User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights/Archive 14

petition

 * you can start the fire Dom capers petition if you like since we're losing. --166.172.56.176 (talk) 03:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * and send the link here. --166.172.56.176 (talk) 03:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Just a reminder

 * If the Packers lose today, please make a petition to fire Dom Capers because he is a useless coordinator. Yeah our defense is looking good this year but not ranked in the top 10.  I know we're in the playoffs but if we lose knight start a petition to fire Capers.  Thanks! --166.172.56.176 (talk) 22:47, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Packers

 * Do you think they can beat the Vikings tommorow night? I hope it is NOT a pathetic game. Will they go past Seattle in the playoffs? --74.129.169.119 (talk) 01:30, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I certainly think they can beat Minnesota, and it should be a fun one. We'll see about the playoffs, I think they should be able to handle Seattle if the receivers remember that they're allowed to catch the ball if it hits them in their fucking hand... seems simple, but that seems to have been a problem this year. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:39, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Man fuck the Packers receivers other than Cobb. And fuck Dom Capers and Dropvante Adams they are fucking useless. --74.129.169.119 (talk) 02:48, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I have to say, I knew Jordy was exceptional but I didn't realize just how many holes he covered up. Looking forward to having him back next year. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:50, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * if the packers lose, start a petition to fire defensive coordinator Dom Capers. His schemes are horrible and he is so predictable. Next year will be better without Capers he sucks as a coordinator. Jordy will help next year. --74.129.169.119 (talk) 02:52, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Jordy Nelson is awesome! Start a petition tommorow to fire Capers if they lose. --74.129.169.119 (talk) 02:55, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm with you on both, and I might take you up on that petition if you don't first. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:57, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I am not going to make one if they lose so you should do it instead. I do not make petitions so please make the petition to get Capers the fuck out of Green Bay.n--74.129.169.119 (talk) 03:05, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Just do what Eagles fans did with Chip in the petition, like EDP. --74.129.169.119 (talk) 03:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Whack-a-mole
Special:Contributions/68.14.14.50 EEng (talk) 16:29, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

And... User:Fwckturnip. EEng (talk) 14:49, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/50.233.7.158 EEng (talk) 15:08, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * For whatever else they may lack, they suffer not for lack of persistence... The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:29, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * EEng (talk) 03:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)


 * EEng (talk) 13:23, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 
 * + a semiprotect now too. Aren't you glad you became an admin? EEng (talk) 00:28, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 
 * 
 * When reading the edit summary, given the recent bit of PC idiocy that happened about half an hour up I-95 for me I can't help but wonder if they'd start demanding they change their name because "World's Oldest People as an acronym is CAUSING ME GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM BECAUSE IT'S SO OFFENSIVE AND IF YOU DON'T CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO DEMAND JIMBO'S RESIGNATION AND HAVE A LITTLE HISSY FIT A 4 YEAR OLD WOULD BE EMBARRASSED AT AND THROW ROCKS AT YOUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!" (But then again Italians are white, so they can't be in any way oppressed; what happened to Sacco and Vanzetti was definitely different, we're not sure how but it just was so stop it RIGHT NOW before you cause me that grievous bodily harm again) But in all seriousness, I've been thinking of trying a rename proposal to "Wikiproject Human Longevity"; if you have a better idea, which I'm sure you do, I'd like to hear it. A name change might send the message that this isn't the GRG's official output, and if even one person gets that it's worth it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 22:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * First of all, get your own jokes . As to Yale, I can't be expected to follow the news at every struggling, little-known rustic school, so maybe you can fill me in. Now, then... Yes, I think a name change would be salutory for any number of reasons. EEng (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2015 (UTC) P.S. Sacco and Vanzetti did it.
 * Wow, and here I was thinking I was being original; maybe great minds do think alike. As to Sacco and Vanzetti, I'm not of Italian stock or anything but we went over that case in one of my history classes; it's not too much to ask that anyone get a reasonable trial, period. I'll try to put a proposal together then. It could require a bit of coordination with the other sane people there, so there will be some advance warning. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * They were railroaded, no doubt, but they were also probably guilty. EEng (talk) 00:09, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the part about Sacco's gun conveniently didn't come up in class at all, I had to find that on my own. I'm hardly losing sleep over them. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:12, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Another thought might be to merge it into another project, so it's not an isolate anymore. But the most obvious candidate, WikiProject Ageing and culture, is so small I'm afraid it would simply be overrun. Another thought would be simply dismantling it, as someone suggested at ANI a while back, but the window for that may have passed for now. EEng (talk) 20:15, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe an RfC about what to do might help, if there's a way to keep the lackeys from overrunning it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:59, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Whatever action you think appropriate
DS notice here, restoring material based on non-RS here (calling the removal "vandalism"), continuing here , earlier edit warring here. EEng (talk) 14:19, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, a DS warning might be in order for this editor . EEng (talk) 15:32, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll have a closer look at it when I get home, but my impression now is that the thickness of these guys' skulls never cease to amaze me. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:51, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi?
I wonder if, given the history of IP disruption, a semiprotect might not be appropriate:. EEng (talk) 02:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I think so, but if I did it myself there would almost certainly be some caterwauling about "involved admin". Next time there's ongoing IP idiocy there I'll put in an RfPP request. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:29, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I think someone else did. EEng (talk) 20:27, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

More whackamole (like guacamole, but not as tastey)

 * Special:Contributions/166.170.49.136 EEng (talk) 20:27, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Xmas
Special:Contributions/115.193.10.247 EEng (talk) 02:06, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * If the IP tries anything else I'll block it, it's been duly warned. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:05, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year

 * Special:Contributions/153.139.68.36 Vandalism-only, and he's returned.  E Eng  04:18, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Tobias redux
is a heavy contribution sock that needs some attention. I've cleaned up after the other named accounts and IPs, but this one is a bit of heavy lifting. Can you take a look at some of it please? With the two new page move trackers, he has now taken to requesting moves at uncontroversial moves so that it doesn't show up on his logs. Also among others in that range. Another range has been blocked by. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  15:03, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Mass deletion
Hello The Blade of the Northern Lights! Can you tell me, why have been so many articles about East Timorese subdistricts deleted? Greetings, --J. Patrick Fischer (talk) 20:26, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * See the above section, this is to delete creations of Tobias Conradi, a WP:G5 deletion. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  20:34, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Strange. The articles were a first start for these subject, missing in English Wikipedia for years. --J. Patrick Fischer (talk) 21:04, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I ordinarily wouldn't do this, but Tobias is now globally banned and nothing short of that will get the message across. If you'd like, I can send you copies of the sources he used; the articles themselves were very bare, so there's not much to be gained from restoring them. And to SpacemanSpiff; something's not working right with my mass rollback or I'd have done that already, and I'll see if I can hunt down any other pages he requested for restoring. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:44, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Update; just got the mass rollback issue fixed. Now to find those pages. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:58, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * In addition to the standard banned thing, there's also the fact that he loves to "provide" a structure to these places based on how he thinks they should be, not how they actually are and it's futile to waste editor hours to sift through individual articles to clean up that mess. And of course, this disruption is on at multiple wiki's, representatives of which are currently voicing their opinions at Meta. I see you've fixed this one now Blade. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  02:20, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I have seen some strange edits by this user. I was just wondering, because I didn't see in German Wikipedia articles deleted, because the author was banned before. Well, the articles were just stubs, maybe someone will find time to re-activate them one day. If this is the case, he/she can translate simply the German articles or use the sources there. I have enough to do in deWP. ;-) Greetings, --J. Patrick Fischer (talk) 05:39, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Zala County
Hi. What is the reason for this and similar edits? I'm having trouble understanding how this is helpful to readers. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:22, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * See the section directly above; I was doing a mass rollback of a globally banned and extremely disruptive user. I have no objection to someone reinstating the edits if they want, but the messes Tobias Conradi creates are so massive that it's not really worth the amount of effort required to do anything besides a mass revert. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 15:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Need help from a user that is harassing me?
Is this the right place Alexis Ivanov (talk) 20:56, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Not gonna lie, I made some enemies, but all my previous conflicts were resolved as soon as possible and something weird happen, I was talking about the difference between Persian and Iranian in Al-Biruni's talk page and suddenly an IP addressing is harassing me, I have no problem with someone being against me, but feels like someone is after me who knows me from Wikipedia or has been lurking here, they used two different IP as far as I know, I 70% sure they are breaking some rules here, maybe you can look into that the weirdest part is he or she came to Wikipedia SOLELY to harass me.

Exhibit A: [|In the talk page with of Al-Biruni someone appeared with no name]

His or her IP address to see what they do

Exhibit B: In the Al-Khwarizmi talk page

His or her IP address to see what they do

Exhibit C: and this what brought me to think it is a harassment on another level, he or she followed me to an un-related talk page to his or her issues to create a hostile environment

The IP address

I urge you to deal with matter, this person is not here to edit or contribute anything of value, seems like an Iranian butthurt who got offended that there was a discussion. And accusation of being Turkish or Arab is being used which hold no water. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 21:13, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is not surprising. Alexis Ivanov is an aggressively confrontational editor who peppers his posts with personal insults against other editors. His "mission statement" reveals his attitude towards dealing with editing disputes: Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 23:37, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

So it was you? First of all I never confronted the IP address. So you must be on some drugs or something be careful, you are moving in the wrong direction Alexis Ivanov (talk) 03:13, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks much
Thank you for your most helpful copy-edits to the article I created, From The Doctor to my son Thomas.

The article is currently a Featured Article candidate, at Featured article candidates/From The Doctor to my son Thomas/archive1.

Were you thinking of commenting there?

Thanks again for the copy-edits, especially while it's at FAC, most appreciated,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:10, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, actually, I think I will. Not sure how much help I'll be, but I'll try. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, whatever you wish, unfortunately it hasn't gotten much participation, so far. Thanks again for the copy-edits. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:37, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Wise words
Thank you, for your comment, here.

Wise words, and injects a little sanity into the ongoing discussion.

Good luck,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:30, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "Brilliant" is maybe the word I would use, rather than "wise". John Carter (talk) 18:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

New sock?
Who's that LTA who always moves a stack of articles without discussing anything? I think might be them. I seem to recall you'd dealt with this a fair bit in the past, hopefully I haven't mixed you up with someone else. Jenks24 (talk) 19:50, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That'd be . Given meta:Requests for comment/Global ban for Tobias Conradi‎, I'd have thought he'd be a bit inactive now. I'll file the SPI and see if any more IP blocks can be done. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  04:12, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Not a big deal but...
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Weird article creations
Hi Blade, has been creating articles this month that look weird to me. They're well-formed, although very unreliably sourced, and contain tags that are dated well before this month. I'm not sure if they're undiscussed forks, have been taken from a mirror ... or something else. They certainly do not contain any attribution to indicate copying from another of our articles.

I've left an extremely brief note on their talk page and also nominated one of them for deletion under PROD because it really is pathetically sourced. Any chance of you trying to get your head round what is going on. Mine is fuzzy with meds. - Sitush (talk) 19:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Im just trying to promote Indian History here, I gave the reference ":Maharana Sanga: The Hindupat, the Last Great Leader of the Rajput Race. By Sarda Bilal" the date problem is because i took the format of the frame from a wiki article but did not copy anything, all thats written is from books. I probably failed to give proper references on paragraphs and would like help for that.Divyraj (talk) 20:36, 4 December 2015 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks. And ignore my message, Blade. I'll have a word with Divyraj tomorrow when my head is cleared up. I'll explain how the tag templates work etc and they're welcome to ask any further questions. However, the big problem will remain that the sources are not reliable - the book you mention is far too old and we'll have to find something more suited to a modern encyclopaedia. You might find WP:HISTRS to be a useful read, and you perhaps also need to realise that even modern Indian history books are often unreliable due to the significant "rewriting" of history to suit various extreme viewpoints, such as Hindutva. - Sitush (talk) 21:14, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

You may want to take a look
Will wonders never cease? WP:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring EEng (talk) 22:29, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Moves on 5 October 2015
Hi there - not sure what the backstory is with User:Tobias Conradi, but I happened upon the Kaiserbach valley article and was going to move it to Kaiserbach Valley as the typical English capitalization of proper nouns. Is there something I should know that encourages me to not do that? I didn't want to simply revert your revert of User:EdJohnston. Cheers -  " Pepper "  @ 21:09, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem at all; that was just a mass-revert of one of his socks. The amount of moves his socks do, and the low percentage of actually helpful ones, are such that when reverting them it's much more efficient to just do all of them. So basically no there's no problem, go ahead. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:10, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds good - thanks.  " Pepper "  @ 05:17, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, Blade
And may your holidays be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfhoWIPoVw merry and bright. . . .] Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:16, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Heavy metal AfDs
Hey, I was wondering if you could offer some insight with some heavy metal bands I nominated for AfD, Bloodlet, Amboog-a-Lard, If He Dies He Dies, Totenmond (this particular one has been twice relisted), Winter's Bane and Rain Fell Within. Any help is appreciated, cheers! SwisterTwister  talk  05:36, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * It might be a day or two, but I'll definitely have a look at those. Hope I can be of some assistance. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 13:17, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, The Blade of the Northern Lights!


Happy New Year! The Blade of the Northern Lights, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz Read! Talk! 21:46, 1 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

A cup of coffee for you!

 * I'm sure we've seen each other and met in person (I'm terrible with facial recognition, much better with remembering names). Should be a fun day. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:23, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Calvin Johnson
Read this article:. I want Calvin Johnson in Green Bay next year can us Packer fans make the Packers sign him before the Patriots do. Calvin Johnson is the answer for the Packers and I want him there when free agency starts. Can we make Ted Thompson sign him this offseason in free agency? You should email the Packers organization to sign him because Calvin Johnson is the answer and we will make the super bowl if we get him. Regards, --166.172.57.180 (talk) 20:44, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hey Blade, it was good to see you at Wikipedia Day! There are a couple of WP:A+F edit-a-thons in Connecticut coming up for March, and they could use some experienced Wikipedians on-hand to help, so email me if you'd like to be a part of this effort.--Pharos (talk) 14:25, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Would you be available/interested in helping out at a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Coonnecticut?--Pharos (talk) 16:06, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Let me know if this is interesting at all to you, or if you're unsure and would like to talk it over sometime. In-person outreach to new editors can sometimes be a welcome and refreshing break from workaday editing.--Pharos (talk) 17:10, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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April 2016
Hello. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent finger fumblings to Requests for Ritual Humiliation has been undone because it was too accurate. If you would like to complain, please climb the Reichstag and wave a flag at that special place. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. If you persist, I shall say "Ni!" Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 14:13, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll bring you the two shrubberies of different heights for the terrace effect and chop down the tallest tree in the wood with a herring!! Even though they say it is impossible! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 14:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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RfC History of South America
Hi Blade, you may wish to comment. Kind regards -- Marek . 69    talk  05:03, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you
Warning or block needed.  E Eng  20:32, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 20:49, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 20:56, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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Query
Could you please explain the violations here, just not sure I understand. Thanx,  Mlpearc Phone  ( open channel ) 04:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Nvrmnd, I found the discussion. Thanx,  Mlpearc Phone  ( open channel ) 04:17, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * In hindsight I should have linked to it in my edit summary; in case anyone else has questions the discussion is here. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 04:18, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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Bad reverts: un-unifying dates and other stuff

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Sincerity&diff=next&oldid=720501978
 * from: 1:"|date=27 May 2015", 2:"|date=20 November 2012"
 * to: 1:"|date=2015-05-27", 2:"|date=November 20, 2012"
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Logicians&oldid=prev&diff=720648741
 * Didn't look at revert
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Progressivism&diff=prev&oldid=720648700
 * Didn't look at revert
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitrous_oxide&oldid=prev&diff=720648661
 * from: 1:"|accessdate = 21 November 2015"
 * to: 1:"|accessdate = 2015-11-21"
 * no change: "|accessdate=29 December 2013"
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silent_disco&oldid=prev&diff=720648236
 * from: 1:"|date=September 6, 2009", 2:"| date = April 5, 2007"
 * to: 1:"|date=6 September 2009", 2:"| date = 2007-04-05"

...

There were a bunch of others, please look before messing things up. —User 000 name 02:42, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The lack of self-awareness is hard to fathom... The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 20:13, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please keep the user's talkpage on your watchlist, as I suspect a CIR block may be in the cards.  E Eng  17:29, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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Can you help at June 17 edit-a-thon in New Haven, CT?
Hi Blade, I was wondering if you might be able to join and lend a hand at this editathon in New Haven on Friday June 17.--Pharos (talk) 04:14, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately I have a work commitment that day, but it's the sort of thing I'd love to help with in the future. I'll keep an eye out for similar events, and if I ever get a bit more free time I might even try to help orchestrate one myself. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:07, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Banned user and their articles
Hello The Blade of the Northern Lights, my fingers cramped from typing your username :P I perfectly understand the necessity to ban problematic users but I don't see the point in deleting perfectly valid articles of their creation ie: Roman hippodrome of Berytus, even though this is specified in the criteria for speedy deletion policy. I was wondering if there is a way to retrieve the texts of the deleted pages and whether re-creation of the pages would be problematic. HAve a super day or night or afternoon. Cheers -~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 07:18, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I would love to work on the article if that's not too much trouble for you to transfer it. By what username(s) did that editor go by? I don't have any recollection of such user or his work. -~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 05:26, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 05:27, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_make_difficult_blocks
I just removed a couple archive pages of yours from this category. If you're still willing to_make_difficult_blocks, please add one of your current pages to the the category.-- Elvey (t•c) 00:54, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks; not sure how that happened, but glad you noticed and fixed it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:37, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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Hello
I sent you an email when you get a chance to look at it. Cheers.--John Cline (talk) 08:39, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Clarity: POV
Hello Blade. I would like get clarity about your comment regarding POV and Sepsis II:
 * "I don't think this is someone who needs to be editing this topic area. It's bad enough as it is, and yet another person with a strong POV here is only adding more venom and toxicity to the editing environment."

's first quote on his/her user page is, "the Palestinians are the only people on earth required to guarantee the security of the occupier, while Israel is the only country that demands protection from its victims." Hanan Ashrawi

Obviously, that quote, with a history replete of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian nationalist editing, Nishidani has made clear his/her POV. As such, can you please clarify what separates Sepsis II (in terms of POV and aggressive editing) by, , , et al.? Thank you.  Kamel Tebaast  22:38, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The first thing is that none of those editors are currently at AE, so we'll go from there. Sepsis II also has an extensive history of sanctions related to editing in the area, and as noted at AE very narrowly avoided an indefinite block for the same. Having a point of view on these matters is inevitable—I have one myself—and declaring your point of view is not inherently problematic; it's an issue when that POV shows up in content and when an editor starts attacking others over it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:08, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Tebaast.The Erdogan effect. let's start a witch-hunt and get the rest of them bastards. I sympathize with the plight of the Tibetans, Australian aborigines, Amerindians as my editing history indicates and this extends to the Palestinian people (as our editor sympathizes with that extraordinary ensemble of people we call Karens). They are represented on Wikipedia by 1 editor and a conflict should not be written from one side, even if history is written by the victors. WP:NPOV places us all under an obligation to ensure that articles on a conflict in which two peoples are involved are balanced, with both accorded fair and proper representation. If you find this scandalous, and think that this must automatically translate into a form of anti-Israelism, then your understanding of a basic pillar of Wikipedia is flawed, and your familiarity with Israeli/diaspora scholarship and journalism seriously lacking.  Nishidani (talk) 23:28, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Page move over redirect request
Hello, The Blade of the Northern Lights! I am trying to move a talk page, currently entitled Talk:Puspha Kamal Dahal, to Talk:Pushpa Kamal Dahal because the correct spelling is "Pushpa," as opposed to "Puspha". But it appears that the talk page Talk:Pushpa Kamal Dahal already exists as a redirect to the page to be moved. So, as an administrator yourself, would you please sort out this issue for me by deleting the page Talk:Pushpa Kamal Dahal to make way for the move? Thanks in advance! Inimesh (talk) 00:41, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Action required
This user has been repeatedly adding unsourced claims, among other vandalization attempts. Please review. Inimesh (talk) 01:00, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * IP blocked for long term vandalism --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:12, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Your close of an AE request
Hi, Blade, may I call you the Blade of the Aurora? Thanks for closing the arbitration request concerning Doc9871. I had already banned Doc for a month and alerted him to the ban on his page, as well as logged it. But maybe he should be told on his page about your summary of the admin discussion, too — that he's "further warned that any disruption in the topic areas covered under Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2 will lead to an extension and/or broadening of the ban"? I feel he may not look at the AE page again — currently he's not actually editing at all, perhaps being upset or angry about the ban (as anybody would be — nobody takes these things cheerfully). What do you think? If you agree he should be told about the warning on his page, I guess you would be the natural person to put it there? Bishonen &#124; talk 00:14, 3 August 2016 (UTC).
 * Ack, I thought I had left a message and it must not have gone through; I was having some connection issues. I'll take care of that now. And I rather like your nickname for me, by all means use it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 01:41, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Bishzilla simply call user "the little Aurora" — pretty cute! [Bishzilla enthusiastically shoves the cute little user in her pocket.] bishzilla    ROA R R! ! 07:06, 3 August 2016 (UTC).
 * A waste of a warning. A solution for which there never was a problem. I never heard of "American politics 2" before this. I see it's been over a year that anyone has substantially edited it, or been added to it, though. Must be a unique case here. I assure you I won't be "disrupting" it. Thanks for the consideration "Bishzilla". Doc   talk  07:39, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

DeCODED Sexes
Heyo. I am wondering if you can assist me with something. Yesterday you deleted DeCODED Sexes for WP:G3. This morning a new user created DECODED Sexes. It seems to me this is an open and shut case of WP:SOCK. Problem is that I can't see the user who created DeCODED Sexes in the first place. Can you help me track that down? Thanks! -- Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 15:25, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The original creator was User:Rtre4t654, and the one I speedied was from User:Froytreewe22. Let me know if you need anything else, I'll gladly assist. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:22, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you much! is a known sockpuppet. Seems like  is just another sock of theirs. Opened an investigation so we shall see... Sockpuppet investigations/Awais Azad Thanks! -- Zackmann08  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 23:06, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Quality cotnrol
Are you up for a chat based on something we worked very closely on together several yeats ago? Since Wikimania at Esino I'm now finally in discussions with the the devs about taking things to the next logical steps and I would like your opinions and possibly your support. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:45, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, anything I can do to help. My availability is a little jnconsistent, but when I have time I usually have a fairly large amount of it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 04:40, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "K. Mail me with your Skype and the best UTC to try get you (I've lost my old Skype account and its contacts). --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:42, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

When you have a chance...
Block needed for ongoing removal of others' posts from not-his-talkpage, NOTHERE, etc. Take a look at his brief contrib history too.  E Eng  21:42, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I see JamesBWatson is giving him one last chance, so I'll hold off for now but keep an eye out. If he resumes I'll immediately block. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:59, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * He's removing others' posts again . Here's confirmation he's read yet one more of the warnings .  E Eng  02:39, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

mario party 10
Mario Party 10 is being vandalized. 66.87.77.194 (talk) 20:48, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

August 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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Can you approve an AfC?
I happen to have run into Draft:Boston_Landmark, and if this is typical of the AfC process there's something seriously wrong. This clearly qualifies for mainspace, regardless of how complete or incomplete it is, and regardless of what sources are actually listed in the article -- the idea that there aren't adequate sources for "Boston Landmarks" is absurd. I'm not seeing the approve button, so I'm guessing I'm missing some privilege. Can you do it? It should, however, be renamed Boston Landmarks.  E Eng  01:22, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Compare Lists of New York City Landmarks. We also have and . The Boston article could obviously have more sources, and notability should not be in question.   See also  List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston.  So the contents of Draft:Boston Landmark might be harmonized with other existing stuff. The creator of Draft:Boston Landmark is  and we might want to encourage them. EdJohnston (talk) 02:19, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I think IP 140 later registered as User:Blcevie. They've been working on a bunch of Boston-related stuff and I'd hate to see them discouraged. (He/she seems to be an employee of the Boston Landmarks Commission, and no I don't think that's a COI, except maybe as to material on the Commission itself.) Apparently other cities have separate articles/lists for municipally designated landmarks vs. National Historic Landmarks (e.g. Landmarks_of_St._Louis) so while a title change may be appropriate I don't think a merge (with List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston) is, though one with Boston Landmarks Commission might make sense. Since I apparently lack the authority to rescue this from AfC, can one of you do it?  E Eng  05:26, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Once I can get in front of an actual computer and not a mobile device I'll do just that, definitely by the end of the day here. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:31, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey guys. I appreciate any help! I am both IP 140 and Blcevie. Its been quite a long and difficult process, with minimal feedback. the reason I did two different pages for the Boston Landmarks Commission and Boston Landmark is it seemed to follow suit with other articles I've seen, like with New York and St. Louis. Local landmarks are also vastly different from National landmarks, there is a different process for getting them designated and different outcomes from designation. I would really hate to lose this page, as I've put alot of time and effort into it. Its pretty important, as Boston is going through a lot of changes and development in the area. Any landmark or pending landmark will need review from the commission in a public hearing. Alot of the public would be interested in it. Blcevie (talk) 14:08, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Proposal: New Page Reviewer user right
A discussion is taking place to request that New Page Patrollers be suitably experienced for patrolling new pages. Your comments at  New pages patrol/RfC for patroller right are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:17, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
You beat me to the punch while I was at work, haha. ありがとうございました! Lord Roem ~ (talk) 03:51, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem. Figured someone would appreciate the help. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:13, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

September 14: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting
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Guardian article on Genie
--I am One of Many (talk) 14:33, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've been hard at work cutting things back, but having something more current than 2008 is definitely valuable. When I have time to look over it in more detail I will. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 15:42, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

NPP & AfC
A dedicated venue for combined discussion about NPP & AfC where a work group is also proposed has been created. See: The future of NPP and AfC --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Nudge ;) --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:49, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Autopatrolled
Hey, how come I'm not autopatrolled? I feel oppressed and left out.  E Eng  22:50, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Most likely because you haven't asked before now, but since you have I can resolve that for you. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 14:19, 25 September 2016 (UTC)


 * My plan is working puhrrrrfectly.  E Eng  17:09, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

The future of NPP and AfC - progress
Thank you for joining the The future of NPP and AfC Work Group

There have been been recent discussions and some special task pages have been created. for your attention and input. Please visit the following pages to get up to speed and add your comments, particularly the straw polls and priority lists. Please also add these pages to your watchlist. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:39, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * en:Wikipedia:The future of NPP and AfC/To do
 * en:Wikipedia talk:The future of NPP and AfC

ANI
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Arbitration_Enforcement_review. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 16:23, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

RfC for page patroller qualifications
Following up from the consensus reached here, the community will now establish the user right criteria. You may wish to participate in this discussion. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:51, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Sanction template
Regarding the ban notice you recently left for a user, consider using Template:AE sanction because it provides all the appeal instructions. This may save time in explanations. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Will do; I knew there was something but I've been away from AE so long I'd forgotten where it was. Thanks. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

WMF waiting for our NPP short list
Hi, It's now been three weeks since we created the NPP Work Group and we are hoping for a dynamic push forward for the urgent updates and required improvements to the quality control of new pages.

We now have the attention of the WMF and their development team has made page patrolling a top priority. They are already working hard to address some of the major issues.

The success of this depends on our team being able to keep the developers supplied with the feedback they need - if we relax on this they will move on.

If you have not already done so, please complete your list of 10 preferences here as soon as possible from the list at To do - the WMF is waiting for our shortlist. Please note that No.8 (NOINDEX) has already been addressed.

Thanks for all your help. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Think you missed a spot.
Thought you should delete this page as well per WP:DENY, since you did so with the other sockpuppets. Blake Gripling (talk) 07:57, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

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FYI
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Reference errors on 24 October
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User appealing at AE due to your ban
Please see Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. He is appealing a block I made to enforce your ARBPIA topic ban. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 19:50, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

User:MMtpmjp
I intend to unblock this user. They apologized for their legal threat, retracted it, and were proven right in the end. Let me know if you have any objections to be considered.--v/r - TP 00:34, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem, fine by me. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:29, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * After discussing with them, they continued to assert they had a legal right to control that page under international law. So - I decided to decline and point them at WMF legal.--v/r - TP 20:52, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I wish them luck with whatever it is they're trying to do. Thanks for the update. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:55, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

NPP - Last call for work group comments on stage 1
Hi ,

The future of NPP and AfC:
 * To take full advantage of the WMF developer time that has been allocated to this project, we must now quickly submit the short list of our priorities before the end of October, otherwise we may lose the attention of the WMF.


 * If you have not already done so, please visit the page at Suggested Improvements and select your personal choice of 10 features (excluding the ones the devs are already doing) and list them in your order of priority  at  Priorities.

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Precious anniversary
Why do I miss ...? I miss Dreadstar. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Saturday November 12: Women in Science Edit-a-thon @ NY Academy of Sciences (plus Sunday Indigenous People's Justice event)
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review needs your help
Hi ,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted. Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.

It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.

(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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New Page Reviewer - RfC
Hi. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:21, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Vote for better tools for controlling new pages
Hello ,

Community wishlist poll
 * Getting the tools we need


 * Improve the tools for reviewing new pages: Vote here.
 * Reduce the reviewer workload : Vote here

For NPP: Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)
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Recent X1 deletions
I see that you deleted a few of the redirects that were listed in this AN thread. I had reviewed and found that some were more than marginally useful and probably should have been created, such as SWAG (military unit) and Saint Benoit Kilisesi as a couple examples. I wonder if you could undelete those, or if you have any objection to me recreating them? Cheers. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:03, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I didn't see that thread, but now that I have I have no problem with restoring those at all. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:07, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 31 December
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Happy New Year! The Blade of the Northern Lights, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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User talk:Gonulinanir
The userpage bio (in Turkish) you speedied recently s back, but on the talk page now. Meters (talk) 03:16, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I'll remove it and leave a message for the user. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Nicely handled. Meters (talk) 04:21, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Revdel needed
If you're up, need a revdel at. Also (sorry) I don't have the energy to explain OR and so on to this well-meaning expert. Can you? (Just noticed at his user page that he's been at ANI before.)  E Eng  06:03, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

G13 and AfC - discussion
An informal discussion is taking place at Wikipedia talk:Drafts on the G13 CSD criterion, and the future of the AfC project. You are invited to comment. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

User talk:NWAyeah
I requested a block on the above editor because they admitted there were multiple users using the same account. Granted, I requested it at UAA, but there is no problem with their username at all. If I'd have taken it to ANI, there would have been a weeks worth of debate before nobody decided to do nothing (only slightly tongue in cheek). I'm here asking that you a) clarify the reason for their block on their userpage, and b) change it from a softerblock to whatever is appropriate for blatant violation of TOU.

On the subject of that editor, you can see all the warnings on their page for non constructive edits, and the subject of their edits parallels non constructive edits originating from IPs registered to the University of Idaho, which were subject of a discussion at ANI a couple months ago. Just an FYI.

Obviously all is at your discretion, but please at least clarify your block notification. There is clearly no problem with the username. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 05:11, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * My thinking was knowing what NWA stands for, but the other stuff there was plenty blockworthy in its own right. I'll leave another message explaining it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 05:25, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Manrub08
I think this block may have been in error. While yes, they tripped the edit filter, they had filed a report here: explaining the edit. They are right too, Chaparral and Chaparral cock are two different thing, and they were referring to the roadrunner. I actually was getting ready to note that this was a false positive before the block. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:22, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was; there was an IP below it on AIV, I misclicked and got the account instead. I'll clean it up, one second. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
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Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
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Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
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Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

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The future of NPP and AfC/Work group
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New Page Reviewing - Election for coordinators
New Page Reviewing - Election for 2 coordinators. Nomination period is now open and will run for two weeks followed by a two-week voting period. See: NPR Coordinators for full details. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:45, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
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March 11: Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (and beyond!)
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