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Donguz Formation

Hi Ymblanter! Donguz Formation was recently created and could use a couple of edits so it doesn't get speedy deleted. Do you have time to look at some Russian sources? --Tobias1984 (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I will have a look, but this is clearly not speedy deletion material. Added to the watchlist just in case.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:17, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Canada lists

// There are a number of problems with the Canadian historic places lists. They include:

• provincial lists are too long (some are over 1,000 entries) and need to be split
• lists are not sorted, and are not sortable even by municipality, due to the way the address was dumped
• don't use {{coord}}, so can't use {{GeoGroup}} for mapping
• references numbers (into the CRHP) are sometimes inaccurate, and need to be verified
• the same place may be multiply designated (federal/provincial/municipal, sometimes multiple federal)
• there are missing entries due to the way the data was retrieved

I have no easy ideas on how to address the last point, so am focusing on the other items. What I'm doing is a multi-step process:

1. Fill out the municipality field in the {{HPC row}} templates and deleted the municipality (and redundant "Canada") from the address field (if no municipality is given, try going to the referenced CRHP entry to figure it out)
2. Sort entries by municipality and count entries to figure out how to split the list. This is generally along the lines of counties or their equivalent (some Canadian counties have been supplanted by regional municipalities, see the Nova Scotia list for examples); you'll have to figure out which counties places are in
3. Split the big list; I've not been explicitly seeking consensus, but if the history indicates it might be needed, best check for it. The remaining steps are then done to each sublist.
4. Validate that the id numbers actually link to the proper CRHP listing. If they don't, find the right one by searching the CRHP (every listing I've seen with a wrong id was listed under a different one)
5. Merge duplicated listings where possible (it isn't if there is more than one federal designation, for example, but provincial and municipal listings can be merged into those)
6. Sort the list by primary alpha words (see the Nova Scotia or PEI lists for examples)
7. Change references to {{HPC row}} to {{HPC rowt}}, which uses {{coord}}. This requires changing "lat" and "lon" to "latd" and "longd", and changing the sign on the longitude. (IMHO the last is lame, but the template was already in use on several lists before I took this on)
8. Make sure municipality names are linked (I usually do this in conjunction with one of the other passes, and don't worry about redlinks)
9. If the name field contains pipe links, add "namea" field containing just the name, otherwise the coordinate field gets screwed up
10. Add {{GeoGroup}} and a locator map to the top of the list

I have done this for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI (almost done), and am starting in on New Brunswick. Others have previously done work on the Canadian territory lists (Yukon, Northwest, Nunavut, all fairly modest in length), and those for British Columbia and Saskatchewan. This leaves Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec to do, where some splitting has been done, but little else.

Things this work does not do fix:

• making the list sortable by address, which would require adding sort keys to the municipality field so that the listings get sorted properly within municipality (see {{sort}})
• making the list properly sortable by name (I tried putting sort keys in the name field, and it caused problems with the coordinates)

Did I mention this is tedious work? Thanks for helping! Magic♪piano 20:53, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanations. I will have a look at Alberta tomorrow.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:56, 22 August 20/13 (UTC)

Japan

Hi Ymblanter, in case you want to help: The Historic Sites of Japan need to be converted to use {{NHS Japan header}} and {{NHS Japan row}}. For now only the national part. I did a couple as examples. Multichill (talk) 15:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello; Is it possible to do any conversion by ?bot? as seems to have been done for these Chinese ones? The format of the Japanese lists is intended to be internally similar, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 11:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I guess this is more a question to @Multichill: than to me, but I guess if it were he would do the conversion himself without asking me. Let us wait what he answers. If the conversion is not possible, I volunteer to do at least some of the manual conversion (one-two lists per day).--Ymblanter (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I tried converting with a bot, but didn't manage to do it without too much mess so I abandoned that. Multichill (talk) 16:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Cleaning up the Belarus geographical mess

I'm getting unstuck in trying to compile a table of terminology for the Belarus geographical naming conventions. There appears to be a flood of new articles and stubs recently and it appears that English Wikipedia is now leading the way with transliteration/transcription norms (which, as we know, simply isn't Wikipedia's role). As the contributors don't seem to know what to do other than follow the current directives, we're ending up with orphaned pages and broken links absolutely everywhere.

My thoughts are to follow the Belarusian government standards for the English speaking world (which DON'T involve the irritating version of what is essentially Latinka), i.e. as laid out per this map and other official sites. What's good enough for the Belarus government should be good enough for us.

You can check the sad beginnings in my sandbox. Any constructive input from sensible Wikipedians would be appreciated.

I've left this message on Ezhiki and TaalVerbeteraar's pages as well. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

The beginning seems reasonable, thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

Greetings. Any chance you could proof/source improve my Russian translation of the history and expand it further?♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:29, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Page Protection Request

Hi,

I notice you have changed protection level of the Donald Trump article to extended confirmed on 28 January. I would like to request reducing the protection level to "autoconfirmed or confirmed access". I'm sure there are many editors who would like to improve the article of the current President of the United States but cannot because of this protection. Since it has been protected so long ago I don't think reducing the protection level will create many problems.

Thank you.--IntelligentName (talk) 19:39, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

@IntelligentName:, there is a blocked user who is a highly prolific sock creator and is interested in Trump. I therefeore believe that reducing protection would not be productive. However, you can try discussing at the talk page of the article and see if there is concensus among established users.--Ymblanter (talk) 00:13, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Disruptive edits at Silence (2016 film)

Hello, I am currently doing a GA review for the article Silence (2016 film). This page was protected several times, by you as well. How would you describe the disruptive edits that preceded the block? The reason I ask is I would like to know a bit more about the article's editing history before I proceed. Thanks.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 19:02, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

@Farang Rak Tham:, from what I see, there was an edit-warring around this edit, which was reverted by multiple editors in good standing. I saw a protection request at RFPP and protected the article. I never had it on my watchlist.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:26, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Did you feel enough rationale was given by the other editors who reverted those edits?--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 14:57, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

@Farang Rak Tham:, I do not know. If a editor gets reverted by multiple editors and does not start a talk page discussion, this is disruptive editing by definition. This is not my role as administrator to decide whether edit is right or wrong (with the exception of vandalism and BLP violations, which do not apply here).--Ymblanter (talk) 15:00, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I see. Thank you. I had not noticed yet he had refused to talk.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 16:52, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Indian annexation of Hyderabad

Indian annexation of Hyderabad (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Reduction in protection level: There was no disruptive editing here from IPs (me). Yes but two users have been reverting content added from reliable sources by IPs and some patriotic Indian users are nitpicking issues to avoid inclusion of information they do not like. Same request for Standstill agreement (India). You can check the content for self-assurance. 2405:204:3101:C36A:3361:DBA6:918C:97E1 (talk) 04:32, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

If you introduce edits and get reverted, and in particular if you get reverted by multiple users, and especially if they lare long-time users in good standing, you should go to the talk page and try to resolve the situation, and not just continue adding the material.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:19, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Ymblanter, the edit-warring continues at these two pages. The original IP hopper seems to have recruited another IP (a short IP, IPV4), who is making edits on behalf of the original one. His edits to Indian annexation of Hyderabad were mysteriously revdeled, presumably because they contained bits of email messages that he carelessly pasted in. I am afraid a longer term semi-protection is needed. Thanks, Kautilya3 (talk) 16:09, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 00:02, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Galleries

May I please suggest that you read WP:GALLERY before persistently adding galleries of images to the articles where they are not really needed. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 02:45, 10 August 2017 (UTC) For the Assumption Cathedral the Gallery was unneccessary but a gallery of the 12th century frescoes at the Saint George Cathedral Staraya Ladoga would benefit the article

One picture of frescoes was enough, we do not need the whole gallery unless someone would write a long section describing all the frescoes in detail.--Ymblanter (talk) 02:01, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

1. Editing Biography of a Living Person

Hi! I have tried to correct and edit the biography of a living person (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitasha_Kaul) and it seems everytime I did it, you have cancelled the edit. This is odd for I followed every rule of Wikipedia and sourced the information from reliable forums (newspapers/official websites/magazines/journal articles). There is no COI. The current entry is factually incorrect (wrong place of birth, patchy old details, incomplete information) and hence I was rectifying this entry. What I wrote was all sourced (42 sources) and neutral. Kindly advise what you found to be "poorly sourced". In fact, it is current entry that is factually incorrect and poorly sourced. I await your reply and advice. Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.191.62.48 (talk) 11:38, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

The entry is currently reliably sourced, and you just removed sourced info. Your edits were also not compatible with the Manual of style. Please start a talk page discussion, and outline point by point what you want to change, this will be a good starting point.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:06, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

European strategic intelligence and security centre

Добрый день. Как переименовать статью "European strategic intelligence and security centRE" в "European strategic intelligence and security centER"? Вроде как у них такое точное название - [1], а я такую опцию не нахожу. Спасибо. Divot (talk) 06:14, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 23:49, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Sorry I somehow missed that a link was in the intro. Lin4671 (talk) 07:26, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:19, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

SafeSquid

Hi! Could you please unblock the editing for the page - SafeSquid
Thanks in advance

Simplyme777843 (talk) 14:10, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

No, please use WP:AfC--Ymblanter (talk) 14:19, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Need your help in protection

Dear Mr. Blanter, as I don't have enough time to do it myself, I'm asking you to take protective measures against the following two vandals from Ukraine ([2], [3]), who are pushing unacceptable anti-Russian revisionist bias in different topics, removing the word 'Russia' as 'invented in the early 18th century', adding marginal views of nationalist radicals instead of those accepted by scholars, removing entire sentences and changing words which they label as "Russophilic dogwhistle", etc. Please take an eye on these users, as there are not enough editors interested in protecting the articles which these guys are trying to rewrite. Albergo Paradiso (talk) 20:13, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

The IP has two bad edits, which were promptly reverted, and I do not see much problems with their other edits. The user is indeed problematic but does not qualify for a block. The best course of action would be to engage at the talk page with them and explain WP:RS and that reliably sourced texts can not be removed at will.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Block request

Floyd2017 (talk · contribs), high level vandal. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:38, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Protection request Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Floyd_Mayweather_Jr._vs._Conor_McGregor as well. Thanks. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 19:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I would recommend unprotecting the page now. I believe the main wave of vandalism should be over, unprotection may help this article be expanded. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 13:59, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 14:14, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Mayweather vs McGregor International broadcasting

Hi,

I created the international broadcasting part of Mayweather McGregor. Please give access to my newest amendement.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abcdefgh100 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Please discuss at the talk page first; you may want {{Edit request}}--Ymblanter (talk) 20:49, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Actually, you are autoconfirmed and can edit the page.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:50, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Stephane.dohet

Thank you for reverting the move that Renkin-Swalem did on List of municipalities of the Walloon Region. He did unfortunately many others. This user is notorious vandal on French Wikipedia. I tried to warn about him in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations#Paraloux_and_Renkin-Swalem (I give there a long explanation) but perhaps it is not the right place... Speculoos (talk) 13:08, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

@Speculoos:: I have seen the message on Wikidata, but I am afraid there is very little I can do - they did not do anything blockable here, they are not (yet) eligible for a global lock, and I am not even sure the categories they added go counter the policies. I am afraid this is a complex case, may be a long post at WP:AN could help but do not expect much.

Visa policy of the Faroe Islands listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Visa policy of the Faroe Islands. Since you had some involvement with the Visa policy of the Faroe Islands redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Gerrit ^CUTEDH 23:58, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Northeast India

Regarding the protection of Northeast India, the issue is related to the presence of Dravidian people as early settlers in Assam/Northeast India. This is under discussion in Talk:Indo-Aryan_migration_to_Assam#Content_removal. I request that the presence of Dravidians be established first before it is inserted in articles in Wikipedia. Thanks! Chaipau (talk) 01:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

I have absolutely no interest in the content of the article, so, if I understand your request correctly, I am a wrong person to talk to.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:20, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

7 · 4 South and North Korea Joint Statement

Thank you for checking the article above. As you know about the history of Russia, and Russia is one of the major partner country of North Korea, Would you please let me know your opinion about the current North Korea issues and solution? Goodtiming8871 (talk) 10:41, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

My personal opinion is that Russia will not support any intervention since current instability is advantageous for Putin.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:47, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thank you for your diligent work for reviewing the new Wikipedia articles. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 10:50, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:51, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

An issue

Hi Ymblanter. Would you be willing to look at this issue related to "user:Psychonot" here? A WP:NOTHERE editorial pattern and in all likelihood someone's sock. - LouisAragon (talk) 21:01, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

This is not a profile I can block per WP:NOTTHERE, and even though sandbox edit are clearly to inflate the number of edits, they should probably be taken to ANI first.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:06, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Yeah the sandbox edits are pretty much a dead giveaway. Content-wise, hes being disruptive on many fronts. Adding self-formulated/unsourced information and removing text without any reason are just some of these.[4][5][6] The fact that he blankets his talk page after every single warning he gets, is another major point that attests to his zero-interest in constructive editing. That's why I described his editorial pattern as NOTHERE; sure, perhaps not textbook, but containing enough aspects of it in order for it to be categorized as one that's really harmful to the project. - LouisAragon (talk) 21:11, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

This is likely correct, but I believe the case is too complex for just one administrator to tke a decision and block the user. It should go to ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:33, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

@Ymblanter, Eperoton: The user in question (Psychonot) has also made disruptive edits such as, including statement about Rohingya refugees having babies under section titled "Irresponsibility". In addition to a lot of POV edits in Iran related topics, which have so far been reverted but have not entirely stopped. DA1 (talk) 02:57, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

As I suggested earlier, please take them to ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:32, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

RFP to be handled

Please deal with newly-requested WP:RFP and mine is shanghai, thanks!--117.136.44.234 (talk) 14:15, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 07:44, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Визовая политика.

Спасибо за статью о визовой политике Фарерских островов.

Если есть ресурс, может сможете оформить статьи для Ватикана, Монако, Сан-Марино. Статьи об этих государствах отсутствуют, потому что источники на итальянском и французском, а в этом мало кто разбирается. Norvikk (talk) 18:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Я посмотрю, но не сразу. Сначала у меня Гренландия.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Nice job clearing the backlogs that pop up at RfPP, AIV, and UAA. Hopefully somebody else will help you one day. RileyBugz会話投稿記録 16:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@RileyBugz: "Hopefully somebody else will help you one day." Try CambridgeBayWeather, MelanieN, ... ;) Samsara 10:35, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

protection

why protection this page Monument to the Lion of Judah?--Meskel1 (talk) 18:12, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Because of the edit-warring and disruptive editing. Please seek consensus at the talk page of the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:14, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Ilirpedia

As the closer of the ANI thread, you may find this of interest: [7]. Khirurg (talk) 19:58, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done, blocked for 3 months given the previous achievements.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:02, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, appreciated. He clearly wasn't going to stop. Khirurg (talk) 20:08, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Still ranting about "Wikipedia censorship" even after his/her latest unblock request was declined. Dr. K. 17:54, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Somebody needs to revoke the talk page access but this obviously will not be me.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:38, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

No pressure Ymblanter. Thank you for your help in ending this disruption. Dr. K. 23:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Tajikistani parliamentary election, 2015

A couple of points – I'm struggling to see how it's "clearly controversial" – the naming convention for election/referendum articles requires to demonym to be used, and Tajik is the common demonym. Also, all of the articles were moved and you've only moved one back so now there's inconsistency between the articles. Do you mind moving this one back to the Tajik title, or are you going to insist on an RM? Cheers, Number 57 14:30, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

I do not mind moving it back, but could you please first explain why Tajik is a common demonym? To me, it denotes ethnic Tajiks, whereas Tajikistani denotes all citizens of Tajikistan?--Ymblanter (talk) 14:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Tajik is what would normally be used when describing anyone from Tajikistan regardless of their ethnic group (as we use Spanish general election, 2016 despite Spain being home to Basques, Catalans, Galicians etc). See, for example, these stories on the BBC. The first one in particular uses Tajik to refer to multiple things related to the country. Number 57 15:27, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Ok, good, I am not totally convinced but I will rename it back.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Liberty University Motto

You removed the LU motto and called it vandalism. It was changed a few weeks ago. This was announced during their convocation and is clearly marked on their website. "We The Champions" is LU's new motto.

If you are able to reliably source this information you may return it to the article.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:27, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Check out their website on the top left, right next to their name. www.liberty.edu

I am not going to take any content decisions except for reverting vandalism and BLP violations. Please go to the talk of the article and discuss it there.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:30, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Yaroslav, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 20:23, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:37, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at WP:AN regarding regarding inquiry about the deletion reason and state of an deleted article. The thread is "Deleted article check". Thank you. --Snaevar (talk) 08:40, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:25, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Rockefeller University

I only saw later that we protect-conflicted. Reverted everything to your earlier decision and cleaned up. Sorry. Samsara 10:35, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Actually, it was ok for me to have it pc- and longer protected, but let us keep it like it is now and increase the level of protection if things go out of hand. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:38, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

I wanted to silently thank you for your reply, but just then you removed it. I wanted to make sure you didn't think the thanks were for removing. Hence: thanks! (ﾟ⊿ﾟ) ---Sluzzelin talk 19:49, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:51, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

West Kazakhstan Region

Just made several edits to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kazakhstan_Region All of the information is from the translation of the Russian version of the page https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fru.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D0%2597%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE-%25D0%259A%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B7%25D0%25B0%25D1%2585%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0%25D1%258F_%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B1%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258C&edit-text=&act=url

- SW4NSQ4D 30-09-17

Thank you. Have in mind however please that Wikipedia (including the Russian Wikipedia) can not be reliable source and can not be cited. I removed material cited to the Russian Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:08, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Comment on Wikidata

Hello. I figured I'd ask here, when talking about visibility of descriptions, did you drop the word "app"? Currently, the existing descriptions are already not shown on mobile web for English, I'm not sure if someone could be confused by that sentence. Have a nice rest of your day, Elitre (WMF) (talk) 14:21, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Forgot about this - could you clarify what you mean by "validation"? I can think of so many meanings that the only appropriate thing to do is just to ask right away! Elitre (WMF) (talk) 15:23, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Erica. I am not using mobile interface and apps myself, but people are excited (positively or negatively) about descriptions where they are shown on the English Wikipedia, so I was talking about those (I guess this means app). Concerning validation: My idea was that starti ng say from tomorrow descriptions are not shown on the English Wikipedia. However, they continue to exist on Wikidata (nobody is goring to remove them from Wikidata, and this would be considered vandalism). My idea was that the English Wikipedia users will create their own descriptions, but if a descriptions exists on Wikidata they will be show it at the moment they want to create a new description, and instead of creating a new one from scratch they could validate the existing one for usage on the English Wikipedia. As soon as it is validated it will be shown in the app. I hope this clarifies my idea.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:45, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

IP hopper you blocked is back

Hi,

The IP hopper you blocked is back again evading his block on IP 72.52.87.66. I have already reported the IP to ARV. Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 20:18, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done, thanks--Ymblanter (talk) 20:23, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi again, I think the IP hopper is back at this address now 85.154.83.2. He is not editing the same set of articles but a different article now. I have also created a page (User:Adamgerber80/Oman IP Hopper) to track the IPs which are associated with this editor. I think the editor is a long term offender whose account has been blocked in the past. You can see a pattern of articles which the editors edits(Pakistan and Indian defense related with a POV) and that most of the IP's are from Muscat, Oman. Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 21:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

I am afraid you need to ask someone to apply a range block.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:18, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 21:32, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Sure.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:34, 29 September 2017 (UTC) ARV?

The editor is back at this IP 5.36.80.147. Should I report him to ARV? Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 22:57, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

ARV does not exist. It is probably better to open a sockpuppet investigation, or to add to the existing one.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:12, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Rambling Man AN close

Sorry for leaving a message after you'd posted the close-in-progress template—I had the edit window open and was finding a diff, so didn't see the intermediate edit. Feel free to remove it if you'd like. I was going to null edit there to say the same, but don't want to risk messing up your close with an edit conflict. GorillaWarfare (talk) 21:44, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

No problem, I saw it, and I do not think it is going to affect the closing statement in any way. Thanks for leaving a message though.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:01, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

:) Asialalala (talk) 10:06, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

hi - iam first time on wiki - i dont know how to send you a message:) so i write here: thank you for my site on wiki, i send you link to photos, i dont know how to use it:)) all the best. asia Asialalala (talk) 13:00, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

thumb|Joanna Zastróżna, Andrzej Chyra, "Las", film set, Fuerteventura, 2015

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJoanna_Zastr%C3%B3%C5%BCna%2C_Andrzej_Chyra%2C_%22Las%22%2C_film_set%2C_Fuerteventura%2C_2015.jpg

Thanks, I will take care of this.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:03, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Question

First, thanks for answering the AN3 post on Cathry. I'm not sure if you've seen their response to your block notice on their talk page yet since you speak Russian.[8] Russian is not one of my languages, but Google translate says something about skypochats, which a quick google shows it's pretty not safe for work content. I'm guessing that's just a weird quirk in Google translate (I know it's not great with Russian), but I'm curious what was actually intended meaning there. The amount of times I've had Russian speaking friends at work talk about lost in translation things never ceases to entertain. Kingofaces43 (talk) 15:26, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

In Russian Wikipedia, and IRC cabal are actually using skype. She meant that (that someone from the Russian Wikipedia, where she is currently blocked for two weeks, hence the current activity here) contacted me off-wiki and asked to block her. She is plain wrong, I am not editing the Russian Wikipedia and never discuss such things off-wiki. As an adept of conspiracy theories, she will never believe this anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:31, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Wow, that's was not as mundane as I thought it would be. Hopefully you won't need to utilize it, but the aspersions principle we wrote at the GMO ArbCom was intended in part to deal with accusations like that to a degree. Thanks for being aware of situations a lot of us involved in this recent issue didn't know about. Kingofaces43 (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

I guess she will be indefblocked pretty soon anyway. Casting aspersions is indeed not nice, but I was so many time accused in being pro-Russian, anti-Russian, pro-Ukrainian, anti-Ukrainian, pro-Armenian, pro-Azeri, being on a payroll by Putin, being on a payroll by Trump, etc, that I basically got used to it.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:41, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Salting

Hi.
Would you please process the requests at Vicky Kadian (actor), and here? Thanks a lot. —usernamekiran(talk) 14:16, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

I do not have enough skills needed for SPA and stay clear of it unless I am very well familiar with the sockpuppet. My apologies.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:21, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Protection

Hi Ymblanter! a few days ago you put PC1 on Anzu Lawson due to persistent socking (at my request). The socks are now gaming autoconfirmed and getting their edits in anyway, see [9]. So PC1 doesn't seem to be working any better than semi-prot would. Any ideas? I'd hate to put full protection on it but this serial promoter/copyviolator is pretty relentless. Thanks, Crow^Caw 15:41, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

I blocked the latest sock for 31h (and was close to blocking them indef per WP:NOTTHERE - if they continue uploading copyright violations, pls let me know). I guess for the time being we can leave it with pending changes, but if new sock appear I am afraid full protection would be the only option.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:47, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks! Crow^Caw 15:52, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Cara Delevingne

Hello! You semi-protected Cara Delevingne about a year ago. In the day and a half since that expired, nothing good has happened. Would you be willing to extend that protection? Some of those edits should probably be revdeled too. Rebbing 23:49, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

 Done, protected indefinitely and revision-deleted some edits, thanks for making me aware of the problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:27, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

User talk:FUKKKING FAGGGIT

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:05, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

They formally filed an unblock request. This is an obvious nonsense, but it would not be appropriate for me to deal with it.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:06, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Fastjet Mozambique

Forgive me if I am missing the point, but I don't understand what the banner you seem to have put across this new article indicates? If it refers to some violation of copyright (I notice the words (→‎History: copyvio) ), then what bit are you referring to (I don't see it myself)? Second, if there is a violation, does this require the deletion of the entire page? Can we agree a way forward? Thank you. Carbonix (talk) 18:01, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes, the paragraph I removed was copied verbatim from a source (Google gave two sources actually, both were press releases or smth of this sort). As far as I am concerned, the article is fine now and does not need to be deleted.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:05, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Ok, fine.... but for future reference, why did you not just delete the offending text? I cannot even go in to the 'Compare selected revisions' facility to check what you deleted! And the date of my edit is crossed out, which implies it didn't happen, which seems odd to me.... Thanks again; I haven't come across this before. Carbonix (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

I deleted it and then revision-deleted your edit, so that the text of the edit is not visible any more (except for administrators). This what we are required to do in case of copyright violations, see WP:COPYVIO.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:29, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you - I'll check it out so I have a firm grasp of the rules! Carbonix (talk) 18:35, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure, please do.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:37, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Protection of Blade Runner

Your page protection of Blade Runner 2049 appears to indicate preference against Prisonmonkeys and to choose to add two or three new contested sentences about the character "Joi" without consensus. Since the other editor does not appear to be making any progress toward getting consensus or continuing any useful Talk discussion, could the plot summary delete the 3 added short sentences on "Joi" which still do not have consensus. According the BRD, Prisonermonkeys is normally allowed to revert and request discussion before an edit addition is given protection status. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 20:25, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

No, I just protected on the last version. Please read WP:WRONGVERSION.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:28, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Helping with categories

Hi, thanks for helping with categories. Please could I ask you to follow the WP:CFD processes more fully? I know there are a few parent categories waiting to be deleted from the September 10 decision, listed at WP:CFDW. There is no hurry to fix these; they will automatically become empty once the follow-up nomination at CFD Oct 9 gets agreed (and a {{db-c1}} nomination for the India one, see [10]).

Also, please check for backlinks before de-listing categories after deletion. For example, you deleted Category:Portrayals of women & Category:Portrayals of men, but have not resolved the links to those pages from other categories, thus creating red links. Please see WP:CFDAI for recommended practice.

When deleting category redirects, it's also more helpful to use the deletion link within the category redirect template, rather than using C1 as the rationale, as the deletion link includes preloaded text which links to the new name.

I hope this is helpful, and that you will keep up your involvement. CFD could certainly do with additions to the regular "team".

Kind regards – Fayenatic London 20:42, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. This is indeed helpful, and I will take into account.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

User:Objective Historian

Objective Historian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) appears to be placing Arab(the ethnicity) into article(s) without proper sourcing or giving Arab ethnicity undue weight into the lead of articles. Would you be inclined to discussing this with them? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:17, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

I merely followed the example of others -- namely, placing Persian(the ethnicity) into article(s) without proper sourcing or giving Persian ethnicity undue weight into the lead of articles. Would you be inclined to discussing this with them? Thanks. Objective Historian (talk) 05:28, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Per WP:MOS, ethnicity should not be in the lede, be it Arab or Persian.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:18, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

50 edits in total. One of the first things he did was removing Persian from the lede of Al-Khwarizmi and al-Tabari. Mind you the Al-Khwarzmi page was fully protected until a few days ago, for the same reason. "Mr new editor" completely ignored that, as well as the talk page, where other "keenly interested people" have tried to remove the mention of him (al-Khwarizmi) being Persian from the article/lede. Though all these attempts have been unsuccessful, and the article had been protected until recently, he just hopped in and removed it. Cuz why not!

The words of this "legit new user" are completely disproven by his editorial pattern. He removes sourced mentions of "Persian" from the ledes of articles ("undue weight"),[11] yet he adds "Arab" to the lede of other articles, without sources/edit summaries[12][13] Even Yosemite Sam would laugh at this nonsensical behavior.

No need to be a rocket scientist to realize what this is all about. - LouisAragon (talk) 08:03, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Actually, 28 edits. If they continue they are likely to be blocked.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:06, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanksgiving

Thank you for informing on the copyright problem. Surely I will make it correct within a few minutes. It is my request to copyedit or review the page for further development. with regards. Pinakpani (talk) 16:34, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Once the copyvio is out of the article, I will remove the template and revision-delete the edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:37, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Pls review the page of Khairul Manazil what I have made. recently I have deleted the words violating copyright provisions and provided new references for it. thank you Pinakpani (talk) 06:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Great, thanks a lot.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:58, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017/Electoral Commission

Just in case you have pings turned off, or the software messed up, I've closed Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017/Electoral Commission, and ... (drumroll) ... tag, you're it. Please take a look at that page for a couple of comments I made in the close. Good luck. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:14, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, I have seen it indeed before I went to bed. Looks like I have some work ahead of me.--Ymblanter (talk) 04:57, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing Scomber indicus, Ymblanter.

Unfortunately Nick Moyes has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

Copy vio concerns in a number of articles. I will reflag this and leave a message on the creator's talk page.

To reply, leave a comment on Nick Moyes's talk page.

Nick Moyes (talk) 15:13, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

To be honest, I can not see how it could be copyvio, however, fine with me.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:14, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

The second paragraph was copied from a blogspot page. The rest is fine, though. Primefac (talk) 16:20, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

I thought it was not copyrightable but now I double checked, and I see it is indeed likely (slightly) above the threshold.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:54, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Revdel

I emailed Oversight, asking for help with all of today's edits at Kidz Bop. I think it's been over an hour with no response. Could you revdel those four edits? CityOfSilver 20:12, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

 Done. Sometimes it takes several hours for oversighters to respond, I think they are less available on Saturday.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:19, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

I should have guessed. Thanks for the quick response. CityOfSilver 20:21, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

No problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Sorry to keep pestering you but I just looked again and my edit summary there is looking like an ill-advised move on my part. Could that get deleted too? CityOfSilver 20:33, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

No, I am afraid this would be against the policy. The oversighters will in any case react to your e-mail, if they decide it is needed they will do it.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:35, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

However it's supposed to me is fine. Thanks again. CityOfSilver 21:28, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism

Hello Ymblanter, IPs are consistently vandalizing article Gorkhaland and Indian Gorkha without proper information. Please semi-protect this articles indefinitely.--Shanaya1 (talk) 13:42, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

No, it is not going to happen. First, we only protect articles indefinitely if they were previously protected for finite periods of time, many times. Second, it looks much more like content dispute than like vandalism, and, to be honest, your own contribution is not that constructive.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

So what is the solution ?? IP 157.49.1.60 putting information out of nowhere. How to stop such IPs. At-least you can make it one month semi-protection or you can also make require "autoconfirmed" permission.--Shanaya1 (talk) 14:24, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

I see that you have been on Wikipedia for two weeks. May I please ask that you study our policies, particularly on article protection, but also WP:VAND, before making additional requests. Thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:27, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Definitely I will read those policies, but right now please do something to stop this new IP.--Shanaya1 (talk) 14:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

If you do not like their edits does not yet mean they need to be "stopped".--Ymblanter (talk) 14:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for helping whilst I was away

Thanks for helping whilst I was away (for example). I am very grateful that you kept an eye on my talk page, etc.-- Toddy1 (talk) 12:20, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:24, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Speedy renaming nominations

Oh, sorry for the mistake, will add them! Geregen2 (talk) 14:23, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

No problem, I will help you a bit.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:26, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Done from Ternana down.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:43, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Gabor Szabo

Thank you. PaulCHebert (talk) 17:46, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:51, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Category deletion per CSD C1

Hello!

I have a small request: when deleting categories such as Category:Rape myths of Persephone that are empty following a category merge, would you kindly include a link to the target category and/or to the discussion page in the deletion reason, so that editors can trace what happened with the category? Without one of these links, the reason for the deletion becomes more obscure (especially to non-admins).

Thanks in advance! -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 03:52, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Sure. The category move is shown anyway, and I though this would be sufficient in most cases, but I can indeed give a direct reference in the deletion reason, thanks for noticing.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:34, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

I appreciate it, thanks! -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 03:41, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Please retract some statements

In the heat of the moment, you yesterday made some unfounded accusations and added some unfortunate innuendo. Would you please retract your statements at AN about me stalking you and making a "fucking lie", your request to topic ban me from mentioning Wikidata, and the unfortunate choice of innuendo in "reminds me of" something "after which one user was indefblocked.", which if not intended to reflect on my fate was a totally unnecessary, chilling addition. Getting an action criticized is no fun, but it doesn't give us a free pass to retaliate with whatever attacks we like. Fram (talk) 07:56, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Look, you started by stating that I promote spam (in my capacity as Wikidata bureacrat). Before this gets retracted (crossing out + apologies), I do not see any basis for our further communication. Ever. Have a good day.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:04, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

I did not say that you promote spam, I said that you promoted a spambot, i.e. you granted a brand new editor the right to be a botop and you granted his spambot the right to add its spam to Wikidata (and through it to enwiki and perhaps other wikis). Quote: "their admins and bureaucrats promote spambots". This is what bureaucrats do, they "add the administrator, bureaucrat, account creator, reviewer, or bot user group to an account.", which is described in the section "Promotions and RfX closures". Fram (talk) 08:40, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, but you are also reading in my words what I did not say. To be honest, the last two days I find communication with you extremely unpleasant and even traumatic, and I would appreciate if you would relieve me of it. Otherwise I will have to file an ANI request.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:49, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

If you would explain what in your words I'm reading that you did not say, it would be helpful. if you would indicate what in my reply above is not sufficient or correct, it would also be helpful. You are of course free to file an ANI request, but if you don't retract your statements I will either file at ANI or directly at ArbCom (as admin behaviour ends up there anyway). I will not let me be accused of "stalking" out of the blue, without any evidence, and certainly not by an admin (who adds some more personal attacks and chilling statements). People can have disagreements, even heated ones, without slinging such mud at AN and hoping to get away with it without any problem. Pretending to be the victim may have seemed like a good tactic, but it didn't work when you tried it at AN and it won't work now. If it is stressful and traumatic for you, it is all of your own making. Fram (talk) 10:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Go to ANI.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:09, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

I see now that you had removed the section between your post here and my reply: [14]. That's not a retraction though, that's just adding more insults without any indication that you see any problem with your statements. Fram (talk) 10:11, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Again, you made a number of statements which I read as false and offensive. In response, I made a number of statements which you read as offensive and possibly false, but I do not, and I actually did not mean to read them in a way you read them (for instance, as I previously made very clear, by referring to an infinite block of the user I did not mean you need to be infinitely blocked - quite the opposite, I do not think you should be blocked, however, I find it surprising that you make statements similar to what users have been blocked for and do not see any problem with these statements). You come to me asking that I "retract" statements you find offensive, because you find them offending. Fair enough. They might indeed have been unnecessary. In response, I ask you to "retract" your statement which came first and which I find offensive, and in any case unnecessary. And the whole thing actually started with this statement of yours. You refuse saying it is not offensive. Ok, fine. If you make zero effort trying to understand what I am saying, why should I spend my time trying to understand what you are saying? I have formed an opinion about you, but you probably should not care.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:23, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

You really can not see the difference between saying that you promoted a spambot, when you promoted (gave botstatus) to a bot which was spamming; and saying that I am stalking you, without any evidence of any actual stalking? How are you capable of acting as an admin if you are not able to see the difference between these situations and the lack of evidence for your (actually much more serious) accusation? Nevre mind the fact that I just noted your role in one problematic situation in a disucssion about the general issue (Wikidata on enwiki and in general), when you barged into an unrelated thread at AN, made your accusations, and asked for sanctions based upon it? You really can't see the difference? Fram (talk) 10:41, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

No, I do not see the difference. You made an unnecessary (you can easily go on you Wikidata rant without it), false (I did check the edits before granting the bot flag, I checked them afterwards, and they were ok until the website they used changed urls and some references suddenly started to point out to the spam page) and offensive statement (which I read that I promote spam). You do not see any problems with this statement and believe it just expresses facts. After that you added another one, which I found even more offensive. Now you are adding more. Fine. I am probably not capable of acting as admin, all my admin actions must be reverted, and I am a piece of shit. I am fine with that. How many times should I tell you here that I find no pleasure and no interest discussing this issue with you? Start an ANI thread and do not forget to make a reference to this discussion, or, rather, my attempt at discussion since from your side it is a monologue.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:52, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

After reading Stalking, may be indeed you actions are not yet to that level. I am afraid this is the only thing I can give you.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:57, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

How gracious of you, "not yet at that level" of obsessive and potentially criminal actions! Anyway, no, I could not make my statement about Wikidata without refering to the bot approval. It is one thing that an editor is adding spam without anyone noticing it, it would simply show again the lack of oversight Wikidata has. It is a completely different thing when anyone can request a bot and get it approved without any indication of who they are (not as a person, but their wiki-credentials), no check of whether their source is in any way reliable, no concern whether they may be self-promoting (the username was a clue), ... This shows a more ingrained problem at Wikidata, a difference in culture. Even after the problems were pointed out, you maintained that the bot approval was policy-compliant, as if that was somehow an excuse or something we should just blindly accept (and like I said elsewhere, it wasn't even true since the bot approval policy at Wikidata requires a lot more than three test edits anyway). And then you started (and continue to) overreact quite badly. Anyway, it seems we are done here, I'll think about it and let you know if and when I start an ArbCom request (no sense going to ANI as they can't desysop anyway). Fram (talk) 11:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom case

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Crosswiki issues and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. As threaded discussion is not permitted in most arbitration pages please ensure that you make all comments in your own section only. Additionally, the guide to arbitration and the Arbitration Committee's procedures may be of use.

Thanks, Fram (talk) 14:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Requst

Hi! I am Newblog32, I have a requst for you that is please review the page of Imperial house of Khora Siyal. Newblog 32 (talk) 10:54, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

@Newblog 32:, the text is presumably copied from another Wikipedia article, please indicate this on the talk page or in an edit summary. Also, though this is not crucial for reviewing, I would like to see more context in the lede - I understand this is about India, but what time and are there any specific Indian states involved? Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:13, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi! :@Ymblanter: now I fix up approximately all problems of article Imperial house of Khora Siyal. The older version of article was not totally copied but its some sentences were match to Janjuhana family article because it is very related to it. However, please now check the article Imperial house of Khora Siyal and review it if you think that it is able for that. I also added the more information to this article. Thanks

 Done, but please clean up the language further.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:02, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: Thanks for suggestions. I also had written two more articles of Wikipedia that are Nawab Mehar Polo Bahadur and Nawab Mehar Muhammad Safiullah UmarAli Khan Bahadur. Please also check them and review them if they are able for that and give me suggestions which help me further for better writing. Once again thanks for your suggestions.

I will unfortunately have very limited availability until Nov 11, and there are some issues I can not postpone. If by that time the articles have not been reviewed, pls ping me, I will have a look.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:17, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Ok.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newblog 32 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

@Ymblanter:,the pages that I said you for reviewing before few days have reviewed but please now visit the page of Sultante-e-uzma empire of Khora Siyal and review this page if you think that it is able for that. Thanks. Newblog 32 (talk) 16:23, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done--Ymblanter (talk) 16:27, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Проверить статью на английском языке

Добрый день. Перенесите, пожалуйста, статью в ОП английской Википедии. Ранее я размещала статью на украинском языке. Ее проверили, одобрили и перенесли в ОП украинской Википедии: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/OWOX Теперь я перевела статью на английский язык и хотела ее разместить. Помогите, пожалуйста, одобрите размещение и можете, плиз, переименовать название статьи на OWOX, а то у меня не получается. Ссылка на англ. версию статьи: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3 Буду очень вам благодарна и признательна!OWOX (talk) 08:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Добрый день. Я переименовал статью, проблем с английским я там особенных не вижу, дальше вам надо отправить его на одобрение (submit for review) и посмотреть, что Вам скажут. Я не уверен, что компания проходит по нашим критериям значимости, но там как-нибудь разберутся.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Спасибо большое, что переименовали и проверили. А вы могли бы ее перенести в ОП английской Википедии, ведь вы ее проверили. К тому же вы же опытный администратор английской Википедии и у вас есть на это авторитет и права. Я буду очень вам благодарна.OWOX (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Нет, у нас есть для этого процедура, которую я описал выше.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:58, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Local government wiki

If you want to 'make use of' [15] feel free. Jackiespeel (talk) 14:35, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you but probably not, overloaded anyway.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:15, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Sometimes more convenient than a sandbox here. Jackiespeel (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Stepped on you at Raila Odinga

We decided to semi at about the same time, but I set a longer duration (there's been quite a slow edit war from history). If you want, please feel free to re-protect with a different duration. Cheers. - Penwhale | ^{dance in the air and follow his steps} 09:08, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

A longer duration is perfectly fine with me, thanks for alerting me.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:09, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Categories for discussion/Speedy: Category:Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) players→Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players

Hi Ymblanter, I'm not sure if something's gone wrong or not, but since you made this edit, the category move hasn't been processed. I'm not sure if it just takes a little bit of time of not, but it's been over 48 hours since your edit so I thought I'd let you know just in case something's gone wrong. Thanks, Flickerd (talk) 10:05, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done, likely a redirect was holding it.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:09, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Hi. I am becoming increasingly concerned that User:Jax 0677 account is no longer appropriate for inclusion in the autopatrolled group. Perhaps you could take a look. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:45, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done, I agree--Ymblanter (talk) 10:03, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

November 2017

Hello. It appears your talk page is becoming quite lengthy and is in need of archiving. According to Wikipedia's user talk page guidelines; "Large talk pages become difficult to read, strain the limits of older browsers, and load slowly over slow internet connections. As a rule of thumb, archive closed discussions when a talk page exceeds 75 KB or has multiple resolved or stale discussions." - this talk page is 100.4 KB. See Help:Archiving a talk page for instructions on how to manually archive your talk page, or to arrange for automatic archiving using a bot. If you have any questions, place a {{help me}} notice on your talk page, or go to the help desk. Thank you. --Jax 0677 (talk) 15:56, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Not even a hundred topics, but, yes, thank you, at some point I will archive it manually.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:58, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Suggestions

Did I put my suggestions for people I think would make very good arbcom members and who should consider running on the wrong page? I wasn't sure where was the right page to put them, but the talk page for the page called Nominate was my best guess. Can you let me know where it belongs? Thank you. 108.175.233.87 (talk) 18:29, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

I am afraid these users' talk pages are the only option.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:32, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

My autopatrolled rights

I notice that my autopatrolled rights were removed without any reason given. Can you please enlighten me, and {{ping}} me when you respond? --Jax 0677 (talk) 20:07, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

I looked at the recent articles you created. Some of them were speedy deleted, some others were substandard (such as lacking references - probably you planned to add them later or failing WP:MOS). In this situation I decided it is better if the new articles you create get an extra pair of eyes. For you nothing really changes, but if you are unhappy with this decision you can of course apply for the flag at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

• Reply - I asked to be pinged when you replied, so that I would be notified of your response. I am not aware of many articles in 2017 that have been speedily deleted. I think that I have been very diligent about adding references to article that I have created. Can you please provide specific examples of speedy deletions or lacks of references that carried on for a long period of time? --Jax 0677 (talk) 20:20, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

@Jax 0677: My apologies, indeed Christopher Mirasolo was not speedy deleted but as a result of AfD, and other deleted items were redirects. This is not good, but at least this is not a speedy deletion. However, I am afraid my other impressions were correct. This is not how an autopatrolled user must start the article, even of they plan to expand it within an hour. It was additionally not added to any categories, which is a requirement for a patrolled article. This is a waste of time of new page patrollers. This one: By the Way (disambiguation) was indeed speedy deleted, and at the time you created it it was already amenable for speedy deletion (the target was not a dab).--Ymblanter (talk) 20:42, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Naz Shah Bradford West majority

The number of votes Naz Shah received was 29,444, but the source which you have cited clearly states "LAB majority 21,902". Please search the source page for the word "majority" and you will see what I mean. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kam2peace (talk • contribs) 10:13, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

This is ok, but the article is currently written in such a way that the number of votes is stated, not the difference between the numbers of voted received by her and the next candidate (which is the majority). And if you ask me, it has more useful info, but in any case it should be discussed at the talk page.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:08, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Vantage FX

Hi Ymblanter, you G5'd this page 4 days ago, but there are no further notes given about the blocked user. This article has now been re-created. I wanted to flag this up in case the users are related? Cheers, _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 08:19, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for alerting me, I speedy deleted the article. This time it is a different user (the previous one, User:Richardaldinho, was blocked for undeclared paid editing, and not by me), it was registered quite some time ago but only made a handful of edits, most of them being problematic. I do not see why I should immediately block them, but we probably need to keep observing.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:25, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. The user might be worth keeping on eye on. The other article created, Bobble Keyboard, is also a re-creation of a company article that was previously speedied as promotional and later AfD'd as failing NCORP. I have now G4'd this._pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 09:03, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Again, this is not a literal recreation (though too similar, and I deleted it anyway), which would get the user indeffed. I am more and more inclined to an indef per WP:NOTTHERE (undeclared paid editing), but probably we do not have enough evidence yet.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:11, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Texas was a republic

Hi Ymblanter:

Thank you for reviewing the article, Laura (1835 steamboat). There is something different about Texas relative to the other 49 United States: it is the only state in the U.S. which is a former republic. When this steamboat was in use, between 1835 and 1840, Texas was an independent republic. I forgot that the WikiProject Texas template loads this information for the United States. Therefore, I will be removing Category:Steamboats of the United States from the article. cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 17:55, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

This is ok as soon as the article has categories (before my edits, it had none).--Ymblanter (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Protection of 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

Hi Ymblanter, you SP'd the above article, but there was only one case of vandalism immediately prior to the protection, and from what I can see, only two instances in the entire history prior to the SP. Could you look again at this? Thanks. 141.6.11.24 (talk) 11:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I have seem two cases, which, in conbination with the fact that the article is about current events, was for me a sufficient reason to protect it. You can post an edit request at the talk page, it is now very well watched, and I am sure if the request is reasonable it will be quickly implemented.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for looking at it again. I've put in a formal request for un-protection. 141.6.11.24 (talk) 13:05, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

FYI

Sabrina_Ho_(何超盈) has been created. I've tagged it. BusterD (talk) 14:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I already figured that out. Deleted and semi-protected.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:22, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I noticed the subject in my watchlist chatter. Appreciate what you folks do... BusterD (talk) 14:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Another search for the subject finds this: User:Angrylala/sandbox. Another likely sock? BusterD (talk) 14:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Jeez, this is getting nuts. At this point I"m assuming all recreations are socks. Primefac (talk) 14:35, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, that thing's been around for ages. Probably not directly related... Primefac (talk) 14:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

93.188.36.237

That IP address looks like a revert-bot. I was just about to block it too, but you beat me to it. Thanks. ~Anachronist (talk) 08:44, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Looks like our friend from Macau, from a sockfarm massively blocked a couple of days ago. But anyway, a good thing they are blocked now. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:48, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

I have seen a lot of this type of activity in recent hours. How can I learn more about what a "revert bot" is and the best way to defend the project? Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 09:17, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

I do not think there are general recommendations. I guess once you see rapid destructive activity, you want to block the offender ASAP, just because everything would be cleaned up. Other than that, if you have good ideas who it could be, you may add them to SPI, or even bring them to ANI. Otherwise, there is probably nothing to do.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I have seen several of them in action and speedier administrators have blocked them before I could get to it. I got one of them. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 09:29, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Kiev Oblast

Kiev is administrative center of the Kiev Oblast! Please visit Kiev Oblast page and read it Tunyk (talk) 10:06, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

May be you should finally start reading what you edit? After your edits, the template says Kiev belongs to Kiev Oblast. This is a false statement.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:12, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

About a page you protected

I saw you 30/500 protected the page Israelites back in December, but it was way before the Arab–Israeli conflict started in 1948. So i'm asking you to bump it down to semi-protection. Thanks! Gary "Roach" Sanderson (talk) 20:05, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)

@Gary "Roach" Sanderson: at the time, there had been some disruptive editing going on from accounts that wouldn't be affected by semi protection, but it appears that most of those accounts are blocked now, so I agree the article is probably safe enough at semi-protection. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:10, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Now I reduced it to semi, let us see what happens.--Ymblanter (talk) 23:12, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! Keep up the good work! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 05:08, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Cheese Whiz

I would like to ask why you have "protected" the cheese whiz article from "vandalism." I'd like to know what "vandalism" you are referring to? Oofington (talk) 17:38, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Since you are most likely an experienced editor evading a block, I am sure you know where the page history is, and also how to determine vandalism.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:40, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

"Youtube is not a reliable source"

In this edit [16] you wrote "Youtube is not a reliable source". Could you yourself provide a source for this claim of course, please? Thanks. Bonomont (talk) 19:43, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

WP:SELFSOURCE--Ymblanter (talk) 19:45, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Can't see Youtube there. And for good reason - many youtube pieces are indeed well researched pieces. To recapitulate, I say that the New York Times video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZmrIkRDMsU is a good source. And you claim that because it is hosted on Youtube, it cannot be a good source. Your claim does not make any sense. Please explain yourself. Bonomont (talk) 20:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Youtube is a self-published source, and therefore can not used in a source in our articles. The only two exceptions are official youtube channels of media which are reliable sources, as well as information about youtube itself.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:08, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Which this is. Like I mentioned, this is by the nytimes. So, will you retract your claim? Bonomont (talk) 20:09, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

If this is by NYT, cite NYT, not youtube.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:12, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm not your monkey. If you remove my claim, and now think that it should be changed, do the change yourself instead of putting up a publicly critizining fact-template. You should make things better, not just put of marks of critics. Bonomont (talk) 20:13, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I am not your monkey either.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:19, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

If you deface something, you fix it. Bonomont (talk) 12:28, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Look. You never mentioned it was NYT prior to this discussion, you just said youtube. You did not care to insert the link into the article yourself, leaving there contested unreferenced claim. You came here and started talking to me as if you are my boss. You are not my boss and will never be. When you refer to Wikipedia policies every time it is wrong because you did not even care to read the policies. And the article was already fixed in the meanwhile by a user who, unlike you, was interested in bringing the article to Wikipedia standards. Your contribution on my talk page is not really helpful.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:49, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

declared paid admins?

Re your "In the past three years at least two administrators stated that they did perform paid editing, at least one of these cases was pretty much high-profile, but nobody really wanted to desysop these administrators" at Arbcom requests. Could you name names and fill me in on the very basics. I suppose I could name 2 but they seem like special cases: 1) was from just before the ToU change, and his story was always vague and changing; 2) was de minimus and seemed like a guy blowing off steam - an admin who I've never seen use his tools. You may email me if you don't feel like discussing this in public. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 03:01, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Both cases I know were before the ToU change, but I do not think it makes a difference - if at the time there were strong consensus that the admin flag is not compatible with paid editing, there certainly must have been initiatives like opening RfC on paid editing, and there was nothing like that. Both disclosures were public, by the high-profile one I meant Sarah Stierch - she was immediately fired by WMF, but there were no serious attempts to discuss her admin flag. (To be clear, I am not advocating at all a desysop in her case - I think it was stupid in her situation to accept payment, but she was sufficiently punished for that already).--Ymblanter (talk) 04:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Starkville, Mississippi

You protected this article. How about reverting the vandalism too? It is not "The campus of AJ Brown University". Also, the Nickname is not "AJ Browns house" and the mayor is not AJ Brown. All 3 of those vandalism edits need to be reverted. It needs to go back to the last version of November 20 as all of the vandalism started today, November 24. WikiWhenBoredAF (talk) 01:22, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Has been done while I was sleeping, thanks @Acroterion:--Ymblanter (talk) 07:23, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Київ

Ти мокшанине краще знаєш, як називається наше місто?. Ти путлєрюнґе можеш вказувати як писати масква чи москва, а до нашого міста свої криваки не пхай.