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Continued changing of ref style across many articles, many years

Drmies, I just discovered that the article Mating of yeast had its long-established reference style changed by Boghog on 9 May from Last, First (Doe, John S.) to Vancouver (Doe JS), contrary to policy. He used to do this often on Evolutionary Biology articles some years ago, but when reverted and warned he stopped, ... I thought. It seems he's just moved on to other areas where I'm not active, and he is still doing it on one article after another. He uses the edit comment "consistent citation formatting" when he does this; a quick search for that in his last 500 edits reveals dozens and dozens of such edits – of course, many of them may be entirely correct and justifiable if Vancouver citations are already the established majority on those articles (as is likely in Medicine and Molecular Biology, for instance); but articles like 'Mating of yeast', Forensic entomology (25 April), and Sexual script theory (24 April), do not really fall into those categories. I suppose if one applies quick edits to a lot of medical articles it would be easy to overgeneralise and do the same on Biology articles too, regardless of established reference styles there. I've posted on the Talk:Mating of yeast page but it seems to me that something should be done. What would you advise? Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind casting your eyes over this LOUTSOCK. It's starting to be disruptive. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 21:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crikey! It's likely part of a much larger sock farm. The requested semi-protection will handle the current crop, and there is the no rush. I must be tired 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 22:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June music

story · music · places

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Vlaardingerbroek&diff=prev&oldid=1227311849 Myrealnamm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 00:12, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oh what, there's another one? Just as verbose? Drmies (talk) 00:13, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sigh...

User:UltimateMikeSawyers has pledged to evade their block using other accounts and VPNs on their unblock request (as well as call the administrators bitches, unreasonable, and foolish). I'm not sure if you can do anything about it, but it makes me shake my head when I'm wondering. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 06:01, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On a related note: I'm disappointed you didn't reply to "stop fucking trolling or I will report you to the wikipedia admins" with "I am the wikipedia admins", Doc. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 06:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:LilianaUwU, sorry, I missed this? And I missed an opportunity for a witty reply? Dang. Drmies (talk) 14:04, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I mean at least you denied recognition so that this guy wouldn't try to constantly annoy or threaten you. That's something on the plus side. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Challenging reverted re-directs

It's my understanding that if I boldly re-direct something and the re-direct is challenged, AfD is a reasonable next step. Am I doing this right? Introduction to Leadership Skills (Boy Scouts of America) Graywalls (talk) 02:55, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Before elevating to AfD, I would have suggested starting a discussion on the talk page, Talk:Introduction to Leadership Skills (Boy Scouts of America). --evrik (talk) 03:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:evrik, sure, but there's nothing wrong with the course of action Graywalls took. Community discussion etc. is great, but "Restoring deleted content" is totally not helpful. What you could have done is add the necessary secondary sourcing that proves notability before hitting revert--but the thing is, there likely is no secondary sourcing that proves notability for this by our standards, because it's such a programmatic, "internal" topic, appropriate for the organization's website but not for an encyclopedia. Drmies (talk) 15:42, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Going to the talk page would have shown good faith. --evrik (talk) 15:46, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        • That works both ways. BTW should I declare my COI here, Graywalls? Both my daughters went through this and subsequent trainings. ;) Drmies (talk) 16:02, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Carptrash

Could you take a look at what might be going on with Carptrash (talk · contribs)'s home IP, per his message on my talkpage? He says his home IP is blocked, but his account is not. Acroterion (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Weller and Spicy are asking around already. Acroterion (talk) 13:18, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK--thanks. I'm grading the first set of submissions for my summer class. It's very exciting. Drmies (talk) 15:05, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you need a change of pace, I have a contractor's 222-page door, frame and hardware submittal to review. Or the concrete product data, it's only 54 pages. Acroterion (talk) 15:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wut--that sounds even more boring. Can't you have AI do that for you? Drmies (talk) 16:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm just got my first AI-submission for the day, putting my total at 3 for this week, out of some 20 submissions. I guess that's not bad! Drmies (talk) 16:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, AI has not yet learned to coordinate lockset functions, kick plates, mop plates, wall thickness, access control, ballistic protection, sustainability codes, the International Building Code, and the Life Safety Code, not to mention the client's verbally-expressed wishes for particular details. Therefore, I have a job for the foreseeable future. But I can only imagine the despair of receiving AI-generated assignments. What do you do with them? Print them, set them on fire, and mail the student the ashes? Acroterion (talk) 18:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked by Drmies, which is why we're here. And why I'm editing at a friend's home. Carptrash (talk) 23:40, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No I just give em a zero on the assignment and tell em not to do it again. Second infraction is an F for the clash. I'm still at only 3, and I have 17 more to go, so that's not bad. Ballistic protection??? What business are you in? Drmies (talk) 02:25, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We do general architecture in civic, school, college/university, health care, and senior living markets. This one's a new police facility. But we're doing ballistic protection for a county treasurer's office too. People don't like to pay their taxes and sometime act up. The last courthouse we did had ballistic panels in the judges' benches. And it's a scary world when you have to think about somebody shooting up a school full of 5-10-year-olds. Acroterion (talk) 02:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just got number 4! Oh dear, yes. Metal detectors at my kid's middle school, I'm used to it by now, but I shouldn't be. Hey, let's have a beer. It's Friday, isn't it? Drmies (talk) 02:58, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another Koningsberger

If you have a moment, could you take a look at Google's translation of "Mijn geweten gebiedt mij hier met diepe smart en teleurstelling te gedenken de ontheffing uit de uitoefening van hun ambt van een aantal Nederlandse collega's, uitsluitend om reden van afkomst of geloof." at Victor Jacob Koningsberger to see if it jives? I cleaned it up, but it was suspiciously coherent for GT.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regular irritant

Hi Drmies, would you mind having a look at Pieinthesky1, who is making their habitual edits in the usual playgrounds?

@SomethingForDeletion: alerted me about this likely being a familiar sock repeating the same edits on Capital punishment for homosexuality. Ohnoitsjamie (talk · contribs) sorted the last (known) episode in March involving LGBT rights in the UAE. As you have often managed also, they were so fast they got rid of them before I'd even seen the disruption. Thought we'd lost them, but no such luck.

Anyway, looks very like the same old-same old, to me. AukusRuckus (talk) 08:31, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • AukusRuckus, I will, but next time please mention the sockmaster's name or link the SPI--you have no idea how forgetful I am, even though I know I blocked at least a dozen of this person's accounts. Drmies (talk) 16:35, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • What a dope I am; sorry about that. I knew I needed to include that, yet somehow missed actually, you know, doing it. So that's an example of my own high level of memory impairment (with less excuse, not having to field checkuser requests, etc., all the time). Anyway, thanks for your help – and patience. AukusRuckus (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • No problem, my friend--we're here to serve, but I'd serve better if I didn't forget these names so easily. And this one, of course, I spent plenty of time on. BTW I get the feeling he's expanding technically, so the alertness of people like you is getting more important. Drmies (talk) 13:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hmm, more adept at technical aspects ... with this level of unshakeable (and pathological) determination? Blech. Sigh. It looks as if they're not favouring us with even a brief respite this time round. IP 118.107.220.59, looks like Jacobkennedy – just restored the same edit as Pieinthesky1 last made to Legal system of the United Arab Emirates. May I call on your good offices once again to have a look? AukusRuckus (talk) 10:39, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
          • Yes you may! ;) Listen, just run for admin and do it yourself next time. Drmies (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
            • Haven't quite got around to running yet </no stamina></not tough enough> so wonder whether you'd look at this one-edit user: C alamy, who reverted my cleanup of Jk's sock edits on Template:LGBT rights table Asia. Was in two minds if they should be left alone ftm to waste their time cautiously accumulating ten edits – so they could get onto their target protected pages. Then I thought: I know an admin who knows what they're doing! AukusRuckus (talk) 13:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
              • You'll be pleased to know that I already did my morning exercises AND walked the dogs. Also, pugs? Pugs?? Also, yes, some technical skill was used, but what's most obvious about them is that they just want to be found, it's all about attention. Drmies (talk) 16:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you block me?

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.

This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages. Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong. The IP address or range <redacted> has been blocked by ‪Drmies‬ for the following reason(s): longterm vandalism This block will expire on 00:28, 6 June 2025. Your current IP address is <redacted>. Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors. For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful. Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked Carptrash (talk) 01:05, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a rangeblock, and the range in question has a good bit of vandalism coming from it. We can see if we can craft a couple of narrower ranges or figure out why you can't just log in and edit through the IP{ block - it's not you that's the problem. I'm removing your IP information for privacy, admins can still find it if needed. Acroterion (talk) 01:18, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks A. This coming after I lose the ability to sign on at home plus personal stuff like chemo have not put me in a very good space. Carptrash (talk) 22:23, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still hoping to get unblocked by you. Carptrash (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:EdJohnston, User:Spicy, you all had a look--do you know what's going on? Drmies (talk) 15:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of CUs have looked. There is a wide and very appropriate range block involved. It's an anon-only block though and should not impact Carptrash. -- ferret (talk) 15:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Ferret. I also believe that whatever is happening is not our doing, but I really wanted that to be made clear by (yet) another admin. Carptrash, I did not block you--no one did. Drmies (talk) 15:49, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry if I have been accusing you unfairly, but your name comes up as the one who blocked me. Carptrash (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hey User:Carptrash. Based on the IP you previously listed on this page (which has since been revdelled) you were running into an anon-only block. Such a block should not stop you from editing if you were just using your account, and not attempting to edit anonymously. If you have more questions you might send me Wikipedia email. EdJohnston (talk) 17:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am unable to sign on to my wikipedia account at home. I just et messages that are not helpful. Carptrash (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism at Binibining Pilipinas 2024

Hello @Drmies, would you mind having a look at @Editscontent2.9? This editor has been vandalizing the article Binibining Pilipinas 2024 by adding fake results and at Miss Universe 2024 by adding Miss Floptropica. This behavior has been going on since 2022 I believe. Allyriana000 (talk) 02:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sure but I need some specifics--diffs, reverts with solid explanations, talk page warnings. In this edit, you didn't give a reason. Not only is that not OK (you NEED to give a reason), but you also didn't warn the IP. Same here. Anyway, without those explanations and the attendant warnings, I have to figure out for myself what the problem is, and I am no expert in those articles. User:Ave maria 101, are you saying that they inserted a list of winners long before the contest was actually held? Drmies (talk) 16:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies for not giving a reason to one edit. The revert was due to the unnecessary changing of names into the shorter names. Allyriana000 (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I laughed madly!

Come @Drmies, you have instructed me to take Draft:Aroz Rai to FA. How do I start this one even. You are more than funny. Ah! Ok, there is no problem with that. What if I tell you about this: I have not wanted to tell Josh so that he won't join. I want to take one page to FA ASAP. Do you know the page I mean? this one. What do you think? Is it going to pass? Haha! 🤣🤣🤣. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 21:00, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Well, I thought I'd give you all a real challenge! Kylie turned that down. No, this page is not going to pass: too much unencyclopedic chatter! Srsly someone, I think someone there, maybe User:Novem Linguae, says it wasn't the hardest thing in the world, and I'm thinking I might want to try that with the thing I'm working on right now. But good luck with that influencer! ;) Drmies (talk) 21:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • That draft has every single reference red in my cite highlighter script. lol. I think picking the article is a pretty hard part of GA that I forgot to mention. Once you've found that perfect article that isn't wp:owned by anyone and that has plenty of books that aren't yet in the article, then you're in pretty good shape. –Novem Linguae (talk) 03:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Exactly. I just got one from AFC and will be working on it. Novem chill, seems Drmies wants to drag you to court. Why not prove him wrong even by beginning with that draft or let me find you related that you can take up to GA. I trust you will do good with them. 😂 Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 03:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    OH! Novem Linguae brought that upon himself. Maybe I will join you in tasking him. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 03:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Hi Drmies, I would appreciate it if you would not follow me around tracking my edits. In the past week, you have followed me to two pages on which you have never made an edit. Thank you in advance. – notwally (talk) 22:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Notwally, can I stalk you instead? I'm bored stalking Drmies.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:12, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, you or Drmies are free to stalk me, just maybe more subtly? I'm glad to see you are not retired anymore and are still out there fighting socks. – notwally (talk) 22:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Seriously, what makes you think that Drmies's editing two of the same pages you've edited (don't know which pages you're referring to) is "tracking" your edits? Drmies is an eclectic editor - he edits many pages, many topics. Maybe he reverted you? Is that's what upset you? Without knowing more, I just think your "request" is odd. But I'll bow out and let Drmies respond if he wishes to.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The most recent page was Carbon, but I assume Drmies started following me after a dispute on the talk page of user Microplastic Consumer about edits made to Sam Sloan, which I think Drmies needlessly escalated. That interaction seems to have gotten to him, because after I edited the carbon page today, he immediately "thanked" my edit, despite never having edited that page in the past. I don't think Drmies has ever reverted one of my edits. This is simply a case of one editor following another, and a request to have it stop. – notwally (talk) 22:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whoa, I just looked at the discussion on MC's Talk page. "needlessly excalated"? The only editor I see escalating anything is you. You're lucky to have escaped without sanctions.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sanctions for a single sockpuppet warning? Come on. I'll be the one to bow out from this conversation with you now. Clearly admins here need to find more useful work to do. Feel free to look into the sockpuppetry on that page. Drmies can respond if he wants, but it is entirely not necessary. – notwally (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the entertainment. I love useless work.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:10, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
notwally: dude. I watch Recent changes, all the time. I saw you make an edit, "rm excessive wikilinking" or something like that. I thanked you for it--I think you made two edits in the same article. You removed links around basic words, and that is what I also do, all the time, so I appreciate it. That's not stalking. But don't worry: I won't thank you anymore for good things you do and, honestly, when I clicked "thank" I had to remind myself who you were, because I'm so forgetful that I can barely hold a grudge. If you want to call my thanking you "following", well, I suppose you can interpret it that way. Drmies (talk) 16:24, 13 June 2024 (UTC) Ha, to prove my point, that wasn't even you, so I don't know what you mean off the top of my head, unless I go through your contributions--but that would be stalking, even though they are public, no? Drmies (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It looks to me like you did thank Wally for their edits to Carbon. Their second edit was at 21:57, and you thanked them at 21:58.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:46, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sheesh I'm getting fucking old. Thanks. Hey, I just went through the FAFSA/MPN process for federal loans for my kid. If you can send me $7000 a semester I won't have to do the PLUS loans, which I didn't even know existed. My brain is empty. So I thanked them huh? Nice of me! Drmies (talk) 18:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We just wrote a check to the U.S. State Department. I'm sure that will help. I've never thanked anyone - frankly, I think it's silly. But if we're going to have a thanks thing, we should also have a "you're welcome" thing and then a "not at all" thing and then a "don't even mention it" thing. All this civility on a platform where we can say fuck as much as we please. Maybe we should have a "fuck off" thing; as long as it's in a log, it doesn't count as a personal attack. There, now I'm in your boat: writing this has emptied my brain. I'll refill it later with the usual sawdust.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:30, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Drmies, if we don't have an issue, then that is great to hear. If I ever win the lottery, maybe I can help with the college bills. I guess until then you will have to rely on Bbb23. – notwally (talk) 18:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
notwally, I don't have an issue with you. I appreciate the financial support. Unfortunately Bbb can be relied on for lots of things, but money is not one of them--but watch them hit me up when I buy my house in France. Drmies (talk) 20:55, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I assumed all the admins here already had houses in France. Where else do you all plot what you are going to do to the rest of us? – notwally (talk) 21:04, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's just the admins on Commons, who get a percentage from Porntube from those auto-fellatio videos. The rest of us just eat our crickets and manifest thankfulness. Drmies (talk) 21:37, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll start spending more time on Commons then. – notwally (talk) 01:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cripes, I wish I'd kept my villa in Nice when I gave up my mop. Woulda been nice to have something aside from a huge ... book collection. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My very own castle. I particularly like the view from the tower, although the stairs are a killer. I'm running a special Spring sale if you're interested. I'm getting a bit tired of castle-hopping.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Why not try taking the stairs two at a time? I always do that when I see some steps (although it is a little hard). NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:50, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    First, these are stone stairs, so if you fall, it's not pretty. Second, it really is a tower, so the stairwell is circular, I suppose a gymnast might be able to do it, but... --Bbb23 (talk) 13:59, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh... I assumed it was regular stairs. :( NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, nvm. You're right about the spiral. I don't take the stairs two at a time on those. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 14:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Huh, my second choice was a bit more modern. Stone gets awfully cold, and those stairs look painful. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crisco that is SPECTACULAR. I'd never heard of it. I assume you wrote that up? Drmies (talk) 16:37, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it grew out of the Lovink article chain. Saw some pictures under the Roosenburgs, and I swear that must have been some castle. Countryside looks beautiful too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:43, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Answer

Not going to go into any detail... Google has the answers. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 10:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

England football/soccer team: Possible edit war

Hello Drmies, there is this user AnimeBatman who keeps reverting my edits to the "England national football team" article. Most people should think my edit to the right looks better than AnimeBatman's version to the left. I feel like an edit war is going to happen soon, and I want this page to look as good as possible for the Euros. Could you please block this user? Thanks, Nearly but not perfect (talk) 15:44, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • User:I'm not perfect but I'm almost, you're not going to like this, but that edit war is really already there, and if anyone was going to be blocked it would be you. If we're going to look at an edit war, we admins, we don't really look to see who's right and we certainly don't look to see what looks better--we look to see if there is consensus for this or that edit (and I don't see consensus for this on the talk page, so "most people should think" is not a thing that really means anything. Another thing we look for is an explanation: User:AnimeBatman wrote edit summaries for most of their edits--you didn't do that for a single one. So no, I can not block this user, because I don't have a good reason to do so. I could warn you for edit warring, but I hope I made my point. You want to get the admin cabal on your side? Explain what you do in edit summaries, and open up talk page posts, if necessary, to find consensus. Good luck in the Euros, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nearly but not perfect, one more thing: you used Twinkle and rollback to revert your opponent's edits. Please look at WP:ROLLBACKUSE, and tell me which of those rationales for using rollback (and by extension Twinkle) applies. It can only be the first, "To revert obvious vandalism and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear"--but it can't. This was NOT obvious vandalism, and the reason for reverting was not clear at all. Drmies (talk) 21:14, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • On the Euro 2024 page, someone reverted my edit changing "returning" to "returned": "The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic." I'm sure it's "returned". I have warned TheWhiterCloud already. If this turns to an edit war am I right here? Nearly but not perfect (talk) 01:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • In terms of grammar, of course you are right. Why, after I spent so much time explaining this to you, you couldn't put that in an edit summary, I don't understand. Also, as far as I can tell, TheWhiterCloud made that edit one single time, and you are going to cite them for edit warring? Drmies (talk) 13:15, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The usual at K-pop

Hi doc. We have a situation at NU'EST. Thanks. Dr. K. 11:02, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article

I have reverted most of your edits to Antenna tuner article. I kept your deletion of the new "editorial" section, and the "issues" templates that you inserted, but restored all the other sections that you removed: Your edits were too extensive, too rash, too impulsive. You completely removed parts of the article that needed to stay, at least in part.

I think that you are correct in describing the article as too long and too detailed. My own opinion is that the article needs to be split up into multiple smaller articles on individual antenna tuner types, and reduced to just a review article covering antenna impedance matching rather than tuners: For example, stub-matching and baluns / transformers are not really "antenna tuners", although they are often used along with them.

Please refrain from any further edits to the antenna tuner article. Your grammar change ("don't") was entirely fine, but you appear to have an established pattern of creating editing controversy by jumping into articles where you may have limited expertise. You current batch of rash changes suggest that you aren't quite ready to make the careful edits needed to retain the good parts of the article.Astro-Tom-ical (talk) 20:35, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Astro-Tom-ical: First, don't go around telling other (more experienced) editors not to edit articles. See WP:OWN. Second, you are editing without logging in more frequently than you are logged in. That is not a good idea and may be seen as you trying to avoid scrutiny. It's also not a good idea to reveal your IP. I have blocked the IP range you've been using for three months, so hopefully you'll learn to log in all the time when you edit Wikipedia.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Bbb23. Astro-Tom-ical, I have some expertise editing Wikipedia. If you have been editing under a variety of IPs, then I guess you have too, but I haven't seen you produce content that conforms to our editorial policies and guidelines. The article in its current state is terrifying, and I'd love to take those tags off, but not until the article has been improved. Drmies (talk) 21:55, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bbb, I [redacted] Have you ever gotten into radio? Drmies (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't even listen to the radio in the car. I took a quick glance at Antenna tuner. That is one long fucking article. Also, looking at the history I can see that there a LOT of other IP ranges used by the OP.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:18, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Election Pages

Quick question, do you think it would be appropriate to lock the election pages of those that have been reverted? I saw you lock the 2018 and the 2022 Italian election pages, and wondered if it would be best to lock such other pages too. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 09:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Restarted discussion

If you're going to restart a discussion and put it under a new heading while copy/pasting my signature in what you're quoting on WP:AN, I would expect a heads up as you're directly referencing me and what I said. Buffs (talk) 17:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MidAtlanticBaby

I had really tried to deal with User:MidAtlanticBaby in good faith, but it was becoming clearer and clearer that the editor was a problem, perhaps one with a past. Thank you for digging deeper. Alansohn (talk) 03:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drmies, the user you blocked is actually doing cross-wiki harassment by going on your Wikimedia Commons talk page and adding spam attacks. You might want to contact a steward. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 05:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alansohn, I saw that and I appreciate it. Unfortunately your good efforts were wasted; it's frustrating when that happens but I thank you for trying. NoobThreePointOh, I saw what you did on Commons, and thank you, but if you don't mind, a word to the wise: just don't revert. There's no benefit in it; it just takes time and effort and the block will come. That infantile stuff on my talk page is not a big deal to me. And when this happens in article space, you can revert all you want but all you're doing is pleasuring the other party and it fills up the history in an unappealing manner. Just let it stand and alert an admin. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I appreciate the encouragement. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) I can’t claim to be a prolific vandal-fighter, but in such situations (where the vandal has already been reported) my goal is to waste more of their time than they do of mine. Once they’ve restored their reverted edit, go do something useful for a few minutes and then come back to re-revert; with any luck you’ve tied them up in the meantime, continually refreshing the page, its history or their watchlist for a chance to continue the edit-war. (‘Serious’ stuff like outing, or particularly nasty attacks on a LP in mainspace, may call for a different approach.)—Odysseus1479 20:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, User:Odysseus1479, but I don't see any benefit in filling up the history of an article with vandal edits and reverts. It looks terrible, esp. in article space. Drmies (talk) 23:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They generally get blocked after only a round or two. I was just suggesting it as a middle course between immediate reversion and doing nothing. (I should clarify that by “a different approach” I meant escalating efforts to involve admins or oversighters, not accelerated reverting.)—Odysseus1479 02:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just checking back

Hey! Just letting you know there were some on the list that still need to be removed with the Nazi puppet states. I was the one I admit that added some but most were not added by me. Croatia, General government of Poland, Serbia under military occupation and Ukraine under Nazi occupation still need to go. I'm not sure if the Japanese puppet states need to go too but just letting you know that. Also, someone added El Salvador under Bukele which I felt may not qualify so just letting you know on that. I also added some sources for the African regimes I felt could be added. I got them from university studies and some from jstor as well. One thing I will say, I have found plenty of sources that bring up how they were anti-communist or that they were conservative but I don't see a lot of sources that outright say they're Right-Wing so I just wanted to make sure if I do if that's still fine since they have systems that are very much Right-Wing. Thank you, get back to me when you can please. TYMR (talk) 02:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks. I'm going to have another look, later--I appreciate your note. You saw that I'm going slowly because I want to get it right. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]