User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights/Archive 6

Clinical point of care article

Hey Blade, You suggested before that this article should be deleted because it did not follow the Wiki Guidelines. Can you please review if this article has improved and does not violate the guidelines? Thanks for the feedback! Clinical point of care — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.34.119.94 (talk) 18:44, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it is much better now. The original concern has been addressed. Thank you for your work. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:53, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Ray Villafane Speedy

Thank you for putting the speedy delete on the article. I wasn't sure if it would have been proper to request it myself, having started with just tagging it for my concerns. Much appreciated! Lithorien (talk) 05:21, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

RfA

Your nomination now awaits your attention at your RfA page. You will, assuming you are still happy, need to indicate your acceptance and then transclude the page into the main RfA page. Good luck. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 17:37, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Coming right up... The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:02, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

All right, it's now up and running. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:45, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Good luck! HurricaneFan25 18:46, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much; hopefully I'll have some. I'm going to archive my talkpage in a moment, pending the potential flood of questions. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:47, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Delighted to see you running - best of luck! -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:19, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:UWTEST update

Hi Blade of the Northern Lights,

Just giving you a heads-up about the latest update on our template testing. Please peruse when you have a minute. Thanks! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 05:15, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Enjoy your coffee while the RfA might suceed you. Thanks! Cheers! Katarighe (talk) 14:01, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Stalking and drive-by tagging...;)

Weeeeell...I don't consider them contradictory: the way I see it, those primary sources are not useful for sourcing a BLP. But have it your way, metalhead! Drmies (talk) 05:22, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I don't normally do this after midnight, but I thought I was sane enough... oh well. Do whatever you see fit. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:23, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey, your RfA is going well--I am very pleased for you. Drmies (talk) 05:30, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm hoping it continues on this path. I can't imagine it getting too derailed at this point, but who knows? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:40, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Well, have they discovered your sock farm yet? Or footage of you hitting that dog? Or that comma splice early in your wiki career? Drmies (talk) 14:34, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

That comment officially made my day. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:41, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Pune pilot analysis plan

Hi! As you were very active in discussions about the India Education Program's Pune pilot, I wanted to draw your attention to Wikipedia:India_Education_Program/Analysis, a page that documents our analysis plan for the next few months. I encourage you to join the discussion if you have any thoughts. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 23:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Early congrats

Looks like you wil be among those very few admins who had over 100 supports and not even one oppose or neutral. One for the record books. Great job!!!! Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 04:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, and it looks like your RfA will pass with flying colors. Look forward to seeing you on the other side. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:45, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The fat lady has not yet sung... but thanks in turn. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes. So long as you can avoid deleting the main page you must both be home and dry; Blade, getting past 100 supports with no oppose or neutral is outstanding (my RfA was 108/1/1). Well done; you should have let me propose you earlier!!--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 22:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20; I'm glad it's gone so smoothly. I was expecting 3x the questions I've gotten so far; it's been easy. Only a couple more days to go. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:08, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Usernames for admin intervention

Hi, I think that this edit had some unintended consequences... Cheers, --Guillaume2303 (talk) 18:37, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, my internet connection did something weird when I made my report, and Twinkle probably barfed for some reason. Sorry about that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:55, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

nice one

お祝い。注意して、ええ！  Chzz  ►  04:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

ありがとう。又お会いになりましょう。 The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:05, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

John W. Loftus

Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights, Are you now satisfied with the article on John W. Loftus or do you still need more reliable sources? ZytigonZytigon (talk) 20:59, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

RFA thank you

Thank you for your support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. See you at the next meeting. :) Best, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Looking forward to it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:11, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

I couldn't help it. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 22:21, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I think it's fairly safe to say congratulations at this point... Catfish Jim and the soapdish 22:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

RfA

IMHO, there is no need for you to justify your talk page at all. There is absolutely no compulsion for editors to have a user page whatever their status is, and hence the rationale is off topic and is typical of the type of voting that should not only be disregarded by the 'crats (and in this case it will be anyway), but should be struck. I'm more inclined to believe that someone just does not want to see an immaculate RfA, but my saying so would of course be taken as BF, even if the vote is clearly inappropriate. As we all know, because there are no clear thresholds or bright lines for GF and civility, people sometimes make up the rules as it suits them according to their polarity, and occasionally don't even abide by their own criteria.-Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

That's the first time anyone has ever complained about my talkpage; I was a little surprised. But I'm not really worried about it; I pretty much agree with you, and as I said there it's rather misleading to suggest that Dipankan001 has had subpar interactions with me. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:55, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I think your "fucking userpage" is a "fucking pile of goddamned shit". But then, I think mine is too - so if you ever get round to fixing yours maybe you can help me fix mine :) (this message has been brought to you by the letter "F" and the Campaign for Actually Worrying About What Actually Matters - warning: may include irony/peanuts/small choking hazards) Begoon ^talk 13:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't give a fuck, that's the way it rolls; thanks for the fucking laugh. See you around. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC) As an aside, did anyone bother to look at the other little note at the top of my talkpage? How about getting angry and upset over that instead; that is Something That Matters

Well, well, well, Blade, with all that 'profanity in the introduction' on your user page, I'm going to have change my vote and do it quick because there's only a minute to go... Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:54, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh shit, I'm fucked now... if you think that's bad, you should have heard me last night watching my Green Bay Packers (they won, and my man Donald Driver got two touchdown catches), or watch a Yankee game with me. I've scared Philadelphia fans with my language. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:57, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Dang! Too late! Well, here's some beat the 'crat congrats mate - welcome to the bloody club ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much, and I have to ask; has anyone found your sig unreadable as well? (it's fine on my computer) The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:04, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Ha! Mac has Thai fonts built in. (sleaze...) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:07, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Woo woo woo, ยินดีต้อนรับเข้าสู่สโมสร! - I mean, "Welcome to the club", for anyone with an inadequate computer ;-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Glad to be here. When do I get the keys to the executive bathroom? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:57, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

We'll send your personal slave round with them in the morning -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:59, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Some wiki-fortification for the long RfA slog

Hasteur (talk) has given you a plate of hummus! Hummus is a specialty of the Middle East. With some pita bread, they are delicious and promote WikiLove. Hopefully, this one has added flavor to your day.

Spread the goodness of hummus by adding {{subst:Hummus}} to someone's Talk page with a friendly message! Give a plate of hummus to someone you've had disagreements with in the past, or to a good friend.

Best of luck in your run for Adminship from one of your fellow NPPers. Hasteur (talk) 18:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Successful RFA

Congratulations on a strong showing at your recent RfA, which I've closed as successful. You should see some extra buttons now - get to it. =) –xeno^talk 19:56, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

• I was away when your nom went up, and by the time I checked it was already a landslide, but for what it's worth Support and welcome aboard! Beeblebrox (talk) 19:58, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

  Thanks; nice to hear from you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:58, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

• Congratulations! bobrayner (talk) 20:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

The Utahraptor has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

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Congratulations! The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 20:13, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Congrats! Notify the 'crats once you've deleted the main page and indef'd Jimbo. They'll have a cookie for you.--v/r - TP 20:16, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

• Congrats from me too! I'm proud to have provided the diff that exposed your disqualification! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Phew! A bit touch and go there... Welcome to the club. Anticlimax, huh? Catfish Jim and the soapdish 20:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Half price FREE while stocks last!

I had to rummage for this at the bottom of the box. We're nearly out of stock and since RfA went down the drain, we haven't bothered ordering any more. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I may be a little late, but congratulations on adminship! -- Luke (Talk) 20:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations. Welcome to the club :) You are now looking at a revised version of your toolbox, not knowing what half the things do (still haven't figgered some of 'em out), terrified that you're going to either block yourself or delete the mainpage. Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:32, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Well done. I am actually quite annoyed that, at almost the last minute, an editor came uyp with a somewhat irrelevant oppose vote; I was hoping for 100%. But such is life. As to the messages above, almost anything is possible . I have never deleted the main page or blocked Jimbo, but I did succeed in accidentally deleting the CSD page last year! I kept it on my talk page; take a look; it's good for a laugh. Feel free to come to any of us for advice, which I suspect you will not need. Enjoy. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 20:38, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

• Congrats Blade. Good to have you aboard our top-secret cabal. Now go block some editors of good faith! Drmies (talk) 20:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

  Glad to be here, and Anthony, that was pretty funny. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

  @Anthony: He was going to get an oppose regardless. I was going to roll in at the last hour and change my vote to oppose with the rationale that BofNL hacked 127 Wikipedian account to place support !votes for himself. I decided not to do it when that other oppose showed up.--v/r - TP 20:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I wish I could offer you an actual glass of this South African stuff called Pearly Bay (just found it in the back of a cupboard - no idea where it came from), but it'll have to be a virtual one instead as wine doesn't seem to travel well between computers. [Sighs with regret at not having beaten AB to the nomination... Still, we share a nominator, and one who doesn't seem to do it very often.] Peridon (talk) 21:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

No biggie; I've got myself a nice bottle of Daiginjo nihonshu (nihonshu is the real name of sake; sake in Japanese just means alcohol). Thanks for the offer. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:41, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Great job! Katarighe (talk) 21:50, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! --Bryce (talk | contribs) 00:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Congrats, a very nice showing indeed. —SW— ^confess 00:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Well done from Brookie Towers! Brookie :) { - he's in the building somewhere!} ^(Whisper...) 09:48, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

• Presq'un blanchissage! Juste une opposition. (Almost no opposes! Just 1.). Congrats! ~~Ebe123~~ → report on my contribs. 12:04, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

?

Your sig's a red link...I haven't checked out the userpage though. HurricaneFan25 20:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, it's back. HurricaneFan25 20:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

He can't sneak nothing past you, even if his userpage was deleted for less than a minute...--v/r - TP 20:54, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I was clearing out all the history after I created it. There's no particular reason that needed to be there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:55, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Unblock requests

TBotNL, it is not really correct to revert unblock requests, even from IP editors and even if they are wholly unreasonable. You can decline them: you can, when appropriate, deny talk-page access; but requests must be acknowledged and answered. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 22:41, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

OK; I only did that one because it was clearly trolling, but I'll keep that in mind. Still trying to get my legs fully under me. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:42, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Oops. Yes, don't follow my example. I make occasional exceptions when they mention jews, vaginas, porchmonkeys, and mods sucking in all of their edits. But they're the exceptions. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 23:11, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, that's the plan going forward, although this one arguably fell under the last one in that category. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:20, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Well all I'll say about that is that it's always good to defer unblocks requests, even repetitious and trolling ones, to other admins. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 23:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Congrats on the successful RfA!!! I'm very glad to know you now have your very own mop!! Get to cleaning!! jsfouche ☽☾Talk 23:51, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm enjoying the new tools already. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations, well deserved. Rich Farmbrough, 00:35, 6 December 2011 (UTC).

• Congrats from me also. I don't vote in RFAs because when I do, the griefers assault me incessantly, (at least, they have for both of the votes I made in good faith in the past several years); but I feel you will be a great addition to the Admin corps. Just remember, you aren't doing your job properly if you aren't dragged to ANI at least once every month or two for "admin abuse". --Jayron32 03:15, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
  • And do remember that admin abuse complaints are generally justified—generally, they indicate that yes, someone really is abusing an admin. Congratulations and very well deserved. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 04:07, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
• Congratulations - I truly mean that despite having opposed your adminship. I have no doubt whatsoever that you will be a fine admin. I voted against you because I felt a need to represent my community, and in a way that is significant to me I feel that you were not meeting the interests which are important to me. I was talking to another user about this on my talk page. I am a relieved a lot that you have taken time to try to understand my point of view and I appreciate your comments on RfA reform here. I do not expect for you to agree with me on everything - I would not expect that of anyone - but I do expect you to be conscious of why people disagree and I think that you have demonstrated that you do. I could not be happier with your behavior. Again, congratulations and please let me know if I can ever help you with anything. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
• I'll pick up where Seraphim ended. You G-ddam, cabalistic, authority-figure wannabes are all alike. Enjoy your effing tools. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberry. Oh, btw, congrats. :) David in DC (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

  Thanks to everyone; I've nothing against you, Bluerasberry, and I'm certainly enjoying my beer. If someone wants to pick up the tab for the pint of Yebisu I owe Chzz (see my response to him at RfA), by all means do, but it's not in any way obligatory. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:40, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

A return gift for you!

Hi,Blade.Thank you very much for your such kind words.For the return,I must give you some scripts which may greatly help in your work.I hope you may find these useful.Paste these codes in your vector.js page.

• Status Check of a user-A tool you may need for checking whether a user is online or offline.This is based upon a logic according to which a user is considered inactive or offline if he/she does not edits in more than 15 mins.

importScript('User:Ale_jrb/Scripts/statusCheck.js');  //User:Ale_jrb/Scripts

• User History-This tool is really very useful.Suppose in WP:RFA,you have made a number of edits along with others.How would you find how many edits you've made from the page history?Its really difficult.Use this tool to make it easier.

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• For other codes;please visit this page-User:Ale jrb/Scripts.Also,I congratulate you heartily for becoming an admin.Keep up your good work.You were the first Wikipedian whom I met when I started editing with 5-6 edits.Now I've grown with 1500+ edits,I am a rollbacker and a filemover.Here's a few userboxes that I created;you may put these in your user page.

This user doesn't like the Pacific Ocean.

This User uses Google on a daily basis.

This user is a parrot lover; he thinks they are the best birds.

Please can you give me an editor review at this page?All the best,Dipankan001.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 09:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll see if I can review you in the next day or so. When I get home, I'll import the scripts to my .js page. Thanks! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

The Kwartet

With all due respect I do not see why you deleted the page for The Kwartet. They clearly were notable, performing with Bubi Chen a well respected artist. They gained much of the fame with Bubi Chen until the break up of the two. I am very knowlegable in this subject as I have followed this genre of music for years now. The Kwartet is comparable to likes of the E Street Band if you want a clear example. Please restore the page. Thank you.TheMan(need i say more) (talk) 04:16, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

As I've posted on the Kwartet's talk page, I am somewhat puzzled as to why this article was deleted. It's fairly clear that the band was game-changing in Djiboutian music, as a chart-topping a cappella group in Eastern Africa is, as you would imagine, quite rare. Any help as to how to improve the page's content would be greatly appreciated, as I feel the idea of "importance" is not in question when it comes to The Kwartet.RoccoLaPauli (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Re The Kwartet

Thank you very much for your time. While I am not the creator of the page, I will try to fix some of the errors and add more sources. In addition, I really like your message at the top of the talk page. I think that it is a very respectable way of handling arguments.TheMan(need i say more) (talk) 04:26, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Permission

Hi,Blade.Please look over at my user rights page from Special:UserRights/Dipankan001.As I mentioned above,I am a rollbacker and filemover.I need to request some more tools to help work efficiently in my work.I know I can apply at any other admin's talk page;but they take a lot of time to grant permission.I trust you.It would be nice if you kindly add the Autopatrolled right or anything like that which helps me in my work.If possible please notify me on my talk page.Sincerely,Dipankan001.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 07:39, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Please request the rights at the appropriate Requests for permissions page. →Στc. 07:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't help.It takes a lot of time.I want Blade to look over the issue.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 07:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

What rights are you looking for? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled right will be extremely helpful to me as I have recently started to create articles.By the way,I am a trusted user;and I never abuse any of my rights.Thanks in advance,Sincerely,Dipankan001.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 11:48, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

May the Good Lord bless you! A real-life greeting for you!.Please do not mind,would you?Actually,I knew the Autopatrolled guidelines.I just wished to test how good a admin you're!You're the best.You are Civil,too.Thanks for your co-operation.Help every Wikipedian in every way if they ask help.Best,Dipankan001.That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 06:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Ok.You may give AWB access.Thanks!That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 07:13, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

There's a problem;it does not log me in.Any help in this?

I don't see any log-in page there(or any type of log-in's).Please check this once:Wikipedia:Experienced users can give permission

Impossible Project

Hi Blade, just a quick note to say thanks for not deleting the above article at CSD. I've read a lot about the company on certain web-boards (I'm not affiliated with it, or the article's creator - photography is one of my interests) and I suspected there was coverage in reliable sources, and I've since found another notable reference from The Guardian. Hopefully it will be a better article soon. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:17, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Lil p nut csd

i believe that article should not be deleted, as I contested the CSD. The article was obviously horrible, but i think it did make a claim to notability, and a simple google search will return many articles about the kid, who is in movies, and made numerous appearances. Gaijin42 (talk) 20:13, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll restore it; I'm not convinced, but I missed your objection in the edit history (I opened it up earlier, while it was still tagged A7, and forgot to reload the page). As you said, though, it still needs a reference. No big deal. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

No problem indeed. I have significantly improved the article, take a look and see if you still think it qualifies for deletion? Gaijin42 (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

It looks a lot better to me now; you might want to ask someone a little more familiar with WP:NFILMS (the user who comes most readily to mind is MichaelQSchmidt), but I'd say it's fine now. Thanks for your work! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:14, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

IGNA

You recently CSDed a similar page. It has been recreated with a new title. I have marked it for CSD. However, I believe there may be a sock involved, as the new page creator has no other contribs, and has no talk page (which I would expect from your earlier CSD notification), but I cannot see the other information, so cannot make a link to sock report. Gaijin42 (talk) 22:23, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll look into it and see what's going on. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:01, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Got it; the original page, IGNIA - Investing in the Base of the Pyramid, was created by User:IGNIAPartners, who I blocked for the pretty obvious username issue. What probably happened is that the user created a new account, User:Interfasemty, and recreated the article. That's not the best way to go about it (the block notice has instructions on how to request a username change), but I'm willing to write that off as a newbie mistake; I don't see anything resembling a deliberate intent to mislead. However, the COI problems remain, and I will warn them now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:07, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

userfy

He Blade, just saw the speedy of Classification of touristic sites (China） (should probably have been created at Classification of touristic sites (China) or Classification of touristic sites in China, but that's not the point). I think the subject is notable (in fact, I suggested it to the students months ago), but can imagine it was sufficiently short that you deleted under A1. Could you userfy it to the student so she can further it until it is suitable for main space? Thanks! L.tak (talk) 10:40, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Done; let me know if you need anything else. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, The Blade of the Northern Lights. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#Active administrator stats (2007–present).
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--The Utahraptor^Talk/_Contribs 14:28, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Does this user look familiar?

First, congrats on receiving the twisty bit; I've seen you around, and you were an easy support. In your Rfa you mentioned dealing w/ a certain banned user. Could look take a quick look at this user's contribs and let me know if you think it's him? I blocked for 48 hours once, and they're back at it. Thanks. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 19:03, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't know whether the user is a sock or not (it's clearly not the banned user I usually deal with, MascotGuy), but regardless the user doesn't seem to have gotten the message. I'll indef them now, you can adjust however you see fit. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:09, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Samuel Talbot

I was expanding the article Biophysical Society, and I noticed that you had just recently deleted the article Samuel Talbot due to a PROD citing an unreferenced BLP issue. I'm curious whether the material in the deleted article is usable, since I have a source I can add if the article were undeleted. Thanks. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:27, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem; I've restored the content to User:Antony-22/Samuel Talbot. Once you have a source in it and feel it's ready, you can move it back to articlespace. BLPPROD deletions are purely procedural, they don't say anything beyond the fact they're a BLP without sources, and can be restored on request. Let me know if you need anything else. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:03, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Unfortunately, turns out that it's a different Samuel Talbot than the one I was thinking about. Oh well... Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 00:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Photo is original - Please do not delete

Dear The Blade of the Northern Lights, My student lonnie5200 has added a photograph of a musician that lonnie5200 took, so please do not delete the image. If lonnie5200 needs to do something to satisfy copyright criteria, please give lonnie5200 time to do that. My class on Wikipedia is intended to support gender-balance and greater diversity among contributors to Wikipedia. Please be patient. Thank you kindly, KSRolph (talk) 23:26, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

That image is not listed for deletion - your student uploaded it correctly. The article they have created about the subject of the photo, currently at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Keznamdi McDonald is unlikely to be moved into mainspace as the subject does not appear to be notable under Wikipedia rules. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:45, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Andrea (Bulgarian singer)

FYI, I de-prodded this. It appears the article was completely rewritten by a new editor who removed all the sourcing. I reverted to an older version for now which includes sourcing (some of which I added long ago). The subject is notable based on scrutiny we gave it when it was created in 2010.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 13:51, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks for your work; I'll be sure to check the history very carefully in the future. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

I see you are an administrator now! I wish you a belated welcome, and I would have strongly supported had I not been MIA! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks; I enjoy the new tools already. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:46, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Gah, it sucks that I missed your RfA, so I just have to drop a late "omedetoo gozaimasu" and say it's about time, I think you've been ready for awhile. -- Atama頭 00:11, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations and welcome. Edison (talk) 17:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Belated conga rats!

You're a person definitely worthy to wield the sacred Mop-and-Bucket in the interest of Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:06, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:UWTEST update

Hi Blade of the Northern Lights,

We're currently busy designing some new tests, and we need your feedback/input!

1. ImageTaggingBot - a bot that warns users who upload images but don't provide adequate source or license information (drafts here)
2. CorenSearchBot - a bot that warns users who copy-paste text from external websites or other Wikipedia articles (drafts here)

We also have a proposal to test new "accepted," "declined," and "on-hold" templates at Articles for Creation (drafts here). The discussion isn't closed yet, so please weigh in if you're interested.

Thanks for your help! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 01:29, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

De-prod

Hello, Blade of the Northern Lights, I removed the PROD on Niels Bonke because it had been "prodded" once before (21 October). Regarding the article itself I have not looked for sources so I am neutral whether it should go to AfD or not. Just thought it best to de-prod it since it had been prodded before. regards, Goth symphony (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for deleting Perro Yagan! Chrisrus (talk) 03:53, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

It was an incredibly obvious hoax; I'm not sure who wouldn't have. Glad to be of assistance; usually when people are here talking about my deletions, it's to complain, so this was a nice change of pace. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

I think I've found all articles that linked to it and removed the referece as well. I meant to check "what links here" before deleting, but I think I got them all, there were only four. Also, I found the article on Spanish Wikipedia and asked that it be deleted there as well. I think it was a direct lift from there. Thanks again! Chrisrus (talk) 04:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Chris Rene

Thanks for putting the status of this page to my attention. I mean you couldn't have picked a more appropriate person out of the whole lot. LOL. After a couple of hours of work, I have made huge improvements, which this Chris Rene young man thoroughly deserves (!!!!), as he is a truly remarkable talented gentleman.. I have meanwhile added some additional references that were needed there anyhow to avoid deletion. Although I prefer not to create pages for music competition candidates prior to announcement of results, this guy has done some notable work prior to applying to The X Factor. In any case, he now has my wholehearted support, as I know this particular page will be greatly visited in the next couple and days, with huge traffic... and I hope he wins out of the Final Three.... As for you, my friend, you are truly a Shining Northern Light, exactly like your name says and exactly like the beautiful Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) of Lapland, Finland Visit Finland ad campaign. Many thanks.... Really.... werldwayd (talk) 07:32, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

User:NamSandStorm blockade

I'm not sure how thi users' name is in violation of anything. Could you clarify what organisation is named NamSandStorm? --U5K0'sTalk_{Make WikiLove not WikiWar} 23:35, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

After reviewing it, I think I must have assumed that NamSandStorm was the name of the organization he was writing about; now that I review it, I realize that he was trying to create a userspace sandbox. Let me rectify that now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Have a Kitten. --U5K0'sTalk_{Make WikiLove not WikiWar} 00:00, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah I assumed as much, tho it was interesting that the reviewing admin didn't spot it :( No problems :) Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 00:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Wchinkwang

Hi there; this user, whom you username blocked, has posted an unblock request. I am unsure as to why the username is offensive. Is it because of the inclusion of "chink", which has been used to indicate a person racially Chinese? Or is it "wang", which means nothing to me. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 09:51, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

I have now been informed as to the meaning of "wang" which, in my innocense I had never encountered. Your block is clearly correct. It is not a bad idea, in the case of username blocks and especially in the case of hardblocks, which you applied here, to include a translation/explanation for those of us of the older generation who have been bypassed by some modern idioms!--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 16:38, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Alex Holmes

Thanks for the update on the speedy deletion request for Alex Holmes, Blade. I didn't feel comfortable yet with the whole AfD thing (too much effort, maybe? LOL); so I just put {{notability}} and {{one source}} tags on it (and did a little bit of cleanup, too). It wasn't apparently a new article (circa 2008, I think); I found it clicking on the random article link (I was bored! LOL). I'm of the opinion that if he qualifies for a Wikipedia entry, then I certainly should since anyone can come across several sources of me on the 'net ... not that I want any more exposure! Merry Christmas. Don'tKnowItAtAll (talk) 19:24, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Deletion

Hey this page was deleted before I was even done trying to finish it. Additionally, the only saved text was online, and it took me a good 2 hours to get it all up there. Is there any way you could at least send me the article text that you deleted so I could improve it? I really do not want to have to restart all over again.

- Kyle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buckinkb (talk • contribs) 19:30, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

RfA keywords

Hi!

Given 100 postings on the ArbCom case about MF and the c-word, it is reasonable to make that discussion available to search engines.

Others have already complained about the premature use of a hidden-archive template to stifle discussion. Regardless of the merits of the template's original use, the template does hide information (of considerable interest to the community) from the search engines.

Of course, it would be proper to dis-embolden the keywords, or perhaps rephrase them, but I believe all should be listed, to help the discussion be found.

Finally, please provide descriptive edit summaries, particularly when you do contentious edits. "Remove (one offensive) keywords added by KW" would have been descriptive and neutral, for example.

Sincerely,  Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:37, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Whatever; it has nothing to do with me personally being offended (I'm rather immune to swearing myself), but rather trying to move ahead with the discussion. And once the thread gets archived, it'll be plenty easy to find. But I'm not in a mood to fight over it (Christmas is already hard enough for me as a strong agnostic), so you may do whatever you see fit. My actions are always reversible. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate your acquiesence, but I had not thought my initial note was pugilistic. :)

Be strong.

Consider yourself lucky that you are not a Scottish Presbyter horrified by the commercialism and syncrecity of nominal Christians cavorting like pagans at Saturnalia, etc.

Christmas is hardest on many, especially pigs and turkeys, but also Christians. The way of the Cross is death.

 Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:55, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Radhar Fashion and Design School

Haha, thanks for letting me know that there's actually a language which does consist of squares (I thought it was real nonsense) --Bryce (talk | contribs) 16:44, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

No problem; I have hundreds of fonts to render all sorts of languages, and I got Burmese last year (I don't speak Burmese, but I use it occasionally when looking for images of Burmese people). Seems to have come in handy. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:48, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Best wishes

	Bet you wish you were here!
	Warmest greetings from the Land of Smiles, and let's keep smiling together throughout the coming new year. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:48, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of iPod Touch First Generation

Plese don't delete article stubs. I created iPod touch articles for separate iPod touch generations because there were iPhone articles for separate iPhone generations.

Jawadreventon (talk) 16:07, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Amanda Lindhout

You might want to see my post there, which I hope clarifies the matter and if found earlier might have avoided the block. I see we have both found Matthiew Klinck which is a pretty sad bio. I'm not sure he's notable. Dougweller (talk) 13:21, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Still doesnt justify the harassment and threats made by the user earlier today. Anyway if the user is prepared to move on like I will then I dont see a problem.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:07, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

re

Hey Northern Lights,

The page Brian Daniel Buckley is not an autobiography, it will have external links and there is a historical significance. Let me know if this meets your requirements.

- buckinkb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buckinkb (talk • contribs) 01:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Very nice to see

I totally missed your RfA, having been preoccupied IRL. As much as I lament not publishing my support for you, I am thrilled to see the overwhelming manner in which you prevailed. Very, very nice to see. My76Strat (talk) 03:09, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks; I, in turn, look forward to seeing you around more. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 10:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Maltaphilharmonicorchestra

Could you take a look at this page? I'm pretty sure the user name is inappropriate. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Od Mishehu seems to have gotten there first; yes, the username clearly represents an organization, and should be blocked. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 10:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

tempworks article

as a not frequent but respectful and informative contributor to topics regarding the staffing industry on wikipedia, i can not fathom why you found it helpful to delete my entry on 'tempworks', a company (my company) that has nurtured this industry for many years as my father did before me. the reason stated on your deletion post, advertising, is not correct as my post was certainly no more self-promotional than many such posts that exist on wikipedia.

also i did not more fully develop it because i figured some fascist out there like you would delete so yes fuck you and please lift the delete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greggdourgarian (talk • contribs)

fascist is the right word

look you're 21 so i shouldn't expect more but deleting someone's work, someone who has otherwise contributed respectfully to many other pages, smacks of the disrespect you get from a person or organization that is not going anywhere and with whom i don't want to have any thing to do with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greggdourgarian (talk • contribs) 21:28, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I doubt this is the real "Gregg Dourgarian." Very few corporate executives show so little self-control in a public forum, not to mention the borderline illiteracy. Also, "Gregg Dourgarian"'s wikipedia contributions are quite amateur -- almost childish -- compared to the contributions we are used to seeing from a CEO who (one assumes) wants to put his best foot forward. My guess is it's actually someone masquerading as Gregg Dourgarian in order to embarrass him, or possibly some potty-mouth teenager who pulled Gregg Dourgarian's name off the web and thought this would be a funny joke. Probably the account should be blocked. EEng (talk) 04:45, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Good point; I'll block the account now. Also check out my response on his page. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Hero's AfD

Hi. You were the closing admin at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hero's 4 where the result was delete, but you did not delete all of the pages that were listed. I suspect that it was your intention to have that be the result for all pages. Can you please complete this closure? Thanks. Osubuckeyeguy (talk) 21:36, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Agh; I thought the script I installed would take care of it. Thanks for pointing that out; let me rectify that now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Heh, I had that same mistake happen to me too! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:47, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. What might have happened was that the other articles listed weren't in {{la|example}} templates; when I close a bundled AfD where all the listed articles have those templates, I'll see what happens. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:53, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

	Happy New Year!
	Happy new year and we will see you contributing in 2012 of the new year. We are hoping to see and help to make Wikipedia better! Katarighe (Talk · Contributions · E-mail) 22:50, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Nbaka is a joke1

Hello, The user has agreed to change his username and edit according to policies would you consider unblock? Thank you.--Shrike (talk) 13:54, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello, The Blade of the Northern Lights. You have new messages at Beeblebrox's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

The Kwartet

After much searching and editing, I believe I have been able to compose the page for The Kwartet. If you can it would please me if you could give me any feedback and advice on how to make it live. Thanks a lot for your help. TheMan(need i say more) (talk) 02:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

User talk:T.edsall@verizon.net

It seems kind of mean to block an editor for a username issue right after they've made corrections to their own BLP, been reverted with very little explanation, and then asked for help at the help desk. Please consider unblocking and helping him. If you've no time, I'll try to explain to him what's going on when I have time tonight. But if you don't unblock, at the very least you should explain why his username is unacceptable; the template you left does not explain what the issue is. I imagine it all seems rather Kafkaesque from his point of view. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:03, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it was late last night and I really wasn't firing on all cylinders. I'll take care of that now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:06, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Keep in mind (a) he chose that name in 2006, which may have been before the rule went into effect, (b) in these kinds of blocks, you shouldn't block account creation, and (c) if we're going to discourage him from fixing errors in an article about himself, we should point him to OTRS at least. Looks like people are actually trying to help him now on the article. I'm probably being brusque, sorry, real life is taking 97% of my attention at the moment, and I'm typing faster than I'm thinking. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:17, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

No, it's not a big deal. I still occasionally forget to check/uncheck the right boxes when blocking people (I just had to correct one now), though I'm getting better. I don't mind direct talk, it gets the same message across. Hopefully he doesn't end up too discouraged; I've helped a couple of users who I blocked for username issues before, and some of them aren't too put off by the experience, so we'll see what happens. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:21, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	For your ongoing work at new page patrol. Keep up the good work. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:29, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Your work

Your work was a fucking pile of goddamn shit. Just thought I'd lighten your day :) (ref; the notice on the top of your talk page) --Hammersoft (talk) 20:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

I get that sometimes; I always crack up. See you around!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:28, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

• See the left side of my user page, under "Compliments and Rave Reviews" for things in a similar vein :) My personal favorite is the one where someone said I should be fucked upside down. --Hammersoft (talk) 02:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

That comment officially made my day. For me, at my RfA IPs kept asking me in Japanese if I sucked cock. I kept telling them to have the balls to say it so everyone could read what they were asking, but never did get them to write in English. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

ANI

Hi, I have cleaned up the La goutte thread on WP:ANI. Thanks. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 16:01, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll take a look at it sometime later today; I opposed the proposal a few months ago, but things can change, so I'll approach it with a fresh mind. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:25, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Bishop J. D. Husband

I really didn't care whether the article stayed on Wikipedia or not. Actually, I'm kind of glad it was deleted. --Tophthemetalbender (talk) 00:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Response to your message to me regarding the article about Bishop J. D. Husband

Thank you for giving that information about adding db-g7. I didn't know I could do that.

Lists / BLP

You have recent de-BLP-prodded a number of unreferenced lists about living people asserting they are not biographies of living people and as such not subject to BLP criteria. Would you consider List of men & women Newt Gingrich cheated on his wife with a BLP? Toddst1 (talk) 15:30, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I'd consider it a G10 candidate, as the title alone is a pretty obvious attack. I too would like BLPPROD to be largely expanded, but we seem to be in a minority on that issue. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:43, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok, maybe that's an extreme example. From Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists

Stand-alone lists are Wikipedia articles; so are subject to Wikipedia's content policies, such as verifiability, no original research, neutral point of view, and what Wikipedia is not, as well as notability guidelines.

So as a stand alone article, how is List of awards and nominations received by Martin Sheen‎‎ not an unreferenced article (a biography) about a living person? I've started a discussion along these lines at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists. Perhaps we should continue this there. Toddst1 (talk) 16:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll look it over later today; I pretty much agree with your points above. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:32, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Would you mind reverting these three edits? [1], [2], [3]. Toddst1 (talk) 15:31, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Done. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:33, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thx. {{Prod}} is unique that nobody else can restore it once it's been removed. Toddst1 (talk) 19:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Blocked IP

The block-evading IP is still active on Operation Horseshoe [4] and I don't think that blocking every IP will be as effective as semiprotecting the article.--— ZjarriRrethues — ^talk 21:45, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'll semi it for a week and see if that does anything. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:33, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much

For the way you handled this difficult matter. I am grateful. Take care. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 02:48, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem. As I said at ANI, let me know if it flares up again and I'll be more than happy to deal with it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:51, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

I replied at ANI but saying thank you again is not a problem. :) Best wishes. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 03:39, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative

Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights,

You are receiving this message either because you expressed an opinion about the proposed SOPA blackout before full blackout and soft blackout were adequately differentiated, or because you expressed general support without specifying a preference. Please ensure that your voice is heard by clarifying your position accordingly.

Thank you.

Message delivered as per request on ANI. -- The Helpful Bot 16:44, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

AE

I have provided a bulleted detailed response to Asad's accusations. I have also scanned and emailed the utilized sources to HJMitchell. He has suggested closure of the AE and asked that I voluntarily lay low for a few weeks and I have agreed. If you wish, I can email the sources to you as well or you may ask HJ to forward them to you. I would have responded sooner but normally do not edit over the weekend so I apologize for the delayed response. Thank you for your patience and understanding.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 06:25, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Fine by me; thank you for working out a solution. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 12:20, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome and thank you for listening.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 13:37, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

your revert of my edit to Capital J

Hi The Blade of the Northern Lights, can you please make another edit to Capital J. I'm all for removing sapm. However, your revert didn't include my fixes to the article. Thanks. Argolin (talk) 17:57, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, give me a minute and I'll fix it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:57, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks :-)

Thanks a lot ! --Tinpisa (talk) 18:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Kingfisher Calendar CSD nom

Hi, my apologies in re: the somewhat premature characterisation of Kingfisher Calendar as a candidate under WP's CSD. I appreciate this was mistaken on my part. Archaios (talk) 18:23, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the laugh...good to splash some humor in there... :) Petersontinam (talk) 04:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

As serious as I intended my comment to be, I confess I intentionally set that up. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

..and you made me laugh again! Petersontinam (talk) 05:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Glad I was able to lighten your evening. See you around! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Asked, and answered..

A question was asked. I answered the question. It's inappropriate, IMHO, to delete my answer, but not the question.. SOPA supporter (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

こんにちは、お元気ですか？

Hey there ! I saw you on the SOPA article, I work on the ISS most of the time, there is a Japanese module on the international space station, and I sometimes label diagrams in Japanese. My Japanese is no good at all !!! I would love to occasionally post things on your talkpage for your opinion, if that is cool with you. I do things like this so far, but it's the more complex captioning I am getting into that would be cool to get a little help with now and then. Penyulap _talk 04:00, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing me!! I'd be more than happy to be of assistance however I can; I'm not exactly fluent in Japanese, but I know enough to be of some use. Let me know what I can do. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC) I usually go by informal Japanese, though either works for me; though I can do it, keigo is so much more work than it's worth.

Trouble brewing?

[5] [6] [7] EEng (talk) 08:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. I've had some e-mail contact with him, and without disclosing too much I said it would be a good idea to appeal his sanctions at AE first. I'm not quite sure what to do about this. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Block evasion?

Hi, you blocked User:BrownyCat a few days ago. Similar problematic edits are now coming from Special:Contributions/118.102.167.83, and the edit summaries of that IP are similar to those of BrownyCat (including the peculiar accusations that people might be "terrorists"). Is there anything that can be done about this? - Sitush (talk) 10:44, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a closer look when I can get in front of my computer (I'm on an iPhone now, should be a couple hours), but a cursory glance at it is definitely raising my suspicions. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:13, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I've looked, and they're similar enough that I'm blocking for a week; the disruptive editing from that IP alone is enough, but combined with looking almost identical to BrownyCat it's more than enough. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい)

OK. Thanks for looking into it. We'll see what happens in a week ... or perhaps sooner, if they have a bit of savvy re: IP hopping! - Sitush (talk) 19:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I know you guys who are fighting the good fight at WP:INDIA need admins willing to use their tools, so consider me one of them. I'm always more than happy to help. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:10, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks. I'd rather not have the fights in the first instance, though! I took a bit of a break this last week, in a vain attempt to get some peace and quiet. - Sitush (talk) 19:14, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

If you really want quiet, try editing some Burmese articles; outside of Aung San and his daughter, and leaders of the junta and government, I never see anyone touch those articles. When I need a moment like that, I edit Zoya Phan; no one besides me has made a significant edit to it since 2009. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:17, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Politics? Juntas? Meh ... the stuff of nightmares. Nice article, though. Are we still allowed to call it "Burma"? More seriously, if there is stuff in English then I might take a dive, although I will be completely honest and say that my current knowledge extends only as far as Burmese Days, George Orwell being one of my literary heroes. - Sitush (talk) 02:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, the article is still at Burma, and that's the politically neutral name (without giving a linguistics lesson, Burma is taken from a general term for the area while Myanmar is a contrived name to exlplicitly discriminate against non-ethnic Burmese; not terribly different from the Russians renaming Belarus Byelorussia). If you want a good starting point, check out the 2010 version of Freedom from Fear; it's primarily dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi, but there's also an extensive study comparing colonial India to colonial Burma. The other name, which will also be very helpful for India pursuits, is Michael Aris; he was Suu's husband, and wrote a lot about Burma in between writing the book on modern-day Bhutan and northern India (mostly Ladakh) while teaching at Oxford. It should be easier for you to get his work; here in the US, it was decidedly an adventure. I'm also trying (and miserably failing so far) to find something abou Zoya's father and sister as well. If it were possible, for grad school I'd probably study the history of the Karen people, but it's far too unsafe there and there's no good way to learn Karen in the US, so instead I intend to study Ainu history instead (who are in the rather unique position of being repressed but no one caring at all; they're even harder to find English sources for). But I'm perfectly content to write about Burma here instead. Hope I didn't bore you too much. Good reading, by the way; my favorite fiction writer is HP Lovecraft (he's from New England, my region of the US), but I always liked Orwell. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:29, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Involved in I/P?

Hello, I have noticed that you commented in WP:AE on severalWP:ARBPIA cases in uninvolved section .I noticed that some of you edits in the past [8] may indicate that you does involved. Moreover this comment is troublesome too [9] as what happened during Palestinian exodus is not compared to what happened in Rwanda or Darfur also its highly debated among the historians contrary to other cases.It would be best in my opinion that you will not comment on those cases even if you think you truly not involved.--Shrike (talk) 13:57, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

The first diff is from 2010. It has nothing to do with I/P involvement, it was standard NPP cleanup, and the editor who created that page was blocked as a sock of a banned user. As to the second, it was a username block of a username reported to UAA; it was purely procedural, as the username was clearly problematic (and was an obvious sock of User:Nbaka is a joke), it has nothing to do with my personal opinion on I/P topics. I don't consider myself involved; if you really want to pursue it, you can start an AN thread, but I doubt you'll get the result you're looking for. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:20, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't really matter you statements in edit summary that you clean some POV make you involved.--Shrike (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

One edit from a year and a half ago doesn't constitute involvement, in my mind. If you disagree, take it here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:38, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Update: new user warning test results available

Hi WP:UWTEST member, we wanted to share a quick update on the status of the project. Here's the skinny:

1. We're happy to say we have a new round of testing results available! Since there are tests on several Wikipedias, we're collecting all results at the project page on Meta. We've also now got some help from Wikimedia Foundation data analyst Ryan Faulkner, and should have more test results in the coming weeks.
2. Last but not least, check out the four tests currently running at the documentation page.

Thanks for your interest, and don't hesitate to drop by the talk page if you have a suggestion or question. Maryana (WMF) (talk) 19:19, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Eleventh hour AE comment

Thanks for your recent participation at the Arbitration Enforcement requests board. I see you commented there in your administrative capacity recently, concerning a request that I just discovered yesterday. I finally had time to complete a very careful analysis of the matter earlier today, and was wondering whether you'd please take a look at that (link/permalink) before you post any final opinion there? I'd be grateful for the favor. This same message is being posted to the talk page of every admin who expressed an opinion there, btw.  – OhioStandard (talk) 21:27, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I'll have a look now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:38, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

And responded there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:45, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I think you should look at consequent responses of other users to Ohiostandard comment to put it in context.Thank you.--Shrike (talk) 11:01, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I've read them over, and I'm trying to decide what to do with them. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 12:13, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Bishop J. D. Husband #2

That's alright, you don't have to restore it to my user space.--Tophthemetalbender (talk) 23:46, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

MMABot (talk · contribs) and BLP unsourced vs BLP sources

As the operator of MMABot (talk · contribs) I've noticed that you have frequently come behind it and changed {{BLP unsourced}} templates to {{BLP sources}} (Specifically in these cases: [10][11][12][13][14]). I believe I understand why you have made those changes. MMABot is flagging those articles as unsourced using the reasoning of item 10 here (basically there are no <ref> tags in the article). I wanted to get your input as to whether you believe MMABot is doing the correct thing or if MMABot should be adding a different template to those articles (perhaps {{No footnotes}} or {{inline citations}}). Thanks for your input (assuming you provide one ;). --TreyGeek (talk) 04:42, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

The consensus, as I know it, is that an article has to be completely unreferenced; links to their fight records would count as a reference. The best place to discuss it is WT:BLPPROD if you want to change that; truthfully, I'd like it to be changed, but the people who watch over that page tend to be somewhat inclusionist; perhaps some fresh blood there would be able to force some expansion. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Just to clarify, MMABot is approved by the WP:BAG to add the {{BLP unsourced}} template on an article lacking <ref> tags. It sounds as if you would agree with that if it weren't for WT:BLPPROD. Am I correct in my understanding?

If so, then it sounds like I need clarification from WT:BLPPROD on this issue. In my current state (take that however you want), I'm somewhat confused since WT:BLPPROD refers to the deletion of unsourced BLP articles and my Bot is simply flagging BLP articles as unsourced and is not requesting deletion of the article (I realize there is a very fine line there).

To be perfectly honest, at the moment, I'm more concerned about ensuring that my Bot is applying the correct template than starting a potentially controversial discussion (though I may be willing to do that at a later point). You have been the only person I have seen coming behind my Bot altering this template and that is why I've asked you about it. If you are okay with how my Bot has been behaving then that's fine. If you think there would be a better response from the Bot, I'd love to hear about it. If you want to punt to WT:BLPPROD that's fine too. --TreyGeek (talk) 05:23, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm fine with what your bot has been doing; it's picked up several ones that are completely unreferenced. It takes all of 10 seconds or so to change a tag, so it's not a big deal; any false positives are more than worth the correct tags. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:53, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. I just wanted to be sure there wasn't a better action. Thanks for your help. --TreyGeek (talk) 15:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

NPA

Since it seems that you are around, the last few edits by User:122.161.78.118 have been vs. WP:NPA, and even before that they had received valid warnings for other issues. But, yes, it is an IP. Is a short block warranted? Give them chance to cool down and read up on things? - Sitush (talk) 00:20, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

User;Favonian has stepped in - sorry to bother you. - Sitush (talk) 00:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem; that's probably what I would have done had I got there first. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

My turn to take a break. Dunno how long it will last, but I need to wean myself off the Wikidrug. You know how to get me if you need. Keep the wheels turning mate! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:10, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

List of punk rock bands, 0–K

When you added the protection template, somehow a lot of the actual content was removed. I can't fix this myself, as the page is fully protected. ─═Klilidiplomus █ Talk═─ 19:41, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Twinkle barfed at me, let me see if I can fix it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

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Add my Username

Hello, Blade. Nice to meet you after a long time again. Can you please add my username (Dipankan001) to here? This is because that I want to use Kissle to help me in New Page Patrolling. Thanking you, Dipankan001. Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 11:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

For a suggestion, I think Kissle is very powerful and good tool to patrol new pages. From General look to simplicity, and for putting maintenance tags on to a article- It's very easy. You can also, nominate for PROD or AFD's. It's a perfect match if you are not patrolling along with deletion. There's a huge collection of maintenance tags. Also, it shows the edit count, user groups and user names of users who have created the article. I would recommend Kissle for you; by the overall judgement. I don't think Kissle would fit an admin if he's on the way for making deletions while patrolling- It's for NPP, but has no deletion links for admins. Thanks for putting my name in the list. Sincerely, Dipankan001. Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 15:59, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

User SILICON-POWER

You blocked this user a bit back for creating inappropriate (primarily NFF) movie pages. He is up to it again. Perhaps another firm warning or block? Gaijin42 (talk) 05:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Indeffed now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

/* A barnstar for you! */

		The Real Life Barnstar
		I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, Blade, with the Real Life Barnstar for your excellent lightning talk about new page patrol; I participate when in the mood and it can be trying! I do appreciate your efforts and thanks for sharing your work! SarahStierch (talk) 20:18, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow, that was a 5 minute turnaround time. I'm impressed, thanks. Now get out there and do some patrolling!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Demonstration

Just demonstrating the Orange Bar of Doom to a few new users. Hall of Jade (お話しになります) 00:03, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for being the comic relief at WP:NYC today. I had a good laugh with you about some of the vandals and other assorted idiots.

Bearian (talk) 02:36, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!! You were a pleasure to talk to as well; I look forward to seeing you again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Ashu1997

You commented last time. He seems to be causing the exact same problems as last time.—Ryulong (竜龙) 09:20, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Blocked until the user can show some shred of understanding of what he's doing wrong. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:41, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Joe Rush

I have dePRODded this. Since you PRODded it, another user has added references which seem to me to be enough for notability. Feel free to take it to AfD if you disagree. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage

Hi, thanks for dealing with requests for AWB access, however, when you do add users to the checkpage, can you make sure you include their username(s) in your edit summary please? It just makes it much easier when searching the edit history to see when a user was added. Thanks - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 19:10, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Will do going forward. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:16, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Emad hajjaj

I tagged this around three hours ago as a copyvio. The person is notable and I have written a stub to replace the article once deleted, any chance you can delete the copyvio version so I can recreate a non copyvio one please? Darkness Shines (talk) 00:43, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that, been waiting ages :o) Darkness Shines (talk) 01:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your excellent admin works!!! Dipankan In the woods? 12:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Jesse VenBrux is the creator of Karoshi

Please see Wikipedia article on Karoshi, you will see "Jesse Venbrux" mentioned in the "media attention" part of the article. Also, his name is also in [They need to be Fed] article and also in the Karoshi (game) article How can you deny an article for a man who has literally been mentioned 3 times in other wikipedia aricles? Probably, you haven't played his games. Try this browser version of Karoshi then click here to play Karoshi Could you please un-delete that article — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickKartha (talk • contribs) 03:37, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

As you were kind enough to offer your thoughts on the above article back in January, I would appreciate your opinion of teh recent changes to the article, especially the external links. More background is at Talk:Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab#POV again. Thank you and regards. ClaretAsh 09:02, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to drop in sometime today when I can get a few minutes. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:16, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Slow burn war

Any suggestions regarding how best to handle a slow burn edit war at Rajus. I did warn the IP - User_talk:2.124.113.148 - a few days ago but they're just made the same edit yet again, and it is completely unsourced caste bleugh. - Sitush (talk) 20:43, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll look it over in more detail when I get he, but I'd be inclined to semi it for a while. I don't think much good will come from anon/new accounts editing there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:46, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I've looked at it, and the IP has been edit warring for long enough that I've blocked it for 24 hours. If more start popping up, or this one resumes it upon returning from his block, let me know and I'll semi it for a week. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:11, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks very much. - Sitush (talk) 09:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Evolution as fact and theory

Hi-- I've added a few comments to the talkpage for this article, and invite you to take a look. Thanks. Milkunderwood (talk) 19:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Pyne

Tom Pyne is not an unreferenced BLP as he passed away in November 2011. --LauraHale (talk) 12:25, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Didn't see that in the article; thanks. I'll strike that, but the rest of my rationale stands. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:36, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Kushwaha block

Thanks for the use of clue. I'll wait for the socks to come out of the drawer now! - Sitush (talk) 16:28, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

They won't exactly be hard to find, but It'll still be annoying. I'm deliberately heavy-handed in this area because I don't want the actually productive editors driven away; hopefully it helps. Let me know when the quacking starts. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:35, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, will do. I for one have no intention of being driven away but it does become a bit dis-spiriting at times &, yes, there were one or two occasion last year when I came very close to throwing the towel in. - Sitush (talk) 17:00, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

This is something of a technical question and the answer may well be lost in the depths of time, in which case "no worries". As I understand things, block enforcement messages that are current should remain on a user's talk page. Purely on the basis of that, this edit is wrong. I am not going to do anything about it because it just stirs up unnecessary aggravation ... but the technical issue is why the heck does it matter? I mean, we have a block log and it is clear from that whether someone is or is not blocked; and we have a talk page history that can retrieve the full notice, complete with any commentary given by the blocking admin and/or subsequent contributors. I understand that there is a need to retain the notice in the event that the user wants to appeal but if they choose to remove the notice then all that means is that their appeal will not be flagged. Otherwise the concept appears to be redundant. Am I missing something? - Sitush (talk) 00:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Different admins have different views on this; my feeling is that it's not worth fighting over until/unless he starts making unblock requests; that way, the reviewing admin will be able to see without hunting around for a rationale. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. That rather matches my take on things. Perhaps the guideline needs to be clarified but, hey, I have enough crap to deal with already! - Sitush (talk) 01:52, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I screwed up...

This edit here might help explain why the editor was so confused and requesting unblock. Just wanted to stop by and let you know as you sat in on an appeal. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:19, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:38, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

An editor removed your tag

I put a warning on editor User:Kennvido's talk page about adding OR into an article that I contribute. I then looked at his history and found he created an article Patti Sacks which to me it definitely should be deleted. Then I noticed you had already tagged it this way, but the editor removed it. I thought I should tell you about this before I did anything myself. BashBrannigan (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Rajus - IP block

You blocked User:2.124.113.148 a few days ago for edit warring at Rajus. They have returned with exactly the same stuff. I admit that they are now - at the "last minute" of 3RR - talking about it but their basis is an unattributed and seemingly primary source. I have amended their edit at Talk:Rajus because of the swamping nature of the source. What do we do? WP:AN has just seen an enaction of sanctions but I am loathe to come down too hard, so soon. - Sitush (talk) 01:37, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't want to swing the banhammer just yet either. Sometime tomorrow morning, when I'm thinking a bit straighter, I'll leave them a personalized message telling them to tone it down and stop bombarding the article and talkpage with stream of consciousness commentary; not sure what effect, if any, it will have, but it's worth a try. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:41, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

They are continuing to talk, which is good news. The fact that their comments make little sense and appear likely to be in contradiction to our content policies doesn't matter all that much provided that they do not become frustrated and resort to warring once more. So, no worries for now. - Sitush (talk) 10:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Cancel the above. They are back warring over unsourced content, including items that featured prior to their block of a few days ago. Is semi-protection worth considering? For a week, say, but with a review if they do in fact come up with acceptable sources before that time is up? - Sitush (talk) 11:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

I'll semi it for a week and see if that can stave off blocking for the time being; we'll see what happens. I'll keep an eye on the article and talkpage as well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:37, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Kushwaha block evasion

I am pretty sure that HistoryofKushwaha is now evading the block as an IP. The writing style and the questions being posed, including a request of contact details similar to a prior request to sort things out by email, makes this likely. I don't think that SPI can do anything because they will not link IPs to usernames. - Sitush (talk) 09:17, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Close enough for me. I'll block it now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:47, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at this and the matter in the preceding thread above. I am sorry to keep dragging you into these things but in both these cases you are the person who best knows the background. - Sitush (talk) 13:50, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; in a strange way, I find it somewhat entertaining, and I've learned a lot in the process. It's a very interesting subject, and I'm always eager to learn more. Always happy to help. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:56, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 February 2012

2.124.113.148 (talk) 18:40, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Ummmm... what? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

AE notifications

Hi Blade. Could you tell me: at what stage is it generally permissible to notify users of discretionary sanctions? Nightw 04:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

The general guideline is to notify someone who's new to the area if/when they run afoul of whatever sanctions are in place. With IPs, you can play looser with it, especially in areas that have had problems with anonymous editors; that can sometimes head things off at the pass. But with users who aren't brand new, typically people wait until they start making a mess of things first; ideally, it's supposed to used as a preventative measure so whoever it is can correct their editing patterns. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:54, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay, thanks that makes sense. The reason I ask is that I was dealing with a new user who's editing exclusively within 1RR areas. S/he didn't know about the restrictions I guess and reverted twice within a few hours on the same article. Given that the user was brand new and wasn't really aware of the restrictions, I pointed them out and left it there. But for the future, were you not an admin, would you ask for such a user to be formally notified on the first strike—as you say it's meant to be preventative—or wait until it becomes more serious? Or would it depend on other things (general behaviour, attitude, etc)?

Sorry for all the questions! Nightw 17:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem; better you learn now before botching something and getting thrown to the wolves at ANI. It does somewhat depend on what their behavior has been; someone who's genuinely trying to help and accidentally reverted twice in 23:58 hours should generally be given a little more leeway than a brand new, tendentious SPA. But you do want to let people know fairly quickly, so that new good-faith editors know what to do and tendentious editors have the warning on their record (makes it much easier for admins to sanction them). So generally, you want to warn people for strike 1, but make sure it's actually preventative. I've seen you around here and there, and based on what I've seen I think your discretion will suffice. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Blade. That's extremely helpful. Nightw 05:36, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Glad to be of assistance. Don't hesitate to ask me if you ever have a question. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

HistoryofKushwaha evading again?

See this. This is the third IP that it seems HistoryofKushwaha has used since their user account was blocked. The others were User:116.202.167.212 and User:116.203.72.55, both of which were also blocked. - Sitush (talk) 17:29, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Whacked. If this keeps up, I'll see if I can find someone who knows how to do rangeblocks and see if they can do anything about it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:42, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

The problem is that those three IPs are part of two different ranges, so there would need to be multiple rangeblocks and possibly quite a large amount of collateral damage. IP #1 is on 116.202.164.0/22 and IPs #2 and #3 are on 116.203.64.0/22. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:53, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

We'll just have to grind them down and keep protection on the article. To my mind, it is definitely the same person. - Sitush (talk) 17:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

If it gets really bad, we can semi-protect the talkpage as well; it rarely gets that far, but I've seen it happen before (Talk:Jim Bell was one such example). Why do these blind POV pushers always have to be on dynamic, shifting IP ranges that constantly change? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:01, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Because all the ones on static IPs get IP-blocked for months at a time until they go away. =) Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

True, I suppose. Oh well, as a kid I used to enjoy playing whack-a-mole at arcades when they still existed around here, so I'll try to think of it in those terms. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		I just wanted to register my esteem for the work you're doing at AE. It's not an easy or pleasant area to work in, especially for a relatively new admin, but maintaining (and sometimes enforcing) decorum in some of the most toxic areas of the encyclopaedia is valuable work. I hope you'll continue to contribute there, because I'm a great believer that the more admins who comment on a request, the fairer and more transparent it appears to be, and thus the more legitimate it is. This might be the only thanks you get, but I thought you deserved some sort of acknowledgement. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:19, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I've read in many places that AE needed some more help, so I figured I'd try it. One can't get more toxic than some of the places I've dealt with the WMF in, so this hasn't been too horrible in comparison. Thanks again, see you around!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the message

It's appreciated. I do think the editor has a point and I think mine is even worse from their POV than yours. When I first came here I decided to put very little on the page as I didn't want to make public too much about me - especially as given that my most recent job was in defence and I couldn't write much about that and I didn't really want to say too much on what I was doing then as that would have required mentioning my academic qualifications and I think these have little, if any, bearing at wikipedia (well apart from the fact that, being an academic, I often have easy access to academic sources). As, at that time, I didn't have much to write about what I did at wikipedia it remained largely blank. It's probably remained that way too long! I don't think I'll ever have a verbose user page but I do intend to put a bit up about what I do here. Of course I'm now in the slightly awkward position of not wanting to prejudge the RfA going either way but at the same time don't want to write a user page that will need to be changed shortly. Oh well there is some stuff I can add to it in the meantime. Dpmuk (talk) 06:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Last comment, hopefully

Hopefully, this is the last comment I waste my time on in the AE forum over the recent case.[15]
-- Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 11:36, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I've done some digging and found the source for my personal confusion regarding the seeming merits of the case -- here.

With respect, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 13:48, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear The Blade of the Northern Lights,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 21:42, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

So...

...tell us how you really feel. ;) Drmies (talk) 21:03, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Too bad a sock got that username first; it is pretty cool. If a new user wanted it, I don't think the crats would mind moving it to something else. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:05, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Problematic contributor - Austereraj

You are going to have to bear with me on this one. Austereraj is a lawyer who operates Smt. Shanti Devi Law College and a legal clinic therein. His name is Dr Raj Kumar Yadav, per his user page. I have been reverting virtually every contribution that he has made for months now because it is in almost every instance self-promotional or designed to benefit his relatives. Aside from his poor edits to the college article, he has also created multiple autobiographical articles, all of which have been deleted except (perhaps) the one that he did today - Dr. Raj Kumar Yadav (Dhamana) - which is now at CSD A7.

On top of those issues, he also has a habit of adding linkspam such as this, and of creating container articles for his business, the most recent examples of which is Saharanwas (I have deleted the bilge from it). He also promotes his college in lists, eg: here.

He has recently turned his user page into a CV here and has in the past done the same with his talk page.

Worse, he has frequently engaged in socking and anon IPs at the college article, and has used the user pages of the socks for promotion. There is a SPI at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Austereraj/Archive but he has actually been doing this crap since around October of last year with, eg, User:Ssdlcrewari (blocked after a report to UAA).

How much more of this crap do we have to take? Each time someone looks at it, it is a different admin from last time and the dots are not getting joined up. He never communicates but has in the past blanked his talk page. - Sitush (talk) 07:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm blocking this user indefinitely now. To head things off, I'll indefinitely semi-protect Smt. Shanti Devi Law College and Saharanwas and see if, at the very least, that makes it a bit harder for him. I'll also salt Dr. Raj Kumar Yadav (Dhamana) (really, even if there was a legitimate article to be written about him, it certainly wouldn't stay there). I have no good faith for people who try to spam about themselves like that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:13, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, thank you, thank you. So much. Perhaps this one can at last be put to bed. I did in fact manage to expand his Saharanwas village article from an unsourced two sentence job (after removal of his promotion etc) into something that by the standards of Indian village content here is actually not bad. And, yes, I did link to his law college article, since it is in that village. Doubtless he will try socking etc but the semi-pp should do the trick because - PhD or no PhD - he doesn't appear to be that clever when it comes to Wikipedia. - Sitush (talk) 15:37, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I've seen a lot worse in Indian village articles (I just indefinitely semi'd Malhoo in Pakistan, that would have been amusing if I didn't have to clean it out). Anyways, glad to help. I just remembered I had to replace his userpage with a {{indef}}, so I'll do that, and may the whack-a-mole game begin. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:41, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Dane Boe

Y U DELETE MY SUBPAGE?

It was a legitimate, true thing, it wasn't finished for lack of references, and it was in my namespace!

ObiwanLostToBarney (talk) 12:40, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Prod

You really should have checked Lian Tanner in Worldcat before prodding. When its something like this, it's easy to verify. & the awards would indicate notability , though more refs need to be added for them. DGG ( talk ) 19:03, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, mea culpa. Will check more carefully going forward; that was a pretty clear misfire. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)