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Dashboard RFA / RFB / RFC / RFO / Removal of rights Current requests for adminship MathXplore MathXplore (talk · contribs · count) End date: 06:46, 26 April 2024 (UTC) I am nominating this editor because they are very active (which we need), are very familiar with the rules of Wikipedia (they have admin rights on other projects), they are stable and level headed, and I have never seen any issues with their edits. They are great at reverting vandalism and make sure to post on user talk pages to help guide new editors to the correct way to do things. I do not see any reason as to why they should not get the mop. Thanks, and be well! - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 07:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC) Co-nomination from Ferien: Hi everyone, I'm here to co-nominate MathXplore for adminship on this wiki. MathXplore has done a lot of work on this wiki, in many different areas, working here since March 2020. A lot of their work involves new page patrol, in which they are probably one of the most active patrollers here. They have nominated over 1400 articles for quick deletion in this patrol in 2024 so far alone, with little to none declined, not only showing high activity but also very good understanding of deletion policy. Their new page patrol work alone already shows a clear need for adminship and understanding of policy, and they are also very active at VIP, with gnomish work, like with categories, and other areas, in which MathXplore would benefit from admin tools too. Combine that with a friendly attitude and not shying away from criticism, and for me, I have no doubt MathXplore would make a brilliant administrator. I hope the community agrees, and wish MathXplore the best of luck in this RfA! --Ferien (talk) 21:10, 18 April 2024 (UTC) This would also be a good place to point out this is only RfA 2, due to the previous RfA nomination being declined and kept. This is MathXplore's first proper RfA run. --Ferien (talk) 21:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC) Candidate's acceptance: Other editors have expressed their interest in (co-) nomination (Special:Diff/9292543, Special:Diff/9294656), please wait for their statements. MathXplore (talk) 07:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC) (Note) Talkback sent (special:diff/9490132, special:diff/9490129). MathXplore (talk) 11:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC) Accepted, per Special:Diff/9489779. MathXplore (talk) 06:46, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support Support I have seen them doing an excellent job of preventing vandalism and always being available to assist. I believe they would make a great addition to the SEWP Community as Administrator. DIVINE 07:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support. Even if it is just doing QD items, with the amount they nominate would be a net positive for that work to be done by the nominee. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 07:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Hey, I stalk QDs :) It's my favourite thing to do and the number nom'd by MathXplore is vast, they can do them thierselves fr33kman 03:08, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support I have seen their work and their abilities, they are a great addition to the Simple English wiki based on past experiences with them. – Angerxiety! 17:37, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support Very good idea fr33kman 19:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support MathXplore is well qualified and a careful editor. Kk.urban (talk) 19:41, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Strong support Looks like I was late to co-nominate you, but you can still have my support. MathXplore is a very active member of the Simple English Wikipedia community and has a history of requesting many admin actions, such as QDs, page moves, and revdels. The tools would be very useful for them.— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support MathXplore would make a great admin. Also, we only have 17/18 admins now. I am sure that one more admin would help a lot. Our current admins work so much (thank you all btw). Dream Indigo 23:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC) I've always been of the opinion that every suitable regular member of the community should be admins. We have a very active and a very trusted community plus we all.pretty much know eachother. Simplewiki is more of a.community than enwiki which is more like Manhattan :) fr33kman 03:05, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support Have seen this user do a lot of good work in administrative areas, plenty of counter-vandalism experience too. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 23:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Support Since MathXplore has been doing a great job at stopping vandalism, I feel that the admin tools would benefit both them and the community. TheWikiCyclone (talk) 18:46, 20 April 2024 (UTC) Support Thorough, patient, excellent vandal fighter, they'll handle the admin role quite well. Ravensfire (talk) 15:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC) They already do lots of admin type things, they just need the tool set. fr33kman 03:02, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support It would be super foolish not to support this nomination. MathXplore does a fantastic job fighting vandalism and is an integral part of this community. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 20:16, 21 April 2024 (UTC) Yeah, I'd be shocked to see a single oppose. Excellent candidate for admin. fr33kman 03:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Strong support Seeing Maths work on this Wikipedia since day 1 I started editing here. Experienced and already doing a lot of Admin things, the tools would undoubtedly benefit them and the community. Didn't know there was an RFA ongoing or my support would have been on the top. :) – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 07:14, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support LGTM --DannyS712 (talk) 08:43, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support Long overdue.--BRP ever 12:19, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support I asked why they were not an admin back in August 2023, and they said that they did not see a need for the tools. I am glad that they changed their mind. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support MathXplore has been making great contributions to the Simple English Wikipedia. I think that he will positively use the administrator permission to improve this Wikipedia project. 84Swagahh (talk) 18:01, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Support MathXplore is an amazing editor and an equally amazing person. He will be using it to help Wikipedia. LOLHWAT (talk) 12:13, 23 April 2024 (UTC) Support I can't think of any reason to oppose it. This editor has helped this wiki a lot, arguably more than certain admins. Having him on the admin team just makes sense.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 19:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC) Support Excellent idea, experienced user, will do a great job. Wutsje (talk) 01:41, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Support I'm from the English Wikipedia, and though I'm not very familiar with the Simple Wikipedia, I see no issues with having MathXplore is an administrator. They seem humble. Cleo Cooper (talk) 05:36, 24 April 2024 (UTC)  Bureaucrat note: Cleo Cooper, thank you for your vote, however you cannot vote as your account was created here after the RfA had started. --Ferien (talk) 18:59, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Support - Tenure looks fine as does participation at AFD etc, My only concern is them knowing authority control at account creation which I find very strange however they've done nothing that screams SOCK so I'm taking their word (Question 3) and placing myself here, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 16:53, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Support I see no problems. Him being an administrator would make the current administrators' work easier, along with his own work. JustarandomamericanALT (talk) 17:01, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Oppose Initial statements from the candidate I would like to use this subsection for statements before RFA acceptance. MathXplore (talk) 02:39, 19 April 2024 (UTC)  Done MathXplore (talk) 08:35, 19 April 2024 (UTC) About me Dear community, as introduced by Ferien and PDL, I'm an editor since 2020. I was allowed to join the rollbacker user group in January 2022 per local anti-vandalism efforts (special:redirect/logid/2122903). I also used to be in the patroller user group, but since I didn't understand the patrol feature in Wikimedia projects (in technical meanings) I was removed from the user group. I have re-negotiated about previous cases and agreed with the involved admins to move forward RFA, please see special:permalink/9491679#Transitions_between_RFRR_and_RFP for this discussion. Today, I have restored auto-patrol via global rollback, and I have local patroller permissions at Commons, English Wikibooks (as reviewer), English Wikiversity (as custodian since March 2024), Simple English Wiktionary (as sysop since January 2024), Japanese Wiktionary, etc., but hitting the patrol button or collecting such buttons are not the main part of my activities. Actually, I check users and edits rather than specific pages, so "patroller" is not absolutely needed for me. If I just wanted to restore patroller permissions I would just go back to the same RFP venue, but we have this RFA for different objectives beyond "patroller" (I mean things that cannot be done by "patroller"). I will give a full description of such objectives in the following "plans" section. MathXplore (talk) 02:31, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Plans As mentioned in Special:Diff/9479316, the works of our admins include WP:VIP, WP:RFD, CAT:QD and WP:AN in the main part. I plan to prioritize WP:VIP, CAT:QD and WP:AN, etc., because these can be emergencies while RFDs are not (in general, emergencies in RFDs may need QD or WP:OS when applicable). However, I don't think this is enough, and I would like to provide further description. MathXplore (talk) 02:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC) (Non-English) anti-derogatory/vandalism efforts Since m:Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Simple English Wikipedia (3), it is believed that spam and vandalism are handled in a reasonable way. I generally agree to this statement, but I believe that I might be able to provide further assistance in some complicated cases, such as non-English cases. It is needless to remind that we are a simple English project. However, we have editors from all over the world, including those we cannot accept. We also get derogatory content from various languages, including those that I can understand. You can see special:permalink/9483065#About_your_recent_VIP_reports_(special:diff/9431290) and Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive21#JA/ZH-originated_fake_doppelganger_accounts for one of my recent alerts about such cases. For the most recent violent incidents, I assume the involvement of ja:LTA:GNSN or ja:LTA:LMG, etc. Previously, we had more editors with proficiency higher than ja/zh-3, so it was easier to detect such issues, but today I do not recognize enough substitutes in this area. I believe that language barriers and time zone differences may have delayed the community's response. The full record of my activities in this area can be found from my VIP log, AN report log, and SRG log for LTAs or gloabl username issues. Some cases involve deleted revisions, you can send questions to our admins about such cases. By joining the admin team I look forward to expanding the linguistic and time zone coverage of our anti-derogatory/vandalism efforts. Please note that m:stewards may be able to handle global username issues when applicable, but other issues (such as edit summaries, revisions, etc.) must be handled by our local admins. (Non-English) anti-spam efforts m:Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Simple English Wikipedia (3) says that our community is handling spam and vandalism in a reasonable way. However, I believe it is still hard to detect and revert non-English spams, and I believe that is why smaller projects like us are being targeted. Again, we are a simple English project, but we get weblinks from all over the world, including those we cannot accept. We also get spams from various languages, including those that I can understand. You can see User talk:Justarandomamerican/Archives/2023/April and special:diff/9454809 (both are w:ja:LTA:GRIMM cases) for my efforts in this area. In general, they look like adding references, but they are just adding their favorite blogs, etc. Cross-wiki cases or LTAs can be handled by stewards, but otherwise they have to be handled locally. By joining the admin team I look forward to expanding the linguistic coverage of our anti-spam efforts. The full record of my anti-spam/vandalism activites our included in my rollback log, undo log, ENWV logs (delete, protect, blocks) and more samples can be seen at m:User:MathXplore#Reverts_at_EN_and_multilingual_projects (please note that I have global rollback, I can use rollback outside this project). MathXplore (talk) 06:27, 19 April 2024 (UTC) (Non-English) anti-LTA efforts Some of these cases may overlap with above, but not all of them can be easily declared as spam or vandalism. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Current_issues_and_requests_archive_63#Request_for_Protection_of_User_talk:RadiX, Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Current_issues_and_requests_archive_66#Request_for_Protection_for_User_talk:郊外生活, Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Current_issues_and_requests_archive_74#ja:LTA:HEATHROW_targeting_User_talk:郊外生活_again, and Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive20#ja:LTA:HEATHROW for such cases. As well as above, I hope I can expand the linguistic coverage of our anti-LTA actions. MathXplore (talk) 06:27, 19 April 2024 (UTC) Interwiki collaborations between simplewiki and simplewikt We are one of the 2 simple English projects, and I believe that collaborations with the other side can help the entire simple English movement. Since I started helping Simple English Wiktionary as their admin since January 2024, I have been working in this area. Please see wikt:special:permalink/520832#Please_wait_deletion_of_Hilary_of_Poitiers, wikt:special:permalink/520832#Please_wait_for_domino_theory, and wikt:special:permalink/520832#w:Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion/Requests/2024/Oops for examples. As Simple English Wiktionary admin I can import simplewiki dicdefs. Having advanced permissions here can allow me to work on the opposite side, and I don't have to do things like User_talk:Auntof6/Archives/2024#Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion/Requests/2024/Oops. MathXplore (talk) 06:27, 19 April 2024 (UTC) (Added signature, I noticed that I forgot to add my signature here when added this with the subsections above, MathXplore (talk) 03:36, 22 April 2024 (UTC)) Yeah, we should act more like a sorta single project really. Before Global Sysops simplewiki admins could just ask to be a Wiktionary admin automatically. fr33kman 03:31, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Comments from others  Question: Do you believe that your adminship on the Simple English Wiktionary or the English Wikiverisity might distract you a little from here/adminship here may distract you from them a little?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpleist (talk • contribs) I don't believe such distractions. I never felt that I was distracted by Simple English Wiktionary adminship or English Wikiversity custodianship. I already cleared the minimal activity requirements in both of them (More than one action in a year for Simple English Wiktionary, more than 5 edits and 5 admin actions in a year for English Wikiversity). For this project, I have cleared the minimal activity requirements since 2020 (100 edits or admin actions in one calendar year, Wikipedia:Inactive_administrators#De-adminship). In my opinion, adminship means you have to use time differently. For example, non-admins have to tag pages and report users to WP:VIP if needed. Admins don't have to do this, instead, they click the delete/block button for applicable cases. Distractions from off-wiki factors (factors outside Wikimedia) may exist. If I'm going to be inactive here, then I would be inactive in other places. MathXplore (talk) 13:47, 19 April 2024 (UTC) I think they amount of do here shows you've got time to spend here. fr33kman 03:33, 22 April 2024 (UTC)  Question: How do you generally deal with disagreements or conflicts that emerge during editing? Have you ever dealt with it before? DIVINE 00:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC) For edits that are not vandalism, not done by block evasions, I usually undo once (or add maintenance tags) with explanations in the edit summary (or no reverts), and send applicable messages via Wikipedia:Twinkle. I also use the page's talk page for further discussion, or bring it to WP:ST/WP:AN if wider attention is needed. My AN report log includes my records of such activities. I usually do this for disputed QDs (pages in which QD tags are repeatedly removed), I think this is better than repeating reverts (I was previously advised by Ferien to use WP:AN for such cases). Similarly, I use admin noticeboards for such cases in all projects that I'm active. MathXplore (talk) 02:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)  Question: - Have you had an account or edited here prior to the creation of MathXplore? and how did you know about {{authority control}} ? ([1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]), I'll be honest I find it strange that you knew what authority control was and how it's supposed to be used when most newbies here get off to a rocky start, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 17:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC) No, I have no accounts/edits here before creating this account. MathXplore (talk) 01:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC) (About authority control) I think I learned about it in en/jawiki. I think there was a bot to add {{authority control}} in jawiki (I forgot which bot), and that may have given hints to me. Many years have passed since then, and I don't accurately remember how I learned it. MathXplore (talk) 01:35, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Okay many thanks for answering this, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 16:45, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Current requests for bureaucratship None at this time Current requests for checkusership None at this time Current requests for oversightership None at this time Edit archive menu

Note to self

Robbie Williams - WPCleaner - check for disam links on all Robbie W albums –Davey2010^Talk 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Nominated Under the Radar Volume 1, Under the Radar Volume 2 at EN

Under the Radar Volume 3 was prev closed at AFD as Redirerct back to Robbie W -

Wait for consensus at 1 and 2 - Redirect all 3 to discography page ? (Rw article would be short so would be useless redirecting) –Davey2010^Talk 20:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Robbie Williams: Live at the O2 - Nominated at EN AFD - wait and see consenus there. –Davey2010^Talk 23:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Waterloo Road - Create individual series pages, fix Ep list mess (footnotes) –Davey2010^Talk 02:41, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Update disco pages –Davey2010^Talk 03:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Charli XCX discography –Davey2010Talk 18:01, 11 February 2023 (UTC) –Davey2010^Talk 03:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Merc AClass Fix galleries at some point –Davey2010Talk 19:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC) –Davey2010^Talk 03:06, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

VW Caddy - Fourth Gen

VWGolf- Fix article, fix links (ie MK etc) –Davey2010^Talk 02:34, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Source: Transit connect

Transit custom

Volkswagen Caddy

Volkswagen Golf –Davey2010^Talk 20:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Reverted Simple talk

Please do not remove sections from simple talk unless it is vandalism. It will be archived when it is time to be archived. These are kept for historical purposes in the archives for easier finding, even if it does not make sense. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 23:38, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

"These are kept for historical purposes"- What's worth keeping here as I'm intrigued?, As stated in the editsum if we kept such posts the page would be full of random letters of the alphabet.... –Davey2010^Talk 23:41, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I've pasted yours and their comment to the talkpage which I hope resolves this, I just don't see a point or benefit to allowing people to post O, A, M posts to a talkpage but thats my 2p, Have a great day, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 23:46, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Notice

Hello. This message is being sent to tell you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Issue with Davey2010". Thank you. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 23:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for being patient on the ^^ above stuff. I saw emails this early morning and went through what happened. I would have been much more annoyed by this, but you just dealt with it like a pro. Haha, just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your work here and don't let this bother you. Cheers! BRP ^ever 01:23, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @BRPever, Thank you so much for your kind words they mean a lot to me, I'll be perfectly honest I'm currently indeffed on Commons for incivility and nearly got indeffed on EN for the same reason - So I'm slowly but gradually trying to change the way I approach and deal with things now, I'm not perfect but I'm trying do a better person than I was,

Meh they don't bother me I've had worse lol,

Anyway thanks so much for your lovely words that really do mean a lot to me, I hope you and yours are well, Take care, Warm Regards, Dave /// –Davey2010^Talk 01:50, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Apologies

I wanted to apologize for what I said and did today. It was not right of me to do so. After reading your response to BRP you and I are blocked for the same reason on en wiki. I hope this can be put behind us and we can move forward as a team to build this encyclopaedia. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:28, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your apology, Without making things worse I feel I should reply to the en block comment - I'm not blocked on en[10], I am blocked on Commons for incivility[11] and unfortunately you're indeffed on en for socking/using an alt[[12] so respectfully not nearly the same reasons,

Anyway I agree we're all here to build an encyclopedia and would much rather we work together than to be at each others throats every time, Have a great day, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:39, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

It is actually a block for incivility. Very long and drawn out issue that even our sysops could not figure out what was going on and still do not. Agreed! Thank you for expressing and explaining your block comment. But yes it was the same thing. The socks were just me wanting to be on there. 🙃 Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Side note: You got a few short term blocks for it on en wiki lol. I lost count of my socks and for this account I sent it to them to advise them I lost my password and had to create a new account so they blocked it within minutes of me notifying them, but it is what it is. Thanks - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:45, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay fair enough, EN's not known for being relaxed with anything to be fair lol,

No worries thank you for not taking the comment the wrong way - I spent a good 45 minutes trying to word it in a way that didn't come across in a dickish way so thank you for not taking it the wrong way,

Anyway thank you for your apology, Take care, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:57, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Your Signature

Hey! Just wanted to swing by and let you know that I stumbled upon your signature, and I couldn't resist taking some inspiration from it (basically just copy/pasted it T.T)! Hope you don't mind the imitation. Cheers! – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 14:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Cyber.Eyes.2005, I'll be honest I don't mind people taking inspiration from it but I'd much rather they change the colours than just reusing the entire thing, there's no creativity or uniqueness that makes you stand out :), Not only that most people associate those colours with this idiot ... surely you don't want to be associated with this idiot lol,

Your signature atm doesn't really match your username, i guess for some reason i expected more of a horror feel so black and red etc, But of course it's what you're happy with and if you're happy with it then cool :), Obviously I can't make you change the colours but anyway thanks for your message, Have a great day :), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it doesn't really match, but the thing is, I didn't really know much about how this formatting works, lol. I've changed it a bit, and yeah, it does really confuse people when two people have the same signature (including myself). Thanks, and have a great day as well. :) – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 15:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005, Ah okay fair enough - to be fair I took my signatures from other people but had changed the colours lol, Haha don't worry it HAD confused me too :) Thanks so much for updating it I greatly appreciate that :), I have to say yours actually looks a lot better than mine haha, Many thanks again, –Davey2010^Talk 15:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Subpage transcluding

Hi there. Your subpage User:Davey2010/Dashboard is calling a protection template from somewhere. This is putting it in the category of Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates. Can you fix it so it does not transclude into there please? There is a bot from Ferien that does this, however, that page does not have the code on it so the bot cannot remove it because it is being called from something else you have pulled. See User:FerienBot2. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:05, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @PotsdamLamb, Many thanks for making me aware of this, It doesn't look like there's nothing my end I can do but I'll have a look around and see if I can remove it, The page was supposed to be on my userpage but for some reason it's not and truth be told I've obviously never looked at it since like 2017 so I'll have a look around and if there's nothing I can do then I'll blank it by the end of the day,

Many thanks for making me aware of this, I'll see what I can do. Many thanks, Warm regards. –Davey2010^Talk 11:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

No worries. I am going through them to find my next cat to work on for the project and that happened to pop-out. So you know, I am working on something similar if you would like to view it and maybe help out where I am stuck at. It is at Template:Admin dashboard Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 12:37, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Okie dokie I'll take a look at that and see if I can help :), Happy editing, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:53, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @PotsdamLamb, I've added "<noinclude></noinclude>" to the protection template at WP:Request for permissions which has removed my page from the category,

Given how easy it was, something tells me you're going to come here later and tell me I've inadvertently introduced a new error somewhere else now :P, Anyway thanks again for making me aware, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 13:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Naw I think it should be ok. I did not see any issues when I tested it out on other pages and a lot of pages of the include/noinclude on them. Thanks for taking care of that. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay I didn't realise that lol - I searched on EN and didn't get far, tested other things but they didn't remove the cat, Seen someone suggest noinclude, Gave up and decided to assume en:WP:ROLLBACK must be transcluded everywhere and checked out the protection on that page and yeah it was wrapped in that code so thought I'd try it and wish for the best lol.

Anyway no worries, I'm rather amazed it's been there for 7 years and no one's ever mentioned it (I'm guessing you're the only person that's viewed that page in a very long time!), Anyway I'm glad I've fixed it instead of going with my original thought "Well it's on WPs page so it's a WP problem", Thanks again, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 13:45, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Yup. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

and again, if you want to help on that board I am creating, you are more than welcome to. I see Peterdownunder is using it, so my goal is for it to be a whole one stop shop. I am working with the CU team about changing the way they do things so it can pop up for them but for now, I am not gaining much ground. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Dana Tanamachi

Hi, Davey. Just a note: when an RFD is closed, the RFD template needs to be removed from the page. Someone else has removed it for you. We don't usually encourage non-admin closures, but I think this one was OK. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Auntof6, Slap on the wrist for me!, My apologies, I was closing 2 AFDs at the same time and completely forgot about the main article page, I'll be honest I've spent 3 weeks on an article and I guess I just wanted a change of scenery for a bit or to do something completely different for a while,

I'm surprised you didn't come here about clogging up recent changes - apologies for that too - I did ask at ANI but understandably everyone was busy so after an hour of waiting I just cracked on with it, Anyway thanks for the heads up about the AFD notice I wont multitask in future :P, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 00:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't usually look at recent changes, so I wouldn't have noticed unless someone brought it up! I figure if your changes aren't bothering anyone, then it's not a big deal. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:48, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

The Golf Article

Since it’s in your user space are you ok if I try to fix that cite error? If I can’t it’ll be reverted to prior to me touching it. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @PotsdamLamb, Of course you can, I should also add in case you try it - I've tried linking from the page nearest to the page cited (357) as well as used Wayback Machine and Archive.Is and nothing's worked (and using old Google books for linking/wayback/archive.is hasn't worked either) so my plan was to just leave it as it is,

I just felt an old black and white image and some background info on it sort of made it more verifiable than say a 2022 news article on it if that makes sense,

I don't pay for books etc so I don't know why it allows me to view it without issue but doesn't let anyone else view it, Anyway good luck hope you can fix it, Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 00:51, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

No worries. You can also apply to the Wikipedia library which gives you access to some more resources as well. That’s if you don’t already have it.

Library front page Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:07, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb, I had no idea that even existed thanks so much!, Could I ask though are you a member of that ?,

One criteria is no active blocks but I'm indeffed on Commons ? I mean Commons is images though .... if I've survived for 10 years on the English Wikipedia without being indeffed then surely that must say something right ?,

Didn't know if it was worth signing up for if I could potentially be declined because of the indef?, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 01:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I’m indeffed on ENWP and I have access. If it doesn’t grant you access automatically I believe it allows you the option to request and you can mention it. I’m not sure what the implications of commons blocked would be. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:29, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb oh okay fantastic, I'll give a go and see then, Brilliant thank you for that I appreciate that a lot, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 01:31, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Very welcome! Yeah all you do is log in with your account. If it doesn’t like you it will tell you so. The work would be if you get denied. It is a great resource to find old works and a lot of open source information that may be subscription only otherwise. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay, I'll check it out properly tomorrow and see how it all goes lol, Yeah they reckon theyve partnered with a good load of paywalled companies etc so I bet there is valuable and useful stuff there, I'll check it out properly tomorrow, Many thanks again for telling me about that, Have a great day, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 01:41, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Did you have a chance to check this out? Let me know what happens. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I didn't as I completely forgot!, Will try tomorrow if I don't forget again!, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 01:50, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok so I found the issues.

First, I ran the citation bot against it, which removed some unneeded parameters from the citations. There was still one issue which I had to manually fix. That was you had url-access=subscription twice in one citation. When I removed that, all the issues were gone and it reflects that all of your citations are good to go.

Two other minor things I did was changed the circa to about (simpler english, as c. is not really a simple word or meaning in most cases) and I rephrased that same sentence for ease of reading. You are more than welcome to revert those back.

If you need anything else, please let me know. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Not sure how I ended up adding that twice but many thanks for fixing those, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:07, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah something’s are hard to spot but during a preview it told me url= was used twice and only the last parameter would be used. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 19:17, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey

I cannot remember the name off the bat, but I am sure someone may realize who it is. I have seen this before. This is in regard to Special:Diff/9478011 on VIP. If I remember correctly, they were doing this to music articles in late February/early March. They were so random so it is hard to pinpoint it. Might have to look through all the check users and changes to VIP.

Side note, I am going to look at your article now too (I have had a busy couple of days). I also hope we can get little DYK out of it :). I will let you know what I find. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @PotsdamLamb, Yeah now I think of it I'm sure this happens or used to happen on EN too and I'm sure it was @Binksternet who I always saw revert them?, I remember the name ZestyLemons or something like that but I dont know if this is them either,

Either way this definitely isn't a new user I know that much! :), Haha I'll be honest I thought you already did check the page or that preview source and gave up lol, I'll be honest I've never done DYK stuff before as my creativity in that department is nil lol, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 01:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

The vandal case may be seen at Long-term abuse/Date-changing vandal from Poland. They used IPs from Poland such as Special:Contributions/31.0.37.29, Special:Contributions/31.0.41.56 and Special:Contributions/176.221.120.24, then they created the username Agnieszka1235. All of these should be blocked. Binksternet (talk) 06:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Binksternet Fantastic many thanks for replying, Happy editing, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:05, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Binksternet Thanks, I have relayed this post on to our admins. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:02, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Binksternet All were blocked. Thanks for the valuable feedback. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 21:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

It is easy. If you can get the article fully developed to at least (I believe, but may be wrong) a GA status, it can be used for a DYK. (Ok so easy for me to say, maybe not easy to do lol). Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay if that's the case that's us screwed lol, Meh to be honest I'm quite happy with the way it is (as in non-DYK or GA), Thanks, Happy editing, –Davey2010^Talk 01:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey

Are you on IRC or Discord? If so, hit me up. Username is the same on both. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 21:32, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately not, Happy editing, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 23:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Katie Hill (actress)

Hi, do you know where this might be copied from? I can't seem to find it anywhere on enwiki. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 19:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ferien, Oops my apologies, As the other creations were copy/pastes I just blindly assumed this was too, Many thanks for making me aware of this, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 20:24, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

That's alright. It does look a bit like a copy tho. I might try and look at it more at some point. Thanks :) --Ferien (talk) 20:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien, It does it looks way too perfect to be a brand new newb article, I've also come across Yksnamu who's uploaded images of subjects that Eceerp has created which seems slightly weird, Unfortunately over at en:Sarah Sugden (2005 character) her name's never been linked as far as I can see so I can't find anything to say this ever existed but for sure this definitely isn't a new article, If the article layout is different from the deleted articles and things like "Ref" (in table) aren't present in the deleted articles then that would confirm it's been copied/pasted from somewhere but without evidence I guess there's not a lot one can do, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 22:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Zat Knight

About this edit: special:diff/9503130, the only visible difference is his height (6 ft 7 vs. 6 ft 6). I'm not sure which is correct but enwiki says 6 ft 6. The removal of spaces probably wasn't the purpose of the edit - it may be done automaticaly by the visual editor. Kk.urban (talk) 17:55, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Kk.urban, Many thanks for making me aware I didn't realise they had changed the height, Indeed EN lists it as 6ft 6in so I've reinstated their edit, Thanks again it's much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 18:10, 24 April 2024 (UTC)