User talk:Zad68/Archive 2014 Oct

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How do I do this (mass undo)?
Hi Zad68--You have helped me in the past and I am sure you know the answer to this: Let's say an editor makes a whole bunch of changes in a row and you want to undo them. I just go one by one and do it, but I have seen others undo back to a certain version. That would be a lot easier. Any help? No hurry. Thanks. Desoto10 (talk) 22:15, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey Desoto sorry I forgot to answer... You can go through the History tab, select a particular version and hit the Restore button at top. More later...   22:45, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

article title
Thanks for commenting on the new discussion thread. One thing about the consensus, the title 'Ebola virus disease cases in the United States,' did not have consensus. What happened was this, the title was Ebola virus cases in the United States. That had discussion attached to how we'd name it, etc. Floydian came along, and in one fell swoop, he moved the titles of all the new articles. He added disease to match the Spain article as his edit summary said. I then moved the page to 2014 Ebola virus outbreak in the United States. Epicgenius then came along and moved it to its current title. There's no more consensus for 'disease' than there is for 'outbreak.' Additionally, it appears the RM discussion nominator did not research the article title. SW3 5DL (talk) 18:44, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks for the comments... I'm fine with a restore of Ebola virus cases in the United States as the last consensus title, and don't really see a huge difference between that and "disease cases" anyway. If you'd allow that I'd be happy to make that move.   19:36, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd say yes in a shot but won't there be a riot over you now being an 'involved admin?" SW3 5DL (talk) 20:07, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, now I think of it, another editor has suggested Ebola cases in the United States. And another has suggested another close one. Perhaps in the same thread, suggest that. Let's see. Fingers crossed. SW3 5DL (talk) 20:09, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the concern, what I'll do is drop a note at ANI announcing what I'm going to do, if anybody has a concern say so, otherwise I'll get it done in X hours. Appreciated!   20:10, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Also, make a note on the article talk page. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 20:19, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I do have concerns about you doing it as an involved admin. If you meant you would leave a note on ANI explaining the situation including the current move and previous issues (and requesting another admin to assess a revert per WP:TITLECHANGES), then that's of course fine if you think it needs immediate action. I honestly don't mean to prolong this title mess, but you really are involved here.

If you want to propose the same after the move closes in a couple days, if the outcome is "disease" and there's a reasonably clear alternative, I wouldn't oppose it at that time. But I do oppose you moving a page that you've been heavily involved with the move process on, including the discussion of the previous reverted admin move, and that's been at the same title for over a week without requiring ANI action yet. Xqxf (talk) 21:34, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * All good points. We can ask admin Philg88 to move it as he's the one I asked to protect the move function. That's what's been saving the page from more random moves by every editor who happens by. This way, we're going to one admin, totally uninvolved, who will always be there. And then when he moves it, he can lock the move function again. SW3 5DL (talk) 21:51, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry folks I got really busy with stuff IRL, but it looks like the article title issue (or at least the one we're talking about here) is resolved now. 04:33, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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Precious again
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Thank you, "level-headed editor with experience working on high-profile and controversial topics", for quality articles on medical topics, such as Low back pain and Circumcision (the "most stressful but also the most educational thing"), for pictured Rules of content (wood and jellybeans), for believing in BRD, for of your own view, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 28 October 2013 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 647th recipient of my  Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:39, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you again, seriously this particular wiki-award has special, unique feel. Appreciated.   14:18, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Red link
Thanks! Darn newbies, always trying to take it away...Yobol (talk) 14:14, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * LOL... I still think you keep it red only for the perverse pleasure of keeping MastCell off-balance with his revert button when he sees a redlink edit medical articles....  14:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, yet again. Grrr. Shhh, might hear you, and spoil the fun.  Besides, I think it's funny how some people respond differently (like jumping to the assumption I'm a sock of somebody) just because my name is red... Yobol (talk) 18:11, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * you REALLY need to request a rename of your account to "wiki Truth Improover152".  18:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hah! Don't tempt me. Seriously, I have half a mind to do it.   seems be available as well...Yobol (talk) 18:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's obvious you're a corporate sockpuppet. I mean, your username is "lobby" spelled sideways (as a particularly paranoid schizophrenic perceptive user once pointed out). How much more obvious can you get? MastCell Talk 20:47, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, sweet, sweet memories of conflicts past. MastCell, it has not gone unnoticed that your username is an anagram of "cat smell".  I don't know what it means just yet, but I'm sure it's super devious. Yobol (talk) 00:31, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * And yours is a VERY suspicious anagram of "Yo lob", which is a CLEARLY a reference to a Spanish tennis player, no? Or should I say, "¿No?"  And when you wrote  I thought for a second you linked to Josh's (jps) User page.   04:39, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

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Dispute resolution re McNeill for Electronic cigarette article
I requested dispute resolution with respect to this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:Electronic_cigarette#Violation_of_consensus Please join the discussion. Mihaister (talk) 22:47, 31 October 2014 (UTC)