User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights/Archive 17

Perishable dogs
Indeed. - TimDWilliamson speak 23:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Removing the word "perished" as a euphemism for "died" was literally the reason I began editing Wikipedia, it just does not read right to me. Especially when said death was in conditions that would seem to be ideal for preservation. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 23:43, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * It really only belongs in letters from Civil War soldiers that start off "My dearest Hortense,..." - TimDWilliamson speak 23:57, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there I can deal with it. But, like many things from the Civil War, it's best left in the past. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:28, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Fredie Blom
Hi, and I hope all is well. I don't think we've interacted before, so it's nice to 'meet' you as well. (for full disclosure, this was linked by on the Wikipedia discord earlier today). I saw Articles for deletion/Fredie Blom, and took a look at the sourcing. While I agree the consensus there was clearly to 'delete', I think that Blom has enough coverage to meet WP:GNG. Would you object if I re-wrote the article as a draft and went through AFC? Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 19:41, 13 September 2020 (UTC) (also posted at User talk:Tone --Eddie891 Talk Work 19:57, 13 September 2020 (UTC))

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Interview Request
Before I go into huge amounts of detail, would you consider being interviewed (via audio) for an internet radio program? If it's a firm no then no need for me to go into more detail :) Topic would be about Wikipedia, and what adminship is like. Not looking for dirt or gossip, just genuine experiences and why you take the time to do it.  M r A urelius R   Talk! 10:01, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, that sounds like fun! I'm on EST and usually free by 5 PM on weekdays, so let me know whenever you want to do it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 14:55, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Awesome! I'm also on EST. There are a multitude of different ways to do an audio interview -- feel free to email me if you wish, or we can keep this on-wiki if you'd like! Skype, Zoom, Jitsi, Hangouts, Mumble, Discord are all great options for voice-only interviews.  M r A urelius R   Talk! 04:41, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Feedback?
Hey, if you have a moment, I'd love for you take a look at the Intellec article. It's been quite a while since I did editing on Wikipedia, and I added a bunch of cited info and two pictures (CC-BY-2.5) to the article. I just wanted to know if anything jumps out at you as incorrect per Wikipedia standards -- formatting, layout, etc. Factually I'm fairly confident it's all well-sourced. Just hoping I haven't made any major errors! :)  M r A urelius R   Talk! 17:56, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. I edited the image captions a little, but everything else looks great. Nice article! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

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Oversight?
Hi, I'm hassling you as yours was the first name on the oversighters list that I recognised, hope that's okay. :) I came across this user Special:Contributions/2001:999:82:2048:3811:47FA:F083:45AD leaving messages on two IP editors' talk pages, claiming to know, and revealing, their names and other details, followed by what sounds like threats (?) to visit them at home. Seems not quite right to me, only I wasn't sure what to do about it — but you probably do? TIA, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

TPA
Per Special:Diff/986654047, you might want to revoke their talk page access. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep, done. Thanks. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 17:13, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Genie
Just wanted to say thank you for your work on the Genie (feral child) page, 50 years on from her discovery. It has made finding information about her so much easier, as the information is scattered across books and nowhere else. Well done! Any plans for further edits to the page? Abc2def2g (talk) 20:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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Account deletion
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and my username was deleted by you back in October 2019 because the article in my sandbox was deemed "advertising". I would like to continue learning to use this platform by editing articles within my sandbox and was prompted to ask for permission from you prior to re-creating my user account today. So, I would like to kindly ask that you allow me to continue using my account please? Thank you very much for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.LyndsayNicole (talk) 13:59, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

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Appeal at ARCA
Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights. I wanted to let you know that The C of E is appealing at ARCA a topic ban imposed by a consensus of administrators at AE, which you commented at as an uninvolved administrator. The ARCA request is at Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 07:48, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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 * ok 204.132.81.138 (talk) 13:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!
Ehrm, can you help me remove my ip adress? [not sure if this is the right place].

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RabbitFanon2021
FYI, quite a clear sockpuppet has emerged at LolaBunnyFan2022... yet another false warning,, and quite a similar user page to their previous one. Magitroopa (talk) 14:19, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you
For the edit and the summary. Cheers, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:45, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

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SlimVirgin
I saw the candle right away at a glance. Can we please keep the image as she placed it? - When I die, please no candle at all, and no "deceased". Like here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see we each got each other's talkpage. I didn't put the template on her talkpage, I just moved it. I really don't care if there is or isn't a template somewhere, it unfortunately doesn't change anything. Sorry for the confusion. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 22:45, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, understood, and let's have the discussion my place, in case of interest. I love her user page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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hi
do you have minecraft if so i would like to invite you to my server

i shall reply to this thingy when i am able to make it Chibi demise the Leviathan (talk) 16:03, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Jackson Pollock (supercentenarian)


A tag has been placed on Jackson Pollock (supercentenarian) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 2. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Request RevDel
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Deletion review
Hi, you have deleted the following page: Covid-19 disclaimer and Covid-19 disclaimers

The reason I want take it back: This is important to warn people about Covid-19 information in Wikipedia. [ Talk to me  ]  Show!  Music Core  and more favorite 03:45, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Deletion review for Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 July 28
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Question
Hello, Blade of the Northern Lights. I hope you have been doing well. I'm not sure how best to go about this, but the community (DerbyCountyinNZ, TFBCT1, Chicdat, WordwizardW, Bart Versieck, and I: source 1 source 2 source 3) have all spoken against the recent mass disruption of the suite of longevity articles, by Guarapiranga. The ongoing discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Longevity demonstrates Guarapiranga's complete lack of understanding of these articles, unwillingness to discuss mass changes with the community beforehand, and unrepentant attitude about their actions. Is it possible, with all this in mind, and given this four to nothing vote in favor of reverting List of American supercentenarians to its pre-Guarapiranga state, that as an admin you could use rollback to bring the various country and global lists to their pre-Guarapiranga state? I think it's fair to say that it's unreasonable, given the sheer number of articles disrupted, to require editors have discussions on each individual talk page. The disruption is of a very similar nature on very similar pages, and all by the same editor. Going forward, if Guarapiranga wants to transform articles they do not even understand, they can gain community consensus beforehand. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Newshunter12 (talk) 20:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I wholeheartedly agree with restoring the pages, and I see Bart Versieck seems to have beaten me to it. If it persists I'll definitely revert again, I see the ANI thread and I'll probably comment there in a bit myself. Since the RMs are already open I think it's best to just let them run their course, having them at their (admittedly really bizarre) current titles for a couple more days isn't going to kill anything and short-circuiting the process has a non-zero chance of creating yet more confusion and drama. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:36, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It's great to see that the content of the pages have already been restored by various editors. Now that a formal process is well underway and common sense is unanimously prevailing anyway, I agree that it's best to let the RMs run their course. This episode is such a bizarre occurrence, especially since this topic has been more or less quite quiet the last couple years. Newshunter12 (talk) 03:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this was a decidedly unwelcome development, thankfully the RMs look like they'll restore some sanity. Hoping this is just a one-off and it won't stir up the crazies at the 110 Club, goodness knows their absence makes these articles a whole lot easier to deal with. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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Question
Hi, you've issued a partial block on me. I understand why that would happen, but if you have a look at the AfD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/East_Asian_History_(journal) you'll see that the two editors nominating also respond to every comment on that AfD which disagrees with the position, and simply disregard evidence that disagrees with their position. Yes, I created that page and made many edits trying to improve it and also so that it can pass AfD, and that also means discovering an presenting new evidence to the AfD (which gets written off as bludgeoning), but the inference of COI is simply untrue--I don't know anyone who has published with that journal, I don't work at that institution, etc. The editors nominating to block me know their way around the system, and I don't. Is it possible to nominate them to be blocked as well? That particular AfD is deeply frustrating because the journal clearly meets their standards by being indexed in Web of Science: and their strategy is just to ignore, override. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academic_journals) https://paste.pics/57aa0d9d0c797ec2b03b405f788b9754 https://paste.pics/850a40e81eb771f06cb9d001d9abaaa6 Wikipedia isn't served by these tactics; disappointing and depressing. Sheijiashaojun (talk) 00:07, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * fwiw, I've come to endorse this request--new editors taketimeto learn how hard topusch something. As I've told them, some of my first journal aticles were deleted.  DGG ( talk ) 05:44, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Clarification
Just need some clarification on something...when you say "As if humans were ever native..." as you opined in an edit summary for Diomede, Alaska are you saying you don't believe the people of Diomede are considered Native? Does this extend to other groups that call themselves Natives? Are you going to change the word "Native" in every article you come across? Also, I am not sure that Russia is considered "Europe" so is it proper to call Semyon Dezhnev a "European"? I appreciate your perspective even if I disagree. This is a genuine request to understand your edit properly. -- A Rose Wolf  13:03, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I meant, humans are basically non-native as a species everywhere we go. Feel free to revert or change it however you see fit, certainly wouldn't be the first time someone else's writing was a whole lot better than mine. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 14:03, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * That was never my intent. I like to learn the reasons behind someone's edit. We all have a story, a song, if you will. While it is true that we are non-native everywhere we go, most people want to belong to the land they live on if given the chance. This is why some people like to claim themselves a native of the land they were born on. This, however conflicts with descriptions of what a native is in other cases. Though most Cherokee in Oklahoma do not consider themselves a native of Tennessee or North Carolina that is where our ancestors came from before the Removal. I have often pondered the proper use of "Native American" because it seems like it could be used for anyone born in the US. That is why I prefer "American Indian" though I know, full well, both sides of the argument over the use of that term. -- A Rose  Wolf  15:26, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Youth Against Racism
Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights,

Sorry for posting here. I am not used to EnWP and where to post things. I posted the text below at this link. But maybe you can help with this and to say what can be done about this misshap?

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The deletion of the article Youth Against Racism is strange. There are lots of sources that shows notability, among those are the Swedish Government, describing Youth Against Racism as "Sweden's largest anti-racist youth organization". Also in official regional documents form the government, such as in "Develop working methods to counteract social risks with a focus on racism and extremism" from county administrative board of Dalarna, the organisation is present. Same goes for Ombudsman for Children in Sweden which included the organisation in its annual report "Sweden owns!". The Equality Ombudsman included the organisation in its report "Roads to rights". All of these sources are government agency in Sweden.

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Regards,

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LOL
Thanks! I don't know how we didn't catch this earlier! Buffs (talk) 16:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. The Principle of Some Astonishment is one of my favorite pages on Wikipedia (I added a couple examples to it myself), that's the sort of thing I look out for a lot. Though I don't like to get partisan on Wikipedia I do sometimes read our culture war articles, this remains my favorite. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:51, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Block question
I'm not too familiar with blocking on WP... but I noticed for this user, it displays that you blocked them... for editing Blind Channel, Adèle Exarchopoulos and John Stamos, though they have never edited those articles. Seems that it was actually this user, who is also blocked. Guessing the message appears because the two users share a portion of their IP addresses. Thought I'd ask in case I see this in the future, just not sure if it's an error or if that is normal. Thanks! --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 01:05, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
 * following up on this question, I've noticed that what appears to be a dynamic IP continues to edit the article Gigi Dolin. Trying not to appear as if I own the article... but repeatedly IPs (which I'm assuming is one user using a dynamic ip address) are changing Dolin's year of birth. If I were to request a partial block as you explained it to me on my talk page, would I make that request at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? Just getting tired of the unsourced and unexplained changes that keep happening on that page, specifically to the year of birth. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 17:13, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The typical place to ask for that would be ANI, yes. But since you asked me, I took a look myself; I figure semiprotection should help tamp it down, doesn't look like that article is getting any useful IP edits so this might get them to go away. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome, much appreciated! --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 22:41, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aerospace Research Systems, Inc
Can I please ask you to examine your closure of Aerospace Research Systems, Inc. I would have considered merge or relist as the appropriate results especially as the AfD nom. is inclined to move to a merge position. (Bentley, 2009) is RS. The article has been subject to repeated changes by one of the !voters to a point of significance. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 13:43, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

After We Fell
Hey - I missed out on the AfD for this but I wanted to let you know that it can be re-created. The film was already released in multiple countries and I don't see where anyone looked for foreign language reviews. (Sorry - no shade meant, I know that you're normally pretty good with that sort of thing!) I'm going to go ahead and move the draft live. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  19:20, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, sounds good to me. Thanks for the notification. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:49, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * User:ReaderofthePack, User:Blade of the Northern Lights - I didn't look for reviews. I have a philosophy on AFD nominations that differs from that of some editors.  I won't do the work of the author of an article and look for second chances to make an inadequate article an adequate one.  I think that an article should speak for itself, and this one did not.  Sometimes it results in one of my nominations being kept, and in this case it has resulted in it being deleted and re-created.  That's the way it works.  Robert McClenon (talk) 21:58, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of DaDaBIK
Hello, I am contacting you to have some clarification about the deletion of DaDaBIK (Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/DaDaBIK). In my opinion there was no real discussion about the sources by pro-deletion editors, except from one: only one editor in fact really seemed to care about discussing if there were good sources or not and why. Other three editors basically just published a one-line "delete" comment (but this is not a vote, as stated in the AfD). Furthermore, one of the pro-deletion editors seemed not to know the difference between primary and secondary sources. Finally, overall, I don't think there was rough consensus. Thanks. Ugeeeen (talk) 09:51, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
 * (Blade, I hope I'm not stepping on any toes here, but...) If you're going to keep pushing for DaDaBIK, I'm going to have to ask that you answer the question I asked on your talk page while giving you a strong warning for your misconduct surrounding that AfD: Are you affiliated with DaDaBIK in any way? If you are receiving compensation for your edits, you must disclose this. Even if you are not being paid, as I warned you in that message, continued COI (conflict of interest) editing can lead to a block.  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 04:32, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the assist. Honestly, I don't have anything to add to your reply to the OP. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:58, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

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Soft block of WalktheMoon,Nick,Eli,Sean222666
Hello, I was wondering if you could consider changing the block of to a hardblock - I think that they are likely a sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Brettandelle given their filter log and some behavioural and edit summary overlap. Would it be possible to do that, or should I present my evidence in a SPI? Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 19:18, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * If you think it's a sock, let them know at SPI; if it turns out to be someone unrelated that's fine, and if it is a sock it'll be documented there. For what it's worth, I do agree this doesn't seem like a new user at all. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:14, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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A kitten for you!
Nyan!

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing The Blade of the Northern Lights a very Blade of the Northern Lights happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 15:17, 5 December 2021 (UTC)


 * ok 204.132.81.138 (talk) 13:29, 18 January 2023 (UTC)



Happy Anniversary!
Hey Blade,

Congrats on another year as admin! 11 years now, wow. I actually was here to contact you for other reasons; I can't remember how we communicated before. I think you are sometimes on IRC, but if you can let me know a good way to contact you that'd be awesome. I use Tox (protocol) as well as Discord, XMPP, Signal (software), Matrix (protocol), IRC... there's lots of ways to contact me!

 M r A urelius R  Talk! 17:30, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the well-wishes! I haven't been on IRC in a while, but I still have a cloak and would happily dust it off; honestly, being an oversighter I probably should have a bit of a presence there anyway. My IRC nickname is (imaginatively) The_Blade. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:43, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:07, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Anti-Plantinga
This user you blocked nine months ago has requested unblock and chance to change username. I don't see any reason not to grant it, but I thought you might want to know if you had anything to say. Daniel Case (talk) 11:12, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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Illustration of Devil -- Codex Gigas
Q keep seeing description of " brown hair in tightly woven curls" or similar descriptions of the supposed "skull cap" feature from illustration-- it's SCALES. Like, reptilian scales, maybe like a Pangolin, which is not a reptile, but never the less DOES have scales. ANY way...I didn't know how else to express this to anyone, much less anyone who knows what the Codex Gigas is... 72.255.95.10 (talk) 17:10, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have aphasia? The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:55, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Protection
Hello the Blade of the Northern Lights, this page was move protected indefinitely so that admins could move it. There has been an RM and it was  closed as consensus to move. Since it has been a long time since the page was protected and their is no ongoing disruption would you mind lowering the protection? Cheers-- Megan B....  It’s all coming to me till the end of time  14:26, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Should be all set. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 14:55, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

RFA 2021 Completed
The 2021 re-examination of RFA has been completed. 23 (plus 2 variants) ideas were proposed. Over 200 editors participated in this final phase. Three changes gained consensus and two proposals were identified by the closers as having the potential to gain consensus with some further discussion and iteration. Thanks to all who helped to close the discussion, and in particular, , and for closing the most difficult conversations and for  for closing the review of one of the closes.

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Question from

 * Question: How did you found the name Blades of the northern light, is this an Anime or film ? Otnatsirk Maharba (talk) 09:17, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Revoking TPA on Exclusible.
Spam is continuing at User talk:Exclusible. It seems it's time to revoke talk page access. TornadoLGS (talk) 21:37, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

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Discretionary sanctions topic area changes
In a process that began last year with WP:DS2021, the Arbitration Committee is evaluating Discretionary Sanctions (DS) in order to improve it. A larger package of reforms is slated for sometime this year. From the work done so far, it became clear a number of areas may no longer need DS or that some DS areas may be overly broad.

The topics proposed for revocation are:
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Additionally any Article probation topics not already revoked are proposed for revocation.

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WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest. Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
 * The template db-afc-move has been created - this template is similar to db-move when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Urgent request
Can you please protect my talkpage? NW1223 (Howl at me / My hunts) 03:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

GAR
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Obviously you have a lot to say about the article. Quaffel (talk) 17:52, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Denver LTA
Is there any way that you can block 184.96.128.0/17 for a longer period like you did last time? I think that collateral damage is much less of a worry than a persistent LTA who has been harassing users and vandalizing Wikipedia since 2007. It's also the last of their ranges to not be globally blocked at the moment. Also, my talk page just got unlocked recently and I'm sure he'll try posting on there again very, very soon. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  04:15, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I can and will, blocked for a little longer than a month (it gets a little boring selecting from a dropdown menu, after all). I'll keep an eye on your talkpage, but don't hesitate to give me a shout if something comes up. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 05:06, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:3RRNO
Hi, I think it would be a good idea to announce somewhere the change you made, not because I object to it, but to inform both administrators and users who don't have the policy on their watchlist. Maybe WP:AN?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Good point. That seems as good a place as any, and a cross-post to WP:VPP might be a good idea too. I'll get something together. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:36, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

What's happening here?
Doesn't the user creation log say "was created by [you]"? – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk &#124; contribs) 01:39, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


 * (I'm talking about all those accounts being blocked and locked) – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk &#124; contribs) 01:39, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Notice the date on most of the account creations. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 01:47, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Writ Keeper: I know it is an April Fools joke, but every single one of them are either blocked, locked, or both. Surely if someone is patrolling the user creation log they see it was created by The Blade of the Northern Lights? – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk &#124; contribs) 02:11, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, per Writ Keeper the answer key lies in the date. That some people are so humor impaired that they feel compelled to block and/or lock said accounts is their problem, not mine. Being an administrator I can override the title and account creation blacklists, and once a year I try to find the account name that can hit the most without any outright profanity or slurs. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 02:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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Prix Versailles
Hello, I created the draft Prix Versailles, which was subject to a speedy deletion. Is it possible to restore the draft so I can improve the article? Otherwise, can I start over and create a new draft? It seems to me to meet the requirements for notability as it has been associated with UNESCO since the beginning as explained in the Assistant Director General’s speech here and a top architecture award where I can find multiple articles in reputable media sources when doing a simple search. Thanks for the assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxwellaaron (talk • contribs) 06:08, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
 * On its face I don't see a huge problem with the content, but there seems to be some history here that I'm not aware of. would it be an issue to restore the latest deleted revisions here? The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:49, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I was only involved in closing the deletion discussion, but apparently multiple accounts had created articles about this award on different language Wikipedias, and some editors suspected that it involved misuse of multiple accounts and/or undisclosed paid editing. (Note that I am not accusing anyone myself, just relaying what was said in earlier discussions.) if this was restored as a draft, would you be willing to state here that you will submit the draft for review by another editor rather than moving it directly to an article yourself? If so, I don't have any objection to restoring it as a draft. --RL0919 (talk) 00:49, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your replies. I was just following the steps shown for Article Creation. I'd like to edit the draft if you could restore it. I agree to submit the draft to review by another editor instead of moving it to an article myself. Thanks! Maxwellaaron (talk) 01:13, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In that case, I'll restore it to the same location it was at before. Thanks for your patience, and best of luck with your editing! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:27, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've completed the new draft article and am wondering what the next step should be to submit it to another editor for review. Any advice you could give me would be much appreciated. Thanks! Maxwellaaron (talk) 13:14, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, just copy and paste to the top, that fills in a template which will set it up for other editors to review. It may take some time, reviews can get pretty backlogged, but someone will review it (I'd do it myself if I knew anything about the subject, but I'll leave it to someone who does). The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:28, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Regarding an edit to the Low German language page
User ‘Blade of the Northern Lights’ removed information regarding “expulsion of German-speaking peoples during WW2” claiming it was irrelevant; I am curious about the motivation behind this, as it is pertinent information. User ‘Blade of the Northern Lights’ may be passively expressing disdain for the defeat of Hitler — worrisome behavior.

Also noticed a comment from ‘Blade of the Northern Lights’ bashing a user for expressing an ‘eastern European-backed point of view’ on a Ukraine article (?) — I am not fully sure what this is in regards to, but it appears that nationalistic bias may be becoming a pattern for user ‘Blade of the Northern Lights’. 76.101.80.164 (talk) 08:05, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You seem nice... The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 16:50, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

[θ] in Elfdalian?
Hi there

I just came across a statement from your hand on the page Voiceless dental fricative that says that the sound [θ] has been retained in Elfdalian. But the page on Elfdalian has a sketch of the Elfdalian phonological system, and it seems to not have the sound [θ] (although it does have the voiced counterpart, [ð]) – nor is the claim backed up by the sources cited after the paragraph in the above article. Other ressources on Elfdalian say that original (Proto-Norse) *θ became Elfdalian /d/. Do you have sources for the preservation of [θ] in Elfdalian? —Pinnerup (talk) 22:05, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I may very well be wrong, it's been a long time since I've looked at it. If I'm wrong definitely remove it, I'll do a little looking around and see if I can find anything; if I do I'll restore it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 22:30, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure. So far I've not succeeded in finding any other sources that list [θ] as part of the phonemic inventory of Elfdalian, so I've gone ahead and removed it for now. —Pinnerup (talk) 10:14, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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Your block of 184.96.128.0/17
Seems we have a duck. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:27, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for blocking that extremely aggressive editor!

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Edit on WP:ANI
While it may be viewed as humorous, this sill strikes me as an unnecessary, confusing, and potentially inflammatory addition addition to one of the most notoriously toxic places on Wikipedia. Let’s try to err on the side of caution, eh? Dronebogus (talk) 05:51, 1 April 2022 (UTC)


 * It's April Fools. I know what ANI can be, and it's the one day a year when it's possible to make a little light of it. That said, I'm also not going to push it any further. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 12:06, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Promotional username, promotional edits
Hi, Blade. The account seems to be a typical promotional-username, promotional-edits editor. I generally hardblock those, with a much sharper block notice and conditions, as per. Was there a special reason you softblocked them? Would you mind if I upped it to a hard spamblock? Considering edits like this, which they added twice and apparently don't even understand was promotional, it seems a bit worrying to let them loose on the 'pedia with only a username change. Bishonen &#124; tålk 15:00, 1 April 2022 (UTC).
 * Must have been a misclick, I thought I had hardblocked already. I certainly have problem with upping it to a normal spamblock. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 15:17, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool, done. Bishonen &#124; tålk 15:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC).

Sockpuppet
Hi, I'm letting you know that a user you blocked indefinitely is still editing under another account. - PM800 (talk) 20:08, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Unfortunately, this person is now editing under an IP address. - PM800 (talk) 21:21, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * They went right back to it after the 1-week block ended... 115.70.22.100 (talk) 02:53, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Another one: - PM800 (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked. If you think there might be any more, SPI could help root them out. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 21:57, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Still editing under these: . Yes, I should go to SPI, though they seem to just be using the same IP range for now. - PM800 (talk) 21:03, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Blocked and all edits reverted. I'll take a look at a rangeblock later this evening, but that should put a lid on things for the moment anyway. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 00:29, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

They're now editing under this account and this IP. I did take Jgwikid to SPI, by the way. - PM800 (talk) 01:10, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Here they are again: Even after a range block! 115.70.22.250 (talk) 04:21, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

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New administrator activity requirement
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Arbitration Enforcement
I'm really sorry to bother you on your page. Before people go and ban me, would someone mind actually looking up the source for "group rights". Like I said, it's completely unsourced (amongst other cases). I do feel like my reply is being ignored. Stix1776 (talk) 07:05, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
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New message from PAVLOV
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Bigoted account
Tyvm for blocking that transphobic and misogynistic Womensreichs account :) - signed, a trans woman 92.21.223.3 (talk) 10:39, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

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User:PlanespotterA320 is requesting unblock. Thoughts? OK to unblock? Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:36, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I saw this at the same time as the notification on NinjaRobotPirate's talkpage. Between that and reviewing the UTRS history I don't have much to add, except that any unblock should come with an extended stay away from the topic that caused this in the first place. I trust your discretion either way. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:37, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

More fun at Bridgeport
Hi TBNL, it may be worth checking in here again. User has come off the block without responding to ANI or talk page discussions, full speed ahead. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:F5BD (talk) 15:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

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Cabin134
Hello. Since you are the blocking admin, I wanted to let you know that Cabin134 asked a “question” about his blocking, which I replied too. I am not sure, but his response almost feels like a PA, but I am unsure. Wanted to ask if you could send a message to explain the situation to them. Elijahandskip (talk) 15:54, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

User_talk:CarpathianAlien
Unblock? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 03:21, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Query
Hi Blade! I noticed this edit at AN/I, and recalled you making at least one other like it before. Could I ask what browser and OS you're using? I don't know of any where a long string without spaces should cause a formatting issue, so I'm wondering if there's a bug somewhere. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she&#124;they&#124;xe) 18:29, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm on an iPhone 8 in desktop mode (since mobile is just awful for using any admin tools). I could take a screenshot if it'd help, what happens is my screen defaults to zooming out so all the text is on the page; it treats underscores as text and won't break it up at all, so it stays as one line of text regardless of how far outside the normal bounds of the page it takes. That means every time I reload the page (be it after editing or just navigating back) it's so zoomed out the text is completely unreadable, plus if I'm scrolling it careens from side to side unless I'm careful to go straight up and down. I'm awful with technical things, so maybe worth a VPT thread? The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 20:18, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Block evasion
Sorry to pester, but you blocked yesterday and they're back at it on. I was going to request pp but I wasn't sure if there'd been enough disruption. Cheers. – 2 . O . Boxing  10:20, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. IP blocked, if there's a recurrence let me know, I'll rangeblock or semiprotect as needed. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 12:50, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

FYI
Someone took you to XRV, but apparently aren't capable of actually notifying you, so I am.

Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrative action review regarding an action which you performed. Thank you. PRAXIDICAE🌈 18:23, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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The never ending Bridgeport disruption
, whom you twice blocked. Please consider a third and much longer block. Thanks, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:D600 (talk) 04:40, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd say that went on for long enough. Indefinitely blocked. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 12:47, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:D600 (talk) 14:41, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Down to just one
I got the sentence down to just one instance of 'swallow' :) I think it's an improvement on your improvement, but I'm open to alternatives or even going back. Cheers. Anastrophe (talk) 04:15, 25 September 2022 (UTC)


 * You did better than I could have. Sometimes it takes a more objective writer to get it all together, thank you. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 05:01, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

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An apology
Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights, I accidentally desysopped you when desysopping another user. I'm baffled as to how I made this mistake but I have reversed it and am sorry it happened in the first place. Acalamari 00:17, 12 October 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem. You acted so fast I didn't even notice, no harm no foul. You've been a solid bureaucrat for a long time, things happen; goodness knows I've had my own misfires with admin tools. If you'd blamed it on the Japanese signatures I'd have believed it! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:17, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I happened to have seen the desysoping on my watchlist just as it happened and have to say: I was quite sorry to (as I believed) see you resigning the bit. Upon visiting the bureaucrat's noticeboard, I was confused at seeing the admin username shown as Atama, and self-reflected at how surprised I was that you had changed your username while I somehow managed to miss its happening. And yes, I ultimately accepted things as being sad but true because of the Japanese character displayed in Atama's signature. And so, to hasten this post's conclusion, I would like to say: I'm glad it wasn't about you, you would have been missed, and if it had been the culmination of your administrative tenure, you'd have served Wikipedia well and left an indelible positive mark by your influence and presence. And I would have told you so. I'm sure glad I didn't have to. Best regards my wiki friend.--John Cline (talk) 04:21, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the understanding! Acalamari 05:06, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. And thanks for the kind words, John Cline, I'm glad I can be useful around here. Good to see you too! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 12:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * 4 minutes of freedom, the shortest admin sabbatical on record. –xenotalk 12:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Naaaah, that's nothing. The shortest I know of is a mere 20 seconds! As far as I know the easiest way to find out the number of seconds is to set your date format to ISO 8601 (temprorarily, in my case). Graham 87 13:35, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah well, ain't no rest for the wicked. Guess it's time to forge on. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 18:22, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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Username
You're an admin and you seem to be active. Tell me please if my username violates Wikipedia policy. If so, I'll request a change instantly. --Justice 4 all people (talk) 20:25, 2 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't see anything about you username that would be a violation. But I am not an admin. :) — Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 20:27, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oops. Well you're obviously a seasoned editor so I thank you either way for your viewpoint here. If it's wrong, they'll notify me in due course. --Justice 4 all people (talk) 20:29, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't see any issue with your username either. Good luck editing, I'm around if you need any help! The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 20:34, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

ARCA request
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Genie article
Thanks for all the work you have done on the Genie (feral child) article. I had never heard of this tragic story before seeing it mentioned on the Main Page in the "On this day" section on November 4, 2022. The article is very well written and is certainly one of the best presented ones I've seen in my 14 years as a Wikipedia editor. Mtminchi08 (talk) 02:43, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I see that a few people edited it yesterday and made it even a little bit better. That was a lot of work, but well worth the effort. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 09:47, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Hi, BotNL, given the focus and generally poor prose, I suspect the recent edits here may herald the return of. Thanks, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:3F00 (talk) 22:00, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've blocked. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 19:48, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Hale-Byrnes House
Hi there. You recently blocked the user per WP:ORGNAME. While it appears that they are (clumsily) trying to file an unblock request, it appears that they may be still editing the article Hale-Byrnes House article as an IP editor. There are IP edits that closely match the named account's, occurring both before and after the named account's activity. Is this considered socking in this case? --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:43, 6 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Given it was strictly a username block, it's not technically. I'd have preferred the user make a new account with a compliant username, but since it wasn't a behavioral issue I'm inclined to let it slide. A COI template on the talkpage may be useful, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 17:22, 6 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I've added the COI editnotice template on the talk page. Looking at the user's talk page, I think there is some confusion about whether they have an active rename request or not. It sounds as if they were using the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, but I don't know if they completed their submission. I don't know if there is a queue that can be checked. has been trying to help them understand how to use the unblock-un template, but they haven't done it correctly. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:24, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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