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RevisionDelete request on Gentrification

Hi - could you please delete revision 1210518382 by User:2601:181:400:36E:BCD1:5740:6D0C:F492 on Gentrification because of Wikipedia:Revision_deletion#2?

Thanks! Staraction (talk | contribs) 01:11, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Yep! Thanks for the alert. Joyous! Noise! 01:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

RevisionDelete request on User:Thank god everything is okay

Hi - could you please delete revision 1210520234 by User:Thank god everything is okay on their own userpage because of Wikipedia:Revision_deletion#2? They also have an active WP:AIV report.

Thanks! Staraction (talk | contribs) 01:25, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Done. Joyous! Noise! 01:48, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes

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• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

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• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

5.216.78.14

Could you revoke their TPA? 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 01:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 01:58, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome! Thanks for the alert. Joyous! Noise! 01:58, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Ben Aldridge (actor)

Thank you for the range block. Given some of the old edits I've found [1], [2], [3], perhaps a far longer block would be appropriate. If they return in another form, I'll request page protection. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Point taken. I extended the p-block to 6 months. Nice sleuthing! Joyous! Noise! 03:09, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm about to ask at BLP whether the history of borderline defamatory edits merits rev/deleting. Is there a case for that? 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

I'll take a look; hang on! Joyous! Noise! 03:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Many rev/dels completed. Joyous! Noise! 03:26, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much. I usually trouble Drmies with that stuff--nice to hand the problem to a different administrator from time to time. Cheers! 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 03:30, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Glad to help any time. Joyous! Noise! 03:33, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for all you do. Maliner (talk) 19:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!! Joyous! Noise! 19:14, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

nomnomnom! Sebbers10 (talk) 20:51, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Joyous! Noise! 21:01, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Your block of Let the rain handle the win

It's likely this LTA, judging by edit summary & user page. Sleeper check may be needed, and global lock. Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 03:02, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Should've removed before I tagged - but Special:Diff/1212900113 & Special:Diff/1212898530 will likely need revdel (per RD2) if page isn't deleted. Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 03:08, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

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⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 07:01, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Back in my day at Michigan the amount of fast food restaurants in Novi was horrific. I told people that living at USA would cause foreigners to gain weight from my experience, but people didn't believe it... nomnomnom :) AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 03:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Looks delicious. Joyous! Noise! 03:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I keep going to revert something and seeing you've already beaten me to it, so here's a barnstar! Shaws username . talk . 22:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry. You get there first PLENTY of times. Joyous! Noise! 22:54, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Womp womp

I am not vandalizing I am spreading the truth 136.34.69.224 (talk) 01:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thanks for your rapid reviews of edits and rollbacks to prevent vandalism! TRL (talk) 02:13, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

147.0.99.202

Just a suggestion: If 147.0.99.202 vandalizes again after their block (they're on their second one), they should probably be indeffed. Just my suggestion. Thanks, Mseingth2133444 (talk/contribs) 16:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I tend to go with increasing-length blocks, but I rarely indef an IP. Joyous! Noise! 16:49, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Not here

Just in case they come back and to explain the revision deletion here, the username and the edits were all references to a sex offender. Regards. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 20:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Ugh. Thanks for the info. Joyous! Noise! 20:42, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Daniel Quinlan: I know this isn't your talk page, but I want to say thank you so much. (It was me who made the request for the page protection in the first place). Pepper Gaming (talk) 01:04, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome. Thanks for the request too. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment

Thank you for helping me get started on Wikipedia, Joyous!. Wasabi-The-LoreMaster (talk) 00:35, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Wasabi-The-LoreMaster

You are so welcome! I'm glad I could assist. Joyous! Noise! 00:39, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

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• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

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• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Hello, I'm 2A0E:CB01:10:1A00:146C:3E24:4E5C:2A09. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to History of the chair have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. 2A0E:CB01:10:1A00:146C:3E24:4E5C:2A09 (talk) 20:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Please see [4]. The user whose revision you are restoring was previously blocked from editing that page due to disruption, and they were advised not to remove content without a consensus. 2A0E:CB01:10:1A00:146C:3E24:4E5C:2A09 (talk) 20:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Samf4u. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to John Hemsworth—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Samf4u (talk) 17:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I think you'd best take a second look. :-). Joyous! Noise! 17:55, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

You got him!

Thank you, Joyous. I reverted one and then clicked my seat belt. This scholar here Special:Contributions/Your_username_is_public_and_cannot_be_made_private has to be the same person. When I saw 'the goat' I was 99% sure, but when I saw the heading that they sent you on your talk page, that sealed it. Thanks again. Bringingthewood (talk) 00:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Yep, he's the one. Special:Contributions/It_is_recommended_to_use_a_unique_pass. He left his signature blocked message. I reverted it. Bringingthewood (talk) 01:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

What the hell?

My edit summary said that I added a citation needed tag. Why did your hole check my edit instead of just trusting the edit summary?-Tumbling down noise (talk) 02:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Because people lie via the edit summaries all the time. Joyous! Noise! 02:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Soorley terminated Brisbane River dredging

You have archived my edit because it was not perfect. (Read your own banner.)

The reason I did not include a citation in the update is because the source is behind a paywall that I cannot breach. (My record is hardcopy.) It was published in the Spectator Australia by Stuart Ballantyne, under the title ---Selling Queensland down the river---, 12 March, 2022, p.xii.

Here is the article for your erudition:

At a public meeting in Brisbane's Mt Crosby in 1996, the halting of dredging the Brisbane River was concluded. The Lord Mayor claimed that the "ugly dredgers were causing bank erosion". These dredgers with diminutive 300hp engines and 4-knot speed, were only capable of running with the ride and incapable of making a bow wave. The dredging was stopped, concluding over 100 years of effective acquisition of sand and aggregates. Brisbane then was the cheaptest place in the country to build a house due to the abundance of cheap concrete, bricks, pavers and tiles delivered into the city by the river. As the lone consultant appointed two days earlier by the Premier's Department I protested against this decision, explaining that replacing these two quiet, old 2,000-tonne barges with 160 truck movements (each with 400hp turbocharged diesels) a day was madness, endangered schoolkids, contributing thousands of cubic meters of truck exhaust gases daily and adding to road maintenance costs. I also concluded that the halting of the river dredging would shallow the river and exacerbate the danger of flooding. Simple cross-sectional area geometry, if you shallow the river the water will go sideways into the 'burbs. While dams can assist in slowing upstream water volumes in rain events, dredging is a basic tool for flood mitigation, confirmed by Brisbane based dredging expert Captain Kasper Kuiper. Yet the Lord Mayor hailed the decision to halt dredging as "a significant victory for Queensland". He said in 100 years, the Brisbane River had been "treated as a sewer and a mine". "No other capital cities in the world allow ugly dredgers into the heart of their city to mine their river", he claimed. Nodding their agreement was an environment minister, two mayors, and the Queensland Conservation Council head who said the agreement was "a major breakthrough for the rehabilitation of the river" and continued, "Clearly dredging is way out of line with community attitudes." These fools are probably perplexed that the Brisbane River, and every other river in the country, is still brown. Most river port cities in the world have active dredging programs with aggregate extraction as the lowest cost method of maintaining navigation channel depth and mitigating flood levels. Take a trip around Asia and you will see on the Pearl River in China, Saigon Rover in Vietnam and the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, multitudes of low-powered grab dredgers that are anchored until the tide changes, as they, like the Brisbane river grab dredgers, are only capable of steaming with the tide. Fifteen years later in 2011, I shook my head in dismay watching the Brisbane River floods on TV. Even a 300-500mm difference in water levels makes a huge difference to some houses and businesses, and the subsequent enquiry unfortunately ignored the fact that continued river dredging could have dropped the flood levels. This 2011 flood claimed 38 lives and this recent one claimed 13 lives. The people who supported and made this decision to halt river dredging should hang their heads in shame. The upper Brisbane River was navigable 46km from the CBD by the Riverside coal barges until the Nineties. Recent declarations that the proposed Melbourne to Brisbane rail corridor was to end in Acacia Ridge rail terminal and then thousands of containers would be barged to the port, came to a sticky halt when the clever transport policy people discovered that the Brisbane River is now "way too shallow". Rail or road alternatives down to the port will be at least 40 times more expensive, and certainly louder. During the Nineties dredging debate, despite the state government getting royalties from every cubic metre extracted, dredging was halted. The navigation channel through to the Gold Coast at Jacobs Well, kept open by a sand extraction program, was abandoned, and vessels started to run aground again at anything below mid-tide. The program to attract luxury superyachts to the region suffered a knockback. Cruise ship companies are seeking new destinations and the year-round good weather of Queensland is a natural attraction. But even to anchor off some of the beautiful destinations and send their tenders ashore is being hampered by the ongoing demonisation of dredging by the Queensland government. Picturesque destinations such as Innisfail and 1770 are not accessible from the sea except for high tide, due to a lack of dredging at the river mouths. Cooktown has been listed as unsafe by marine underwriters, with the state program of a visit by a large dredger every five years. Frequent modest dredging is the best and proven way to keep a river mouth deep, and more importantly, safe! Five years ago, a video-link to nation-building initiative of extracting sand from river mouths for local use was circulated to the councils in control of 138 blocked river outlets around the nation. You can view it at [redacted because too much effort to add]. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Clean sand extraction at river mouths makes bar conditions safer for small vessels. Every year sees family members drown on the various bars around the nation when their cruiser or fishing boats capsize during transit. The Queensland Labor government's anti-dredging policy for the last twenty-six years has been an economic disaster for jobs and prosperity. Despite their claim of creating jobs, the present Labor government implemented policies that no only halted capital dredging around the state, but they halted transhipping and export mini ports through their ridiculous "Sunshine Ports Act". To clarify this, the analogy is a "Sustainable Milk Bar Act" where the state government owns the ten chemist shops in an emerging economy, and then passes an act to stop anyone else building or operating a milk bar. The successful mini port of Bing Bong in the Northern Territory, has exported more than $11 million of cargo in the last thirty years with one small transhipment vessel, and with royalties paid to the government of over $700m. The indigenous Mawa group are still co-owners of the transhipment vessel. But no such opportunity in Queensland. A proposal by the Hopevale Congressm just north of Cooktown, to export silica sand by barge transhipment was soundly rejected, despite the product being exported being the same as the stuff on the seabed at the proposed transhipment point making the remote possibility of pollution by spillage to be zero. One senior official stated to me, "That may well be Dr Ballentyne, but they could use that export point to handle coal!" The Greens/Labor paranoia about coal knows no bounds. Nowhere in our nation for the last 100 years will you find evidence of any environmental damage from dredging or transhipping. This Green/Labor philosophy and decisions totally ignore regional Australia, our traditional owners, the prosperity of the states and jobs for our kids and grandkids. 14.203.212.129 (talk) 03:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

I didn't revert the edit because it wasn't perfect. I reverted it because it was initially unsourced, and there was no way to tell that it wasn't your own opinion. The info you left above: the name of the paper, title, page number...that's the information needed to make a citation in the article. Joyous! Noise! 03:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Help with Om Parvat

Hi thanks for always beating me to reverting vandalism. A recent change on Om Parvat tripped the edit filter. Seems to be a slow simmering edit war between the location of the mountain (India v. Nepal). I can't find the right diff to revert to anymore. Any help? Thanks, Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 05:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Classicwiki:Oh dear. I can't tell what is the "right" version, either. Joyous! Noise! 20:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Joyous! I added the {{Disputed}} tag because of the edit warring. Hoping that will prompt an editor to improve the article. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 21:19, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

112.198.200.136

Hello, I noticed that you have blocked 112.198.129.34, however it has a possible sockpuppet IP 112.198.200.136. Edits are very similar, and same messages on talk page. Please block this IP as well. Thank you. 2003 LN6 03:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey thanks! Got it. Joyous! Noise! 03:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Angry IPv6

Hi, Joyous!. The IP 2409:40c1:2b:f354:d0fe:cad9:e608:8a77 apparently didn't like being warned by you, see the filter log. I've blocked for a couple of days. Bishonen | tålk 18:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC).

Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 18:43, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me revert vandalism

Thanks, Joyous!, for helping me revert vandalism on Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco). The user is now banned for 31 hours... Wait, you banned them! Thanks! and therefore...

Thanks for helping me revert vandalism on Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco)! Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 21:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@Joyous! You might want to redact a comment on User talk:66.232.249.68 after my "uw-vandalism3", it's not so kind of them... Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 22:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Absurd edit

This edit is absurd. The form $\varphi$ is less likely to be mistaken for $\varnothing$ or $\emptyset$ than is $\phi$. Both $\varphi$ and $\phi$ are forms of the same Greek letter in different fonts. Both are commonly used in mathematics. Michael Hardy (talk) 23:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Your message would have been just as effective without the insult in the first sentence. I apologize for the error. Joyous! Noise! 00:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)