User talk:Linguist111/Archive 4

DENY

Regarding [1] please do not tick the "notify page creator if possible" box if it's an obvious troll. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 19:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

@DatGuy: Okay, I'll make sure I don't tick it in the future. Thanks! And I'm sorry that other users have been impersonating you. Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 19:24, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

UAA reports

Hey! You're making some good reports to UAA, but I have a couple pieces of advice. First, for potentially offensive usernames, as a general rule, unless it is very blatantly offensive (racial slurs, very sexual usernames (e.g. "IFuckPussies6969", etc), threatening/harassing (e.g. "So&So is an imbecile", "Death to So&So", etc), or makes it obvious they are here to disrupt the encyclopedia (e.g. "Wikipedia Troll 123", "WPVandal69", etc), it is generally a good practice to wait until the user edits before reporting and/or to attempt to discuss the username with the user, as some users with borderline usernames will end up editing constructively and/or be willing to change their username without a block. Some of the reports you made recently fall into this category, such as "Mother Trucker", "Sifuck123", and "Fagbutcrew01", where the decision to block is best made depending on whether the user edits constructively.

The second piece of advice is that not everything potentially controversial can (read: should) be considered offensive/disruptive. While "Sifuck123" contains "fuck", the username is not in and of itself inherently offensive or disruptive just because it contains a swear word, and the same goes for "Mother Trucker" alluding to "fucker". When it comes to usernames, context is very important; the context of the username can make or break whether they are considered offensive/disruptive (e.g. "ShitHappens" versus "EatShit", etc). Edits can also help provide this context, which is why waiting til the user edits can be helpful unless the username is unquestionably offensive/disruptive, like I mentioned above.

On the whole you do some pretty good work. I blocked a couple of the usernames you reported, and the only two I outright declined are "Poo0412", because "Poo" is not particularly offensive (at least in that context), and "Obamacares", because I have absolutely no idea how that username is disruptive. I encourage you to keep reporting and enhancing your UAA skills, especially if you have a view towards attaining adminship one day, since it appears UAA direly needs more admins. =) Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 00:11, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

So apparently it's been too long since I've done UAA actively. Apparently now any profanity in a username is grounds for a hard block, so I must correct my first/second pieces of advice in that regard. Accordingly, I have blocked two of the entries you made that I previously had said to wait on. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 17:16, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

@Ks0stm: Hi, Ks0stm. Sorry for the delay in my reply. Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate my work at UAA. I must admit, when I first started my now-major "Linguist Against Bad Usernames circa UAA" campaign, as I'll call it, I completely misunderstood the username policy and plunged right in, reporting every username that looked promotional, could be interpreted as offensive, or had the word "wiki" in it, with a great deal of my reports getting {{UAA|no}}s and {{UAA|w}}s. I now understand it a lot better, but I do still slip up. As far as potentially promotional usernames go, I wait until the users edit, and as for usernames that imply shared use or contain "bot", I generally discuss with the user. Misleading and disruptive usernames are a bit more difficult for me. I'm a bit unsure what to do when it comes to potentially confusing usernames (e.g. "fgsgafgafsgafsagfs") and usernames containing famous people's names. For the latter, we have, on one hand, {{UAA|rn}}, but on the other, there is the uncertainty that the user is the person their username represents, depending on how famous the person is. As for the "Obamacares" username, I thought a bit too quickly there; I assumed it was either promotional or misleading (Obamacare) or a sarcastic reference to Barack Obama/Obamacare. Once more, I'm happy to have been of help at UAA. As far as adminship is concerned, I would like to be an admin, but I fear I've jeopardised my chances by having NAC declined two or three unblock requests in the past (e.g. here; I thought it was okay as I had previously seen then-non-admin Oshwah decline some, plus they were either blatant trolling or had absolutely no chance of succeeding, but then Oshwah got a 25% oppose total at his second (successful) adminiship request for these unblock NACs). Also, I haven't created that much content (only 3 articles since I joined last year). But thanks, and regards, Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 17:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

For potentially confusing usernames, I find the best course of action is to usually start discussing with the user using the {{Uw-username}} template (which can be found in Twinkle's single issue warnings) and using "it may violate WP:UNCONF" as the reason. On the matter of adminship, though, I think if you continue to perfect and put in good work there should be no reason for you to not succeed; I see no reason that declining obvious troll requests for unblock would greatly damage your chances, even if some hardliners give you trouble for it. Hell, even my own RfA was a bit of a mess; I'd had an incident where I quite near lost my temper within the relatively recent time before my request, and that and a couple other minor issues, including that I had only a couple GAs to my name (though one was Storm Prediction Center), made it to where I only passed because I had a well-respected nominator and a perhaps-generous bureaucrat closed the discussion. Keep putting in good work and I'll bet you'll get there. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 18:15, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. Cheers! Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 18:25, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

A message from Lucky 911

how do I keep my records Lucky 911 (talk) 11:54, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

@Lucky 911: What do you mean? Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 13:18, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Michael Hardy closed

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Michael Hardy is reminded that:
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2. MjolnirPants is reminded to use tactics that are consistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and the 4th Pillar when dealing with other users they are in dispute with.
3. The Arbitration Committee is reminded to carefully consider the appropriate scope of future case requests. The committee should limit "scope creep" and focus on specific items that are within the scope of the duties and responsibilities outlined in Arbitration Policy.

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A message from VestaProductions

My user name is not a company or a business to my knowledge, simply a username I created for identity protection purpose as suggested on Wikipedia. I am not associated with a business called the same as my created user name and if one exists at this time, I am not aware of such. Thank you, VestaProductions (talk) 14:56, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

@VestaProductions: Thanks for clarifying. Hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia :) Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 15:09, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from Hidayatsrf

Hello, I'm here to clarify that User:HsfBot is my new bot account, this bot currently only working on indonesian Wikipedia thanks. :) Hidayatsrf (talk) 11:31, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

@Hidayatsrf: Thanks for clarifying! :) Linguist 111 ^Moi?Moi. 11:42, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from 1.39.46.156

How it is possible. I have seen many similar wiki page. 1.39.46.156 (talk) 13:06, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@1.39.46.156: ? Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 13:16, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey,

Thanks for the AV on my user page. I can't do much on an iPad...:)

TJH2018talk 15:30, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@TJH2018: No problem. :) Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 15:32, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Error with {{uw-autobiography}}

Hi there, Linguist111. Can you check out {{uw-autobiography}}? There's a small formatting issue when you add the article name in Twinkle. There's a missing space between the word "at" and the article name. Here's an example [2] of a message I just left. This may be similar to a problem that I noticed with {{uw-copyright-org}}. Thanks! Drm310 (talk) 18:21, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

@Drm310: Hi. I've added an extra space on the template's page. Did it work? Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 18:24, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm afraid it didn't [3], sorry! :-( --Drm310 (talk) 18:28, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

I've edited it again. Should work this time. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 18:29, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that did it. Thank you! --Drm310 (talk) 18:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from K. I. Forline

Hello Linguist111 - I am responding to your observation that I made two entries last month. nth. My proper entry is under K. I. Forline. Due to poor typing skills I made an entry under "K. I. Foreline" that was an error. K. I. Forline (talk) 12:59, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions

This message contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

Please carefully read this information:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you that sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

Please also note that there is a 1RR on Hillary Clinton. Please be sure to check the talk page of any article broadly related to post-1932 American politics to be sure of what discretionary sanctions are in effect (if any) on a given article before editing it. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 02:12, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

A message from James IntelligenceSquared

Hi there - Our apologies, we are new to this. We'd like to request some changes to the intelligence squared page as sections are incorrect and there have been a number of changes. What would be the best way to do this within Wikipedia's guidelines and rules? Thanks ! James IntelligenceSquared James IntelligenceSquared (talk) 15:48, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

@James IntelligenceSquared: Hi. If you believe an article about your organization contains incorrect content, you can file an edit request at the article's talk page. To do this, copy the following to the bottom of that page:

== Edit request ==
{{edit request}}
Your text here ~~~~

Replace Your text here with a description of the changes you wish to be made to the article. If that doesn't work for you, you can leave a message at the Wikipedia help desk. If that doesn't work, go to Wikipedia:Contact us - Subjects.

Unfortunately, I have to let you know that your username, as it represents an organization, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy (see WP:ORGNAME). Also, Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people (WP:NOSHARE). This may lead to your account being blocked from editing. If you would like to edit under a different username, you can fill out this form, or simply create a new account for editing. Thanks and regards, Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 16:13, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Just another day at the office for us anti-vandalism folk. Good work today. :-) Patient Zerotalk 19:12, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:23, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

False positive

Hi Linguist111 - please retry your edit to WP:EF/R, I've fixed the false positive causing line -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 20:22, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

I've asked about it on the request page. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 20:24, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hello

Hi Linguist111 - I thought I'd just pop by and ask how you are doing? I noticed you are of similar age to me, and you are a participant in WikiProject France. Out of curiosity, did you take A level French? I took it at A level myself, but there is a new specification these days. I must say, it is my favourite subject, and always has been. Take care, Patient Zero^talk 12:03, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@Patient Zero: Hi, thanks for dropping by! I dropped out of school when I was 15 (long personal story behind that) and so I never took any A-levels, but on occasion in primary school and for the three-and-a-half years I was in high school, I did have French as a subject. Sadly, my French has deteriorated since then but I'm hoping to have a career in languages soon (as you might be able to tell by my username). Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 12:15, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Indeed; I didn't start learning French until I was eleven myself. I read somewhere that it is best to learn a language before then, which I guess explains my fluency in Welsh to a degree. I wish you the best of luck in your future career, by the way! I'd like to study law at university, but if I don't get in, I think I will pursue a career in languages, or translation. Oh and finally, school is not the be-all and end-all; you are capable of doing well without the need for A levels, and I am sure you will succeed :-) Patient Zero^talk 12:19, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

School was not a good time in my life and I'm glad it's over. I certainly don't plan on going back any time soon; I can follow my aspirations on my own terms. I wish you luck too, and it's been nice talking to you! Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 12:38, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, you too! :-) Patient Zero^talk 12:58, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Emma Morano

Hi Linguist, regarding Emma Morano and related articles, something has clearly gone wrong with sources, I have started a discussion on Talk:Emma Morano, would like to hear your thoughts. Jdcooper (talk) 19:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. Widr (talk) 21:12, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Martín Demichelis

Hi there Linguist, from Portugal,

believe me, if you ask User:Mattythewhite (a veteran football/soccer editor of many many years such as myself) about my edit he'll attest 100% to it. In the meantime it stays your way, i will not reinsert the (correct) data. Also, judging from your list of contributions, this particular sport does not seem to be your main field of editing, but i repeat i will not touch anything in this article until further notice.

Attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 21:32, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@85.242.133.151: Please could you provide a reliable source that supports your change? Thank you. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 21:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

This, present in the external links section (http://uk.soccerway.com/players/martin-demichelis/2046/). If you check the last column it will say "RCD Espanyol, season 2016-17, 2 appearances". --85.242.133.151 (talk) 21:36, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

@85.242.133.151: Thank you. I've restored your change with the supporting source. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 21:41, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

But we don't need the external link in the infobox, otherwise the latter would have to be full of refs to support the other stats at other sports clubs. If you look closely at thousands of other related articles, you'll see it's just not customary. But i won't touch anything, i will contact user/admin Mattythewhite instead. --85.242.133.151 (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with including sources that support material in an article. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 21:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Ideally, the career stats table should be updated and the reference provided there. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:49, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Helooo

Sorry 😰

I mean maybe it's real and maybe it's fake. -. AlissandriaBK (talk) 18:57, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

@AlissandriaBK: Are you the user who edited using this IP address? Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 19:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Nope. : / AlissandriaBK (talk) 19:04, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

A message from 115.132.148.106

HI，i just wanted to add some flag on all the cycle contestants. 115.132.148.106 (talk) 11:06, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

@115.132.148.106: Since the flags tend to clog up the table, it's best not to include them. Only the winner and runner-up columns need the flags. The "Contestants per country" section says who represents which country and lists all contestants. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 11:10, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Okay.Thanks for reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.132.148.106 (talk • contribs) 11:13, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Need help

Hi :) Can u help me to create a userboxes? Lawtea (talk) 15:45, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

@Lawtea: You can find existing userboxes at WP:UBX, or find out how to create your own at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Creating a new userbox. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 15:49, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

A message from GSmusic

Hi there. All very complicated this. I do hope my wiki entry is ok? If not, would you be kind enough to give me some advise on how to make it ok. I also see that the user name may be a problem?

Thank you ever so much for your help

All the best Ryan GSmusic (talk) 15:33, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

MikeHawk

Hello Linguist111, I am following up on students who contributed to Wikipedia as part of a class. If you have not already suspended or deleted the account attached to the username above please do so with my blessing as the course coordinator. I apologize that this student did not respect the norms of the Wikipedia community and I am sorry that you had to devote your volunteer time to this matter. AugusteBlanqui (talk) 10:39, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

@AugusteBlanqui: Hello, thanks for your message. As a non-administrator, I'm not able to block the account myself. As the username is not a blatant violation of the Wikipedia username policy (for example, it may be their real name), but may still be a violation, I left them a username warning. However, as the account has not been used in nearly two weeks, action is not necessary. Best wishes, Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 10:49, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

WP:UAA

I saw your edit responding to my request for User:Pope dick to be blocked. With respect, this was a clear cut case, and the account was subsequently blocked without having made any edits. There has never been a "Pope Dick" or even a "Pope Richard". Further, that "dick" was not capitalized, it's clear it is intended as a pejorative. Referring to the leader of the largest single religion in the world as a "dick" is unquestionably offensive and we need not wait for the person to edit before determining whether the person is up to no good or not.

A way which I view this sort of thing; what does the outside view look like? It is not uncommon for specific users on Wikipedia to be noted in various press outlets around the world. Imagine a quotation in a New York Times article referring to Wikipedia user "Pope dick". Even if every edit this editor ever made were with the purest of intentions, the best editor ever...people outside of Wikipedia would readily find fault with such a name. It would bring the project into disrepute. Given that we allow virtually every name, an editor can easily come up with another name that doesn't have these issues. --Hammersoft (talk) 20:15, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

@Hammersoft: Hi. I didn't think it was umambiguously offensive; I thought it was possible someone with the name Richard/Dick decided to use their real name and put "Pope" in front of it. Also, it not be capitalised doesn't mean much, as, if the aforementioned was true, they probably just decided not to capitalise it. However, I do agree with what you wrote in your second paragraph. Thanks for your response! Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 23:33, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Help request

On the talk pages of Tyra Banks and Heidi Klum, I added {{WikiProject Top Model}} to the pages, with the article ratings as B-class. However, it showed up on the pages as C-class. Is there an error in the template or something? Thanks in advance. Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 23:36, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

That WikiProject template expects the B-class criteria to be checked. It will not list an article as B-class unless the editor also explicitly confirms that the article complies with all six criteria. I've modified the template a little to make that more obvious. Huon (talk) 00:35, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Boson's Rfa

Hi Linguist111. I don't know if you noticed but Class455 already added a lengthy UAA question on Boson's RfA (Question 6). In the spirit of the new RfA rules limiting the number of questions, would you consider removing your question? I don't think we need 18 UAA questions to test a candidate's understanding of policy. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 15:35, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

@Pichpich:  Done Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 15:43, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank You!

[4] --JustBerry (talk) 22:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

@JustBerry:No problem! Glad to help! Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 22:11, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for reverting all that vandalism on my talk page. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

@MRD2014: No problem. Happy to help! Linguist ^Moi?Moi. 20:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Non-admin declining requests at WP:UAA. Thank you. Ramaksoud2000 ^{(Talk to me)} 21:53, 22 December 2016 (UTC)