controversial articles like Kamala Harris? I saw on the Talk page that youd been blocked from editing and hoped to be allowed to again - what happened next?

I’m on Wikipedia very infrequently so might not see your reply here. You are welcome to contact me on any platform - my email is dr.mel.ganus @gmail and I’m also on Facebook and other platforms as Dr Mel Ganus. Thank you very very much for the use number of hours and all the energy you have spent in these crazy wikipedian rabbit holes! Grateful to cross paths and hope We can connect. DrMel (talk) 08:24, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Question regarding requesting protection
Hello, I 36.68.187.70. I see that you requesting extended-confirmed protection on Tax returns of Donald Trump because your argument is his subject and it's opponent already ECP. But for me this is not necessary because the article was already protected by admin to prevent vandalism from IPs. You can prepemtively request ECP for the article that already semi-protected. So I would like to you to requesting imposing 1RR for the article because it was included in WP:ARBAP2 and move protection for the article per all American biographical articles. For me, semi protected should be enough to prevent vandalism from IPs. Thank you. 36.68.187.70 (talk) 03:35, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Im not entirely sure where to respond to an anonymous account, so Im just hoping you are watching my talk page. I understand your argument, but happen to disagree with it. I do not agree that semi-protection is enough. Vandalism also comes from registered accounts that qualify for semi-protected edits. And this is common on pages related to this election. Many articles in this space already are ECPed. I mentioned Donald Trump and Joe Biden already. Kamala Harris, a page that Im engaged in as an editor, is as well. (But, Mike Pence, strangely, is not) Mechanisms exist for even anonymous editors to get edits made to ECP articles, Ive done it myself. You should also know that Im acting a little against self interest here. I can not edit ECP pages. All this being said, I appreciate taking the time to raise your comments, and I hope that your point of view is considered here. This is an important decision, and all points of view should be considered. Thanks. Rklahn (talk) 05:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comment. I think it should be considered because i see ARBAP2 applies in that article. I hope you understand my comment. Thank you. 36.68.187.70 (talk) 05:33, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. Im glad you saw my reply. I do understand your comment, and think it represents an important point of view that should be considered. I think what we have here is two reasonable editors seeing the same set of facts, drawing different conclusions. I wish that every engagement that I have on Wikipedia went so reasonably. Best. Rklahn (talk) 05:39, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing "Arab slave trade"
There was a discussion on the talk page on the Arab slave trade about splitting it up because the term itself is a misnomer. Since you want something to be listed, then I will try to add trans-Saharan slave trade and Indian ocean slave trade. Ibrahim5361 (talk) 00:06, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If the distinction is citable, which it seems to be, then I agree with the consensus. List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll now seems fine. Rklahn (talk) 01:36, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Administrators Noticeboard
Here i have posted about the situation on List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll and on here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll:_Revision_history_discussion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielbr11 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

I am notifying you of my New post here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll_2 Danielbr11 (talk) 02:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC) Notifying you of this arbitration Editing List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll Danielbr11 (talk) 02:40, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The case request mentioned here was removed as premature. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:35, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Rklahn would you accept this source from a neutral reliable publisher for 150 million deaths under British Empire https://www.jstor.org/stable/175562?seq=1 Danielbr11 (talk) 22:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This is not how Wikipedia works. Im an equal among the other 40K active editors. I cant step in and pre-clear a source. If you are confident your edit is supported by verifiable sources, you should simply make it. At that point, it's subject to being changed or reverted if an editor thinks it's not verifiable, or in in contradiction with some other policy. If that happens, do not take it personally. Thats just how it works on Wikipedia. An alternative, and given the nature of List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll is what I recommend, is to suggest your edit on the talk page and seek the advice and consensus of other editors.

Abortion???!?!?!?
Wow. Crazy. I was driving home/cooking dinner or I would have got it for ya. Sorry you had to revert, but at least it should be over now. . . On that page anyway. Nightenbelle (talk) 00:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The entire situation is so crazy, I don't quite know how to react, beyond the revert. My reaction was to ask this on The Teahouse. It's just so incredibly outside of the norm. But, yes, stopping the madness via a block seems called for. Rklahn (talk) 00:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, although your account has been here a long time, looking at your edit count- I'm guessing you haven't been very active. This is.... normal disruption to an extent. Daily users decide WP is the place they are going to sell their POV and may of them get lost in their belief they are right and can't/wont adhere to NPOV and accept we are an encyclopedia. This is not the place to right wrongs. THey had some good points- the numbers for the deaths of indigenous people are probably grossly off. There were millions of deaths under communist regimes. I get their anger at those things... but there is a time and a place. This isn't it. But- as soon as this issue is resolved, a new person will come along with a new soapbox and it starts all over. As a DRN volunteer- I see a lot of it. Sometimes, like this one, its something I'm passionate about and I end up involved (I don't mediate if it touches on a passion of mine so I can stay neutral) Usually- I just unhook my brain, deal with the issue, and have opinions on other sites. *shrugs* I'm used to it. And I'm going to start calling myself the ninja kangaroo- because my role at the DRN has brought me to the ANI a couple of times now because a DRN hasn't gone the way someone wanted and they pulled me on there. As long as I stay professional and try to notice and admit my mistakes.... hopefully I'll avoid any blocks myself. That and once I hit a certain level of passion- I take my happy butt off WP till I cool down. Except once. Once I got mad enough that I got warned by admins... but no one's perfect. Nightenbelle (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think part of my approach has been because of my usage pattern. Yes, I created my account a long time ago, left for a long time, came back, and even then, would not call myself incredibly active. So, I had some sympathy for a while there. Now that I know from your comments that this is more common than I thought, I think Im going to report apparent disruptive behavior faster than I did in this case. Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Rklahn (talk) 01:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * until they posted the desire to open a 2nd arbcom followed by the abortion edit- I really thought they were reachable. But yeah- if they are doing personal attacks and just straight wasting everyone’s time not accepting consensus and policy- it’s probably not worth your time. Nightenbelle (talk) 12:53, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Taking a break for a while - 20210218
I was in a protracted dispute with an editor who would make controversial edits on controversial subjects, and had no intention of positively contributing to Wikipedia. It took a lot out of me, and Im taking a WP break.

Ive cleared my watchlist, so to get my attention, its going to take a ping or edit to my talk page, and even that may not work for many days.

Good luck to all of you, and please, let's just work to make Wikipedia better. Rklahn (talk) 20:56, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Been stuck at 499 edits for a few days, looking for the magic 500
So I can get extended confirmed. Rklahn (talk) 05:25, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.

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 * Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more


 * Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp


 * Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality


 * WikiProject report: Redirection


 * Humour: A very Wiki crossword

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Tech News: 2021-44
<section begin="technews-2021-W44"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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20:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-45
<section begin="technews-2021-W45"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour.

Changes later this week
 * Wikidata will be read-only for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.

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20:35, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-46
<section begin="technews-2021-W46"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> " or "<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> " have now been fixed. An incident report is available.

Problems
 * Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation.
 * There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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22:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-47
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Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the new wikitext mode Beta feature will be heavily improved on a few wikis. Your feedback is welcome.

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20:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 November 2021
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 * In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography
 * WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021
 * Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained
 * From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio?
 * Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021
 * Discussion report: On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent
 * Technology report: What does it take to upload a file?
 * WikiProject report: Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
 * Serendipity: "Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot
 * News from Diff: Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles
 * Traffic report: Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if Eternals should fail
 * Recent research: Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior
 * Humour: A very new very Wiki crossword

Tech News: 2021-48
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Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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21:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-49
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Problems
 * MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module.
 * Octicons-tools.svg An old ResourceLoader module, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> instead.

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21:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Unblock Request

 * Thanks for the quick action. Did not realize this was as big a thing as it appears to be. My privacy concerns are more about other sites than Wikipedia. And at that point, we are talking more convenience than need. Not sure exactly what Im going to do at this point, but thanks for pointing out the options. Rklahn (talk) 16:09, 12 December 2021 (UTC)