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I changed other cultural backgrounds to backward cultures because that was the viewpoint at the time and I object to historical revisionism. I also tried to remove Sweden from one of the countries mentioned as a colonial power, since it was never relevant as a colonial power. please explain why you reverted these changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.224.89.237 (talk) 11:28, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Your edit was reverted because it didn't appear to be written in a neutral point of view, but now that you have clarified it the situation makes sense now. Also, for the removal of "Sweden", I did not revert your edit - ChamithN did. You should talk to him/her. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 11:33, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanation, Best, E — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.224.89.237 (talk) 11:39, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

wtf

i havent vandalized your page? idk u could even do that!

70.180.33.110 (talk) 15:11, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Editing User talk:K6ka (new section)

Hello

My editing has been declined - how do I go about having it accepted knowing that I am the oldest living person in the UK with the condition?

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whispers1 (talk • contribs) 14:15, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

You will need a reliable source that accurately confirms that you are the record holder. See WP:CITE for help on citing sources in articles. Simply claiming that you are the subject isn't accepted on Wikipedia as there is no real way of verifying this fact, as anyone can create an account and claim to be someone. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 15:34, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

User talk:160.253.128.7

Hi. On October 7, you gave this IP a "last warning". Since then, they have vandalized 2 more pages, Isabel Allende on Oct 10, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum today . ‎ How do we get them blocked? All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:46, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

@Ssilvers: Hello. IPs or users that continue to vandalize after their final warning should be reported to WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism. As the IP is a shared address (shared by multiple users), you can report it to the page if needed. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 18:40, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you, for addressing my request for a Username change

Thank you, very much, for your prompt response to my Username-change request. I see that you do plenty of work, to keep Wikipedia healthy and strong. And that work is of a technical and specialized nature which is far beyond my own abilities, at least as much as it is far beyond the ken of most users of this greatest-of-all websites. I know your job is thankless—thus, against that thanklessness, here I strike! All the best, to you and yours. Analogdrift (talk) 07:59, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

@Analogdrift: Thank you! Yes, this job is very thankless and very under-recognized by the general public and the global community outside of Wikipedia. For over a decade thousands of people have been working tirelessly to get articles out to the public and to build Wikipedia to what it is today. Even today, new pages are being created, articles are being improved, and errors are being fixed. And despite all of this work people still continue to pass Wikipedia off as a faceless website that anyone can edit and make deliberate factual errors to fool the world. *sigh* The nerve of rude people nowadays! --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 10:57, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Diffeo usurpation

Hi K6ka, I responded to Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations#Diffeo_demo_.E2.86.92_Diffeo Diffeo demo (talk) 00:05, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

My last edit was verified

Hello K6ka, sorry for not giving a verified link. This information just came out some days ago, and the actress, Mercy Johnson, also confirmed this on her twitter handle and Instagram page. I have edited it and given it the rightful citing.

Thanks for the correction and the gentle manners in which you pointed out my mistakes. Together, we'll keep Wikipedia updated. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dailyschoolnews (talk • contribs) 03:33, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

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Kim Jong Un

Hi, Sorry I was generally just upset. I have friends who are South Korean and had recently heard from them that a member of their family in NK had been imprisoned in one of the North's notorious prison camps for refusing to have their hair cut the same as the 'supreme fat idiot'. I was just annoyed as it had upset my friend and was just out to put something stupid\nasty on the 'supreme fat idiot' wiki article. It definitely wasn't constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.249.99 (talk) 18:51, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia isn't the place to take your grudges onto. We're an encyclopedia, not a war zone. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 19:02, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I realise that. Which is why I replied to your message and apologised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.249.99 (talk) 19:24, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

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13:48, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Thebulkeleyhotel

Good Morning,

I have read your comments and happy for you to change the username I understand that i will NOT able change it back

"ShaunBulk"

Regards

Shaun — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebulkeleyhotel (talk • contribs) 03:09, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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Talkback Karenswiftaustin Please change my username to BS08 How do I link (Greg Austin) Rugby player to ( Mitch Austin) footballer. Greg Austin is Mitch Austin's father Thankyou — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karenswiftaustin (talk • contribs) 08:23, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

@Karenswiftaustin: Hi, please leave requests to change your username at WP:Changing username, not at my talk page. I cannot perform renames as I am only a clerk. For the second question, please be sure to have a reliable source ready and know how to cite it in the article, then see Help:Link. If you have any other questions, you can visit the Teahouse. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 11:45, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for showing me the sandbox link — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.155.29 (talk) 16:59, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Trouted

You have been trouted for: repeatedly undoing my Wikipedia edit for The Low End Theory. Georgie Porgie is a real song. It exists. A simple Google search will tell you so. I cannot give any source for this because I can't find any, I'm new to Wikipedia and I'm offended by your actions. You're being unfair. Now you're threatening to remove my will to edit? Ugh. Gringo1999 (talk) 18:53, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

@Gringo1999: Not silly, but rather it's in accordance with our verifiability policy, in that everything should have a proper citation to a reliable source. To resolve this issue, all you had to do was provide a citation for it and none of this would've happened. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 19:07, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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05:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Ginger Johnson Master Drummer

I updated some info on Ginger Johnson's page, the info was his children. He's my grandfather, my mums dad. Obviously i cant prove that at this time and i have zero idea about how this works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.106.161.46 (talk) 14:59, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia doesn't accept original research. Since you claim to be grandchild but lack a citation to a reliable source, we can't accept it on Wikipedia until you can find a reliable source and cite it in the article appropriately. We don't allow people to cite "personal experience" as a source because it isn't reliable. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 15:02, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

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sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.166.1.72 (talk) 11:38, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

My post.

Im sorry, I thought I WAS using a sandbox. And testing and having fun. I was unaware that I was actually doing something and changing the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.116.73.21 (talk) 20:38, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Vern_Monnett

So some lazy random editor (with an obvious bias against sidemen musicians) along with someone equally as lazy agreeing with him are all that is required to remove a Wikipedia article? This article was well documented, included plenty of easily found evidence of relevancy and a CLEAR trail of articles and sites like the ones listed below for anyone willing to take more than a cursory glance.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598343/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598343/

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/vern-monnett-mn0001882729/credits

Restore this entry immediately. You clearly have no legitimate excuse to delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.226.48 (talk) 02:05, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

1. I can't restore the deleted page because I'm not an administrator, so I can't undelete pages.

2. The page you edited was the deletion discussion page of the article in question. If you disagree with the deletion you should take part in the discussion and voice your status on why you think the article should've been kept. Removing other people's messages on discussion pages other than your own are against the talk page guidelines.

3. The discussion page is archived. Please do not edit it.

4. I'm a neutral party. I did not take part in the deletion discussion nor did I ever edit the article. I merely saw your edit while patrolling recent changes and I have no affiliation with the people that took part in the deletion discussion or process. So don't label me as one that needs to take blame.

But now that the article has been deleted you're better off going through the deletion review process instead. You might also want to read how Wikipedia decides how articles are deleted too. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 02:20, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry for wrong editing

Sorry sir i am a new user on wikipedia and do not knew how to edit it i thought that i have to label my name with it i wanted to make or give my ideas towikipedia

Yours Faithfully Hadi Raza.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.41.219.44 (talk) 18:38, October 31, 2014‎ (UTC)

Sorry For Wrong Editing

sorry sir/mam i am a new user on wikipedia i do not know much how to Edit i thaught that we have to mention the edit but i just wanted to give my ideas to improve wikipedia as i am a student i know much example so i wrote my sentences but next time i will not do that silly mistake sorry sir/mam Yours Faithfully --39.41.219.44 (talk) 18:54, 31 October 2014 (UTC) Hadi Raza

Well, think about it ;) You never see people sign their name when you read a Wikipedia article. Neither should you! It looks unprofessional, for one thing, and for the other, Wikipedia is a collaborative project, because editors work together to build an article, not just one person. Signing names in articles give the impression of ownership and as a rule, articles are owned by the community, not by one person. It also says at WP:SIGNHERE that Edits to articles must not be signed, as signatures on Wikipedia are not intended to indicate ownership or authorship of any article. Rather, the page history takes care of the need to identify edits with users. So don't worry about your work going uncredited; it is automatically done for you.

If you need any more help, why not go through our introduction, and ask any further questions at the Teahouse? --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 19:50, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Restoring absurd content with non-existing reference sources

You seem to have reverted my action and restored content subjected to non-existing reference source in the Wine article, together with the non-existing source, leaving it in incomplete state. The content itself is absurd, as all research projects of pased decades aimed to establish oringins of winegrape cultivation failed to narrow it down to such exteemly tiny geographic area. If such highly doubtfull content is added to the article, it should be based on solid reference sources. I highly suggest it to be removed. --Hayordi (talk) 12:42, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

@Hayordi: Why do you repeatedly say "non-existent source" when all I was doing was adding an archive link to the source that did in fact exist. The original is currently unavailable but it was archived by the Wayback Machine when it was available, which you can see here. It's supported, and if you disagree with it, head over to the talk page with a better reason than "non-existent source". --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 14:02, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Ok, I'm sorry for misunderstanding. Still the source is not related to the content that it's refered to. An extensive gene-mapping project in 2006 analyzed the heritage of more than 110 modern grape cultivars, narrowing their origin to a region of Georgia. Can't find anything about it there. Is this the referenced source? I'll take it to the talk page.--Hayordi (talk) 09:42, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Unknown

IR Welcomes You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.19.176 (talk) 03:14, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

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17:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

US Army Pacific

My intent was to drop the 'US Army Pacfic' title and number '25' down below the organization chart. As the page is now displayed, these two are off set from the list of units. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.73.128.159 (talk) 20:42, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

If you're talking about the image there, you'll need to go to its page at the Wikimedia Commons, but you'll need to be logged in to upload new versions of files. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 20:56, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

My apologies

I seem to have a problem with my copy and pasting. That was intended to be a joke to myself, and apparently I copied it in. I tried to put back the box at the side... — Preceding unsigned comment added by No no no no no yup (talk • contribs) 22:12, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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Looking ahead

Basic support for inserting tables and changing the number of rows and columns in tables will appear next Wednesday. Advanced features, like dragging columns to different places, will be possible later. The VisualEditor team plans to add auto-fill features for citations soon. To help editors find the most important items more quickly, some items in the toolbar menus will be hidden behind a "More" item, such as "underlining" in the styling menu. The appearance of the media search dialog will improve, to make picking between possible images easier and more visual. The team posts details about planned work on the VisualEditor roadmap.

The user guide will be updated soon to add information about editing tables. The translations for most languages except Spanish, French, and Dutch are significantly out of date. Please help complete the current translations for users who speak your language. Talk to us if you need help exporting the translated guide to your wiki.

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Feroze Gandhi

My friend.. Feroze was given the surname of "Gandhi". How can you also change the names of his family? How can you add Gandhi surname to his father and mother? Indira Gandhi was born Indira Nehru in a Kashmiri Pandit family on 19 November 1917 in Allahabad but Feroze was born Feroze Gandhi.. REALLY? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xkart001 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

@Xkart001: 1. It seemed to be a misunderstanding, and 2. A simple clarification is all I needed . Remember to assume good faith. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 12:29, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

To K6ka

Hello I am LittleMissRich You said something about me editing an article and you said it is not convincing so I search for the page that you are talking about.

I didn't edited it

Well maybe another person edited the article but the person (which I suspected one of my friends) uses my account but still thank you for informing me and thank you for editing it. ^_^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleMissRich (talk • contribs) 12:53, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

@LittleMissRich: This is the edit in question. Did you make it?

Please keep in mind that Wikipedia accounts should not be used by more than one person. If you have friends that want to edit Wikipedia, they must create their own accounts to edit. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 13:13, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much!

Thank you for editing as requested! I really appreciate it, since the protocols for doing so seem so complex. You almost need Bletchley Park brains to use! In any event, I appreciate your taking action--I never could have done it (obviously) by myself.

All best wishes

Walt (BunkyBoyne) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.62.27 (talk) 15:04, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

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Recent software changes

• You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [38] [39]
• The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [40]

File information cleanup

• Reminder: You can help fix file information on your wiki. It will help robots understand the information. After that, it will be easier for you to search files and re-use them.
• You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
• You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.

Problems

• Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [41]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
• You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [42] [43]
• The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [44]
• The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [45]

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Asil Nadir

It is in Turkish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.129.75.208 (talk) 12:35, November 13, 2014‎ (UTC)

Please read the message on your talk page carefully. That is not the issue here. The issue is that you didn't provide a reliable source and cite it into the article. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 12:39, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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RE Username Change Request

Yeah, that's fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yunetorg (talk • contribs) 15:20, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

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Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
• The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [46]

Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator

• The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
• You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24.
• You can make the change easier for you by creating your account.
• Bugzilla will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator.
• You can join two IRC chats to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) and 23:00 UTC. [47]

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18:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Your activity

Why didn't you report this IP: Special:Contributions/71.89.87.59? They added grossly offensive content and BLP violations and yet you gave them a lenient warning. - Hoops gza (talk) 00:28, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

@Hoops gza: Well, the IP is blocked now (problem solved). When I do recent changes patrolling, I typically look for a "Level 4" or "Only" warning before I report them. Habit. But it's how I started recent changes patrolling, how semi-automated anti-vandal tools work, and it's how I do it today. Also, I'm not sure how a "Please stop your disruptive editing, otherwise you will be blocked from editing" is lenient. I've had a lot of people tell me I've been too "harsh" from the template warnings, so calling it lenient seems a bit weak. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 01:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Username Change

Hi, I'm new to this whole knew Wiki thing, so I'm not exactly sure what it is I need to do in order to get my name changed.

Hello, K6ka. You have new messages at K6ka's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

XXportsideXx (talk) 22:07, 20 November 2014 (UTC) xXportsideXx

@XXportsideXx: See Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations/Rejected/20#XXportsideXx_.E2.86.92_XXportsideXx. Your username cannot be given a lowercase letter, because the MediaWiki software automatically capitalizes the first letter of every username. You can, however, add the template {{lowercase title}} to your userpage and talk page so it appears to be in lowercase in the page title, and you can change your talk page signature in Special:Preferences to reflect that. I do the latter, since I originally thought of this username with a lowercase "k" in front, and that is reflected in my signature to compensate for these limitations. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 03:30, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• The move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [48]

Problems

• There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the colspan or rowspan option. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [49]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).
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• VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [51]
• You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [52]
• VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [53] [54]

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19:31, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Editing my article

My article was recently deleted and I would like to know what i have to change on my article "Allen Ritter" to meet Wikipedia guidelines? Joeurena (talk) 21:35, 25 November 2014 (UTC) Joeurena

@Joeurena: The article didn't seem to be written in a neutral point of view. It's a global Wikimedia policy that pages are written in a neutral tone and avoid the use of Weasel or Peacock words. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 22:27, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Sleep and weight

Hi...i see you re-added the information I recently deleted on the sleep and weight page but i was instructed to delete it from my professor. i made this page for a college class and our teacher didnt actually want us to make the page live. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aweisenfels (talk • contribs) 21:46, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

@Aweisenfels: You want to tell your teacher that, according to the license Wikipedia runs on, anything you put on Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project can and will be freely redistributed, reused, and edited by other people. You will be credited, but you don't own it. Because you don't own the material, you have no direct control over it. You may discuss with other editors about the material, but consensus must be evident for controversial actions, such as page deletions, will happen. If he/she doesn't want the page up anymore, too bad. You can have him/her go to articles for deletion if he/she really wants the page deleted, but chances are his/her reason won't be accepted. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 22:27, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Username change request

Hi, as per your suggestion, I made a request on m:SRUC, but to no avail: [55]

What would you recommend I do next? I can't change my name due to the ru local account, and I can't do a global request due to the global account, leaving me stumped. Does it help that the ru account has not been used since 2011? Regards, KiraChinmoku 09:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@Kirachinmoku: Hmm. The only other thing I can think about is going to ru.wikipedia and filing a local usurp there to see if they can grant you that username. If not, though, you might not be able to get your new username, so you might have to improvise. You can try and have your account renamed to something similar, maybe "Sairento1" or "Sairento101". I use this method on YouTube, where k6ka is already taken, so I use "k6ka1" instead. Cheers. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 11:57, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

1st Priority

Hello I was jsut adding information on our Missing Person organization for all to see if their is something that is needed to make my input better please advise Thank You Angel Seguin Garcia Founder 1st Priority Search & Recovery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1st Priority SAR (talk • contribs) 14:48, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@1st Priority SAR: The issue is that your addition is promotional, and Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of advertisement. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 14:51, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Promotional

No sir I just added our Informattion that we have on our own website for all to see if that where it that would be fine but you also removed the website address from the external links section Yhanks Angel — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.193.93.113 (talk) 14:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Is that you, 1st Priority SAR? If so, please remember to log in before editing. No, it seems that you did not read my message carefully enough. Your additions were promotional because it was written in a promotional tone, and remember that Wikipedia is not a place for you to advertise or promote your website, and we are not the Yellow Pages. The website address also violates our external links policy, and our policy on spam. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 15:02, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Why aren't you an administrator?

I suspect it's because no one has yet offered to nominate you, so please accept this offer. I would recommend you find at least one co-nominator though - perhaps someone who can do a deeper dive into your contributions, as my nomination statement will probably be somewhat brief. If you don't want to stand for adminship now, consider this an open offer. Let me know if you want me to write up the nomination. Cheers, –xeno^talk 19:54, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@Xeno: Thank you for the offer! While I have stated (somewhere) that I'm not closed to the idea of becoming an administrator, I would like to decline this offer at this time. The reason being is that, while I have administrator experience, being an admin on three other wikis, and that I am confident with the mop in my hands, I don't feel the !voters at RfA would think the same way. While my anti-vandalism work will probably earn me several supports here and there, oppose !votes will probably be on my relative lack of article development and virtually non-existent participation in AFD, and going through WP:RFA Guide and WP:RFAADVICE, I figured it would be better if I waited a bit longer before being nominated for the mop, maybe a year or so. Of course, if you think differently you're welcome to try and convince me! --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 21:49, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

I'd say you're about as prepared as I was or better, but that was 2008 and attitudes have shifted somewhat. It's ultimately your choice, as I said the offer is open. –xeno^talk 22:09, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@Xeno: Well, I'm glad you feel that I am ready, but maybe it would be better to wait a bit longer before considering adminship. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 22:27, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

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User Name Changing Confirmation

Hello Sir(/Lady)

Name : G.Reza Yahyavi Fakour

May Request Was Correction and Removing 'e' From G.Reza Yahyavi(e) Fakour And Just I Use True Name With True Spelling Form : G.Reza Yahyavi Fakour

Excuse Me, But I don't know k6ka is machine or human ? Elsewhere i send this message. G.Reza Yahyavi Fakour Is My name (Human and No Machine) and I like To Use It As User Name Also.

Very Simple!

Nov 29 14 Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.138.160.102 (talk) 10:12, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm a human. Don't see why I wouldn't be. Also, I can't confirm your request because you are not logged in. Secondly, your request was apparently filed a month ago, but was declined because you failed to respond to one of our questions. Please file another request. I cannot perform renames because I'm not a global renamer, so you must go to one of those venues instead. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 14:04, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Username change request (2)

I was told that the name Gregory Christopher Baggett which I changed from NYC HDFC is already being used. It may be me that created that account but never edited any Wiki content please advise. Is it possible for me to have a name associated with NYC HDFC and one associated with my work as an professor which is different from the work housing advocacy work I do or it it best to usurp the old account and use only one identification when editing and writing Wiki entries. I am new to the technology and is essentially feeling my way through the dark. Gregory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.44.171 (talk) 18:12, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

You are currently not logged in. Please remember to log in before editing, so we can verify that it's you. Secondly, please read the response given here, which advises you to go file a request at WP:USURP, which will give you the opportunity to "take over" that existing username. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 19:15, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism.

Excuse me if this inappropriate, you are my first Wiki experience, which I must add is quite nerve-racking. On reading your user page, liking you have a humourous nature and cleaning the work of vandals, I wondered if you were aware of the fact the red phone box once in use, in England, now part of England's heritage, are named K6. A snippet of information and you see the connection. Hopefully, I haven't broke any rules, and gives me the confidence I need, to contribute to Wikipedia, Any advice would be very welcome. Apology in advance if I have erred.Justjoe23 (talk) 20:46, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

@Justjoe23: No, I didn't know. That's very interesting. I've never heard of that. Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia! --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 21:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Kevin Blackistone

The source is Mr. Blackistone himself during his excerpt on Pardon The Interruption, ESPN 12/1/14. I will re-edit to clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.178.226 (talk) 22:10, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Doug Stone edits

Hello. I am an employee of Doug Stone's and I handle all of Doug's online press including his website and Facebook pages. I am not well versed in how to make proper citations but there were a few things that we needed to fix. Doug divorced Beth Snyder last year. He is now involved in a very serious relationship with a girl named Jade Jack. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurie Anne 1956 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Kash Beauchamp - birth city

Thank you for your concern regarding changing Kash Beauchamp's birth city back to Bartlesville. I happen to be his brother, and we were born in the same hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was not born in Bartlesville, OK. In fact, he only lived there a brief period of time. We mostly grew up in Grove, Oklahoma.

-Timothy Beauchamp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.98.247.6 (talk) 09:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

That would constitute original research, which we do not permit here on Wikipedia. Everything must come from a reliable source and be properly cited into the article. Reason being is that anyone can come on to Wikipedia, claim to be someone, and then say "I'm his/her mother/father/spouse/brother/sister/cousin/whatever". We have no method of verifying just who is behind that computer monitor, so we don't take that chance. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 13:45, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for welcoming me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadianeditorboy (talk • contribs) 14:06, 6 December 2014 (UTC) 

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False positives and false negatives

Greetings, I seem to have misunderstood the terminology used in your page and made an incorrect change. Kindly pardon the error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.207.213.24 (talk) 20:03, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Test

This is a test of the inputbox in the edit notice. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 20:12, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

hi

i need a bot because Bulgarian destroys page list of turkic dynasties and countries, Bulgarian Empire and Volga Bulgaria and wallachia is turkic please help me!Turkic_ Warrior 11:08, 8 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs)

@Mehmeett21: It seems that you are in an editing dispute. To resolve an editing dispute, please see dispute resolution, as a bot will not help you edit war. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 11:42, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

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Recent software changes

• All users are now getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [56]
• You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [57]

Problems

• There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [58]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [59]
• You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [60]
• It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [61] [62]
• The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [63] [64] [65]
• (Lua) You can no longer use mw.text.unstrip to get the HTML from special page transclusion. You can see a list of scripts to fix. [66] [67]

Future changes

• Starting next week JavaScript tools won't work if they use jQuery Migrate. [68]

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17:11, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

GOCE coordinator elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

The Affiliated High School of Shanxi University

To:K6ka Hi, I'm the author of the page The Affiliated High School of Shanxi University. Part of this page was copied from my school's official webpage. And I do think my school agree me to use their introduction of school. I am looking forward for this page enable to see. Thanks. Sincerely, Daydreamlav. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daydreamlav (talk • contribs) 04:40, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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Untitled

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SoftShell_Computers&diff=prev&oldid=637059414 <- This change you reverted was me correcting a dead link to point to SoftShell's homepage, which has become PointerWare Inc. If linking to the working site isn't correct, then remove the link entirely; don't leave a dead link in "External links"173.246.1.227 (talk) 05:30, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

I initially reverted because I didn't see the relation between PointerWare and SoftShell Computers, not because i delighted in having dead links on Wikipedia. A dead link should either be "fixed" with {{Wayback}}, tagged with {{Dead link}}, or fixed. If the company changed names, there should be a source that verifies this. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 13:50, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

hello

I am having some trouble with the Man named Leon Williams. He is creating pages on facebook and on all the sites. The United Nation International Pageant was developed in 1996 but not by him. He is not registered or trademarked. His lying and his wikipedia page is completely false. He is making a joke of my business....please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariejessica123 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia isn't a battleground for you to carry your grudges onto. Please consider citing a reliable source for all your additions. In addition, the text you added weren't written in a neutral tone and seemed almost promotional. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 22:38, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

rushana ali

pls tell at an admin to block user lollo or protect rushana ali. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.90.201 (talk) 22:34, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

You already did it at WP:AIV, just keep monitoring the user until they're blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by K6ka (talk • contribs) 22:38, 13 December 2014 (UTC)