User talk:Soffredo/Archive 2014

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Re: broken ref

From what I can see the ref you removed at Gallery of sovereign state flags‎ as broken works fine for me. Try Refreshing the page.--Auric talk 19:20, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Debate on ISIL/ISIS

I agree what you are trying to do in the case of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but let the sources come in more, and the Iraqi government did say they were going to plan a major attack on Fallujah. I would think to wait until then, or wait for more sources to come in, just take it easy, wait a few more days for things to unfold, then start a discussion for whether or not the ISIS should be included in List of states with limited recognition. —SPESH531Other 02:04, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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Same goes at List of shortest-lived sovereign states. Kahastok talk 21:07, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Template:Multiple Olympic Teams

Hi Soffredo. I see your point about New Zealand and Realm of New Zealand being different things, but if NZL/COK do not belong in the template, we would also have to exclude Bermuda, BVI and Cayman, since they are British Overseas Territories and as such not part of the United Kingdom. Regards! --T*U (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

They are territories of the United Kingdom. The Cook Islands are a state in free association with New Zealand, not a territory. [Soffredo] 15:21, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

I am not sure that distinction is self evident for people who see this list. In that way Cook Islands will be the only NOC that neither is a UN member or observer state nor belongs in this template, which seems a bit odd. I have, nevertheless, removed the template from the NZL and COK pages. --T*U (talk) 16:02, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

The Cook Islands are a member of multiple UN specialized agencies, so it does have some involvement in the United Nations. [Soffredo] 16:14, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Nice expansion of my humble effort at NOC! Thanx! --T*U (talk) 22:09, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

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Discussion and consensus

Soffredo, when an edit it objected to, you need to discuss on the talkpage. I linked you before to WP:BRD, which you should read. You should also read WP:Consensus. You're edit warring in your opinion over multiple pages, which is not good conduct. CMD (talk) 21:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Template:Euromaidan

I notice you keep adding the flag icons back into the template. The template is already cluttered beyond belief, and adding more clutter doesn't make it any better. If you want them to be there, please discuss this on the appropriate talk page. DDima 01:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Crimea's recognition

I had to revert your latest edit to the Republic of Crimea article and supplied an explanation on the talk page. Please comment there if you have concerns (or know of other, more recent sources). Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 12, 2014; 20:15 (UTC)

Providing an edit summary may limit you being reverted.--Alcea setosa (talk) 16:50, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Republic of Crimea (country)

Please do not revert a change produced as part of an WP:RfC at Talk:Republic of Crimea. Please discuss first, at the talk page or with the closer User:Dennis Brown. RGloucester — ☎ 01:10, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

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Lugansk Parliamentary Republic

I have reverted your edits as the republic was never declared, it has only been planned. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 15:43, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

April 2014

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Coloring of Pokémon titles within the table

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It has got a spelling error in it!!!!!

File:Flag of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg Please look at the writing in the above image. It spells Donetsk (Донецкая) wrong!

Please do not re-add wrong images to articles like you did in Donetsk People's Republic--Toddy1 (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

STOP

You can't move content from the title it started at. You are destroying the edit history, with a WP:CUTPASTE move. If you want to move content, you must start a requested move. You can't do it the way you are doing it. RGloucester — ☎ 21:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

I remade the insurgency to be about the state, which you reverted. So I took the content I made and moved it to a new article. [Soffredo] 21:35, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

You can't do that. IT KILLS THE WP:Edit history. READ WP:CUTPASTE. RGloucester — ☎ 21:36, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

In either case, you both went absurdly far beyond WP:3RR in this. You both ought to know better. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:46, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

May 2014

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Your sig redux

Heya again Soffredo, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news again but your signature currently, or at least last I saw, has a file embedded in it (File:Journeyman lv4 small.jpg) which unfortunately goes against Wikipedia's guidelines on signatures (WP:SIG#Images) which says "Images of any kind must not be used in signatures...". Besides that keep up the good work. Cheers, v/r —  dainomite   00:54, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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June 2014

Stop re-adding the table of characters to Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's un-necessary and falls under WP:CRUFT. The table is included on Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U based on the current consensus and is actually temporary until the games are released. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:35, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I see that you were actually blocked twice for edit warring. You should know better by now. If you insert the table again, I will not hesitate to report you. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:38, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

• Stop adding an unsourced flag against consensus at Lugansk People's Republic, stop reverting my edits for no reason. I removed the citation needed template because, as per WP:LEADCITE, we don't need citations in the lead for information that is cited in the body. Furthermore, the DPR has nothing to do with international recognition, and doesn't belong in the recognition section. New Russia is already mentioned in the body. Your continued disruptive editing in Ukraine-related topics is getting tiresome. RGloucester — ☎ 17:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

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June 2014

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See WP:AN3#User:Soffredo reported by User:Chipmunkdavis (Result: ). If these assertions are correct you've been trying to force your edits in against consensus for a long time, and in a variety of places. When blocks are issued at this noticeboard, they are usually in proportion to how long the problem has been going on. In your case, a block of at least a month would seem appropriate. You can avoid the block if you will make an appropriate response at the noticeboard and agree to follow policy in the future. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 18:02, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

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International recognition

I've created a section at Federal State of Novorossiya for your chart, and added it there. There is no need to create a new article, as that would be a fork. Thank you for your cooperation. RGloucester — ☎ 02:36, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Alright, I was just thinking of doing the same thing. [Soffredo] 02:46, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

There is no need for a link to international recognition on Template:2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine - the link only led to a redirect to Federal State of Novorossiya, which is already on the template. Filling the template with links to the same place only discourages users from trying the links.--Toddy1 (talk) 09:37, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

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Untitled message

Hi -- much respect on the idea you have a life and this isn't too important --

Just wanted to fix a grammar error on the Ferguson page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri). Under the section for Notable People who live(d) in Ferguson, it says, "who's death caused riots" -- this should read "whose death caused riots..."

Many thanks for your work maintaining public information.

~ Jeff Tarbox

Ah, thanks. [Soffredo] 16:23, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

August 2014

Please stop your disruptive editing, as you did at Super Smash Bros.. Your edits have been reverted or removed.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively may result in your being blocked from editing. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 14:17, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Zoe Quinn

Sorry about the unfortunately necessary ambiguity. I was referring to the phrase that is widely used on the internet to slur the subject of the article. There's no need for that on the talk page, please remove it. Thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 04:33, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Got it. Crossed that out instead. [Soffredo] 04:36, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Soffredo_reported_by_User:TL565 (Result: ). Thank you. TL565 (talk) 03:05, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Nagorno-Karabakh

I wonder now, given your insistence to add DPR and LPR as sovereign states, if Nagorno-Karabakh should be listed at all! It's not even recognized by its irredentist country of Armenia. Maybe it should be removed, and considered as an occupied land of Azerbaijan! In the sequence of your non-sense edits about Donbass.Mondolkiri1 (talk) 03:27, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

What? Are you talking about the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic being included in the List of sovereign states? Because I didn't add it. You can talk about its inclusion here, but there are many sources discussing its de facto sovereignty. You may as well consider China as occupied Taiwanese land, right? [Soffredo] 03:32, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Semirelated

"Neither the Federal State of Novorossiya, or the DPR or LPR are sovereign states, as you'd wish them to be, along with ISIS, Sofferedo! That has been discussed in the List of sovereign states Talk Page and it's concluded!!!!!!.

Adding this here since you wrote that. You undid the edit that caused me to most recently get blocked. You really didn't get my point, do you? Though you may not see the DNR and LNR as sovereign states, they claim to be so. Russia also claims to be a sovereign state (obviously) so it should be listed equally. Novorossiya does not claim to be a sovereign state, so why list it with Russia? Looks like you're still upset about my failed proposals over at this talkpage. [Soffredo] 23:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

August 2014 (Block 4)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of two weeks for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule, as you did at War in Donbass. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  Bbb23 (talk) 05:06, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Unblock

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Soffredo (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I was lured into 3RR, which would've never happened if the user who reported me didn't make unexplained reverts. I went on to explain my edits, while other editors would simply remove it without explanation. I believed that it'd be a waste of time to go to the talk page and discuss and simple misconception; if anyone had any sources that actually go against my edits, I would've brought it to the talkpage and suggest they rewrite the Novorossiya article.

This is how the belligerents were and currently are listed at War in Donbass, the article in which I was blocked for:

Novorossiya

• Donetsk People's Republic
• Lugansk People's Republic

Russia

Note how Novorossiya and Russia are listed at the same level. This is incorrect. Despite being called the "Federal State of Novorossiya", it doesn't claim to be a state. It's simply a confederation between its two member states. (If you're going to go against this explanation, would you say the "Union State" is a state?) However, Donetsk and Lugansk do claim to be sovereign states, which Russia is. This means Donetsk, Lugansk, and Russia should all be represented at equal level since they all claim to be states.

Donetsk People's Republic

Lugansk People's Republic

Russia

Decline reason:

In the future, this is the type of conversation that should occur on the article's talk page once you have been reverted once. You may not continually revert to your preferred version in lieu of resolving a minor difference of opinion through conversation. I see no evidence that the group of editors you were in conflict with "lured" you into the violation. Kuru (talk) 14:07, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

TL565 has reverted my edits here and here and doesn't give an explanation. They then went on to report me for 3RR. If they had never done these reverts, I wouldn't have been reported. Is this not obvious enough? [Soffredo] 14:17, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

The crux of the matter is that you knew that reverting more than three times was going to result in a block, and you still did it anyway. It doesn't matter what the content of the other editor's edit was. I think I might propose that you be placed under 1RR by discretionary sanctions, as that might teach you not to constantly revert. RGloucester — ☎ 14:36, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Actually, I only just realized that when I did my last revert. Revert once again unexplained... are you trying to lure me into 3RR? [Soffredo] 14:39, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I noted you have reported me at Bbb23's talk page. I'd love to participate in the conversation there, but can't because of my block. [Soffredo] 14:46, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I didn't report you. In fact, I was trying to get you unblocked in lieu of another sanction. RGloucester — ☎ 18:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Soffredo - even though you were right, I do not think there is any point appealing the block. Here is some advice for the future:

• If you make an edit that you realise afterwards was mistaken, it is possible to self revert. An edit summary explaining that you are self-reverting a mistaken edit can help.
• If you believe you are reverting vandalism, it is worth using the template messages.
• If you are reverting POV edits, try not to do two reverts in a row in 24 hours on an article. Do one, and then leave it to another user to do the second revert. You can then do the revert after that. If no second user comes along, maybe the issue was not so serious as it seemed in the heat of the moment. If nobody else has come along, you can always do the second revert the next day.

Best of luck.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:28, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

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Future update to ban list

Since I can't edit my list of bans, I'll put the future entry here:

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Date reported Date banned Ban time Page Info on edits 4 August 30, 2014 August 30, 2014 336 hours 2 weeks War in Donbass Removed Novorossiya since it was listed as a state (It's a confederation between two "states"; read article) 624 hours

[Soffredo] 14:39, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Soffredo, bans and blocks are not the same thing. You have been given a block. A ban is something like a topic ban.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:31, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll be sure to move the page once I can. [Soffredo] 22:07, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean. You're going to move what page to where?--Bbb23 (talk) 22:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

As in, once my 2 weeks are served, I will move User:Soffredo/Bans to User:Soffredo/Blocks and change the article accordingly. [Soffredo] 22:53, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Got it now, thanks, but just out of curiosity, why do you want to keep a page on blocks? Isn't your block log sufficient?--Bbb23 (talk) 23:06, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Didn't know I had a block log, and it probably isn't as appealing to the eyes. [Soffredo] 23:11, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

That's very funny. Anyway, just in case you have trouble finding it, here it is.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:50, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. [Soffredo] 23:50, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Unblocking

I do not think you need to be blocked. All that you need to do to be unblocked is show that you understand why you were blocked, and that you shan't act that way again. You should draw-up a new unblock request that apologises for breaking 3RR. You should also say that you understand now that reverting is not the way to solve any dispute. Talk page discussion is. Personally, I recommend that you volunteer to be under WP:1RR. That is, you volunteer to revert only one change on an article within 24 hours. This will go a long way towards showing that you are capable of being a constructive editor. Do not accuse others of your own crimes. Take responsibility for your actions, understand why what you did was wrong, and provide a remedy. RGloucester — ☎ 00:44, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

I think I can wait 2 weeks instead of placing permanent sanctions on myself. And I don't think the admins would buy my apology, since this is the fourth time I've been blocked. [Soffredo] 02:19, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

It isn't a "permanent sanction". It is an acknowledgement that you have made mistakes in the past, and that you won't make them again. If you can't do that, then you will end-up in the same place again. RGloucester — ☎ 02:41, 1 September 2014 (UTC)