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Frequently Asked Questions

Here is a list of frequently asked questions I get, and their answers.

Q: I am not logged in to Wikipedia, and I got a message from you saying that I vandalized an article that I didn't edit. What's going on?
A: No need to panic! Wikipedia uses your IP address to identify you when you are not logged in. IP addresses may be shared between multiple users, or be reassigned to different users periodically. For example, if you are at school or a coffee shop, the IP address you are using is shared by everyone using the Internet there.
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A: See the above: you are probably on a shared IP address, and someone before you was editing Wikipedia inappropriately. Shared IP addresses are usually blocked from editing for long periods of time to prevent abuse. The good news is that you can usually still edit if you log in. If you don't have an account, and cannot create one because of the block, you can request an account.
Q: You reverted one of my edits. Why is that?
A: Unless I'm reverting vandalism, I usually provide an explanation for my reverts, either in my edit summary, or in a message on your user talk page. There are many reasons for reverting an edit, and each case has its own reason. If you're still not sure why I reverted your edit, you can ask me on this talk page.
Q: Are there alternate ways of contacting you?
A: For wiki-related inquiries, you can also reach me at the following venues:
- Discord – I can be found on the unofficial Wikipedia Discord server under the username k6ka. Please do not send me a friend request; just mention my username in any public channel and I'll respond when I get a chance to.
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The Signpost: 04 November 2015

Op-ed: You are invited to participate in the Community Wishlist Survey

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone

In the media: Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov: propaganda myth or history?

Traffic report: Death, the Dead, and Spectres are abroad

Featured content: Christianity, music, and cricket

Gallery: Princess of Asturias Awards 2015 ceremony

Technology report: Tech news in brief

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2015)

Marie Serneholt at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.

Hello, K6ka.

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Marie Serneholt

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Wiki Welcome

Thanks for the welcome!

Rufus RenoRufus (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)--RenoRufus (talk) 05:14, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome!

Thanks for the welcome... I'm mostly using wiki for politics, in the UK and elsewhere. Some great content on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhont (talk • contribs) 12:16, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI talk

Hello K6ka:

You are invited to participate in this discussion at the TAFI talk page regarding improving the automation of project processes and management of the project. Your input is appreciated.

Sent by Northamerica1000 using mass messaging on 15:12, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2015-46

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Superprotect has been removed. [1]
You can now switch between the wikitext editor and the visual editor without saving. You will not lose the changes you have made. [2]
JSON dumps of the production search indexes are now available. They can be imported to Elasticsearch. [3]

Problems

Some translations for the Thanks and Echo extensions were missing. Translators have been asked to help and this should be solved soon. [4]

Changes this week

Thumbnails of 16-bit TIFF files will be displayed properly. Before, this didn't work. [5]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 10 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

A new tool to navigate through diff pages is being developed. You can test it out and give feedback. [6]
The options on Special:Watchlist will look slightly different. [7]

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17:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Mistake

I don't know where the source came from but that was not a mistake

Wigintonn (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lee Erwin

Hi,

My edit on Lee Erwin (footballer) was genuine and it has been removed.

Thanks.

Aeph24195 (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You made a mistake

"If you think I made a mistake...." Yep. You did. I am cleaning up the Sussex Vampire entry, moving the Firesign Theater comment to the Giant Rat of Sumatra page and putting a "Further" template on that section. I edit as an IP address by choice and have been an editor here for more than 9 years. No offense intended by you, i am sure, and none taken by me. I will continue the work i was doing, and trust you to understand it was not vandalism, even though it resulted in a net loss of 200 characters on the page. Thanks. catherine yronwode, not logged in 75.101.104.17 (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, I must've misread your changes! Do accept my humble apologies -- it was nothing against you or IP editors. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 19:12, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No apology necessary! I actually undertook this as part of the revision of the Giant Rat of Sumatra page, due to the discovery of seven new species of giant rats... Please see that page and proofread it, if you would be so kind, Thank you. Sincerely, catherine yronwode, not logged in 75.101.104.17 (talk) 19:52, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Autoblock appeal

This user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

K6ka (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

127.0.0.1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "History of Persia". The reason given for History of Persia's block is: "Copyright violations".

Blocking administrator: Moonriddengirl (talk • blocks)

Accept reason: Trusted user. This my my first clearing of an autoblock so please let me know if I messed something up. NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:20, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help

I have already requested a new username here but it's been 2 days and I haven't received a response and my entry appears in neither rejected nor completed requests. What is happening. Where do the 'being processed' requests go? Help me out. --IzWeirdTho (talk) 14:37, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@IzWeirdTho: It appears your request has been rejected for being too similar to an existing username. You should've received an email informing you about the request being declined. You may file another request if you wish. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 15:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Really, I think you would make a good RfA candidate. I noticed sometime ago that you were a global renamer, so when you left a message on my talk page today (thank you for that, by the way!), I remembered that and thought a person with such a right might be a good candidate for RfA. As you might know, I'm very active in RfA reform and I started the now massive Phase I RfC for RFA2015. I firmly believe that we need more admins, and I did not change my mind at all just because I managed to pass RfA. (There's a good plenty of candidates just as good or even better that didn't pass; it really all depends on who shows up.) Back to the point, I looked into your contributions a bit more, and I was rather impressed with what I saw. Your CSD log looks very good, and the statistics on your participation at AfD seems to show that although you know the policies, you do also think for yourself (e.g., you don't always choose easy AfDs and pile on with the "winning side" just to improve your stats). That's a good trait in an administrator. You also seem to be very active in anti-vandalism. You have about two years of experience and around 15,500 non-automated edits. Obviously, the trust that comes with the global renamer tool would also work in your favor. Your weak point seems to be content creation, though. You would definitely get some opposition for that, but I think there's a considerable chance that your other work would outweigh that in the eyes of the voters. Let me know if you would like me to nom, but you could also ask someone else. I really just wanted you to consider the possibility of running. It would be my first nomination, and in any case I'm not in good repute amongst the anti-RfA-reform crowd (they showed up at my RfA, and not in the support section), so there might be some degree of guilt by association. (The nominator really does matter, you know.) --Biblioworm 00:05, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Biblioworm: Thank you for your comments! You're definitely not the first person who has suggested that I run for RFA and offered to nominate me. You are correct in the fact that content creation is a bit lacking, but I do personally think that opposing a candidate solely for lack of content creation even when everything else is fine is absurd.

I am, however, a bit confused at your point about my participation at AFD. "I participate in AFD?" Well, I do, but very rarely, and definitely not enough to stop someone from opposing me for it. Granted, I don't have much interest in working in AFD, so if I got the mop, I won't be seen there very often, if at all.

I've received advice and/or offers from other users about me running for RFA. They're at User_talk:K6ka/Archive_8#Why_aren.27t_you_an_administrator.3F, User_talk:K6ka/Archive_9#Adminship, User_talk:K6ka/Archive_10#Administrator, and User_talk:K6ka/Archive_12#Adminship. I've also received some advice over IRC. My response to every one of them had something to do with RFA being "mean and tough". I am happy to see that there are Wikipedians out there that do realize the need for new administrators and the need to change RFA, which Jimbo describes as being a broken process. While I can't really decide which option is best, I do agree on one thing: RFA needs to be changed. Dramatically. And maybe our mindset on what sysops do as well.

I may consider a nomination sooner or later (Although, I'm not one to make promises!). I'll definitely contact you if I decide to run, and I can certainly ask you for advice (especially considering you've been through the pepper spray and tomatoes, and you're still in one piece). I may or may not pass my first RFA, but I know that, even if I fail, there will always be some Wikipedians out there that will keep me from being discouraged.

Good luck at RFA2015! (It sounds like some sort of international event, doesn't it?) --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 00:48, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for the info! KyronR (talk) 23:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article

Hello, i did an interview with Bob on my radio show and he told me there. I will post the interview to my web page in a day or two and i will include it as a reference.

Thank you.

I have a question, I'm a journalist and I have alot of Canadian Knowledge. Maybe you could help me create a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.202.58.135 (talk) 18:40, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Spontaneous Combustion

The source was Richard Mitchell himself, my uncle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.177.147 (talk) 19:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 November 2015

Op-ed: As one thousand of us requested, Superprotect has been removed

Arbitration report: Elections, redirections, and a resignation from the Committee

Discussion report: Compromise of two administrator accounts prompts security review

Featured content: Texas, film, and cycling

In the media: Sanger on Wikipedia; Silver on Vox; lawyers on monkeys

Traffic report: Doodles of popularity

Gallery: Paris

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2015)

A continuum of goods and services

Hello, K6ka.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Goods and services

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Marie Serneholt • Allegra Versace

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Give me a reason

I've read the article about the notability, now. Can you give me a reason why do you keep putting a speedy deletion notice for an article i spent a long time building... this is all i get? I just don't understand what you're doing... can you make me understand? explain? AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:02, 16 November 2015 (UTC)afrcnBeauty23[reply]

@AfrcnBeauty23: You're not allowed to remove speedy deletion tags from articles that you have created yourself. Also, creating alternate accounts to keep removing those tags is definitely not acceptable, and neither is going to someone else's article to slap CSD tags on them in an act of vengeance. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 18:05, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a thing, I didn't ask you to tell me what am I not allowed to do, or what am I doing to commit vengeance on someone... I'm asking you to give me a reason why do you keep putting a notice on my article, this isn't personal, it's business. I've read the notability article. and as far as I know, I've reached the line... so why are you doing that? what are your reasons? this isn't about you or me.. it's about my article. Maybe just review it again, I'm not forcing you to remove the notice, I'm just asking for a reason so that I would know what to do, and no. this is not an alternate account, just so you know... AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)AfrcnBeauty23[reply]

@AfrcnBeauty23: Because it genuinely is not notable. When I Google the subject, I can only find links to social media websites. Anyone can simply create an account on any of those websites to get their identity on the web. That doesn't make them notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. We need some reliable sources to prove that the subject 1) Exists, and 2) Is worth including on Wikipedia. If you want to keep your work, you may find the Drafts namespace to be of benefit. Also, my previous reasoning for re-adding the tag was justified. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 18:22, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay then... problem solved right? I knew I should have done this article somewhere else, but thanks, I hade a cool experience here in wiki, as a writer, it improved me... I knew better things, and I knew how to be less childish, speaking of being childish, I'm sorry I slapped a CSD tag on someone else's article just to commit vengeance, I mean it. Okay, I better get going now, my experience here today in wiki as an article writer changed how I see this website, everybody must have been working hard here... thanks again, nice meeting you.. AfrcnBeauty23 (talk) 18:30, 16 November 2015 (UTC)AfrcnBeauty24[reply]

Tech News: 2015-47

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes this week

You can use TemplateData to indicate how you want a template to be displayed in wikitext. Tools like VisualEditor that edit templates will soon use this information. [8]
Echo notification icons in MonoBook will look more like other icons in the theme. [9]
The Community Tech team is doing a community wishlist survey to understand what they should be working on. They are now accepting proposals in all languages. You can create your proposal in the small box above the blue button and click it when you're done.
Wikis can make the welcome notification link to a specific page. [10]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18. It will be on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 17 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. The change will happen in January 2016. [11][12]

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19:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Edits

Hello, I would like to apologize for the edits on "Casa de los Azulejos: Difference between revisions"

This is a shared IP at a public school so there are many people here.

64.30.37.124 (talk) 16:18, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 Hello, I would like to apologize for the edits on "Casa de los Azulejos: Difference between revisions"