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Sandbox

I am using this space to create my sandbox. MarnetteD | Talk 20:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is another. MarnetteD|Talk 21:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
and one more MarnetteD|Talk 22:13, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reminders

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I believe I've dealt with this editor before when he was editing similar articles using a different IP. He made the same "kids who know nothing hassling smart old me" comments. At the time, he claimed to be a University Professor in Media or some such, posting from his office. Of course, his IP info said differently. He was blocked then, and this new instance is blocked. JoeSperrazza (talk) 20:37, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Here are the links:
JoeSperrazza (talk) 20:41, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all the info and the links JoeSperrazza. I appreciate you taking the time to do this and it will be good to have it in one place. In the AN report Binksternet supplied the link to a previous ANI discussion seen here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive887#IP troll 66.102.146.179. Stubbornness or trolling either way it is a shame really. Oh, flunking students that disagreed with you is the opposite of what being and educator is about. Thanks again and cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 21:46, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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(talk page stalker) This is User:Nate Speed. Sro23 (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Ah - thanks for the explanation P. The flipping out in the edit summaries is familiar. If my memory dredges up any names I'll let you know. MarnetteD|Talk 22:22, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent Sro23!! Thanks for posting. MarnetteD|Talk 22:22, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks NinjaRobotPirate. This is all ringing some bells - I think you may have told me about this before. If so I'm glad you refreshed my memory. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 07:23, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A Newcastle for you!

Cheers for all the work you've been doing lately on the articles! DonQuixote (talk) 17:18, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks DQ. I realized I hadn't been through our DW articles for a few years and decided it was time to take a journey through Time and Space :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 17:22, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yowza. You turned an amber into a nut brown Redrose64. Many thanks :-) MarnetteD|Talk 20:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral notice

This is a neutral notice to all registered editors who have contributed to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film over the past year (Sept. 15, 2018-present) that a Request for Comment has been posted here. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:07, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Akane Yamaguchi

Hello. Help improve the article. Thanks you. Vtukol (talk) 00:45, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello V. I'm not sure what I can do as the subject isn't my forte. I can say that it looks pretty good to me. You could make a request for input and assistance at any of the wikiprojects listed on the talk page Talk:Akane Yamaguchi. MarnetteD|Talk 00:52, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I've been having an issue with Reflinks for a few months ago. I keep getting a python code error when I attempt to use it, and so have had to rely solely on Refill. My apologies for putting you and another editor to having to clean up articles I tag and can't completely scrub. But thanks for taking care of them. Onel5969 TT me 00:37, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note Onel5969. I hope you are well. Yeah I've seen it go out of service (so to speak) when it is being worked on. At those times it feels like we are trying to fix those pesky bare urls with one hand tied behind our backs :-) No need for apologies - you know working on them helps scratch my wikignome itch. I do appreciate all your efforts here at the 'pedia. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 01:17, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to see

WP:ANI#Controversial behaviour at squatting position and maybe [1] from the same editor you reverted at Kneeling. Looks like a sock. Doug Weller talk 16:30, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Doug Weller. I did check a bit of that thread. I was heading off to report the socking but saw that Floq had already applied the block. A crazy Friday so far :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 16:33, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Diversity winner
  • Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RIP Jessye

Jessye Norman was one of the spectacular voices I've heard. Here is one of her special performances. MarnetteD|Talk 17:04, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to talk page

You are invited to the talk page on WP:FILM to discuss the issues with the format of 2019 in film. BattleshipMan (talk) 01:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Ocean Race

Usually, after I run ref fill, the "Bare URL" notice is automatically removed. I assumed there was some problem (that I wasn't seeing) which caused it to not be removed. Frequently, someone else comes by, runs ref fill again, and fixes more references. I can't explain it. I don't know how or why, but I have seen it happen. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:37, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No worries 7&6=thirteen . I've found that there are several different bare url tags and refill isn't programmed to recognize all of them and that can cause them to get left after we've run it. Also the new "Refill 2" misses some that the old refill didn't. Cheers and happy editing to ya. MarnetteD|Talk 17:38, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jemma Powell

Thanks for sourcing the article; surely the best outcome. However I'm a little baffled as to how you would justify letting an unsourced BLP sit in main space just because the redirect seems suboptimal. What would have been your solution if no one had seen fit to go find sources? Our policies are pretty specific on avoiding this exact case. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect was completely baffling Elmidae. This morning I responded to Talk:An Adventure in Space and Time#Problem with a link and, as there is no immediate indication to why the link went to Jack's article, I found the removal of the redirect to be the one way to clear things up for the reader. I then got caught up in dealing with a large number of articles tagged with "bare url need fixing" templates. Mondays can be more than a little busy dealing with those. When I saw your revert I then went to work finding some refs. Please note that the only guideline listed at WP:RPURPOSE that could remotely be applied to JP's article is "Sub-topics or other topics which are described or listed within a wider article" and I did not see it as viable since her career is separate and apart from his and not mentioned in his article at all. Next be aware that sourced to IMDb is not completely unsourced it is just unreliably sourced. When you restored the redirect you returned the article to a state that was IMO suboptimal and that our policies are pretty specific about avoiding. The one thing that would have made the redirect marginally better is if, per MOS:SECTLINK, it had been to Jack Savoretti#Personal life and family then a reader would at least have seen Jemma's name. But that is not what happened. I would also note that their marriage is not sourced in that section and, thus, we are back to the same problem that started this. I do apologize if you find the tone of my reply harsh - that is not my intention. It is always difficult to cover everything in a typed response - especially when pressed for time. Best regards to you and thanks for all your work here at the 'pedia. MarnetteD|Talk 23:05, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Gotcha; thanks for the explanation :) --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:00, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome E. MarnetteD|Talk 00:27, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That was a long climb

I recently made it to position 161 for the first time. I first reached position 162 way back in May 2017 and to climb just one place since then has taken 41944 edits, in the midst of which you passed me. -Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:35, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats Redrose64!! Yep the numbers gap between editors grows the farther up the list we move. Add to that the fact that most editors in the top two to three hundred are still active so they increase their total at the same time that we do so passing anyone takes a looong time. Many thanks for all your work here :-) MarnetteD|Talk 12:38, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

????

So ... do you have some sort of magical version of Reflinks or something?? You seem to be able to catch/correct bare urls with Reflinks quite often ... that I cannot. Steel1943 (talk) 02:13, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Steel1943. Let's see if I can remember what I did there. If you take a look at this you will see a small box at the bottom of the editing field to the left. In this example it says "cite web" - if you click on the down arrow it will give you several other choices. When you click on one of them it will add the template around the reference but a few fields will be left blank. You can fill them in with the needed info before hitting save. Now my example isn't ideal since reflinks has supplied the full reference so you can use those when it just leaves a bare reference. I know I'm not very good at explaining these kinds of things in detail so my apologies if this is too confusing. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 02:24, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm ... I don't see any "small box". But it's probably because I'm using the mobile version of Reflinks which probably looks different than the desktop version. (I edit with the desktop version of Wikipedia on my mobile device, but it doesn't seem as though there's a way to view Reflinks' desktop version while using a mobile...) Steel1943 (talk) 02:32, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Rats Steel1943. My example went away when I saved the edit. When reflinks runs you get a long rectangular box with the reference in it. Sometimes it is formatted and sometimes it isn't. The small white box I'm talking about is just below it too the left. Its default reads "simple" and then clicking on the arrow brings up the choices of cite templates. Hopefully this will make more sense next time you use reflinks. MarnetteD|Talk 02:42, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:09, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PewDiePie

Hello,

"field does not exist" ? What do you mean? Why have few people something against my changes?

Jicco123 (talk) 21:41, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes only display items that you add to them if the field exists in their empty form. If you look at Template:Infobox YouTube personality you will see that there is no field labeled "Creator". Wikiepdia has guidelines and policies that are applied to edits added to articles. Any additions or subtractions from articles that do not follow those are subject to removal. MarnetteD|Talk 22:11, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You do a lot of work here protecting articles and improving sourcing. You rarely seem to be rewarded for it! Sorry it's not a Criterion film but this is the best I can do.  ;-). ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:24, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you DB. Much appreciated and it takes up less shelf space :-) BTW the Godzilla box set is gorgeous. Since I'm snowed in its arrival is most timely. Thanks again and cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 17:26, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dade County High School (Trenton, Georgia)

Hi MarnetteD, noticed you did a refill for 5 bare references in the Dade County High School (Trenton, Georgia) article. You added dead link tags to three of them, however all of them work. Not sure if there could be something wrong with refill or maybe you made a mistake, but you added http again and a combination of percentages, numbers and letters. Anyway, just letting you know but don't worry about this as I'm currently sorting this article out, as the user who added an infobox has not done this correctly. Steven (Editor) (talk) 20:03, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Steven (Editor). I've seen it happen before though it is very rare. I see you have already fixed them so many thanks for your work. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 21:58, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation of Siihb

I am trying to explain Siihb, not to excuse their behavior. As I said on WP:ANI, and we will let an admin close that thread now that Siihb is quasi-banned, there are a few editors who perform the service of responding to edit requests by COI editors. They include Spintendo and opencooper. They are doing a thankless job of reviewing the edit requests by paid editors (often working for Beutler, a PR firm that does paid Wikipedia editing). The problem is apparently that Siihb is very anti-Huffman or anti-Reddit, and opencooper made a requested edit for Huffman's flack after reviewing it, and Siihb wasn't satisfied. I haven't reviewed the facts. I am inclined to think that opencooper probably was being neutral, because I can see that Siihb is no judge of neutrality. So Siihb thinks that anyone who agrees with opencooper and with Huffman is probably in the pay of Huffman. I think that Siihb wanted to put a Controversies section in the article. That is what I think. But that doesn't matter now that Siihb has been quasi-banned.

By the way, the other editor who services Beutler edit requests is Spintendo. About a year ago, Beutler had the absurd nerve to report Spintendo to WP:ANI for disagreeing with them as to some of their edit requests. That is because Spintendo really was being neutral. I thought that they were treating Spintendo like a paid employee who wasn't doing what they were told to do. A paid employee who doesn't follow instructions can be fired. Well, okay, then fire the volunteer and get someone else to review your stupid edit requests. Oh well. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:49, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to go into things more fully [[User:|Robert McClenon]]. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 00:25, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Information for Amelia Shankley

Wrong information. Amelia Shankley did not exist as an actor, little error there?

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