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Vandalism on Kamma and Raju Article

Hello Mr./Ms. Administrator, this user User talk:Sharkslayer87 is vandalizing Kamma (caste) and the Raju Caste and essentially cyber-harassing me. This user has deliberately deleted the work that I have placed many times because he said it was my POV. However, I directly quoted almost all of the content I added, and I made sure to cite them properly. I also verified the credibility of those sources. If a source from the British Raj was already used in that caste article, used by modern college professors and authors to cite their work, and the source is derived from a reputable man, what harm is there to provide the Wikipedia audience with direct quotations, with no influence from me? These quotes also don't say anything that is outside the norm for the topic in terms of what is already present in the article. Sharkslayer87 already has a history of caste based editing, which got him banned until very recently. Other editors, like Sitush, have commented on his talk page about his lack of credible source and vandalism. It's clear he is unfortunately engaging in it again. Please see to this. Thanks and god bless all of you. NagarjunaSarma(talk)

  • As so often, I saved myself trouble by sleeping through this, as I'm sure Sitush also did, and RexxS would have if he wasn't such a nightowl. Thanks for the CU block, Bbb23. What I'd like to know, preferably from Sitush, is if everything is A OK now that NagarjunaSarma has been blocked as a sock. In particular, does any shadow fall on Sharkslayer87 as regards this conflict? I don't mean that I'm impressed by NagarjunaSarma's insistence (here and on WP:ANEW) on Sharkslayer's previous caste topic ban; I'm not. Sharkslayer's ban was lifted with something like acclamation in December.[1] I don't myself see any problems in this instance (except that, trivially, Sharkslayer could do with reading up on the 3RR rule, which he mistakenly invokes). Bishonen | talk 05:46, 8 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Hm. I'm starting to have doubts about the acclamation - see this discussion. - Sitush (talk) 13:59, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, man. "Wikipedia articles should reflect all the views of any subject matter." Apply that to caste articles, and they will all purvey the view that the caste is descended from kings, because that is certainly always a "view". Bishonen | talk 17:31, 14 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]

article Falooda and rum

hi,

my edits in the article 'Rum' which was backed by RS has been reverted, there is also an issue with article Falooda where persian users have reverted my RS there, and have imposed their persian blog source which is about faloodeh, a persian dessert and not indian falooda and its not an RS. your intervention is needed falooda and rum, regards. 175.137.72.188 (talk) 06:56, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. And it's pathetic to assume that everybody who disagrees about a dessert is necessarily "Persian". Bishonen | talk 22:26, 15 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I would expect Persians to know a lot about deserts. EEng 00:46, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, and that's why it easier to bake Persian desserts.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:22, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jfrb

Not that I myself have been exactly Christ-like in this, perhaps you could have a word before the phoenix immolates himself in flames. [2] EEng 00:44, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) It's roughly on the level of the Lilliputian wars, so I wouldn't recommend anybody getting worked up over it. I actually think the argument really went downhill when it got personal at this point.
And FWIW, doesn't our own Manual of Style guide us to use a hyphen to "link related terms in compound modifiers" at MOS:HYPHEN? Just stirring gently --RexxS (talk) 01:45, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't come here for an adjudication of when "the argument really went downhill", but rather to enccourage Bishonen to help Jfrb course-correct before the community's resources must be further squandered on another expensive Arbcom case about him. But since you bring it up, I'd say the argument really went downhill when Jfrb posted that he didn't realize it was EEng, who has his own, admin-approved MoS; do forgive me. As for the underlying typographic question, see (both already cited by me to Jfrb) MOS:SUFFIXDASH and CMOS's explanation that The en dash can be used in place of a hyphen in a compound adjective when one of its elements consists of an open compound or when both elements consist of hyphenated compounds. (An open compound is a compound that contains a space.) EEng 03:49, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't that be "course–correct"? Joefromrandb (talk) 05:56, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No, a hyphen is used there (not an endash as you have it) because there's no open compound. Try reading the CMOS passage again. EEng 06:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You know goddamn well that was sarcasm, a means of illustrating how silly your edit looks. Joefromrandb (talk) 06:19, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If you still think my edit [3] looks "silly" then you still don't understand when to use hyphen vs. endash when forming compounds, and your sarcasm reflects that lack of understanding.
I don't know whether, since you came off your Arbcom block, your behavior is better or worse overall, but you certainly continue to display, at least at times, the attitude that earned you that block. You just can't seem to say, "OK, thanks, I learned something today." This endash–hyphen point is admittedly an esoteric one, but you're the one insisting on pressing it, so you should be prepared to do the work of learning the nitty details. If not, then leave the matter to others who know such things. EEng 07:24, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I see you're still projecting. Nice! Joefromrandb (talk) 07:36, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
QED. EEng 08:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
QED, indeed! I was fairly sure you were aware that you were wrong. Acceptance is the first step! You're halfway there! Joefromrandb (talk) 10:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Longterm professional editor and proofreader here. EEng is correct about the en-dash. Perhaps an admin (Bish) should lock the page so that discussion could occur on the talkpage rather than via edit summaries on null/dummy edits. Softlavender (talk) 10:10, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No, he's not.Joefromrandb (talk) 11:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Groan. Hyphen, and course-correcting? I'm busy. I'll take a look later, unless some kind tps has taken care of it, HINT HINT. Bishonen | talk 10:22, 16 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]

As a tps - I'll say it's telling that the last edit to the talk page is from October 2018. (That's a hint that the dicussion needs to take place on the talk page, not here and not in edit summaries). Ealdgyth - Talk 13:16, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Softlavender: I'm really surprised you say so. I'm with RexxS and Joe. But that doesn't matter; there's definitely not a vote about it, here on my page. I've full-protected for 3 days (I'll make it longer if necessary) in order to push the combatants away from their lame null-edit war and on to talk. Rather than keep shouting at each other there, I would suggest getting a third opinion. Unless you're embarrassed to invite guests to a dash/hyphen conflict? Bishonen | talk 15:02, 16 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
We're off point. I'm not worried about the underlying punctuation question (on which I'm sure you'll come to your senses should Jfrb resume disputing it, though I doubt that will happen). My hope was you'd counsel him about the lashing out. EEng 16:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
While I'm always happy to hear the wisdom of the learned and perspicacious Bishonen, I feel I've perfected lashing out to the point where there's little room for improvement. Joefromrandb (talk) 17:04, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Your irony needs work, however. Please have the last word now. EEng 17:12, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have the time to just now. Maybe later. Joefromrandb (talk) 19:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Dino spoils joke. --T-RexxS (rawr) 20:51, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

I'm sorry that your talk page has been tainted with this trivial nonsense, Bish. You can unlock the MoS page if you're so inclined. I've no intention of making further edits, null or not-so-null; excuse me, not–so–null; oh, fuck it; not—so—null. I know the difference between a hyphen and a dash, and that's good enough for me. Joefromrandb (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) My advice is to do like me and install a font that has ndashes display as identical to hyphens. --T-RexxS (rawr) 15:54, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I've always liked Herostratus' suggestion: Possibly the best solution would be a line at the beginning of each article containing a couple dozen commas, and also some semicolons, quotation marks, and so forth. The reader could then be instructed to mentally sprinkle them throughout the text in whatever manner she finds pleasing. [4] EEng 16:56, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
LOL, both excellent suggestions, T-RexxS and EEng. It's fine, Joe, my talkpage gets tainted with worse on an almost daily basis. For your aim in coming here, EEng, I rarely find "counselling" has a good effect in cases like this. People counsel me sometimes, and it usually makes me behave worse, not better. Also I think the difference between Joe's edit summaries and yours was fairly subtle, even though I do agree with you that the descent started with this edit summary. Bishonen | talk 18:15, 16 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I win! EEng 19:12, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." - J K Galbraith, I think. I keep thinking I should stick it on my talk page somewhere. - Sitush (talk) 17:17, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Try these too: User:EEng#Museum_of_great_things_Galbraith_said. EEng 17:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User report

Really? They look like a good-faith editor to me. @Sitush:? Bishonen | talk 10:24, 16 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Like me and everyone else, they sometimes get it wrong (you heard it here first, folks!). However, yes, they're definitely working in good faith from what I have seen and they do a lot of discussing when things become contentious, which is preferable to edit warring. They also definitely do a lot of sourcing for those discussions. Do you have any specific examples, Panda619? - Sitush (talk) 10:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly review my edits carefully. I have made edits on topics of science, Regions and Comics as well. I have made many many edits on subjects like DNA, Suppandi, Cities like peddapuram , comics like tinkle, champak

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=DNA&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Peddapuram&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tinkle&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champak

Also I do lot of discussion, put in academic sources and get concensus from other editors. Sangitha rani111 (talk) 23:00, 16 February 2019 (UTC)Sangitha rani111[reply]

Yes, Sangitha rani111. Panda619 made a rather vague and sweeping accusation against you, but as you can see, neither Sitush nor I agreed. I consider you a good, constructive editor. And it's hard to take Panda619's opinion that you're disruptive and don't use good sources seriously, since they haven't given any diffs as examples of this. Sitush asked for examples, but got no reply so far. Bishonen | talk 01:01, 17 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]

This week's best rant

See here. I've left them a note. - Sitush (talk) 17:13, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Heheh. "I'm aware that you're both Indians but please keep your feelings out of this ..." Is there a word for projecting your own prejudices onto other people and getting it comically wrong? If not, we ought to invent one. I'm going with 'lumixosity'. --RexxS (talk) 18:50, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It did wonders for Wikipedia rhetoric when it became possible to leave much longer edit summaries, didn't it? Sitush, you're not just Indian but frequently a Brahmin, I believe? Just like me. 😛 Bishonen | talk 19:46, 17 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Umm......His editing privileges needs to be retired; at least temporarily.∯WBGconverse 07:26, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
They rarely edit, so it would have no effect unless indef. - Sitush (talk) 07:32, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see. They've cleared the notes from their talk page and have started warring. - Sitush (talk) 07:34, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked now. - Sitush (talk) 08:02, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mockery of adminship?

See this at BN. Surely someone is making a mockery of adminship there? Can CIR be applied without evidence of current incompetence? That is, because someone who has been an admin for so long but with so little activity cannot reasonably be expected to be competent as an admin now due to the numerous changes to policies etc in the interval? I'm not suggesting that they should be blocked, of course, but they have no obvious use for the extra bits. - Sitush (talk) 13:48, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's not unusual, Sitush. I mean, missing the one-year hiatus by 17 days is unusual, but there are quite a few heritage admins who make one or two edits once a year, just to keep the tools. I don't like it, no. I hope most of them take it very easy if they return to activity, and admin very cautiously or not at all at first, because they are to all intents and purposes newbie admins. But it has been known to happen that one of them, presumably after being contacted by e-mail, has jumped up and made a wildly inappropriate block or unblock — some admin action which might or might not have been acceptable in their day. And then there's an angry discussion of the rules, which runs into the sands. It'll be interesting to see if the 'crats refuse to restore the tools because of the 17 days. I think they should. On the other hand, I also think the requirement for hanging on to them, detailed in WP:INACTIVITY, should be tighter. Bishonen | talk 17:45, 18 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Well, Xaosflux has been chatting with me on my talk page, pointing out that there is an open RfC regarding the inactivity requirements. I've read it and the thing is mind-boggling: admins I know well, trust and respect are circling the wagons to stop change. I'm paraphrasing but if someone says "increase by ten", they reply "just as easy to game as if we leave it as it is"; if someone says "increase by 100", they say "woah, this is a volunteer thing and we can't expect people to put in the time like that". I'm sorry, but if someone thinks they have a need for the bits then I'd like to imagine they're reasonably active. I can understand breaks lasting several months but not twelve, and if it does get to twelve then they're out of touch. - Sitush (talk) 18:01, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I didn't know about the RfC; I should have checked out your page before I replied here. Bishonen | talk 18:09, 18 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Hardly your fault. Had there been a discussion at my page when I posted the initial message here, I would have told you: I prefer to treat you like a sunflower, not a mushroom :) - Sitush (talk) 18:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You may be alone in that; I have a coworker who once told me that she wished the local pizza place offered bishonen as a topping. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 18:19, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I feel weird now. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 18:54, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ha!. - Sitush (talk) 18:55, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Shame he left. Anyway, this particular request seems to have hit a dead end, sense might have reigned. Doug Weller talk 19:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The problem we're encountering is that the admin group has become much more like an American college fraternity than anything else. It started off as easy to get into, and the difficulty has steadily increased over the years until we now require the inductees to go through a hazing process during 'pledge week' and overcome multiple bars and obstacles, which will vary at the whim of the gatekeepers. Once accepted, of course, the member is there for life, barring some egregious action. It's hardly surprising, therefore, that most members don't want to run any greater risk of having to go through the pledging process again. And who could blame them?

As for asking for the tools back after a period of inactivity, my view is "why not"? We trusted them with powerful tools before, surely we are going to trust them to use them carefully once those tools are returned? --RexxS (talk) 22:48, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

^(+1) to this comment. Sorry, I'm all out of dirty jokes at the moment, so let the fact that I'm agreeing with Rexx on something be funny enough. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:52, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) The person in question has barely edited. They got the tools back in 2006 with 3600 edits and haven't even doubled that number since, mostly in the period to 2008-ish. In 10 years since, they've almost not been here so, sure, they haven't abused the tools but they haven't done so because of their absence. And the two times when they have used them in that period, they messed up. - Sitush (talk) 22:53, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, so Sitush, what you're saying is that you don't trust them to use the tools, hence they should not have had the tools in the first place. Well, there may be some mileage in that, but you can't use the inactivity mechanism as a proxy for de-sysop on grounds of loss of trust; it simply wasn't designed for that purpose. --RexxS (talk) 23:49, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No, I am saying they are making a mockery of the system and should be ashamed of themselves. - Sitush (talk) 07:28, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of appeal

AP2 t-ban. Atsme✍🏻📧 20:08, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sotuman

(comment moved to Admin Noticeboard) Sotuman (talk) 05:19, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Luciusfoxx (talk · contribs)

Hi, an editor you blocked has made a new account (Luciusfoxxx (talk · contribs)), and I believe may be editing from an IP as well 124.171.23.173 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). I'm heading out, but they appear singularly interested in my edits. :/ —Locke Cole • t • c 19:32, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Right, Locke Cole. Already blocked by Favonian. The IP looks extremely dynamic. Well, you took them to AN3, so of course they're interested in harassing you. That's how these charmers roll. 🙁 I can semi your talk against new socks if you like, but I don't think it'll make much difference, sorry. Bishonen | talk 19:43, 21 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Sure, can you do it for 3 months? =) Thank you! —Locke Cole • t • c 19:47, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Three months, really? That's a little unusual. Don't you think he'll get bored sooner than that? Look, I've semi'd for one month, but you only have to drop another note here if you want it extended. Bishonen | talk 20:27, 21 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
The new accounts are Nsmutte, a long-term vandal who imitates recently blocked users. Pay them no mind. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:29, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Well, block them, but pay them no additional mind. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:30, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, right, even more charming. Thanks, Ivanvector. Bishonen | talk 20:35, 21 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
FTR, Luciusfoxxxx has also come and gone; awaiting Luciusfoxxxxx. ―Mandruss ☎ 20:38, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
One month will suffice, thank you very much! =) —Locke Cole • t • c 08:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I was certainly not

trolling and I would remind you, as a very senior editor, that we are all supposed to assume good faith. Having watched for an hour with mounting astonishment at the behaviour of all contributors edit warring over a blocked editor's TP, I said what I felt was needed. In fact, I didn't even realise that you had edited through full protection to interject with humour which some people might regard as grave dancing. Whatever it was, it wasn't appropriate in the middle of that dispute at that time. I suggest we go our own way. Should you wish to reflect and apologise, you know where I am :) Rgds. Leaky caldron (talk) 22:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gravedancing??? Me dancing on MjolnirPants' grave? He's a friend of mine, I'm very sorry he's gone. Humour, what fucking humour? Don't answer, just get lost. Bishonen | talk 22:23, 21 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I ran away after my last post on TrouserTalk. Haven't been back yet. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 22:43, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No more grave dancing than an Irish wake. Your interpretation is awry. O3000 (talk) 22:52, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bishzilla will get the next person who edit conflicts me. You're a good dog, Roxy. Sorry, Leaky caldron, I shouldn't have got quite that angry with you. Of course you're not obliged to know whether a couple of unknowns are friends or not. I do think, though, that when you don't understand something (=my post to MP), it shows a good deal of ABF, and a low opinion of humanity (or just of me), to interpret it as intending to tease or humiliate a user — any user, even if I disliked them — who had just crashed out of Wikipedia like some hard Brexit. I had recently blocked MP at his own request for three months, and talked quite a bit with him off line in that context. I was concerned he might easily lose it in that kind of situation, and was sad when he did. I'm not at all worried he'll misunderstand my post as anything less than friendly. But I'm sorry I shouted at you. Bishonen | talk 22:56, 21 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I am grateful for that. I fully appreciate that some people form special / supportive / working relationships. I think if the half a dozen people involved in edit warring on the TP of your friend (who could not intervene) reflect on their actions they might agree that many actions were sub-optimal. My edit was a failed attempt to provoke a halt and definitely not to inflame or invite conflict - which was already present. Best. Leaky caldron (talk) 23:15, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As one of those half dozen, I want to say that I agree strongly that there should be more AGF. That includes more AGF for what I was trying unsuccessfully to do, and of course it includes even more AGF for MPants. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:05, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'd also suggest a lot more AGF for all the oversighters/admins who were doing their best with the page, but unfortunately tripped repeatedly over both each other and you, Tryptofish. That's how this interface works when many people are simultaneously interested in a page. Bishonen | talk 19:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
As a sort of meta observation, I've noticed over and over that whenever there is an incident involving oversight of something, or discussion of the outing policy, there is an immediate outbreak of hyper-emotional over-reaction among lots and lots of users. It's like lots of people's hair suddenly catch on fire (not Zilla's fault either) and editors immediately go into fight-or-flight, and it takes a couple of days before enough people calm down. Even when there actually isn't an emergency. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:23, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Trypto, I feel you should try to develop your more cynical side. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 20:49, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hah! You prompted me to look at Wikiquote:Cynicism, and it's actually quite funny if one looks at it the right way. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:55, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote a longish edit to be placed on MPants’ page titled “For fuck’s sake” asking him to grow up, explaining exactly how he is of great value to this project, adding that some of us have enabled his dark side (which Tryptofish has more than touched on) , reminding him that he knows full well how to respond to an unblock request, suggesting that he understand that the average human IQ is only 100, and suggesting he shut up and wait six months, mellow with age, and respond the way he knows how to respond. Then, the Chardonnay faded and I deleted the intended edit. As I said before; what is best for him is best for him. If participation here causes him problems – let us wait and not try to force him to participate. (And yeah, I saw the oversighted stuff and a not surprised folks tripped over themselves deleting it. Also in his favor.) (And yeah. Quotes about cynicism are hilarious.) O3000 (talk) 01:42, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The odd thing is MPants does good work, and I thought the project would suffer when he took the self-imposed three-month block, but it didn't. Wikipedia went on fine without him, plenty of other people were watching and curating the exact same articles he did, except in a mature, civil, adult, and much more effective way. Which just goes to show that no one is irreplaceable, and if we feel it is our mission in life to guard the door and right great wrongs, we are not irreplaceable, especially if the way we are doing it is counter-productive. Softlavender (talk) 12:52, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Word. Many of us, including no doubt you, didn't need MPants to teach us that lesson. Many of us will never learn it. ―Mandruss ☎ 12:57, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's true that everyone is replaceable. But I think it's tacky to point it out when someone has just been shown the door and may be weighing an appeal. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:53, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
He should not appeal for six months, IMHO. And, by then he should have realized the meaning of several posts here. I hope he does come back after a long vacation as I enjoyed his presence and contributions. And frank language (which he uses himself) is not tacky. But, an early return would just result in the same ending. O3000 (talk) 01:30, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to misunderstand what I said, but I'm getting used to that happening to me. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:26, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Joseph

Hello. Is there a CIR problem with this user? On my talk page and at the ANI thread about VM on the AE thread his commentary seemed totally disconnected from what was actually happening. I see this now on his talk page regarding the current AE thread. Cheers, Dlohcierekim (talk) 05:47, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed my original answer to you, Dlohc, because I don't think I'd better say anything about Sir J at all. I don't want him to come to my page, for some very good reasons of my own, so I'd better not talk about him here. Bishonen | talk 18:11, 23 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Deletion review

I opened a DRV as you suggested. Would you be willing to temporarily undelete User:Dlthewave/Whitewashing of firearms articles or should I make that request through the DRV page instead? –dlthewave ☎ 21:56, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, I just did, because I saw your note at AE. No problem. Bishonen | talk 22:02, 24 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]


little help

Hello Bishonen! User:Cinadon36 keeps folowing my edits in English in various articles of EN:Wikipedia and reverting them without any explanation. Please i need your help, i think that i followed your instructions and i never insulted him again, from your last warning.

Now my alert button is full of notices of reverts of my edits.

Please check that in many articles he didn't wrote anything. He just follows me and revert me. 1 2 3.


What i can do? Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 14:38, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) I can't really see where they attack you: This is about it, and saying Cairn info is a RS while that bunch of links you presented is not is in no way a personal attack. And the rest of your discussion on that page consists of equally polite, but informative, destruction of your argument that someone is an anarchist when reliable sources would indicate otherwise.
Further, regarding their reverts of your assertions on other pages, per WP:FOLLOWING, Correct use of an editor's history includes (but is not limited to) fixing unambiguous errors or violations of Wikipedia policy, or correcting related problems on multiple articles. In fact, such practices are recommended. ——SerialNumber54129 14:48, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
1st i didn't mention at all personal attacks. 2nd the topic about Cairn is irrelevant 3rd He is following me and keep reverting my edits without explanation. If it is ok, then i have no place here. Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 14:57, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, I misread what you said about attacks (I see you meant that you have a history of attacking them—apologies for misrepresenting you) and have struck that portion of my remark. I'm afraid the rest still stands though. Take care! ——SerialNumber54129 15:02, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed that Αντικαθεστωτικός deletes unsourced text from articles. Wikipedia's policy is that we shouldn't delete unsourced text, it is better to add a template {{citation needed}} or mention it in the talk page and re-address the issue after a month or two. (per WP:USI). Αντικαθεστωτικος provided 3 diffs of mine. I explained the reason at two such diffs. At the third one, I have not explained but it is because I have told him so elsewhere. (ie here (today's diff). He could have asked me at my Talk Page or at article's Talk Page. Nevertheless, from now on, I will keep repeating in every edit summary my doings. Cinadon36 (talk) 15:14, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The user follows me, and keep reverting at once my contribution. p.e Christos Tsoutsouvis in the content of the article he is not described as an anarchist. But someone have put him in anarchists category. So i removed him from this category with the proper explanation (not an anarchist. Left terrorists group during 1980 was socialist and nationalistic like Revolutionary Organization 17 November, and he reverted me 2times with this the 2nd time as an explanation Tsoutsouvis is linked to anarchism by some,! Is it possible to write by some? Who are they? It is not my problem to justify that he wasn't an anarchist, but it his problem to justify that he was a one. (Just for the record the previous organisations of this anarchist Revolutionary People's Struggle). Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 15:35, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That is simply not true. Your contribution that is in line with WP policies stays untouched. ie: [5], [6], [7]. I will not comment on your remarks regarding the content. If you had any questions, why did n't you use the talk page in neither of those articles? Cinadon36 (talk) 15:53, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As i said before: It is only your problem to support that X was something. Not my problem. I won't write anywhere. Tsoutsouvis is linked to anarchism by some is just original research from you, and nothing relevant exists in his article. I think your aim is to revert my contribution, but you did it only to 50% of my contributions. Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 16:40, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi, Αντικαθεστωτικός. There is nothing wrong in itself with following a user's contributions — the link on every userpage to that user's contribs exists for a reason. Cinadon36 has seen some problematic editing by you, and so he looks at the rest of your contribs. Administrators do that every day, when they notice problems — it's normal. What is wrong, on the other hand, is to "hound" an editor: to follow them around "to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work ... with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor", as it says at WP:HOUND. But I can't see that Cinadon has been doing that. Are you saying he has? Bishonen | talk 17:03, 28 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
again and again.1. He prohibit my presence here. please do something.Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 07:51, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't much like that, Cinadon36. Why would you ask a pertinent question of Αντικαθεστωτικός but then remove the exchange an hour later, without giving them much chance to reply? I don't see that it was a WP:NOTFORUM matter, exactly. Bishonen | talk 09:48, 7 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

I did answer at the first time, asking for citations, but then I was thinking, "if someone goes to a Talk Page and state his opinion, isn't that a forum?" per: "Do not use the talk page as a forum or soapbox for discussing the topic: the talk page is for discussing how to improve the article, not vent your feelings about it." (WP:TPNO- it 's circular to WP FORUM) I have seen it many times, users going to articles like atheism, trying to explain the fallacies of atheism, how atheists get it wrong, and their edits are deleted due Wikipedia is not a forum. Lets break down Αντικαθεστωτικός comment (3 sentences)

  1. "i[sic] think they are 1 or 2 greek persons in Syria." Clearly his opinion on RUIS
  2. "Its[sic] a common way to present as it is something bigger." Nothing backed by evidence or RS, his opinion on the users who created the article (violates AGF, note: I didn't contribute)
  3. "its a funny thing i[sic] guess". Can't see why it relates to the article.

Which of those 3 sentences is about the article?. He is not discussing how to improve the article. He is projecting his own opinion on RUIS. On the other hand, Αντικαθεστωτικός keeps complaining of censorship, (he is continuing the censorship campaign I told you Bishonen before[8]). Noone should have a free pass or not have his edits checked by various other users. That wouldn't not right. Instead of asking me what the problem is, he is trying to initiate a battle.Cinadon36 (talk) 10:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

he is making fun of my bad English. he also explains my intentions. Ok i can do it also about him.Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 10:38, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ARCA

Please note that I have opened a request for clarification from the arbitration committee that involves you. I would be grateful if you would give your views at WP:ARCA#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Clarification_request:_Gun_control. GoldenRing (talk) 15:40, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

'zilla request

Hi Bish! Please take a look at everything that's transpired since your last block here: User talk:VwM.Mwv/Archive 2. Some highlights:

Bish, that was just part one.

That's just the last few days. If you look at the user talk page and archives, you'll see that a number of our fellow editors (you're one of them) have very generously spent an inordinate amount of time trying to help this editor contribute constructively. Unfortunately, this editor doesn't seem to listen to any of them. I'm concerned about how many different editors have been disrupted by this one user. I was preparing an ANEW report and realized that the other non-EW-related diffs didn't really fit; so I thought ANI; then I saw your name as the last blocking admin, so I thought I'd dump this in your lap. :-) I'm not sure what the best way forward is, but I look for your advice as to whether I should "take this somewhere" or "leave it alone" or what. Thank you! Leviv ich 23:28, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Levivich, I've given VwM.Mwv a warning about adding the NPOV template over and over, and about placing retaliatory warnings on others. His mentor, Icewhiz, is taking a lot of trouble with him, and he seems at least somewhat responsive (though I notice he hasn't created the desired User:VwM.Mwv/EditPlan page yet, but perhaps it's on its way). Bishonen | talk 17:06, 28 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
He has confirmed he will be backing off - in the archive (he's still archiving at a fast clip - I'll get him off that eventually (it's a bad habit - but he started doing that after an admin suggested it, and it is archived) - he has however started indenting his talk page post). He hasn't edited since we last discussed the editing plan - so it's OK that he hasn't created the sub-page yet (it is still on his user page). VwM.Mwv is a challenge, and perhaps a bit young, but he does have some capacity to listen. I want to get him editing less contentious articles - e.g. Israeli political parties or ventures such as SpaceIL. I'm not sure he realized (and many outside of the US do not) just how much of a big deal gun control is in the US (and by extension on Wikipedia) - much of world is quite bewildered by the complexity and heat of this issue. Icewhiz (talk) 17:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Bishonen! I left a note on VwM's talk page. I'll move along now with thanks to you and Icewhiz for donating your time to VwM.
On an unrelated and happier note, I love the picture of a lion at the top of your talk page. Did you know that... Lev means "lion"? Leviv ich 22:16, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • And you immediately blanked my warning without reply, falsely claiming in the edit summary that I had told you you needn't respond. You're technically allowed to do that, but obviously it's not polite or collaborative, and as Icewhiz says, it's a bad habit. Bishonen | talk 17:35, 28 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Yeah, that was just before I saw Icewhiz's comment on the issue. But you literally did tell me that I "needn't bother tell" you in this case. [9] M . M 17:48, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You think quoting three words out of context shows I "literally" told you you needn't reply? I did not. I was in fact hoping you'd explain why you first said repeatedly that you were done at the article, and then a few hours later edited it again. But I don't care any more, so feel free to stop lawyering. You're lucky Icewhiz has more patience with you than I can muster. Bishonen | talk 17:56, 28 February 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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Optimist's guide to Wikipedia

I added something to this essay. If you'd prefer me to write my own essay, feel free to revert. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(tps drop-by) -- have I just now seen that page for the first time? It's marvelous! :) Antandrus (talk) 14:44, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
13. This guide is entirely sincere? :) Abecedare (talk) 15:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it is. Completely. Just as sincere as I am. Simple as that. User:Bishonen/Optimist's guide to Wikipedia #11. --RexxS (talk) 17:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all, and special thanks to Ritchie333 for contributing. Er, Ritchie, your added item 12 is very attractive in itself, but I'm frankly not sure it's optimistic enough. I mean, the theme of the page is quite narrow. But we may well need more guides. Maybe your #12 could be the start of a "Deletionist's guide to Wikipedia"? Abecedare's suggestion for a #13 is lovely, and very optimistic! But probably not strictly needed, do you think? I mean, of course it's sincere, as RexxS says. It comes from my heart, and is intended as a kind of polemic against MastCell's rather horrible Cynic's guide to Wikipedia — I'm trying to show Wikipedia in a better light. Bishonen | talk 19:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Hi Bishonen, I've copied the rewritten version off to my own space now. I deleted the links to Corbett's trials, the Jimbo blocks, and to Cirt howling about hounds and retitled it Guide to the WP-plexed & WP-plussed. If there need to be any modifs to the TP for crediting autoriteh / writership, don't hesitate to let me know! Thanks too for the inspiration. SashiRolls t · c 13:15, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent idea, Sashi. As you know, my own guide was inspired by MastCell's Cynic's guide — if you check it out, you'll see that quite a few of my points are in direct reply to, or tension with, some of his. (I'm still trying to come up with a sunny and optimistic response to his point 6, "Jimbo's talk page is the last refuge of a scoundrel". Difficult! But it'll come to me! I've only been waiting since 2012!) And now you're kind of responding to mine. Let's see who comes next. The guides go marching on! 🙌 Bishonen | talk 13:57, 2 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Surely 'Shonen know? "Jimbo talk page first stop on Wikipedia comedy tour bus." --T-RexxS (rawr) 16:16, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

FIFA World Cup

Hey, I think I'm having a little difficulty. I will have this content in bold and I hope you agree with me that it's not needed when it comes to specific countries at the FIFA World Cup.

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

For a specific country (e.g. Germany) this content is unnecessary. I feel like I have been treated poorly. This even led to me losing rollback rights after I reverted someone's reversion of my edits. I was honestly not misusing rollback, I just wanted to revert to a correct version because they act like they don't give a four-letter word if the bolded irrelevant content is there. So Ivan incorrectly removed my rollback rights. I wonder when I can get them back. It even led me to a useless 31-hour block just for removing unnecessary content. I have been in general a good faith editor because I have taken down vandalism a lot.

See Spain for example. I don't know why users are reverting my removal if countries like Spain don't have the content. And I also wonder if I can get my rollback rights soon.

Any comments?

Thanks, Dolfinz1972 (talk) 02:27, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why you've come to me, Dolfinz1972? You'd better apply to an admin who isn't sports illiterate. Bishonen | talk 02:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
(talk page watcher) They've posted this same message on a few other admins' pages, although I think this is the first version I've seen which calls my rollback removal inappropriate. I mean, I don't work in userrights much, but using rollback to perpetuate a pure content dispute across multiple pages is grounds for pulling the bit, right? Honestly, someone tell me if I've got it wrong. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:24, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) If they'd still had the rollback bit, they wouldn't have had the opportunity to use charming custom edit summaries for their reverts like this. ‑ Iridescent 17:28, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bruh. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:34, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say there was a bigger issue here than just the "difference between Spain's and England's FIFA wikipage", tbh. ——SerialNumber54129 17:38, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

UTRS appeal #24163

Hi, if they change their username are you OK with an unblock? Just Chilling (talk) 14:44, 4 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Who is this, Just Chilling? I used to have access to UTRS, but found the interface so baffling that I gave it up in frustration. If the name is a secret, you'd better e-mail me. Bishonen | talk 21:29, 4 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
PS, did you really post this some seven hours before I replied? Because I've been editing a good deal in the meantime, but I only got your "new messages" alert just now. Something wrong with the alerts, or with the timestamps? Because I have definitely not been deliberately ignoring you. Bishonen | talk 21:41, 4 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
(talk page stalker) UTRS is easy now - just click the link, select the English Wikipedia, and then "Allow". Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 06:07, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I see it. Thanks, young Boing!. Bishonen | talk 09:02, 5 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
    • paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
    • checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

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Requesting selfblock

Hey, can you block me for three months? I tried using wikibreak, didn't work. Thanks. —Sarvatra (talk, contribs) 06:55, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)  Done-- 5 albert square (talk) 07:06, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Could you have a quiet word?

Hi Bish, could you add a word of wisdom here? An allegedly new editor, who's first edit, interestingly, was to report a vandal sockpuppet [10]. Has gone on from there to editwarring (five reverts) on Richard Wagner, an FA. Example of his "improvement" there. Continues to add his personal opinions [11] to other articles and stuff he found at Reddit, e.g. [12]. Talk page messages to him from three editors (including me) seem to be having no effect, e.g. [13]. Perhaps he might listen to you. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Another admin just had a very loud word with the miscreant. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:21, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes. I have declined their unblock request. Bishonen | talk 17:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Qwirkle

I am writing to you since according to User talk:Qwirkle you have taken action against a personal attack of his. I have myself been the object of recent statements by him that are at best rude and unhelpful. See

The issue is his putting accuracy and then POV templates on an article I wrote (Lynching of Shedrick Thompson). I have posted this to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Lynching of Shedrick Thompson, where he has made another unhelpful comment. Perhaps you could be of some assistance. Thank you. deisenbe (talk) 17:09, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, deisenbe. I think Qwirkle should be made aware of this discussion on my page, so I have now pinged them. I don't think their comments have been rude, with the exception of this unnecessary sarcasm ("Congratulations"). There was no need for that, surely, Qwirkle, when an editor has done their best. But I think your other comments have been perfectly reasonable. Deisenbe, it was a good idea on your part to take the disagreement to dispute resolution, and I suggest both of you now wait for a volunteer there to open a discussion. I can understand that you're disappointed, Deisenbe, but you also have some reason to be grateful to Qwirkle for responding at all (and to the point, too) at DRN. They're not obliged to, and if they hadn't, the DRN volunteers would simply have closed your request. As it is now, the discussion there will hopefully be helpful. Bishonen | talk 18:15, 7 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Our Lady of America listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Our Lady of America. Since you had some involvement with the Our Lady of America redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Mangoe (talk) 19:54, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PROD - Sanctuary Lakes Resort

Hi Bishonen.

I refer to your PROD of Sanctuary Lakes Resort. I have added some raw references to the article. I think they counter most of your points in the PROD, but I am not convinced the subject is notable and have not DePRODed yet. However, you may wish to reword your PROD? Others may think the PROD is now unsafe though?

Regards. Aoziwe (talk) 13:53, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Aoziwe. I very much appreciate your coming to me, instead of just removing the PROD, as many people would do. I'll comment on your links from 1 to 6:
  • 1 and 4 are both about the estate's push in 2014 to be recognized as a suburb in its own right. I'll assume the Herald Sun and News.com.au are reliable sources, but as far as I can see, these efforts didn't succeed, so they hardly establish notability, IMO.
  • 2, The Age, seems reasonably independent to me, but the text is about aspects of the community that aren't mentioned in the article (social concerns about this gated community), so hardly proper as a reference. And you have indeed not put any of your links in as inline reference (footnotes); they're not "references" unless they source something in the text. Possibly you could add a sentence or two to the article based on link 2?
  • 3, Medialaunch, is an outlet for press releases. Not a reliable source.
  • 5, Wyndham.vic.gov.au, oh no, seriously. A "gov" in the URL means nothing when the content is so obviously user-generated. It's a blatant advertisement.
  • 6, Trove, a library entry, also useless as a source.
To sum up, I think your number 2 could be a real reference, if you added some content based on it. I'm still quite uncertain about the notability, just like you, but if you'd like to expand the article with 2 as a reference, I think you would be justified in removing the PROD. I'd then probably take it to WP:AfD for a community discussion, which it might or might not survive. Regards, Bishonen | talk 15:41, 14 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I am inclined to let it sit out the seven days. Cheers. Aoziwe (talk) 22:02, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unwarranted 3RR warning

This discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I have only made 2 edits to that page in the last 24 hours, the most recent of which was over 3 hours ago. I'm not even on the brink of violating 3RR, and would never re-instate a challenged edit when it is disputed by more than one other editor. Even before you issued that warning I had opened discussions concerning the disputed edit, on both User:Johnuniq's talk page and on the talk page of the project page in question, in order to properly and peacefully resolve the matter. In future please think and properly investigate the problem before issuing completely unnecessary and overly-aggressive warnings. Thanks. Citizen Canine (talk) 12:32, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Citizen Canine: 'Shonen was very restrained in her warning to you. You need to learn what edit-warring is.
Did you miss the notice at the top of Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines: "Any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page." or did you just ignore it?
Why do you think that inserting exactly the same edit on three consecutive days isn't edit-warring (especially given the top-notice)?
You only opened a thread on the talk page after you'd shoved your preferred version in three times and had it reverted three times by two different editors. Which bit of "discuss first on the talk page" did you think doesn't apply?
There's the investigation done properly for you. And that's the most unusual use of the phrase "completely unnecessary warnings" that I've seen in years. --RexxS (talk) 13:11, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@RexxS:Adding a simple shortcut hardly counts as a "substantive edit". Funny thing is, I don't recall re-instating the edit after a third editor got involved. Until Johnuniq got involved it was just between me and JJMC89, who had made little effort to justify his repeated removal of the shortcut. So why are you even mentioning that it was reverted by "two different editors"? That's precisely why I didn't even consider re-instating the edit but took it straight to talk. When the warning says "Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war." when that's exactly what I'd been doing for several hours before the warning was issued, then yes, it is "completely unnecessary". Tell me, what precisely was the point of this warning? It should have been clear there was no danger of me making the edit again. When I'm already in the process of trying to resolve the issue diplomatically, issuing a warning like that is only going to anger and frustrate me and make my engagement in that process all the more difficult. Citizen Canine (talk) 13:32, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Citizen Canine: Of course adding yet another shortcut to a linkbox is a substantive edit. Fixing typos and spelling mistakes are the sort of edits that are meant to be exclusions from that notice. You didn't re-instate the edit three times; you made the edit three times after you were reverted. You need to learn that when you are reverted you take it to talk; we work on the principle of BRD, not BRBRBRD. You didn't take it "straight to talk". You took it to talk after you found that re-inserting it twice more wasn't going to work.
"When the warning says "Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war." when that's exactly what I'd been doing for several hours before the warning was issued But that's exactly what you hadn't been doing for the two previous days. So yes, the warning was absolutely necessary.
You clearly don't don't understand what edit-warring is, so you should be taking that warning as an attempt to help you avoid getting blocked, and saying "thank you, 'Shonen", instead of trying to defend your indefensible conduct. You made your engagement difficult yourself yesterday when you re-instated your change and took the edit-warring route instead of using the talk page. --RexxS (talk) 14:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@RexxS: You're right, of course. Without that warning, I definitely would have reinstated the edit. There were no signs whatsoever of me taking a different route prior to the block warning being issued. Citizen Canine (talk) 14:09, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Citizen Canine: Gosh, I'm so impressed by your sarcasm. Not. Has it occurred to you that the purpose of a warning might also be to help you avoid making the same mistakes in the future? Or do you still think it's not a mistake to push your preferred version three times into a page with a top-notice telling you to seek consensus on the talk page first? --RexxS (talk) 14:34, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

​So I accept I was warring, and I apologise. I only pushed the edit because the rationale that a new shortcut shouldn't be used as it was unused seemed so ridiculously circular. I'm not a habitual edit warrior or anything.

I didn't need a warning to stop me re-reverting as it wasn't even a thought in my head. But my actions probably didn't make that clear, so it was justified.

I'm sorry I act like a bratty teenager sometimes. It's sorta because that's what I am. Due to some past experiences I never let people walk all over me. But regrettably, that sometimes means I can be too assertive. This was one of them. Citizen Canine (talk) 15:46, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Moonroot1

Did you mean to block this user indefinitely? Or did you actually mean to block this account for 31 hours? I just wanted to message you and let you know / ask... :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:27, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Oshwah, mind the dragons. I actually meant 31 hours, but now you mention it, it is of course a vandalism-only account. Please change it if you like; I suspect it's an ephemeral account in any case, so it may not make much difference. Bishonen | talk 21:32, 19 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Haha... Nah, it's not an urgent matter... definitely not enough to warrant overriding the block you already placed. Worst case scenario: The user account continues their shenanigans after the block expires and we just indef it then... no big deal. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:36, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
...and what dragons?!! Where?!! Komodo dragons are definitely not amimals that you should mess with... lol ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:37, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
See User:Komodobish if you want an example of a user you shouldn't mess with. --T-RexxS (rawr) 22:54, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking 185.7.216.130

Hi, in January you posted the only warning for BLP vandalism, would you mind blocking the IP user, now that he has done it again? Based on the type of edits, it seems it is the same user, not a shared IP. Thanks, WikiHannibal (talk) 12:17, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, WikiHannibal. Blocked for a month. Bishonen | talk 12:22, 21 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]

As an uninvolved administrator

... would you be willing to look at my request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement #Infobox RfC on Fermat's Last Theorem. I've been trying my damnedest to keep discussion at Talk:Fermat's Last Theorem #Request for comment (RfC) on inclusion of Infobox mathematical statement on the topic of whether to have an infobox on that article, but I'm now sick of having personal attacks thrown at me, as well as multiple attempts to derail the RfC by strawman and tangential arguments. And it's not just me: it's got the stage where one of the other participants has felt the need to file at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents #Repeated personal attacks by Purgy Purgatorio over personal attacks on him.

Even after filing the enforcement request, I've been called "dishonest" by an administrator on the RfC page. Sooner or later, I'm going to give in to the baiting and lose my temper with them. It needs to have somebody wiling to impose sanctions on those who have no regard for ArbCom's requirements of decorum, civility and not turning the discussion about a single article's infobox into a discussion about infoboxes in general. Hope you can help. --RexxS (talk) 16:30, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Very reasonable request, Dino, but I don't think I'm the best admin to take care of it. I've answered more at length at AE, since I want to make a separate point about applying DS to the article itself, too. Bishonen | talk 20:19, 23 March 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you, Chère, and I understand completely. Perhaps one of your talk page stalkers or somebody at AE will find a little time to try to get that RfC back on track. 'Zilla would, of course, have been more than capable of enforcing, but I know how partial she is to my own pet T-Rexx. --RexxS (talk) 21:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bishzilla Lucia Looking Right.gif listed for discussion

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Whitaker

Dude, what I literally added facts to whitaker AND changed it to a MUCH more neutral version of the wording. "Policy issues" inherently implies that there are "issues" with his policies. That is the DEFINITION of bias And that soros stuff is real shit man, I don't know what to tell you. You have a section JUST FOR conspiracy theories... I joined WIKI because this place is biased AF and if you want it to be neutral, you need a huge overhaul of your languange. You've spent a lot of time here on this, if you want it to turn into a joke, then you should put that somewhere. If you want it to be a lobbying arm for liberals, you need to file with the FEC. If you want it to be a long-standing neutral website, then you need to let people have their little hissy fits while others work to improve the site towards what, in writing, is a common goal.— Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthInDave (talk • contribs) 09:14, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Re LMacPad

I wanted to tell you that no apology is necessary, although I appreciate it. Your comments in the matter were not unreasonable, it was a confusing situation. I know it was all in good faith. No harm done. Thanks 331dot (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tut the Nut vandal is back.

The IP vandal at List of monarchs by nickname who keeps inserting King Tut The Nut is back after the protection was removed on April 1st. You put it in in 2016, so perhaps you could renew it again. Thanks Dabbler (talk) 10:03, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Dabbler. I've renewed the pending changes and set to indef; semi seems a stretch for one idiot. Bishonen | talk 10:44, 3 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Cryonics

I have posted in my User talk but as yet have not received a reply. Could you please have a look at what I wrote and give me some guidance?

This is what I wrote on 26th March 2019:

Hi Arbitration Committee

Thank you for pointing out where I have gone wrong. My apologies, I am new to this.

My reason for joining was to learn how to create an article for our non-profit arts foundation. A colleague of mine has had dealings with the Cryonics Institute in the US. I was talking to him about how I intend to create a Wikipedia article and that I was learning how to do it. I then had an email from one of the people at the Cryonics Institute asking me if I could assist them, purely voluntary.

I did not realize that the subject of complementary and alternative medicine fell into a special category and I underestimated the sensitivity of the subject and its controversial content.

There is no conflict of interest as I am not doing this for myself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. I do not have any external relationship with the institute or its members.

I was just asked if I can make the following changes: Replace corpse with body - I don't see the problem here as the definition of a corpse is a dead body "Corpse and cadaver are both medical/legal terms for a dead body. ... Although cadaver is the older word, it has come to refer in particular to a dead body used for medical or scientific purposes". Removing the sentence containing the word 'quackery' seems acceptable as by your own definition "A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, qualification or credentials they do not possess". From what I have read the Institute is neither fraudulent nor an ignorant pretender. The other changes follow the same reasoning as above.

If you believe that I am treading on thin ice then please tell me and I'll walk away from helping the Institute!

Mbark22 (talk) 23:18, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Mbark22: This isn't Bishonen replying to you, but I do edit quite a lot in the area that you're looking at contributing to. I'm afraid you're probably on thin ice. These sort of topics are controversial and you need to take care that you don't write content based only on your own opinion. Wikipedia should not be (and is not) made up of editors' opinions. There are simply too many conflicting ones to include on a topic. So Wikipedia requires that editors summarise only what good quality sources have already published about the topic. If there is a good source that calls the process "quackery", then you can't just remove it because you don't think it is right. It's natural for the proponents of cryonics to refer to dead people as "bodies", rather than "corpses", because "bodies" carries a connotation that the person may not actually be dead, and may be capable of being revived. But that's spin, and we won't be a vehicle for it. If we are referring to a dead body, we'll write "corpse" or "dead body", but not just "body" in these circumstances. So changing "corpse" to "body" will be seen a pushing a particular point of view, and it will be reverted. If you want to contribute to the article, my advice is to find the best independent sources that you can, and then start a discussion on the article talk page on how those sources can best be used to improve the article. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 23:57, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) (2) Just noting the same message was posted at WP:FTN, where I made a brief response linking to an archived TP thread on the question.—Odysseus1479 00:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much, @RexxS and Odysseus1479:. User:Mbark22, RexxS and Odysseus have explained it very well to you. Please take the discussion to Talk:Cryonics and make your proposals there in terms of reliable sources. You did receive a reply on your user talk, quite promptly — were you expecting a reply specifically from me? That's not how it works, when you use the "Help me" template — any experienced user who is keeping an eye out for those templates (I'm not) will reply. If you want the attention of a specific person, you can "ping" them from any page by writing their username, linked, like I have done here with yours. That will create a notification for them. I'm sorry you're having to get your head round all these technicalities first thing, as a new user! I promise it'll get easier as you get used to them. If there's anything that's not clear, please ask me again here, on my page. Bishonen | talk 08:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
  • (talk page watcher) @Mbark22: Can I add one thing? You say above "There is no conflict of interest as I am not doing this for myself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. I do not have any external relationship with the institute or its members", but also that "I then had an email from one of the people at the Cryonics Institute asking me if I could assist them, purely voluntary", and those are contradictory. The interests in question here are Wikipedia's (which is in creating a neutral and educational article) and that of the person who asked you for help (which is in having an article that's favourable to the organization). That is very much a conflict. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:02, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Starting a collaborative project

Hi Bishonen. I was wondering how I can start a collaborative initiative/project where I, along with others can change the details in the article of the city and it's info. In this section which I was able to reach consensus (it's been a while though), I discussed how the city of Rome is a city that encompasses two countries (Italy and Vatican), yet infobox details and other details in the article need to be changed to fit this criteria, and don't think I can do it all by myself. (N0n3up (talk) 00:12, 4 April 2019 (UTC))[reply]

I'm afraid that doesn't look like consensus to me, N0n3up. If you feel strongly about making those changes in the article, you'd better start another discussion on talk, which links to the old one plus lays out exactly the details you want to change, and how you want them to read. Bishonen | talk 09:02, 4 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Did it :) (N0n3up (talk) 00:29, 5 April 2019 (UTC))[reply]

Help

Bish, this is pathetic. I cannot seem to avoid taking a peek at ANI or ERRORS or similar as a procrastination tool. I cannot afford to keep doing this. I need to dive into your pocket for a month, hopefully there's a quiet study off to the side I can use with no distractions. Please block me with no talk page access, no email, until 00:01 on 1 May 2019. I know your criteria, i won't embarass you by requesting an early unblock. I'm positive. Won't be able to send WP "thanks", so doing that in advance here. See you in a month. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:09, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

But do you have a poq? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think that a certain -zilla would be needed to contain Floquenbeam. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:06, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Good one, Gerda! 😀) @Floquenbeam: you have been blocked for 27 days. I'm sorry, but I never seem able to handle the requests for blocks up to a particular clock time safely and properly — I'm scared of them — so you got some hours extra. Enjoy, and welcome in poquet! Bishonen | talk 18:26, 4 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Oh, hey, I wonder if I should block the Monster, too? And Aardvark and so on and so forth. Please e-mail if you wish those guys to join you in Bishzilla's pocket. Bishonen | talk 18:32, 4 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Self-requested pocketing

Can I be pocketed by the great and mighty Zilla? The Irish coffee and cakes are very enticing. Maybe if I'm lucky Jimbo will stop by and he can lecture me on the virtues of his various friends on the Twitter while I enjoy my cake. (For clarity since I just saw the above thread: pls don't blerk me, just pocket time)TonyBallioni (talk) 02:45, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome in pocket, little user! ['Zilla sticks little user in Victorian saloon, no, sorry, salon. Pats down firmly, listens to tiny squeals of protest, nods in satisfaction.] Sit in sofa! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 07:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Thai Pongal Page

Hi Bishonen

Please keep an eye on the Thai Pongal Page. A person who goes by the name 'Pandian Tamil' arbitrarily removes quite a chunk of material from that page. I do not check Wikipedia that often but have been an editor for many years. This is just an alert for your attention if relevant.

My sincere best, Dipendra2007 (talk) 18:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Dipendra2007. There seems to be a conflict as to whether the festival is Tamil exclusively, and whether it's religious or secular. I tried looking at the sources, but it's patchily sourced, and some of the links are dead, or of dubious reliability. I do see that Pandian tamil has been removing material pretty persistently, but I find it difficult to judge whether the removals are proper. Another admin, Keith D, obviously watches Thai Pongal. I think you'd be better off appealing to him. Anyway, I've pinged him now. Also, how about you, RegentsPark, do you have an opinion? Bishonen | talk 18:39, 8 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
No opinion unfortunately. The edit summaries left by Pandian tamil are less than encouraging but I can't judge whether they're right or wrong. My suggestion, if they repeat the deletions, drop a message on their talk page asking them to use the article talk page. Then we'll see what happens. --regentspark (comment) 17:21, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all. The holiday spans several states under different names with a different emphasis. But anyway, we have Keith on board to keep an eye.

Best Dipendra2007 (talk) 20:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RPP

Looks like my talk page is being stubbornly vandalised by an IPv6 hopper. Any chance of a semi? How big is the range block? --RexxS (talk) 23:18, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ad Orientem has kindly set autoconfirmed protection, which is clearly enough. Thanks anyway. --RexxS (talk) 23:20, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New caste warrior, help please

Hi Bishonen, Sitush seems to be away and I am having to deal with a new caste warrior on my own. In the first 24 hours of his account, he made some 30 posts, starting with my talk page (no idea why). All about Kamma (caste) and the other castes he wants to shoot down/compete with. This post should give you an idea of his approach. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:33, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) I've given them a short timeout for NPA, but I haven't looked further than that - I'll leave that for Bish, as I know how much she enjoys this stuff ;-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:38, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
They haven't edited since you gave them the ARBIPA alert, Kautilya3 — naturally enough, since they're blocked. (Thank you, young Boing!.) But it doesn't look promising as regards caste promotion. Bishonen | talk 10:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Oh, blessed are the admins! Thank you both. Let us hope they calm down after this. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:08, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And he's now indef blocked as a sock. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:30, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Blessed are the CUs! Did you see that, Kautilya3? Bishonen | talk 21:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Indeed, thank you Bbb23. I could never have figured out the master. Bish, you have seen him before, apparently! -- Kautilya3 (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If I remember correctly, it all started on this little ole page.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I love getting undeserved credit, Kautilya3, but no, not as far as I know. I'm all at sea. Bishonen | talk 10:16, 17 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
See User talk:Bishonen#Vandalism on Kamma and Raju Article.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:41, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, that guy. He seems to like this little ole page, though it never does him any good to post here (because of my clever tps's, regrettably not because of anything I do). Bishonen | talk 16:25, 17 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Mohammad Anamul Haque Nayan

User talk:Mohammad Anamul Haque Nayan (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Please revoke TPA. As you noted, either the editor is not competent or they are an extreme case of IDHT. General Ization Talk 15:53, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. Thanks, mon général. I can't help feeling sorry for the guy. He probably simply very deeply doesn't know what kind of site Wikipedia is. Just in case he returns as a sock, I've put the bio link in my little redlink collection, to see if it suddenly turns blue, because, you know, why wouldn't it. Bishonen | talk 16:35, 15 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
After he was blocked here, he created the same autobiography on his user page at Commons. I've blanked it, but at this rate we might need to request a global block. Thanks. General Ization Talk 16:42, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Does any little talkpage stalker know how to do that? Bishonen | talk 21:23, 15 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Very very small stalky type here. You can do that here by opening a new request. Looks like he has only edited en and commons so far. (Not knowing the history here, I'll leave the actual request for one who does.) -- Small stalker vanishes in a puff of dust. Antandrus (talk) 21:49, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear. [The even smaller Bishonen stares uncomprehendingly at the.. arghh.. template.] Done, perhaps! We hope! Thank you little stalker! Bishonen | talk 11:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Globally locked now, General Ization and little Antandrus. Bishonen | talk 20:56, 16 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks. BlueD954 (talk) 08:32, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your blocking of

Thewolfchild.

I realise there is a high probability of him getting unblocked. But just to say he/she is very aggressive in my talk page (you can view it) often and shadows me for no clear reason. I have not time to debate with his aggression--which he turned back on my and reported, but just would like to inform you.

Thanks. BlueD954 (talk) 10:07, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see the December 2018 spat in your page history. He's certainly pretty persistent, though I think "aggressive" is too strong. Bishonen | talk 11:38, 16 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Well yes. I feel he has no right to lecture users.BlueD954 (talk) 13:30, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comment. I wrote not to support his unblock, but was willing to give him a lesser sentence [14] and he removed my comment. Of course, he may get his wish, but boy, look at his attitude. BlueD954 (talk) 09:33, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I noticed. Don't worry about it: any reviewing admin will read the page via the history, and see everything. Bishonen | talk 10:47, 21 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Ok thanks. BlueD954 (talk) 03:38, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Harvest Bible Chapel

Thank you for that reminder. I will keep it in mind and seek to be more objective as I review the posting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrsduker (talk • contribs)

Hello again, Mrsduker, welcome to my page. Please note that you can sign your talkpage posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end. When you save, that will be automatically turned into your signature plus a timestamp.
Could you please post a description of your conflict of interest — i.e., could you mention that you are employed by Harvest Bible Chapel as Associate Communications Director — on your own userpage or talkpage? This is a requirement of the Wikimedia Foundation, see Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. And when you say "be more objective as I review the posting", I hope it was clear from my "Conflict of interest" post that you should preferably not edit the article directly at all. Please instead make suggestions for article edits on Talk:Harvest Bible Chapel. Bishonen | talk 05:30, 18 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

The following text is added to the "Important notes" section of the standard provision on appeals and modifications, replacing the current text of the fourth note:

All actions designated as arbitration enforcement actions, including those alleged to be out of process or against existing policy, must first be appealed following arbitration enforcement procedures to establish if such enforcement is inappropriate before the action may be reversed or formally discussed at another venue.

For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Motion: Amendment to the standard provision for appeals and modifications (April 2019)

Gua Sha

Hi Bish! You may remember we had some trouble a while ago at Gua Sha.[15]. It appears to be happening again ... Alexbrn (talk) 15:32, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've RFPP'd. ((later on)) ....and it is done. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 15:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Alexbrn, and woof, Roxy. I see User:El C has blocked 183.90.37.95 for two weeks. FYI, El C: a previous member of the same little /23 range, namely 183.90.36.6, edited the article with similar harassment in February 2019, see [16], and I blocked them at that time. Obviously those two IPs are the same person. I'm very tempted to block the range 183.90.36.0/23 for a month or so, but I see there are quite a few constructive edits from other IPs in it.[17] Unfortunately! So I've simply re-blocked 183.90.36.6 for two weeks. Can any clever-er rangeblocker advise me further? Bishonen | talk 19:25, 28 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks, Bish. The page has also be semi'd for 2 weeks, but we can lengthen that if and/or when disruption continues. El_C 19:34, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'm certainly not cleverer, but if you're only looking at a couple of IPs, then making the individual blocks is scarcely any more effort than a rangeblock and has no collateral damage. Using Twinkle from the IP page is a quick process. --RexxS (talk) 13:50, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, and both have been blocked. But my concern is that since the individual has moved from one IP to the other, they're just as likely to move elsewhere within the range at some point. It wouldn't have to be deliberate. OTOH, if Gua sha is all they're interested in (I can't face checking right now), we can semi it if/when disruption breaks out again. Bishonen | talk 14:44, 30 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Indeed, semi would be a preferable alternative, especially given disruptive edits such as these: [18], [19] from diverse IPs who want to defend the pseudoscience, and the total absence of any constructive edits from IPs that I can find. --RexxS (talk) 15:51, 30 April 2019 (UTC) Postscript: It's been semi-protected for a couple of weeks anyway, so we can look again when that expires. --RexxS (talk) 15:54, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help for remove a photo?

A few days ago I uploaded a poster photo from the movie The Last Moment to illustrate the article of the same name, but I made a mistake: The photo I uploaded was of the film of 1922, white the film I wanted to illustrate was of 1928, although the title is the same (the film of 1922 has no article). I would like to know if you could delete my photo (The Last Moment).

Thank you.--Isinbill (talk) 11:37, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can. Done. Thank you for being careful about these things, Isinbill. Bishonen | talk 12:41, 30 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

How to deal with prob. sock users?

Hi Bishonen. I fear that Parabellus is a sock. Have a look at his contribution history. [20]. His first edit was on 11:00, 30 April 2019 [21] at a Talk Page where he attacks Jingiby, mentioning a diff (this one) that was posted on the 10th of March 2019. How to deal with this issue? Cinadon36 (talk) 11:01, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree it's kind of obvious. I've written something on their page, and also removed the attack at Talk:Boatmen of Thessaloniki yet again. Bishonen | talk 08:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Hi bishonen, i am very sorry about reverting Cinadon36 contribution. I didn't check his history. When he informed me that he was probably a soc i didnt do anything again. I am not so familiar with English Wikipedia soc/puppets. Btw can you check in the same article thisThisΑντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 09:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Αντικαθεστωτικός. No... I'm afraid the stuff you ask me to check is over my head. Bishonen | talk 10:38, 4 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks Bishonen, no hard feelings Αντικαθεστωτικός. Cinadon36 (talk) 10:49, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2019 special circular

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Ramji Bhangre

Hi Bish, thanks for your note on my TP recently. Any chance of you comparing the new Ramji Bhangre article with the one you deleted in January as a creation of a sock of Thakor Sumant Sinhji Jhala (talk · contribs) ? Alarm bells are ringing! - Sitush (talk) 08:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) They're similar, including some quirks (the use of the phrase "baffled (all) the efforts"), but not identical. That, coupled with their fairly prolific contributions, suggests to me that a CU is necessary; there may be sleepers. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:04, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. They're definitely back and socking, using another account also - see the history here - a recreation of an article originally written by the master. That Fanofrain account has also been editing Koli stuff, which was the master's primary interest, IIRC. An SPI will have to wait because I've only got half a usable screen on my laptop here - looks like the ribbon cable is on its way out. - Sitush (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And peering through my fuzzy screen at the history of Mukne Dynasty suggests to me that there might be half-a-dozen other accounts all in bright shiny red. - Sitush (talk) 16:35, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Sitush and Vanamonde93: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Thakor Sumant Sinhji Jhala for the latest round. I'm sure there are more out there, but that's what showed up as obvious. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:21, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
They're persistent, aren't they. I was looking through their contributions hoping to find some pages it would be worth protecting, but the edits are all over the place. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:28, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
There's not much I'd be comfortable doing from a technical perspective to stop them preemptively. Block and report to SPI for CU is the best method here. They are pretty easy to spot technically, so CU will usually catch sleepers if they exist. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:34, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know, thanks. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:25, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, everybody. I'm sorry, Sitush, suddenly I just couldn't face it. Bishonen | talk 21:37, 14 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

No probs, Bish, and thanks to Tony. I'm still only able to see half of my screen but when back in action there is going to be a fair amount of CSD'ing going on for the new articles, most of which rely on Raj era sources. I think there are a lot more socks in the farm also - far too many of the redlinked accounts that edited Mukne Dynasty made one or two cursory edits elsewhere before going to that article, and hadn't edited since. - Sitush (talk) 09:03, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bish: thanks for the offline comments. As we discussed, I am now posting the following on your t/p to welcome additional comments/thoughts. Sorry, I have been a bit slow in getting this done. - MSW

"Paid news" in India is the practice through which organizations, public figures/celebrities, politicians, political parties, brands/movies pay cash or equivalent to a media group or television channel or a newspaper or a magazine or a journalist, to be in the news, for sustained positive coverage, and to avoid negative coverage. This is either a limited time payment(s) or a contract.

"Private treaties" (or "brand capital agreements") in India are signed, long term private confidential agreements between a person or party or organization and a media group or television channel or newspaper or magazine. A private treaty gives an equity position, or equivalent ownership/commission/payment interest to the media group/owners. Such an agreement financially benefits the media outlet, in exchange for manufactured/plugged news, create positive coverage/buzz and avoid negative coverage over the period of contract.

This is a widespread practice and has been a growing phenomenon over "six decades", according to a 2010 investigation by the Press Council of India, their official media ethics watchdog (1, p. 4): Other sources state the same,

Quotes on paid news / private treaties
  • The New Yorker story (slightly paraphrased): "the surrounding stories were written by members of the reporting staff and paid for by the celebrities or their publicists. Most of the section was filled with ads, or with stories that were ads; a similar section appears in each city in which the Times is published. (This is group that publishes The Times of India etc; and this is the group that started the paid news and private treaties practice, later adopted by The Hindustan Times group, numerous newspapers, televisions, magazines there). According to The New Yorker story, one of the owners of The Times Group stated, "what existed before [in India], when reporters were slipped envelopes with cash or accepted favors in exchange for positive coverage. Why shouldn’t the paper, instead of the reporters, collect the bounty?"
  • Maya Ranganathan in Indian News Media: From Observer to Participant (SAGE Publications, p. 122): Paid news is a practice where those who are able pay media outlets to not only feature in the news but also to ensure positive coverage in a sustained manner. [...] Consequently, even a media literate reader/viewer remains oblivious to the fact that the 'news' that is so featured is not a product of rigorous journalistic processes. The debate on 'paid news' has been constructed around the assertion that it is a blow to democracy, that it violates the ethical principles of journalism and works in the interest of the few, rather than in the interest of the public, all of which is no doubt true. [....] The payment could involve the publication of an advertisement masked as news, or eulogistic accounts of an individual, product or organization (not identified as advertorial) or even to running 'a negative campaign' against an individual, product or organization. (Ranganathan later states that "media companies [in India] have set up elaborate marketing divisions to canvass for 'paid news'.)
  • PG Thakurta's article (p. 12) on "Manufacturing News" states, "The phenomenon of paid news wherein newspapers, magazines and TV channels are paid for eulogies of particular candidates and political parties, which then masquerade as independent news, became widespread on the eve of [Indian] Lok Sabha and assembly elections of 2009.
  • etc

Bishonen and I, in our offline discussion, felt that this is worth a wider community discussion as it may raise questions about the reliability of Indian newspapers, magazines and television-digital print media from our WP:RS perspective. Your thoughts and any relevant information on this, on whatever side it might be, are therefore most welcome. Other questions:

  • Do such 'paid news' and 'private treaties' indirectly raise the same serious concerns we have with "paid editing" in wikipedia? This, on first blush, seems to be just one step removed. How can we rely on a source that publishes partly or completely a form of "paid editing"? According to the sources such as those cited above, it is difficult and sometimes impossible to distinguish between news and advertorial, since the disclosure practices are either hidden somewhere in the fine print, or not followed, or non-existent.
  • Do our WP:COI issues apply, perhaps indirectly since the publisher (and the article's authors/journalists) who write 'paid news' disguised as news articles have a conflict of interest?

Any other issues or comments? Pinging @Doug Weller, Sitush, Utcursch, and Abecedare: in particular since you have previously shared comments on the reliability of sources and Indian publications in other contexts. Thank you, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 02:12, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • To both your questions, my first answer is yes. But more simply, The Times of India and the like should not automatically be regarded as reliable sources. ¶ Ignorant me hadn't previously heard about this sleazy industry. But now that I read about it, the sycophancy I've seen in articles in Indian newspapers with august-sounding titles -- articles linked to from Wikipedia hagiographies of people of non-obvious notability (notability in the everyday, non-Wikipedia sense of the word) -- suddenly becomes all too understandable. -- Hoary (talk) 03:08, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I knew about the situation and have long opined that many Indian news sources are not worth the paper/pixels. But it does depend on context and, pending evidence to the contrary, I think The Hindu stands out as being reliable and old copies of The Times of India (from, say, before 2005 or 2010) should be de facto ok.
    Hoary, it is worth bearing in mind that Indian manners tend towards what people in other parts of the world might consider to be somewhat flowery, so while sycophancy is an issue in news reports there are times when it is just the natural style of address etc. Hence the lovely messages I sometimes get on my talk page along the lines of "Dear Sitush, sir, thank you for changing my edits. You are a bastard." - Sitush (talk) 12:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I am yet to get such a message. data-sort-value="" | . ∯WBGconverse 16:26, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, it is also worth bearing in mind that, for example, Private Eye routinely presents coverage of arguably similar situations in the UK press. One example is the relative slavishness of The Daily Telegraph when it comes to matters relating to China - they have a print contract with China and some other big-money connections, so they don't want to rock the boat. Same for the Evening Standard with businesses associated to George Osborne. I think all news outlets nowadays do have an eye on (at least) not causing offence and sometimes out-and-out-but-subliminal etc promotion. - Sitush (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Second what Sitush and others have said above. Some of these issues are particular to Indian media, while some of it is getting a peek at how the sausage gets made; in general, wikipedia editors should be better aware of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. As for takeaways, I would suggest:
    1. Be careful of what Indian news sources are used (a good discussion of some prominent online ones; pinging Winged Blades of Godric who may have further useful links)
    2. Be aware of what sections of those sources are being used (see, for example, this discussion on the relative reliability of the various Times of India sections; as the New Yorker piece Sarah linked to confirms, the city supplements are self-admitted advertorials).
    3. Above all, employ some critical reading skills and editorial judgment before citing any particular piece from any source. For example, it should not take any deep knowledge of, or insights into, Indian media to realize that articles such as this or this, which I came across at Sandip Pal, are pure PR fluff.
The last one IMO is the best check against falling for promotional/paid sources but I am not sure how amenable it is to formulating as a enforceable guideline or applying at scale, especially when UPEs on wikipedia intentionally disregard it. <sigh> Abecedare (talk) 23:23, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Color me deeply disturbed. This needs to be discussed at RSN. I'm really shocked to hear this but am not sure what to do about it. I agree that it explains a lot. Doug Weller talk 09:44, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I think there was a discussion about Indian news sources at RSN quite recently. - Sitush (talk) 09:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I just never have enough time even to check my watchlist carefully, and I spend at least 6 hours a day here! I keep finding rabbit holes I need to dig into. Doug Weller talk 06:02, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The difficulty isn't so much in employing critical reading skills and editorial judgment, @Abecedare: it's in arguing with the UPEs and indeed with clueless fans, and in overruling them. (While assuming good faith, you know.) Take your two links at Sandip Pal: this one is easily ruled out, as it's actually "sponsored content" — it says so right in the URL — but this second one is harder. Will it impress the user (who according to themselves just happen to be interested in Sandip Pal, not paid at all) if I say "Can't you see that's obviously promotional?" No, it wont. If I try to argue with them about the nature of the source, I'll be lucky to escape being called racist. I know you're aware of these problems, Abcd; indeed, as you say, the problem is in formulating them as an enforceable guideline. Well, before we take it to RSN, can I ask if anybody (HINT HINT Sitush and Ms Sarah Welch) is up for starting a page listing specific Indian (and perhaps other) media who go in for paid news per Sarah's sources in the collapsed section above? Something, mutatis mutandis, on the lines of Sitush's excellent User:Sitush/Common which is mainly about caste sources. Or are we ready for RSN right now? Bishonen | talk 14:59, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch on the sponsored content; I had missed that disclaimer in the url! The parallel content, close publication dates, and promotional language with some very distinctive phrases ("debut in the direction space") indicate that all the three English-language sources are warmed over press-releases but, as you and others have said, we can't expect any of that to convince our "not paid at all" content creators. Incidentally, the wikipedia article contains details not in any of the cited sources ("covered Jordan extensively during that stint") but we can be sure there are innocent explanations for that too. ;-)
More seriously: relying on press-kits for foundational facts is hardly uncommon (for example, this NYT piece takes many of the biographical details from this media-release and even screws up the subject's country of birth in the process of summarizing) and not by itself reason to reject a source. The issue with some of the Indian media is (a) the bare scrutiny they seem to apply before re-printing or re-working the PR material, and (b) monetary payments influencing the decision to publish.
Ok, enough preaching to the choir. I think documenting these problems and writing up a Sitush-style guide to such sources is the best step forward. Nominate Winged Blades of Godric to get the process started in user- or project-space. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 00:03, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect that Abcedare knows more about the subtleties than I do. - Sitush (talk) 16:13, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since Abecedare paged me:- (1) The issue largely boils down to editorial discretion. You need to watch the style/tone of writing, the rate of concurrent reporting by other media-units, the similarity between those reports et al (2) I have been planning for a long long time to start a page documenting the reliability (and best use practices) of different Indian media-houses. That linked RSN discussion was the first of such efforts. (3) Read Cobrapost#Operation_136_:_Part_1 for further interesting stuff concerning the Indian media. ∯WBGconverse 16:26, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Like Doug, I am deeply concerned and not sure what our approach ought to be. Bish: +1, if someone (WBG?) can start a page wherever that might be appropriate, I will help expand/add to the list. I suspect the list might be long from all the sources I have read so far. A similar phenomenon termed brown envelop journalism is a similar serious problem in Africa, and equivalents exist elsewhere. WBG: The Cobrapost story is among the sources I have recently read. It has three parts. The Times Group has alleged that they were doing a reverse 'paid news' sting on the Cobrapost reporters they alleged were on "bail for fraud and forgery". The India Today, The Indian Express group, etc have all contested the Cobrapost version. A complex mess this all is indeed!, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 17:05, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
*(ps)WBG: That Cobrapost's wikipedia article has issues. It seems to have been largely expanded by an IP and then an SPA, who strangely also expanded the article on Cobrapost's founder in the same burst of edits. Diannaa rev-del'd parts of it. The article relies on the Cobrapost website as a reliable source for an article on Cobrapost. Strange. 1, 2 give a bit more balanced picture of the various sides. There is more, all of which is better discussed on that article's talk page. Let us focus on the broader 'paid news / private treaties' issue here. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 17:46, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • We also need to create an article on Newspapers in India, where this kind of information can be documented. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:13, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bish/WBG: I will go ahead and start a list in my userspace:sandbox this week, because I am reading more sources. It will be easier for me to just add to that list as I make progress. Others are welcome to expand/revise it too. We can always move it. I will include sources for every media group/newspaper I add to that list.
After reflecting on the comments above, I wrote down the questions below. In these questions, the term "paid-news-INMD" refers to any Indian newspaper, magazine or digital-news website that publishes paid news, with or without private treaties
  • Is a paid-news-INMD acceptable as a reliable source for en-wikipedia? what if it is disclosed (advertorial)? if it is undisclosed? if there are credible reports that the group is a paid-news-INMD but the group's disclosure procedures and article-labeling procedures are unclear to us?
  • Would a limited ban or full ban of paid-news-INMD sources seriously limit the ability of en-wikipedia editors to find sources for some articles? Would that be a problem? Would it help improve the quality/honesty of our articles or would it weaken the project?
  • Are there circumstances – such as developing news – when a paid-news-INMD source may be an acceptable source? Would requiring the use of two or more paid-news-INMD sources from independent groups possibly help in some circumstances?
  • When should paid-news-INMD sources be strictly unacceptable in en-wikipedia?
Additional questions, concerns and comments welcome, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 19:10, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looking good, Sarah. Maybe it's time to take this to WP:RSN and/or WT:INB, to publicize Ms Sarah's list-in-progress and get wider input? What do you think, @Doug Weller, Sitush, Abecedare, Hoary, Winged Blades of Godric, and Kautilya3:? Bishonen | talk 10:46, 24 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]
  • Very worthwhile, and a promising start. I think that it needs a bit more work, though. The description of this stuff that appears both above and in what are currently the two opening paragraphs of User:Ms Sarah Welch/sandbox/Paid news and private treaties is one thing; however, we're also told that the page will list "Media groups, newspapers, magazines and news websites that publish paid news, or private treaties, or both – with or without disclosing such relationships". Umm ... take a look at "Guardian Labs". It's "paid content" at The Guardian, so I suppose The Guardian should be listed too. And don't assume that what's at The Guardian has been checked for quality: consider "Distilled and delivered: the birth of a new whisky", which is "paid for by [blank]" and whose opening paragraph reads "Whisky has always had a special power to evoke a sense of place. Such is the intimate connection between the location of a distillery and the whisky it produces that a great single malt has the ability to speak on behalf of where it’s from – conveying a sense of the history and character of its home community." Which is what I would call "bollocks" (more precisely "booze copywriting cliché bollocks"). Now, while this Guardian non-article is junk, it, together with those that are financed similarly, announces that it's "Paid content" and is on pages differently designed from the great majority there. So I think that they're innocuous. They should not be cited (other than in extraordinary circumstances), but their existence doesn't debase the majority of what's at The Guardian. -- Hoary (talk) 13:13, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hoary: Good point. If the paid content/advertisement is obvious to our editors during the sourcing and verification process, it should not be a problem. I have, therefore, struck the "with or". I have added "or unclear disclosure", anticipating those cases where a website or newspaper tries to game the process... discloses in small or regular font on page 17 that page 3 news was partially or wholly paid by the way!, or does something equivalent on a website. It should be as obvious as The Guardian link you give. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 14:43, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work Ms Sarah Welch and an eye-opening documentation of the problem.
However, I wonder if in trying to be comprehensive about listing all the publications that may be problematic, we unavoidably dilute the remedy to a difficult to enforce '"may raise the same concerns" as COI and paid editing' advisory. It may be worthwhile to separate out the worst-known actors and practices, for which we can then offer stronger prohibitions. For example, based on the evidence presented in the New Yorker article including statements by the the publishers, I would propose:
  1. Articles in metro supplements to Times of India cannot be used as an independent source on wikipedia, or as evidence to establish notability.
    • Reason: they're advertorials! Quote: Tucked under the section’s masthead, four words in small type inform the reader that the contents are an “advertorial, entertainment promotional feature.” Jain insisted that this meets the transparency test. “It’s on my masthead,” he said. “It says ‘advertorial’ clearly.”
    • Note: Same policy should apply to any other supplement of ToI, other Times Group publications, or any other newspaper that contains a similar disclaimer. And while it is not always clear when reading an article online whether it was part of such a supplement, with some effort that can be checked by looking at the e-paper
  2. A Times Group publication cannot be used as an independent source for any content related to its equity partners listed here. Such articles should be regarded as sources self-published by the related entity.
    • Reason: duh. The publisher has self-admittedly obtained a financial stake in these companies in exchange for promoting them (and, allegedly, suppressing negative coverage).
These proposals obviously don't address all the problems that have been uncovered but they do help draw some clear red lines. Thoughts? Abecedare (talk) 02:56, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks User:Hoary and User:Abecedare. Important points. I think we need to concentrate on the specific problems to be avoided while where appropriate discuss specific publications. Doug Weller talk 06:02, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Doug Weller and Abecedare -- I am going for such an approach over User:Winged_Blades_of_Godric/Indian_Media. There are lot many sources and that needs a lot more work and polishing. ∯WBGconverse 06:55, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Abecedare and others: Thank you. The draft list is intended as an aid for our deliberation, and it is at this point not intended as a proposed action/ban/exempt list. All your comments are already propelling that deliberation and helping me/us refine our approach. As WBG notes, there are indeed a lot more sources and more work needed. On disclosures by these media groups: well, unlike The Guardian explicit disclosure, the Indian situation is messy. The editors and managing directors (CEOs) of the major Indian media groups have admitted that they publish paid news, or articles per private treaties, or both. However, neither the publication nor the author of the article discloses the relationship/paid news at the end of an article, or in a clearly visible equivalent form (this is in contrast with peer-reviewed scholarly publications in subjects such as health care and pharma 1 2, and analyst publications about corporations and their products in the US/Europe/Japan/Singapore/etc 3, where such disclosures are required).
Now here is the more troubling part. According to Anuradha Sharma's paper on "paid news" published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at University of Oxford, pages 32–35 (the section starts at page 29), internal documents and interviews of former Indian media group employees suggest that they have "senior editors" to champion the interests of their paying clients, carry stories, clean up and troubleshoot articles, and integrate content [in favor of the client] into different sections of the paper. While doing this, the top editors and media group management also claim that they have a "Chinese Wall" between their editing staff and the staff that sells or manages "ads, paid news and private treaties". In other words, these Indian groups are "disclosing" they do it, yet "not disclosing" right at the end of the paper article or the website page so that we and our fellow editors can easily check. I am unclear who and what we can trust here, or what our approach ought to be. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:26, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If something rather official happens, I would be grateful for one of you to ping me, as I only became aware of this very discussion yesterday, but I find it very important. I only contributed to a few India-related articles, but clearly remember when I was looking for sources in relation to pseudoscientific topics and controversial gurus (an extant artefact). Since I had no experience with Indian news outlets, apart from those included there I eliminated a number of others because they were blatantly propagandist. Among sites that remained, a few seemed better, but even then, the quality often varied from article to article. Since I do not read Hindi or Tamil my experience is limited to English sources. Learning about how serious this paid advertizing issue is, it explains a lot... Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 18:04, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Hoary and Winged Blades of Godric: and others: I have added some more text before the list, added more sources, and expanded the list a bit. According to Anuradha Sharma's Oxford University published paper on paid news (see page 7), "as of 2012, there were around 93,985 registered [media] publications, and 850 licensed television channels" in India. A comprehensive list could be very very long. I have intentionally not added some large media groups yet, as well as select individual publications such as their Mint newspaper, because I am still reading through the relevant sources. Additionally, I have kept newspapers and other publications from Africa and other regions out, for now. I welcome WBG and anyone else with relevant information to edit the list or merge/append as appropriate. Please let me know if you have additional suggestions to prep it for RSN or another relevant board. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 01:50, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Winged Blades of Godric: Is your draft combined with this updated list reasonably sufficient to move forward with community-wide deliberations? Another request to you and others who may have better access to internal reports of Indian organizations... This Frontline article by Rajalakshmi states in the third last para that the Press Council of India released a report on paid news in India "running over 3,000 pages". Has anyone seen this? I have the 13 page downsized summary that was initially released after the Indian media executives/journalists in India voted to suppress the full paid news report, and the 71 page addendum they released after they were pressured to release more of the paid news report. But, so far, despite some effort and phone calls over the last week, I haven't been able to find this 3,000+ page report on the paid news / private treaties in India. I would appreciate a link to this report. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:10, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See this. Looks like they tried to bury it. - Sitush (talk) 12:42, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Sitush, yep, they tried to bury it. Unless I am missing something that Outlookindia-Scribd link is the same as their 71-page report I linked above. If the Frontline magazine is right, there is an even longer version with 3000+ pages that the Press Council of India released later. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry, I missed that. I've been digging around but cannot find anything. I wouldn't fancy reading 3000 pages! - Sitush (talk) 13:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
On their old website, it was apparently at http://presscouncil.nic.in/Final report on Paid News.pdf but the Wayback machine only tried to get it on four occasions and even on 16 Oct 2011 it returned an error. Since it was also attached to their press release, some morally sound journalist (contradiction in terms?) somewhere must still have a copy. - Sitush (talk) 14:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen the Frontline newspiece and I tried to learn about it, since about two weeks back.
There existed a preliminary draft report, that was about a few hundred pages and contained lots of raw material:- interview-transcripts, more examples of paid-coverage, images of rate-brochures and allegedly, more names of regional media. That's what I have heard from a few (~5) journalists, whom I expected, to have a know-how of the circumstances. Interestingly, none except one had seen the raw material and even that part. journalist rejected of the draft being ever publicly available.
That prelim. report got shortened to the 71 page stuff, which was withheld before being published under the purview of RTI.
I have been trying to get access to that report (few hundred or few thousands or whatever) but the chances are bleak. ∯WBGconverse 15:55, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Amicus autem populus

Amicus autem populus (talk · contribs) doesn't seem to be paying attention to their talk page and pretty much every edit they make to caste articles has been reverted or should be reverted. They've had various warnings + the sanctions alert. - Sitush (talk) 08:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps they don't know they have a talkpage. I've blocked for a week; hopefully that will help them find it. Bishonen | talk 09:23, 19 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I did wonder, thanks. - Sitush (talk) 09:29, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Homophobic bile on suicide of Tyler Clementi article from editor jumping IPs

Hi Bishonen,

Thanks, EdChem (talk) 12:59, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Oh, no need for such a long charge list, this is some troll who obviously deserves a block. There is a suitable range, see Special:Contributions/71.246.144.0/22. Doing... BethNaught (talk) 13:07, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you to BethNaught for the range block and Galobtter for the RD2 rev-del, I appreciate the quick response. EdChem (talk) 13:24, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, this is the place for a quick response! (By my dear tps's, not by me.) Thank you all! Bishonen | talk 13:55, 19 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]
    • Indeed. Semi-protected the article for a year. Risker (talk) 14:16, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks, Risker. Bishonen, I saw you removed an edit summary, but it appears to be the one from the IP who removed the offensive material... did you mean to remove the summary from the trolling post re-adding the material? I'm confused. EdChem (talk) 14:35, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
        • EdChem, the edit summary contained the highly inappropriate name of the "section" the vandalizing IP had added (it is an automatic edit summary when removing a section), so the rev-delete of the edit summary was consistent with the rev-delete of the content. Hope that helps! Risker (talk) 14:42, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
          • Risker, you are right, of course – I had forgotten the sub-heading was there, just remembering that the vandalism-removing IP had made no inappropriate comment, hence my thought that the redaction may have been accidentally directed at the wrong summary. Bishonen, thanks for that piece of clean up.  :) 14:55, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

You are correct - I edited archives by mistake. Sorry, and thanks for fixing it. JohnTopShelf (talk) 22:59, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't fix it — I assumed you'd rather do it yourself — but now I have. No problem. Bishonen | talk 23:35, 23 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Cute isn't it?

Mokele-mbembe (rawr)

Almost as cute as Bishzilla... —PaleoNeonate – 05:40, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Zilla much impressed by handsome creature and especially by magnificent tail. How big Mokele-mbembe? Fit in pocket? No? Never mind, welcome in harem virile young Mokele-mbembe! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 16:45, 25 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Advice, please

File:Hello-waving-gif.gif

Not sure what to do with the developing situation at User_talk:Risto_hot_sir#Inappropriate_links. I have the feeling that it is going to keep going round in circles. I could escalate it somewhere or I could walk away and just let it fester in my head that we're effectively acting as a proxy for Hindutva propaganda. Thoughts? - Sitush (talk) 11:38, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No DS alert? A bit of a pity, but they've got one now, together with a warning. Bishonen | talk 12:37, 26 May 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Saini

Would you mind taking a quick look at User:Manmohansinh saini's edits at Saini? He's been unilaterally doing a bit of what looks like caste puffery, trying to claim the Saini caste as rajputs (it's on his deleted userpage too). He's been reverted several times by Sitush and I, and I've warned him to stop and seek consensus, but he just waits a little while and does it again. I'm obviously involved, having made some reverts. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, they're the latest in a long line of contributors who do not like the idea of the Saini community being connected by name with another community, even through a dabhat. There have been past discussions on the article talk page, which has them archived. We need the dabhat, various experienced bods have said as much ... but the Sainis think they are tainted by association. - Sitush (talk) 09:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Or perhaps a long line of one contributor? Who knows. Anyway, I've blocked for a week and posted a DS alert. Bishonen | talk 10:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks, Bish. There is an equally long-running palaver at the Chamar article if you're looking for something to do :) A whole host of new accounts have been trying to sanitise it for years. Possibly socking but as likely to be incentivised by comments made on some caste-affiliated Facebook page etc. - Sitush (talk) 10:50, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'll watch it. I indeffed one character, but the others aren't that recent. Bishonen | talk 11:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
And I've got it on my list (I have a little list). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:32, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I remember you having a slight list in Manchester some years ago. - Sitush (talk) 12:37, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I blame those who bought the beer. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Colley Cibber Apology small.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Colley Cibber Apology small.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused duplicate or lower-quality copy of another file on Wikipedia having the same file format, and all inward links have been updated.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.  ★  Bigr Tex 03:05, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, BigrTex. I don't know what I was thinking, but then it was a long time ago. I probably didn't know how to request deletion. Bishonen | talk 08:03, 3 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Where is block message

Hi. I reported user 50.234.120.42 and they have been blocked, but no notice is on their talk page. Who puts it up? I'm new to this so please excuse my ignorance...TheDoDahMan (talk) 17:56, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Uninvolved admin needed

Bish, back on April 28'th I had responded to an ANI thread "Range block needed" by blocking the one named account Hammy0007; concluding that the named user and Malaysian IPs were the same person and had been editing disruptively; declining the range block request as infeasible but volunteering to block individual IPs or "new accounts" were they to crop-up.

Move forward to the last couple of days: I have been involved in a content dispute with 60.50.173.223 at Indus script and related articles (see this and this discussions for an explanation of the content issue, although that is perhaps not really needed), who I now realize is the same user! With my admin thinking-cap on, I would say: looked at individually, 60.50's slow edit-warring and IDHT conduct does not merit a block yet but looking at the user's whole edit-history shows that engaging with them is a waste of time.

I can't and won't act in admin capacity, of course. And coincidentally, Doug Weller and RegentsPark who are familiar with Hammy0007 and the original ANI thread have both reverted or interacted with 60.50 as editors in the current Indus script dispute. We are running out of uninvolved admins in this area! Can you take a look?

Listed below are some of the IPs used (the link should be quite apparent but let me know if you'd like me to spell it out over email).

List of IPs used by Hammy0007 (not comprehensive)

Abecedare (talk) 04:52, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The original account behind all these is one you blocked in Oct 2018: Rameezraja001 (talk · contribs) Abecedare (talk) 08:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear... OK, I'll take a look when I have time, maybe tomorrow. Bishonen | talk 09:33, 8 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks. That's all that is needed. I mainly just wanted another admin to review and confirm the evidence of sockpuppetry since I don't expect the user to stop their activities anytime soon. I'll copy some of the above to Rameezraja001's SPI for future reference. Abecedare (talk) 16:04, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiquote obsession

Risto Hot Sir's obsession with Wiki-quote continues; now in the form of adding whitewashed statements via image-captions, coupled with misleading edit summaries. Since, you have already warned him days back, me thinks that he is in need of an indefinite timeout from ARBIPA. ∯WBGconverse 16:20, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

P.S:- A (CIR + NOTHERE) block won't be very inappropriate either .... ∯WBGconverse 16:25, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. It's only a week or so since they said they weren't going to edit India stuff again. - Sitush (talk) 17:02, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).

Administrator changes

removed Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

removed Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
  • An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
  • An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

  • The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
  • Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Long overdue barnstar

The Socratic Barnstar
Magnificent. Nishidani (talk) 21:15, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Nishi, you make me blush. Bishonen | talk 21:16, 11 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Cheers, —PaleoNeonate – 21:45, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would just like to add a comment in relation to the recent unblock. I find it heroic and acknowledge that the community supports it, but at the same time I worry that if a desysop or ban result (or anything else that may make you to ultimately decide to retire), this would be very unfortunate, because I think you are very precious. Of course, more damage can also result of this affair in general (and that's unrelated to you or the unblock, of course). Anyway, just expressing both my appreciation and worry. —PaleoNeonate – 08:12, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ultimate Platinum. Poet Supreme. Biskopje. – SJ + 05:42, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
"I'm with you, Floq, and I'll be Spartacus if you are." [22] Benjamin (talk) 01:48, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Z147

A barnstar for you!

Bish taking on the WMF
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Another good move. Brave and courageous step, but if you have to go through RfA again I'll be adding a strong support for you doing the right thing. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 07:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Because goats are awesome, and when something needs to be headbutted they do it courageously.

bonadea contributions talk 07:24, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Freundliche Vision
eine Wiese voller Margeriten

support headbutted courage, with a vision of friendliness --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
For standing up for the community in the face of personal cost, thank you, Bishonen. starship.paint (talk) 07:33, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
You are a true hero. ~Swarm~ {sting} 07:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another barnstar

The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for enforcing the community consensus, even when it is difficult. Tazerdadog (talk) 07:51, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You've once again shown why you are so valuable to us!

Bravo! As I told Floq, you've got an automatic vote from me if anything happens and you need to stand for RfA again. I hope WMF will see sense and it won't come to that. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. CassiantoTalk 08:09, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
With appreciation. 67.164.113.165 (talk) 08:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned at WP:FRAM, I think anyone losing their admin bit because of this WMFuckery should get it back on request as a former admin in good standing without the need for an insulting RfA. Reyk YO! 08:20, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
+1. Just learned about WMF handling of Fram, Floq and this whole unbelievable series of events. I am shocked. I have read WMF's initial justification. WMF comes across as having little clue about the amount of vandalism, disruptive editing, harassment and abuse the editors and the admins face in their efforts to build and maintain en-wikipedia. The only silver lining here is the willingness of admins like you, Bish, to speak up and act. Thanks to all of you, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:27, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Add me to the automatic RfA vote list.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Likewise. rdfox 76 (talk) 13:50, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:51, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly hope there's some sense in San Francisco this morning. You've been one of the project's best and most valuable administrators for quite some time, and here's hoping it stays that way. Seraphimblade Talk to me 15:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you. Oshawott 12 ==()== Talk to me! 09:58, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Definitely above and beyond! I just hope it stops now and that you're still an Admin when San Francisco wakes up. Doug Weller talk 10:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

Barnstar of Integrity
Thank you for taking a stand for what's right, as you always do..You are a beacon of integrity.

We have your back! - MrX 🖋 10:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]


The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
And I never give barnstars. EEng 11:28, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barn for you

You don't seem to need any more barnstars as you have plenty now, so instead I'd like to give you this barn to keep them all in (or hang them on, or whatever Americans do with them). It's just one of the old barns that's been hanging round the back of the Boing! estate for years, and you obviously have more use for it than I do. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:06, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ha, thank you, Boing, very useful. I know no more of what Americans do with barnstars than you do, probably less. But I do appreciate them all, and will most likely decorate the inside of the barn with them, for cosiness, after I've installed my desktop computer there. (Barn, what barn? It's my study!) Bishonen | talk 14:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I took a look inside before I wheeled it round to your place, and I'm sorry about all the dust and cobwebs. I honestly don't think it's been cleaned since the days of my great grandfather, Boing! said Zebedee IV. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:10, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Boing! said Zebedee IV? What, was there an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine? rdfox 76 (talk) 16:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's a fair way tha noo... and I don't see any wheels! But you might find a wee sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie amongst the dust and cobwebs. Shalom. "Rabbi" Burns 123 (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin! Oh no, how awful. Burns can be dreadfully sad. :-( And I was just going to move in, too. Dust and cobwebs sounds just like my current "study", so that part's fine. Bishonen | talk 17:01, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Ach, wheeling things around is easy enough if you do it the way old Archimedes said ("Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and before you know it I'll have a hernia" or something).

Oh, and speaking of contraceptives and time machines, my great granddad knew that Zaphod Beeblebrox III chap. Didn't like him much, mind - thought he was a bit full of himself. Apparently told him "If your head gets much bigger it'll split into two". Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:35, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hernia or not, he sure could screw (allegedly). tee-hee. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:42, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Probably with the assistance of some Trusses & Stays.—Odysseus1479 00:50, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Surely you mean stays? --GRuban (talk) 14:36, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Another one to hang in Boing's barn. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:24, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
I've just this minute saw your unblock (at ANI) and I'm lost for words!,

Your actions are not only brave but they're also very much appreciated!
You truly are a hero infact you're just amazing all round! :)
Thanks again, Take care, –Davey2010Talk 12:27, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thank you for your courage in standing up to power gone rogue. Lepricavark (talk) 12:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Spartacus!

❤️ -Spartacus (talk) 12:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm Spartacus. If you do get desysopped, I'm willing to join you. — O Still Small Voice of Clam 14:07, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
^^^ —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 13:14, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Courage comes in many forms. Daring to defy is but one of them; and yet that, more often that not, deserves proper plaudits. Accept this as but one of many. —Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 13:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
The WP community will not stand for secret trials, with secret and unaccountable judges, no opportunity for the accused to defend themselves, secret accusers, secret accusations, secret evidence, and to top it off, no appeal possible. Thank you for defending our values. Randykitty (talk) 13:54, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Cripes, I was about to thank Bish for a minor warning given elsewhere. Makes all the other crap look trivial. O3000 (talk) 14:03, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Because lord only knows you've got enough barnstars, and pretty soon even that barn Boing gave you is going to fill up. Here's a nice, cute kitten to frolic about among the barnstars; thank you for standing up to the WMF in the face of everything that's happened. It's much appreciated.

-A lad insane (Channel 2) 14:27, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
For your bravery in unblocking Fram. A Dolphin (squeek?) 15:06, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And of COURSE they couldn't be arsed to notify you...

Welp, the inevitable has happened. And, just as with Floquenbeam, the WMF couldn't be bothered to actually give you any notification that they'd yanked your bit. My condolences, and feel free to rampage in San Francisco to vent your frustrations, kaiju. rdfox 76 (talk) 17:09, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eh? ‑ Iridescent 17:11, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Gaaah! Sorry, misread something that came up in my watchlist and thought I saw a deop happen. Stricken. Though I reserve the right to un-strike if the WMF does follow said pattern. rdfox 76 (talk) 17:14, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
They’ll do it via meta, so you won’t see it on your watchlist. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:15, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
But hasn't been done yet.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's probably still too early in the day in San Francisco. [Tightens grip on Bishzilla's leash.] Bishonen | talk 17:19, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Leash! [Bishzilla falls over laughing, with an ominous thud.] Hilarious! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 17:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
@TonyBallioni: I've got this talkpage and Floq's watched for the duration of the current Category 5 Shitstorm, and saw a User Rights Log entry for Floq come up that mentioned restoring all non-admin permissions (because apparently the WMF took everything but autoconfirmed and ECP away--nice competent work there), and somehow, my brain saw "Floquenbeam" and substituted "Bishonen," so I assumed it was being done to correct a poorly-done deop of Bish, not Floq. Clearly, I need to eat something, maybe go give the dog a walk, and otherwise get away from the computer for an hour or so and let my eyes uncross. rdfox 76 (talk) 17:27, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I was saying that when the WMF makes a change, they do it via meta, so you wouldn’t see it. Just letting you know for future reference :) TonyBallioni (talk) 17:34, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I dont do barnstars.

Roxy, the dog. wooF 17:30, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Administrator's Barnstar
For enacting community consensus. --Cameron11598 (Talk) 17:52, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The imaginary barnstar

Imagine one here! Anyway, thank you for doing the right thing. -- You were the first admin to get 100 supports on their RFA (if I remember correctly); may you also be the first to get 100 barnstars for a single action. (Give a few to 'zilla to keep her happy.) Antandrus (talk) 19:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hehehe! Yes, I think I was the first, but I wouldn't have dreamed anybody but me remembered. I'm still very proud of it! Or, well, slightly proud. Bishzilla's RFA is actually a finer specimen. Bishonen | talk 20:03, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

I'm late to the party due to my timezone, but I want to express my deep appreciation for an honorable and principled decision. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:27, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, don't know what to post. Was considering cute baby black swans. Thanks, Bishonen. ---Sluzzelin talk 23:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

The Original Barnstar
For following through when you said you would. Carrite (talk) 23:35, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your courage from me too; you have our support. All the best, Miniapolis 02:29, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Class act

I've been holding my tongue on the whole WP:FRAM mess for a while, except in relation to a loosely related side-show on Rob's talk page, because I have very mixed feelings about the whole affair. But while I don't go in for barnstars or the like, I figured that if I was gonna post that long rant on WT:ACN I should probably also chime in here to say that that was a guts-y, and classy, move on your part. (By "that", I of course mean the unblock, since I probably need to disambiguate from all the other guts-y and classy moves you seem to be making these days ;-) ) The community thanks you! Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 02:15, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notification

BU Rob13 added you as a party to the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Restoration of admin permissions to Floquenbeam by WJBscribe. But, I think you were not notified, so this is it. starship.paint (talk) 06:20, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Starship.paint. I didn't indeed know about it, and don't quite see in what sense I would be a party, either. Maybe on the principle that "you may as well deal with Bishonen too as long as we're here", I guess. Bishonen | talk 09:12, 13 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Wikipedia:Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram

Wikipedia:Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram#Statement from Jan Eissfeldt, Lead Manager of Trust & Safety Wikipedia:Superschutz. FYI. I think T&S tries to make Wikipedians absurd. I think tail (tries to) wags the dog. Need more? Ask me. But now, in my time zone it is after midnite and bedtime (not only for democrazy) :D . If you think it is not useful for you: delete this posting. Greets. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 22:12, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Informationswiedergutmachung. Very fine username there! It's after midnight where I am, too. Goodnight. Bishonen | talk 22:20, 13 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
A hommage to Brazil (information retrieval). The movie showed 1985 (!) how the WMF does work. Greets from Germany to South Africa? :D Have a good nite. --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 22:25, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, I'm at the North Pole. Gute Nacht. Bishonen | talk 22:45, 13 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Ice hotel in Bishzilla's pocket
Where do you live, when all the windows of your house point out south? On the north pole.. :) --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 18:13, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Or anywhere in the world in a house with windows only in one wall. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:15, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
All your windows on every side.. :-P :) --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
OK, here's one (apologies for the distractions, Bish). How many places on Earth can you walk one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north and end up back where you started? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:58, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
i think I might have first seen that in Martin Gardner's Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions. Near the South Pole you can walk a mile east and do a complete circuit around the pole arriving back at your starting point. A little closer to the South Pole, you can do two circuits while walking a mile east, and so on. So any point that is a mile north of those circles of latitude will fit the bill for your puzzle (as well as the North Pole, of course). -- T-RexxS (rawr) 21:11, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly - there's an effectively infinite number of such places. You're too quick ;-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:13, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I know you're all jealous of my beautiful midnight sun. And of my fine winter house. The small ice hotel is actually located in the winter sports branch of Bishzilla's pocket, which nowadys seems to be open for business all year round. Bishonen | talk 21:15, 14 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
On December 2016 I was on a journey, Hurtigruten, from Bergen to Hammerfest to the russian border and back. And I really loved the polar night. Nobody needs the midnight sun, we all love the midday night... :D --Informationswiedergutmachung (talk) 20:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) And everybody says dinosaurs are slow -- T-RexxS (I'm Spartacus) 21:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And either warm-blooded or wearing very warm winter clothing. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:55, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
What about User:EngFram? - Alexis Jazz 22:52, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"Therefore, the measure covers more than one user account in this case." vaguely suggests sock abuse.. did anyone run a CU? - Alexis Jazz 22:56, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's been covered in multiple places, and the consensus is that it simply refers to Fram and EngFram. There's been no accusation of socking. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I also found the summaries, it's a bit more clear now. Fram was banned for one edit (according to Fram, and WMF doesn't say too much, so I assume that's correct) and if Fram makes even one edit on enwiki they get globally banned and locked. (so there's not much of a point in unblocking EngFram..) I've probably said worse things than that edit, so perhaps I'll be next? - Alexis Jazz 04:44, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Let's be fair: even Fram's message suggests T&S had concerns about long-term ongoing behaviour of which the three diffs provided were intended as examples. Their concerns may well be hogwash, but it wasn't just about that one diff.
PS. Bish: on the North Pole? Quit bragging; you're practically in a mediterranean Arcadia. :) --Xover (talk) 06:42, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

100 barnstars

99 small ones:

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And one big one (ok, it's Barnard's star, but that's just like a barnstar except bigger):

I am so proud of you.

67.164.113.165 (talk) 02:16, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Community Health Initiative

I hope your barnwarming party was as festive as it appears to have been, Bishonen. I wondered if you had given any thought to the point the WMF seems to be making about the poor state of community health. Perhaps this example or this one (self-censored for the time being) or this one (self-censored for the time being) would be sufficient starters?

Do you think community processes currently work as they should? What lessons do you think were drawn from the Sagecandor episode? 🌿 SashiRolls t · c 07:26, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sashi. Sorry, but I don't want to open up yet another venue for discussion of these questions: it's already on many userpages, as well as WP:FRAM, WP:RFAR, WT:ADMIN, the Village Pump, etc, etc. I'm not up for commenting at his time. I don't know if you've noticed I've said little since I unblocked Fram. I plan to keep it that way, at least right now. That's not to say I object to being asked, or that you're unwelcome here. But I've got nothing now, and little Wikipedia time. (Least of all have I got time to read up on the Cirt episode, which I only half remember.) Bishonen | talk 15:32, 16 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Hi. Yes, that story is all over the internet. So far the comparison with Peter Brook's Marat / Sade is my favorite analysis/analogy, though I don't have all the facts and back-channel storytelling available to me. However, as you probably sussed out, the diff I provided you of Kolya Butternut was one that I would have liked comment on. Here it is again. Is this appropriate behavior? What should an admin alerted of behavior like this do (knowing that the same editor filed an ArbCom case against me which was quickly and unanimously rejected)? I don't mind if Bishzilla, or another of your TP stalkers takes action on this for the sake of community health, but I did come here to inquire about M. Butternut's actions not about M. Fram's. Who will step forward to justify/condemn the actions in the diff presented above?🌿 SashiRolls t · c 16:05, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Precious resource

... our most precious resource, which is constructive editors' time and patience ... - I somehow remembered of "Our children are our greatest resource". And wow, those frog cakes (in the rotating images of the edit notice) look delicious. —PaleoNeonate – 13:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm like a grammophone record with my precious resource, I know, but it's just true! Sometimes I don't think this resource is valued enough. I love the frog cakes, and they go well with the roarr caption, too, IMO. In fact I've been surprised by how many of the photos suit the caption (maybe not the owls so much). BTW I just added a new image I couldn't resist, link in case it takes ages before it comes around. Roarr to you too, little fox. Bishonen | talk 16:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

A simulated edit conflict resolution beta feature for you!

For that thing you did
I was going to give you a barnstar or a kitten or a mocha or something but those were all so banal, and this thing from this technical wish kind of looks cool. EllenCT (talk) 04:39, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Sellers

June
cornflowers

Help? Peter Sellers is was scheduled to be FA on 24 July, and the authors and friends some are seemed to be worried about discussions about the unspeakable topic that day. Can you work your magic and create a circle of flames so that even the bravest will not dare to even ask why the little thingy is collapsed, let alone want to discuss?? Every time that would happen, I'd be blamed, and I had enough of it. I have preached to leave TFAs alone for years. - It's been almost five years now that I hoped we could just laugh about it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:00, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ps: some WILD flowers of thanks in advance, and for the fenny fox roaring! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. — Chance the Gardener —PaleoNeonate – 14:01, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • (talk page stalker) As usual your mind cannot seem to move away from IBs; you are completely off the mark as far as my comments are concerned. I made it clear (with a link to User talk:SchroCat/Archive 24#Peter Sellers) of my discomfort to that particular article being on the FP. Since then, Sellers is not going to be on the MP - the decision to change has already been made. Anyway, as I have made clear in both discussions, it's not my decision to make, and if the TFA co-ordinators ever decide to ignore my comment and run it, then I'll not be the one complaining about it. It's time for you to discuss anything but IBs, I think - it's a bit like listening to a broken record. - SchroCat (talk) 14:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly as I expected. Time to be less predictable, perhaps ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
? You do not appear to have either read or registered what I have said. My request for that particular article not to appear on the MP has nothing to do with IBs; it is a subject I avoid as much as possible - and certainly one I do not go round hinting about on other people's talk pages. I am not sure what could have been "expected" about that. The only thing I do expect is for you to post on someone else's talk page about IBs, and then claim it's a subject you never discuss. - SchroCat (talk) 15:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm sorry this is painful for you, Gerda. Please try to let go — I know it's easily said. But posting about it on my well-watched page isn't a good way of stopping others from paying attention to you, such as blaming you. Thank you for the flowers, and I'm glad you chanced on Savannah the fennec fox. She's only ten months old and is training to be an animal actor. Or, well, she was in 2009, a redoubtable year in Wikipedia history: Bishzilla was admonished by ArbCom, and somebody or other sought arbitration against Jimbo Wales. Interesting times! Bishonen | talk 17:15, 21 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Selfblock request for LaserLegs

For three months please. I read the requirements, the Javascript can't do mobile. Thanks in advance. --LaserLegs (talk) 14:17, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, LaserLegs. I can do that, but since I don't know you, I will impose a 24-hour quarantine first. If I haven't heard from you before 14:17 tomorrow UTC that you have changed your mind, I'll place the block as soon as I'm near a computer. (Mobile, bah.) Would you like me to mention it on your talkpage, so people who come there know you can't be reached, or do you prefer discretion? Bishonen | talk 15:42, 23 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Where's my mouthwash?

A large car reminds me of a watch company: could I be suffering from lexical-gustatory synesthesia, perhaps? - Hoary (talk) 00:12, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suffering? It sounds more like it might be rather fun. I've responded on Talk:Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé. Bishonen | talk 09:23, 24 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I've been breathing what seems like spilled gravy and stale farts from a "traditional English gentlemen's clubroom". -- Hoary (talk) 12:52, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request for protecting Kulin Kayastha from persistent vandalism

Hi Bishonen, would request you or any other admin active on this page to protect the article on Kulin Kayastha. Also the user Semper Curious who is engaged in an edit war based on his own opinion, seems to be a sock of Amicus autem populus, whom you have already blocked. Thanks & Regards, Ekdalian (talk) 07:46, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You know what, Ekdalian? Without even a discretionary sanctions alert, I'm simply going to indef this user. They may be a sock, or they may simply have been canvassed from a caste forum, I don't care which. Done. If there's any further influx of likely socks at the article, please let me know and I'll semi. Bishonen | talk 09:06, 24 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks Bishonen. Ekdalian (talk) 09:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Humble Request Mr. Bishonen

Dear admin, I request you to look into the history of Kayasthas in India, and the legal proceedings that ultimately lead to their present varna status, being Kshatriyas. It all came as the result of a series of court ruling from various High Courts in India. Even the British government placed Kayasthas among Kshatriya ranks and declared them twice-born (dwija). I request you to prevent deliberate Shudra branding of a progressive caste, that has produced leaders and scientists in our country and also keeping in mind the sentiments of members of the community. Wikipedia and almost all websites declare Kayasthas as being one of the highest Hindu castes in India, alongside Brahmins. A Shudra is considered to be the lowest of all caste which is in itself contradictory to relating Kayasthas with Shudras on the basis of a single erroneous source, when there are several others to prove it wrong. Unfortunately, editors like Ekdalian fail to realise this (limited being their knowledge or perhaps some personal vendetta against the community) and engage in edit wars, calling other editors 'sock' of another fellow editor. I humbly request you, Bishonen sir, to look into the matter, do a little bit research about Kayasthas and put an end to blatant defamation of a community. Please consider your decision before taking rash or even harsh steps. Editors like Ekdalian should not be allowed to twist historical facts and blemish the image of a community, by doing so on a reputed platform like Wikipedia. Thank you sir, With Regards - Semper Curious Semper Curious (talk) 08:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Bishonen, here's something about Kayasthas

Dear administrator, here's a piece of information regarding the exact Varna status of Kayasthas (source Wikipedia) : The last census of the British Raj in India (1931) classified them as an 'upper caste' i.e. Dwija and the final British Raj law case involving their varna in 1926 placed them into the Kashtriya varna.

According to W.Rowe's account (that later scholars disagreed with), during the British Raj era, certain law cases led to courts classifying Kayasthas as shudras, based largely upon the theories of Herbert Hope Risley who had conducted extensive studies on castes and tribes of the Bengal Presidency. According to Rowe, the Kayasthas of Bengal, Bombay and the United Provinces repeatedly challenged this classification by producing a flood of books, pamphlets, family histories and journals to pressurize the government for recognizing them as Kshatriya and to reform the caste practices in the directions of sanskritisation and westernisation. However, scholars from the University of Berkeley as well as the University of Cambridge have disagreed with Rowe's research by pinpointing 'factual and interpretative errors' in his study as well as criticizing his study for making 'unquestioned assumptions' about the kayastha movement of sanskritisation and westernisation.

H.Bellenoit gives the details of the individual British Raj era law cases and concludes that since the kayasthas are a non-cohesive group and not a single caste, their varna was resolved in the cases that came up by taking into account regional differences and customs followed by that particular caste. Bellenoit also disagrees with W.Rowe by showing that Herbert Hope Risley's theories were in fact used to ultimately classify them as Kshatriyas by the British courts. The first case began in 1860 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh with a property dispute where the plaintiff was considered an 'illegitimate child' by the defendants, a north-Indian Kayastha family. The British court denied inheritance to the child, citing that Kayasthas are Dvija, "twice-born" or "upper-caste" and that the illegitimate children of Dwijas have no rights to inheritance. In the next case in 1875 in the Allahabad High Court, a north Indian Kayastha widow was denied adoption rights as she was an upper-caste i.e. Dwija woman. However, in an 1884 adoption case as well as a 1916 property dispute, Calcutta High Court argued that Bengali kayasthas have started using names like 'Das' and classified the Bengali Kayasthas as shudras - although the court did acknowledge their Kshatriya origin. The Allahabad High Court ruled in 1890 that Kayasthas were Kshatriyas. Finally, in a property dispute case in Patna in 1926, the Patna court characterized both the 1884 and 1916 Calcutta courts rulings as inconclusive and ultimately ruled that the kayasthas were of Kshatriya origin and hence twice born or dwija. The Patna court cited smritis and Puranas, several colonial ethnologists, such as William Crooke and Herbert Hope Risley, and used their qualified endorsements on the dwija origins of Kayasthas. The British census of 1931 also lists Kayasthas as one of the upper (twice-born) castes.

Kulin Kayasthas are considered elites among Kayasthas, which naturally negates any Shudra linking. Thank you for sparing your time to read through, sir. Regards, Semper Curious Semper Curious (talk) 08:42, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request for protecting Kulin Kayasthas from being consistently branded as Shudras.

Dear administrator, Mr. Bishonen, I would request you or any other admin active on this page to protect the article on Kulin Kayastha as it is now, and prevent any editor from disfiguring the community's image through low caste branding. Semper Curious (talk) 08:47, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied on your page. Caste promotion based on unreliable sources isn't welcome here. Bishonen | talk 09:08, 24 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

oops

I just was archiving my talk and was reminded that you sent me an email - I really do apologize for not responding at the time. It was a rather complex issue, and during my "considering my reply" it just continually got pushed to the back burner ... and eventually it was off the stove. (perhaps that's too much "American speak", I'll translate if needed :-)). Anyway - if time permits and I'm up for it I will try to find the original email, research the issue(s) it involved, and provide a response if you'd like. I really am sorry Bish - it wasn't a deliberate ignore, just one of those senior moments that got away from me. Hope all is well with you and yours. (notwithstanding the current state of affairs on wiki as I know them - I'm sure I'm missing much) As I said - all my best. — Ched :  ?  — 13:42, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Did I..? When? You probably shouldn't spend perfectly good time looking up something I've no memory of. Anyway, it's nice to see you somewhat back with us! Bishonen | talk 15:03, 26 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Self-requested block for Lepricavark

Please block me for six months. I've reviewed your page on self-requested blocks and I'd like for you to apply such a block to my account. I've got too much stuff to do in real life to continue spending so much time on rote Wikignoming, and I don't intend to return when the six months are up. Pursuant to the question you asked of LaserLegs in an above thread, yes, I would appreciate it if you left an explanatory note on my talk page. As a friendless editor who primarily worked alone, I don't anticipate that my absence will attract much attention, but a note on my talk page might dispel any confusion for anyone who does notice. Feel free to waive the 24-hour waiting period if you wish. Thank you. Lepricavark (talk) 21:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Lepricavark. Since it's quite a drastic measure, yes, I think I will wait the 24 hours. Sorry to hear we're losing you, and good luck. Best, Bishonen | talk 08:12, 27 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Amid all the current hostile hullabaloo I find the above statement “As a friendless editor who primarily worked alone....” profoundly sad, and can’t help sincerely regretting that amid all the template posting and whatnot which attacks most user pages the lack of some friendly interaction can completely escape some users. Truly sad. Giano (talk) 15:15, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings from the past

I am no longer in the game, but it's nice to see you are still standing up against the morons who are paid donation money for turning the encyclopedia into a toxic playground of advertising agencies by chasing away the actual qualified volunteers. I was mildly surprised by this only because I wasn't thinking of Wikipedia at all when I stumbled upon it. I wasn't surprised to see you mentioned in the article.

If things get too weird, let me remind you there are other hobbies. In my case, preparing free modern editions of out-of-copyright music has turned out to be less interactive, but overall much more enjoyable.. Hans Adler 08:59, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, now there is a name from my past before wikipedia, and a different and unused username. I used to argue with homeopaths on the hpathy forum, where you did the same sort of thing, only far far more politely!! -Roxy, the dog. wooF 10:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Great to hear from you, Hans. Note that you and your brothers still have a Wikipedia presence in Bishzilla's pocket.[23] Bishonen | talk 10:59, 1 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

A Barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
For trying to defend EN:WP's independance from outside interference...sadly without success. Dom from Paris (talk) 16:27, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Hi there - saw your note at DRN talk but the thread had been closed, so thought I'd just pop in and say hello!. I figured that I've still possibly got something to contribute here now and then, even if it's much different from what it was before, so might as well I guess! Hope you're doing well. Steven Crossin 05:44, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, and nice to see you, Steve. I'm out of here for a while now. Bishonen | talk 21:14, 3 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Don't blame you, I've not read through that entire thread...but wow. WTF. Steven Crossin 21:16, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wclifton968 didn't seem to learn from their recent block.

Hey there, reaching out to you directly as you were the blocking admin during the last incident. I know there were issues with Wclifton968 making disruptive edits. Well, recently they put this onto Anti-fascism without a deceptive edit summary:

[24]

I reverted as vandalism and left them a templated warning, using a lv. 3 in light of their recent disruptive editing in hopes they'd consider that they were crossing the line again.

Instead they made this response to my warning:

[25]

And then put their vandalism back in on the article:

[26]

This may warrant a caution message from you. Simonm223 (talk) 12:44, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(Also they called me a fascist on their talk page which, considering how much work I do keeping pages related to fascism and anti-fascism neutral, I particularly take offense to.) Simonm223 (talk) 12:56, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This has been dealth with by another admin. Just closing the looop. Simonm223 (talk) 13:32, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
<Hic!> EEng 14:11, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions resolved by motion

The Arbitration Committee has accepted the WJBscribe case request under the title Reversion of office actions and resolved it by motion as follows:

Community advised Office actions are actions taken by Wikimedia Foundation staff, and are normally expected not to be reversed or modified by members of the community even if they have the technical ability to do so. In this case an office action was taken against Fram (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), who was blocked and whose administrator rights were removed by the role account User:WMFOffice in implementing a Partial Foundation ban ([27]). No similar action had been taken before on the English Wikipedia, and it proved highly controversial.

In response, Floquenbeam (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) and Bishonen (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) both used their administrator user rights to unblock Fram ([28]). Floquenbeam's administrator rights were temporarily removed by WMFOffice (talk · contribs) ([29]). WJBscribe (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) used his bureaucrat rights first to restore Floquenbeam's administrator rights, and later to restore Fram's ([30]).

Although official WMF policy states that Unauthorized modifications to office actions will not only be reverted, but may lead to sanctions by the Foundation, such as revocation of the rights of the individual involved, JEissfeldt (WMF) (talk · contribs) indicated that the WMF would not implement further sanctions against the admins involved in reversing these actions ([31]). In recognition of that decision, and of the exceptional nature of the circumstances, the committee notes without comment this series of events. The community is advised that administrators and bureaucrats are normally expected not to act when they know they do not have all of the relevant facts, and that this is especially important with regard to office actions where those facts may be highly sensitive. As a general rule, wheel warring may be grounds for removal of administrative rights by the committee as well as by the WMF. Lack of sanctions under these exceptional circumstances should not set expectations around similar future actions.

For the Arbitration Committee, – bradv🍁 02:18, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion of office actions resolved by motion

In other words the Arbcom simultaneously surrenders and fence sits. Frightened of upsetting the editors and frightened of upsetting the WMF. They need to find some courage. Giano (talk) 09:33, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Did you see this press releast from Wikimedia DC effusively praising the FramBan? [32] You can see Wikimedia DC board of directors here. [33] Gamaliel disclosed that he is a member of this same board. [34] Next have a look at the evidence Fram presented against Gamaliel that forced a resignation from the ArbCom (quite a painful thing, I'd guess): [35] Surely this has nothing to do with Gamaliel and his Wikimedia DC buddy Kirill Lokshin falsely denouncing me for deleting the Signpost's disputed article about Fram.[36][37] When I innocently asked Kirill to retract his baseless accusations, his angry responses exceeded all reason. [38] Finally, 28bytes asks an interesting question. [39] Very curious isn't it, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Jehochman Talk 14:38, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well I have never liked Kirill Loshkin, always holier than thou and sanctimoniously righteous. So it’s no surprise to me, but then no one ever takes any notice of what I say until it’s too late. I dare say there is something super secret about Fram or someone has alleged something serious about him, but the WMF is ramping things up by not coming clean and sending most people’s imagination into overdrive. The current situation is fair to neither Fram, the editorship or the project. All are suffering. This superior attitude of we know something you stupid people don’t is deeply agitating to all. Giano (talk) 21:50, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Time to drop sticks, I think, and look for positives to take from this whole fracas. No matter how we manage to move forward from here, Chère, you and Floq can be proud that you did the right thing. Rawr -- T-RexxS (I'm Spartacus) 21:33, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Admins should deescalate conflict, not unnecessarily ramp it up. Liz Read! Talk! 20:11, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Liz: Errr, you are aware of the irony of that statement you just made, right? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:31, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Liz: while you're right in general, it's the word "unnecessarily" that you need to focus on in any particular case. Although adminship is no big deal, it nonetheless behoves admins (and other experienced users) to help set standards for the community. It's a sad fact that there are times where one has to stand up for what is right, and the world would be a worse place if no-one were prepared to engage in conflict to defend their society. It's a question of ethics, and you'll find there is such a thing as a "just conflict". --RexxS (talk) 23:11, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The actions of Bish, Floq and others were instrumental in forcing a crisis and bringing WMF to the table. In this case, escalation was exactly the right thing to do. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 04:21, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Noone denies these are historic wikitimes. As in every historic time I know of, historic actions are needed. Bish, Floq, Boing, and many others rose to the occasion. What's wrong with that? I can't think of anything. Kudos all around. Dr. K. 05:43, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
+1 Paul August ☎ 18:01, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I meant what I said. I wasn't referring to Bish, Floq and Boing and the crew who resigned. Liz Read! Talk! 21:40, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t think anybody here is trying to intensify conflict, Liz, but who am I say? Bishonen says that I am often too quick to assume good faith. Jehochman Talk 01:17, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Prophetic?: "We are rapidly getting to a stage where editors will quietly disappear in the night, and no one will be allowed to question why. Giano 14:58, 12 December 2015 (UTC)" --IHTS (talk) 07:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Franz Kafka: Das Schloss
... about about alienation,
  • unresponsive bureaucracy,
  • the frustration of
  • trying to conduct business
  • with non-transparent,
  • seemingly arbitrary
  • controlling systems ...

Thank you for the roarrrring cookies greeting me! Proud co-aothor of Kafka, I recommend you read some of his writing while away, about unresponsive bureaucracy and non-transparent controlling systems. Or better pick flowers? Anyway, thank you for your stance, and the reminder of "incredibly toxic personalities", a phrase which I hated in 2014. I received an enlightening explanation of what "toxic behaviour" may mean by Nishidani.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:07, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Priya Prakash Varrier

I believe she has achieved notability now as she continues to be an internet sensation and being one of the most followed celebrity in India and acted in leading roles in multiple films, TV ads etc. 2405:204:D28E:878:49A8:9CF3:AFBB:2078 (talk) 11:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In that case you'll have plenty of reliable, independent, published sources available to write the biography, won't you? --RexxS (talk) 11:08, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, what should be done? 2405:204:D302:9875:E59F:7A1F:1DFD:7663 (talk) 11:51, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Click here → Draft:Priya Prakash Varrier ← Read all of the sources and then summarise the best ones in your own words to create the draft article. Don't forget to state your sources and link to them if they are online (we call those references). When you think you have done a good job with the sources submit your draft and someone will help you through the next steps. --RexxS (talk) 14:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I'm actually not interested in "writing" an article for her. Not a fan, no time neither. But I can create a stub. Let the fans or interested editors do the rest. 2405:204:D40F:BA2E:2D6C:DD:CB35:726B (talk) 14:08, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot create a draft. It shows This page is currently protected so that only extended confirmed users and administrators can create it. What to do? 2405:204:D40F:BA2E:2D6C:DD:CB35:726B (talk) 14:15, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Abide by the consensus that lead to the article and the draft's repeated deletion and create an article about someone who meets our notability criteria and that hasn't been a target of overt promotional editing, likely in violation of WP:PAID?-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 16:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) At the linked deletion discussion, people interested were advised to "improve the IMDB entry" at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9623758/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm instead. If you have never registered a Wikipedia account before, you could also register a Wikipedia account so that you could create draft articles in your userspace, but I don't know whether I should be recommending that or not. MPS1992 (talk) 16:08, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What about the less than excellent talk page watchers?

What about meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? I only come here once in a while; what should I do? LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:30, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I guess anybody coming here willing to assist is an excellent talk page watcher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:44, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@LessHeard vanU: I suppose you don't quite realise how good it has felt for many of us to see you back (even if it's a limited extent). "Only once in a while" is sooo much better than "never". And all of the watchers are excellent in my book. --RexxS (talk) 00:02, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
'Tis the Little Less Heard! [Bishzilla stuffs the little user energetically into her pocket, pats down firmly.] Why little user will never stay in pocket? [Padlocks catflap]. bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 11:56, 14 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

woohoo

Hey, Bishonen. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day! Mjs1991 (talk) 00:07, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm. Given the requests for self requested blocks here; at times I think this is the page for last edits -- not first edits. O3000 (talk) 00:24, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Rkart online shopping

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 09:09, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Cahk. Bishonen | talk 09:22, 14 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Armed insurgents in 'Collateral Murder' video

Hello Bishonen - should I address this issue (concerning armed insurgents within the group targeted by US helicopters on the 'Collateral Murder' video) on the Julian Assange talk page? I don't see that it's a controversial addition - with regards to the Wikipedia article I cited (airstrike of 12 July 2007), the second paragraph states: "In the first strike, the crews of two Apaches directed 30 mm cannon fire at a group of ten Iraqi men, including some armed men, standing where insurgents earlier that day had shot at an American Humvee with small arms fire. Among the group were two Iraqi war correspondents working for Reuters, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen." And again here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airstrike#Attack_on_personnel where you can follow the references used to support the claim (principally the redacted military report 'Investigation into Civilian Casualties Resulting from an Engagement on 12 July 2007 in the New Baghdad District of Baghdad, Iraq'). Rosenkreutzer (talk) 10:10, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Rosenkreutzer. It's certainly controversial — if nothing else, the fact that Thucydides has reverted you twice, with reasonable edit summaries, shows that it is. So yes, please take it to talk, as Thucydides has already asked you to do. Never cite a Wikipedia article. If a Wikipedia article contains the fact you want to insert, with a reliable source for it, then cite that source, or sources. (Those sources do not appear in the lead of July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, but in the section "Attack on personnel", which is a proper arrangment.) Thanks for asking. Bishonen | talk 11:36, 14 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]
I second Bish's classically-attuned advice to 'take it to talk, as Thucydides has already asked you to do', and take a leaf out of Jacqueline de Romilly's book. She was ‘the first person fully to carry out the project Thucydides asked his readers to conduct.’ (Hunter R. Rawlings III and Jeffrey S. Rusten in Jacqueline de Romilly,The Mind of Thucydides, Cornell University Press 2017 p.xi) Nishidani (talk) 12:54, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Harrassment

79.53.156.138 is harrassing me. 99.53.112.186 (talk) 20:39, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Zzuuzz has blocked them for 31 hours. Bishonen | talk 20:47, 14 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Conflict

No, please help yourself, I am going to have a glass of wine in the sunshine for an hour and then play with Sibyl Lady Mendl in my sandbox! Same characters keep cropping up in my life these days! Giano (talk) 16:36, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

blocked user still here (oh look! he is everywhere!)

Hi Bishonen! Remember the little chat we had some months ago about a user using an IP address. [40]. He resurfaced these days.

  1. [41] as 94.66.56.175
  2. [42] as 94.66.56.175
  3. [43] as 94.66.56.226
  4. [44] as 94.66.56.35 and 94.66.56.226
  5. [45] as 94.66.56.237

Thanks. Cinadon36 18:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • update: It seems, apart from greek and english WP, the same user is active at other WPs as well.
Spanish WP
Portugees WP
  • [47] as Τζουλιάνο 10 (duck test +)
French WP
  • [48] as Τζουλιάνο 10 (duck test +)
  • [49] as 94.66.56.35 and maybe as Bulev88 (contributing/changing "Athens" to Piraeus)
Turkish WP

Some more users with the same editing pattern, in en.WP (duck test +): [52],[53],[54],[55] Creating various accounts and occupation with Pireaus and Olympiacos FC are some of his most blaring features.

Maybe there are much more. Cinadon36 19:08, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) I have hardblocked 94.66.56.0/24 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) for 3 months and am about to block some obviously related accounts. Admins here can't do anything about abuse on other wikis, but this seems enough for a report of crosswiki vandalism at m:SRG. Let me know if you need help. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:33, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As for being the same user as your last block, Bish, I'm not so sure, but you probably know this better than I do. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 19:35, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ivanvector. I am very certain that it is the same user: his the range of his IP address are so similar to the blocked user at el.WP, he also uses same phrases and he is interested in the same topics. As for m:SRG I will see if I can do it myself. If not, I will let you know. Thank you for your intervension. :) Cinadon36 19:42, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Ivanvector, fine rangeblock. Bishonen | talk 20:51, 15 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Email

I sent you one.  :-) Risker (talk) 21:55, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Account deletion

Hi Bishonen. I saw you were one of the few admins to permanently delete accounts. I would like to delete mine since I don't use it anymore. (N0n3up (talk) 00:39, 16 July 2019 (UTC))[reply]

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