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Hi Yunshui, you've always been my 'go to guy' for general type queries so here I am back again! I removed an external link from An Account of Corsica [1] and also from James Boswell [2]. I hadn't been sure if I was doing the right thing and had given it some thought before deciding to remove them - my final reasoning was that they were already accessible via archive.org and I also had [slight] reservations about a COI due to the user name; however, the site doesn't appear to have advertising etc. I've received an email from the user and he says: " ... I can appreciate that you want to avoid duplicate links in Wikipedia, but I'd also like to point out that these two online versions of the same book are actually of two different editions (the 2nd. from 1768 and the 3rd. from 1769) and that there may well be textual differences between them. The formats of the two web versions are also very different, and different readers may prefer one or the other. For instance, the version at diquadeimonti.com contains a hypertext table of contents and three different resolutions of the map (up to 5274 * 3328 pixels), and may be considered more user-friendly by some readers. ... ". Have I been a little harsh in removing the external link? I don't have a problem doing a self revert if I have, I just wondered what your thoughts were? SagaciousPhil - Chat 09:29, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Sagaciousphiil, nice to hear from you again. I think you were right on both counts, here: WP:ELPOINTS#3 states that "Links... should be kept to a minimum"; there is no need to provide links to multiple editions of a work. We aren't particularly interested in making assumptions about what readers may or may not find useful in an external link, nor which edition they might prefer - there is a link to a legally distributed copy of the work, and that's all we require. I'd therefore agree with your assessment; there is no need for the Diquadeimonti link, and adding it is in fact actively discouraged by our policy on external links. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:45, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you - very much appreciated (as always!). SagaciousPhil - Chat 09:52, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

OK, SagaciousPhil and Yunshui, I bow to your better judgement. It's Wikipedia's loss (albeit a very small one), not mine! Diquadeimonti (talk) 12:44, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcometomyass

He better put in for a username change as soon as gets the chance. Daniel Case (talk) 17:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345

Hi Yunshui

My name is Jinelle Chang and I am a student in BIOL 345. I am currently a 3rd year kinesiology student! Looking forward to navigating around Wiki.

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by JinelleC09 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Biol 345 Luke Kho

Hi Yunshui

My name is Jung-Wook Luke Kho and I'm a 3rd year biology student. I am a little bit worried about this course so I'm looking forward for your help. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thelukkolukko (talk • contribs) 20:39, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345 greetings

Hello Yunshui,

Thank you for lending your time to our class! It will certainly help us as we expand the wealth of knowledge found on Wikipedia.

Geoffreymckendry2243 (talk) 21:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

BIO345 Hello!

Hi Yunshui, I look forward to learning how to navigate this wiki-world. Thanks for supporting us through the process :) Lauraje (talk) 01:41, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi from UBC BIOL 345

Even more hellos from UBC BIOL 345! Thank you for being our ambassador! :)

Karolina7 (talk) 01:52, 14 January 2014 (UTC)Karolina7

Biology 345

Hello Yunshui, My name is Courtney Koroluk. I am a student in biology 345 at UBC. Thank you for taking the time to be our ambassador. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korolukc (talk • contribs) 02:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

UBC BIOL 345

Greetings from UBC in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This is Dominique. Thanks for helping us out.Dga279 (talk) 06:24, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345

Hi Yunshui

I am new to Wikipedia and I am in BIOL 345 at UBC! I look forward for your guidance and help for our upcoming project!

Talk to you soon Fcheng62 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:36, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for the help and clearing up the misunderstanding! Legibusmaximus (talk) 08:54, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome, thanks for the beer. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review request

Hi Yunshui,

I am an online volunteer. Pl check if the article in my sandbox ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Castroregu/sandbox/medindia )is a valid article and is acceptable to wiki. It has been in my sandbox for over a month now. Thnxs for your help - Castro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Castroregu (talk • contribs) 09:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd suggest removing the bit about apps unless you can source it to a reference that isn't a download site, and find a source for the first sentence. Other than that, it looks okay - so okay, in fact, that I've moved it to mainspace (you'd need an admin to do that anyway, since the title was protected). You can find it and continue working on it at Medindia. Good job! Yunshui 雲‍水 10:09, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

User talk:Bawabat Makkah Company

I don't know if you've looked back at that one, but I've reached the end of my tether on him. I can't see a clearer way of explaining things to him than the way the three of us have. I'm giving up... Peridon (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Like banging one's face against a brick wall. Thankfully, it appears that he has also given up (leastways his last unblock promised to be his last). You did a sterling job of explaining things, but sometimes the language/competence barrier just can't be vaulted... Yunshui 雲‍水 15:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I do get practice - things like explaining to a Latvian who spoke little English what 'lawyer' meant (using my hands - don't ask...). PS You don't say in your AboutMe that you get itchy when you see mistakes on other sites and can't correct them. I do, but that might be the proof-reader in me. (When I was 12, I read The Count of Monte Cristo in a rather literal translation, and managed to find three typos in it...) Peridon (talk) 15:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

There are other websites?

Also, how on Earth did you manage to convey hand signals in wikimarkup? Yunshui 雲‍水 15:34, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

No, it would have been easy online (Google Translate). This was face to face. If it happens again (or similar), I must remember that I've now got Google Translate available on both my phones.... <8-) Peridon (talk) 16:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello from BIOL 345 (UBC)

Hey Yunshui, my name is Carlo and i can't wait to work with you this semester! Thanks for being our ambassador. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerdreyes (talk • contribs) 17:45, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Greetings

Hello Yunshui, thank you for all of the great work you do for Wikipedia. The University of British Columbia thanks you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamberson510 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Yunshui! Thanks for being our ambassador! - charlizeriza

Hi Yunshui I am a student in BIOL 345 at UBC. Nice to meet you. -andy2513 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andy2513 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

UBC Bio 345

Hey Yunshui, My name is Ali Fredrikson. I'm taking ubc bio 345. I'll probably be talking to you often because wikipedia is more complicated than I thought.Acfredrikson (talk) 21:08, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345

Hi Yunshui,

My name is Justin and I am a student in the BIOL 345 course at UBC. Thank you in advance for your guidance in our projects and for being our ambassador. JThandi10 (talk) 21:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345 Introduction

Hi Yunshui, Thank you for being our Ambassador! Can't wait to work with you more this semester :)

Nerdreyes (talk) 21:25, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Cheers --Kaylerz (talk) 17:36, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi from Robyn BIOL 345

Hi, I'm a UBC student of Rosie Redfield's Biology 345 class. Thank you for being our ambassador.Robyn001 (talk) 21:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Biol. 345

Hi Yunshui, I am a student in Biol.345 at UBC and I am looking forward to starting this Wikipedia page project. Andrewha91 (talk) 21:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Yunshui - thanks for sending my students such helpful messages. Nikkimaria has offered to be our Campus Ambassador (we're so lucky); she's going to talk to the class next week about using sandboxes and the editing/approval process. I've left a message on the talk page for WikiProjectVancouver, asking their advice on what's needed. And now I'm going to edit our course page so it accurately reflects what we will be doing. Rosieredfield (talk) 23:41, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

You are lucky indeed; Nikki's hugely competent - having her on site will make your job (and mine, actually!) substantially easier. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:34, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Unblock request of Yoshi24517

Hello Yunshui. Yoshi24517 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, AdmrBoltz 18:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Am I the only one who thinks this guy would be fixed with Adopt-A-User? Unless he's playing a card of deceit he seems like he could be sent in the right direction with a helping hand. MM (Report findings) ^{(Past espionage)} 19:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps, but you can't force a horse to drink the water you've led them to; replying "I hate you all" to people who are trying to (more or less gently) help you doesn't bode well for receptiveness of further help... It's probably worth a shot, though. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

He's admitted in his unblock req that he has anger issues. If you got him to stick that on his user page it might help him in the future. MM (Report findings) ^{(Past espionage)} 19:26, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Eeeehhhhhh I dunno about that. The thing is more that Yoshi needs to understand that they have an anger issue, and to use that understanding as the first step to tempering his temper. The unblock request itself is a good sign of that. To be honest, (and this is now generally speaking; Yoshi's outbursts aren't all that bad) I'm not sure that saying "this user has anger issues" would make people who have been lashed out at feel any better about it, and it could be taken as a scarlet letter, which IMO we really need to cut down on in all cases. If Yoshi has taken the first step towards bridling their anger, then that's hopefully enough. Just my take on it, though. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:33, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Good point. I didn't think of it like that. MM (Report findings) ^{(Past espionage)} 19:40, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm only on a flying visit here so no time for an in depth review, but if another admin wants to take a chance on the guy then I'm cool with that. It would be nice to know what he thinks he did wrong, though; I blocked him for a laundry list of reasons, most of which his unblock request doesn't even mention. If you do decide to unblock, a recommendation of mentorship in some shape or form sounds like an extremely good idea. Cheers all, Yunshui 雲‍水 19:41, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I declined his block, as you are right, he hasn't really addressed the other concerns. I asked him to think it over and then come back after reflecting some and maybe then we can accept it with an adopt-a-user clause. --AdmrBoltz 20:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for accepting my article on Medindia. i'll continue my articles as mentioned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.218.72.249 (talk) 10:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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Spamfighter back, again, as SPAMfighter

Hi Yunshui
Just letting you know that Spamfighter, which you deleted last December 19 as a 'G4, re-creation (Deletion log here) after several prior deletions, is back again as SPAMfighter, which has also been deleted before here.
I don't know if this version is any different to the deleted ones. Regards & Happy New Year! 220 of ^Borg 00:37, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Cheers for letting me know. Although it's less promotional than some of the previous efforts it still suffers from the same notability issues, so I've taken it down. I don't think the user who created it is the same person as has done so previously, so I'm not going to take any action against them. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:59, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Request

Asking if you could restore the history user subpage for me: User:Moe Epsilon/Userpage Challenge. (You were chosen because you were actively the last administrator). Thanks for the help. Regards, — Moe Epsilon 13:07, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done, Moe Epsilon. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:08, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Regards, — Moe Epsilon 13:09, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Advertising

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising Adding a productname to one of many incomplete wiki lists is not advertising. it's neutral referencing. can you see our CAD at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-aided_design_editors ? I'm not gonna add it describing it as "the best CAD for AEC" (although it certainly is). Due to an ill-advised policy of wikipedia i will create a new username - but labeling our account as "advertising" is baseless prejudice. Just because someone smokes doesn't mean they are smoking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.209.180.8 (talk) 13:49, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

User:MesserliInformatikAG, I presume? The fact that you appear to have created a single-purpose account with the primary intent of adding your products to various listing is concerning, but the fact that you appear to believe this to be in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines is more concerning still. Your opinion on whether our policies are "ill-advised" or not is irrelevant - this is a private website, and if you want to edit here you will need to abide by its policies, whether you approve of them or not. Some further polices you will need to familiarise yourself with are WP:Source list (entries included in lists on Wikipedia must be based on reliable sources), COI (editors with a conflict of interest should not edit topics which pertain to that conflict of interest) and WP:NOTDIR (Wikipedia is not a business directory or catalogue). Yunshui 雲‍水 14:00, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Elyar Fox

Consider removing the no-longer-needed "create protection" from this page. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 16:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Not really necessary (since the page now exists, the create protection doesn't have any effect or appear anywhere - it's not even an option on the protection tab) but since you asked,  Done. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:34, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Request for assistance

Hello! I have a problem with an editor who keeps removing a legitimate template at Lajos Kossuth article. I've added Template:Refimprove because, as it can be easily seen, there are many paragraphs without any source. However, this editor removed it 4 times, without giving any valid reason (only "vandalism" and "rv vandalism'). The most confusing fact is that he added the same template at Avram Iancu article: [3], using my edit summary at Lajos Kossuth article ("many passages are unsourced"). 86.127.27.11 (talk) 09:05, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Given the range of IPs involved, the best I can do is to semi-protect the page - which does, of course, prevent you from editing it as well. I've done so; if you come up with any sources, please stick an {{edit request}} template on the talkpage and I'll add them for you. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for responding to helpme template

Thank you for responding to my queries. I want to clarify my queries a bit more.

By editing an image on commons I meant "Can I crop an image so as to get a closeup of the picture instead of downloading the image and croping it on my system and then re-uploading that picture.

My query about merging meant that sometimes back when I visited a museum, I created a page about the museum without thinking about the fact that the museum is a part of an organization that among other things host a museum. Now I would like to make a new page about the organisation Ghalib Academy and include the page Ghalib Museum, New Delhi as a subsection of that page.

Thank you as your answer about linking sub sections was more than satisfactory.

Anwaraj (talk) 10:46, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Well, the answer's no as far as the picture is concerned, you'll need to upload a modified version. You've got a couple of options with the museum article; personally I'd retain it, add a couple of sentences about it in the Ghalib Academy article, and use {{Main}} to direct interested parties to the article about the museum. If that doesn't appeal, other solutions would be to move the existing page on the museum to the title "Ghalib Academy" and then add text about the Academy's other operations (this is the easiest way to remove the page about the museum without losing the page history), or copy the text of the museum article (it's all your own work, bar a few minor formatting changes, so there's no copyright concern to worry about) into the new article and request deletion of the museum page with {{db-g7}}. You can also keep the existing page about the museum, but duplicate its text in the new article and add {{copied}} to the new article's talkpage. Lots of choices... Yunshui 雲‍水 12:20, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank You. Will try to do as suggested. Anwaraj (talk) 12:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

BTW, Anwaraj, you can crop an image without uploading a cropped version. The syntax is a bit tricky, but you can do this with the help of {{Annotated image}}. See its documentation here for more details. E.g. the File:Bust of Mirza Ghalib.JPG can be cropped to give:

Cropped Mirza Ghalib bust

Wow! Was looking for something like this only. Can you please give me a link where I can find more like this... Thank You
Anwaraj (talk) 14:03, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

@Anwaraj: You are most welcome. BTW it is me, User:Wamiq, who wrote this, if you didn't know (as it seems from your edit summary here). And I'm sorry I didn't understand what you meant by "give me a link where I can find more like this"... —ШαмıQ✍ @ 14:17, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Good call Wamiq; I hadn't thought of using image templates within Wikipedia to get the effect he wanted. As to "more like this", I'd guess Category:Graphic templates would probably be the obvious place to start. Yunshui 雲‍水 15:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

RevDel

I was eavesdropping at ANI, and regarding the RevDel, this edit still contains the revdel'd username in the edit summary. Also, while sleuthing, I noticed that user has a block template on his talk page but his block log is empty (maybe I can't see an underlying IP block or something). FYI. So I guess with the nature of this post, feel free to delete this from your talkpage once addressed. Rgrds. --64.85.216.191 (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Good spot, I've removed the edit summary for that revision. I think the lack of a block log entry may be due to the account now being globally locked, though it still shows in the Block User screen. Thanks for the assist. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:43, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your userpage

Hello Yunshui. Thanks for being so active in patrolling/deleting CSD tagged articles, I keep seeing your name in my watchlist which is grand. On another note: I was thinking of undusting and recreating my user page. I really liked yours, so I was thinking about creating a new one based off of yours (read: copying your source and modifying it). I just wanted to check whether you're okay with this. :) Cheers. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | ~ 09:42, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Sure, help yourself (though I nicked it myself from The Earwig). Yunshui 雲‍水 09:44, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Abuse of your Privileges.

All I did was launch an appeal and you pissed me off by turning off talk page access. What's your problem? Respond on my talk page because I can report you and get you banned. Etrata93 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Etrata93 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Best of luck with that. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

why u deletes peoples stuff

why did u delete endless sky of death — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.176.137 (talk) 14:05, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Because, as was noted on your userpage and in the deletion notice on the page, it was an article about a musical ensemble which did not credibly indicate the importance of the subject. You may want to read this essay for more information. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:08, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

CVU Training

Hello Yunshui,

Sorry If I am posting about the same thing again but I have some questions on this, first off I wish to have you as my trainer because you seem to be closest with my timezone and secondly I don't think you can as I have not reached 200 edits if you have any suggestions on what I could to get 200 so fast because I try to find pages to edit, infact I have edited one of Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai with quite alot of new information however not much else, any suggestions would be appreciated. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 16:36, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Mike. I'd certainly be happy to do some CVUA work with you, but you're right, you need to rack up your edit count a bit first. There are a few ways you can do this. The Contribution Team's backlogs list is a good place to start; it lists tons of pages which are tagged as needing attention. Deal with some of these and you can chalk up a whole bunch of mainspace edits. The Community Portal has a hefty to-do list, which might also give you some ideas. If anti-vandalism is your thing, you could try patrolling Recent changes; this is an excellent way to demonstrate that you can properly identify and fix vandalism (you might find it helpful to read through this essay first). Or just find a topic you're interested in and start working on it; good quality content is always welcome! Best of luck, and feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:34, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Yunshui, thank you for your response and I will do as you suggested as it seems to be very helpful advice, thanks once again. :) MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 15:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

The Vandal I reported

Hello Yunshui, thanks for blocking that vandal and responding to my report on him but he seems to be making foolish unblock requests now from what it seems. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 09:06, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Guess he won't be needing talkpage access anymore, then. As the blocking admin, I technically can't decline the appeal, though I'm tempted. However, I'm sure one of the other appeal monitors will get around to him before long. Thanks for letting me know. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:09, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

By the way, I see that edit count's marching upwards; good stuff. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:10, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes :) Thank you very much also it's because of that advice that it's going up, very soon I should reach 200 in no time. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 09:12, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

A brief history of my interactions with William

A brief history of my interactions with William

From memory, so please forgive if I don't get this exactly right.

• Some time ago, it came to my attention that William felt that there was a lot of admin abuse, and no one cared to do anything about it. I informed William that I took admin abuse seriously, and would look into allegations.
• Subsequently, William posted a few times to my talk page with allegations of abuse. I looked into them and unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) found them wanting.
• I tried to explain this to William. I haven't been contacted in some time. It would be speculation to guess why - one hopes it is because William no longer found any examples of abuse, although it is more likely he became convinced I wasn't supportive or eliminating abuse.

So I join the latest kerfuffle with a bit of history. I do not like overturning an admin block unless it is clearly wrong. IMO, this one is gray, and not warranted, but not so clearly out of bounds that it should be overturned immediately. My initial instincts (which must be good, because they matched yours) was to request that Orlady voluntarily remove the block. I made my request about the same time you did, although I was unaware of your request.

I'm frustrated that William is unwilling or unable to supply a cogent summary of the problem. I get dribs and drabs of it, and I am fairly certain William feels it should be obvious, but I feel like I am assembling a jigsaw puzzle, and wish he would lay out a clear timeline of what appended, and what was wrong. I think there's some umbrage at Nyttend for posts not made by Nyttend, but again, I see shadows. I do think the block is counter-productive, and hope we can sort this out, but it doesn't look encouraging.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:34, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

William agreed to my conditions for unblock, so the block should now be a moot issue.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:08, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

It's taken me far longer than I expected to get back to my computer this evening (and as it is, I'm only here briefly), so thank you for intervening. I see you've invested considerable time and effort explaining the situation, and your review of events seems to concur largely with mine. Kudos for stepping up and doing the necessary. Yunshui 雲‍水 22:56, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	This is for helping me start editing and doing something on Wikipedia and mainly for helping me get my Edits up as they have now reached 200. :) MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 22:04, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Finally glad to have hit those 200, infact I used abit of Twinkle in the process to assist against vandals, anyway I am available whenever you want today to start the CVU if it's ok with you. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 23:30, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Twinkling already? Good stuff. I'll knock together a CVUA page for you later today. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:56, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

(& thanks for the barnstar, too!) Yunshui 雲‍水 08:57, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Bucknell History of Ecology Ambassador

Hi Yunshui! I am a member of the History of Ecology class at Bucknell University and wanted to say thank you for being our ambassador on Wikipedia! I am excited to get the opportunity to work with you this semester and to experience and contribute to Wikipedia in a new way!

Lizziewalters (talk) 17:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Greetings from Bucknell University

Hi Yunshui, I just wanted to introduce myself before the semester gets fully underway! My name is Shane Kiefer and I am a senior at Bucknell University with the History of Ecology class. Thank you so much for helping us out as we learn the ropes of Wikipedia, and I am looking forward to interacting with you further as the semester goes on. Have a great day! Srk017 (talk) 17:48, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

History of Ecology

Hi Yunshui, My name is Grant Nissly, and I am a member of the History of Ecology class at Bucknell University. Thank you for offering to help our class learn more about Wikipedia. I look forward to working with you. Gtn001 (talk) 20:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC) Grant Nissly

Bucknell History of Ecology

Hello Yunshui!

My name is Eric Monfort and I am part of the History of Ecology class at Bucknell University. I just wanted to reach out and introduce myself and say thank you for electing to be our ambassador for our class! We greatly appreciate it and I look forward to working with you over the semester.

Emm031 (talk) 20:54, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Bucknell University History of Ecology

Hi Yunshui! My name is Mackenzie Glaze and I am a junior history major at Bucknell in the History of Ecology class. I just wanted to introduce myself and thank you for volunteering to help our class as most of us attempt to work with Wikipedia in this way for the first time. I look forward to working with you throughout the semester as I learn how to edit and eventually write my own article on Wikipedia. MackenzieGlaze (talk) 23:34, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

CVU

Hi! I am interested in beginning my training at CVU. You appear to be the best trainer for my time zone. Please tell me if you can be my trainer. Thanks! Roborule (talk) 13:52, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Looks as though I'm the only instructor for our timezone... I'm putting together a CVUA page for Mike (see above), so I'll create one for you while I'm at it. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:59, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

It appears that neither of you have actually reached the requisite edit count yet (it's 200+ edits to article mainspace, rather than 200+ edits in total), but I'm willing to make an exception to the guidelines: Mike's raring to go and will be fixing vandalism with or without guidance (so "with" would be preferable!), and in your case, the work you've done on your adoption school is evidence to me that you understand the basic workings of Wikipedia well enough. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

I posses reviewer rights, and I was wondering if I could use vandalism I come across while reviewing those pages on my CVU page as answers. Roborule (talk) 00:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

History of Ecology

Hi Yunshui- my name is Carly Downs and I am also a member of Bucknell's History of Ecology class. I wanted to say thank you for all of your help already, and that I am looking forward to learning more about writing and editing articles on Wikipedia. Ced015 (talk) 03:06, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia

Hi Yunshui,

My name is Octavio Canibe and I am currently enrolled in a History of Ecology course at Bucknell University. To say the truth, I am completely new to the world of Wikipedia. I look forward to better understanding Wikipedia and I would like to thank you for helping me along with my classmates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aoc001 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello Yunshui!

Hello Yunshui, my name is Aidan Leary, and I am a student in Professor Stuhl's History of Ecology course at Bucknell! I just thought I'd introduce myself and let you know that the class is looking forward to working with you this semester! Thank you for volunteering your time. Aleary1 (talk) 05:06, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Aidan

Bucknell History of Ecology

My name is Doug Kellermeyer and I am also a student of Professor Stuhl's History of Ecology course at Bucknell University. First and foremost I am excited to join the community of Wikipedia and am grateful for this opportunity. I would also like to thank you for volunteering to help oversee this course as I'm sure you're very busy. Thanks again Dwk014 (talk) 05:52, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Yunshui!

My name is Joe Tull and I am a member of Prof. Stuhl's History of Ecology course at Bucknell University. I am excited to join the Wikipedia community. I really appreciate that you are willing to assist our class as we focus on updating Wikipedia properly. I look forward to working with you again in the future as our class begins to make contributions to Wikipedia. Also, I actually have one quick question already if you would not mind answering. When I posted a response to Prof. Stuhl on my talk page, the text appeared in a box, but instead of starting a new line, the text just flowed out of the box in the same line and extended the page. It looks a bit ridiculous. Do you have any recommendations on how to fix this? Thanks again! Jjt022 (talk) 05:13, 4 February 2014 (UTC)Jjt022 Joe Tull

Hi Joe. There's an easy fix for that run-on message - you'll have started the line with a leading space, which throws off the software:

I'm guessing you saw something like this?

Instead of indenting by putting a space at the start of a new line, use a colon (or series of colons) instead - typing this:

:Some indented text

will give you this:

Some indented text.

Hope that helps. You might find the markup cheatsheet handy if you run into any other formatting oddities like this. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

History of Ecology

Hi Yunshui,

Thank you for reaching out to me earlier, as I am looking forward to working with you as well. I am excited to explore the history of ecology with you through the use of Wikipedia. Also, thanks again, for welcoming me to Wikipedia.

- Andrew — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewscutt (talk • contribs) 12:17, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

History of Ecology

Hello Yunshui! I am a student at Bucknell enrolled in the History of Ecology course. I am so excited to begin working on our Wikipedia page and am so grateful that you will be helping us improve our page! Thanks for your help! Dcbru (talk) 12:30, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Assistance request

Dear Yunshui,

Many thanks for your prompt reply as for the Novozymes article. I will be providing some suggestions as for improvement - in line with the guidelines on conflict of interest and out of respect for the importance of a neutral point of view - on the talk page soon; hope that you can be of assistance taking a look at these?

With many thanks, and kind regards,

--Fred at Novozymes (talk) 15:07, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

What to do with User_talk:121.218.97.41?

Hi Yunushi, you declined the Request for speedy deletion on User_talk:121.218.97.41 because it didnt matchthe criteria and I see that. However, this page seems not relevant anymore, as there is only one section from 2008 and the user which created it got banned meanwhile. Also this IP address hasn't been active since then. So what to do in such case? Regards, Frlgin (talk) 15:53, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Basically: nothing. If the IP is reassigned and a new user starts editing through it, they are at liberty to ignore the message and blank the page. If the IP doesn't get used again, Wikipedia loses nothing by having an extant talkpage for it. It's simply not worth bothering with. Yunshui 雲‍水 15:56, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Finished filling in my CVUA Page

Hello Yunshui, I'm not sure if I have to confirm this but incase I will, the last bit of the CVUA page has been filled and I can confirm they will be the final edits. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 16:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

74.104.159.130

I saw that you had temporary blocked 74.104.159.130 as block evasion by User:Magickirin in December so I thought I would let you know the IP is causing problems again. Cheers, Sepsis II (talk) 04:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

It seems pretty obvious from the edit history that MagicKirin is the only person editing from that address, so I've blocked it for three months. Thanks for letting me know. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:43, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Adoption request

Hi I am looking for an experienced Wikipedia to adopt me. I have checked several profiles and i think you are cool. Thanks in advance for accepting me.

Regards Masssly (talk) 16:47, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Masssly. Right at the moment I'm afraid I'm a bit cautious about taking on new adoptees, at least until I see how the classes I'm working with in the Wikipedia Education Program pan out. I suspect that they will require quite a considerable amount of my time, and I'm concerned that I won't be able to provide much support to an adoption program over the next couple of months. If you're happy to wait, or to work your way through my adoption school with only occasional input from me, then I'd be happy to oblige, but if you're after a more hands-on mentor in the immediate future then you might want to consider asking another adopter. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:54, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

I could do with occasional input from you as I work my way through. I do not expect to consume too much of your time. Thank you.

Masssly (talk) 15:46, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Help needed

Hello, Yunshui. I am currently in a dispute with another user (one that is quite rude and prejudice). The two pages are: Latin Europe (disambiguation page) and Latin peoples (article). Basically the user either deletes content, or adds templates such as Citation Needed (to the disambiguation page) and Original research and Incoherent (to the article) after I restore the content, which is fine, but I need some time to find proper sources. There are at least two other contributors that help with these pages (though I am not sure how active they are) so I am the only one, currently, that edits these pages. I usually prefer editing articles regarding Anthropology and Felinology, (I am currently contributing to articles relating to the Sakha Republic and Yakut/Sakha peoples and culture). I am rather new to Wikipedia and I am still learning the policies, so I would greatly appreciate your help/guidance. Afro-Eurasian (talk) 22:16, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

I see Mark has edit-protected the two articles to give you guys a chance to discuss the issues. Personally I don't think I'm likely to be especially helpful - I simply don't have the time at present to wade through the page histories and sources. I'd recommend, though, that you try officially requesting a third opinion, since you'll then get help from a neutral editor with (probably) some experience in dispute resolution. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Yunshui. I have tried to communicate with the other user, but he is difficult to discuss with (his English is also not the best, so I also feel that perhaps he doesn't fully understand me). A second user noticed that as well, and believes that he is just being difficult for the sake of being difficult. Hopefully a third opinion will help, although currently, from my understanding, there is a clear consensus between two other users and me, making it three against one. I appreciate your time and for the reply. Afro-Eurasian (talk) 18:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank You

Hi Yunshui! I am a student at Bucknell University working with my class, History of Ecology, on updating wikipedia for the first time. I would like to thank you for reaching out to my on my talk page and for helping my class as we learn the "ins and outs" so to speak of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JessicaCmaguire (talk • contribs) 19:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello!

Hey Yunshui. Thank you for your message on my talk page. I haven't checked my wikipedia page in a while, but now that I am finding all of these cool features it is definitely worth checking into more often. I am an economics student at Bucknell University, and I look forward to learning more about the history of ecology through my professor's guidance and your input.

Thanks for your help,

(Mrjohnson007 (talk) 19:40, 5 February 2014 (UTC))

History of Ecology at Bucknell University

Hi Yunshui! My name is Ashley Weir and I am also in History of Ecology at Bucknell. Thank you so much for your help guiding us through our course! I look forward to making contributions to Wikipedia. Ashleyweir (talk) 20:00, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you so much for all your assistance with the CVU and even for starting out on Wikipedia ! You are an amazing Administrator, mentor I could go on :) MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Ta very much; it was my pleasure. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:33, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Stefan Duncan page deleted

Dear Yunshui, I greatly appreciate the work you do. It is my life's mission to be an artist that has illuminated in someway a person's life with a painting. It is very important to me to have a good name and to promote my work. Please, when you have a moment, could you go into specifics of what caused my page to be deleted so that I correct them or obtain the information to have the page restored.

With respect, Stefan Duncan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:D100:FF00:8C07:62DF:20AB:DB3D (talk) 08:05, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I deleted the Wikipedia page about you (NB. not "your" page, and most definitely not a place for you to promote your work) because it had been copied verbatim from another website. However, a decision had previously been made that you did not meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, and it is the issues raised in that discussion which would need to be addressed before a page about you could be created. Yunshui 雲‍水 19:20, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Reviewer and Rollbacking Rights

Hello Yunshui, I was wondering if you have any advice on when I can apply for such rights, I wish to acquire them because I feel the rollbacking rights would allow me to use tools which are more advanced for anti-vandal work and Reviewer rights would just ease the process for me also as I tend to view pages which require reviewers, MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I would not advise applying for such rights at this time; see the email I've just sent you. Yunshui 雲‍水 19:21, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I am reading it right now, I am quite ridiculed on what I have read but I shall reply via e-mail on what I think. MikeTheEditor104 (talk) 19:34, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

You've got mail!

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User:Dontlike123

It's becoming more and more evident that Dontlike123 is either a troll if you are the type that always ABF or incompetent if you are the type that always AGF. Either way, I think the best way to deal with this is to just stop responding until the user decides to just answer the questions, if they refuse to do so, restricting talk page access and making them go through the ticketing system may be appropriate. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 21:32, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I find myself inclined to agree. Whether it's trolling or just plain incompetence, they've had all the help they're going to get from me. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:24, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Bucknell University History of Ecology

Hi Yunshui! I wanted to reach out and thank you for volunteering to be an ambassador for our History of Ecology class. I look forward to working with you and learning more about wikipedia and the process of editing and writing articles. I will be sure to go to you with any questions or concerns that I may have. Thank you again.

Eeb017 (talk) 21:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Good Morning

My article that you helped with is now cut down to 12 sentences with 21 citations. No idea if they're all acceptable on wiki. Someone in the Teahouse thought my statements needed even more backing.

On a personal note, I've been following London graffiti art for nearly 10 years. Looking through the list of UK street artists is like a fantasy league of media fostered conceptual stencil kids. Out of the lot, only Inkie is a capable painter and Sickboy beats them hands down as a slick entrepreneur. Cartrain is notable as a joke, more celebrity gossip fame, like his fake cat fight with Damien Hirst and the 'cannabis activism'. The best street artist in the UK in very many people's estimation is a guy called SNUG. His real name is Charlie something or other, English, ex fine art student now in his 30s. http://snugone.com/ Save this morsel for the next dinner party you attend, the moment you want to sound interesting, informed and factually accurate. I'm seriously considering him for my next wiki article. He painted at Meeting of Styles 2008, I have a clear shot of him on the scaffolding. Perhaps he'll approve it for upload to wiki commons.

Thanks again for all your help Graffitinucular (talk) 08:07, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

It looks pretty sound; certainly it's ready for mainspace. If I hadn't already done some work on it myself I'd review and pass it straightaway. The sourcing - well, it could be better in places, but there's enough there to pass the general requirements for notability, which is all you need. Nice work. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Cheers mate Graffitinucular (talk) 22:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Good Morning

My article that you helped with is now cut down to 12 sentences with 21 citations. No idea if they're all acceptable on wiki. Someone in the Teahouse thought my statements needed even more backing.

On a personal note, I've been following London graffiti art for nearly 10 years. Looking through the list of UK street artists is like a fantasy league of media fostered conceptual stencil kids. Out of the lot, only Inkie is a capable painter and Sickboy beats them hands down as a slick entrepreneur. Cartrain is notable as a joke, more celebrity gossip fame, like his fake cat fight with Damien Hirst and the 'cannabis activism'. The best street artist in the UK in very many people's estimation is a guy called SNUG. His real name is Charlie something or other, English, ex fine art student now in his 30s. http://snugone.com/ Save this morsel for the next dinner party you attend, the moment you want to sound interesting, informed and factually accurate. I'm seriously considering him for my next wiki article. He painted at Meeting of Styles 2008, I have a clear shot of him on the scaffolding. Perhaps he'll approve it for upload to wiki commons.

Thanks again for all your help Graffitinucular (talk) 08:07, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

It looks pretty sound; certainly it's ready for mainspace. If I hadn't already done some work on it myself I'd review and pass it straightaway. The sourcing - well, it could be better in places, but there's enough there to pass the general requirements for notability, which is all you need. Nice work. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Cheers mate Graffitinucular (talk) 22:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

BIOL 345 ECOLOGY PROJECT

Hi Yunshui,

My partner and I are currently looking to edit information on a current wiki page - however, we noticed there are multiple pages about the same topic (just under different names) with little information on each. We are considering consolidating all the information but wonder what would be the best strategy: would it be better to create a new page and put all the info on this one page OR just edit a current existing pages by adding new info. Just to keep in mind, we are very new to dealing with wikipedia and want to consider the route with least difficulty.

Thank you and feel free to visit my partners talk page Thelukkolukko to see our current progress.

Thanks!

Aabundo (talk) 21:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Aabundo. Having looked at the pages you propose to work on, I would suggest you try expanding the Mount Seymour Provincial Park page. It's currently rated as Start class (i.e. very basic) on the quality assessment scale, so you could try working to bring it up to B class or even Good Article status (have a look at the Good Article assessment criteria for the areas you'd need to develop). You could incorporate some information from the Mount Seymour page, but since that article is about the mountain itself I wouldn't recommend merging it into the park article.

For an example of a similar article with B or GA status, see Lake District (B) or Pindus National Park (GA) - these will give you some ideas for topic areas to cover, formatting, and suitable sources. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:08, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Your assistance please...

You deleted the article on Bowden Institution as an A7. Omar Khadr was recently reclassified as a medium security prisoner, and transferred to Bowden. I am working on a new version of the article, and I request you graft the previous revision history to it. Could you restore the talk page as well?

Thanks Geo Swan (talk) 20:30, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

I can't really see the point, given the paucity of the previous content, but since you asked -  Done. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:24, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree there is nothing worth keeping. I couldn't have known that for sure, until you restored it, so I appreciate that effort. Geo Swan (talk) 18:00, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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