User talk:MBisanz/Archive 18

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Deletion review for Futz!

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Rename question

Matthew, I always have problems understanding the history of a rename. In this instance, could you help me with User:PBS and User:Philip Baird Shearer. Based on my review of the history, the PBS account was created on October 20, 2003. PBS became an administrator on June 6, 2006. The Philip account was created on July 16, 2012. It was blocked by PBS on April 6, 2013, and had only a handful of contributions while active.

Another administrator says I'm wrong (wouldn't surprise me) and that the July 16, 2012, date is when you renamed Philip to PBS based on this. I don't care who's right. I just want to understand what happened and, even more important, how I'm supposed to figure these things out. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

you have it the wrong way around the account was called Philip Baird Shearer it was renamed after a rename request here at 2012-07-16 13:32:53. I blocked the account Philip Baird Shearer to stop myself accidental editing using two accounts. PBS is not a totally universal account, and so I still use Philip Baird Shearer on Commons (a real pain) and having uploading images onto commons I sometimes accidentally made some edits on Wikipedia as Philip Baird Shearer (having forgotten to log out and log backin as PBS) before making the edit. Why do you want to know this? --PBS (talk) 23:13, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the rename request, and obviously I'm wrong, but I still I don't get how I'm supposed to figure this out generally. The reason I'm asking is fairly innocuous. Remember the ANI thread? People referred to an RfC/U about you. I didn't look into that until after I closed the topic, but when I did, I couldn't find it, and that's partly because it was archived under the Philip account, which now makes sense as it was started and closed in 2011. Then I went into one of my mini technical spirals trying to understand exactly what happened and failing miserably, sigh.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Bbb23, I'm sorry, but the rename process has changed so much over time that trying to trace ancient account history is nearly impossible. I'm strapped at the moment, but I will try to explain more tomorrow. MBisanz ^talk 23:21, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

T: template redirects

Hi, you participated in previous discussions about psuedo-namespace redirects (C: vs CAT:). I have relisted a subset of the T: redirects at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November_18#T:WPTECH. Please come along and share your thoughts .. ;-) John Vandenberg ^(chat) 15:59, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:QUEER listed at Redirects for discussion

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renaming of User talk:Ambe Bharti

Username is a company and a username vio, plus spamming their own business. Previous and new username, both are. Pity I just spotted it, else I would have commented at CHU before the deed. Thought of giving you a heads up before i warn or block. -- Alexf^(talk) 12:43, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't recognize that as a company name. Thanks for letting me know. MBisanz ^talk 20:57, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Neptune Pine Smartwatch

Back in January, you guys deleted an article called "Neptune Pine" stating that it wasn't notable at the time. Now the said product has reached $270K in the first 3 days of its Kickstarter campaign, and the story has been covered by numerous media outlets such as FOX, Huffington Post, Globe & Mail, CBC, Global, TechCrunch, etc., especially regarding the founder, Simon Tian, a 19-year old college dropout that founded the company.

The page needs to be restored and content needs to be rewritten with recent sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baclavalucas (talk • contribs) 07:48, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Please see WP:DRV. MBisanz ^talk 20:57, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

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Recreation of Pokernews.com Re-direct page

Hello MBisanz. Last Friday I reached out to User: Sirex98 seeking advice on changing Pokernews.com from a redirect page to having its own Article Page. User: Sirex98 suggested that it would be best to get community feedback on this topic through posting it at WP:DRV. After reading the policies and procedures for the Wikipedia’s Deletion Review I realized that I had to discuss the matter with the administrator that closed the discussion. I found that to be you and thought that I better contact you as soon as I could so here it goes.

I would like to bring back to discussion the consensus for the deletion of the pokernews.com article page. On December 7, 2008 the result of the discussion, found here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokernews.com, was to set Pokernews.com as a redirect page to Tony G. However, today I’d like to state the case that after 5 years I think PokerNews no longer fails WP:WEB or WP:N and is suitable to have it's re-direct page re-created. I was able to find more sources that help prove that Pokernews.com can now act as a notable Wikipedia article page. If you can take a look at my account sandbox here, User:AthenasMuse/sandbox, you will see that I drafted an article for proposal. This article is now aided with many sources that verify Pokernews’ existence and high regard as a leader in news coverage for the poker industry. The article is cited with better reliable independent sources that include third-party sources such as: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb525316.htm , http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/pokernewscom-releases-us-poker-room-and-instant-play-top-lists-198748.php , http://www.reviewjournal.com/inside-gaming/feds-eye-poker-champs-assets , http://www.wnd.com/markets/news/read?GUID=23446428 , http://www.igbaffiliate.com/events/igbaffiliateawards/winners-revealed-2013 .

I hope this can suffice as a more credible page than what was originally created. Please let me know what you think. Thank you.--AthenasMuse (talk) 20:37, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Looks fine to me, but I'm not specialist. Feel free to re-create it, but I can't promise others will be as open-minded. MBisanz ^talk 21:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

• Sounds good, I'll give it a shot. Thank you for your help. --AthenasMuse (talk) 04:20, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations

Hi MBisanz! I placed a request on Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations page several days before, but without reply for over 2 weeks. My fomer contributions were under the name Jing-hai Huang, I used to want to put my contributions under that name in all wikis, but too many wikis to change. So could I get my contributions back under this original name Huangjinghai? If not, would you be so kind to simply close that request please?

Best wishes, and sorry for my poor English.--Huangjinghai (talk) 05:41, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Do not worry about your English, it is quite good. Sorry about the delay. I have processed the request. MBisanz ^talk 07:57, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much!--Huangjinghai (talk) 11:08, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

My request for USURP marked 'Not done' - Has it been Rejected?

Hello, my User Name USURP has been marked 'Not done'..

Does this mean it has be Rejected by you?

I've been waiting 20 days. Do I close the window and move on with life as it will Never be done? There is next to no information available.

Respectfully, Landis. landis.reed at yandex.ru — Preceding unsigned comment added by LGReed (talk • contribs) 07:35, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

The user on zh.wiki registered Landis in 2013, so he has a better claim to the name then you do. MBisanz ^talk 07:55, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

was the user asked or can I ask via another USERP notice on 'his' Talk page?

You can feel free to ask on his talk page. Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 03:20, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Objection to the decision to remove the criticism page for Bell Canada

Hi,

You can read my entire complaint here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bell_Canada#Objection_to_the_decision_to_remove_the_criticism_page_for_this_company

Which I will future revise and add to after my examination period has concluded for the semester. Point blank here are the primary reasons for why I object to this deletion:

1. You merely deleted the page and failed to cite valid criticisms of Bell in the Bell_Canada page. Thus you created an entirely new bias when attempting to resolve another one. Many people here even suggested that the article be merged or re-written to be more neutrual and you simply ignored these requests and deleted it.

2. Other corporations on the same scale as Bell Canada have pages dedicated to specifically criticism Criticism_of_Google, Criticism_of_Microsoft, Criticism_of_Walmart. Why was this one so provocative?

3. The few people who advocated the removal of this page arguably are not versed well enough to know just how controversial this corporation is. Bell Canada is largely controversial for the reasons cited in this deleted article and in my lengthy objection linked above. It's likely that several users who advocated to delete the article aren't Canadian and thus are unaware of how controversial this corporation is.

Thanks for your time,

David

Please see WP:DRV to request undeletion. MBisanz ^talk 03:27, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Watchlist

When I last saw it there were close to 900 pages, but after renaming there are not a single one. Can you please help? Sohambanerjee1998 (talk) 12:32, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

You need to log in using your new name, Soham. MBisanz ^talk 03:20, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I now have them, actually its 1000. Soham 06:40, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

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Senseltd

Someone, presumably its former owner, Wikikl, logged into Senseltd and made a single edit. I assume he just forgot that his account was renamed.

The talk page has not been changed since it became a redirect.

To prevent a repeat of the earlier situation, consider blocking the account, creating a redirect at the user page, and locking down the user page and its talk page so bots and scripts can't add stuff below the #REDIRECT. If you block the account, please note in the block log that this is not in any way a sanction or other negative reflection on the editor (people assume all blocks are "bad behavior" blocks, so it's important to state when they are not). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:04, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Okey, thanks for letting me know. MBisanz ^talk 18:30, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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MtulliusC and Zmflavius

Please explain this edit at 02:05, 30 December 2012, as it seems both Zmflavius and MtulliusC still exist and currently Zmflavius's home page redirects to the home page of MtulliusC and before a recent edit so did the talk page. It seems to me as Zmflavius is the active account and MtulliusC is not, the redirects should be the opposite way around. -- PBS (talk) 15:36, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

He was renamed from User:Zmflavius to User:MtulliusC. He apparently missed the memo that I renamed him last year so either the redirects should be reversed or he should be reminded of the rename. MBisanz ^talk 02:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Moved page User talk:Victimoflove97 to User talk:Soulmusicfan97:

I think I need your help unscrewing what I screwed up here. I removed the redirect and put a warning on the Victimoflove97 page, but if they are the same user, then that's wrong. But the edit was made today by the "Old" user, so I'm not sure what to do. —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  — 18:12, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

They are almost certainly the same user because the "old" account was re-created after I renamed "Victimoflove97" to "Soulmusicfan97". Unless Soul says he is not Victim, it would probably be smart to restore the redirect and remind him to only use the new account. MBisanz ^talk 02:06, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mbz1

She is requesting a rename again on WP:AN, among other things. Notifying you as the bureaucrat who denied her last request, which was forwarded to you via her global rename request on meta. Someone not using his real name (talk) 03:33, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks all! MBisanz ^talk 05:16, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Usurp

Hi MBisanz, now that i've regained access to my alt. account DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER (talk · contribs) thanks to your usurp. Can you restore the history including contributions back to DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER and clear DUCKISJELLY (talk · contribs). ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 20:41, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but we can't re-merge accounts once a password is lost. You can keep editing under the recovered account, but we can't restore the history. MBisanz ^talk 02:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for clarifying. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 05:01, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Given I intend to start using my alt. account again soon it would inappropriate/confusing to have it redirecting to DUCKISJELLY so a note saying :"for contributions prior to 26 December 2013 see DUCKISJELLY (talk · contribs)" or something to that effect, yes? ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 05:32, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Not sure you noticed the above question due to all the messages below so bumped before archived. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 03:52, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for missing this. Yes, the note you propose is fine. MBisanz ^talk 05:16, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Cheers, hope 2014 is treating you well. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 05:20, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

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Dominic Covey

Hi MBisanz,

You deleted Dominic Covey after closing the AFD. Do you have any objections to userfication so that I can do some work on it? BOZ (talk) 04:38, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

No objection! MBisanz ^talk 01:06, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 04:21, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your userpage

I don't know how but this has gone unnoticed for a long time. I tried to remove but Wikipedia saw it as an nonconstructive edit so letting you know. Thanks. 115.241.170.72 (talk) 19:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

The removed comment follows:

Hi, I've been advised to request that you action my username change request shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple/Archive146#RallyPoint_Military_Project_.E2.86.92_eggron1984. Also, my understanding is that there's no 'merge' involved, and that this is just a change of username situation. If that's inaccurate, please advise. Otherwise, I would anticipate just being able to login using my new username once you action the request. Thanks for your help, and best wishes. RallyPoint Military Project (talk) 14:37, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind that I jumped in and moved that here. —C.Fred (talk) 20:08, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! MBisanz ^talk 20:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Innovative Artists

Hello, MBisanz. I am going to take a stab at creating a new article for Innovative Artists using reliable sources. I noticed you closed the AFD page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Innovative Artists. I'm wondering if you could move the deleted material to my userspace so I could take a look at it. Thanks. -- Wikipedical (talk) 20:22, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done at User:Wikipedical/Innovative Artists. MBisanz ^talk 20:24, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

User:Rixth listed at Redirects for discussion

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Doh, my bad...rolling back. I didnt see it was a renamed user, and forgot that U2 would apply. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 09:02, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Im guessing that, in the history of the userpage, the IP is the user and they are wanting the link between the two broken. U1? John Vandenberg ^(chat) 09:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, that sounds right. Done. MBisanz ^talk 23:27, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Category moves

Hello, steward userrights question. See my comment here; am I correct in guessing that even stewards can't move categories? Nyttend (talk) 13:24, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Nyttend, it is a long standing bug. See bugzilla:5451 for the 'proper' solution, and the much simpler fix bugzilla:28569. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 14:13, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Correct! Sorry. MBisanz ^talk 23:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you so much

Hi MBisanz, thank you so much for nominating me for RfB and thank you for waiting all these years to do so. I'm delighted that the RfB was successful and I hope I'll meet your expectations. I'm also glad that I didn't break your streak of nominating WP:100 RfB candidates. ;) I'll have an e-mail for you later but for now, thank you! Acalamari 11:26, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome! MBisanz ^talk 17:39, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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Coming up in February!

Hello there!

Our February WikiSalon is coming up on Sunday, February 23. Join us at our gathering of Wikipedia enthusiasts at the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery with an optional dinner after. As usual, all are welcome. Care to join us?

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Hi MBisanz

I am working for LexisNexis in Europe and would like to replace the LN Logo by the German standard LN logo. What do I have to take in account. I suppose, usage of logos is a difficult thing. Perhaps you can give me some hints as you were involved in the creation of the current logo. Best regards, Stephan Hense (talk) 10:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Happy March!

Though we have a massive snowstorm coming up, spring is just around the corner! Personally, I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Wikimedia DC is looking forward to a spring full of cool and exciting activities. In March, we have coming up:

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• March Meetup on Sunday, March 23 from 3 PM – 6 PM. Our monthly weekend meetup, same place as last month. Meet really cool and interesting people!
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university of georgia college of education

Hello,

I'm new to editing Wikipedia. I've been assigned by the College of Education to edit our page to include more relevant content, such as our achievements and notability. It looks like this page is about to be merged with UGA. Is it possible to revisit this decision??

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An exciting month of wiki events!

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I am pleased to say that April will be a very exciting month for Wikipedia in Washington, DC. We have a lot of different events coming up, so you will have a lot to choose from.

First, a reminder that our second annual Women in the Arts Edit-a-Thon will take place on Sunday, March 30 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

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Possible to delete Ging287?

I didn't heed the warnings and although the rename was successful, the account was unintentionally recreated by logging in with the old username. Would it be possible to get it removed? Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 01:47, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

I can't delete the account, but I can lock it to prevent future use. Would that work? MBisanz ^talk 03:09, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

The main reason I did the name change was for anonymity, and having it recreated (although unintentionally by myself) makes me feel a bit queasy. But yes, if that's all you can do, I'd be pleased with that. Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 03:17, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 03:42, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

One last thing, what exactly did you do? Just permanently prevent me from logging into it? Block it? Or... Tutelary (talk) 19:16, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

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SwissCommunity.org - Deletion Review

Dear MBisanz

Not sure, if this is the right place for my request.. Since the deletion of the SwissCommunity.org page the platform has been developed further. It might be significant, that SwissCommunity.org meanwhile counts more than 31'000 members? May I have another go in creating the SwissCommunity.org page?

Thanks for a feedback and best regards Cloe Gomez Cloe Gomez (talk) 09:03, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Cloe Gomez, I would like to see independent sources discussing the website before I agree to its recreation. MBisanz ^talk 17:40, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Meet up with us

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Greetings!

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Wikipedia is better with friends, so why not come out to an event?

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SwissCommunity.org - Deletion Review

Dear MBisanz

Not sure, if this is the right place for my request.. Since the deletion of the SwissCommunity.org page the platform has been developed further. It might be significant, that SwissCommunity.org meanwhile counts more than 31'000 members? May I have another go in creating the SwissCommunity.org page?

Thanks for a feedback and best regards Cloe Gomez Cloe Gomez (talk) 09:03, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Cloe Gomez, I would like to see independent sources discussing the website before I agree to its recreation. MBisanz ^talk 17:40, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi MBisanz Thanks for your reply. One can find several articles about SwissCommunity.org on swissinfo.ch, like for example:

• http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss_abroad/Expat_community_links_up_to_boost_its_profile.html?cid=24577152
• http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Specials/Elections_2011/Swiss_Abroad/Swiss_abroad_get_involved_in_electoral_debate.html?cid=29957886
• http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss_abroad/Tax_disputes_spill_over_to_expat_community.html?cid=32351662
• http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Fossuk_focuses_on_communication_to_unite_clubs.html?cid=32872860
• http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Ticino_meets_its_diaspora_online.html?cid=33681922)

Furthermore SwissCommunity.org has been mentioned on the following internet news sites (among others):

• http://www.finews.ch/news/banken/7754-schweizer-expats-empoeren-sich-ueber-banken
• http://www.persoenlich.com/news/marketing/plattform-der-auslandschweizer-lanciert-295055#.U4RHAWe_nL8

as well as in the following print media (among others):

• Engelhardt, Franziska (2012) : « Schweizer sind besonders geeignete Migranten ». Schweizer Fernsehen, 17. August 2012.
• N. N. (2013): Lo svizzero non emigra più, se non per amore o pazzia. In : 20 minuti, 10.12.2013, S. 2.
• N. N. (2010): Mediaparx: Plattform für Auslandschweizer realisiert. In: Werbewoche, 30.09.2010.
• N. N. (2011): Le site des Suisses de l'étranger distingué. In : AssociatedPress/édition suisse, 01.04.2011.
• Krättli, Nicole (2012) : Bye bye Switzerland. In: Beobachter, 26.06.2013, S.44.
• Wehrli, Christoph (2010 ): Die «Weltschweizer» wünschen sich in der Politik mehr Gewicht. In: NZZ, 23.08.2010, S.7.

and used as reference in the following Wikipedia-articles

• Markus Zürcher
• Bernhard Russi
• Schüblig

Thanks for a feedback and best regards. Cloe Gomez (talk) 12:25, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Try creating it through WP:AFC and I have no objection if it passes there. MBisanz ^talk 14:52, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

NATO Stay-behind logo

[1] You once did a minor edit to this file. The logo is apparently a hoax. I am uncertain if I have properly proposed the deletion of the image. Could you take a look? Capitalismojo (talk) 14:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

The speedy deletion was declined, so I re-proposed it. MBisanz ^talk 15:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

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global username change

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple#Cs.C3.B6rf.C3.B6ly_D_.E2.86.92_Tsch81

Hello! Thanks for changing my user name on en wikipedia! However as I asked on above page I would like to request a global username change. Is that possible?

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You can request it for wikis without crats, but otherwise you need to go to each wiki. Sorry. MBisanz ^talk 01:19, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

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Dariush Kashani Overturn Deletion

Mr. Bisanz, as deleting administrator is it possible to overturn the deletion for Dariush Kashani, an actor. I am following directions from here at bottom of page - [2] Dariush Kashani is an Iranian-American actor with notable appearances on TV shows, a demo reel is here: [3] His IMDB page shows notable credits [4] and you can reference other links, I am certain to support restoring a listing. Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theacw (talk • contribs) 15:12, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day

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Question about usurpation

Hi MBisanz, I was wondering if you could explain en.wikipedia.org's policies on "usurpation." I was led to believe that I could object to "usurpation," but it appears my account was "usurped" regardless of my objection. Thanks! --Mfb (usurped) (talk) 01:32, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

My apologies for missing your objection, normally if I had seen the objection, I wouldn't have gone forward with the usurp, in accordance with en.wiki policies. As a practical matter, eventually you would have been usurped automatically because the de.wiki user has the stronger claim to the name and the longterm plan in the larger wikimedia universe is to eliminate unattached accounts like yours. Theoretically, I could rename you to give you back the mfb account, but you would only lose it again in another year or two. MBisanz ^talk 01:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

It would be great if my username could be renamed. Although "usurped" is an interesting badge of honor, I suppose. What does it mean that my account is unattached? --Mfb (usurped) (talk) 01:48, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

If you look at the bottom of this link you'll see that four accounts are unattached. This is because the German users owns the global SUL, which means his attached accounts are linked together. The unattached accounts exist only on each individual wiki. I would be happy to rename you to something else (say, maybe MFB?), but if I rename you back to Mfb, you will eventually lose the name again. MBisanz ^talk 01:52, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of the David Kirsch article

I made a case for undeletion of this article and was told to contact you on your talk page. Here is a link to the argument I made on the undeletion page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion#David_Kirsch I don't believe this article was deleted properly, and I can name a few dozen other articles about game developers less notable that have not been deleted since. 68.204.229.19 (talk) 02:43, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

I decline to reverse the deletion. Unless you can show more recent coverage of Mr. Kirsch in independent news sources, I cannot see grounds to undelete. MBisanz ^talk 02:31, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

How to usurp an account

Hi MBisanz, I am the owner of the (global) account Clupus. Now I would like to post on en.wp some content. The problem is that there exists an account with the same name that is not mine. Thus my question is, what can I do? --134.96.67.46 (talk) 08:29, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Post a request at WP:CHUU and we'll give you the name after a week. MBisanz ^talk 02:29, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I did post the request. You might well archive/remove this discussion. Thx --134.96.67.46 (talk) 05:48, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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An important message about renaming users

Dear MBisanz,

I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.

As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide single-user login finalisation (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.

Why is this happening? As currently stated at the global rename policy, a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects.

The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed.

Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called Global renamers. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the requests for global permissions page on 1 September, a week from now.

In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to the request page for a global rename.

Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.

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Imposter?

Is User:MBisanz (WMF) you, or a sockpuppet? Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 19:14, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Sock! MBisanz ^talk 19:20, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Blocked. Thanks for the quick response. NawlinWiki (talk) 19:23, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

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Wikipedia and YOUR History: Taking Control of the Internet

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Look at a draft submission?

Hey, I came across The Heir Chronicles somehow (can't remember exactly) and I decided to try to see if I could find enough sourcing to overturn the AfD that you closed years ago. (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Heir Chronicles) I honestly do think that there's enough sourcing there for this to pass WP:NBOOK and part of me is very, very tempted to just move it to the mainspace. Long story short, it was moved to draftspace by one of the other admins that deleted the page and I was wondering if I should ultimately just take this to DR as opposed to running it through the draftspace. Part of my concern is that it takes a fairly long time for things to clear AfC and I just feel that DR would be a better place for this than AfC because then we could have a more formal consensus. Part of the reason I'm kind of leaning towards DR is that a lot of these sources were available when the book series was out, it's just that they weren't found. Part of that is because a lot of the reviews were done through peer-reviewed journals, which rarely show up on regular Google searching, which seems to have been the main (if not only) way a lot of editors were searching. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:51, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

• Oh! You can find the submission at Draft:The Heir Chronicles. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:52, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Stephen Sama

In 2012 your decision to delete this article was the right decision. But today he made his debut for VfB Stuttgart II in the 3. Liga. [5] [6] [7] According to Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues#Men's leagues he now meets WP:NSOCCER. So I ask you to restore the article. --Yoda1893 (talk) 13:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Deletion review for Stephen Sama

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Thank you

Thanks for your update , It's very nice . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.224.235.188 (talk) 10:27, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

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The wonderful annual meeting! And more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce our upcoming Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

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Deletion review for The Heir Chronicles

An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Heir Chronicles. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

• Since you were the first person to delete it and closed the AfD, I suppose I should ask you as well? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:38, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
• I defer to the DRV participants. MBisanz ^talk 02:38, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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Checkuser

How do I request Checkuser for User:Bobbyrum whal? I *strongly* suspect he's an angry editor sockpuppet chasing my edits after I edited a page in a way he didn't approve of.

Ogress, you'll want to take a look at WP:RFCU and/or WP:SSP. Rjd0060 (talk) 17:56, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks RJD. MBisanz ^talk 07:07, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

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Removal of " Roshanda Duncan"

To discredit someone's life's work is understandably devastating. There are proven links for the 2011 Movie " Rift" as a producer and music coordinator. Please review IMBDlink: [8]

For the record label " Spinks RO Records " Please review TOP40Charts.com [9]

Also for Randallstown, Centennial run away track and field, please review link by Baltinmore Sun:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-02-18/sports/1994049169_1_centennial-dundalk-randallstown

And a notable booking agent for YMCMB ( Tyga, Drake), Timbaland, Ice Cube, J. Holiday, Dondria, Teairra Mari, Fabolous, Tom Petty, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Trey Songs, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Martin Garixx, Ricky Martin, Kanye West, Bobby Valentino, MC Lyte, Tabi Bonney, Maxwell and countless other celerity acts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_JGwAXb_s&list=UUX1zrMFumvxED1Sr7wESbhg

If you need any further information, please let me know. I am kindly requesting reconsideration for the deletion of " Roshanda Duncan" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblelistic (talk • contribs) 00:24, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

I am sorry, but inclusion of activities on a list such as IMDB is not the same as independent coverage discussing a person's contribution. Unless you can produce articles discussing why Roshanda Duncan personally is a notable producer/music coordinator, I cannot undelete it. The 1994 article only mentions her in passing and not in a noteworthy manner (e.g., there are thousands of high school athletes who receive the same sort of coverage in local newspapers). MBisanz ^talk 07:26, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Confusing name change

Hi MBisanz. I saw here that today you changed User:JDgeek1729 to User:Jjjjjjdddddd. However, even though Special:Contributions/JDgeek1729 now shows that the JDgeek1729 account does not exist, the pages User:JDgeek1729 and User talk:JDgeek1729 still exist, and editors trying to contact this editor by clicking on the old signature are ending up at the old talk page. See [10], for example. User:JDgeek1729/sandbox and User:JDgeek1729/twinkleoptions.js also still exist. I thought that when names were changed their user and talk pages were moved to their new name. The current situation is creating a fair amount of confusion, compounded by the fact that this editor had made some very problematic acceptances at WP:AFC, prior to having access to the AfC tools removed. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 19:16, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't know why it didn't move either. I'll try to fix it. And, also, besides that article I can't believe got past my radar, "The People's Games", Why did my AfC tools get removed? Jjjjjjdddddd (talk) 01:35, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't know why that happened. Thanks for letting me know about that. MBisanz ^talk 05:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Any objections?

Hi MBisanz. Thine Antique Pen has wandered over to my talk page and asked if the "no requesting permissions" restriction could be removed. It was a voluntary agreement upon unblocking, not a community imposed restriction - and since you were involved in discussions around then, I thought I'd double check your opinion. It was updated in 2012 so he had to go through me if he wanted to make requests, and I don't think he's asked more than a handful of times. I've no problems at all with the restriction being removed, and absent objections will do so tomorrow. Worm^TT(talk) 08:23, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

I had forgotten that still was in place. I agree it can be lifted. MBisanz ^talk 13:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

That's always a good sign that a restriction can be removed ;) Thanks for commenting. Worm^TT(talk) 13:21, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Hamid Sayani.

I'd like access to the information that was on the page Hamid Sayani. Is this possible? I believe the page was deleted on 14 April 2013 by you. I would also like to put up an article about him. I will attempt to put in as many references as possible as I understand that was the issue with the first article that was posted. He is a known person in India and is not simply Ameen Sayani's brother as was previously specified. He has done things on his own and was in fact a very well known radio talent himself as well as having been instrumental in changing the theater scene in Bombay. Ron892 (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I emailed you a copy. MBisanz ^talk 22:32, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Ron892 (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Sorry, I just checked my mail. I'm afraid I didn't get a copy. Could you send it again? Just to confirm, the id is ron.starwarsfreak@gmail.com. Ron892 (talk) 09:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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Hamid Sayani.

I'd like access to the information that was on the page Hamid Sayani. Is this possible? I believe the page was deleted on 14 April 2013 by you. I would also like to put up an article about him. I will attempt to put in as many references as possible as I understand that was the issue with the first article that was posted. He is a known person in India and is not simply Ameen Sayani's brother as was previously specified. He has done things on his own and was in fact a very well known radio talent himself as well as having been instrumental in changing the theater scene in Bombay. Ron892 (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I emailed you a copy. MBisanz ^talk 22:32, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Ron892 (talk) 09:13, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Sorry, I just checked my mail. I'm afraid I didn't get a copy. Could you send it again? Just to confirm, the id is ron.starwarsfreak@gmail.com. Ron892 (talk) 09:26, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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Riccardo Silva

Hello MBisanz,

My name is Maria Lanao and I am writing to you about a page that you deleted for Mr. Riccardo Silva. I need to know why was this page deleted and how to have it restored. I requested undeletion and was directed to you because you are the administrator that closed it. I am new to Wikipedia and learning how it works, so I appreaciate your patience on this matter.

Thank you,

Maru1977says (talk) 17:36, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

You need to show news sources discussing him, separate and apart from his company (e.g., discussing where he went to college, where he lives, what he does as an executive, etc.). MBisanz ^talk 04:20, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Response regarding Roshanda Duncan's article

Thank you for your response. Regardless of what media coverage she has gotten through her previous achievements, what about editing the article to where her business is the focal point. There are plenty of notable contributions online which are still in effect. She at least deserves that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblelistic (talk • contribs) 00:36, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

If her business is notable, then it deserves its own article, separate and apart from her. MBisanz ^talk 04:21, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Can I submit a article via email or user talk to you pertaining to Ms. Duncan's business? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubblelistic (talk • contribs) 05:17, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Please submit it through WP:AFC. MBisanz ^talk 07:08, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Checkuser

According to the checkuser page, you've got checkuser privileges, and I'd like to ask for a peek at a pair of users to see if they are the same person. The accounts in question are User:Tamilus and User:Arunmuthuvel. Both uploaded near identical copies of the article Iswarya Women's Hospital & Fertility Centre, which is why I'm making the request: if they appear to be the same editor then were going to have to do something, if not then no harm no foul. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:37, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Madison Lintz

Hi there,

You closed the AFD for Madison Lintz in 2012. I was wondering if you had any objections to having it in draftspace so that it can be worked on? BOZ (talk) 22:51, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

No objection. MBisanz ^talk 02:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

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Riccardo Silva

I am new to Wikipedia so sorry for all the questions. If I reenter the page and add more veryfiable sources. Would it stay? I have a few more sources to add that i think fulfill the requirements. thank you Maru1977says (talk) 19:22, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

I think it's a long shot, but you could give it at try at WP:AFC. MBisanz ^talk 20:32, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

RICCARDO SILVA

I would try reentering the page and hopefully it will work. thank you for all your help.Maru1977says (talk) 23:16, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of Peter Grenader page

I am Peter Grenader. I have been informed from the person who administered the Peter Grenader Wikipedia listing that you have recently deleted it and i find this action unjust and here's why:

The conversation to remove this started on the article's talk page by a person named Eric Barbour. He has made subsequent entries in other WIki related blogs. He is also the owner of Metasonix, a competitor of Plan B/EAR - my company which was also mentioned in this article as I am it's founder and chief designer. I feel that a professional vendetta and sabotage an inexcusable justification for this consideration. Further, several of the content items were questioned in the deletion discussion, such as claims of inventing and introducing certain functions and modules into modular synthesis, yet no investigation was done to determine if in fact they were untrue. If they had attempted to do this, they would have found they are in fact accurate and for a encyclopedia with insists of certification, I am questioning why they are not required when deletion editing is being considered.

Lastly, Eric's other mention of angry customers should be a non issue. It is preposterous that this was taken into consideration and frankly, i find this misuse of the authority of the editing boards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.118.213.104 (talk) 20:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Grenader. You may wish to note that it does not appear that Eric commented in the discussion and that the burden is on the author to support the veracity of a claim, not on others to disprove the veracity of an unsupported claim. MBisanz ^talk 19:00, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

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Riccardo Silva

I am sorry to keep bothering you with this. I rewrote the article and add a lot more sources. I tried to post it through the link you sent me, but it tells me that the page is semi-protected. I am so confused...can you please help me? Maru1977says (talk) 01:24, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Try putting it on your userpage and asking someone to submit to articles for creation. MBisanz ^talk 20:41, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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Suspicious edit

Please take a look at this diff. Bearian (talk) 15:16, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

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AUSC message moderation?

Hi MBisanz. I dropped an email to the AUSC mailing list three days ago, and haven't seen any non-automated response. Can you check the spam filter? Cheers! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:33, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Never mind—looks like my email got through to the list. Happy new year! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Yep, sorry I missed it. Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 03:07, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Usurpation of "Grabi" account

Thank you very much for making usurpation done for en.wiki. I am worried with the Commons account, because it is my account, but I've forgotten password and I have not received any e-mails with new one (I am afraid that that account is connected with dead e-mail adress).

Do You know if it is possible to restore account or usurp it in such situation? It is quite easy to prove, that was me who had used that account, but I do not know is there any procedure for doing it.

For example: File https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skrzek_2006-05-03.jpg was uploaded on Commmons 22:10, 27 May 2006 as my own work and in an hour used by me in article skrzek on polish Wiki https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skrzek&oldid=3449887. Then within the month this photo was voted as quality image on polish Wiki with pl.wiki Grabi user as author https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Grafika_na_medal_-_propozycje/Skrzek.

Most of the photos uploded by Grabi on Commons was instantly used by pl.wiki Grabi in the articles.

Can You help me to find a way on how to solve this problem?

Many thanks, Grabi (talk) 15:20, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

I can usurp the Commons account, but you'll lose the contribution history under the name Grabi (it will go under the name "Grabi (usurped)"). Is that ok? MBisanz ^talk 03:09, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Lana Del Ray

Be advised that there are two deletable articles in question.

Music To Watch Boys To is a redirect which may or may not be deleted.

Music to Watch Boys To was the subject of the AfD. Jsharpminor (talk) 07:02, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Well, now that's strange. I got to the article that I'm claiming was the subject of the AfD by simply browsing AfD, but now I'm seeing the redirect that I'd never seen before.

In any case, the article (lowercase "to") says its AfD is at the location of the AfD you just closed. So that's why I'm thinking I might have been right.

Perhaps another look is needed. Jsharpminor (talk) 07:05, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Looks ok now. Am I missing something? MBisanz ^talk 03:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

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Saturday February 7 in NYC: Black Life Matters Editathon

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

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• February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
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Checking in

Last time we spoke was when you were on IRC, some months ago, at which point you mentioned your health issues. How are those going? DS (talk) 02:15, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

They are going well. I've just been busy in real life work. How goes your life? MBisanz ^talk 04:09, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

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Just curious

Hello MBisanz. I am curious why the user page for Nik2106 (talk · contribs) - who got themselves indeffed today - was moved here. Even curiouser (said Alice) there is now a talk page for both usernames User talk:Nik2106 and User talk:Goingsufinglol Now a) I know this was three years ago so you might not have any memory of why the user page move happened and b) this might not be important in the grand scheme of things. It is just that I haven't seen anything like it before and I wanted to add to my "always learn something new even though I have edited for a long time" pool of knowledge. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD|Talk 01:06, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I just found this request and this response to it. Maybe it is just a coincidence that today's vandal picked the same user name as the one from three years ago but I am intrigued. Cheers MarnetteD|Talk 01:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Might as well add this Goingsufinglol (talk · contribs) so you don't have to go searching for it. MarnetteD|Talk 01:14, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, when a person has their account renamed, the old name becomes vacant and can be re-registered. That's what happened here. In 2012, I renamed Nik2106 to Goingsufinglol. In 2015, someone created a new Nik2106 who did the bad acts you spotted. No real way to prevent it, but given the lag between the rename and re-registration, it's very likely to be related to the current Goingsufinglol. MBisanz ^talk 12:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for filling me in. It is appreciated. Have a good weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 16:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I am New to Wikiped. I was just curious as to what this user actually did? It must've been bad if you had to vandalise his account and change the name! Thank you, Sorry for bad english, I am from Sweden. I hope I didn't stuff up too bad! Also Ilike your banning and renaming! You must be good at make little children upset.

HOw do I asketh you a questiob?

M. I have moved these two posts as the first was placed in the middle of one of your replys and the other was dumped in the middle of your talk page greeting. They both come from Tiny Kronikz (talk · contribs). MarnetteD|Talk 03:29, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

He asked for the change. Nothing suspicious there. MBisanz ^talk 18:27, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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Name change

Hi, thankyou for recently changing my name from John Smith the Gamer to Banak. I had meant to make that a global move, but missed the is a 0 contribution account on tr.wikipedia.org, which is entirely my own screw up. Is there a way I can make my English Wikipedia account Banak associated with my Wikipedia commons account John Smith the Gamer? Banak (talk) 02:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done as a global rename. All of your accounts are now under Banak. MBisanz ^talk 21:31, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for all you've done so far, and sorry for creating work for you. Still got a bit of a problem: my contributions, user and user talk pages haven't been moved from "John smith the Gamer" to "Banak" on English Wikipedia, though they look like they've worked on Wikimedia. Banak (talk) 22:56, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Should be fixed now. Sorry for the problem. MBisanz ^talk 03:09, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

All these years later, and you're marvellous all over again

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Haha, thanks. I laughed when I saw that yesterday. MBisanz ^talk 13:15, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

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Request for unprotection of User:Skyerise talk page

User:Skyerise has just accused me of being a sockpuppet without the slightest attempt at justification. This was apparently triggered by my intervention when I saw Skyerise revert another user's perfectly good edit, again without justification. I don't see why Skyerise's talk page should be protected from my right to reply. TwiceTheDice (talk) 18:20, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Dude, I sent you a canned warning, which is not an accusation, after your 5th edit ever was to revert me on an article you had never edited before. Many new editors do not know that sock puppets are not allowed. This is a standard good faith warning template to make sure new users know. Methinks you are reacting a bit strongly. In any case, I have legitimate reasons for the protection of my talk page. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 18:36, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

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Requesting assistance

As suggested by Beeblebrox, I'm requesting aid in your capacity as a steward. I'm not quite familiar with your rank or the associated procedures, so pardon me if I make any errors. I shall post the query I posted at WP:AN here:

I'd like to ask the advice of administrators, if you please. This might well be outside your purview, but I figure I'll ask anyway. Mondolkiri1 (talk · contribs) is an editor that was indefinitely blocked for being WP:NOTHERE. Prior to his block, I had worked with Mondolkiri1 on multiple articles. Whilst he was always a bit eccentric (not that I'm not eccentric), he never struck me as completely mad. However, it seems he's gone off a cliff. Yesterday, an IP address posted on my talk page, making all sorts of weird insults. He later identified himself as Mondolkiri1. That IP was swiftly blocked. However, the same Mondolkiri1 has now made the equivalent of a death threat at my French Wikipedia talk page. Now, as I know, this user is already indefinitely blocked here. However, this type of behaviour seems completely inappropriate. I'm not sure what action can be taken against him.

Beeblebrox said that I should request a "global lock". Would you kindly suggest an appropriate course of action? RGloucester — ☎ 22:56, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I've locked the account and IP. MBisanz ^talk 03:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much. It is appreciated. RGloucester — ☎ 04:20, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

• Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM

  Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

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• Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM

  An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

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• Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM

  In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

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• Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM

  Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

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Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference

Sunday March 22: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015

You are invited to join us at Barnard College for Wikipedia Day NYC 2015, a Wikipedia celebration and mini-conference for the project's 14th birthday. In addition to the party, the event will be a participatory unconference, with plenary panels, lightning talks, and of course open space sessions. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. Sunday March 22 Wikipedia Day NYC 2015 (RSVP on-wiki or at bit.ly/wikidaybarnard). 10:00pm - 9:00 pm at Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, by W 118th St We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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Query to the Audit Subcommittee

Hello. As per Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Audit_Subcommittee#Procedure, I have twice emailed the audit subcommittee regarding a potential misuse of CheckUser tools. I have not received a response to either of those emails, so I am attempting to ask the relevant questions here without revealing private information.

Multiple editors (Manul, Astynax, and John Carter) are claiming that a member of this audit subcommittee has (off-wiki) provided them with evidence of sock puppetry by me. I deny that any such evidence could possibly exist (given that I have never engaged in puppetry of any kind, ever), but that is not why I am coming here.

I am coming here so that this subcommittee can determine if a member performed a CU, despite a recent SPI request being declined, and – if a check was run – what the reasoning was per Wikipedia:CheckUser#CheckUser_and_privacy_policy (“The onus is on an individual CheckUser to explain, if challenged, why a check was run.”). And finally, why CU results would possibly be given off-wiki to other editors to resolve.

I find it extremely unlikely that an audit committee member is in any way involved in providing personal or other non-public information to editors, or in discussing any off-wiki “evidence”, but the editors are claiming such.

My questions:

• Was a CU run against my account?
• If yes, by whom and at who’s request?
• What was the rationale for running the check (why was a check run)?
• Did a CU provide personal or other non-public data of any kind, including insinuation or anything that could be interpreted as linking my account to others, to other editors off-wiki?

I request an Audit Subcommittee investigation of this situation and the involved editors' claims.

Thank you, Tgeairn (talk) 23:24, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Replied via email. MBisanz ^talk 21:30, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, I received your email and replied by email. Also, I have compiled a partial list of diffs where editors are making claims based on the non-existent CU. Thank you again for your responses. --Tgeairn (talk) 22:11, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 March 2015

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Friends of the Whanganui River book 1999 includes Bridge to Nowhere

Hi Mike

On monday I mentioned annuals published by the above group.

They also selected stories from their early annuals and published "Whanganui River Memories" for their 10th Anniversary project, edited by Arthur P Bates and Phil Thomsen.

There are several index references to Bridge to Nowhere.

Would this publication be suitable?

Jane Riverviewhouse (talk) 02:49, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm really not sure what you are asking about. Have you approached someone at WP:TEAHOUSE? MBisanz ^talk 21:31, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

very sorry, the item above is here by mistake ..... very sorryRiverviewhouse (talk) 04:20, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Deletion review for File:Colour Televisor Picture.JPG

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015

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Alaibot

I noticed that you belong to the BAG group, and would like to ask reg a bot User:Alaibot which is categorized as inactive. How can I find out if anyone else than the owner can operate this bot? We need to Wikispecies a bot that finds stubs and submit them in category stubs, so we can start to clean up of thousand stubs we cant find, and Alaibot sounds exactly like what we are looking for, see our discussion on WS village pump Maybe you have an alterntive suggestion, in case of Alaibot is permanently inactive? Best regards, Dan Koehl (talk) 06:04, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

It can only be operated by its owner. If he is unavailable, you would need to find someone else who is willing to code a bot to do the same task. You can ask for help at WP:VPT. MBisanz ^talk 00:03, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Possible usurpation

MBisanz, I know the bureaucrats no longer have the ability to do renames, but you're also a steward. So, anyway, regarding the SUL global renames that are eminent, apparently the user with the most edits gets to keep the username. Had I been made aware of this via e-mail, or at least a message on my talkpage, I would've made a sufficient number of edits.

As it stands, though, it's primed to give this account to the German account holder, who has 148 edits, but hasn't edited in over two years. I know that usurpations of times past were normally done on target accounts with little or not edits, but there are cases in which the target account had hundreds. Here's one with 198 edits from under a year ago. And this one, also last year, had 135.

I know that stewards "can override this scheme on a case-by-case basis". I'm hoping that my case can be one of those. I can fill out any of the forms here or anywhere else. I can also make a couple hundred edits to make sure that I'm the account-holder with the most. Thanks. Pikachu (talk) 04:59, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

I would try making the request at meta:SRUC. Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 00:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

I will do so. Do you know when the actual usurpations are scheduled to go through? Is my deadline April 1? Pikachu (talk) 01:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know the exact date. MBisanz ^talk 02:06, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

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The Signpost: 01 April 2015

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User:Sayotadashi/5 x 5 listed at Redirects for discussion

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Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

• Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm

  See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia

• Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm

  Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.

• Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM

  Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

• Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

  An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

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April 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday April 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday April 29 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 19:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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Daniel Genis: Further Research

Worldwide Articles on Daniel Genis

• http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/prison-sex-masculinity-/5429a1d678c90aac4c000754
• http://altcitizen.com/daniel-genis-discusses-his-rapid-transition-from-prison-inmate-to-flourishing-author/
• http://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2015/03/01/daniel-genis-former-atheist-prisoner/
• http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/prison-inmates-offer-captive-market-gadget-makers-n134191
• http://www.biographile.com/aluminum-doesnt-ring-daniel-genis-on-the-merits-of-prison-reading/35546/?Ref=twt_corp_bio-1046
• http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/contratapa/13-258222-2014-10-24.html
• http://www.360magazine.nl/cultuur/3828/de-leeslijst-van-een-gevangene#.VTV-OELg78t
• http://polyarinov.livejournal.com/44800.html
• http://ybfrisco.livejournal.com/297189.html
• http://scholar-vit.livejournal.com/406638.html
• http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2014/05/10/inside-look-prison-weightlifting
• http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2014/07/cooking-in-prison/
• http://airshipdaily.com/blog/05302014-writing-in-prison
• http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/07/a-prisoners-reading-list.html
• http://addictionmyth.com/daniel-genis-aronofskys-robot-zombie/
• http://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393832866/released-from-prison-apologetic-bandit-writes-about-life-inside
• http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/real-new-york-city-article-1.1726112
• https://www.perlentaucher.de/stichwort/genis-daniel/presseschauen.html

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NBC-Dan.jpeg#

Published Work

New York Daily News

• From a prisoner to a writer in 2014
• Ex-cons, cows and Gowanus gentrifiers
• Culture Clash Gets Steamyenis]]
• The fishermen of New York City
• The soles of new Brooklyn
• My friend’s bum murder rap

Newsweek

• Christmas Cards From Prison
• Thanksgiving in Prison is a Beggar’s Feast
• Putin's Ukraine Push Causes Big Fight in Little Odessa
• DIY Tattoos Make Irony Permanent
• Eli Klein on Riding the Wave of Chinese Art

Paris Review

• Odysseus in the Yard
• Dovlatov’s Way

Washington Post

• Charles Manson is getting hitched. Meet the women who marry prisoners.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-an-atheist-prisoner-fringe-religions-fought-hard-for-my-soul/2015/02/06/b7ed76d4-ad7b-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html

Deadspin

• The Prison Forger's Christmas Miracle
• Drugs, Chess, Books, Or Gambling: How To Fight Boredom In Prison
• Violence Is Currency: A Pacifist Ex-Con's Guide To Prison Weaponry
• A Gentleman's Guide To Sex In Prison
• Forgiving The Club Kid Killer: My Prison Friendship With Michael Alig
• Chained Wimbledon: The Joys And Perils Of Prison Tennis
• An Ex-Con's Guide To Prison Weightlifting
• A 21st Century Rip Van Winkle

Vice

• Why Do French-Canadians Dominate New York's Christmas Tree Market?
• Soviet Prohibition and the Taste of Perfume
• Into the Margins with Daniel Genis: An Introduction
• I Got 90 Days In The Hole For Buying Souls In Prison
• Life After Death: Clinging to Punk Rock With C.J. Ramone
• Chinese Street Artist Zhang Dali Evolves In New York
• Four Years On Line With The Amityville Horror
• Amityville Horror article in French
• Employees of the Month for September 2014

Daily Beast

• A Million Ways to Die in Prison
• Blurred Lines at NY Sketchbook Museum
• In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust
• From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way
• Bam! Pow! Bling! Hip-Hop's History Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment
• Prisoners Get Cultural Fix with 8-Tracks and Bootleg Cassettes
• Bros Love Dragon Boats
• This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs
• Patted Down by India’s Hugging Saint
• This Anti-Heroin Drug Is Now King of the Jailhouse Drug Trade
• I Heard About the Latest Crazed Shooter While I Watched the World Cup with Guys He Almost Killed
• All the Grown-Up Hipsters Playing Kids’ Games
• Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison
• Punks, UFOs, and Heroin: How ‘Liquid Sky’ Became a Cult Movie
• Reading Prison Novels In Prison
• A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison
• Word Is Bond: An Ex-Con Explains the 5 Percenters

Moscow Times

• Inside the Criminal Russian Subculture of the U.S. Prison System

Airship Daily

• Driving Umberto Eco and the Line Between Writer and Writing
• Narcotica: Chapter One
• The Rip Van Winkle of Punk Rock
• William Burroughs Ruined My Life
• Party Monsters and Book Wyrms: An Interview with Michael Alig

Substance.com

• How a Surfer Wiped Out on Kratom

The Fix

• Animal Addicts
• K2: A Dangerous Peak to Climb
• The Truth About Drug Treatment in Prison
• Smoking's Last Frontier

Testosterone Nation

• Barbells Behind Bars 10 Years of Prison Weightlifting

Read Russia

• Birds of a Feather Translation, pg. 191

Suddeutsche Zeitung

• Verbotene Geschafte (in German)

Alter

http://www.falter.at/falter/2015/03/24/ein-digital-boy-des-20-jahrhunderts/

1046: A Decade Between Books and Misdemeanors

1046 is a memoir of the decade that Daniel Genis spent in prison, told through the books he read. This site will contain the actual book list, which is too massive to publish but is an interesting resource. 1046 is due out next year, care of Penguin Books. The editor is Rick Kot; the agency is Mary Evans Inc. And my keeper is Julia Kardon, a whirlwind of success, strategy and smarts. The actual booklist, which briefly describes all 1046 books the Genis read, is going up in hundred entry segments.

Sorry to take up so much space, but it's a long list

Burton1978 (talk) 01:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)Burton1978

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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Redelete Kerry Sulkowicz

Hi there! I'm just a random wiki users. I saw you deleted this page before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Sulkowicz. I believe that this wikipedia page should be redeleted, as it really just reads like a personal ad/pr piece. This might be something worth investigating? My reddit username is reddit.com/u/windowsfanboy, you can reach me with a personal message there if you need to contact me. (trying to stay somewhat anonymous). Thanks!

PS: Here is the old delete page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kerry_Sulkowicz_(2nd_nomination)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.168.84.53 (talk) 19:25, 24 April 2015 (UTC) 

Hillary Rodham Clinton - Move Discussion

Hi,

This is a notification to let you know that there is a requested move discussion ongoing at Talk:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton/April_2015_move_request#Requested_move. You are receiving this notification because you have previously participated in some capacity in naming discussions related to the article in question.

Thanks. And have a nice day. NickCT (talk) 18:44, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Help me pls.

could u accept one of my name change request pls stein wont because some1 else hase part of the name i want in their name.pls reply on my talk page.V3no0m0us12345678 (talk) 13:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but no, I am deferring to the others who already reviewed the request. MBisanz ^talk 23:08, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 April 2015

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Precious again

best face to the world
Thank you for inspirational high standards, in your featured coverage of educational institutions and in general, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (3 January 2009, 28 April 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were the 112th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:16, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! MBisanz ^talk 22:40, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Alex Blumberg/Gimlet Media

Per Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Instructions, I request that you undelete Alex Blumberg. I believe you have misinterpreted the consensus at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gimlet_Media, which was to merge the content at Gimlet Media and StartUp (podcast) into Alex Blumberg. No-one at the AfD suggested that Alex Blumberg should be deleted. --Surturz (talk) 03:21, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Agreed: I did a merge and redirect of Gimlet Media to Alex Blumberg - there was no discussion of deleting the article on Blumberg, and I'd recommend undeleting both: Gimlet Media then remaining as a redirect page. --Slashme (talk) 11:49, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. The redirect threw off the script I used when closing. MBisanz ^talk 12:26, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that. --Surturz (talk) 13:21, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

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June 10: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

Wednesday June 10, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our next evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. This month will also feature on our agenda: recent and upcoming editathons, the organization's Annual Meeting, and Chapter board elections. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities. After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday June 10 WikiWednesday Salon / Wikimedia NYC Annual Meeting (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street Featuring a keynote talk this month to be determined! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 16:44, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

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User:Flyoffacliff

Hi Matthew, please look at the rename log for this user. A new account, CuteOrangeKittyCat is claiming that they are in fact Flyoffacliff and is trying to wipe out evidence of the sock puppetry findings from various pages. This isn't my forte, but if I understand properly, the sock master was allowed to vanish, and even the vanished accounts were indeffed. If that's true, then the things the new account is stating on their Talk page are untrue, and the account should simply be blocked as a sock. Am I right, or am I missing something? Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah... You're right. MBisanz ^talk 23:25, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

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Guilherme Arana

Hello. His page was deleted a week ago because he didn't make the requirements as seen here. However, he made his debut at the first division today and I'd like to get access to the content already created to reopen the page. Could you do that? Thanks Gsfelipe94 (talk) 01:39, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Emailed. MBisanz ^talk 04:29, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Nothing arrived at the email. Can you try again? Gsfelipe94 (talk) 16:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Sent again. MBisanz ^talk 03:21, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

That's totally weird. Once again, nothing showed up... There's any other possibility of getting the content back? Gsfelipe94 (talk) 16:31, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

See User:Gsfelipe94/Guilherme Arana. MBisanz ^talk 16:17, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Gsfelipe94 (talk) 16:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Yomarumon Dreams MFD

I have no idea what's going on here but Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yomaru Kasuga exists for some reason is and is linked places. I think the MFD should be moved back or something but I'll leave it to you. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:41, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Nakon took care of it. MBisanz ^talk 12:07, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

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Changing username

Hi, MBisanz,
I was looking at the Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manning naming dispute and ran into a strange situation that I hope you can shed some light on. The question is about a WP:CHU that you handled that I've found confusing in hindsight.
Imprimaturcr was an account that was active from May 2006 to April 2014. Daniel32708 was created in August 2013 and made one edit that made him an involved party in the Manning naming arbitration case. Just one edit in his contributions, made in August 2013.
Now, back in June 2013, you approved a name change from Daniel32708 → Imprimaturcr (see this diff) even though Imprimaturcr was the older account and Daniel32708 had not been created yet. I can see how it might have been Imprimaturcr → Daniel32708 but Imprimaturcr made an edit in 2014 and, besides, that's not what the archives say happened. My questions:

• Why would Daniel32708, an account that didn't exist yet, get its username changed to that of an existing account, Imprimaturcr?
• But if Daniel32708's editing history had been completely moved to Imprimaturcr in June 2013, why does Daniel32708's account say it was created and edited in August 2013? This might have been a second, newer account also named Daniel32708 but why would his user page be a redirect to Imprimaturcr's page?

If the last statement was what happened, then it is ironic that a 9 year old account that editors knew as Daniel32708 was a party to an arbitration case when it was actually a recreated account that might have been made for mischief. I guess once a editor's name is changed, the older name is available for anyone to register and appear to be the previous editor? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:04, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

I can give a long explanation, but they're the same person. The Daniel account was recreated by Imprimaturcr in August, after I had renamed the original Daniel in June. MBisanz ^talk 03:17, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Dion Cools

Recently, you deleted the article Dion Cools, following the deletion discussion. In the meantime, not only did Dion Cools get promoted to the Belgian Pro League with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, but he also transferred to Belgian giants Club Brugge. See (Dutch) references [12] and [13]. Do you believe this is sufficient to undelete this page? Pelotas^{talk|contribs} 21:34, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Please check with User talk:GiantSnowman. If he agrees with you, I'll undelete it. MBisanz ^talk 02:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Reason for deletion - failing WP:NFOOTBALL by not playing in a fully-professional league. Has he played in a FPL? No - and while he may well do WP:CRYSTAL in the future, he is currently still non-notable. GiantSnowman 20:48, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I defer to your subject-matter expertise. Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 01:25, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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The article List of Hofstra University faculty has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Almost all of the names listed here don't have Wikipedia articles. List of Hofstra University alumni is not very large, and unlike all other colleges, Hofstra has List of Hofstra University honorary degree recipients article. Totally overcoverage.

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