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Rollback granted
Hi Total Eclipse 2017. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have&#32;temporarily [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3ATotal_Eclipse_2017 enabled] rollback on your account&#32;until 2020-07-11. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing!  Anarchyte  ( talk &#8226;  work ) 11:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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Cool, thanks. Just one question: What happens when rollback expires for me? How do I re-request it? The same way I got it in the first place? Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (Stay at home and wear a mask to prevent the spread) 20:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You can request it again at PERM or drop a note on Anarchyte's talk page. Good luck! -- puddleglum  2.0  22:24, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Just a question though, what’s a talk page stalker? Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (Stay at home and wear a mask to prevent the spread) 22:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It’s someone that watches your talk page like me! Signed, The4lines &#124;&#124;&#124;&#124; (You Asked?) (What I have Done.) 00:31, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What said. Read more about how to watch pages at WP:WATCHLIST. All the best, --  puddleglum  2.0  00:51, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Haha, I’m watching your talk page, so I guess Im a talk page stalker of you!! LOL! Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (Stay at home and wear a mask to prevent the spread) 19:23, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * Thanks! Just one question though, how did you come up with my final grade? Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (My profile &#124; My contribs &#124; speak to me) 23:06, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Maryam Amid
Hi, I reviewed Maryam Amid per your request. Although I made several additional changes to the article, these were mostly beyond the scope of what we normally expect from a copy edit, and overall it looked quite good! A few minor things I did notice:
 * 1) The heading "War with superstition" was a bit clunky and unencyclopedic; I changed it to "Opposition to superstition".
 * 2) "performed my Amid-Semnani" should have been "performed by Amid-Semnani" (although I ended up rephrasing that sentence entirely).
 * 3) "This association also encouraged women to learn handicrafts, and translate several French books into Persian." This seemed weird, and checking the sources two sentences must have been combined. It was in fact Amid who had translated French books, not crafting women in the association.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for all your hard work with the Guild! Regards, Tdslk (talk) 02:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review! The second one was just a typo; my bad. The third one was confusing; thanks for clearing it up. Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (My profile &#124; My contribs &#124; speak to me) 20:42, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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Shooting bias edit
I'm new to Wikipedia and I thought my section removal on the page shooting bias was appropriate. Quotes like "The work culture within the police is highly racist, as many recent scandals have shown." don't belong in the article, but I feel most of the section is inappropriate and doesn't belong on an encyclopedia. Should I remove only the paragraphs and sentences I find to be in error, or is section blanking appropriate?

75.81.11.96 (talk) 23:04, 29 May 2020 (UTC) :Unless the entire section is noncompliant with Wikipedia policies, it’s generally better to only remove the bad parts, or replace them with something better. Also, sorry about being so hasty with the revert; i somehow missed the edit summary! Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017 (talk &#124; contribs) 23:08, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: Mz7 (talk) 23:25, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
 * Protection policy, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
 * Thank you for granting this! Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017 (talk &#124; contribs) 23:29, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

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GOCE June newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 15:47, 5 June 2020 (UTC).

Invitation to RedWarn
Hello, Total Eclipse 2017! I noticed you have been using Twinkle and was wondering if you'd like to beta test my new tool, RedWarn, specifically designed to improve your editing experience.


 * Easy to use - Unlike other tools, RedWarn uses easy to interpret icons and simple summaries for common actions, reducing both learning and reading times.
 * Supports rollback and rollback-like functionality - Unlike Twinkle, RedWarn supports both rollback and rollback-like functionality for users will rollback permissions. This decreases waiting times during rollbacks.


 * Making life easier on the battlefield - Ever been in the middle of a vandalism war or campaign, frantically reloading the history page to see a new edit? No more! Enabling RedWarn's "Alert on Change" feature will automatically send you to the latest edit when a new edit occurs - and if you're working on something else, RedWarn will send you a notification while the tab is still open in the background. No time wasted.
 * Rollback previews - If you're ever worried about the changes a rollback will make, especially in the case of reverting good faith edits, you can click the rollback preview button to preview the difference a rollback will make, with the version that will be restored on the right, and the latest revision on the left.


 * Always the latest revision - RedWarn will automatically redirect you to the latest revision if the rollback is no longer for the latest revision - no more frustrating errors.


 * Fast - RedWarn can automatically select a warning level, and, on vandalism and content removal rollbacks, automatically select a warning template.


 * Built on your feedback - RedWarn is receiving frequent feature additions and changes based on your feedback. If there's something you don't like, or would like to see, just say!


 * and many more features ...but I don't want to fill your userpage.

RedWarn is currently in use by over 60 other Wikipedians, and feedback so far has been extremely positive. If you're interested, please see the RedWarn tool page for more information on RedWarn's features which I haven't listed here and instructions on how to install it. Otherwise, feel free to remove this message from your page. If you have any further questions, please ping me or leave a message on my talk page. Your feedback is much appreciated! Ed6767  talk!  20:25, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Cool! Just wondering, does redwarn work on Safari? (I’m currently editing from an iPhone...) Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017 (talk &#124; contribs) 20:41, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , probably not completely as Apple kinda sucks in terms of adding newer web APIs, but you can try Chrome or Firefox from the app store? Ed6767  talk!  20:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually no offense but I already use Twinkle and I find it very useful... not sure I’ll need anything else. Sorry! Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017 (talk &#124; contribs) 20:45, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , that's okay, you too! Ed6767  talk!  20:46, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , I actually just tried to mkae it work and it didnt. Oh well... Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (talk &#124; contribs) 20:49, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Blocked

 * Wow. Just wow. Words cannot express how disappointed I am right now, TE2017 - I'm sure it was great for you, and thanks for your productive contributions, but you waste my time like that? That was good hours of my time! I hope you at least learned something from that. At any rate, please for the love of all things good don't sock again and if you do, try not to waste other peoples time like that? Anyway, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, I do hope that you stay safe, and still wish you all the best. Cheers from a disappointed trainer -- puddleglum  2.0  23:57, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Please understand that if you want to edit Wikipedia again, you will need to get your main account unblocked before making any edits again. When you edit Wikipedia while your account is blocked, you are evading your block and your new accounts will be blocked. If you want my recommendation on where to go from here, I recommend that you wait at least 6 months without any socking. While your waiting, really read WP:GAB and take a few days to compose an unblock request that is at least a paragraph long. It should include that you acknowledge what you did wrong and how you plan to contribute afterwards. I don't agree with 's statement that you should sock again. Anyway, I hope that you take this advice and I wish you all the best. Interstellarity (talk) 14:57, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , do you support socking? You say I personally hope that's a typo! :) Cheers --  puddleglum  2.0  16:18, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't support socking. I saw your statement above and it says that you don't support socking and then you said if you do, try not to waste other peoples time like that. I think you could've said it better by telling the user how they can get back to editing in a legitimate manner like I did in my reply above. I'm sorry if I confused you. Interstellarity (talk) 17:13, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Well, I don’t know what to say, except maybe I’m sorry. Puddleglum, please understand, I did actually learn a lot from your CVUA training; I wasn’t faking that.

After this edit, I will cease editing on enwiki from any of my accounts for at least 6 months. I will then appeal for unblock and hope I get lucky. I will edit on simple wikipedia in the meantime though, since according to the guide to appealing blocks, constructive editing on another wiki is a good way to get trust from the community. And that’s all I want really: to be a respected Wikipedia editor. That is what I was trying to accomplish with the socking. (It really backfired though; now I’m basically a semi-LTA in the eyes of the community:( Truth is, I’m tired of the socking. I’m tired of the deception. If I’m gonna edit wikipedia, I’m gonna do it right.

Last words: Puddleglum, I hope you continue your CVUA training. Just because your first two graduates (me and Galendalia or whatever his name is) got blocked, doesn’t mean that you are a bad trainer. It just means I’m a bad student.

I wish you both well, and hope to encounter both of you either in six months here or sooner on simple wiki.

Regards, -- Total Eclipse 2017 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; AWB account) 22:08, 16 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't know much about you, but I don't know how you are to get unblocked if you're a sock of a banned user. ◊ PRAHLAD balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 16:03, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It's called the standard offer. If a blocked user doesn't edit for six months at all on enwiki, they're allowed to request an unblock for their original account publicly on WP:AN/WP:ANI through a willing admin. It's not binding, nor does waiting six months guarantee the user an unblock. Anarchyte  ( talk &#8226;  work ) 17:29, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the clarification. ◊ PRAHLAD balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 17:30, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Total Eclipse 2017. I've just noticed all this, and wanted to say that I agree with you that while it is unfortunate that two of 's students got blocked, it does not reflect on their training in any way. I actually think that your taking the time to say what you did reflects well on you. Some words of advice then: you don't need to get lucky to be unblocked, you need to make a persuasive case. Refrain from socking, and when the time has elapsed, make a request from your original account. Provide links to any and all sock accounts you have used, and show that you understand (a) why you were blocked originally, and (b) why the community frowns on socking. Be honest, be open, convince people that you won't cause any trouble, and you should be OK. Girth Summit  (blether)  18:37, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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