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Elaine Joyce

You said that you removed a fact about Elaine Joyce I wrote. Would be helpful if you'd tell me which one you felt had no citation. Everything I posted had citations.

November 2018

鉴于所谓“共識(consensus)”问题，我停止对所有Ymblanter的照片修改，不过对所谓“分裂性的修改”，“個人圖片集”的指责，我很遗憾。--Tyg728 (talk) 03:33, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(Translation) Regarding the “consensus” problem, I have stopped editing Ymblanter’s photos (??), but I feel disappointed about the accusations such as “disruptive editing” and “personal photo collection” ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 06:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC) [reply]

@Tyg728: 讓我澄清一件事-你修改那些圖片是完全沒有問題的，但是如果有任何人反對你的改動而且想和你討論相關問題，你就不應該盲目地因自己喜好而堅持自己的決定和完全忽略別人的意見或想法（破壞性/分裂性的修改）。我們尋求的是共識（我已經解釋給你聽）。而且，英文維基百科有一個規則叫Three revert rule(WP:3RR)，限制一個用戶不能在24小時內回退三次在同一頁面作出的修改，違者將被暫時封禁。我建議你和Ymblanter好好討論一番才繼續修改吧。
(Translation) Let me make things clear - it is totally appropriate for you to be bold to change the photos, but if someone cintested your actions and want to discuss the matter with you, then you should not persist your own opinions and neglecting others’ thoughts (WP:DE). We should seek consensus (I’ve explained this to you). Also, there is a rule called the “Three revert rule” in English Wikipedia which forbiddens usersperforming 3 reverts on a single page within 24 hours, and violators will be sanctioned. I suggest you and Ymblanter to discuss before you edit anything. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt) (talk to me) 06:11, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Ymblanter: 此车站的无柱站厅很有特色，增加站厅的照片，编辑中没有去除你的照片。How about this change?--Tyg728 (talk) 14:06, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(Translation) @Ymblanter: The pillarless concourse of this station is special. [I] added a few photos of the concourse without removing yours. How about this change? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:12, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinite block

From the user posting this: Give me an indefinite global block. I'll be very proud. I've been told my edits were bad but back then that wasn't their intention. After all, no edit isn't vandalism (right now). Just give me no chances. I know that those edits were made not to vandalize or disrupt Wikipedia but treat me as a person deported from a major country.211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC) No jokes.211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:32, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IPs should not be indefinitely blocked. Rules are rules and they ought to be followed. We seek consensus here. If you continue to edit without (against) consensus and refuse to participate in the discussion, then it is regarded as disruptive editing. You are proud of your incompetence in following simple rules and ask for sanctions as if you're the only rational one? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
My point is that I feel like my edits have been looked too much on the negative side. I tried replying that those edits weren't made to make things bad (some vandalism on my talk page and admin noticeboard because those warnings made me quite angry is all I did to make something bad on Wikipedia on purpose) but that was pointless, contrary to what was expected from me.
BTW I don't have interest in a username (in case you thought it would be better which is quite reasonable), so I'm not sure how long I could be blocked for. Now it seems like IP accounts mostly stay unblocked, and when that's not the case, the block is usually very short (maybe over within 24 hours of coming into effect).
PS 123.243.100.66 as an IP account for Wikipedia is also the same person in real life.
Finally, I don't feel so angry now that I've been typing so much but I need something on my talk page or at least very easy accessible. A way to tell whether an edit meant for the better is actually for the better. IF you've seen empty information on games in the 2018 World Chess Championship (as in the Wikipedia page), that thing I want to get will probably dissuade me from putting such information on the same or similar articles every again. In fact, I think an edit from me or 123.243.100.66 should always be assumed as good faith (what I mean when talking about an edit which doesn't actually improve, but has no bad intention).211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:56, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for expressing your opinion. Although your edits are made in good faith, as I've said before - they must adhere to policies. I totally understand why you added those frameworks in World Chess Championship 2018, but since Fbergo objected your edit, and you continued to revert neglecting the opposition (thus violated the three revert rule), CaradhrasAiguo took the most appropriate action - report to the edit warring noticeboard.
In case you don't know, <!-- TEXT --> act as a reminder or note, readers cannot see the "TEXT" as it is hidden.
The article appears to be a current event, many editors are paying attention to it, so there is no need to remind yourself add the missing information as soon as possible where the events have not happened yet. Please be mindful. Regarding the IP address indefinite block, see here. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:22, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I have no interest in adding the framework now that its pointless given a few users disagree. Lesson learned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:37, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, your report is still at the edit warring noticeboard. Good luck ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen the report but I think I don't need a block (in my opinion, and you're not the user reporting me).211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "I don't need a block"? It should be the reviewing administrator who decides whether or not to block, not yourself. You are welcome to comment in it. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:48, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying to officially decide whether I'll be blocked (which doesn't even make any sense).211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:54, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My block is over, and I think your username (no offence) is also a scientific name. Right?211.27.126.189 (talk) 09:31, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not that scientific. I just like it. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hope you can really learn from your block and edit constructively. Happy editing. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
BTW I used a user talk page to send someone a link to a related article talk page and said it was spam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.126.189 (talk) 09:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zvanyy Uzhin

Hello there, Have you noticed that this one is not a biography but an article about a TV show? You can not use BLPPROD on such articles. I guess it's an error from your end as BLPPROD is only for biographical articles with zero sourcing. Thanks. Hitro talk 14:04, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@HitroMilanese: Oh seems I didn't notice that it is not a BLP but a TV show (I don't know why). Removed the BLPPROD tag. Thanks for your reminder. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Knockbeg category

Hi there, just spotted the category you created through AfC. I'm used to renaming articles, but not too sure about categories, but the spelling is Knockbeg College, which itself is a redirect. I'm not sure how to proceed. Thanks! Smirkybec (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 09:14, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage

Can you Design my userpage more attractive and helpful too ? As i found that you're intrested to design userpage as per user request.  TheRedBox (Talk) 21:04, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2018)

The Equator on the world map of the Earth
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A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Wow... you really amaze me by the amount of edits you could get done in a day. I wish I had the time but school really messes it all up. By the way, how's my progress? Your friend, – Yanjipy (talk) 03:37, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Yanjipy:. It's been a long time since we've last chatted. Thanks for you kind words. Since you aren't active recently, I can't say you have a huge progress. Hope you have fun at school. Cheers, ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 08:37, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #339

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • A new tool to display Wikimedia Commons categories (and Wikipedia/Wikidata tags) with coordinates on the OSM map
    • The Association of Research Libraries published the draft of a Wikidata Task Force White Paper on how libraries and Wikidata/ Wikibase con join forces aroud linked open data for both library discovery systems and Wikipedia, and advancing a diversity and inclusion agenda in the cultures of both libraries and Wikimedia. The draft is open for public comment until 30 November.
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    • Fixed a bug that was saving the statement too early when trying to add a qualifier with the keyboard (phab:T154869)
    • Made changes to disallow edits (until the user reloads) if they accidentally get logged out. (phab:T124451)
    • Turn the new change tag back on wikidatawiki (phab:T208846)
    • Better linting against things that don't work in IE11
    • Fixed the wdqs-frontend docker image (phab:T208681, phab:T209206)
    • Fixed html elements in the table result of wdqs (phab:T207257, thanks to user:Frog23)
    • Getting ontology changes deployed to wikiba.se
    • Using maplink or mapframe to view coords on wikidata (phab:T184933)
    • Consistent capitalization of Lexeme/Form/Sense/Item/Property in UI messages
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    • Work on a new interface for the termbox on mobile (phab:T207150)

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Has Vijay (actor) article been compared to any Hollywood actors like Tom cruise rofl why then the unnecessary non neutral tag if it's sourced admin??

Why the unnecessary neutrality tag has been added to this article. I am new to wikipedia but if the sources are correct and mentioned as per the source why neutrality tag. Please explain??? my friend says This guy is biggest current superstar in south india nothing his mentioned about it and this article is still outdated and neutral. This guy has got numerous fans and some haters as well. It should've been added by a hater of him who doesnt like his growth since he has won a Iara international award. Kindly admis please remove unnecessary neutral tag. Many thanks. Weryops (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:22, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Responded at Talk:Vijay (actor). —KuyaBriBriTalk 17:40, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(watching)...second lesson of Wikipedia: When a seven-hour old account says "I'm new to wikipedia but", and proceeds to discuss guidelines and tags at length...they aint. Carry on  :) ——SerialNumber54129 18:58, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cabal Approved

How can I get the stamp on the Wikipedia logo in my user/talk page?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 02:56, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

{{tinc}} ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 02:57, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. But how can I get on the Wikipedia logo?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know. Having a tinc stamp on the Wikipedia logo is weird... ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 03:04, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I won't put it on the logo. :) --Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User Script

How is a User Script made?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:US ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 03:26, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template

I saw a template for "Fuck No" with an X in front of it. What's the template for "Fuck No"?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Fuck no {{not done|Fuck no}} (probably the shortest code I can think of, there are many other ways to make that) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 03:26, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks.--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:27, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Thegooduser/Status

How can I add a custom status? --Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:34, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This one only supports "online", "busy", "around", "offline" and "sleep", others are regarded as "Unknown". You may put a big notice box like "Status: YOUR STATUS HERE" with bold, italic or whatever font style you like, but you have to update it manually. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 03:37, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Good job with that, mate. I guess the lad was just mimicking you after all. MBlaze Lightning 07:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@MBlaze Lightning: Not really... I hurt an experienced editor. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 07:30, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IP Banned

Hey mate, I was scrolling through a wikipedia post when an info box popped up and said I had 4 unread messages, and when I clicked on the link I noticed that it said my IP had been banned, for an edit on an article I had never seen. I thought you should know that this IP is not a real IP, just a VPN connected through the Psiphon3 application. As this IP will be recorded I will not write it down but I thought you should know that this is one (of many) IPs that are used by the Psiphon3 Application. Sorry for the inconvenience, and it doesn't affect me in any way (my IP will change again next time I connect) but I thought that it would be helpful for you. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.60.98 (talk) 12:39, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher)Yep, I always recommend the old "pretend it wasn't me that did the vandalism" routine. ——SerialNumber54129 12:44, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And that seems to be working fine :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 15:19, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

I've decided to no have userboxes, so I don't need this. Thank you for helping people. Aurornisxui (talk) 22:27, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you still making userboxes for others? If so, can you use this image https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stacks_view.jpg and say "Research is my superpower" ( without the quotes). Thanks Aurornisxui (talk) 20:18, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)

Siri is a virtual assistant part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, watchOS, macOS, HomePod, and tvOS operating systems.
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Userbox Design

@Abelmoschus Esculentus:Hello , in the page Wikipedia:Userboxes it said that you made userboxes upon request . So , could you make an userbox where it said I "cordially disliked" Borussia Dortmund ? If it is O.K. with you , then thanks for your help . Grunthog (talk) 11:08, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Doing... ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 11:44, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abelmoschus Esculentus: Thanks . Grunthog (talk) 12:13, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I can't guarantee whether or not it's totally appropriate to use the logo since it's not a free use image. Do you have any other suggestions for the image? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 12:23, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Abelmoschus Esculentus:The logo/image in black lettering upon yellow background , " BVB " , text , yellow lettering upon black background , "This user cordially dislikes Borussia Dortmund ." Grunthog (talk) 12:46, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I have said that the logo you mentioned is non-free use image. Can you choose another one? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 12:53, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Abelmoschus Esculentus:Can't it say , "This User hates B.V.B ?"Grunthog (talk) 12:58, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am referring to the image. You want an image or not? Please state it clearly. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 13:25, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #340

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  • Development
    • Fix an error when entering an incomplete filename (phab:T199420)
    • Fix the unreadable references for unpriviledged users (phab:T186006)
    • Create new page properties for number of Forms and Senses of a Lexeme (phab:T199611)
    • Adapt the API to efficiently format large numbers of entity IDs (phab:T207484)
    • Switch "save" to "publish" in the Lexeme interface (phab:T203354)
    • Fix a bug showing outdated link formats in the history of Lexemes (phab:T208423)
    • Add Special:MergeLexemes to Special:SpecialPages (phab:T204397)
    • Add Wikipedia link in the other projects sidebar of Wikisource (phab:T180303, thanks to Tpt)
    • Work on displaying the language of the gloss with the language name, both in reading and editing mode (phab:T203457, phab:T209931)
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Adoption

Hello, I have spent most of my time on Wikipedia fighting vandalism. I would love to learn some more about better (and faster) ways to fight it from a more experienced editor A 10 fireplane (talk) 18:46, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@A 10 fireplane: I’ve been quite busy recently and I’ve already adopted 4 users. You may wish to enroll in WP:CVUA. Sorry. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 10:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, thanks anyways but I have found an adopter A 10 fireplane (talk) 14:48, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@A 10 fireplane: Happy editing! ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 14:55, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You too hope to see you later on down the road A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:43, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request for making Userbox

Hey man, a sincere request to you from my side. Please make 3 userboxes for Pearl jam. It should be like-"This user is Super fan of Pearl jam", "This user listens to Pearl jam", "This user loves Pearl jam". It would be really great if you add something really innovative like photo or something in it.Note that its not an order brother but just a request as i am finding problems doing it myself. When you make it please tell me how i can get access to it since i am helping in categorising some bands fans on wikipedia.To reply to me simply leave a message below, i will see it as soon as i get free. Regards 2405:204:A281:BCA1:0:0:757:40A1 (talk) 08:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi anon. As you are not logged in (registered an account), you cannot have your own user page. Userboxes are designed to be put on user pages. Would you consider registering an account and leave a message here if you have done so? Best ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 14:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh sorry, i missed that. Actually i want you to add those userboxes(as i told you in the message above) on the Wikipedia:Userboxes/Music/Bands,L-Z page. You should type half of it on your web browser to find thi page out. You can see in there a P section in which there is already 1 userbox for pearl jam. You can add the new userbox code just below that and i would get it from there on. REGARDS117.234.68.240 (talk) 07:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Testwiki question

Could you explain why you blocked Knightrises10 on testwiki? Thanks, Vermont (talk) 21:35, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Because I was testing a script and forgot to unblock. I’ll unblock him for now. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt) (talk to me) 23:14, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Userbox

Hi Abelmoschus Esculentus, can you please create an userbox for me which shows that I support the Germany National Football Team. Create it below the userbox which shows I am a RC Patroller.Thanks.Denim11 (talk) 12:58, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Denim11: Here's the one for Germany National Football Team:
This user supports the Germany National Football Team.
. Please also see {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 13:41, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I am unable to understand what template I have to add can you please add it in my user page.Denim11 (talk) 13:46, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 13:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

The Guidance Barnstar
Many thanks for creating that userbox for me. Denim11 (talk) 14:42, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Playstation Portable

Hi, can you make sure that I put the technical specification list from Playstation Portable into prose correctly?? this was the Technical Specification list form and i tried my best to convert it to prose form as can be seen here. . If I messed up prosing it or if anything wasn't prosed correctly from the list, maybe you can fix it or point out specifically what needs to be fixed?? Thanks. BTW, congrats on possibly getting rollback again. JC7V (talk) 17:18, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@JC7V7DC5768: It looks fine. You really think linking GB/s is necessary? I've been waiting for more than a week since I filed my request. :( ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 10:39, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alt accounts

Hi, Can you block indefinitely block my alt accounts on the TEST Wikipedia? Thanks.--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 21:27, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure about that? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 23:24, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Waves in Lake Ontario
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox

I do want an image , you either use the club logo with a red scratch on it , or the letters " B.V.B. " in yellow upon a black background (with a red scrath on it) . If you want , I can upload and paste on your talk page what sort of a thing I want .

something like this -

Grunthog (talk) 11:57, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Grunthog: Please do not duplicate sections. Could you please upload the image you mentioned? (from the picture, it seems you have made it) I cannot crop it inside Wikipedia. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 12:00, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You mean , I will crop it and re-upload to with only the coloured part remaining ? Grunthog (talk) 12:04, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 12:28, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay , I will crop it , then re-upload it to commons tomorrow . Grunthog (talk) 12:30, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The userbox

Grunthog (talk) 08:08, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done please check your user page :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 09:02, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition.

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