User talk:Ymblanter/2015

Happy New Year Ymblanter!


Happy New Year! Ymblanter, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. NorthAmerica1000 11:25, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2015}} to user talk pages.
 * Thank you, also happy New Year to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

2015 already
Hi Ym. No frills - just a quiet ‘’all the best’’ to you for 2015 and I hope you’ll continue to be around on  Wikipedia for a long  time to  come.--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and also all the best in the new year to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:10, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Realgm
There have been no less than 4 users who have agreed with the stance originally taken by another poster, which I have supported. The sources are reliable per Wikipedia standards. To wit: "...sources may be considered reliable for statements as to their author's opinion...." This is a clear exception to the real otherwise stating that user generated content is not acceptable. Please explain how this is incorrect. This is precisely the instance that this exception was created for. You are not taking the time to understand the issue. Please, before you go making edits, discuss this so that you can understand. Jacona's ego has been bruised because she doesn't understand the rule. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ErerfAnocaj (talk • contribs) 06:18, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 * First, three sources were blogs/forums, and the fourth one did not mention the subject. Second, in the discussion, there was an IP followed by you; everybody objected or had reservations; third, do not discuss this with me, I am uninvolved and I do not want to be involved. Please discuss it with other users at the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:44, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Can you help with subtitling a video?
Hi - has been looking for someone to help with this video that's at FP. I thought of you ... However, I don't have working sound on my computer right now so I don't know whether it's Russian or Ukrainian! If you can't help, can you suggest someone else? Yngvadottir (talk) 22:57, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It's in Russian. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:24, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, replied there.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:01, 5 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Приветствую, Ярослав! Просьба помочь немного: что такое "vocal dynamo" в музыкальной терминологии, либо это обозначает что-то в музыкальной сфере и употребляется произвольно (нужно для русского понимания: в поиске нет понимания на данный предмет)? Извиняюсь, что в нерелевантной теме пишу (чтобы не создавать целую тему из-за пустяка). Вы можете откатить это (когда я увижу Ваш ответ, то напишу, что увидел). Спасибо, надеюсь, что поможете! - 95.29.70.33 (talk) 13:15, 5 January 2015 (UTC).
 * К сожалению, совершенно ничего про это не знаю.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:05, 5 January 2015 (UTC)


 * С Рождеством, Ярослав! Сорри, что не сразу ответил (праздничные хлопоты). А Вы не могли бы спросить это у Ваших коллег (чистокровные американцы и англичане, в том числе). Они точно знают, что это такое (в поиске иногда отыскивается сочетание этого термина с джазом, на английском языке: значит чистокровные знают про вокал динамо). Спасибо! - 37.144.121.240 (talk) 12:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC).


 * Ярослав, вот пример употребления фразы: https://www.google.ru/search?ie=UTF-8&hl=ru&q=jazz%20terminology%20vocal%20dynamo&gws_rd=ssl#newwindow=1&hl=ru&q=vocal+dynamo+opera (очень много). - 37.144.121.240 (talk) 13:15, 7 January 2015 (UTC).
 * Ну, так спросите сами на Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music, я же даже ответ не пойму.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:54, 7 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Спасибо, Ярослав, попробую! - 37.144.121.240 (talk) 15:13, 7 January 2015 (UTC).

Violation WP:CIL in Brief edit summary

 * Добрый день. Полагаю, что текст Вашего описания этой правки является нарушением WP:CIV и WP:NOTSOAPBOX. Прошу Вас воздержаться в дальнейшем от подобных нарушений. Leningradartist (talk) 01:01, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Please abstain from blatantly promoting your private collection here.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:47, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
 * You may also want to read WP:GALLERY. Your edits violate it.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Daisaku Ikeda
I noticed that you initiated the temporary page protection of the article. I do hope however you will keep the article on your radar as I fear the same issues might resurface as soon as the article is unprotected again.--Catflap08 (talk) 12:53, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I am sorry, but I can not keep on my watchlist all articles I protect, these could easily be a dozen per day. Pls ping me or apply to RFPP if there are any problems.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for dealing with the user who kept changing Persian language Perso-Arabic script to Latin script. Based on some of his edits in regards to Iran, he seems to be a counter-revolutionary (i.e. changing Islamic Republic of Iran to National Republic of Iran) trying to edit Wikipedia (an encyclopedia which strives to be free from personal/political views) to his own taste, which includes (in his view) the romanization of the Persian language. Many thanks. Negahbaan (talk) 23:49, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Talk:2 May 2014 Odessa clashes
You were involved in this article; I invite you to a move discussion. --George Ho (talk) 11:19, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi again
Hi again. Would you be willing to move Ministry of Supervision of the People's Republic of China to Ministry of Supervision. There has only existed one Ministry of Supervision throughout history so should be fairly uncontroversial. --TIAYN (talk) 13:11, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 14:12, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Please explain why Otto Bauer (pornographic actor) wiki page was requested for deletion?
Ymblanter, please reply. . . I have just submitted a new and fully updated Wikipedia profile for Otto Bauer (adult entertainment performer, director and producer) and I am receiving notice that you requested the existing Otto Bauer (pornographic actor) wiki to be deleted. Please explain why you think that a profile of an active adult entertainment industry business man should be deleted from Wikipedia? I'd like you to either remove the existing article from the deletion request list, or approve the updated version I submitted 13, January 2015. Sherry Ziegelmeyer of Black and Blue Media, by request of Otto Bauer. BlackAndBlueMedia (talk) 21:43, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I actually never requested deletion, I just deleted it since there was consensus in the deletion discussion, see Articles for deletion/Otto Bauer (pornographic actor).--Ymblanter (talk) 21:54, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Buhari article
I noticed you put a block on the Muhammadu_Buhari article. (Which I think makes perfect sense) I just got into this, I'm a teahouse host and one of the people involved in the dispute asked for help there. IMO between the two versions the version that was saved before the current version and the block is the better one. I've never been involved in one of these controversial disputes before, most of the articles I edit are technical and I stay away from political issues but I offered to help one of the editors in the teahouse. Do you have any recommendations as to a good way to proceed? I put a comment on the Buhari talk page here: Talk:Muhammadu_Buhari My thought was that if the IP user who keeps reverting the changes doesn't reply then to take it to the Dispute Resolution noticeboard but as I said I'm a novice to these kinds of controversial edits so if you have other suggestions please let me know. thanks. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:02, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately there is very little one can do. First, one hopes that the sides can agree during the three days the article is protected. If this does not happen, WP:DRN is the way to proceed.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:03, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. When you put the block on there seemed to be some genuine controversy on the talk page. In addition to the Internet user: (I think his IP address has changed btw) there was one other user:  who was arguing against the changes. However, on the talk page now: Talk:Muhammadu_Buhari Weegeerunner seems to agree with my argument for keeping the changes. So the only one who still objects is . His arguments are I think clearly not good Wikipedia arguments. He claims there is a libel action in place but gives no evidence, he claims a site is libelous and not to be trusted but when he reverted the change he leaves that very site as a reference to support other information, etc. Unless some more substantive argument against 's version is presented by someone I plan to revert back to his version when the block is lifted and if  continues to revert at that point I will take it to WP:DRN. I welcome your input if you disagree with any of that or have additional suggestions. thanks. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I blocked the IP not because there were edit-warring (in fact, several of the users were), but per WP:LEGALTHREAT. If a registered user were threatening by a legal action, I would have blocked them indefinitely.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:10, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The block expired and I made a bunch of changes. Now another (or the same?) IP user is back making unconstructive edits with a clear agenda. I actually just created a teahouse question asking other hosts for ideas but I forgot I should probably drop you a note as well. I don't have experience with these kinds of contentious edits so I want to do things right. This teahouse question gives an example of what I think is clearly a biased edit: Teahouse/Questions --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:45, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * This is fine. You can also let a semi-protection request at WP:RFPP, but nothing is guaranteed.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Disruptive edits after recent block expiration
This guy --188.158.56.56 (talk) 22:20, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Single-purpose account and trolling
Targeted one talk page with his forum-like comments and behavior: According to his comments, it looks like he's a banned/blocked editor with a new account. No helpful edits since his WP registration. --188.159.146.30 (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ,, ,
 * I suggest you take it to WP:ANI mentioning the block of the previous user. I really do not want to enter this business, especially if all communication runs through my talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:56, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Lawless close
A valiant attempt at a difficult job. I'd have worded it a bit differently here and there, but that's by the way. In one small area, however, you went astray; and I think that it's better if I point this out quietly before somebody does the same with the typed equivalent of a red face and spittle flying everywhere. I really don't think that the (non)existence of an ISBN is meaningful (see my comment there on the matter), but so far that it is meaningful, there are ISBNs (as pointed out within that AfD by Lesser Cartographies). You may wish to reword slightly. -- Hoary (talk) 09:28, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will cross it out, it is not important anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the detailed and thoughtful close at Articles for deletion/Seph Lawless. That went above and beyond, and I appreciate it. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 10:45, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:51, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed, that was a tough close, and you got it right, I think. Good job.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 14:36, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was surprised no one mentioned the fact that the strong proponent to delete that page RoadBound was banned indefinitely for repeatedly vandalizing Lawless' page during the deletion process after several warnings were issued from Oversight. Very Odd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.220.119 (talk) 14:46, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Another thank you
Your contributions in the Viktor Chegin related athletes scandal is most appreciated. I do not speak Russian and most of the material related to this originates in Russian. You are helping keep up to date, hours after decisions are made, rather than days or weeks later when the English speaking press figures it out. Keep up the good work, or even just drop me a reasonable clue. I just created the RUSADA article. They are certainly a player in all of this. The question is how corrupt they are. Some press accounts suggest systematic drug related cheating goes all the way to the top. Trackinfo (talk) 18:04, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure. In this case, I just transferred the press release of RUSADA, everything is already in the articles. Sorry for messing up a couple of things, I have seen that you and another user corrected the dates.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:37, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:George Zimmerman
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Adam Baldwin
Hi. Hope you are doing well. The protection you placed on Adam's page expired the 18th and they've started with the same edits again. Is there anyway to get protection again? Purselover02 (talk) 00:57, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * For the time being, I personally see no reason to reprotect. Please file an WP:RFPP request, this should help.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:50, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

speedy delete
removing libel information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.101.131 (talk) 10:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I see. I will block you again now, since you refuse to learn.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:27, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

see meta http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Global#ymblanter_yet_again_rude_to_users.2C_making_threat_of_range_blocks see noticeboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#administrator_abuse — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.194.166 (talk) 11:01, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Can I ask you to have a talk with a Russian-speaking editor?
has been adding a modern portrait to Otto von Bismarck. Since the source given on Commons was the artist's Pinterest, and since the painting is listed for sale elsewhere online, I am concerned that the artist may not appreciate its being uploaded on Commons under a free licence, so I asked the editor on their Commons user talk, and they said the artist is their brother and they've been acting as his agent. I see there have been further developments there now, but they still clearly don't understand that they are surrendering all rights to the work. Can you possibly explain it to them in Russian? (I also don't think the image is a useful addition to the article - there is a large Commons category of portraits of Bismarck, but my main concern has become that the editor should withdraw the picture himself as soon as possible for the sake of the artist's earnings.) Yngvadottir (talk) 14:12, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. They will need to send OTRS permission.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:29, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you :-) Yngvadottir (talk) 15:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Moncton High School
I tried to move the page over from New Moncton High School to Moncton High school and wikipedia advised me to copy and paste the article over the redirect, why are you advising me that I did something wrong?16:06, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * This is really very strange. You should never copy and paste it over a redirect, since in this way, you lose the page history. Anyway now I moved it over the redirect. If you still remember what message did you get and at what step, it would be handy to know. If there is smth wrong here, I might take it to a village pump for a more general discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:40, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Novak Djokovic
Hello! A question about the article Novak Djokovic. Last summer you applied pending changes protection to this article, which is still in place. Recently they asked for additional protection, because there had been a wave of IP and non-confirmed user edits (looks like more than 50 in the past day or two). I thought that was more than could be reasonably handled with PC protection. So I semiprotected the article for a week, leaving the pending changes protection in place. I wanted to check with you to 1) see if this change was OK with you - if not, please revert or fix it; and 2) ask if I am correct in thinking that when the semiprotection expires, the pending changes protection will still be in effect? Thanks for any feedback on this; I am a very new administrator and would appreciate any comment about my action. --MelanieN (talk) 21:24, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes on both counts. It is certainly ok to apply semi-protection when it is needed (the guy just won the Australian Open, which typically attracts all kids of vandals), and you do not even need to ask me, certainly not if you are not interfering with my protection. When semi-protection expires, PC will remain in effect until their expiration date. Thanks for looking at the issue.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:39, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Janice Urnstein Weissman
2014111010027021 have permissions from Janice Weissman to use contents at "Feminist Artist Statement" (link:Artist Statement) and "Biography" (link:about) under GFDL-CC BY SA 3.0. I think http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/janice_weissman.php is also a copy of it. (Does this (deleting admin) or Requests for undeletion is the right place for a request. I'm very new in this task. :D) J e e  09:03, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, we are not a bureaucracy--Ymblanter (talk) 10:00, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) J e e  10:33, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Putin khuilo!
Extend PC time? --Gh87 in the public computer (talk) 23:11, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, 1 year--Ymblanter (talk) 06:44, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks and a favour
Thank you for deleting NWA Australian National Heavyweight Championship recently and also deleting the redirect to it from NWA Australian National Championship. Now in addition to that, can you please salt it? There is a user who plants redirects like these and then edits the pages on his IP to avoid scrutiny. Salting it would prevent this from occurring here and force some user ownership on a replacement article. The user Pidzz has a history of this tactic over a wide area of Wikipedia. Curse of Fenric (talk) 01:14, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I added it to my watchlist and will be able to take action if smth like this happens.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Unprotection request Kuwait
The protection is unnecessary. Prior to the lock, there wasn't an edit war or vandalism. The allegations of "disruptive editing" are unfounded, most IP editors were progressing the article by adding sourced information. IP editors were making positive contributions to the article. - Incu gia (talk) 10:17, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is not protected, only pending changes have been installed, and not by me.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:31, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is currently semi-protected so that only established registered users can edit it. According to the protection log, you changed the article's protection level to "semi-protected". - Incu gia (talk) 10:39, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The same log says my protection expired on Dec 28. Anyway, I removed the semi-protection leaving the move protection and pending changes.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:03, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Assistance
I noticed the infinite block you recently gave on the Shushi article and was wondering if you would block this user on similar grounds? --Steverci (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No, this seems to be a POV-pusher, not a vandal.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Belarusian names
Hi there! Do you know if there's a way to quickly revert all redirects that user:Чаховіч Уладзіслаў just done? Because I 100% support you on using the most common name in English, and I can assure you that all of those Belarusian football clubs are always referred to in Russian names, both by people in Belarus, and by clubs themselves (just check their logos and websites for proof)-BlameRuiner (talk) 19:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No, unfortunately I do not know of any quick way to revert page moves (as opposed to page edits, where one needs a rollback). I am afraid moves have to be done by hand.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * There is actually a revert move link in the users' move log (see). It's still not as quick as a rollback for regular edits, but faster than reviewing the complete contributions log, with fewer chances of missing anything, since all the moves are there on one screen.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); February 9, 2015 ; 20:41 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you, I did not know about it.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:56, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Priyanka Chopra
Hey! Since you have protected Chopra's article. I want you to check her talk page as user Krimuk90 is very partial towards a list of actresses and he hates Chopra. It doesnt bother mattee to her or me if he hate or love somebody. But, this is affecting the neutrality of articles especially Bollywood articles. Its a violation of rules as this user has removed the term "Versatile" despite knowing that its a fact. He says provide a source. I had provided several sources and previously it was sourced too. He calls an actress a female hero, another a game changer but removes any such things from Chopra's article despite being present in the article's body. He hasbeen manupulating things to show her favorite actresses are more valuable than others. Since you are an administrator, pls help me and please read all the stuffs on Chopra's talk page. You will know about it. Thank You.— Prashant 16:48, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I know absolutely nothing about Priyanka Chopra, I did not ever hear about her until I saw the request for page protection, and I really do not want to read the discussion. I guess you need to follow the WP:Dispute resolution procedures if you can not agree on what should be in the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:03, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Ya, but Its an article and you are an administrator. Anyway, thanks!— Prashant 17:29, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is protected from editing, so that none of you can make any damage.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:50, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Brenton Thwaites (2015)
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 19:44, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 19:58, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Moving spree
Yaroslav, can we do something to stop this nightmare? The newcomer seems to assume that the authors of the articles were idiots who don't know how to spell a person's name. --Ghirla-трёп- 06:58, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * . I saw that you moved them back, but we also need to revert the changes in the lede. I will not be available for half an hour, but than I can slowly start reverting them.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:05, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess I'll revert unprompted edits over the weekend. --Ghirla-трёп- 07:26, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you please undo this move? --Ghirla-трёп- 16:03, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 16:57, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Here we go again... Perhaps the page should be protected from wanton moving. --Ghirla-трёп- 10:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The user is autoconfirmed, and I am hesitant to apply full move protection. I warned them instead. Will now go to fix the junk they left.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:16, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Belushya Guba etc.
Hi Ymblanter: and I know this editor - for some reason he or she refuses to get an account, but he or she is an excellent prose editor. There is indeed a massive redundancy there, with the lede saying twice that it's the administrative center. On the population, I think he or she may be asking too much: I have noticed that for US population centers, there is always a sentence with the wording "In 2010, the population was distributed ..." and then there follow the census results with respect to percentages of men and women, different ethnicities, married and unmarried, etc. That's always struck me as awkward and misleading, but it's clear it's a template that's being followed. I suspect the incomplete sentence about population figures that the editor also changed is as hard to change as that. But I suggest we should change the doubled statement about administrative center, because that's just an easily fixable redundancy. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not against this, but this is a generic pattern which was established by User:Ezhiki about five years ago or so for all articles on Russian localities, several thousands of them. It does not make sense to change this just in one article, and massive changes should be discussed in advance. I proposed Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Russia and the best venue to discuss the change. I actually suspected that the editor is a sock of a blocked user (nowadays we have too many of them edit-warring in EE articles), thanks for convincing me this is not the case.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:49, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Now another editor joined edit-warring.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I have just got up; I see from the IP editor's talk page that the other editor (if it's the one you are thinking of) has raised the issue at the WikiProject. But they haven't distinguished between the two issues. As I say, I appreciate the difficulty of dealing with the established pattern for stating demographic data (the sentence fragment in this case.) But I think the repetition - if that is part of the pattern for these articles; I haven't checked) should be changed. Yngvadottir (talk) 05:11, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Let us wait until they get response, presumably on Monday.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Sal Castaneda
Sal Castaneda (deletion) Hello, I wanted to ask why Sal Castaneda, Bay Area reporter was deleted when several other reporters in the same category are still allowed to remain (example Frank Somerville, Ken Bastida). I am asking for Castaneda's page to be put back up.
 * Because there was consensus for deletion here. Concerning other reporters in the same category, I guess nobody nominated them for deletion. You can do it and see what happens.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick reply. I'd rather not nominate anyone for deletion since that would take away information for people who use wiki in the San Francisco Bay Area. Is there any way the page can go back up? what would it require. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaxford45 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Assistance
I don't know if this is something you are interested, but I could use a little help. There are many sources that reference the Russian military concept of a "kettle" (котёл) as a term for "encirclement". As an example, The New York Times does so in multiple articles. This is used in reference to Ilovaisk and Debaltseve. Now, I've been incorporating this concept into the article in line with what English RS say on it. However, I was wondering if you might be able to make a brief article on the subject, so that it can be explained elsewhere and linked in. There are really no good sources for this in English, so Russian sources would be required. RGloucester — ☎ 18:47, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * My understanding is that котёл is just the encirclement, one to one correspondence. It has also been used in relation to WWII, for example, we refer to Вяземский котёл (Vyazma Kettle). I can check how the term is consistently used in English in relation to WWII, but I am afraid there could be no material for an independent article.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:51, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm...perhaps add a section to the article on encirclement about the term? It is very unique. I think it should be described somewhere. RGloucester  — ☎ 00:11, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I will check whether there is any consistent usage, and if I find any sources, I will add it there.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:26, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Tetteh Plahar
Hello Ymblanter please I want to redevelop the article Tetteh Plahar could you please restore it as a stub for me so I work on it and improve it regards.--Rberchie (talk) 12:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Will do it shortly.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Please is it possible to move it from WikiAfrica/Stubs and put it on Wikipedia directly.--Rberchie (talk) 14:31, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Rberchie/Tetteh Plahar. Sorry, could not do it earlier, had some urgent things offline.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:34, 18 February 2015 (UTC). Please why did you remove the categories?I want to know if I am doing something wrong.--Rberchie (talk) 09:18, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Because categories should not be in the drafts not in mainspace. If ever the draft gets moved to the main space, categories will be added (actually, I did not remove them, I commented them out).--Ymblanter (talk) 09:20, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok thanks for the clarifiation. I am still developing it I will be adding more refernces. Hope it will be finally moved to the mainspace regards.--Rberchie (talk) 09:45, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Erdogan
 Mar4d  ( talk ) 13:31, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

February 2015
Your recent editing history at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.  kashmiri TALK  16:13, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Seriously? BLP violations are exempt.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:14, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Only with regard to "libelous, biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced contentious material", neither of which applies to the article. Unless you consider Guardian a poor source, but I am afraid you might not get too many editors supporting this view. Also, see WP:PUBLICFIGURE which formulates some policies very relevant here.  kashmiri TALK  23:40, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This is unfortunate that on such weak basis you engage in edit-warring and start sending block threats around. The Guardian article says Erdogan once said he might be of a Georgian ancestry. Now imagine I can say today I am a King of Persia. With some effort, I can get it published - I get interviewed by media on a regular basis, one of them can just publish that out of fun, saying I claim to be a King of Persia. Would you then argue that the Wikipedia article about me should be added to the category Category:Monarchs of Persia?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The Guardian article says that Erdogan "had the warmth and emotion of his Georgian roots", and not what you mention above. You are POV pushing, that's it.  kashmiri TALK  12:17, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Please prove my POV pushing or apologize.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:21, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

stop waging war changes options
you do meaningless delete text has links. half of the text that you have left is a lie. For example, Israel has neither confirmed Syria has denied the attack, but it's still there in the text, but you left it. But you have removed the refinement of that attack only the media gossip.


 * text must be restored, the text has sourcesor you are troling?


 * Abkhaz authorities claimed that Buk air defense system was used to shoot down four Georgian drones at the beginning of May 2008 (In the opinion of dependent media source). An official certificate use of Buk not testify.

Georgia bought these missile systems from Ukraine which had an inquiry to determine if the purchase was illegal (An official certificate use of Buk testify ).
 * Analysts concluded that Georgian Buk missile systems were responsible for downing four Russian aircraft—three Sukhoi Su-25 close air support aircraft and a Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber—in the 2008 South Ossetia war. U.S. officials have said Georgia's SA-11 Buk-1M was certainly the cause of the Tu-22M's loss and contributed to the losses of the three Su-25s. According to some analysts, the loss of four aircraft is surprising and a heavy toll for Russia given the small size of Georgia's military. Some have also pointed out, that Russian electronic counter-measures systems were apparently unable to jam and suppress enemy SAMs in the conflict and that Russia was, surprisingly, unable to come up with effective countermeasures against missile systems it had designed.


 * On 29 January 2013, the Israeli Air Force launched an airstrike on a convoy in Syria believed to have missiles (SA-17 Air defense missiles and other ground-ground missiles) bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Syrian government denied that a shipment of weapons had taken place (An official certificate use of Buk not testify).


 * The system is suspected of having been used in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (a Boeing 777-200ER) on 17 July 2014 with 298 fatalities in eastern Ukraine. An official certificate use of Buk not testify. Media sources say the use of Buk, S-125, MiG-29.


 * It is great that you are a fan of conspiracy theories, but it would be better for you to open your own website and publish them there, and not trying to add them to the English Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:33, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

watch it, it's official and English is independent.co.uk is very candid.Calo yronili (talk) 16:59, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malaysia-airlines-mh17-crash-ukrainian-military-jet-was-flying-close-to-passenger-plane-before-it-was-shot-down-says-russian-officer-9619143.html
 * What is official? The Independent acknowledges an existence of a conspiracy theory. This has been discussed and beaten to death, and then again beaten to death at Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. You can start there a new round if you want.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

random chance
Can you tell me the actual probability for the following occurring by random chance, please?

Consider the likelihood of two editors just accidentally editing the same page within the timeframe indicated: (FWIW - the time difference is generally between my edit and the subsequent edit of my friend as in some cases it was not a blatant response to my edit or were in different matter on a noticeboard etc.)


 * Min time between edits


 * 1) Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring 25 seconds
 * 2) Breitbart (website)                                56 seconds
 * 3) Talk:Pamela Geller                                 59 seconds
 * 4) Talk:Frank L. VanderSloot                           1 minutes
 * 5) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard              1 minutes
 * 6) Campaign for "santorum" neologism                   1 minutes
 * 7) Talk:Outrage (2009 film)                            1 minutes
 * 8) Talk:Michael Grimm (politician)                     1 minutes
 * 9) Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons             1 minutes
 * 10) Marco Rubio                                         2 minutes
 * 11) Talk:Marco Rubio                                    2 minutes   "never heard of talkingpointsmemo" on 21 Nov 2012 ... when he posted in a discussion about sources in 2010 which included it in a list)
 * 12) Talk:Alex Jones (radio host)                        2 minutes
 * 13) Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines                 2 minutes  (super example)
 * 14) James Delingpole                                    2 minutes  (blatant)
 * 15) Talk:Chip Rogers                                    3 minutes
 * 16) Talk:Robert Kagan                                   3 minutes
 * 17) Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard               3 minutes
 * 18) Michael Grimm (politician)                          3 minutes
 * 19) Talk:Rick Santorum                                  3 minutes

19 pages all with a maximum of 3 minutes between editor interactions with my edit being first - what are the odds? Especially considering some comments therein. Any remote chance that stalking could maybe have a tiny shot of being the cause rather than random chance? Collect (talk) 22:17, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Why do not you take it to ANI? In my closure I looked at your edits, and not the edits of this user, I evaluated them and I came to the conclusion I stated. I see that you do not like the conclusion, you can also take me to AN or ANI, I am fine with that.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:20, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Years ago I swore off the drama boards for very good reason. The fact is I doubt the OP "randomly" saw anything at all.  I have been forbearing of iterated snark and attacks, and I just want you to know my only reason for any of those edits was and is WP:BLP period.   When people try to use part of what the source says (the part they like) and do not use the rest of the source (the part they do not like) - I find it a misuse and abuse of the source, and will continue to do so, and I hope you will understand why -- it is the easiest way to abuse living persons in their biographies.   I find the supreme basis for WP:BLP to be do not harm people.   I suggest you reread the posts and weigh them accordingly, as otherwise the person who complains the most gets heard the loudest just by human nature, and I suggest you look at  Talk:Sam Harris (author) and note the problems there as well. Sometimes you cannot tell the players without a scorecard, and this is one of those cases.  Cheers. Collect (talk) 22:32, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Nor am I unique in my view -- ask the recipient of  how, with over 450K edits he viewed a threat of a topic ban from a person with all of 15K edits -- of which over 1/5 are directly about me or on articles I edited. Collect (talk) 22:40, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I do believe that I read the posts, weighed them accordingly, studied the edit history of the article, and came to the conclusion I expressed in the closure. I can not really add anything there. That was a complaint about you, I looked into it carefully and found it partially grounded and partially not grounded. If someone files a complaint against your opponent and I would have to look at it, I will do it as carefully as I did now.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:49, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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Monkey Kingdom
They're discussing it on the talk page, but I ended up taking it to AfD since I honestly don't see where they're going to see eye to eye on this. I really, really hate doing that since I'm pretty much only doing it to make a point (ie, that I'm not making up policy), but I don't think that they're going to let up until I do and I also kind of have the viewpoint that if this does make them more aware of policy, then it could avoid future articles having to go to AfD. I just hate that it had to go this way. In any case, I'm not just here to vent, mostly I wanted you to keep an eye on the AfD and talk page so that it doesn't get too heated if it starts to go that way. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:15, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I added the article to my watchlist yesterday, and I will add the AfD page now, no problem. I will not be the one to close the AfD discussion obviously, but I hopefully be able to prevent disruoption if needed. I think what you did is correct and reasonable given the circumstances.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:34, 24 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I was mostly just hoping that I could at least convince him to be patient for the one month that it'd take for the film to release and gain coverage (assuming all went well), but no go. (sighs) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:57, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Please explain why did you delete "Durgadas Kamat"
I am not clear why did you delete this page. Please explain. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Belleshenoy (talk • contribs) 01:02, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Because the deletion discussion was closed as delete.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:44, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Mary Landrieu
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 07:28, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No, there was no vandalism since January 12.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Что-то не так?
Объясните почему вы против России в статье Симферополь? Ilya Drakonov (talk) 16:31, 1 March 2015 (UTC).
 * Your edit did not improve the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:39, 1 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Ymblanter, sorry, I thought it would be better like that. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 16:33, 2 March 2015 (UTC).

User:101el capitan
Your 24 hr block of 101el capitan had no effect on that user. 101el capitan went right back to edit warring on the same article, reverting Lukeno94. Thought I should let you know. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:40, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I now blocked them for a week, but I am afraid for the next block you would have to ask another administrator (unless they start vandalizing articles or so).--Ymblanter (talk) 17:05, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Money in the Bank (2014)
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 18:43, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I do not see much vandalism at the moment.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Explanation regarding the deletion of website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoQuest this Wikipedia page was deleted with the reference by you, As a member of that function I know that some of the information is wrong and we will update it original sources if you help me in the recovery of that webpage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashokkumar01 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, the consensus of the deletion discussion was that the website is not notable.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:02, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes the Website was not notable earlier, but the website has been changed to the address infoquest15.in. have a look at that. please help us to recover the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashokkumar01 (talk • contribs) 03:54, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Eva Carneiro editing history
Hello, could you please restore the history of Eva Carneiro before it was deleted by AfD. The person passes GNG now in my opinion. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 21:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 21:54, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the InfoQuest Wikipedia Page
Hi, You said that the website is not notable. I too agree with that its because the Domain has been changed to infoquest15.in. please help us to undelete the Wikipedia page of InfoQuest. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashokkumar01 (talk • contribs) 06:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The notability does not change just because you change the domain.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:30, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

AMERICAN SNIPER
they started it by trying to be bias against American sniper in favor of mockingjay i dont know whats the fuzz is all about im just stating a fact that American sniper will take the domestic boxoffice crown and they're like kicking and screaming about it
 * The fuzz was that you wen way abover WP:3RR, and you are clearly set to repeat this record now.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:03, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

its moot and academic at this point i feel i won this one so im not pressing it anymore no point anymore lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.151.124.167 (talk) 08:17, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Right, and your prize is one week long block.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the InfoQuest Wikipedia Page
I am not getting why the Wikipedia page was deleted so will you please tell me how can I restore the Wikipedia page of infoQuest So that I can do that. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.242.250.151 (talk) 08:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, it is not possible, as I already explained on two occasions on this page immediately above this section.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:39, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Administrative republic
Thanks. Did you see my comments on this and the IP socks? This is an ongoing problem. I was hoping it had stopped. Dougweller (talk) 21:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I have only seen your discussion with Ezhiki at his talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:06, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * That's it basically, I think it included an ANI link. Dougweller (talk) 21:48, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar for Art & Feminism Challenge

 * Thank you Jane.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:42, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

ANI harassment closure
At WP:ANI, I was not forum-shopping. I was there about a WP:CONDUCTDISPUTE over a user’s WikiBullying—an issue I had not discussed anywhere else besides his own Talk page—and that same user grossly mischaracterized my purpose in being at ANI. So I ask that you please review your closing of that discussion. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 19:54, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No. Everything you needed to discuss you can discuss at AN.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:01, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I should discuss harassment in a discussion about an RFC the user wasn’t involved in? —174.141.182.82 (talk) 20:04, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ’Kaaay… is there anything in policy about that? Or any successful precedent? WP:DR explicitly suggests AN/I. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 20:13, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:Trolling--Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you suggesting I should have accused him of trolling? Or are you making an unsubstantiated accusation towards me? If the latter, I don’t know how you got that idea if not from the very thing I reported to ANI, but every action I have taken was done in good faith. If you don’t believe me, feel free to take me to ANI or WP:RFCC or something, or even just have a civil conversation where you ask me for justification for whatever you found questionable. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 20:26, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The reason this other user reverts you is because he believes you are disrupting the RfC closure. Those are not two different things, but just one. It arguably could be best started at ANI, but it does not matter, once you started it at AN, let us confine it to AN. Note that several users commented in the ANI thread before I closed it, and none of the comments was favorable to your cause.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:34, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That would be understandable if it made any sense to say that “How do I do X?” was disruptive to “We should all do X.” And even then, it still wouldn’t excuse the personal attacks and total lack of WP:AGF. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 20:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, you may of course open ANI against me, but do not be surprised if you get blocked (not by me obviously). I explained you twice how you should proceed. Whether you want to listen depends on you.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * And you justified that explanation by obliquely calling me a troll. That doesn’t exactly seem like a good-faith explanation. But I wasn’t referring to you with that last sentence; I can at least assume good faith on your part by the fact that you were actually willing to discuss, for which I thank you. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 20:53, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * If you were actually using WP:Trolling to refer to What is a troll?, I sincerely apologize for assuming bad faith in it, and doubly thank you for clarifying afterward. —174.141.182.82 (talk) 21:45, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Cfd result
FYI -- while I of course have no problem with your reading of consensus, I think the recent CFD deletion discussion and result that I discuss here was flawed, for the reasons I give on that talk page. --Epeefleche (talk) 08:30, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my reading of consensus is exactly that the category is upmerged. If consensus changes, the category may be recreated. But for the time being, we need to live with what we have.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:33, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * As I said, I have no quarrel with your reading of consensus.
 * I do have a problem with the nom's assertions, which seem to have been accepted without questioning. Which are wrong. I didn't see this -- are the relevant wikiprojects pinged when we have cat deletions? I guess not. That's something that we have with AfDs, that would serve cat deletions well, where lack of information drives a result. What's the best way to have a new discussion on this, inviting people who have heard of the 9,000-athlete Maccabiah Games (or who come across it in their research of the topic) to participate in the discussion?
 * Re-reading his prior posting, which he pointed to as a basis for his nom, I'm even further amazed. He wrote: "I have never heard Italian ancestry discussed in an Australian sports context. It's simply not a topic of study, hence why global search results simply mirror the content of this Wikipedia category. .... On a similar basis, I think Category:Jewish Australian sportspeople also warrants deletion as a non-topic. .... I can't locate anything to suggest that intersection is a topic of study." I'm flummoxed at what google search he performed, if any, to come up with such an untrue assertion as to the relevance of Jewish ancestry in an Australian sports context. --Epeefleche (talk) 08:38, 13 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I see Deletion review as an immediate option.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:41, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah -- I forgot # 3 (if significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page). I imagine that is what you think this may fit under. Tx. I will wait for the nom's response. Perhaps that will ease this process. Epeefleche (talk) 08:45, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for giving us a break from having to revert IP vandalism daily (recently several times by the valiant ).

It really is terrible that people are putting childrens' names in articles. LLAP, Dear ODear ODear trigger warnings 15:13, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. I protected the article for a week, if after it has expired a longer protection would be needed, please reapply at RFPP.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks again!
 * I wonder whether Nuland's article could get the longer-term lower-level (autoconfirmed) protection that Kagan's did, to give it a bit of help after a week. Nuland's article has been getting more vandalism/harassment lately. DearODear 20:36, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Let us wait for a week and see how it develops. Usually vandalism comes in waves.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Arbitration
I mentioned you.

Dear0Dear 23:14, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Ymblanter
Hi: quick preadvice in case another issue blows up with Afterwriting, this time over the plural abbr of Reverend. This is a little painful to have to keep arguing with so-called know-alls who actually don't know. Please advise. M Mabelina (talk) 12:31, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

& to boot I see he has publicly stated that "Editor is forbidden to contact me due to harassment" - perhaps Afterwriting should be forbidden from making incorrect & false statements about my edits - what is his problem? This really won't do. M Mabelina (talk) 12:36, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not see how you are involved (they are not reverting your edits, but someone else's); I am not sure why you are asking me (I can not recollect interaction with any of you before), and I do not know why you want my advise in the matter which conserns English spelling (English is not my mother tongue). For the time being, I do not see any problem at all; if any problems appear, and the user refuses to discuss, use dispute resolution avenues.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:41, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * And now an ANI thread has been started anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes I know, but why? Honestly it's beyond a joke - has this guy got an issue with me because I cannot see what else could have caused this... Sorry to contact you but you calmed things down before. M Mabelina (talk) 12:48, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Now another public alert has been launched by Afterwriting - surely this can't be right?
 * If a user is unhappy about you posting at their talk page, do not post at their talk page. It is very simple.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:51, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes I totally agree with you, beyond any shadow of doubt - however let me clarify for all: I have made various amendments/improvements to the Rochester Cathedral article including pluralising Reverends (which is correct usage, qv: Revdd) - out of all the many corrections/improvements I made, Afterwriting chose to pick on the issue of Revdd - what a fool - should his incorrect comment be allowed to remain in the public domain?
 * This MOS situation is not good - because there seems to be a gang which wishes to drive through its dogma at all costs whilst overriding fact. I totally realize that this is not going to make me popular with the activists, but who else is going to point this out to Wikipedia?
 * In a nutshell, why Afterwriting chose to pick on this MOS issue (hence my comparison with Esperanto) is totally beyond me. I trust that he & his MOS gang can stay away from me if poss (altho I have no probs standing corrected where valid). M Mabelina (talk) 13:52, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

PS. it's such a waste of time arguing like this too...
 * As I mentioned earlier, the place to discuss these edits is the talk page of the article. If the user does not reply, use the dispute resolution avenues.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Please understand this - Afterwriting will now launch an enquiry into me at the drop of a hat - so how can this be right?
 * from my outside point of view, correct & informative info should be welcomed by Wiki not bullied out of town by the few?? Sorry but it is thoroughly unacceptable behaviour as far as I am concerned. I hope like me you care. M Mabelina (talk) 14:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Autonomous republic
Do you understand that the article got moved and that references doesn't have any relation to it now? That nether the lead nor the scope is the same of the title? I suggest you took a look into the article history before making accusations. Lutie (talk) 01:01, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * This is not an excuse for edit-warring without even trying to start a discussion at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:31, 17 March 2015 (UTC)


 * So advise your friend to not add nonsense into articles. Lutie (talk) 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not have any friends here. You must be confusing me with someone else.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

User:chloeamby
Why did you delete my userpage?
 * Because it was a redirect to a non-existent page.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:12, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Please do not delete my article it is unfinished. There is no defining criteria whether the biography is insignificant especially its unfinished. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chloeamby (talk • contribs) 14:19, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes it is: WP:N.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:21, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Bezalel Inc.
Hi,Ymblanter. Why do you delete the Bezalel Inc. page? I just reedited it according to the previous deletion discussion, and I am also adding other convincing reference. However, I found it was delete again when I want to add more references.Tiana wei (talk) 20:39, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not see any notability in the version I have deleted. I am afraid you have to go via WP:AFC as your article will likely be speedily deleted from the mainspace every time you recreate it.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

new essay
The ArbCom case against me is vexatious indeed - I shall not contend against those who taste blood. The main complaint even includes my essays - so I wrote one which I hope you will appreciate WP:Wikipedia and shipwrights. It would be fun to see how others react, indeed. Warm regards, Collect (talk) 04:29, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Hina Rabbani Khar
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 07:12, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 07:32, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Happy adminship birthday!

 * Thank you and the Committee.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Precious again
  Babel

Thank you for quality articles on "topics pertaining to Russia, mostly human and physical geography and biographies", for using your skill in languages to promote understanding between speakers and Wikipedias of different languages, for helping spontaneously without hoping someone else will do it, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:34, 23 March 2013 (UTC) Two years ago, you were the 433rd recipient of my  Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you Gerda.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs. Legobot (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Crimea annexation page
I'm not sure why you enabled pending changes for Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Semi-protection would've been better. Pending changes clearly isn't working, regardless, as disruptive edits are being accepted by reviewers, and vandals continue to target it. RGloucester — ☎ 16:35, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Vandalism is not intensive enough to justify semi-protection.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:55, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * If that's the case, you might as well remove pending changes, as it isn't serving any purpose and makes it more complicated to get rid of rubbish edits. RGloucester  — ☎ 17:00, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You can apply at RFPP and mention that I do not object. I do not feel comfortable removing them myself.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)


 * On another note, would you please place an ARBEE edit notice on the annexation page? It will be useful, given the contentious nature of the article. RGloucester  — ☎ 05:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The DS note is already on the page. The next step would be imposing a restriction such as 1RR. From the editing history, I do not see much use of it, since there is no edit-warring beyond 1RR, and also if such restriction should be imposed at some point I think it is best imposed by an administrator without Russian or Ukrainian background.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:32, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I don't mean imposing 1RR. I just mean an edit notice for the page. An edit notice appears when one edits the page, above the editing box. It is useful to remind people of DS, and is more visible than the talk page DS notice. Look at this edit notice, used on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 article. You'll see it at the top of the editing box. That's what I'm asking for on the annexation page. RGloucester  — ☎ 15:12, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not have any issues with that, except for I do not know how to do it. Will try to figure out later in the evening.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:11, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Look here. I would've done it myself, but only administrators are able. The template used at the Malaysia Airlines article is this.  RGloucester  — ☎ 16:14, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 21:57, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! RGloucester  — ☎ 22:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

RT (Russia Today)
Would you take a look at article RT (TV network) ? It is to be unlocked on 26th. Any input on the articles organization would be appreciated.

secondary issue: I have been saying the lead section has 1/3 criticism and does not seem neutral. The argument by some has been Criticism IS neutral due to nature of RT. I see you have been working on Russian related topics and might have a useful suggestion to resolve the dispute.Paulthemonk (talk) 01:23, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I left there my opinion about half a year ago, when socks started to remove any mentioning of propaganda from the lede. It should be still at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:28, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Politecnico di Studi Aziendali
Bringing this to you rather than SPI as you appear to be up to speed on the goings on at Politecnico di Studi Aziendali (and its talk page). A new account,, has appeared to spam the talk pages of editors with the kind of material that I've seen added to Talk:Politecnico di Studi Aziendali, which is still protected. The editors (and bots) chosen, I think, have all been involved in dealing with previous sock/meatpuppet accounts of Isseasa, so I think it's yet another case of a new sock for the purpose of block evasion. Regards, VeryCrocker (talk) 09:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I will block on sight any Politechnico sock vandalizing Wikipedia, and I have already blocked two today, but I am afraid the only solution is to hard-block the range. Only CU can do it, since only they know what the range is. I am afraid we are spending too much time dealing with this vandal.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:25, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * How would one request this? Should I have made an SPI report anyway? --VeryCrocker (talk) 11:41, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * There is already an SPI report, Sockpuppet investigations/Isseasa. I guess one should request there, adding today's socks.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:47, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

inexplicable deletion of new user's sandbox
Dear admin, it appears as though on February 12th you deleted User:Klimhe01/sandbox the sandbox of a new user who was in the process of gathering information for an article. This user had not yet published any content, and was still in the research phase. If it is within your power to restore this user's sandbox contents, it would be greatly appreciated.
 * The draft looked like an advertisement, and it was a collection of texts from other sited which violated copyright. Copyrighted texts can not be hosted in our projects.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:44, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Balashikhinsky District
Sadly but Balashikhinsky District was really abolished in 2011. --Jarash (talk) 06:40, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you familiar with the differences between administrative and municipal divisions in Russia?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Then split the table into administrative divisions and municipal divisions so that it can be understood by a foreigner. --Jarash (talk) 07:03, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I am working on these tables for Russia, and Moscow Oblast is on my list. It will require a major overhaul and will look like Administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:03, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Assistance with reverting bold page moves
The following disaster-related pages had the word "Disaster" unilaterally decapitalised yesterday, without discussion. All of these changes are controversial, and must be reverted to allow for discussion. The user in question has modified all of the redirects, making it impossible for non-administrators to revert his changes. If possible, could you please assist me by restoring the longstanding titles with a capital "D" in "Disaster" per WP:BRD? RGloucester — ☎ 07:01, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Birkenhead Dock disaster
 * Twin Shaft disaster
 * Monongah Mining disaster
 * Darr Mine disaster
 * Eccles Mine disaster
 * Hanna Mine disaster
 * Victor American Hastings Mine disaster
 * Avondale Mine disaster
 * Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster
 * Benwood Mine disaster
 * No, since it is at AE, I am not going to interfere. The articles can alway be moved back later.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:06, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

somebody obsessed
"Politechnico vandal is too annoying": indeed. But this is only the second time I've encountered him. Please, prod my memory: can you tell me any one of his other names? (I need to put something on his user page.) Thanks. -- Hoary (talk) 09:47, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, Sockpuppet investigations/Isseasa. Thanks for blocking the second reincarnation.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:07, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. (Oh dear, what a subject. It reminds me of the outfit whose many names include "Isles International University".) Could you possibly add this new name "Bb9bb9" to Sockpuppet investigations/Isseasa? Erm, I'm in a bit of a rush, and (embarrassing admission) it suddenly occurs to me that I haven't contributed to any SPI page in ages and would therefore have to read up on how to do this (yawn). -- Hoary (talk) 10:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Will do it in the evening if nobody else beats me to it (I am continuously busy from now until after dinner)--Ymblanter (talk) 11:12, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, unexpectedly got a free hour.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:12, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Talkback
RGloucester — ☎ 00:11, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:22, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Notice on ANI page
Ymblanter, I added some relevant information to your block notice here. Thank you. --Taivo (talk) 11:50, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Taivo, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see, already indeffed.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:25, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Yamimash
Why was the Yamimash page deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambyamby (talk • contribs) 14:14, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Because it is not notable. After I spedily deleted it in the morning, you decided to revert my edit on you talk page rather than stop recreating a non-notable article.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:23, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

It has references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambyamby (talk • contribs) 14:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

And its not even done yet I was on the process of adding more references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambyamby (talk • contribs) 14:48, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * If you want to avoid speedy deletion, please create the draft in the draft space, Draft:Yamimash, submit it and get accepted. Do not move it yourself to the article space.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:26, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Instantnood socks
Hi Ymblanter, thanks for semi-protecting Categories for discussion/Log/2015 March 27. However, the one-day protection is not enough, and he returned as soon as the protection expired. Please note that Instantnood has been using IP socks for many years. See Sockpuppet investigations/Instantnood. -Zanhe (talk) 05:45, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ 2 weeks. I hope the only discussion the socks are interested in at this page can be closed in 2 weeks.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:46, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick action! -Zanhe (talk) 05:50, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Connecticut Compromise
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 06:23, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 06:32, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

K2 Deletion
I was hoping my sandbox/K2: Siren of the Himalayas page could be restored so that I can edit it to better suit Wiki's guidelines. Pepe716 (talk) 18:02, 10 April 2015 (UTC)16:06, 24 February 2015 User:Pepe716/sandbox
 * The deleted submission was a copyright infringement and will not be restored. Please start a new (copyright violation free) version at your sandbox.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:34, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

"Undiscussed and wrong"
Good day. SkyBon (talk) 18:36, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Undiscussed - пардон, с кем? ~0 активных редакторов статей о московской ЖД за последний год. Ну и это.
 * Wrong - с чего бы вдруг? Вы видели ещё статьи про suburban direction of railway, если это то же самое, что это главный ход + несколько веток одной линии?
 * We are in the English Wikipedia. Please write in English and use the English terms for naming the articles. I hope though you will be soon indeffed here as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Should I consider that a threat? SkyBon (talk) 18:41, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * No, you will do everything yourself.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:41, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * And yet you still haven't answered my questions on-topic. SkyBon (talk) 18:42, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Pavelets Line does not exist in English. Pavelets suburban direction of Moscow Railway is a correct translation of the Russian term, and this is what we use in naming of the articles.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:45, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I beg to differ. For geographic names we use the widely accepted English name (or, form prevalent in the the English reliable sources). %terminus% Line does exist and is the one. By contrast, we fail to see Pavelets direction anywhere outside machine translated sources. SkyBon (talk) 19:09, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Great. Let us take Britannica, as a clearly reliable English source. It says, for instance, that the Smolensk Line leads from Moscow to Smolensk, Minsk, and Warsaw. This is clearly not about the suburban direction. Amd where we do not have established English terms, we use, well, English translations.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:12, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually what you call Smolensk suburban direction and what actually is Smolensk Line does lead to Smolensk, Minsk and Warsaw since the Russian part ends at Belarus border. And the Britannica article *is* a reliable source (The article is signed by a Senior Lecturer in Geography, University College, 1972–94, and School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1972–91, University of London. Author of The U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe. and therefore is reliable). SkyBon (talk) 19:27, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Britannica certainly is a reliable source, it just talks about a completely different thing. The suburban direction is Moscow to Vyazma including a line to Zvenigorod.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:31, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Since we keep going in circles I suggest to take this discussion to WT:TRAINS for wider input. SkyBon (talk) 19:42, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Or, to be precise, you just do not master English sufficiently to undertand the point. But, sure, please open the discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:44, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Your last comment has forced me to open an RfC. SkyBon (talk) 20:03, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Afraid?
You are afraid? For what? I said I was bannade before unjustly. Because of this processing (See here ) Please keep in mind exactly. I updated the article, add sources, and the other User reverted me. On prejudice, without arguments, discussion or sources. How can that be? And the funny thing, I made the update, the things was correct, and I was punished???????? And you speak about my topic ban, the topic ban was fake. And Again, my Edits was right, Beogradski sport klub (Belgrade Sports Club) not BSK Beograd. You can se this. For funny things i am attacked.Nado158 (talk) 18:59, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not going to discuss the issue outside of the dedicated page. Thank you for your understanding.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:03, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * But no one answers me there????--Nado158 (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Colonial Nigeria
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Colonial Nigeria. Legobot (talk) 00:08, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Playtime Is Over (mixtape)
I need some help/advice with this. This mixtape is one of the mixtapes brought up at this AfD, which you closed back in 2012. Someone has created a draft at AfC at Draft:Playtime Is Over (mixtape) and it looks great, to be honest. I'm sorely tempted to accept it but there's one thing that's really stopping me: the sources. Much of the coverage mentions the mixtape in passing as far as Minaj's career as a whole and there really isn't a lot that really focuses on the mixtape specifically that's in-depth. This might not have bothered me a huge-huge lot and I'd have accepted it on that, except that the article had been repeatedly recreated over the years to where the page is now indefinitely protected against editing by non-admin users. (DangerousPanda did this and I'll ping them so they can get in on this as well.) I'm worried that if I do accept this on anything other than super solid sources, it'll quickly get taken to AfD- where to be frank, there's a bit of a bias against AfC articles. (While they meant well, some problematic acceptances have sort of tainted many's opinion of AfC.) I'm tempted to take this to deletion review so there can be a full look at the sources and a general consensus of whether or not to accept the article into the mainspace. I just can't help but shake this feeling that if I were to accept it now, with sources that are good but not great-great, that it'd be quickly challenged and then torn to shreds at AfD, where it'd be sent back to AfC and then have an even harder battle to fight for acceptance the next go round. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:11, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * There are two things here. First, I spent some time seraching for sources and found (and added to the draft) one which considers the mixtape at some length, not just mentions it. There might be some more around but I do not have time just now. Second, I think you should accept the draft and not worry even if it gets taken to AfD. We have different users in the project, with wildly different interpretations of policies, and accepting this draft is certainly within the policy, not even in the grey zone. I actually do not think it would be taken to AfD given that it is very much different from the original version, but even if it does, the worst which could happen is it gets back to the draft space and continues to sit there. To be honest, I also do not see how it can be deleted by AfD consensus provided the participation is decent.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Mostly I'm worried about it getting a little extra punishment because it's an AfC baby, but I'll accept it on your recommendation. I've just seen articles get destroyed at AfD because of the AfC association, so I'm sort of skittish with that. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Shit happens, we just need to minimize collateral damage. I saw you are in contact with the creator, may be it is best to warn them that AfC acceptance is not a guarantee that the article is not AfD deleted (in which case it would just go back to Draft).--Ymblanter (talk) 08:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Gibb issue
Thank you very much for protecting the Gibb pages. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 21:06, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops, the Barry Gibb page is at a wrong version, could you restore it to Thanx.   Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 21:23, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 21:29, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Nim AfD
No, everyone does NOT agree there are some sources that support notability. I and several others believe and clearly stated that there are NO sources that support notability under WP:GNG. A fair appraisal of the discussion might conclude there was no consensus. But it's hard to believe that a fair appraisal starts by claiming that everyone agrees on something they don't. I think you need to at least acknowledge the opposition rather than claim it doesn't exist if you hope to avoid having your close taken to DRV. Msnicki (talk) 09:37, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I really hate when people blackmail me. Please take it to DRV if you think it has any merit.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:45, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Deletion review for Nim (programming language)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Nim (programming language). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Msnicki (talk) 14:28, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

2nd nomination for AfD of Uma Kumaran article
I just wanted to let you know that I've renominated the article on Uma Kumaran to AfD.

Since you were a contributor to the original nomination, your input would be appreciated in this discussion.

Many thanks

--RaviC (talk) 17:17, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Olympiacos B.C.
Ymblanter thank you very much for your immediate attention. I have to tell you that a week's protection is certainly not enough given the ongoing vandalism that's been going on for months. In any case, thank you for your help and your actions. Gtrbolivar (talk) 21:32, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. If vandalism resumes after the protection has expired, please renominate at WP:RFPP.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:33, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:01, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

ping
Just in case you didn't get the ping ... re: Giano ... you screwed up. An issue like that, .. at best, you page protect. — Ched : ?  05:32, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Replied there. I believe you were writing assuming bad faith.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:47, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Kudos to your "ty for your opinion" reply. Obviously I don't agree with you on this issue, but I do have to admire the way that you comport yourself. — Ched :  ?  06:27, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

herolind Bershila
Sorry about the bad typing. The user is a blocked sock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna F remote (talk • contribs) 21:34, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

I meant Herolindmusicc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna F remote (talk • contribs) 21:36, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you have any proof for this?--Ymblanter (talk) 05:40, 6 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Sorry again about the bad typing. I was not on my regular keyboard.


 * Proof, yes. Please see this, this, and this for the whole story.


 * (deleted contribs)
 * (deleted contribs)
 * (deleted contribs)
 * (deleted contribs)


 * Best wishes,


 * Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I have now blocked the third account. I do not see much sense in blocking the IP given that they did not edit since 1 May.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:11, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the block. I agree about the IP. I'll keep an eye out for recreations. Best. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:37, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:28, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Kazakhstani towns
Hi, I know you and Ezhiki don't think much of Russian wiki but can you do me a favour and create a list 10-20 missing towns formatted with interlinks like, ideally the largest towns still missing, but any which have an article on Russian wiki and not in English? I have started a stub drive with WP:Intertranswiki and one topic I want to cover is this, as I remember browsing a while back and still seeing missing notable towns of at least 10,000 people etc.♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:54, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There are less than dozen missing, all listed on my user page. I would rather create them myself.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:07, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * There's more missing than that!! Perhaps you mean official towns. Well, I can list those and a few of the rural type settlements. I'll try to leave most of the ones you want to start to you, it's all good to be collaborative!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If you also mean urban-type settlements, there are a few of those, they are all listed at the pages of the regions (which I have done myself), another candidates are district centers. I can try to make a list of redlinks later today, but otherwise you can just inspect the sections on administrative divisions and create everything that is not a town. I also have a file with population, which I try to add to all available articles.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:30, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, a couple of those too would be good, ideally with over 1000 people. I'll try to let you start the towns that you mentioned you wanted to start, but a mix of those and some urban type ones I can do would be good. Perhaps you could find 5-10 with interlinks anyway. Cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:38, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * They all have interlinks, I believe Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on every single locality in Kazakhstan, and I have the file with the population census, which lists all the localities. I will make a list of urban-type settlements and district centers later today.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:40, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If you're interested in working on the settlements long term you could being a list by province at WikiProject Intertranswiki/Russian/Geography or WikiProject Intertranswiki/Kazakh/Geography with inter links. I'll try to help when I can. The best place to start would be the district capitals and urban types though as you say.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:12, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've created WikiProject Intertranswiki/Kazakh/Geography, you can list whatever you want on that page!♦  Dr. Blofeld  12:27, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Can you glean a bit more from Russian/Kazakh sources to make Akmol start class and I'll nom for DYK.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:41, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Might be tricky but I will try later today. Note also that I did not finish my list of missing articles, I am planning to add all regions.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:43, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will try to help stubbing those settlements gradually. Can you do me a favour. for round 17 at WP:Intertranswiki can you pick 10 architects from here with interlinks and English title names?♦ Dr. Blofeld  17:01, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Vasile Hutopilă
You closed this as delete, but your edit summary and subsequent edits are for a "no consensus" result, which seems more accurate given the discussion. Did you change your mind partway through? Ivanvector (talk) 13:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I was closing it as no consensus, apparently smth happened. Thanks for catching it.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:45, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Olonets as a "fief of Poland"
These edits do bother me. Novgorod never was a "fief of Poland". --Ghirla-трёп- 06:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, and there is also some inconsistency with WWII (see Pechory). I will try to talk to the user.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:40, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * They have chosen not to respond, and I reverted all dubious additions back, leaving those which looked ok to me.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm still not sure that the Grand Duchy of Moscow had an official flag, though. --Ghirla-трёп- 05:58, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not know, I would need to check.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Editor_assistance/Requests
I hope you don't mind that I mentioned your response here. Your help is appriciated. Itsmeront (talk) 23:11, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Netherlands: [|Your Deleting] of Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Sure, in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands are blessing for same-sex couples allowed...already over twenty years !!!
 * Amsterdamse kerk op Gay Bride Beurs

Also missing in same article: Reformed churches in Switzerland
In some of the reformed churches in [SEK in Switzerland are also blessing for same-sex couples allowed !!! 178.11.6.202 (talk) 19:43, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Some of the reformed churches in Switzerland perform blessings of same-sex couples, for example
 * Reformed Church of Aargau
 * Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau: Homosexualität und Kirche nach fünf Jahren ausdiskutiert (German)
 * Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern-Jura-Solothurn,
 * Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn: Feiern in besonderen Lebenslagen (German)
 * Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen
 * Entwurf zur Kirchenordnung der Evangelisch-reformierten Kirche des Kantons Schaffhausen, Art. 41 (PDF; 168 kB) (German)
 * Chiesa evangelica riformata nel Ticino


 * ref.ch: TI, Synode spricht sich für Segnung homosexueller Paare aus (German)
 * Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau
 * Reformierte TG: Segensfeier für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare möglich ,
 * Église Évangélique Réformée du canton de Vaud
 * Reformierte VD: Neu Feiern für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (German)
 * Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich
 * Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Zürich: Rituale für homosexuelle Paare (German)

So you should add the Protestant Church of the Netherlands and some of the reformed churches in Switzterland to the article and you should so correct your mistake of deleting the Church of the Netherlands. That church is one of the christian churches with the longest time of blessing of same-sex couples !!! 178.11.6.202 (talk) 19:56, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I have whatsoever no interest in this article. You may propose these changes at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:08, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * and why did you then delete the Netherlands church, when you have no interest in that article ? BlessHarmony (talk) 20:31, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I am sure you will be able to direct me a policy which mandates that I report all of my actions to an account with less than 10 edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I can't follow your argumentation. Again i ask you, why did you delete the Netherlands church from that article, if you are not interested in that article ? BlessHarmony (talk) 20:39, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I am under no obligation of explaining my actions to you. You can add yourself any information you want to the article after several days.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:47, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * okay maybe i will do that. But i can't understand, why you will not correct your own mistakes. BlessHarmony (talk) 21:02, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Moldova
Can you check the names of the following?



Won't bother you for a while now anyway ;-)♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:36, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I corrected the name according to WP:RUS, but for the article naming, we need to remove partonimics (the middle thing in every name).--Ymblanter (talk) 22:18, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, are you sure about Ginger though? Seems to literal a translation to me.!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:34, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It is what WP:RUS says, so that unless he is known under some other transliteration, we should use this one.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:59, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it's Ging-er, rather than Jin-jer in pronounication and not literally Ginger!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:05, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, this is how it looks to me as a Russian speaker.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:35, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Started Sergei Ginger, can you check/expand? He had a commons cat. Watch out for new stubs at WP:Intertranswiki over the next few days!♦ Dr. Blofeld  21:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Archangel, Russia
I know that you are an admin, but I think you might be a little more familiar with WP:COMMONNAME than you appear to be. It calls for our articles to be at the common English language name for the subject. Most assuredly, "Arkhangelsk" is not an English-language place name, it's merely the transliteration of the Russian language name. No one calls it that, it is commonly called "Archangel", and has been for a very long time. Please do not move it back again without getting a consensus to do so on the talk page, your authority as an admin does not make you into a "superuser" who can override normal processes. Thanks. BMK (talk) 00:15, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Take any geographic map, and it will be Arkhangelsk. Archangel is used for the 15th century settlement. You are certainly not the first person raising this, it is at the talk page and also possibly at the talk page of Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Russia.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:31, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * And starting a move war was not a good idea.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:37, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

WP:RM
If ever you have to revert a move twice, rather than stating "wrong move; ever heard of WP:BRD?" there is a specific piece of guidance which might help explain to the person who makes the dual not to do it again: see RMUM. -- PBS (talk) 16:02, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will use it next time.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:05, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Liza Jacuqeline
Hi, I don't know why you redecting Liza Jacqueline to Winx Club articel but Liza Jacqueline it's a voice artist and winx are a animation. Why you redecting it for nothing?--Maxie1hoi (talk) 11:03, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * She is mentioned in that section of the target article, I do not know why.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:05, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * But why you redirects to Winx Club? The other actors have not redirects to winx club why Liza?--Maxie1hoi (talk) 11:07, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It was proposed during the AfD discuission, I did not see any objections, and I followed WP:ATD. I can not really say anything about other actors, I did not happen to close AfDs about them.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:18, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Odell Beckham Jr.
Renew PC or upgrade to semi? --George Ho (talk) 23:04, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 23:08, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Deleted page history
Yaroslav, could you merge the page history of Kachanovka and Kachanivka? My additions were hijacked without leaving a trace. --Ghirla-трёп- 16:16, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, sure.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:32, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Beijing Subway Line Name/Color Boxes
Could you please fix the Name/Color boxes in the table under the Lines section. Previously, the boxes appeared as they do on other Chinese subways systems such as Shenyang Metro or Chengdu Metro. The boxes had rounded corners, and the the text was inside the box instead of beside. The transfers boxes also had rounded corners. An example of what they used to look like can be see here with Line 2, Shenyang Metro. If you could please revert these boxes back to their original form, it would improve the look and feel of the page. I tried to fix it, but it was beyond my ability. Any assistance would be gratefully accepted.
 * I have no time today, will try to have a look tomorrow. In the meanwhile, you can try asking for assistance at one of the village pumps.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Akmol
Harrias talk 14:02, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Статьи об советских актерах и фильма в англоязычной Википедии
Доброго времени суток, коллега!

Пишу вам по-русски, т.к. в анкете русский язык указан как ваш родной. Я пишу статьи в англоязычной википедии, касающиеся советских актеров и фильмов. При этом я стараюсь, чтобы новая статья в англовики не была банальным переводом русскоязычной статьи, а самостоятельным, новым творением. Это связано еще и с тем, что в русскоязычной википедии статьи об актерах и фильмах зачастую далеки от идеала, в них иногда попадается неверная информация.

Обратил внимание, что вы делали правку в статье об Олеге Янковском, поэтому обращаюсь к вам с предложением оказать мне помощь в созидании новых статей. К большому сожалению, недостаточно хорошо владею английским, поэтому после написания статьи требуется редактура и исправление ошибок в тексте. Если вас заинтересовало мое предложение - ОЧЕНЬ буду вам признателен. Если нет - прошу меня извинить за причиненное неудобство.

С уважением, Ulugbeck1 (talk) 13:10, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * К сожалению, у меня нет времени для такой регулярной работы, но если в какой-то момент надо будет какой-то кусок поправить, обращайтесь, конечно. Пожалуйста, учтите ещё, что у нас довольно жёсткие требования к проверяемости, то есть должны стоять сноски на авторитетные источники в достаточном количестве.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:11, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians. Legobot (talk) 00:08, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Saint Petersburg
Renew pending changes? --George Ho (talk) 02:08, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 05:47, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm curious
about this edit...Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:14, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * My watchlist was loading slowly because of the banner; I clicked on smth, and then the banner appeared, and it turned out that my click was misplaced and hit the rollback button of your talk page. Why I have your talk page on my watchlist, I do not remember, possibly I had to leave you a message in the past which required a reaction.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:53, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought it might be something like that. No worries, Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:49, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Andy Gibb
Is there a reason that Andy Gibb is fully protected rather than semi-protected? Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:08, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Also Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:10, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * These articles were edited by socks of a banned user, and some of the socks were auto confirmed. (This was the motivation of the RFPP request, with which I agreed).--Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Asimova
Hi Ymblanter! You know that I edited the articles about Kazakhstan and my criterias were appropriate to Wikipedia's one, but you deleted my articles and after this I have losted my hope to wikipedia. I started my new articles about Kazakhstan but you are not allowed me, why? Please help me to improve the articles about Kazakhstan without deleting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asimova (talk • contribs)
 * There were different reasons, which I can explain if you ask about specific articles. However, as I said, the best way to proceed would be incrementally improve existing articles. Find an article you want to improve, add a paragraph (not three pages at the time) with a source, see how other users react, then continue. Also folks at Teahouse would be happy to help you.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:55, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Alicia Nash
She was born in Latin America to Hispanic parents and has a degree from M.I.T. in Physics. There is no questioning these things so please remove your fact tags as her place of birth and education and career are referenced in the article if you wish to read about her life. HesioneHushabye (talk) 12:17, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * No. This is ridiculous to write in the lede someone is a "Latin American Physicist" if this someone worked as a physicist for a couple of years, was an American citizen for 50+ years, and lived in the US for 60+ years. Salvadorian-born American activist?--Ymblanter (talk) 12:22, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Deleted article to draftspace?
Hi, you recently delete Kodjo Adabra,

A lot of mockery and general insulting, as well as a vast array of flawed logic was used in disqualifying this article, especially towards the end (fallacies of authority, false assumptions, etc.), and one user even changed his vote from 'delete or move to draft' to simply 'delete', citing the fact that he did research, failed to find anything, implying that his emotional dissatisfaction is first of all my fault and secondly that I should be punished for it.

These first couple of months have been less than welcoming, overall, needless to say, however there have been a great many exceptions. To that one user complaining that his disappointment failed research was my fault, I would say he should read more carefully, as I had already stated the sources I was looking for would be hard copy, that is to say NOT THE INTERNET! I know this must seem very arcane as a type of source, but I assure you, print sources still exist! and believe it or not, not everything printed in Togo makes it onto the English (or French) speaking web.

I was only ever asking for more time, and yet somehow by my persistent to simply continue working on the article, working on the talk page, I managed to hurt the feelings of probably over a dozen users. All I can say is what the hell; I know I am a new user and I make a lot of mistakes, but just because I am not so easily discouraged doesn't mean that you all are doing a bad job as a community, does it? What I am saying is, if the article has insufficient sources, or whatever reason, and isn't ready to be a real article, then fantastic, where do I sign? that's fairly understandable, and I'll look into those hard copy sources, maybe see you in a few years or whatever if anything actually turns up.

My first question is why delete something that has stated request to move to draft space from the creator? Second: who or how or where, what do I have to do to get back the work that was done; that's to say where can I find whatever it is I need to get the draft version available?

It's like he called all his friends from a forum and suddenly the page just exploded with bad logic, insults, and hurt feelings. It was the ugliest sight. I would close an article that hurt people so much too, probably gave at least 7 ulcers and maybe a stroke out of the pain of reading such a poorly sourced article. My sincere apologies.Nolanpowers (talk) 13:59, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I have written very clearly that if someone is interested in moving the article to the draft space and working on it there they may contact me. Should I consider the above message as a request to move it to draft? There is too much TL;DR and I am afraid if I start to read it carefully WP:NPA issues could arise, so I better do not.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:01, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If you are just unhappy with the ourcome, you are of course welcome to start a deletion review request--Ymblanter (talk) 14:03, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I am going to be more bold than you here and assume you would like TL;DR version; request taken: yes I would like a draft version of the article. Thanks.

What criteria do you use to determine if reading is going to be a risk for WP:NPA? I deduce length and source, although perhaps I am too bold. It would be nice to be able to communicate more fully, I would imagine, yet, as you were.Nolanpowers (talk) 15:29, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Draft:Kodjo Adabra. Sorry, have no time for chatting.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:04, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks. Also, if I may be so bold as to assume your mention of concerns was a request for my thoughts, please read away, I highly doubt there are any personal attacks to be found, though that doesn't always stop one from succeeding ^^. Cheers. Nolanpowers (talk) 17:40, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

FC Universitatea Craiova
I contacted you as a random administrator. Please revert the 2 disruptive edits made by User:Roby Iliescu at FC Universitatea Craiova. He removed sourced text and replaced it with dubious unsourced text. The page was semi-protected because of the same edits made by him unlogged (IP 79.113.102.71), but now he logged in and "evaded" the semi-protection. Also, please take into consideration a full protection of the article. 79.117.155.123 (talk) 08:37, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not find the edits disruptive. Please start the discussion at the article talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:51, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Arijit Singh
Renew PC protection? --George Ho (talk) 18:49, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 19:25, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for cleaning my talk page from personal attacks to other users. I have restored some information that IMHO might be useful for content creation. I also do not like my telkpage to be semiprotected. IPs might have legitimate questions to administrators, so semiprotecting them should IMHO be a matter of last resort. It might mean more work of cleaning the page from vandalism and personal attacks but IMHO it is better to clean a reasonably visible talk page than have bad people abusing article space.

BTW, do you know if this / is a sockpuppet of somebody with a history on Russian or English wiki? [S]he looks like a very opinionated but knowledgeable editor that might give useful contributions Alex Bakharev (talk) 04:33, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Пардон, вмешаюсь - как минимум в англовики извольте полюбоваться на это. Никаких useful contributions там быть не может. От слова "вообще". OneLittleMouse (talk) 05:40, 7 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the guy looks like mentally handicapped and WP is not a therapy. Sigh Alex Bakharev (talk) 06:53, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * They posted similar things here and on my talk page on Commons before, and they seem to be mentally unstable indeed.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:11, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * он же, как я понимаю. Может, есть смысл прикрыть? OneLittleMouse (talk) 18:13, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:29, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Deleted article retrieval
Would it be possible to retrieve this article for a complete rewrite -

08:54, 14 May 2015 Ymblanter (talk | contribs) deleted page Annuity Shopper Buyer's Guide (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Annuity Shopper Buyer's Guide). Thank you. Nmwalsh (talk) 11:53, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Nmwalsh/Annuity Shopper Buyer's Guide--Ymblanter (talk) 12:36, 11 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Nmwalsh (talk) 13:42, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi again
QUestion, what does this mean "Управление делами ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС"? Administration of Affairs? Administrator of Affairs? or Administrative Department? --TIAYN (talk) 10:57, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Essentially, a bunch of managers. Probably Administrative Department would be the best translation.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:07, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, that seems correct (and I agree), but doesn't "Административный отдел" also mean Administrative Department? ... You have the Управление делами, but also Административный отдел and Административный отдел which existed alongside "Управление делами" at various points. And of course, the first mentioned isn't named an otdel. There has to be a transliteration difference, right? --TIAYN (talk) 13:58, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not know exactly, but my guess is that Административный отдел is more about HR and such, and Управление делами is more about finances.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:00, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The modern "управление делами" (an office serving the President of Russia) is typically translated "General Affairs Department". It's probably not a bad variant to use in the CPSU context as well, especially if distinguishing it from "административный отдел" is important.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 18, 2015 ; 14:04 (UTC)
 * OK. And yes, it deals with accounting. But to be sure, last question. The Russian WP article on Nikolay Kruchina says "Управляющий делами ЦК КПСС", which means either Business Manager, Administrative Director, Managing Director, Adminstrative Manager, Business Director? So which one comes closes? --TIAYN (talk) 15:01, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd go with "(Chief) Administrator" and probably steer clear of the "business" and "manager" variants (which sound a bit odd in the Soviet context). "Director" variants might work as well, although (in my mind at least) "director" associates more with some sort of an industrial enterprise and not with a Soviet government agency. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 18, 2015 ; 15:10 (UTC)

User:Roby Iliescu
After your protection at FC Universitatea Craiova article expired, User:Roby Iliescu replaced again referenced info with unsourced text, despite being asked by me on the talk page to provide sources.

He also vandalized several times the article of the rivals from CS Universitatea Craiova (football) - see  (in spite of warnings  ). Can you please do something against this editor? 86.127.1.100 (talk) 19:40, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I blocked them for 24h--Ymblanter (talk) 19:43, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Apparently he is now evading his block. An IP, that is probably his, restored his unsourced version. 86.127.29.174 (talk) 07:45, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not in a position to investigate block evasion. You are welcome to open an SPI. I will revert the edits though.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:47, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you please semiprotect the article again? 86.127.29.174 (talk) 07:51, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not think this is a good idea. Please apply at RFPP.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:53, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Kashmir conflict
Disputed para in the lead is

"However, elections held in 2014 saw highest voters turnout in 25 years of history in Kashmir.[19][20][21][22] European Union also welcomed elections, called it "free and fair" and congratulated India for its democratic system.[23][24][25] The European Parliament also takes cognizance of the fact that a large number of Kashmiri voters turned out despite calls for the boycott of elections by certain separatist forces.[23]

It was observed and caused dispute among users so it should be removed until Dispute resolution committee's decision. It is unethical to maintain disputed para for weeks over weeks. It was already on page since last ten days to deceive article visitors because its neutrality is seriously questioned and same has been accepted by dispute resolution committee for investigation.Whistle blowing is encouraged world wide so whistle blowers opinion should be respected here. 115.186.146.225 (talk) 05:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not sure why you are writing this here. The version is fully protected and waits for the Dispute resolution committee's decision. You may want to read WP:Wrong version.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:50, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Snowy (character)
Renew PC? --George Ho (talk) 23:14, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Why do not you ask the protecting admin?--Ymblanter (talk) 08:33, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Map
Thanks for fixing the map issue. Could you please look into the Visa policy of Georgia. It's a similar issue, he keeps reuploading an outdated file that shows maximum stay at 90 days instead of 360 days. Previously he kept uploading a file that said "Grogria" instead of "Georgia".--Twofortnights (talk) 19:21, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Twofortnights (talk) 22:37, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

The Original Los Angeles Symphony (1898-1920)
I saw that there was a talk, now deleted, on the original Los Angeles Symphony. Can you provide me any information on this original group? 198.217.64.23 (talk) 23:58, 23 June 2015 (UTC)Carol
 * What I remember deleting was a hoax about Los Angeles Symphony from the 1950s, there was nothing about 1898-1920.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:21, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship. Legobot (talk) 00:04, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Викисклад. Если уж беретесь судить
то обращайте внимание и на инициатора конфликта, коий пишет:

"... но вас, похоже, к адекватным персонам не отнесёшь. --A.Savin 11:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC)"

а если это для Г-склада нормальное общение, то что за сопли в части аналогичного ответа? Причем мой топик помимо оскорблений, в отличие от предыдущего, содержал в себе не стрение из себя целки, а конкретную инфу об удалении исторически ценного файла, причем просто назло мне. Или не беритесь, итак проект уже ниже плинтуса. --Schekinov Alexey Victorovich (talk) 18:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I suggest that you discuss the Commons issues on Commons. Well, after your one month long incivility block expires. This is English Wikipedia, if you did not notice. And here we use English.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:16, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Schekinov Alexey Victorovich, in English Wikipedia you must only speak English. Ilya Drakonov (talk) 12:32, 16 July 2015 (UTC).
 * Я не помню такого месяца, чтобы англоязычный спам со всякими мета-объявлениями не вылез бы на форумы русскоязычного раздела. Повторяю: НА ФОРУМЫ. А тут я обращаюсь непосредственно к носителю языка. Ну ладно- он нашел способ сбежать в кусты, но вам то что с того, не понимаю? Да еще пинговать мой ник. Обсудите эту трагедию с Ярославом, коли уж так все плохо, меня не вплетайте. Что хотел - я уже понял. --Schekinov Alexey Victorovich (talk) 08:34, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi again!
Hi, can you move Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference?.. Its the common name (if there is any), and usually we don't name articles after their long formal names; for instance, its Prime Minister of Russia and not Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and its General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and not General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.. Could you move it?
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:24, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Translation
Hi, can you do me a favour and translate the plot here? May ask for more Kazakh towns later in the month for the Interntranswiki!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:36, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I will have a look later. The plot is unsourced, but there agould be sources available, will try to find them. Kazakh towns are never a problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:43, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello Y. I just wanted to mention that per WP:FILMPLOT they don't actually need a source. That doesn't mean that if you can find one that it wouldn't be useful. Anything that you can do to help the new article created by will be much appreciated. Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 14:54, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

fees about for the sharda university
Hlo...sir..good evening.its me laxman aryal from nepal,rupandehi district.today i am here to talk about the propspectus and concept of sharda university.After one year i am coming india for IT study.so what is the total amount needed for whole semister of IT in sharda university Laxman Arpan (talk) 14:04, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have no idea. Please contact the university.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:15, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi again!
Could you move Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Chairman of the National People's Congress? Not normal name in day-to-day speak. --TIAYN (talk) 10:05, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, this one actually you could have done yourself, there was no blocking redirect--Ymblanter (talk) 10:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

 * Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:10, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I just had some kazandibi, nice and fresh for a summer night. The other Hatuniye (Tokat) is also ready, as a stub. Please rename it "Hatuniye Külliyesi". --176.239.13.187 (talk) 20:56, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I moved the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:06, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Perion Codefuel
Hi, You deleted this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Perion_Codefuel earlier today just when I was about to submit a complete rewrite with new references as suggested. Would it be possible to have the page back so that I can make the changes and then you can decide what to do about it? Nmwalsh (talk) 09:47, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The article is here: User:Nmwalsh/Perion Codefuel. However, I do not be involved in the decision on whether it can be moved back. There are two options. If you are sure what you are going to create is a completely different version of the article, and the AfD arguments would not apply, you can just move it to the article space and be prepared to defend it if it gets AfDed again. If you think the article is more a slight rewrite of an old version, WP:DRV would be a safer option.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:01, 18 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I will submit the rewritten article to WP:UND. Nmwalsh (talk) 10:01, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

The Pirate Bay
Thanks for being so quick with the protection. If the edit-warring wasn't bad enough, two of the combatants seem to be on the path to an Iban. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 15:27, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 15:28, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

RfA
Hi Y, for what it's worth, I explained the copyvio issue. Regards. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:48, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Quint Studer
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Quint Studer. Legobot (talk) 00:04, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Community desysoping RfC
Hi. You are invited to comment at RfC for BARC - a community desysoping process. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:40, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for notifying me, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:43, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi again
Question, I've currently nominated the Central Committee elected by the 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) for FL status, but the reviewer is asking several though questions regarding American and Russian copyright standards.. Would you know any Russian users who would be willing to help? --TIAYN (talk) 07:36, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Stamps are safe. The rest is probably easier to figure out on Commons.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:38, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Heads up
Please reconsider your stance at Articles for deletion/Index of Andhra Pradesh-related articles. I've posted an analysis of the issue there. Thank you. The Transhumanist 13:53, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Can you block this dude?
This guy is clearly vandalising WP: ClueBot XIII ... Just look at his recent changes to the Communist Party of China article (I've reverted them). Thanks, --TIAYN (talk) 12:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Already done by WikiLeon--Ymblanter (talk) 13:44, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * This guy too? User:FUCK OFF TRUST IS ALL YOU NEEED. --TIAYN (talk) 07:15, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That one was blocked around midnight already.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:36, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Coe Davis
Please advise as to why Coe Lewis was deleted, given that she is the longest tenured female DJ in Southern California history and works for a major FM Station? There are plenty of lesser known Disc Jockeys with fewer citations on their pages than she had. Thank youJpop73 (talk) 23:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Because there was consensus at the AfD that the article does not satisfty the notability requirements.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:53, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Zhovkva
absolutely horrible look the other way.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:17, 30 July 2015 (UTC) On 13 November 1708, in Baturyn, f. e.
 * What do you mean the other way? With three pictures instead of four?--Ymblanter (talk) 12:21, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It contradicts WP:MOS anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:24, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Жолква - это Россия? Город основан украинским поляком. Пожайлуйста, займитесь Россией, Путиным. Бальшое спасиба.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:27, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I may edit all Wikipedia articles, certainly not until I get restricted.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:29, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Отвечая на ваш вопрос, скажу, что вы позволили себе бестактность (мягко выражаясь) уже несколько раз. Впервые, сказав об абсолютной ужасности, второй - удалив изображения украинской церкви из Списка ЮНЕСКО, католического костёла из статьи. Вандализмом попахивает.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:31, 30 July 2015 (UTC) Ymblanter, я вижу, админ в англвики. Тем более, не надо было удалять изображения церкви и костёла из статьи об украинском городе. Sorry for bad English.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Requested move
Yaroslav, could you move Barcode Project (Oslo) to Barcode Project? --Ghirla-трёп- 07:24, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, though it was previously moved in the opposite direction. If there is opposition to the move, you would need to start a RM. For the time being, we are fine.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:42, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

You got a problem?
If you have a problem with my edits, you'll have to substantiate your removals. Removing material without reason is called vandalism. Consider this a warning. Le Grand Bleu (talk) 09:18, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Please familiarize yourself with the policies first. I will now file a 3WWR.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:20, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

UA-phobia
Take a closer to the para (I removed it). It talks about reverse claims by such fringe characters as Plachynda (not an accepted view), and not about real manifestations of the phobia. Looks like a classic case of sneaky WP:COATRACK to dilute the subject.--Lute88 (talk) 11:36, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Most of the article is a coatrack and expresses fringe views. The paragraph is sourced and needs to be restored. If you have sources that the view is fringe you are welcome to add it. --Ymblanter (talk) 15:08, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Move
Could you move Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China to Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.. No other institution by this name. --TIAYN (talk) 08:26, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 08:32, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Help me here, since maybe I'm stupid. But hasn't this picture (File:Dmitry Kursky.jpg) entered into the public domain? The creator of the work is unknown, and the man died in 1932. 1932+70=2002 .. It entered into the public domain in 2002, or am I wrong? --TIAYN (talk) 11:16, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If the creator is really unknown and the photo was published during the lifetime (or, for that matter, before 1942) it is indeed PD in Russia. However, if it was published after 1926, it is probably not PD in the US due to the URAA requirements. The current policy of Commons is to allow uploading of such images, but they can be nominated for deletion due to URAA, and them there is some chance it gets deleted there.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:21, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK I understand it. One last question, the URAA says "Presumption as to Author's Death. — After a period of 95 years from the year of first publication of a work, or a period of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first, any person who obtains from the Copyright Office a certified report that the records provided by subsection (d) disclose nothing to indicate that the author of the work is living, or died less than 70 years before, is entitled to the benefit of a presumption that the author has been dead for at least 70 years. Reliance in good faith upon this presumption shall be a complete defense to any action for infringement under this title." ... Doesn't this mean that most if not all images of lower-ranked Soviet officials have entered PD in the US (who died before 1945 and did not participate in the war or endured repression?) since the author's are unknown in the majority of the cases... --TIAYN (talk) 11:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * For the image created in the USSR to be PD in the US, it should have been PD in Russia at the time US or Russia joined URAA, which is I believe 1996. If we are talking about the anonymous work this is 95 years since creation. By 1996, everything created after 1917 (before 1917 it is PD as of PD-RusEmpire) was not yet PD in Russia. Thus, this clause does not apply. Now we are in 2015, and whatever is anonymous and was created before 1920 (not 1926, as I stated above) is PD in the US, though everything created before 1942 is PD in Russia (before 1944 if we are sure the author did not work during the war). This is my understanding of the situation.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:45, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * So all the images produced in Russia post-1920 are copyrighted until 2048 (if they didn't expire before 1996)? --TIAYN (talk) 11:49, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * We are now only talking about anonymous images. If the creator died in 1925, the image was PD in 1996, and remains perfectly PD both in Russia and the US.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:51, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Just realized I screwed everything up for anonymous works. Everything anonymous produces in Russia before 1926 was PD in Russia in 1996, so PD in the US. Anyway, the 1930s seem not to be ok.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:09, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. In any case, could you move Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China to Ministry of Civil Affairs?... On another note, Wikimedia Commons should really establish a Russian server; that would solve the problem. --TIAYN (talk) 08:08, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ the move. Given the recent political developments, keeping any info on servers in Russia would be a very bad idea.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:09, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Move of Rinat matatov
Hi. Because you moved Rinat matatov to Rinat Matatov without leaving a redirect, the article's creator recreated it, and translated it, in the old location. I've had to request a technical move to have the translated article moved to the proper location. —Largo Plazo (talk) 12:24, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops, I did not expect this. Will do the history merge now.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:26, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Or just a move, indeed.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:27, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 12:30, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks! —Largo Plazo (talk) 12:55, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, sorry for screwing it up.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Otilia
Remember this episode? Well: it looks like he's back. Perhaps, along with the inevitable block for the sockpuppet, Otilia Bruma should be protected from recreation for the time being? - Biruitorul Talk 23:48, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I blocked the creator, but the article is already at AfD. I hope it will be salted as the result of the discussion.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:36, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Slight concern
Hi, Yaroslav. I have this user asking for new page patrol rights assistance on my talk own page. Given the user's history on other wikis, as well as with you, I'm uneasy with such rights being accorded. Any advice? --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:52, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like he has the idea that here we have the same flagged revisions as in he Russian Wikipedia. We do not. He is not autopatrolled, and at the time being I do not think he is eligible, but he can apply and see what happens. He may have in mind Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer, and he is most likely not eligible. For NPP, I am not sure who sees the queue, but I believe one needs to be autopatrolled. I would be not worried too much about the block in the Ukrainian Wikipedia - it likely means he said that Crimea belongs to Russia, got a warning, said it again and got indefinitely blocked. However, a block on Commons is very worrying.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:00, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. No, I wouldn't have been worried about the indefinite block on Ukrainian Wikipedia as I'd consider their summary was not in keeping with the calibre of the very few contributions he made (a slightly over-the-top reaction!!?) but, coupled with persistent uploading of unfree files, that puts another complexion on things.


 * I'll see whether he responds to my latest comment as I'm not sure of what he's actually after (although he seems that his primary interest is in developing the history of railway transport in ex-Soviet countries, which would explain his being overly enthusiastic about uploading potentially unfree images). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:23, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * My (short) experience of interaction with him shows he is pretty open, but his enthusiasm persists only for a short time.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:50, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, he's confusing me now because I'm not exactly sure of what it is he wants to be able to do. I'll see whether I can sort it out with him. He may have to make enquiries at the relevant projects if he can make himself understood. I can't help him convey anything if I'm not sure of what he actually wants. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You are not an administrator and can not assign the privileges anyway, so that the best would probably be to send him to a particular request page. I guess he wants to be autopatrolled, but I am not sure. Or he can go to WP:NPP and ask what he needs.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:27, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've already directed him there. Thanks for your help! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:34, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Zhovkva
Please, read carefully. What church is included in the UNESCO list? so, Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva. Then why it's photo must remain on the margins? What is the Soviet occupation name Nesterov highlighted as the main and Polish - the original name - no? How old city had called the Russian-Bolshevik occupation Nesterov? 41. How much time the city was called in Polish? About 170. What is so very Nesterov made for the city? Never mind. What did Stanisław Żółkiewski - founded, built. --Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:37, 11 August 2015 (UTC) Is Zhovkva an Ukrainian city (town)? YES! Therefore highlight in bold the name can only in Ukrainian, Nesterov and Zholkev should be in italics. You have the right to edit the article, but the result of your edits should take into account the opinion of Ukrainian. I'm Ukrainian.
 * Have you read this fucking policy, WP:MOS? If not, go and read it. We are not Ukrainian Wikipedia, we have our own policies. I am not sure why you still badly fail to understand it. What you write is ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:51, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

No politics - just the facts.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:53, 11 August 2015 (UTC) And swear - bad.
 * Absolutely. Go and read WP:MOS. When you have understood what is says please come back.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:55, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Go and read Russification, but you are not an American and an Englishman or anyone else, and about Ukraine you know little.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 13:12, 11 August 2015 (UTC) Stop swearing!
 * Your phantasies are interesting but have little to do with reality. And Russification is not a policy of the English Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:23, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Especially Kyiv (Kiev), Chornobyl etc.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 19:54, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Again, you try to apply your personal opinion. Fortunately, there is no policy in Wikipedia that we should take your opinion into account if it is not policy-based. If you are not happy with this situation, go back to the Ukrainian Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Your constant reference to me ukrviki or somewhere else - just beautiful tone. I myself determine where, when and with whome to be.--Бучач-Львів (talk) 10:13, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Not when you are being a disruptive editor. You are making POV changes on multiple articles, being abusive towards other editors, and refusing to WP:LISTEN to what you are being told about policies and guidelines that must be adhered to when editing English Wikipedia. Your presence has become WP:TEDIOUS, and you've already demonstrated an ongoing behavioural pattern which reads as WP:NOTHERE. In the end, it will not be you who decides when and where you go, nor will you be able to go on deluding yourself that you get to chose who you work with collaboratively. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:25, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * And the one we are discussing now is not even a PoV change, they just fail to understand the manual of style and instead of modifying the article accordingly accuse everyone in anti-Ukrainian bias.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:34, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Their lack of competence will catch up with them. It's just a pity that so many editors are having to be exposed to unwarranted grief in the meantime. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:04, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * My experience is that all users who behave disruptively eventually get indefinitely blocked or quit themselves with much of a drama. However, it might take a lot of time and effort.--21:25, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * whoever told. Are you very competent in the history of Ukraine?--Бучач-Львів (talk) 12:07, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

' end of the "SoFixIt" culture ' (in your user page)
An interesting point, which made me to reconsider what I am doing myself and to find that I am partially guilty myself. Now that I saw your statement, I made a resolution to tag only things I find dubious (i.e, don't slap {cn} tags whenever you see 3 sentences in a row without a footnote :-). That said, do you see any remedy against the "SoTagIt" culture? Staszek Lem (talk) 18:38, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * This is a good point. No, I do not really have it. I personally tag only where it could have legal implications (copyvio, and also block notices on talk pages), or very rarely cn if I am more than 90% sure sources can not be found but just removing the material immediately will meet with some resistance. Otherwise, I just try to fix the articles where possible.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:29, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Disruptive Blocking

 * Dear Ymblanter, at 05:58, 13 August 2015 (UTC) you blocked my account for 48h, invoking as a justification that I ‘returned after the block expired and continued to do exactly the same as for what (sic) you were blocked’. Since you did not revert any of my new edits, I fail to see which one you are incriminating. I was first blocked for reverting Volunteer Marek after he reverted me on the article RT (TV network) with the comment ‘looks like OR’. Therefore, I assume this is what you have in mind when you accuse me of ‘doing the same’. As I explained to the first editor who blocked me, the purpose of my edits was merely to correct a formulation that inaccurately reflected the source. I replaced ‘former Russian officials’ by ‘a former Soviet KGB officer who defected to the West’ which is word for word what is written in the source and, ironically, is found (not inserted by me) further down in the Criticism section, without attracting your wrath. The formulation I changed was misleading in two ways: first, a singular had mysteriously turned into a plural and second, an officer of the ex USSR had suddenly morphed into a Russian official. How can these edits be in violation of Wikipedia’s rules is a mystery to me.  I am a new editor and I would appreciate it if you could explain to me precisely what I did wrong, lest I do again ‘more of the same’. That would certainly be more constructive than blocking me without warning or explanation.Againstdisinformation (talk) 12:32, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You continued edit-warring without any attempts to discuss anything. Since you were blocked previously, the warning is not necessary, you have got it before. For the record, I do not believe a single minute you are a new account. New accounts do not start like this.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply, but you do not address the issues I raised. First, I want to state something very clearly. You assert almost as an established fact that I am not a new account. This offensive claim is made without a shred of evidence and is based solely on your intuition and it happens to be just plain wrong. I believe that you are sincere, but this only illustrates the danger there is in relying too much on intuition. Truth is elusive and intuition, though very useful, can also be our worst enemy. I decided to become an editor precisely to help correct unsubstantiated claims in articles on controversial issues, as my pseudo suggests. I completely agree that I may have made mistakes, but I am learning fast. I wish to become as constructive an editor as my capacities allow. I never tried to engage in ‘edit-warring’ and never violated the 3RR rule, I merely reverted prior reversions of my edits which were made without any attempt to discuss the matter with me. I note that, unlike me, the authors of these reversions did not receive a warning, even less a sanction. Therefore I cannot completely exclude the possibility that I was blocked for the nature of my edits rather than for alleged ‘edit-warring’.  In any case, my opinion is that your duty as an administrator is, upon request, to give a full and detailed explanation of the reasons supporting your blocking an editor. Do not be dismissive as you were with me, lest you deter potentially valuable new editors. As it is, I may be a moron, but I fail to understand exactly why you blocked me. I would be very grateful if you took the pains to give me the precise edits incriminated and what rule they contravene. Please address the issues I raised in my previous post and forgive the tone of this one, which is not as neutral as I would have liked. This is due to what I felt as dismissiveness on your part.Againstdisinformation (talk) 01:10, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I apologize, but I do not really have anything to add to my last message. I do believe that I addressed all the issues, threat you were edit-warring, and that you are not a new account. Sorry for that. You can always ask for assistance of other administrators. If my actions were not appropriate I am sure many users will be happy to point this out for me.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your apology, which I fully accept. Nevertheless, I have to ask you again to give me a reference to the edits you incriminate. I don’t keep insisting in order to harass you, but this information would be valuable to me in order to understand the pattern in my editing history that may look offensive to others. If you have forgotten, just let me know and I won’t bother you with this again. Againstdisinformation (talk) 21:54, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I blocked you for the edits in the article on RT, which you made after you gout out of the previous block.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know. I will not reinstate my edits for the moment. Instead, I will try to find out the opinion of other editors on the talk page of the article. Of course, you are welcome to participate to the discussion. Againstdisinformation (talk) 15:31, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * This is certainly a good idea. I will not participate in the discussion though due to WP:INVOLVED--Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you
I admire your maturity and integrity.(Littleolive oil (talk) 16:19, 21 August 2015 (UTC))

Consensus supported keeping the ban on
Ymblanter, consensus supported keeping the ban on Pigsonthewing, heck the restriction mentioned where you logged then ban  even supports it. It said (paraphrasing ) that if he was disruptive on any discussion any sysop could ban him from that discussion. That's just what you did, You did the right thing.  KoshVorlon  We are all Koshundefined 18:19, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi, again!
Hi, what does this mean? "председатель Главметалла ВСНХ СССР"? Im' struggling with the meaning of "Главметалла"... --TIAYN (talk) 16:37, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It is literally translated as Chief Metal, probably an abbreviation of Chief Direction of Metallurgy or smth like this. I am not sure whether there is an official translation.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Probably not, abolished before the 1940s (small body).. So Head of the Metallurgy Directorate/Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy? --TIAYN (talk) 16:56, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sounds good (either way)--Ymblanter (talk) 17:08, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Is this you?
Are you the subject of the page Yaroslav Blanter? If so, it's awesome that you're notable--I had seen your username here and there before but didn't know you who you were at all, much less that you already had your own bio here. Everymorning (talk) 18:33, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought you would find a good usage. I refuse to answer your question.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:56, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you by adding the connected contributor template to the talk page, and didn't know you would consider it undue to add it. I was aware you had never edited the page (since you just said so here), and I didn't mean to imply wrongdoing on your part. Everymorning (talk) 19:04, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, the template says that NPOV, COI or Autobio may apply to the article. It would directly harm my professional reputation. I mean, it is fine if someone writes an article about me, even if it is outdated, but this is not at all fine when the talk page gets a template saying I possibly added NPOV to the article, even though I never edited it.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:07, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of best-selling girl groups
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of best-selling girl groups. Legobot (talk) 00:05, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

autoX Page Removed from wikipedia. Cloud you please tell me why?
Hi Ymblanter! now i have see this massage (07:40, 18 August 2015 Ymblanter (talk | contribs) deleted page Autox (G8: Redirect to a deleted or nonexistent page)) on my page. Please help me to recover my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gibsondaniel83 (talk • contribs)
 * It was deleted as the result of the deletion discussion, Articles for deletion/AutoX, because it was not conform to our policies. If you think another article could be created on this subject, you can start a draft, in the draft space (Draft:AutoX), and when you think it is ready to move to the article space, add a template for other users to accept the submission.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:41, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Copyright Violation Detection - EranBot Project
A new copy-paste detection bot is now in general use on English Wikipedia. Come check it out at the EranBot reporting page. This bot utilizes the Turnitin software (ithenticate), unlike User:CorenSearchBot that relies on a web search API from Yahoo. It checks individual edits rather than just new articles. Please take 15 seconds to visit the EranBot reporting page and check a few of the flagged concerns. Comments welcome regarding potential improvements.

Good work reverting the copyvio. The bot hasn't updated recently, but it is never 'down' for too long. --Lucas559 (talk) 19:44, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will have a look. Would it be difficult to integrate it with Copyright problems (obviuosly, after some discussion)?--Ymblanter (talk) 19:52, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Просьба
Просьба прикрыть мою СО от анонимов насовсем. Нормальные мне сюда не пишут, а озабоченные пусть своей "традицией" довольствуются. --Pessimist 09:55, 26 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pessimist2006 (talk • contribs)
 * ✅. That was the request of the user to protect his talk page against harassment.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:13, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject TAFI

 * Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:20, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi again..
Question, I've currently been working on the Central Committee elected by the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ("table-izing" it, if that make sense), but there is one problem, the article is currently missing the birth- and death date and the birthname of the Finance Department head P. N. Ivanov.. Would you know a Russian WP user willing to track down info on, at least, his birthname? Or is this information missing (which I find hard to believe, its not even 100 years since he died!) ... You were born in the USSR, interesting! I was born in 1993; I kind of like the idea of anonymous users working together (it breaks down social barriers such as seniority for instance).... In any case, do you a user who is interested in these things (other than me?) --TIAYN (talk) 09:10, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I should be able to figure this out myself, but I am travelling until next Sunday (one more week). I will try to remember, but if I do not come back say within two weeks from now you would pretty much oblige me by pinging me about the issue.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:52, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK.. Could you move Stanislav Strumilin (politician) to Stanislav Strumilin? --TIAYN (talk) 12:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, this is an easy one.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:32, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Ymblanter, can you review the page "Lineup Atlantic" that was deleted. Many 3rd party sources have appeared since its deletion and even Rovi has registered the artist in their system. Google verified as a legitimate and notable act/group that is referred about when searched on google. Can you review this and get it back up so that 3rd party sources can be added?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsokayalright (talk • contribs) 16:53, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If you want, I can restore it as a draft.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:39, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Solved it yet? ... Question, do you know of any site that gives a summary of what each CPSU CC plenum decided? For example, that the 2nd Plenary Session of the 16th Congress decided to increase the annual production of iron with 45 percent?--TIAYN (talk) 07:39, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No, unfortunately I spent some time searching, and nothing comes out. The only thing which I could find out is that the guy joined VKP(b) in 1918. For the second question, this seems to be the most complete corps, but I did not try to seacrh for decisions like what you mention.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The problem with knowbysight is that it doesn't actually mention resolutions produced by the CC, only when the CC convenes. . OK --TIAYN (talk) 22:30, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Peterhof
EauZenCashHaveIt (I'm All Ears) 16:01, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Replied there, I have the page on my watchlist.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:02, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Amman Climate
I reverted one of your edits on the climate data for Amman. You might had made a mistake of [reverting your own edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amman&type=revision&diff=576964652&oldid=576964630] because that edit reintroduced record highs and lows added by the user before. The record highs and lows that were added by the user before are unsourced and should be removed until further notice, particularly when an article is a potential good article candidate. I checked both the world meteorological organization and Hong Kong observatory sources for the climate data and none of them have any info on record highs or lows. Ssbbplayer (talk) 01:56, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I am pretty sure I never conciously edited the article. Apparently, I misclicked, hit a rollback button, and then reverted my rollback.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:55, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Uch-Korgon
Yeah, it was a mis-click. My bad! Kosh Vorlon  17:48, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem, this is how I understood it.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:49, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Deeper explanation
is just part of a months-long high-volume sockdrawer. DMacks (talk) 02:45, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I thought indeed that it is suspicious, but I am travelling, and I did not have time to look around.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:30, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

SNL season disruptions
Hello, Ymblanter. I had once contacted you about an IP user who continually makes disruptive edits to Saturday Night Live season pages. Lately the IP has been at it again. You had suggested adding pending changes to the articles, but is there really no action that can be taken against the user in question? These edits have gone on literally for years. I'm not sure pending changes are needed, since this is the only disruptive user. Please let me know if you have any advice, thanks. -- Wikipedical (talk) 18:25, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If I see it correctly, all the contribution of the user is adding smth, followed by an immediate self-revert. It is odd, I agree, but why it is disruptive?--Ymblanter (talk) 18:29, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Tobias
Hi, There are two new accounts and  on WP:NCGN that appear to be Tobias but there's hardly any en.wiki contributions other than on that page but there's some wikidata contribs for the first one. I have no idea about what goes on at Wikidata but from the past SPIs I've gathered that Tobias likes going there, but my knowledge of Tobias is also quite limited, so I don't know if these are sufficient for an SPI. Can you take a look to see if these two match our friend please? I'd asked but they haven't edited in a while. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  03:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:01, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * There's another account that was active on Wikidata -- . CU blocked on here. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  02:12, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It has been already blocked on 16 September.--Ymblanter (talk) 02:25, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Altaic languages
Hello,

Thank you for your message.

I don't understand what is happening with the "widely discredited" bit in the lede of the above article. I don't believe it should be there, it is a loaded statement and does not represent the "neutral point of view". The Altaic theory is not universally accepted, but that is already clearly stated in the article. Since the comment has been added, more than 5 different users have reverted the change. The discussion on the talk page is not settled at all.

I'm new to editing Wikipedia, so please explain to me how this works. You and the other two guys can add something controversial that has been opposed by more than three users, for which there is no consensus on the talk page despite your claim? 5+ users oppose the change, have reverted it to the previous version, you and the other two keep reverting back. How am I guilty of "edit warring" and you are not?

77.58.120.53 (talk) 09:54, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * You are guilty of edit warring because you are edit warring. My talk page is not a proper venue to discuss the content; please go to the talk page of the article as you were advised earlier.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:03, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I asked a question on your talk page because you advised me to do so if I have questions.

"Questions, ask me on my talk page, or click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! --Ymblanter"

What is your contribution to this anyway? You haven't added anything meaningful to this debate, other than satisfying your obsessive-compulsive need to thought-police others. I feel very welcome indeed. 77.58.120.53 (talk) 12:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * As you like. My contribution was to warn you that you would most likely be blocked if you fail to stop edit-warring. It looks like you got this point.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:53, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I didn't get that I'm afraid. What I did get is there's no point to even try editing Wikipedia, it's controlled by maniacs like yourself, who obviously think you have a better claim to it than any normal person. You are clearly not even remotely interested in this subject, you just like spending your time lecturing others. I for one am done trying to edit, and I know I'm not the only one that has been discouraged by the likes of you. Wikipedia will not improve if you keep treating it like your own fiefdom, and not allow people who might actually have something relevant to say on a particular topic to do so. Goodbye. 77.58.120.53 (talk) 13:03, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your opinion. Farewell.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:17, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Hide edit
This edit. Thanx,--Draa kul (talk) 11:00, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅, also contacted OS.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:02, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Declined protection of Beach Cops
Hi, I refer to your declining semi-protection of Beach Cops and Border Security: Australia's Front Line. I understand your reasoning and happily accept it doesn't meet the justifications of WP:PP, however I would like to ask your advice on if there is anything I can do to get the message through to the IP user(s) who add information without any source. While I am confident with near certainty that the additions he/she makes are factually correct, they never provide a reference for their edits. As I say the info they're adding is correct, and I would happily add the source for them if the IP user just doesn't know how to do it, but I don't know where they are getting their information from.

I've left messages on talk pages of some of the IP addresses and put some citation needed tags up, but between the sheer bulk and frequency of information being added, as well as the IP address often changing between edits, it is a little complex. I thought if the page prevented them from editing they might get the message, create an account and learn the basics of editing. So, failing that, any advice you could give would be helpful. Thanks for your time, User:Whats new?(talk) 00:34, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * In that case, there was only one bad edit in the page history, so that it was too early to talk about IP hopping. If there is a similar pattern of editing with IP hopping say three times in a couple of days, a new RFPP request with clarification would be perfectly warranted.--Ymblanter (talk) 00:37, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. It was just that the user has done it repeatedly with a number of similar programs, such as Highway Patrol and The Force: Behind The Line. The problem with meeting the page protection requirements is the user typically only edits once a week, after the episode has aired (all of the above shows air weekly currently). The user typically adds the ratings for the previous night's episode and the synopsis and title. So unfortunently it is not unsourced edits multiple times in a week, but rather consistently once a week after an episode of a program airs. I believe the user has good intentions and isn't adding malicious info, but it is just difficult to contact the user or get their attention with respect to adding valid sources with each of their edits. User:Whats new?(talk) 00:44, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It sounds like pending changes is a viable option. We can start with a finite term, say three months or half a year, and see how it works. But for that we need to see the pattern of unconstructive edits, more than one or two edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 01:16, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, I hadn't even thought of that one, but perhaps it would be more appropriate in this case. The particular program I applied for semi-protection Beach Cops premieres this weekend (I was attempting to get in early before the IP user went wild) so perhaps I'll keep a closer eye on it and if unsourced edits occur weekly, I'll re-apply under pending changes. Thanks for your advice User:Whats new?(talk) 02:18, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, I hadn't even thought of that one, but perhaps it would be more appropriate in this case. The particular program I applied for semi-protection Beach Cops premieres this weekend (I was attempting to get in early before the IP user went wild) so perhaps I'll keep a closer eye on it and if unsourced edits occur weekly, I'll re-apply under pending changes. Thanks for your advice User:Whats new?(talk) 02:18, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Renew PC? (10 October 2015)
Division by zero, Sistine Chapel, List of English prepositions, Romelu Lukaku? --George Ho (talk) 17:30, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 06:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

RFPP
(Much as I'm loathed to get pulled into something I only commented on in passing). There appears to be an apparent juxtaposition between the text of the RFPP with the explicit need to "See also WP:AN/EW discussion." and the block action which "followed a RFPP request (only came later across this thread)". There appears to be a contradiction here, and I would appreciate if you could help me understand the thought process undertaken. —Sladen (talk) 04:24, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I first went to RFPP, looked into the history of the article, saw 8 reverts by the same user, checked that reverts do not conform with 3RR, and blocked the user. Then I went to ANI/EW.--Ymblanter (talk) 04:27, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Can you suggest how it could have been made more explicit that relevant discussion would likely require reading before action. (I'm unclear in this case whether the text of the RFPP itself was read, or not).  —Sladen (talk) 04:31, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not sure how I can be made REQUIRED to read it. The decision is fully within my discretion. You are welcome to appeal it if you wish.--Ymblanter (talk) 04:35, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I would be hesitant to request an appeal as it might create feelings of conflict, when calmness is preferable—hence this quiet discussion in order to re-talk-through the thought processes and outcomes. Perhaps there is a relatively clean way forward for all; as the acting admin, in a difficult case, that admin is in the unique position of being able to migrate a decision to WP:ANI/WP:AN without introducing bias. Alternatively, would you be able to suggest other ways of working through this (which could include relying on the status quo). —Sladen (talk) 04:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * IMO, there are two issues: (i) whether BMK should have been blocked / article protected; (ii) whether the disputed paragraph should be in the article. Are we discussing (i) now?--Ymblanter (talk) 04:56, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * (gently, gently, please) Because of the clear separation of administrator and content roles (either-or, but not both duties at same time), it is unlikely that an acting admin would be, or would have been, in a position to consider "whether the disputed paragraph should be in the article" whilst processing an RFPP.  Looking at this discussion here, I can only see items that correspond to the process undertaken: "(i)".  —Sladen (talk) 05:18, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I have nothing to do with (ii), I only checked that the paragraph in my opinion does not qualify as an unambiguos BLP violation. Now, returning to (i), BMK has been unblocked and promised not to edit the paper. Do you still believe protection would be necessary (in which case we will need to go to AN)?--Ymblanter (talk) 05:22, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * As there are complexities, yes, gaining wider clarification via WP:ANI would probably be useful for all, as a useful future reference point. That will take some take and is non-immediate; and complex WP:AN/EW discussions generally are non-immediate too and take some time. Whilst the processes and discussion do take place it might make sense to provide for page protection.  WP:AN/AE is capable of issuing blocks in the fullness of time, and likely would have in this instance.  RFPP is normally the best and fastest way to effect a speedy PP from a non-involved thiry-party, and this was the through-process behind my own instigating of the request.  Would you be comfortable and/or willing to re-access the original RFPP request (ideally leaving the article in the safest state possible in the meantime); and then afterwards taking the leading on raising the sequence of events for review at WP:ANI.  This would, in the long run hopefully ensure everyone has a better idea in the future about what the consensus view is likely to be in complex situation like this?  I think would be useful to have on the record down the line. —Sladen (talk) 05:48, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. In my book, this is AN, not ANI, but this should not be too important. Will leave a request a while later, and then I will have to leave and catch my plane in Tokyo Haneda, so that the discussion might start without me.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and safe travels! —Sladen (talk) 05:57, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It seemed to get side-tracked pretty quickly, and so didn't result in the perhaps wished-for long-term insight into RFPP/BLP. Thank you for trying anyway.  —Sladen (talk) 23:00, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is what AN/ANI discussions typically do.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:33, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I think one always works with the hope that one day, the outcome will be fruitful and productive…! —Sladen (talk) 07:10, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you...
...for starting the review of your block. That's all I was asking for. I shall not be participating. BMK (talk) 14:08, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

 * Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:05, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

PC-protection expiring this month
Jay Diamond, Marvin Gaye (song) and List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga? George Ho (talk) 06:19, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, have my flight in 10 minutes and will likely have sporadic or no internet access till Monday afternoon. If not done by anybody else by then, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:04, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Extended for a week to let you look at it next week. Courcelles (talk) 19:07, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. Just landed in Washington Dulles.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:36, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Protected two of them; Marvin Gaye (song) IMO does not require protection at this point.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:54, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of Internet phenomena
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of Internet phenomena. Legobot (talk) 00:05, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Renew PC-protection for...
Germany national football team, Brendan Fraser, Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)? --George Ho (talk) 08:22, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 02:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you
For comments on the Azov article. I have added info on Azov's Neo-Nazi symbols and terminology, and restored information that is is a Neo-Nazi unit(it was deleted again). Please feel free to review my edits and further improve the article.--MyMoloboaccount (talk) 14:17, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I try to edit articles related to Russian-Ukrainian war as little as I can. I gave my opinion on the talk page, this should be enough. Edit-warring is not an eligible means of reaching consensus.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:52, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for that
I really wanted to retire at that time but after some time I thought that was not the correct decision, so I came back. I wanted full protection because I wanted nobody to edit my user page. I felt bad for you because you protected my page but after few hours another admin lowered the protection. I sometimes get very angry when things don't go my way and I take very bad decisions. Yeah, that's a good reason to oppose me. - Supdiop ( T 🔹 C ) 20:28, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * There is no problem with you changing your mind, and definitely no problem with another admin overriding my protection at your request, but more stability is expected from an admin candidate.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Staffing
Hello. You protected Staffing from being edited yesterday. Is it possible to give us another chance to contribute to it? I'm supervising the Education Program:University College London/MSIN1003 Information World (Autumn 2015) and one of the students is editing it as part of the assignment. I have talked to the student, and we want to ask for another chance to edit the article. Thank you. --Flycatchr 16:40, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, but pls instruct the student to absolutely exclude edit-warring. If their edits get reverted, they should go to the talk page and discuss.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:27, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Your revert of my edits in Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov
What POV do you see in my edits? Cathry (talk) 16:09, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This POV in the selection of your sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:10, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I did not select any sources there. They were added by other editors Cathry (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Just do not play games, I am not an idiot. You are pretty active in the Russian Wikipedia, you have read the whole deletion discussion, you did not like the arguments there and decided to take the revenge here, hoping that nobody speaks Russian and nobody would ever try to understand which sources are reliable and which are not. This is the most efficient way to get yourself blocked, especially since your activity in Ukraine-related topics is, well, far from ideal and is best described as a strong POV pushing. You perfectly know what you are doing, and I do not see why we should pretend you do not.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:23, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, you can not read minds. But you are demonstrating your POV clearly. So, you have not arguments, what was wrong with my edits. P.S. I remember you in Ukraine-related topics too. Cathry (talk) 16:29, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * As I mentioned, I am not here to play games. You perfectly know what you are doing, and you do not need my explanations for this. If an Arbcom needs them at some point, I will be happy to provide my reasoning.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:40, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

A question about Russian Wikipedia
Please see this question by User:Robert McClenon at WP:DRN. If you are familiar with the Russian Wikipedia maybe you can advise these editors how to ask for assistance there. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:06, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It was already closed while I was sleeping. The dispute resolution procedures are less elaborate in the Russian Wikipedia than here, but even the first step, the talk page discussion, apparently has not been attempted.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:19, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Marianna Yarovskaya
Hi Ymblanter

You have deleted Marianna Yarovskaya page which was created through the AFC process, with different content and references.

Can you please restore the page.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamothers (talk • contribs) 01:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It had essentially the same content and should not be created through AfC. Please apply to Deletion review, this is the proper way to evaluate the notability and see whether the article can be restored.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:38, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence
In this page there is a red template at the beginning. I tried to remove it, but it created more error. --Galaxy Kid (talk) 06:46, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * A vandal introduced an error earlier today, now I fixed it.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:50, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

FYI
Hello Y. Part of my wikignome work is dealing with articles in the Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates. Today African Americans showed up in the cat. I note in the log that you moved the protection settings when you moved the article but something must have gone awry with that action. Sometimes a null edit takes care of this but I performed one and that did not remove the article from the cat. I have seen a couple other page moves where the protections got dropped during the move but I don't know for sure whether that happened here or not. It could be as simple as applying new protections but it could also be something else. When you have a moment if you could check on this situation it would be much appreciated. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 15:18, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for alerting me. I do not know what the reason is, I made a dummy edit, if it does not work, I will have a more close look. --Ymblanter (talk) 20:27, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for working on this. Looks like the dummy edit did not work in getting it out of the cat. Is there any way to check whether the article is actually protected? An article like this is ripe territory for vandals so I'll also ping who is adept at dealing with these. Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 20:46, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No, it was not protected. Now I reprotected it.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:52, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * When a page is moved, the prot settings move with it. Prot settings are lost in three cases: (a) if they expire; (b) if they are removed by an admin; (c) if the page is deleted and undeleted. A check of the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=African+Americans logs for African Americans] shows no protection entries before today; but remember that when you move a page, the logs are not moved. So the prot history for that page is still with the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=African+American logs for African American]. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:05, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But, according to the logs, the page was protected at the point of moving.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I just remembered that the big pink warning box above the editing field is the way to know if it is protected (though it should be noted that pending changes protection does not have that) and your reprotection has taken care of that. Thanks to you both for working on this. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 21:17, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops it is still in the "incorrect template cat". I wonder if removing the protection templates that came across in the move and then adding new ones might fix things. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 21:28, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like only one template should have been there, not two of them.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

That got it. I appreciated your taking the time to deal with this. Best regards. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 22:37, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Page deleted: Marianna Yarovskaya
Hi. I see that you deleted the page Marianna Yarovskaya that I passed through AfC. First, AFAIK, one can recreate pages that have been previously deleted, unless they have been salted. G4 means that it was virtually identical to the previous page. I don't know how to look at that -- could you clue me in, or let me see what you saw? Then I can avoid passing such articles through AfC in the future. Thanks. LaMona (talk) 17:42, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I checked the two versions and could not find any major difference. In this case, as I mentioned two topics above, I am afraid it should go via the deletion review. If you see that the article was previously deleted as not notable, it is probably safer to consult an administrator before moving it to the main space (unless there are some issues in the deletion discussion which have been clearly solved in the new version). If you need, you can always ask me, if I am around, I should be able to do it quickly. Even better, become an administrator, I believe you are fully qualified.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:26, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

AN request
Hi Ymblanter, I came a little late to the party. I did a bit of digging and found the discretionary sanction templates which I have dropped on Cathry's talk page. I'll drop a DS notice on the article talk page shortly. For future reference, the discretionary sanction templates are here with topic codes relating to the various article areas listed further down the page. Regards Blackmane (talk) 01:47, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, thank you. I have been visiting different corners of Wikipedia over nine years, but this one I find particularly difficult to use, since it is legally bound (pretty much the same as why one needs lawyers in real life).--Ymblanter (talk) 06:23, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Просьба защитить мою ЛС и СО от вандализма
Ещё раз к Вам обращаюсь, Ярослав, на Вас вся моя надежда! Пожалуйста, защитите мои ЛС и СО так же, как Вы сделали это на Викискладе (по крайней мере на год). Он прямо сейчас продолжает нагло вандалить моё личное пространство. Он давно уже показал, что "с меня не слезет" и преследует меня уже 2,5 года. С уважением LxAndrew 10:03, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 11:22, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Спасибо! LxAndrew 02:34, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Concerning two of my edits.
Hello! You state "disruptive editing; pls add request where the sources are really needed, not in the end of every paragraph", could you please expand on that? Thanks in advance. --CounterTime (talk) 10:29, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you believe that the whole article is such a junk that none of the info is correct? Then pls nominate it for deletion. If you believe some of the info is not correct, pls request sources for that info, not for just every paragraph at the end.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:32, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, so the way I can request sources is by putting a banner, right? --CounterTime (talk) 10:38, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This is also possible, however, cn is preferable. Just put them where they are really needed (where info looks doubtful), not everywhere.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:40, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks, I'll add a banner. --CounterTime (talk) 10:40, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * See this article, it also has a lot of at the end of each paragraph. --CounterTime (talk) 13:59, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Feel free to remove them, I can not watch every Wikipedia article. This one already has a banner template; I believe only specific cn templates should be left. May be a talk page discussion would be good to start as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Article Lebanese people
I want to ask you something. Do you know how to fix the problem within the article Lebanese people, specifically under the section "|footnotes=" there is a problem because when you read it, it is "# Lebanese Christians ..." - number sign instead of 1. and then "1. Lebanese Muslims of " - number 1 instead of 2. Thanks in advance. Kcluedluigi (talk) 21:48, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No, this is beyond my abilities. Sorry for that.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:53, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

No problem. (I am still learning how the things work here). Anyway thanks for your intention to help me. Kcluedluigi (talk) 21:56, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

A certain user insists and claims that I 'mistranslated' some sources, but then refuses many requests to show why he thinks I did so.
Hello. A certain user (by the nickname of RLoutfy) insists and claims that I 'mistranslated' some sources in many occasions e.g. (1), (2), (3), ...etc but he refused to answer many requests to show why he thinks I mistranslated and misrepresented those sources, particularly here, where he even couldn't properly write with the language those sources were written in. What should I do then? --CounterTime (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:3RR, both of you will likely be blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:21, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyberchase Season 9
Hi, I created those descriptions myself and they are not in copyright of the PBSKids ones, because I didn't even read those. Can you put those back?  WikIan -(talk) 22:44, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you mean you created all of them? Or there are some which were still there from PBSKids?--Ymblanter (talk) 06:19, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Raja Raja Cholan
Hi, I modified "Raja Raja Cholan" originally from "Raja Raja Chola". The difference is ending with "n". Raja Raja Cholan is great chola emperor called "Raja Raja Cholan" in 10th century. I belong to chola territory. Also, emperor Raja Raja Cholan's is mother tongue is Tamil language. In Tamil we call the male name ending with "n" or "r". I am not sure why you kepp changing as "Raja Raja Chola". This is wrong. Please correct as "Raja Raja Cholan" not as "Raja Raja Chola". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vidhyashok (talk • contribs) 20:07, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you pls indicate what page you are talking about? I have zero edits to Raja Raja Chola I.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Please see the updated page again.

speedy delete - is it now fixed?
Hello, I got your message. This is my first time on Wikipedia (as contributor) and I am not sure if I got everything right. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwona_Tamborska I was hoping to connect the Polish version (https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwona_Tamborska) with the English version ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwona_Tamborska ), so they would be linked on wiki. I suppouse I did something wrong, because I got a speedy deletion nomination :) I tried to fix the problem with some tips from your previous message. I don't know if I got it right... I would really appreciate some advise how to link them as one "position" on both eng and pl wiki. Best wishes, Awagaz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awagaz (talk • contribs) 11:25, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it still requires some copyediting, but the copyright/language problem is fixed. Thanks for translating the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:45, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Kyiv
Ymblanter, probably you remember our discussion on my Talk page last year? I still don't see any arguments except "my reading of the consensus". And this I don't consider as weighty argument when authoritative sources like Oxford Dictionaty (as well as others) indicate Kyiv allowable in English language. If you don't like it that's your problem but not a problem of the project. Please abstain from vandalising the article Ahatanhel Krymsky. Regards, --Dƶoxar (talk) 21:20, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, taking it to ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:22, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Did you know
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Did you know. Legobot (talk) 00:07, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Block of User:KarricaGjon
Thanks for the block. I hadn't detected the sock you had linked it to, but as long as you're blocking socks, probably merits similar attention. Thanks again. -- Finngall talk  21:04, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, blocked that one as well. I am not a CU, but they are quacking too loud.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:15, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Commons category descriptions in Russian?
Is it okay if you add Russian language descriptions for Commons:Category:National day of mourning in the Netherlands after MH17 and Commons:Category:Maps showing the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17?

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 22:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 22:08, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you :D WhisperToMe (talk) 22:24, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

666 (number)
Was it supposed to be one-year PC or semi-protection? --George Ho (talk) 17:19, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * One year PC--Ymblanter (talk) 17:29, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Will you by any chance add pending changes settings and retain semi-protection? --George Ho (talk) 04:58, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I would better not because some people consider me involved. I protected this article couple of times and it did not go very well.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:41, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Probably needs rangeblocked
Hi Ymblanter, I saw your block here and checked his immediate /64 range which shows that he isn't really blocked...he can keep popping up. Those other edits are definitely him. 2601:14C:0:F6E9:0:0:0:0/64 is the correct range for blocking. The larger /48 range seems to have an additional editor interested in martial arts. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:35, 28 November 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:44, 28 November 2015 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  16:01, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I do not feel comfortable blocking ranges (because of my technical abilities), I would appreciate if you or someone else can block the IP range.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. Anytime that you need a rangeblock you can find any of us at Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to make range blocks. I see you just blocked another discrete IP of the same guy. Would you like to do the block or would you like for me to do it? It should be for longer than the 12 hours based on Ymblanter's block of the above.
 * Great, thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:46, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and hardblocked for 72 hours seeing that Neil isn't around. I've semi'd WP:ANI because he has moved to another IP and being disruptive.
 * Tnx.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Putin article
Let me explain to you why I undid your undoing of my edit. First, perhaps in haste, you also undid my adding references to the article that your "fact" tags were calling for. Second, as for the "loaded term", I suggest you look up the Webster dictionary definition of the term "liberation" as the act of liberating defined as " to free (as a country) from domination by a foreign power". It seems to me that you undid my edit in haste. I suggest we take a greater effort and more time to make our edits better. Best regards, Nrakh (talk)
 * It is clearly not a foreig power from which Sloviansk was "liberated". It is a civil war. The majority of the LNR forces have Ukrainian citizenship. Therefore, the term does not apply. And it is not accidental that the article itself does not have the word "liberation" in the title.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:27, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Calling a Russian invasion a "civil war" is not neutral at all in my opinion but perhaps we get our news from different sources.In any case this may be moot now since you just placed a warning with a threat of editing restrictions which I really think was uncalled for. I tried to add some referenced encyclopedic info to the article but if my edits made you feel so strongly that you resorted to such threatening language, I really don't "need" to edit this article so much as to continue the antagonize you. Feel free to undo my work and edit the article as you please. I really have better things to do than to engage in online wars. Nrakh (talk)
 * Great.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:47, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Transparallel_processing
Does wp:Articles_for_deletion/Transparallel_processing really need relisting? Check Gumum's comments, he's the article author and he doesn't contest deletion. Alsee (talk) 13:42, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought more then three opinions are needed. Anyway, since it has been already relisted, it can be now closed by any administrator any moment.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:01, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your prompt action. Didn't want to open a whole ANI section for it, but I also didn't want to obstruct the moderators by leaving them a direct message, as they're always very busy. Bests and take care. :-) - LouisAragon (talk) 15:55, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure,no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:56, 29 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Ymblanter, oh, seems several nerves were struck, by the person in question, unfortunately. - LouisAragon (talk) 15:58, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This was before I blocked them. --Ymblanter (talk) 17:01, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

David Rosenberg
Hi,

Thank you for your "keep" for David Rosenberg page. As it is all new to me, I'd like to know if your decision is the decisive and final one ? Because I can see that another user voted "strong delete" after the discussion being "sealed". And if so, am I allowed to delete the tag on the page ?thank you for your help. Anh.tamy (talk) 11:05, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * There must be a confusion, I do not think I have ever edited the page.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:08, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No, indeed you didnt edit the page itself, you just participated in a discussion, it was on november 26th, on the page of articles for deletion from nov 23rd. Anh.tamy (talk) 12:27, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh,I see. No, I just closed the discussion on Muawia II. The discussion on David Rosenberg is still open.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Draft:Alex Gilbert
Hi Ymblanter. I noticed from your user page that you are in Category:User ru-N. Would you take a look at the sources for Draft:Alex Gilbert at this list of sources by DmitryPopovRU at User talk:Cunard and determine whether they provide substantial coverage of the subject and establish notability?

Deletion review/Log/2015 August 24 was closed as "deletion endorsed". A subsequent DRV at Deletion review/Log/2015 October 29 was closed as "No consensus to allow recreation. Please don't renominate unless something significant changes." The DRVs didn't have enough fluent Russian speakers to evaluate the sources so no clear consensus was reached. Thank you, Cunard (talk) 05:23, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I can do it,but I am not sure how much time do I have today or tomorrow, the weekend is more likely.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:32, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Ymblanter. Arthistorian1977 has commented on the Russian sources, indicating that they don't establish notability. At the DRV, Spartaz said his Russian was "rusty", felt "conflicted" about whether BLP1E was applicable after reading the sources, and recommended a relist based on the sources. If you could provide a third opinion over the weekend, that would be very helpful. Thank you, Cunard (talk) 05:03, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * As far as I can see, the sources in the last portion are fine. Most of them are local (Yaroslavl is a city of just under a million, so that they would be ok); two of them are coming from central media. The problem is that all of them say the same, in two or three paragraphs - the guy came from NZ to meet hi biological parents, found them, and there is a documentary about it. Looks to me like ONEEVENT, but I did not go into details.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:27, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the time to review and analyze the sources. It looks like it is not the right time to take Alex Gilbert back to DRV. Cunard (talk) 22:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, feel free to ask again of needed.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:31, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

About Timber72 report closure
I'm curious what you meant here: "...I am disappointed nobody has done this before." I thought that I had warned Timber72 before, as I linked to in the EWN report, unless that's not what you meant someone should have done before. Note that he removed the warning, which of course is his prerogative once he had read it. --FyzixFighter (talk) 13:57, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops, my bad. Sorry, will correct now.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:00, 6 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I can see that discussing things with you gentlemen/ladies doesn't get anywhere. I suppose I will have to involve dispute resolution. You are letting your personal opinions/biases dictate Wikipedia editing, and that is completely inappropriate.

December 2015
Your "edit warring" warning on my talk page is inappropriate, inaccurate, and a threat. I am quite familiar with Wikipedia editing policies, and have edited articles according to those policies. It is merely your (unsubstantiated) opinion (unverifiable) that I have not edited according to Wikipedia policy, and threatening others without due cause is a violation of reason, if not Wikipedia policy as well. If you continue to post such threats, you will be reported to administration. Timber72 (talk) 16:13, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Please report me know, this will simplify things enormously. The sooner you get blocked the easier.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:19, 6 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I will be happy to do so. The sooner you get blocked, the easier, too. What's with all these threats? This is not how Wikipedia works, according to policy. Timber72 (talk) 16:29, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems to have been no vandalism recently.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:34, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande
What about this one? --George Ho (talk) 18:39, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This one is better, extended--Ymblanter (talk) 18:50, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Editing
Could you edit the page in this way; see this: or this.

Is it wrong to be kept in that way;If yes then why;Why is it wrong;Why;
 * I can, but I understand nothing in the subject. May I please suggest that you leave an edit request at the talk page. I assume there will be reaction (either edit made or objections).--Ymblanter (talk) 16:53, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Moreover, could you change the page 2011 in film in this way; and also page 2010 in film in this way;

If you don't understand look at the pages Talk:2010 in film,Talk:2011 in film and Talk:2012 in film and se what I have done.Then you will understand what I am talking about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.86.255.196 (talk) 17:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * No, please post at the talk pages and see what the editor reaction is.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:15, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Why don't you edit these pages according to this way. It is easier to understand it and it's more convenient also. I mean if you edit both pages according to these way (full appearance of the number gross at box office) someone else who reads it will understand easier in that way. So why don't you edit these thre pages in that way; Is it difficult for you; — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.86.255.196 (talk) 18:07, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

For any comment write it on my talk page.SeeUser talk:2.86.255.196 —Preceding undated comment added 18:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not interested in these pages and do not have sufficient expertise to edit them. Please post at the talk pages.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:42, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The structure was already discussed at WT:FILMS where consensus was reached. A refinement of that consensus is now being discussed at Talk:2015 in film. If you disagree with the existing consensus, that new discussion is the place to make your case - but be aware that the fact that you like one over the other isn't a strong argument. You should locate Wikipedia policies and guidelines that support your case - especially given that the Manual of Style is the main factor in the arguments not to use the style you are preferring. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

ARA Libertad
I have one revert, the first edit was to remove a dubious claim. I have engaged on the talk page. Your warning is misplaced. I request that you self-revert, this is getting to the point where my next step is WP:ANI. You can take that statement as my warning I will do so. WCM email 08:15, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, one more revert at your side, and WP:3RR will be counting how many reverts exactly you have made.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:17, 11 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Do I take your statement to be an intent to revert on sight and restore fringe material and a refusal to self-revert. WCM email 08:19, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Please take it as one more warning. I will first get you blocked, and then see whether I need to revert. The material is nopt fringe, and even if it were, it is not an exemption of WP:3RR--Ymblanter (talk) 16:31, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

RFPP
Can you take a look at WP:RFPP please ? --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:25, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, will do now.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Editing
Could you edit the page 2010 in film in this way; see this:

Did you understand what I am saying; I am asking to edit this page according to this way. I would ask you to edit pages 2011 in film and 2012 in film in this way.
 * I already replied and made very clear that (i) I am not going to do this; (ii) you should try to discuss at talk pages, something you are apparently unwilling to do. Please stop posting here. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:59, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello! I've found your comment on my talk page. I reply here, as maybe you can't check it again. I was just trying yo adjust the Brescia line as it was not appearing right in the table, when I've tried to save it correctly with all the Brescia data correct and at the right place, it appeared a message of overediting or something like that, so I stopped editing. What does "editing as IP" mean? Don't worry, I don't want to generate any war. :) But unfortunately someone deletes the right contribution I leave (just in one particular page). — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreaTartaglia (talk • contribs) 15:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

ANI
Your edit summary is incomprehensible. Both Bishonen and Liz have looked into this, two highly respected administrators. You should not be throwing allegations of socking around without providing evidence. 81.147.142.137 (talk) 12:04, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * It has been reverted yesterday. What did change since yesterday evening?--Ymblanter (talk) 12:06, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see, and Bishonen has already come to conclusion you are not acting in good faith. Bad luck and no ANI for you, sorry.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:12, 13 December 2015 (UTC)


 * It wasn't reverted by Liz, it was reverted by the miscreant.
 * You're being misled here.  The vital part of the discussion on Bishonen's user talk was removed by the miscreant. 81.147.142.137 (talk) 12:14, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not going to tolerate this language at my talk page. Please stop disruptive editing and block evasion.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:44, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Are you an administrator?
Hi, are you an administrator? Cheers, --Sixtytwoonefiftyfouroneninesevenninenine (talk) 17:42, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:02, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Don't retire!
Please don't retire, Yaroslav. We need you!!! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:55, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I second. 23:01, 13 December 2015 (UTC)CounterTime (talk)
 * Thanks, It is getting better now.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I third. GABHello! 20:06, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

List of metro system
Hi there! What do You think about this revision? It is or not a WP:DE? I provide to report the text deleted in discussion for not lost it, ok?

Cheers--82.49.107.13 (talk) 06:59, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Since I protected the article, I am obviously not going to be involved with its content, in particular, with the current dispute.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:04, 14 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok, but is it or not a WP:DE, for Your opinion? He deleted the useful work of other users (with sources and so on). Regards,--82.49.107.13 (talk) 07:10, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The work is not "lost" – it's all still kept in the revision history. On the other hand, repasting the entire contents of the article to the Talk page, as you have essentially done, may be considered "disruptive". --IJBall (contribs • talk) 07:35, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
 * And who are you?! – Your current IP matches neither of the IP addresses that edited the article before Ymblanter protected it, so I can't even tell which changes you're objecting to... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 07:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

SPI
I am considering going to SPI regarding... a certain situation and a user whose name I can not type. This was suggested on their talk page. Do you believe that it is worth it? Thanks, GABHello! 20:13, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Given that the sockmaster is not blocked, I do not think it can lead to anything except for a block of a possible user with two edits. They did not even formally break any policy - it is not prohibited to edit while logged out, they did not team-revert, and their unblock conditions is a matter of two admins who are watching their talk page. I think the user just still have very little understanding what Wikipedia is for, and this will lead to the reinstatement of an indefinite block pretty soon.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the sound advice. I probably shouldn't jump the gun. Furthermore, on a different note, we are seeing very nasty comments on Americans for Legal Immigration, and our patience is wearing thin. So I would appreciate your advice in this case, too. Best, GABHello! 22:57, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * AIV and range block if this has not yet been done (I see that the last comment has been revdeled)--Ymblanter (talk) 06:45, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Need some help
Dear Yaroslav, I'm asking you to pay attention to the edits made by the vandal Yura2404, who was constantly making false claims and trying to exaggerate Russian casualties in WWI-related articles by cherry-picking sources and citing books and websites that didn’t support his words (for a discussion of his vandalism, see, , ). For example, in "Baranovichi Offensive" he put the number of Russian casualties at “80,000 KIA, WIA, MIA” and gave a reference to Залесский К. А. Кто был кто в Первой мировой войне. — М:Астрель. АСТ, 2003. — p. 699 (in Russian). However, there is not even a single mention of those “80,000 KIA, WIA, MIA” on p. 699 or elsewhere. In "Lake Naroch Offensive" he estimated the Russian casualties at 150,000, pointing to another Russian source, namely Оськин М. В., Брусиловский прорыв, М., 2010, p. 7, despite the fact that it actually puts the casualties at 80,000 (p. 8), not even close to 150,000. In "First Battle of the Masurian Lakes" he added a sentence saying that “[the] Russians suffered a crushing defeat and retreated in disarray with massive losses” and left a reference to Spencer C. Tucker, The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia, 2013, p. 232. However, p. 232 says that “Rennenkampf finally disengaged under cover of a two-division counterattack, thereby preventing a second German double envelopment” instead of “retreated in disarray”. In "Siege of Przemyśl" the same vandal estimated the casualties sustained by the Russian army at "115,000 total casualties (40,000 casualties were sustained in the first few days of the siege)", pointing to the following link: (in Hungarian). Once again, I checked his source, only to find out that it doesn't contain this overall number. So far, the vandal has damaged multiple articles and it will take a lot of time for others to improve them. Although he was warned on the Administrators' noticeboard in July, he is still willing to make changes to "Battle of Kursk". Eriba-Marduk (talk) 21:42, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I am afraid there is very little I can do. I would say the best strategy is first to try to talk to them at their talk page, and if it does not help take it to ANI citing these arguments.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:59, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Edit Quest!

 * Thank you, not really my piece of cake.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:09, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add Montana of 300 to the prominent artist list, on the Drill rap subgenre page. He is currently the hottest and most popular in the style.
 * Please leave an edit request at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:37, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Miss World 2016
Has been recreated again even though it has been through AFD. Can you delete it and possibly SALT too. It has been recreated at least three times....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:43, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I recently had a very bad experience after I speedily deleted a similarly non-notably article under the same criterion, and I do not want to go through all this again. Could you please ask another administrator. Salting, if still needed, would not be a problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:51, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All right, I messaged Cactus writer. The two of you were the administrators who deleted the article after the previous AFDs....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:07, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Ymblanter: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 20:27, 20 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message
 * Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:05, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!
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 * Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message
 * Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:57, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

 * Thank you, Merry Christmas to you as well.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:18, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Arr thank you :), Have a lovely new year too :) – Davey 2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 17:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Nông Thị Xuân
Renew PC? --George Ho (talk) 21:34, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 21:36, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

History_of_Ukraine
I is not sure that adding 2015 information about the state of reforms in Ukraine and its economics in History_of_Ukraine is a good thing.... Especially since information about the state of reforms in Ukraine and its economics prior to this year is missing in History_of_Ukraine. A lot is missing in History_of_Ukraine.... History_of_Ukraine is supposed to be a small summary; adding very detailed current information in it does not make sense to me. That is for other Wikipedia articles like economy of Ukraine. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  15:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I am open on this, but when I came to that article the 2014-2015 part looked like a selection of randomly added sentences. I tried to make it more ordered, added the elections of Poroshenko (who prior to my edits was not even mentioned in the article) and a couple of more things. In my view, this is an overview article, and say in 2030, if Wikipedia survives until then, it should briefly discuss the 2014 events and the aftermath - whether the reforms which started were successful. Obviously, we do not know yet, but as for now, everything I could find confirms the summary of the Bloomberg opinion piece - that the reforms are basically stalled and the economy is on the verge of collapse. I have never seen a different opinion except from the parties clearly affiliated with Ukrainian government. If such opinions exist, they must clearly be added in the article. However, I feel that at this point (December 2015) some one-line summary is already needed, and since there is plenty of RS on this, I think it should stay in the article. Again, I am open on this, and please by all means feel free to reformulate if you think it is POV or does not express the sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:33, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Agree! I added some stuff about the presidency's of Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych and the state of human rights and economics in Ukraine. This added to your additions about 2015/2015 state of reforms in Ukraine and its economic the section is starting to make some sense. More could be done, but I am just not such an enthusiastic Wikipedian as before 2014.... —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  18:22, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, I was watching in real time how the section was improving. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:24, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Problematic user
, who you recently blocked for edit warring, clearly represents a group, which isn't allowed. I was wondering how you intend to handle this? (Call it a new admin learning experience.) They've been notified of the problem but not taken any action. BethNaught (talk) 18:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * They clearly do not get it, possibly because they do not understand what Wikipedia is (may be they do not even know what the talk page is). To enable us to do smth, they must respond in some way at their talk page. If they do not, but instead continue after the block expires, they are likely to be blocked again, and at some point they will just get indeffed.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:02, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Thanks, BethNaught (talk) 20:55, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's greets
Желаю вам веселых праздников, Ярослав! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:16, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Спасибо, и Вам тоже.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:42, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Capital punishment in Japan
Hello, Ymblanter! I'm sorry, I have two request. The first - vandalism of the page "Capital punishment in Japan" still continues, despite the protection, due vandal(s) create autoconfirmed accounts. Maybe, it's useful to change protection level to sysop only? The second: two mass murderers are really executed at december, 18. 92.243.166.135 (talk) 18:39, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I think this is best handled via the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

 * Thank you, also merry Christmas to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:08, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Talkback message from Tito Dutta
Tito Dutta (talk) 18:39, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

The return
Hey Ymblanter, (did you read my mail btw?) This editorially disruptive user's been violating WP:3RR before (remember that ANI section I made for which admin action never arrived?),-- and now he's at it warring again, with a loaded battleground edit summary, reverted numerous users and editing with a agenda loaded pov.-. I have tons more of diffs if needed, let me know. - LouisAragon (talk) 19:12, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I responded about an hour ago. If the editor keeps reverting, this is the matter for WP:3RRN.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:16, 25 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, I am removing unsourced pan-Iranian imperialistic propaganda that you inserted in articles. The information had to be sourced when it was inserted, not after the fact. If you check the edit history of these pages, as well as the talk pages, the information had been challenged multiple times in the past, yet it remained unsourced and intact.--Damianmx (talk) 19:19, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This Georgian user (if he really is) is making highly disruptive edits and personally motivated article moves on Georgia-related articles. He continues his edit wars on articles like Georgians, Prince Vakhushti of Kartli, Niko Pirosmani. He also makes conflicting moves on Prince Vakhtang-Almaskhan of Georgia and Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians. This needs to stop as soon as possible. Jaqeli 21:28, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Since I was involved at some point, I can not block them myself. I guess ANI if the best option (unless there is an explicit violation of the 3RR), my experience is that after three or four motivated ANI requests disruptive users usually get blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:33, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Blocked them anyway for large-scale edit-warring, I was involved with Tbilisi and otherwise never interacted with the user,and they are edit-warring in the articles I never looked at.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:38, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks but 24h block methinks is a bit shorter block for him. I deeply believe his editing behavior would remain the same as I am not sure he will learn any lessons with this short block. Jaqeli 21:54, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * If they continue editing in the same way the issue had to be raised again. I do not see why the first block for edit-warring should be longer than 24h.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:03, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ; I just wanted to add to this convo between you and Jaqeli that its unfortunately not only edit warring btw (by far), but a pretty significant scale of disruptive (agenda)-loaded edits in general. This includes, but is not limited to;


 * Specifically targeting anything that links Georgia and Iran, ties which are historically extremely important for both, and which includes the blanket removal of anything that connects the two; -------


 * Calling other Wikipedia users who have partial Iranian ancestry as "invaders" of Georgia; “(…) Persians did a great amount of pillaging, massacring and destruction and nothing makes you better or more related to Georgia than any other conqueror that has crossed their path.”)


 * Fake edit summaries (can link more of such); (no consensus was ever reached)-


 * Specifically targeting Iran (can link tons more of such); -


 * More Battleground-type of comments;


 * Wikihouding; -


 * And thats just the tip of the iceberg regarding the mere two weeks this account is active here. - LouisAragon (talk) 23:38, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This could be a good case for ANI, but only after the user has been warned at their talk page of the existence of all the policies they seem to break.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:19, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:AURORA
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:AURORA. Legobot (talk) 00:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Deletion review for P.A.W.N.
An editor has asked for a deletion review of P.A.W.N.. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Mfalc1 (talk) 21:05, 29 December 2015 (UTC) This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Mfalc1 (talk) 21:40, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:45, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

2016

 * Thank you, also happy New Year to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:53, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Archiving, not deleting
I recently noticed this edit in which you deleted the protected/declined. There's the rolling archive, which if you want to manually archive them (which is suggested not to by a hatnote) then you should move it there, not delete it. Happy new year, Dat GuyTalkContribs 10:44, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This is my fault. I was looking for this note but somehow was under impression they are just deleted. Will try to repair it now. Thanks, and also happy New Year.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia threat
What do you think of this. Personally I feel like it's simply vandalism, but I appreciate comments. Dat GuyTalkContribs 13:45, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like vandalism, but since it is at AN anyway, somebody would deal with it.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:47, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I already reverted it. Dat GuyTalkContribs 13:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for protecting the List of deaths in rock and roll article. That IPv6 user had already vandalized the hell out of the page, as well as adding unsourced infomation and possibly false information, and. irrelevant additions. Cheers. 2602:304:CDC0:D470:C07B:65AE:97D4:9298 (talk) 19:00, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem--Ymblanter (talk) 19:06, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Streisand effect
Renew PC? --George Ho (talk) 20:31, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅--Ymblanter (talk) 20:35, 31 December 2015 (UTC)