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Notice of Potential Username Change

In a Nutshell: I will likely have a new Username Called "Lor" In a while and will Change my WP:CUVA Page to reflect that.

Longer Boring Paragraph: I have made a Usurp Request Here To change my Username Due to My old one Being hard to read in parts. So i will most likely move the page to a new Name to make things easier. Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 10:20, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - drop me a line when you get your namechange through. Yunshui 雲水 10:23, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Does this Count As droping a Line? Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 10:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Thigh-slapping hilarity ensues
Also.....Jokes aside How do you Override Links being made Blue/Red? I try..
<span style="Color:#CC9900">[[User:Lor|Lor]]</span>

But it keeps turning out like...Lor.....I may be a decent coder but...Mediawiki is getting me a bit Flustered because of its Link highlighting system. Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 10:44, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Try this: [[User:Lor|<span style="Color:#CC9900">Lor</span>]]. Yunshui 雲水 11:00, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks but i managed to figure that out Seconds before you posted that. Oh well thanks anyway :) Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 11:02, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Finished Product

LorChat


I'm happy now :) Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 21:33, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

And nows its..

Toil'Chat Because it would be very hard to get my Global account sorted if i used my other new Username........Yay? Dudel250 ChatPROD Log CSD Logs 03:46, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Request for a review of a block

Hello, Yunshui. I have recently taken the unusual step of blocking an administrator for what I regard as abuse of the admin tools. That administrator has appealed to me to unblock, and I have declined the request. I wonder if you would be willing to look at it, and see what you think. If you would prefer not to, let me know, and I will ask another administrator. If you are willing to have a look, you can read all about it at User talk:Joy. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:12, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll take a look (I've just had a cursory read-through) but I'm going offline in about half an hour (during which time I have some other stuff that needs doing) and there seems to be a lot to wade through. If I don't think I can offer a satisfactory resolution by then, I'll let you know. Yunshui 雲水 14:20, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for at least being willing to look at it. However, I have to go offline myself now. I may just possibly get a chance to come back very briefly in a few hours, but other than that it will be about 16 hours before I will be able to to edit again, so whether you can do it within half an hour or not makes no difference to me. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for dealing with this. You handled it very well, as I expected you would, which is why I chose you to ask for help. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:42, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Yunshui. You have new messages at Joy's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--Joy [shallot] (talk) 09:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Rob Frampton

Hi Yunshui

Please can you delete the page with all my details on. I am a well known strongman who is currently having some marital issues. I found my wife has opened this account to edit things and put up potentially career destroying information.

To stop this from happening please could you delete all reference on me from wiki.

Thank you

Rob Frampton — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robframpton (talk • contribs) 12:54, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm not able to do so immediately, but will start a community discussion per WP:BLPDELETE. You're welcome to add to the discussion, it can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Frampton. Yunshui 雲水 12:57, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Adoption

Can you please adopt me? I want to help around in vandalism and Cleanup. Please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billy on Boxes (talk • contribs) 16:59, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Droping Line....

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-..... Think that will do :) LorChat 23:21, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 June 2014

Help with publishing article

Hello again,

Would it be possible to re-create the page - I am really worried it is lost now? All the words I used were my words and not copied from anyone else. I wrote these words- http://www.barnebys.co.uk/d/%25C2%25A7-philip-jones-british-1933%25E2%2580%25942008-balance-of-pinks-2008-signed-lower-left-%2522philip-jones-08%2522-148906880.html

I hope you can re-create the page for me or tell me what I have to do to keep it please and have it on wikipedia.

Thank you so much

Philip Jones 1933-2008 (talk) 13:58, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi. The problem is that the text on the website - which as far as I can see predates the addition of the same text to Wikipedia - is clearly labelled as © Auctions Online Scandinavia AB. That makes it effectively unusable here. If you can supply evidence of your authorship (the easiest way to do this is to send an email from an address associated with the website to permissions-en@wikimedia.org@) and release it under an appropriate licence (see this declaration for appropriate wording) then we can use the matarial here. However, as long as another website holds the copyright to a piece of text, Wikipedia cannot make use of it. Yunshui 雲水 14:56, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Blocked username

Fine; obviously there were other issues besides the name. It was rather complicated on limited review; if you felt you had a better understanding of it than I did then of course I defer to your judgement. Daniel Case (talk) 23:30, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Daniel. I figured you'd be okay with it, but thought it was only polite to let you know what I'd done. Cheers, Yunshui 雲水 06:52, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

abusive edit summary

here are some edit summaries which are quite abusive. Please remove them all. thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durga_Vahini&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.0.242 (talk) 18:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Looks like it's already been dealt with. That's almost certainly Obelixobelix evading their block. Yunshui 雲水 06:56, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

ENGR IZUCHUKWU JAMES OGBU/ TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WIKIPAEDIA

I AM NEW TO WIKIPAEDIA I NEED A PROCEDURAL OUTLINES ON HOW TO EDIT AND MAKE A STANDARD PUBLICATIONSDrizu (talk) 15:01, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Yunshui. You have new messages at I dream of horses's talk page.
Message added 17:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Duane E. Tressler

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Duane E. Tressler. Thanks. LorChat 03:21, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry?

I believe the extremely disruptive and prolific User:Duane E. Tressler is back, using User:169.156.4.28 as apparent cover in an attempt to avoid scrutiny of his edits (point three of the sockpuppetry definition at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Guidance#Examples_of_forbidden_uses_of_multiple_accounts_or_meat-puppetry). Background: You blocked him for a month back in January of this year (when he created this additional account). He appears to be up to his old tricks again, leaving unfixed edits behind in his wake, which include: broken brackets; bad grammar and punctuation; over-detailed content transfers/additions; non-sourced fluff; and POV opinion. I thought you should know. Regards, GenQuest "Talk to Me" 00:40, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

I don't think check-user pixie dust is needed for this  Looks like a duck to me @GenQuest: LorChat 00:59, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
And Reported at WP:SPI @GenQuest: LorChat 03:23, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
I don't think this is the sockpuppetry case you think it is, guys. With the exception of a single edit (which doesn't fit Duane's pattern of editing at all, and so was probably someone else on the same IP), 169.156.4.28 did not make any edits at all during the week (not month) that Duane was blocked in January. There's been minimal crossover between the two (they have only three articles in common, and on only one of these are the edits even vaguely close together temporally). I don't disagree that this IP is probably Duane, but editing whilst logged out is not the same as creating a new account - whilst sockpuppetry does cover editing whilst logged out to avoid detection, my gut feeling (given this user's general slapdash approach) is simply that Duane hasn't bothered to log in for some of his editing - I don't see any malice in him doing this.
I will undertake a review of his editing under both the IP and the account to determine whether a new block is warranted (or at the very least a warning), but I don't believe this would qualify as sockpuppetry. Yunshui 雲水 10:11, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
[1] I just burst out laughing after reading your response. The only problem is that I don't own carrier pigeons--will a seagull do? Origamite\(·_·\)(/·_·)/ 17:10, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 June 2014

Hello, Yunshui. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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User:Neilvin John Aventurado request in deletion of Manggahan High School

Hello, I know that you are a deleting administrator. I am the creator of the page Manggahan High School, I request, please accept my deletion request, please read the cause in that page and it is also unreferenced meaning in violating Wikipedia, because others are rejecting it but accdg. to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_delete_a_page , I can delete my own articles. Thanks.

Regards, Neilvin John Aventurado (talk) 19:19, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I only just noticed this - for future reference, new messages go at the bottom of the page, not the top. As a couple of other admins have already pointed out, although you originally created this article, others have since worked on it, meaning that you are no longer the sole author. Whilst you can indeed request deletion of your own work without giving a reason, you cannot ask for other people's contributions to be deleted purely on your say-so. Yunshui 雲水 13:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Your unblock of User:80.193.191.143

Please, please, please reblock him/her/it! Not only has this individual started trolling User talk:Ruslik0, but his edits to Marc Lépine were so over-the-top disgusting that he should never have been unblocked! Categorising Lépine as a "critic of feminism" is no better than categorising Adolf Hitler as a "critic of Zionism". —Wasell(T) 17:57, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

BTW: Why are you changing the date in peoples' signatures like this? —Wasell(T) 18:02, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
I genuinely don't see those comments as trolling - it looks to me as though he has a legitimate belief in his position. It also appears that he's misunderstood Ruslik0's objection to the category - it seems he believes that Ruslik0 thinks Category:Critics of feminism is equivalent to Category:Feminist writers, which Ruslik0 obvioulsy doesn't. The misunderstanding seems to stem from the IP editor having a much broader interpretation of the term "critic" than is normally the case. I think he's wrong, but that doesn't mean I'm going to block him for having a different point of view to me.
"Over-the-top disgusting" might be your interpretation of the edits, but I think he was sincerely trying to make an improvement. I also note that neither you nor Ruslik0 have made any attempt to explain to this user why you disagree with his edits, nor why they are inappropriate. That needs to be done first, prior to any calls for blocks or sanctions.
The signature thing's a bit odd - that unblock request was actually made at 9.33, not 8.33. The timestamp in the copy-pasted unblock decline was therefore 9.33, rather than 8.33, but I don't know why it showed up as 8.33 in the live version of the request. Yunshui 雲水 07:19, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello dear

Hi Yunshui. You might remember me, can you please do have a look at my work now? , Can I have one Barnstar for my tireless efforts ? I know asking for it is not a good idea, but it would make my day if I have one A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 12:59, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Yunshui. You are really such a great person who always intended to encourage me :), one day I might get pure Barnstar without asking for it A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 13:18, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Will you please share your thoughts here and there if you have time. A.Minkowiski _Lets t@lk 13:31, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppet2014

Thanks ... who'da thunk it? Their name was actually about what it was about. Daniel Case (talk) 13:31, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

User talk:62.231.136.1

Hey...I left your declined unblock request off of that page when I made my changes because I'm pretty sure that the person making the request was the one who left all that ranting. Feel free to restore it if you like, though. Cheers ​—DoRD (talk)​ 12:18, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

No problem at all; I don't think any of those unblock requests were serious anyway. Yunshui 雲水 12:19, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Hang on; I'm thinking of a different IP user - but what you've done there is fine too! Yunshui 雲水 12:20, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Enjoy your time off! ​—DoRD (talk)​ 14:42, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 June 2014

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kashmiristar

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kashmiristar. Thanks. Jackmcbarn (talk) 15:34, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 June 2014

OA for Writing Class?

Hi Y unshui! I am looking for two online ambassadors to help with a course I'm teaching in the Education program. More specifically, I'm hoping to find a few ambassadors who can review student proposals for possible edits and sources from July 25th to July 30 and then review article drafts from July 30 to August 11. I'm working on putting the full schedule up on the course page but those would be the main duties of the ambassadors involved. Think you'd be interested? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewvetter (talk • contribs) 20:44, June 28, 2014‎

Looks interesting - what sort of class size are you expecting? I'd certainly be up for doing four or five such reviews, but if it's a group of thirty or so students then I fear the workload would be somewhat beyond my capacity - I've got a fair amount of real life stuff going on during that period. Yunshui 雲水 07:32, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

The class is capped at 20 and I've already got 2 other OAs, so if you're interested in splitting up the work, you would be responsible for a review of a article edit proposal and an article edit itself for 6 students. Let me know if it sounds do-able. Also, the course schedule is up on our course page. Matthewvetter (talk) 19:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

@Matthewvetter: Yes, I should think that sounds achievable. Count me in! Yunshui 雲水 07:48, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Welcome Back!

Here a kitten to cuddle as you return from your Wikibreak!

♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 08:23, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Ooh, thanks for the reminder; I need to take that sign down. Thanks also for the delicious kitten. Yunshui 雲水 08:24, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Page Protection

Posting this here as my talk page is being vandalized, yes please protect it :-) ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 07:59, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done Yunshui 雲水 08:02, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks again, they have been particularly nasty tonight, and with the return of a certain notorious vandal, it's that much worse. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 08:10, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Block persistent edit warring IP

124.186.240.203 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) – – vandalism, including, including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 –

Block the IP and the talk page. Keeps adding inappropriate information. Vandalized Solarra's page endlessly. Backendgaming (talk) 08:01, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I was just about to do so, but Materialscientist got there before I could. Yunshui 雲水 08:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Nvm, IP hopper is back at it. Please protect Le cut inside man and block 101.162.194.94 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log).


Access the =Le_cut_inside_man page through this link https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_cut_inside_man&action=history

Plz protect it. Edit warring is heating up, I need backup. Backendgaming (talk) 08:09, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

New IP blocked, page protected. Hopefully that should see an end to it. Yunshui 雲水 08:14, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


Not quite, blatant talk page abuse at User talk:101.162.194.94. Keeps blanking the page. Block the IP from editing it's own talk page. Hopefully that's the last of the IP. Backendgaming (talk) 08:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

He's actually entitled to do that, disruptive as it may seem. Yunshui 雲水 08:19, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Concerning A Vandal You Recently Blocked

Hi, you recently blocked one user, Emmayomanz (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) but, it appears that the user has immediately returned as Samjohnson2345 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) The styles of vandalism of both accounts appear identical. Nevermind, it's been taken care of. Pardon for bothering you.--Mr Fink (talk) 18:53, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

IP Vandal at Bunsen burner

Looks to be sorted already - AIV is usually the best place to report this sort of thing; I occasionally sleep and eat... Yunshui 雲水 07:42, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Can you help, please?

Just when you thought you might be safe from me cluttering up your talk page and pestering you, I trot back again! I've been trying to re-vamp my user page and have more or less copied yours as it is so attractive but as I'm a 'useless at coding idiot' I cannot get it to work properly, no matter what variations I've tried. Would you be able to show me whatever it is that I'm missing, please? If you have the time, that is. SagaciousPhil - Chat 09:41, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm no great shakes at coding myself (the preview function is a godsend!) but I'll help out if I can. How exactly would you like it to look? Yunshui 雲水 14:39, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
It's more that I can't get the bit at the bottom to work - where it has 'show' and it should open the listing? And there is a screed of white space at the bottom as well! Any suggestions would be gratefully received! SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
How about now? I closed the div parameter that was preventing the collapse box from opening, and reduced the image height to remove the whitespace. Yunshui 雲水 14:53, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
That is fantastic - exactly what I wanted to do. You wouldn't believe how long I spent fiddling to try and get it to work without success! Thank you (as always!). SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:59, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
No problem; any time. Yunshui 雲水 06:49, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Nice to see you editing again!

Welcome back from the Wikibreak. Its nice to see you getting involved here again.

Skr15081997 (talk) 07:14, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Nice to be back (although I'll be a bit on-again, off-again for a while now). Thanks for the kitten. Yunshui 雲水 07:18, 4 July 2014 (UTC)


User talk:Unequivocal

The user keeps making mass changes to Chris Crocker without any sources. Unsubstantiated claims were reverted by two different editors. Block him and requesting temporary protection for Chris Crocker. Backendgaming (talk) 07:29, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the problem is here. Unequivocal has made six edits to the article - two were reversions of vandalism, one was the removal of a section with a clear explanation in the edit summary, and the other three were text changes which, whilst not sourced, were not particularly contraversial. There are no "mass changes" (he's never made the same edit twice), and no vandalism - nothing that would induce me or any other admin to issue a block or protect the page. These are content issues - you need to talk to him about why you believe his edits are incorrect.
Backendgaming, I appreciate your enthusiasm here, but you need to be aware of - and implement - some fairly important Wikipedia policies. Firstly, we always try to assume good faith if we disagree with another user's edits. Secondly, we discuss disagreements over content, rather than blindly reverting anything we disagree with. Thirdly, we do not block users for just anything. Finally, we have specific criteria for protecting a page, as well as a venue for making such requests. I know that you're comparatively new here and that you're still finding your feet, but please have a read of those links and try to put the advice there into practice. Yunshui 雲水 07:45, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

The article is being requested for protection at the moment. Thanks for the advice, I'll be more careful next time in the near future when dealing with such conflicts. Backendgaming (talk) 07:50, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I've commented on the matter here; the Chris Crocker article is certainly an article to keep an eye on. This edit that Unequivocal made is probably what Backendgaming (talk · contribs) meant by "mass changes." And Unequivocal changing "Internet celebrity" simply to "celebrity"? Backendgaming was right to call that POV-pushing. Anyway, we'll see what happens with the article now. Flyer22 (talk) 08:36, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
Mm, I'd be dubious about calling that "POV pushing" - if he made the same change several times in a row then perhaps, but excepting his most recent edit, Unequiviocal has never replaced any of his changes that have been removed. Neither of you has made any attempt to actually talk to this new user about the changes he's been trying to implement, even though he's tried to explain his reasoning in edit summaries - all I can see on his talkpage are a couple of big red warnings for edit warring. Try doing the "discuss" part of Bold, revert, discuss before you fling him from the parapets. Yunshui 雲水 08:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
Being familiar with the type of dubious editing that can go on at the Chris Crocker article, noted in the first diff-link I provided above, I'm not at all cautious about calling that edit POV-pushing. Even if it were another article, I'd still see it as POV-pushing; POV-pushing does not take more than one edit. I'm not interested in talking with Unequiviocal; if someone else is, then so be it. Flyer22 (talk) 09:20, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
And as for "Unequiviocal has never replaced any of his changes that have been removed."...his removing "former" shows that he has. But anyway, I see that you've talked to him; we'll see how that goes. Flyer22 (talk) 09:30, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
I'll confess, I hadn't looked at the first diff you linked to (I'd foolishly assumed it was a link to your report at RPP; mea culpa) until now - if you've got suspicions that this is Benjiboi (and your reasoning looks pretty sound) then fair enough. Wouldn't be the first time I've AGFed with a sock, sadly... Let's see what Alison's checkuser powers bring back. Yunshui 雲水 09:57, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Block-evading editor blocked

Hi, Yunshui. I have received a message about evasion of a block at User talk:JamesBWatson#Blocked user Ibsiadkgneoeb back as SeatF22. I have blocked the account, but since you were the original blocking administrator, I thought you might have an opinion on the matter. If you want to unblock then please go ahead, without consulting me. I have explained my reasons at User talk:SeatF22#Evasion of blocks. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:39, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Your explanation more than compelling enough for me; I wholeheartedly approve of the block, for exactly the reasons you describe. Yunshui 雲水 14:13, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ahmed007007

Hi Yunshui.
I just saw that you have already blocked Ahmed007007 (talk · contribs) and Ahmer007007 (talk · contribs) for advertising and sockpuppetry. I opened an SPI here as they returned @ 11:32 as Sia007007 (talk · contribs), first edit re-creating Moazam Zahoor Games. Just FYI. --220 of Borg 12:17, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

QUAAAACK!!! I've blocked the new account, tagged it as a sock, made a note at the SPI and salted the page name for good measure. Yunshui 雲水 14:17, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 It sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me too ;-)
Thanks for that. Wasted too much time chasing ducks and socks recently. (Nigerian 'prophets' among them, of all things :-\ )--220 of Borg 15:27, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 July 2014

Couple articles about member of Da Closers

My page Da Closers was deleted.. When all the info was relevant and true .. Here is a link to one of the members page on the Official UMPG site http://www.umusicpub.com/#contentRequest=artistdetail&contentLocation=sub&contentOptions=%26artistid%3D6146 .. Copy & paste or simply google UMPG and after your at Universal Music publishing group site search under artist & songwriters for Vi .. Also here is a google link to one of the members Bradd Young proof of some of the things that has been worked on. http://www.djbooth.net/index/mobile/track/anthony-lewis-candy-rain .. Hope this is enough to suffice there is a ton more info & legitimacy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theclosers (talk • contribs) 13:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

I see another admin has already blocked your account for repeatedly recreating the page. I recommend reading the notability requirements for musicians before filing an unblock request. Yunshui 雲水 06:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Cat Creek, Montana

One user, Return of the Creek, did make a few edits about lions being present in Montana, but then instead placed lion related stuff on Lion Air, Gulf of Lions and what not. He has been subsequently been blocked bu Bongwarrior. Is there something that would ping similar usernames, say 'creek', 'cat', et al? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:28, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

I changed the protection on that article to 6 months full protection. The previous 6 months of full protection just expired. I'm guessing most people don't know the history of that article, which started before I got the admin bit, but there seems to be a school project of vandalizing it with the "lion" entries, and full seems the only way to protect it. It is already fairly complete for a town of its size and several people watch it for edit requests, myself included. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 12:29, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Dennis, good call. Yunshui 雲水 06:48, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for pointing out that page on Wikinews. I deleted the page, though I imagine we would have eventually deleted it anyway, though perhaps not speedily, and likely it would never have been published, that is have been listed on the main page since it had a plethora of issues to bar its publication, none of which resolved after several failed reviews. —Mikemoral♪♫ 08:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Mike. I figured it wasn't going to get anywhere, but just wanted to tidy things up in the wake of this user's activity. Cheers, Yunshui 雲水 09:02, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

User talk:139.218.148.229

This one doesn't seem to need their talk page access anymore. Would you mind helping them? Widr (talk) 10:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Always glad to assist... Yunshui 雲水 10:36, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Deleted redirect

Last November, you deleted Ilham Udin Armaiyn as a redirect to a non-existant page. Could you tell me where it redirected to before you deleted it? Thanks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: The redirect target was Ilham Udin Armayn, which was deleted as part of the close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan Dimas Darmono. The new article should probably be G4'd as well, IMHO. Cheers, Yunshui 雲水 06:53, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Tea for two with Agility

Thanks for backing me up there. I have a distinct feeling that that chap isn't listening - I told him what was wrong and what to do, and you told him how to get email working, but still he asks.... Peridon (talk) 19:38, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, we have a steep learning curve here, and there's a lot of information to take in when people start chucking blue links in your direction... It can take a while for users to realise that we don't always operate the way common sense might expect, so I reckon we can cut the guy some slack. Yunshui 雲水 06:56, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Hmm, I see Ronhjones disagrees with us both...

Not sure what to do.

I'm not entirely sure what to do with this. I'm going to assume good faith and not CSD G3 nom it, but clearly this isn't in line with RFA standards. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 11:50, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Meh, as long as it stays in his userspace it's not doing any harm. If he ever transcludes it, it'll get snowballed in minutes, so there's nothing to be concerned about. Yunshui 雲水 11:52, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Why I asked is because it Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Victor Mochere isn't in the userspace :-P ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 11:55, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Whoops; I'd forgotten RFA noms are held in project space... silly me. Well, the same reasoning holds, I suppose - no-one's going to find it if they aren't looking, and whilst it's an incompetent nomination, we don't have any rules against that. I'd say let it slide; the encyclopedia isn't suffering because of it. Yunshui 雲水 11:59, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
Alright :-) Some clerk will find it eventually and snowball close it eventually. あなたが云ありがとうございます。 (Thanks Yunshui) <3 ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 12:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Simple Enterprise Agile

Hello, Yunshui, thank you for your offer on emailing the information over. Could you please tell me how we do this? Thank you.Betchplus (talk) 18:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Betchplus - I've responded to you at the Teahouse. Yunshui 雲水 06:54, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback Yunshi. Please do not hold Ron responsible, he has been extremely understanding and considerate to me through out the process, much like yourself. I appreciate your courtesy and helpfulness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betchplus (talk • contribs) 12:07, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 July 2014

This is interesting

I came across this and was wondering how I can help :-) ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 23:01, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

First thing to do is to ambassadorise yourself - complete an application and the WEP guys will take a look (I'd expect them to approve you without any qualms). You'll then need to do the training; sort of like Navy Seals Boot Camp only less muddy and with hardly any shouting... Then just add your name to the list of volunteers and to the course page, and pitch in! Yunshui 雲水 07:32, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Your perspective is requested for a sandbox draft

Hi, Yunshui. I contacted you at the end of May to ask for help regarding how to present a potentially controversial but well-sourced issue for the article Rolfing. Our earlier thread is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yunshui/Archive_35#Informal_mentorship_requested. I took your advice and put the information into my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karinpower/sandbox. Please note, this sandbox item is basically what would be posted on the talk page (not a suggested revision to the article itself). Actually, I could use your help on what specific revision to suggest. It's tricky because the sources are split; the sources that offer their own strong sourcing and include more detail lean toward "not massage" yet there are still enough sources that say "massage" that I think it's best to somehow acknowledge the split in the article without dwelling on it too much. (And otherwise removing references to massage in favor of neutral language.) This article seems to have a rather diverse group of editors involved; I expect this proposal to be controversial so I'm seeking some WP-experienced opinions before posting. Thanks in advance!--Karinpower (talk) 18:11, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

You may well end up having to file a WP:RFC for this one... Your arguments seems pretty sound in a general way, but I'd recommend that you make mention of specific Wikipedia policies/guidelines in support of your position. Ultimately, you can make the soundest argument possible for wording an article in a particular way, but if Wikipedia policy says otherwise, you're on a hiding to nothing. Relevant pages that you may want to review and mention in details include MOS:MED, WP:FRINGE and WP:MEDRS.
Speaking of WP:MEDRS, several of the sources that you're using could be easily challenged under that guideline. Specifically, I'd say the following would struggle to be retained under a strict interpretation of MEDRS:
  • Carroll
  • Singh
  • Considine
  • Levine
  • Knaster
  • Claire
and possibly:
  • Schultz
  • Myers
I know some of these are used in the article already, but it will make your case stronger if you restrict yourself to sources which are uncontestably suitable for the subject matter.
Hoping that's helpful. Yunshui 雲水 07:26, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, very helpful! Regarding Singh, I have already petitioned for that source to be removed, and am negotiating with another editor on that. Singh and Carroll are favorites of the Skeptic-minded editors that patrol many of the altmed articles, so they would not want Carroll removed (despite the fact that he doesn't really cite sources that discuss the topic). I would not mind having Considine removed from the Rolfing article; I'm not a fan of magazine articles as sources when books are available. What issue do you see with Levine, Knaster, and Claire, in contrast to the other sources I've cited? Thanks.
Regarding WP policies, I am familiar with WP:FRINGE and WP:MEDRS. Fringe applies mostly because the studies that have been published are not adequate for WP, however this isn't a subject that's considered particularly "out there." For neutral POV, this is always a tricky one with the Rolfing article - the Skeptic editors often want wording that seems way too negative for an encyclopedic tone, though there is agreement that it shouldn't read like a salespitch or a testimonial either. Regarding "no original research" and source-based verifiability, that's definitely governed my approach. I supposed I could cite WP:FRINGE and specifically mention those 3 principles, to dispel potential criticism. For MEDRS, since there aren't studies that demonstrate health benefits, the strategy has been to find mainstream-published books that review multiple modalities (and hopefully cite printed sources for their information).
Thanks for linking to MOS:MED - I had been looking for such a page. Interesting read. Though, I'm not sure what impact it would have on this topic. With all three of those pages, if you can be any more specific about how to make use of them, that would be great! Also I have looked high and low for recommendations on how to insert into an article the existence of a small controversy such as this.... it definitely doesn't deserve it's own controversy section. Can you make any suggestions on how to word it, and what section it should go in? Thanks again!!!--Karinpower (talk) 19:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Hello Yunshui, sorry to bug you again! If you have time to comment on the MEDRS quality of those sources (regarding why those 3 books are less strong than others), that would be awesome. Thank you! Again, I appreciate your help. --Karinpower (talk) 05:33, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

"Hi Yunshui"

Hi Yunshui,

Hopefully you got my email earlier. I was hoping you could reverse the deletion of my page that I have spent days working on. You mentioned that this link had similar text that is because I wrote these words...

http://www.barnebys.co.uk/d/%25C2%25A7-philip-jones-british-1933%25E2%2580%25942008-balance-of-pinks-2008-signed-lower-left-%2522philip-jones-08%2522-148906880.html

for the Cheffins Auction House catalogue - they were my words.

How do I go about retrieving my page please? Please can you email me on louisajones@hotmail.com

Thank you so much Philip Jones 1933-2008 (talk) 11:09, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Please see my previous response from a few weeks ago. Yunshui 雲水 07:14, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Citation assistance

Thank you. A million times thank you. Your simplified guide to referencing is very helpful. I have taken onboard your comments about the website I referenced and will seek out a more reliable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HJBoydell (talk • contribs) 15:11, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

You're more than welcome; I'm glad I was able to help. Yunshui 雲水 07:25, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Page restoration

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. Your comment in regard to a presence within independent is understandable. Though yes, if you could restore it for me to work on ten that would be great and, I shall get it reviewed prior to posting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robynj92 (talk • contribs) 12:59, July 11, 2014

Replied on your talkpage. Yunshui 雲水 07:26, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 July 2014

On the log of edit history of the article Monarch buttrfly the following edit was posted: 07:49, July 15, 2014‎ Mdann52 (talk | contribs)‎ m . . (68,291 bytes) (-635)‎ . . (→‎top: rv link to copyvio material (Ticket:2014071510000218))

I would like to maintain that no copyright infringement was done. I referenced a url to a website, a normal and typical practice. No copyrighted material (the raw data itself) was/is used in this section of the article. No word-for-word text was copied from the reference and then pasted to the article.

There seems to be some confusion of what constitues a copyright violation. I can only say that this/these users are well-intentioned and are responding in good faith, wishing to enhance and improve the article. I have been privately contacted by a representive of Southwest Monarch Study via email. I would rather resolve this issue with the assistance other editors who have the expertise of determining copyright violations here on wikipedia rather than thru private corespondance.

bpage (talk) 02:27, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
See Talk:Monarch butterfly. Yunshui 雲水 08:15, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/DeadSend4

Hi Yunshui, just wanted to leave a note regarding the above user, since you unblocked him. The user is back to personally attacking other editors (calling them gyros, losers etc) and leaving controversial edit summaries etc on the Christina Aguilera article again. He/she is probably associating with an off-wiki campaign for enlisting Aguilera fans for editing the article in a positive light. The attacks etc are not that level that it would draw a report at WP:ANI, but just thought to let an uninvolved admin know of the situation. —Indian:BIO · [ ChitChat ] 05:46, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Looks like Kww has already handled the necessary blockhammer manipulation. Yunshui 雲水 08:17, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

You deleted my page title Suraj Giri

Hey, I am from Nepal I would like to add verified content or Nepali popular celebrity from Nepal. You must inform me before delete my content I will send you prove for my content because what I posted is verified information.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ojhaplus (talk • contribs) 08:15, July 20, 2014‎

I've userfied the page for you; you can continue to work on it at User:Ojhaplus/Suraj Giri. Have a read of this page first. Yunshui 雲水 08:21, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Vandal solution

Instead of blocking someone like that, make it appear that their edit was successful. IP would be fed a special version of the article showing their vandalism. Other users would see the normal page. Within seconds, the article would be 'reverted' by a fictitious editor which would show up on the page history with the accompanying orange bar and possible vandalism warnings on their talk page. Let 'em thrash to their heart's content... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 10:54, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Interesting idea... I'm not sure how easy (or indeed, possible) that would be to implement from a technical perspective, but you might want to suggest it at the Pump. Yunshui 雲水 10:57, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Back again! That was quick. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 10:57, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

More Fans

Looks like JA is joining the fanclub with Evlekis. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 08:03, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

You really do attract the most delightful people... Yunshui 雲水 08:04, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Can you SALT this please :-) ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 08:17, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Already made savoury with liberal application of the bluelock. Yunshui 雲水 08:19, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
More JA Nonsense ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 09:44, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Mop

I noticed you deleted a few edits at WP:ANI - you might want to revdel the summary on this one too: [2]. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 09:56, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Meh, I've had worse insults from my five-year old daughter. Looks like Agathoclea got there first anyway. Yunshui 雲水 10:30, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought you were the one who scratched those two. My only point was that if they found the username offensive enough to require deleting, then they missed something. I wasn't commenting on the offensiveness of lack thereof of the summary. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 11:45, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Ah right, I see what you mean now - I thought you were referring to the subsequent diff (the one aimed at me). I've dealt with the edit summary now as well, thanks for spotting it. Yunshui 雲水 12:20, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

CVUA adoption

Hi Yunshui! It's been about a month since I asked you this, but can you adopt me for the CVUA? I now have 200 edits in the mainspace, which you can see here and here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MrWooHoo (talk • contribs) 14:19, July 22, 2014

Sure, why not? I've created a CVUA page for you at User:Yunshui/CVUA/MrWooHoo; it's pretty self-explanatory. Yunshui 雲水 14:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Student Project Proposals

@Yunshui: Hi Yunshu, I'm having students post project proposals (a brief outline of what article they're planning on developing and some preliminary research) this Friday the 25th. I'll split up the students into three groups for each ambassador. You'll each have around 6 proposals to review by the 30th. My plan was to have them post to your talk page, unless you want to create a separate talk page? Let me know and thanks again for all your help.Matthewvetter (talk) 03:17, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I'd rather have them on a subpage, to be honest - I've created User:Yunshui/Student proposals for the purpose. Look forward to seeing what they come up with. Yunshui 雲水 09:50, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

"Talkback". Pdfpdf (talk) 12:59, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

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