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Can you enlighten me

as to why I might have been pinged in such illustrious company to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads? I know my memory is not what it used to be, but I don't recall ever showing any interest in roads, let alone ones in the US. Of course I will understand if you are as stumped as I am. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:25, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Abigail Thomas

For such a well-reviewed author who, after all, mainly writes about herself, there is precious little biographical information available. I've ordered her books as Christmas presents for my wife, and will read them myself once she's had a shot at them. Acroterion (talk) 02:58, 12 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • I forgot to mention that Memoirland was kind enough to choose my picture of Washington Square on a summer afternoon for their Substack extract from Thomas's reminiscence, [1] so I thought I ought to return the favor with an article for her. Acroterion (talk) 17:51, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

User:Bluebird207

This individual, whom you blocked a while ago, has created this attack page User talk:162.128.128.7. It's not aimed not at me but I'm sure he did one especially for me once. Not sure if you want to permanently remove it, or what the procedure is. Cheers, Bretonbanquet (talk) 02:25, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

He's still going, creating User:Roger Eight Roger solely to have a pop at User:Roger 8 Roger and to dig at him (and me) in edit summaries. The account's been blocked but maybe scratch it completely for R8R's sake? This guy seems completely unhinged. Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for that. I guess he's too far gone to stop now, so let's see what happens next... ! Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:43, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Apparently misleading userpage

Hey Drmies, how have you been? GreenStoneThrow, who left a weird message on my tp[2], claims on their userpage to be Radix and to have some advanced rights like that of Wikimedia steward. It seems that GreenStoneThrow copy-pasted the userpage of the true User:RadiX. I notified RadiX of that [3], but almost 3 weeks have passed and they have not edited on enwiki yet. Maybe an admin should take a look at this, if time permits. Ktrimi991 (talk) 01:44, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I removed the userpage. Per el.wiki, the user is a sock of an account that hasn't edited en.wiki in a couple of years and is not blocked on en.wiki. I'd block GST but they haven't edited since posting that stupid message on your Talk page on November 1. If they resume editing, I'm happy to block.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
That reminds me that maybe one day I should re-read Radix, which I think our user was named for. Very, very weird book. Images from it sometimes return to me. Drmies (talk) 02:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Bbb23, do you know what's wrong with the range calculator tool? Drmies (talk) 02:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Look like some more collateral damage due to Fastily's resignation.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:24, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Don't know if there's something better, but I use {{blockcalc}}.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks--I appreciate that. But the tool was broken a few days ago already. Anyway, yes, another loss for our community, which is how Knitsey put it. Did you see this and the responses to it? I noted in one of my comments on this or the other recall: users with little experience and sometimes even less sense get to weigh in and it all counts up to 15. Who's taking bets on who's next? I don't think Floquenbeam is in any danger yet. Drmies (talk) 02:34, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Safe, only because I so seldom do anything around here anymore; but if you recall RFA #2, there were quite a lot of non-fans. Feels like the French Revolution. Who's next at the guillotine? Maybe one of the people who supported it the first two times. That's how guillotines work. Floquenbeam (talk) 02:38, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
I will get my knitting needles out. Don't we have an essay somewhere about sitting too close to the guillotine?
@Drmies, I said on the recall that toxicity from RfA's has now transfered to the recall process. Knitsey (talk) 02:43, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Floq, thanks for reminding me of that shit show--I had kind of forgotten. Glad you are still here. Ha, you have that too? Every time you see one of those old records you start clicking to see if the editors you remember are still here? Sad. Knitsey, I don't know about essays--I teach essay writing but prefer not to read too many. And yes I agree re:toxicity. I don't know, but I'll put down some money on the recall process being re-evaluated three recalls from now. Drmies (talk) 03:04, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Bbb23: thank you, much appreciated.
Btw, since the recall process was mentioned above, let me offer another point of view. I agree that the recall process gives weight to votes from inexperienced editors, who probably have no clue about things. However, on the other hand, it has the great benefit of making it easier to make admins accountable and desysop those who lose the community's trust. I know the vast majority of admins are constructive and I highly appreciate their efforts (apart from the Graham case, I have always voted "Support" in RfAs), but a few admins for a long time took advantage of the complexity of the desysopping process to misuse their tools and get away with it. In the Balkan topics this has become an obvious issue in recent years. Like the admin who blocked, without a prior warning, an established editor with a clean block log for making a single revert (they had had many content disputes on the Kosovo vs Serbia articles before, which puts in question admin's neutrality). Another admin wanted to topic ban an established editor, without a prior warning, for a single edit (they had had content disputes on the Croatia vs Serbia articles). Another one protected his version of the article after running out of reverts. Even more blatant was the admin who threatened to block anyone who reverted a recent edit, which had failed to get consensus on the tp, and which was supported by admin's "friend" (admin's own words). Or like the guy who, almost immediately after becoming an admin, went to a content dispute and decided that a recent edit did not need consensus on the tp, and blocked an editor for restoring the long-term version (the editor, a newbie, quit editing on enwiki). IMO only an easy process of desysopping can deter such blatant misuse of admin authority. The number of active admins has gone down and it is a serious problem, but it is as much of a serious problem that the overall quality, at least in the Balkans topic area, has gone down as well. Ktrimi991 (talk) 18:11, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ktrimi991, yeah, what you're describing is a whole nother kettle of fish, and if you decide to take any action on those issues, please let me know. I think you know me as a straight shooter, and I do believe that deep content involvement is not a good thing, and such matters should be dealt with in broader forums than obscure article talk pages or project pages. Then again, I think we both know how ANI discussions on Balkanized topics often go--they rapidly devolve into name calling and accusations of partisanship, and rarely offer solutions or even clarity. Well, you now have a tool to use if you want. I'm not happy with how the first two recalls went, though I also realize they were based on real and genuine concerns; I still think it's too blunt a tool. Perhaps Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Reworkshop will be productive. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:31, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Those cases are one year or older, so now it is pointless for me to report them. If they were fresh cases with the recall process around, I would seriously consider reporting them to the wider community. I agree that the recall process is too blunt. My concern is that some people will misuse it to put pressure on good faith admins or to take "revenge" after a dispute. IMO 3 changes should be added to the current rules. An editor should not directly open a recall petition, but instead should complain about the admin at ANI/I. Then another editor with a certain level of experience, say with at least 10k edits and 5 years of editing, is allowed to open the recall petition. If the petition fails or the RfA is successful, then that editor who opened the petition is not allowed to open any petitions for a year. Some conditions like these are needed to serve as a filter and prevent such a potent tool from turning into a joke. How the community refines the rules will decide whether the recall process eventually serves its true purpose or not. Only time will tell. Cheers, Ktrimi991 (talk) 20:35, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppet

You might wanna do a WP:DUCK block for Ynm011 (remember this guy? User talk:Ynm010). Thanks. TheWikiToby (talk) 17:00, 21 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nature abhors a vacuum

...but all the world loves a vacuum cleaner. The Roborock article is indeed a curiosity. I take pleaure in removing fluff from such articles. There will probably be almost nothing left. I shall leave no corner unmopped.TheLongTone (talk) 15:41, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nice!

Nice comeback to this hater here.

Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 15:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Michael Herren

If you have time, could you take a look at the Herren article? Seems like your kind of subject. I'm having a dispute with another editor about a lot of material they want added to the article. I suspect the article should be expanded but not the way the user is going about it. Maybe somewhere in the mythical middle? All I can think of is the song from Cabaret.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

2R at Murder of Wang Lianying

Howdy, Drmies and stalkers. Murder of Wang Lianying is linked from the main page, and I'm at 2R for reverting a link to 'sex scandal' when the sources indicate that the case was more eye-catching due to its modernity and restoring a mention of sex work in Shanghai removed by someone who does not appear to understand the word "courtesan". I'd appreciate it if anyone could keep an eye on the article, as neither of these reverts crosses the "obvious vandalism" threshold set by WP:3RR. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Both of these threads featured disruption around courtesans in China: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1163 § User:清风与明月 multiple issues (August 2024) and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1166 § User:清风与明月 Continued Tendentious editing. (September 2024). Not sure if related. Folly Mox (talk) 18:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Slim Jxmmi

Would it be possible to decrease the protection of this redirect from admin to extended-confirmed protection? The attempts to override the AFD were six years ago, and there is a draft in review at Draft:Slim Jxmmi. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:27, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • I see User:Asilvering took care of it--thanks. Hey, that reminds me: you ran for admin and I supported you. I see you didn't win enough people over, which is a shame and I'm sorry. I can't help but think that this is yet another case of someone having done so much good work that they ruffled feathers along the way. Well, FWIW, I think you'd have done a great job and I hope you're not too disappointed. Drmies (talk) 21:36, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd

I don't oppose cutting down the plot material, but having no coverage of his role in the game beyond his backstory makes it difficult for readers to understand critical discussion of his character. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 01:32, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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I saw! I even responded! Drmies (talk) 01:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

November music

 
story · music · places

greetings from a trip -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:18, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Username

 
Tryptofish has brought you some footware. Anyway, happy holidays!

I just noticed DrMees. I can't tell if it's just a coincidence, or if the account has an ulterior motive in the choice of username. I figured I'd let you know about it, and you can decide whether or not it's an issue. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:05, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Another possible sock

User:Iphone5Sgold [4] was recently indefed for years of unsourced and unproductive editing. A brand new editor, User:Giantmotion [5], has identical editing practices and came into existence just days after the original editor's indef ban. I have a feeling this is a case of socking, or if anything, WP:DUCK. Anwegmann (talk) 02:01, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Go Irish

is what I think you meant ;-) Online if there's anything that needs actioning, reverting. Let me know. Star Mississippi 01:52, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Oh I think you know exactly what I meant. Surely you're old enough to remember the last few times that TD Jesus was asked to play the Tide, you know. But y'all doing better than we are this year... Hey Star, I actually watched some of the Egg Bowl yesterday. It's not Mississippi State's year, but I think I've been saying that for decades. I remember watching those games at my mother in law's house, on the old TV console, up near 72. Anywayz, I don't know. I dropped a query on ANI that you are welcome to look into. It's kind of quiet--but my saying that is probably going to make Recent Changes to crazy. Drmies (talk) 02:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • That Egg Bowl was something else. This weekend does lend itself to it. Glad your boys put away Auburn because, yuck. Tonight I find myself rooting orange because of a certain first year QB
      Have you read Rammer Jammer Yellow Jammer by Warren St. John? I read it recently and it really is a time gone by. I recommend it if you haven't, even though much of it won't be new to you.
      Will go look at the ANI thread. Thankfully some of the regulars seem to have found something else to do on this long weekend. Star Mississippi 02:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

  The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks for all of the tedious admin work you do so much of! It's quite valuable to all of us and the Wiki as a whole. Sandcat555 (talk) 04:33, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Suspicious edits?

I note you reverted a sock editor here and a new editor made a bunch of edits related to that same template - is that suspicious or am I being paranoid? BOZ (talk) 04:46, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Indentation

(talk page watcher) Can I ask why people are using bullet points instead of colons to indent on your talk page? I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 19:01, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Invitation to provide feedback

Inspired by Worm That Turned's re-RfA where he noted administrators don't get a lot of feedback or suggestions for improvement, I have decided to solicit feedback. I'm reaching out to you as you are currently one of the users I've selected as part of my recall process. I hope you will consider taking a few moments to fill out my feedback form. Clicking on the link will load the questions and create a new section on my user talk. Thanks for your consideration. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

BLP violation?

I saw your recent reverse-edits on Brian Krzanich and I thought I come to you to sort things out. Not here to argue or dispute, but I just want to know what's going on with the "BLP violation" you're referring to (something I did)? Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 18:24, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Well, yeah, the first part of the edit, "The news of his adjoining brought in renewed criticism toward him and backlash from detractors etc"--that cannot possibly come from the two sources that follow it, because the one is a press release from the company that hired him, and the other is a rehashed press release, and none of them (obviously) contain those damning words. The second part seems UNDUE to me in its repetition of things already mentioned. I have my doubts about the weight and applicability of that publication, Tom's Hardware, in BLP matters, and the second one, from that TrendForce website, seems to rephrase much of what was said in the Tom's article, and I just don't think that TrendForce, given what they say they are, should be used for (negative) BLP information. But I'm also wondering, given your regular contributions which is mostly to rappers' biographies, yeah, where did that edit come from? Drmies (talk) 18:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • I found sources that I thought were legitimate or reliable to add to a piece of what I wanted to add it to. For example: Justin Combs was blacklisted from California property rentals due to his involvement with his father's "white parties"; here they are - [6] [7] - if I think they are good enough in my personal taste, I thought of including it somewhere. Hope you understand. I do not intend to violate anything in bad faith unknowingly. Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 19:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • But, again, to let you know, I know the moderate knowledge that all the sources are not BLP validated. Even if so, hopefully, you will never have to be disturbed by me violating the regulations every time I edit something here on WP. No issues with you. Crisis averted. Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 23:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
      • My question really is why you got interested in that article and where not only that impetus but also that information came from--in part because there are some differences with the way you usually cite, and in part because you've never edited articles like that before. Drmies (talk) 23:42, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
        There are two reasons (even if you don't believe me):
        1 - I saw the Krzanich news years ago and thought it connected with #MeToo, because the news reports said so. I did not think it was unreliable or illegitimate if any.
        2 - I wanted to try to expand my edits outside of music and do something more freely, but only if real from somewhere I catch within.
        That's all. Darrion N. Brown 🙂 (my talk page / my sandbox) 01:45, 3 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

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User:AnonymeperOnnnnn

I noticed you are currently active and was wondering if you could take a quick look at this guy. Keeps making the same edits that I'm pretty sure are vandalism, but I'm not certain. Thanks! SlightlyToastedCheesecake (talk) 21:54, 4 December 2024 (UTC)Reply