This is an archive of past discussions with User:Acather96. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Luzula sylvatica, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Washington State (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited ATV: Quad Frenzy, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page PC (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
You marked my article for deletion without any real need for doing so. It is so unwelcoming to find watch dogs are waiting to strike me down at the first contact. If you can provide your personal reasons for your actions then I can correct the article to meet wikipedia guidelines or decide not to contribute at all on this free service.
Herman Benjamin - Bollywood Choreographer and Dance Director
This is a lesser known but creator of very popular Bollywood song numbers in the 1960's. The article has information on him and his work.
If you have clear reasons to strike down legitimate wikipedia entries, then provide clear reasons and how to correct them.
Hi Sammybenjamin and first of all let me wish you a genuine and warm welcome to Wikipedia - I hope you like the place and decided to stay :) I like you am a volunteer, and I'm sorry if you felt upset or annoyed when I nominated your article for deletion. I nominated it for deletion as when you initially created it, the article failed the speedy deletion criteria, specifically criterion A7 where an article is created which doesn't assert the notability of it's subjects. I'm very pleased to see this has been addressed, and hope you will continue on with Wikipedia. If you have any questions please just ask here. Thanks and happy editing, Acather96 (click here to contact me) 21:53, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Biddenham Pit, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page River Ouse (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Luzula arctica may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.
List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:
has two known sub-species: ''L.arctica ''ssp. ''arctica ''and ''L. arctica'' ssp. ''latifolia ''(the latter having the common name '''Wideleaf arctic woodrush'''.
SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping.
WikiProject AFC is holding a two month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from December 1st, 2013 – January 31st, 2014.
Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 1200 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!
A new version of our AfC helper script has been released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. EdwardsBot (talk) 09:14, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Luzula nivalis, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Coville and Blytt (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
On 13 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article ATV: Quad Frenzy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite some reviewers praising ATV: Quad Frenzy's graphics and soundtrack, VideoGamer.com's review said it was "quite disgraceful" that it "even made it onto the store shelves"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/ATV: Quad Frenzy. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
Hi Acather96. Thank you for reviewing my DYK nomination. I fixed the DYK nominated article and QPQ reviewed per your request at here. -- Jreferee (talk) 13:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Acather96. Please check your email; you've got mail! Message added 20:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC). It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.
Thanks very much for spotting that - I've fixed it by citing another reference for that fact. I think I originally used the word 'flamboyant' as it is a good synonym of 'showy', which seemed to flow a bit better. The new ref I've cited seems to clear this up - though thanks again for pointing it out! :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 21:20, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
VisualEditor's toolbar has a new drop-down menu that contains all character formatting: bold, italics, subscript, superscript, strikethrough, computer code, underline, and the ability to remove all formatting from text.
For more information about how to use VisualEditor, read the user guide.
Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has worked on some toolbar improvements, fixing bugs, and improving support for Indic languages as well as other languages with complex characters. The current focus is on improving the reference dialog and expanding the new character inserter tool.
There have been dozens of changes since the last newsletter. Here are some of the highlights:
Rich copying and pasting is now available. If you copy text from another website, then character formatting and some other HTML attributes are preserved. This means, for example, that if you copy a pre-formatted suggested citation from a source like this, then VisualEditor will preserve the formatting of the title in the citation. Keep in mind that copying the formatting may include formatting that you don't want (like section headings). If you want to paste plain, unformatted text onto a page, then use Control+⇧ Shift+V or ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+V (Mac).
Auto-numbered external links like [2] can now be edited just like any other link. However, they cannot be created in VisualEditor easily.
Several changes to the toolbar and dialogs have been made, and more are on the way. The toolbar has been simplified with a new drop-down text styles menu and an "insert" menu. Your feedback on the toolbar is wanted here. The transclusion/template dialog has been simplified. If you have enabled mathematical formula editing, then the menu item is now called the formula editor instead of LaTeX.
There is a new character inserter, which you can find in the new "insert" menu, with a capital Omega ("Ω"). It's a very basic set of characters. Your feedback on the character inserter is wanted here.
Saving the page should seem faster by several seconds now.
It is now possible to access VisualEditor by manually editing the URL, even if you are not logged in or have not opted in to VisualEditor normally. To do so, append ?veaction=edit to the end of the page name. For example, change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random?veaction=edit to open a random page in VisualEditor. This is intended to support bug testing across multiple browsers, without requiring editors to login repeatedly.
Looking ahead: The transclusion dialog will see further changes in the coming weeks, with a simple mode for single templates and an advanced mode for more complex transclusions. The new character formatting menu on the toolbar will get an arrow to show that it is a drop-down menu. The reference dialog will be improved, and the Reference item will become a button in the main toolbar, rather than an item in the Insert menu.
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better — thanks for helping.
Wish you all the best of luck on your RfA. I don't want to jinx it by making any calls too early, but I will be very glad to see more admins head towards the massive backlog at CP. I am still a little uneasy about you having been away for so long but I certainly sympathize with coming back strong after a hiatus (in looking at my own history). Break a leg! Cheers, Mkdwtalk19:44, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Did not make the cut for Benezit's massive compendium of artists (10 volume edition of 1976) ... if an artist is not there, it is not likely to ever find him. Cheers. Collect (talk) 22:08, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
That would have been a good source to check, I forgot that! I managed to verify the existence of the author, but it doesn't look like he was prominent enough for anyone to write some sort of biography on him. Thanks. :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 12:33, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Happy holidays
Epicgenius (talk) is wishing you a MerryChristmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
Greetings Acather96 I just wanted to let you know that I referenced your RFA in a discussion posting I just started at A perfect example of the RFA problem. I just wanted to let you know that although I opposed your RFA and I used you as an example I have absolutely no grudge with you and I think you appear to be a good editor. I wanted to let you know it wasn't anything personal towards you, just the situation that seems to apply. If it makes you feel any better a lot of folks will likely support your RFA on the sole basis I opposed it. Good luck on the RFA all the same. Happy Christmas and holidays. Kumioko (talk) 22:56, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know Kumioko, I appreciate that. Whilst I disagree with some of the assertions you make about me, as there not actually on the RFA page, I'll wait till my RFA closes before responding - I think any discussion of my suitability for adminship should be kept to the RFA page, I don't want discussions to spiral out onto other pages. I do support a reform of RFA and I understand this in an area you have been working in/advocating for for a while now, so I see why you feel the neeed to 'call out' perceived unfairness. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too! :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 09:00, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
No problem it looks like your RFA is going to be a landslide pass anyway. I'm planning on leaving the project after this month so its not going to affect me one way or the other. I have found a lot of projects who want and need help over at Wikia so I am going to edit there where my help is wanted frankly. Besides, I don't really think anyone seriously wants to reform RFA besides me anyway. They say they do but then they scuttle any attempts to do so. Since I am a non admin no one takes my desire for reform seriously, they just view it like I am just upset about not getting access to the tools myself so there is little point in continuing. Anyway good luck. Kumioko (talk) 16:36, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Where I come from we get beers for birthdays and not cake, hopefully you're okay with that... Happy WikiBirthday and congrats on your successful RfA. — MusikAnimaltalk17:31, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Yahya Bahro's actions are not really edit warring when multiple editors remove the material and few bother to warn on the editor's talk page. Editing against consensus is a problem. Thanks for leaving the editor a note though. This will hopefully give the editor cause for starting to discuss and cooperate. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:54, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Hello again! So I'm not that well acquainted with policy regarding copyrights. If you could please help clarify this for me... all images of 3D art cannot be considered free, even public art? I want to add a gallery to the Life Underground article, illustrating more of the installations. I noticed one of the existing images was uploaded as non-free, so I'm guessing adding more images would not acceptable per WP:NFCCP 3A? Note these are permanent installations commissioned by the MTA to be on display for the public. It's unclear why this would be considered copyrighted at all, as opposed to say, a temporary installation at the Guggenheim (paid entry). Thanks! — MusikAnimaltalk18:10, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
@MusikAnimal: Unfortunately, the US does not have freedom of panorama that would allow for the non-infirngmenet of copyright when one is photographing a permanently present piece of public art (unless the sculpture was installed before 1923 or is a building). Is this silly and irritating? Yes. Do we still have to comply with it? Unfortunately, yes. I think the current number of images is sufficient for the article! Sorry I couldn't give you a nicer answer! :( Acather96 (click here to contact me) 22:19, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the explanation. It is indeed irritating, but laws are laws! So alright, but what about two-dimensional art? Specifically, graffiti. Surely copyright laws cannot apply? I suppose it is inherently public art, but is generally illegal by nature. It's also usually applied to the sides of buildings, which as you say are an exception to the law, at least for 3D art. Which brings up the real doozy, what about 3D art that is still considered graffiti? Thanks again for all of your help! — MusikAnimaltalk05:36, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!
Hello Acather96, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk·contribs), The ed17 (talk·contribs) and Miyagawa (talk·contribs) 17:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
congrats from me too. When you get bored of the faff of finding the right block message for people there is a really useful script that some kind person put in my monobook for me which gives you a dropdown menu for blocking. ϢereSpielChequers07:31, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
I had a quick conversation with HitroMilanese who let me know that the user name was just in Chinese, which is obviously not supported by my browser. It appeared empty to me. Best regards and happy new year ₪StormmeteoMessage21:45, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
On 6 January 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Silaum, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that whilst the exact etymology is uncertain, the colour yellow and the Italian mountainous plateau La Sila have been offered as possible etymologies for Silaum, a genus of flowering plants? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Silaum. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi, you recently blocked an editor (indef), and following that, another editor then created a user page for the blocked editor, solely for the purpose of adding the {{blocked user)} template, along with the somewhat smug edit summary "good bye". The template's guidelines state that that should be done by the blocking admin. I'm wondering if you have an opinion on this. Thanks - theWOLFchild13:16, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
@Thewolfchild: Thanks for bringing this to my attention - yes, this is unnecessary and a little annoying to be honest. I see another user has already left a message on the editors talkpage, I'll leave another note in reinforcement on that. It's probably just an honest misunderstanding, but still worth nipping in the bud. Thanks, Acather96 (click here to contact me) 15:52, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
Actually, no... this is a regular occurrence. See;
2013 10 02 (blanked page, despite consensus to 'keep' at MfD) - reverted by User:Liz - (then tried to delete page, again - consensus was to 'keep', again, (but as 'blank' for time being).)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Lepiota cristata, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Paths and Woodlands (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
I can see that BIH has created several spam and paid editing of following links. I have messaged you for same in the past and i believe that there is no fairness on wikipedia for this user. Why are you allowing him to create spammy pages offcourse for which he is paid thousands of dollars.
Hi Acather96, they did indeed mean Dougweller but for some reason they posted this to your talk page and mine, as well as Doug's. Doug's reply to this is here. Best. Acalamari09:27, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
You closed numerous discussions as delete, but File:Dublincity crest.gif (and possibly other files) were never deleted. Could you take a look at this? Also, if the decision is to delete, but you don't wish to give any further rationale, then note that all you need to do is to delete the file; a bot will automatically close the discussion afterwards. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
@Stefan2: - Thanks for the notification Stefan, I've deleted the file and checked through to see if I'd missed anymore - luckily I haven't. I'm trying to make a dent in the FFD backlog at the moment, so knowing about the bot will be quite a time-saver! Thanks, Acather96 (click here to contact me) 17:34, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Acather! Thanks for pointing out the confusion with the hook. It was getting rather wordy (at 199 characters) and I was basically combining two facts (their location and their different breeding times) into one, making the hook borderline WP:OR. Accordingly, I've changed the hook based on your suggestion. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:46, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Luzula sylvatica at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 06:31, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Luzula arctica may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.
Done - thanks for that Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), I hope I can put it too good use. :) Acather96 (click here to contact me) 22:09, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Happy WikiBirthday and congrats on your successful RfA. — MusikAnimal talk 17:31, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
— MusikAnimal talk 05:36, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Epicgenius (talk) 00:39, 1 January 2014 (UTC)