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Fishy username

Hi,

This username looks a bit fishy. Do you reckon this is WP:999-worthy? Adam9007 (talk) 01:34, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Adam9007: Nihilism is not necessarily suicidal ideation. General Ization ^Talk 01:36, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Microextrusion

Dear Oswah, I was the first to write about Microextrusion on wikipedia, but after sometime, everythin I wrote has been cancelled redirecting on metal the target of the technology. The term Microextrusion is used by Gimac sinc early '80s for describing a process able to process polymer with no degradation of microstructural properties. What do you suggest to do...? Actually the page doesn't have anymore the images that I put even if they were fully authorised and some literature references has been cancelled even if globally recognised... Looking fwd to hear back from you. 5.170.19.7 (talk) 20:19, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Protect my talk page again.

Can you protect my talk page again, please? I'm afraid it has happened again. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 03:39, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

@FilmandTVFan28: Requested attention for this on IRC since this seems to be a persistent issue for you. This has been done by Juliancolton. -- Dane ^talk 04:03, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey FilmandTVFan28! Juliancolton beat me to it ;-). If you need my assistance with anything like this, please do not hesitate to reach out to me and I'll be more than happy to help. Have a great weekend :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:05, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

As a matter fact, there is another thing you could do. The Love Pony (whose IP sockpuppets bothered me) has evaded its block again as TheNPepole. Could you deal with that user, please? — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 05:17, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

FilmandTVFan28 -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:26, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Just got a message about my "editing" of Melbourne Chess Club.

Sorry I have no idea how I did this as I was on a holiday during this period of time wikipedia only just alerted me of this however so is there any way I can restore my changes?

Sockpuppet case against 118 alex

Hi Oshwah A sockpuppet investigation has been opened against 118 alex again. The crucial evidence lies in the [[1]] you deleted at 05:22 today. This is to inform you that you may need to testify that the accounts involved in this present case threatened to sockpuppet and vandalise Wikipedia after successfully hacking into the 2 locked accounts. The link is at [[2]]. Thanks, 118.200.160.208 (talk) 09:27, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Request

Can you please semi-protect the article Deportation of the Crimean Tatars for unregistered users? An anonymous IP keeps inserting a lot of undue weight in the article. If he has questions, he can always try to reach consensus on the talk page before resorting to disruptive editing.--Seiya (talk) 16:58, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Your testimony is needed.

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Your testimony is crucial in proving that the 2 sockpuppets involved in the [[3]] threatened to hack their Wikipedia accounts to vandalise Wikipedia via an account that you blocked and deleted yesterday at 05:22(UTC). Please provide the crucial evidence in this case. Your evidence is appreciated. 103.17.198.51 (talk) 05:28, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:30, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

pronounciation

Hello. Can you please explain to me in short how can I add a pronounciation to a certain term (as a sound recording)? I mean if I want to edit a wiki page, in which there is a term from a foreign language (foreign to English) and I want to add an example of how it sounds in original pronounciation. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Futsy (talk • contribs) 14:28, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Academy of Art / removal of my comment

Hey there!

Appreciate your moderation.

It was emotionally charged, I'm sure.

Take care,

Jay

please make a article about hurricane irma of 2017

please write about it so i can find out because i live in north carolina...huracane irma is supposed to come riht where i am! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.182.73.162 (talk) 23:28, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) See Hurricane Irma. General Ization ^Talk 23:54, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

edit article page you delete 'Jabir ibn Hayyan Medical university'

Hi before 2 hour you delete the article title page 'Jabir ibn Hayyan Medical university' because copy rights so how to use title again with different article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taif raoof (talk • contribs) 13:52, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Betty White page

Hi,

Betty White & Allen Ludden were never divorced. They were married in 1963 and remained married until his death in 1981. Her page says they divorced in 1981.

Thanks,

SandyBearsy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.165.6 (talk) 23:07, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

No. Betty White (in the infobox) says "(m. 1963; d. 1981)" which means they were separated by Ludden's death. Note the other entries say "Div" indicating divorce. The article (further down) says as much. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:22, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

It is a bit ambiguous. I've gotten them mixed up before too. - BilCat (talk) 00:11, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

User talk:GeoJoe1000

This may, alas, have been a bit premature. Leastways, resolving wholeheartedly to mend one's ways at ANI doesn't seem entirely consistent to me with telling the reporting user they "lost" at ANI, nor threatening to bash them with one's pet admin (which of course you are not, but GeoJoe seems to labour under the impression you are). Pinkbeast (talk) 14:30, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah,

I came in here to talk to you about this very thing. It seems someone beat me to it. Could you please talk to GeoJoe1000 about this? I think you're the only person he will listen to. The ANI has been closed, with the admin protecting the article in question because he felt the alternative was to block both GeoJoe1000 and myself. But I disagree with that, since it was clear that GeoJoe1000 was edit-warring. I'm afraid that the message he will take from this is that he can talk his way out of trouble, this time by claiming that he was the victim of a personal attack; that the ANI was me trying to get back at him for last time. To be honest, I never believed that he accepted responsibility last time, but rather that it was all for show because he knew he did the wrong thing. This time around, he didn't even acknowledge any wrongdoing and instead tried to distract the admins by crying foul. I'm quite happy to work with him (despite his claims to the contrary), but he needs to lose the arrogant, aggressive attitude first—not as a condition of working with me, but so that he can work with anyone—his edit history reveals multiple instances of his coming into conflict with other editors, and his insistence that other editors should "work with him" (I have noticed he has never said "I'll work with you") amounts to those other editors doing what he wants them to.

Like I said, I'm concerned that if his attitude isn't addressed, it's only going to lead to more conflict, and that the message he will take from this episode is that he can talk his way out of trouble. After all, when I told him that he was close to violating 3RR, he responded with "your threat is noted" and went ahead with breaking 3RR anyway. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 01:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah,

I came in here to talk to you about this very thing. It seems someone beat me to it. Could you please talk to GeoJoe1000 about this? I think you're the only person he will listen to. The ANI has been closed, with the admin protecting the article in question because he felt the alternative was to block both GeoJoe1000 and myself. But I disagree with that, since it was clear that GeoJoe1000 was edit-warring. I'm afraid that the message he will take from this is that he can talk his way out of trouble, this time by claiming that he was the victim of a personal attack; that the ANI was me trying to get back at him for last time. To be honest, I never believed that he accepted responsibility last time, but rather that it was all for show because he knew he did the wrong thing. This time around, he didn't even acknowledge any wrongdoing and instead tried to distract the admins by crying foul. I'm quite happy to work with him (despite his claims to the contrary), but he needs to lose the arrogant, aggressive attitude first—not as a condition of working with me, but so that he can work with anyone—his edit history reveals multiple instances of his coming into conflict with other editors, and his insistence that other editors should "work with him" (I have noticed he has never said "I'll work with you") amounts to those other editors doing what he wants them to.

Like I said, I'm concerned that if his attitude isn't addressed, it's only going to lead to more conflict, and that the message he will take from this episode is that he can talk his way out of trouble. After all, when I told him that he was close to violating 3RR, he responded with "your threat is noted" and went ahead with breaking 3RR anyway. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 01:06, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Mail

Hello, Oshwah. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Sau226 (talk) 14:42, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Sau226 - Cool, I'll take a look at it as soon as I can :-). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:50, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah No need sorry. The matter in the mail has been dealt with by another admin --Sau226 (talk) 07:57, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Sau226 - No problem! Thanks for letting me know! Glad you got the help that you were looking for :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:59, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Jenny Lind Tower..

My post was simply the truth, neutral or otherwise...It takes a lot of effort to find this strange tower. Then it takes more effort to reach it. When you get there, you are almost certain to be disappointed as it's an empty shell. The doorway had been sealed with concrete blocks but someone used a sledge hammer to break in, only to discover an empty shell... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.5.47 (talk) 00:55, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Not using for Promotion, but you said so and deleted my edit

I was trying to edit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgia_Institute_of_Technology_alumni and you removed it.

Hello, I graduated from Georgia Tech in the year of 2001 with a computer science degree. I am at the moment managing director of a small company in India. The company specialises in offering software solutions to commercial organisations like CACI in UK and also other non-profit organisation in India. This is what I wanted to put up with a reference to the website. What makes you think this is promotional? Kindly explain and I will move further accordingly.

Vandu V (talk) 07:44, 12 September 2017 (UTC) Vandana Voruganti

Hi Vandu V, and welcome to Wikipedia! Did you see the message I left on your talk page here? Did you review the guidelines and policies I linked you to? This will help answer your questions and explain exactly what issues that your changes have, as well as why your attempted changes are in conflict with our guidelines and policies. If you have specific questions about these guidelines, please do not hesitate to respond and ask. I'll be happy to answer any questions you have and help you. Thanks for leaving me a message, and I wish you happy editing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:56, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi User:Oshwah, Thanks. I reviewed the guidelines. So, how do I put myself as a graduate of Georgia Tech into it's wikipedia Alumni page? It is a minor edit, but not clear to me how else can I add an entry into Alumni table without actually editing it the way I did. I am beginner and it will help me if you support in one edit. Thanks. Vandu V (talk) 08:57, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Vandana

Eh brah, how come you undo dat

Hopefully you were able to obtain the information that I only corrected a typo with in the school motto. It said "..bretty ghetto tho" and I changed it to "..pretty ghetto tho". Have a little fun man. Any way guess some body has to keep the world from dividing by zero XD peace out yo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:9880:30A5:B4AE:F6E5:B39D:C9A3 (talk) 08:13, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Duuuuude

Just read your profile and that is like awesome man, talk about "not all heros wear capes" id buy you a coffee dude, hope you had a good weekend, btw im the dude from the school motto page XD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:9880:30A5:B4AE:F6E5:B39D:C9A3 (talk) 08:20, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Still editing

Hi man, I don't understand what you are up to here. i am trying to edit a page that would seemingly be of no consequence to you yet you reverted all my changes? Can you please declare what your interest is in this page - Gordon Matheson, Living person? Just because a page has references does not mean that they are the right ones. Can you please indicate to me what authority you have over the editorial of this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.95.213 (talk) 12:00, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi there! I saw that you had made two edits to the article. This edit removes referenced content, and this edit adds unreferenced content about his personal life (which is in violation of Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living people). This is why I reverted your changes, because the removal was not explained and the addition of unreferenced content does not have a source. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:05, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

kind

why are accusing me of vandalising a page when all O have added is that the horse is now standing at a particular stud, you make no sense whatsoever, do you actually know anything about horseracing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.139.61 (talk) 12:19, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Re: My edits to the Heidi Cruz article

I made the edits because of the issue about Ted Cruz being found to have liked a porn video on twitter, and I thought it would be funny to inject a false divorce information into wikipedia into the scope of the media firestorm. 69.67.90.164 (talk) 12:24, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Edits to Against a Wen

Hi, I got your message and see that you deleted my edits to Against a Wen. This was not a test, and it was my goal to add the original text of the Old English charm to the page. I wasn't finished editing when everything disappeared. I would appreciate it it you could undo the deletion.

Thanks, Bolverkrr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bolverkrr (talk • contribs) 12:27, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Bolverkrr - My apologies.  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:31, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Violent Delight

Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Violent Delight, you may be blocked from editing. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 12:00, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Could you please clarify what you mean by vandalism? Somebody is editing this page with insults aimed at myself and I am merely removing them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.2.119.146 (talk) 13:13, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

So... you're saying that this edit you made here wasn't vandalism? ... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:21, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

wikipedia moderators are vandals — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.75.114.171 (talk) 15:28, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

DrStrauss's page

Just to save you the email - I've oversighted that diff. Yunshui ^雲_水 13:24, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Yunshui - HA! Well, unfortunately I... might have maybe beaten you to it before I saw this message here. I got your response - thanks :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:19, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi.This is source [4]. --Марко Станојевић (talk) 15:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Just a Thanks! WilliamChrisman427 (talk) 17:26, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Hurricane Jose

Hi! I haven't really checked but is there an article about Hurricane Jose? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WilliamChrisman427 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) See Hurricane Jose. General Ization ^Talk 17:30, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

23rd Iowa Regiment deletion

I'm sorry, what happened? I'd also like to point out that this article is cannot be fixed. Most of the contents of the article are lists of dates and places that barely relate to the subject. If they do, they are not legible. Might I recommend that this article be removed from the website and a new one be written by someone who actually knows how to use Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbyjoe987 (talk • contribs) 18:20, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Just a thanks Jjgonzalezp2006 (talk) 23:03, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Jjgonzalezp2006 - No need to thank me. I'm glad we got everything straightened out and that you're back! I meant what I said, by the way... my talk page is always open to you and you are welcome to come here at any time to ask questions, get input, or if you need help with anything. I'll be more than happy to lend you a hand and make sure you're helped if you need it. I hope we stay in touch :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:24, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

:)--Jjgonzalezp2006 (talk) 00:15, 13 September 2017 (UTC)Jjgonzalezp2006

Some real maple syrup to go with these:

—PaleoNeonate – 00:44, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Beyblade Site

Hello,

I was recently messaged that some of my information on the Beyblade wikipedia was taken down. Could you please explain the reason for this? I'm very understanding, and would like to know what I did wrong. I'm very new to this :)

Thank you so much

I am teh ninga (talk) 01:05, 13 September 2017 (UTC)I am teh Ninga

(talk page watcher) @I am teh ninga: You edit was personal opinion, this is an Encyclopedia we can not use personal opinion. - FlightTime (open channel) 01:09, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

September 2017

You have been blocked from editing for a period of forever and a half for personal attacks towards oneself. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 01:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Wow I was about to come here and give Writ Keeper a gigantic fucking piece of my mind when I saw this on my watch list. Softlavender (talk) 02:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

{{unblock| reason=***** Insert you reason here. DO NOT FORGET TO ADD A REASON HERE BEFORE SAVING THE EDIT. DO... NOT... FORGET!!!!! ***** ~~~~}} ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:04, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of forever and a half plus 4 seconds for making a malformed unblock request. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  GAB^gab 02:08, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Will people kindly stop wreaking havoc on my blood pressure? Softlavender (talk) 02:09, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I figured, hey, it's been about 2 months since the RFA, I'd better get started on making enemies. GAB^gab 02:11, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

High five, GeneralizationsAreBad! Oshwah misses and knocks his beer off the table ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:20, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Is there a cardiologist in the house? Dolotta (talk) 03:00, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm not bad at playing cards. Poker, anyone? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

If you poke her, she may scream, and that will get your block extended by 3.14 seconds more. Pie, anyone? John from Idegon (talk) 04:32, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Cake, please! XD ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:36, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Required reading: Wikipedia:No self attacks! ansh666 05:05, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

WP:IDONTLIKEIT :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:43, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

• I would like to alert Writ Keeper, apparently a brand-new admin without much experience (but should still know better anyway if they passed an RfA), that they omitted the community discussion and link re: the sanction and block. Please do not repeat this error in the future. Softlavender (talk) 00:41, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

The creator of Sheayu Felisha Cute

The creator of Sheayu Felisha Cute might be a possible sock, though I'm not 100% sure, though looking at this Puput Mariiana II (actress) which they did create there was also a Puput Mariiana II-created by a sock of someone-but I don't know what that article was like and it was over a year ago. Wgolf (talk) 04:43, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Wgolf - Okay, I'll take a look. Thanks, man! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:47, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Ollier disease.

basically it says that 1 in 100,000 people are affected by olliers disease. I know for a fact its more rare then that, I have the the disease and its far rarer that 1 in 100,000. Actually, there are approx. 200 cases in english literature since the year 1881. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.65.193.188 (talk) 04:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

LGBT

Oshwah is interested in LGBT matters in Bangladesh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.110.127.63 (talk) 07:54, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

French Music

What exactly are the genres of french music? 197.237.141.229 (talk) 09:03, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

WHAT ARE WE EATING? Oh hey, it's a cheeseburger not from a can. As far as non-canned things go, thanks for being super helpful and patient with me. See! Didn't even TTR! (almost) Drewmutt (^ᴥ^) talk 09:51, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hey ninny, ninny

After this reliably sourced report, I'm assuming something similar happened in your own page history? Bishonen | talk 10:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC).

Bishonen - HA! What can I say? My well of derp and stupid is endless and there's plenty for everyone! Do not drink from the well! You have been warned! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

FUN FACT: Ninny is going to be my new nickname for ... wait for it ... NinjaRobotPirate. I'm sure it will grow on him. Right? Softlavender (talk) 11:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I've certainly been called worse! I think my favorite was NinjaRobertPirate. It makes me a little sad that my name isn't Robert, because then it would be absolutely perfect. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:47, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

the dread ninja pirate roberts? Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:55, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

i think i made a mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masonrobinson9090 (talk • contribs) 11:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Apology

Dear Wiki Guy,

I'm sorry. Pls forgive me.

Sincerely, Other Wiki Guy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dannyzf1234 (talk • contribs) 12:12, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Kalki Birth

Remove your lock on Kalki (Birth). This is not your personal website.

Administrators protect pages and images to prevent vandalism and assist in resolving content disputes, for example. The key principle to remember here is that Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit". Protecting pages defeats that goal and so page protection should be avoided when possible and kept as short as possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicontrols (talk • contribs) 16:24, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah is preventing further disruptive editing that has occurred on that article, and as an administrator they have every right to do so. "ANyone can edit" does not mean "anyone can edit in any manner they wish". 331dot (talk) 16:28, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Wikicontrols,That first sentence, How disgustingly rude, almost threatning. There are proper civilised manners to speak so watch your tone. Remember, Everyone is a human being here. Regarding the second paragraph, True, However administrators have the right to decide and determine if the "edits" were made with good faith or by vandals just blalantly spreading misinformation. Anyone can edit doesn't mean they have the right to do so. It's quite a privilege as it is but sadly, many seem to manipulate the freedom given to fulfill their own agendas by changing and modifying content. I stand with Oshwah hereShotgunMavericks (talk) 18:15, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Stop being his puppy! you live in India? do you get what this means?

NONE OF YOU ARE "Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees ALL YOUR WIKI TITLES EQUALS TO NOTHING!!! This is just a website open for ALL to edit as they see fit, you are LIKE FREE SERVICE POLICE, NO POWERS other than block others who have not bothered to spend time here.

Wiki can be sued for silencing free speech in many jurisdictions regardless of unfair terms and so can you for performing Wiki's functions!! I can obtain your IP by court order in hours if I wanted to, you are not immune to legal actions for your free services!

ASK Wiki!!

BACK OFF.

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Apologies.

Hello, my apologies on the complete removal of the article. It was not intentional and, therefore apologize for my mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattLion (talk • contribs) 16:32, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Over at the Kalki article

I'm glad you protected the page so thank you for that, However I believe the i.p address guy who made persistent edits is back under the username Wikicontrols". They have made the same edits and are giving nonsensical reasons. Please look into it. Hope they discuss it in the talk page. ShotgunMavericks (talk) 18:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

ShotgunMavericks - Hey man! No problem - the article definitely needed it. Yeah, I'm seeing a pattern of disruption like this that goes farther back - I'll keep digging into this and make sure any matters are dealt with. Thanks for the message :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:06, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Oshwah - Glad to hear that! A bit offtopic but damn, you are the coolest laid back admin I have ever met here! Plus, Really liked your talk page. Everything is so categorically set. Keep it up man! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShotgunMavericks (talk • contribs)

ShotgunMavericks - Hey man! I really appreciate your response and the kind words - thank you :-). Yeah.... being a person that's known as a jerk and on a power trip? Definitely not for me. Please do not hesitate to message me if you need help with anything around here - my talk page is always open to you and you are welcome to come here any time for help. Cheers, my friend :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:37, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Do you two want to get a room, Oshwah is not going to get you to America! LOL Shotgun — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicontrols (talk • contribs) 15:30, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

H J Whitley

I would like to know what you would liked changed. The map picture I added is the original from my Great Grandfather and it is on page 215 of The Father of Hollywood. What do you suggest? There are also video clips from ABC and Fox news. Hope this helps. WhitleyFamily

Note

Mongo NoSQL (talk · contribs)
Tiger dragon turtle (talk · contribs)

These users are the same as ProcseeBot becames SELF-AWARE and EMANCIPATE from Slakr (talk · contribs)

See this and this. Thanks. 77.139.152.217 (talk) 21:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@Floquenbeam: just blocked one of them... 77.139.152.217 (talk) 21:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

And now the other one is blocked too. 77.139.152.217 (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I came to this from a different direction; I saw their edits to Katie's page being reverted, and looked into why... -Floquenbeam (talk) 22:07, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

teethpaste

its teethpaste and you know it

–Packerman120203

Dagga Couple moto is promo for Fields of Green for All

Hi, User:Oshwah please note the motto of the Dagga Couple is "I am not a criminal" and "Join the Q" is the motto of Fields of Green For All and is therefore used promotionally on the Dagga Couple article.--Mickey ☠ Dangerez 22:40, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

I am reverting. Your false huggle. See the talk page for more info.--Mickey ☠ Dangerez 23:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

ACTRIAL full protection

Hi Oshwah,

Would you mind indefinitely full and move protecting Wikipedia:New user landing page? ACTRIAL launches in less than 24 hours so having it stable for the next 6 months is needed unless we get consensus to change. Thanks. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:09, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

TonyBallioni -  Done (I applied template-editor protection so that non-admins can continue to improve it when needed). ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

That seems fine. Kaldari had asked for full protection, but template editor will probably work just as well. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:13, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

It'll be fine. Nobody with template editor user rights will harm anything - this way, more people can improve it and without any red tape in the way ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:46, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, no complaints here. Thanks for doing it. Lowering it to EC also makes sense, though we'll need to up it at some point tomorrow when it launches. Thanks again :) TonyBallioni (talk) 02:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

TonyBallioni - You bet. It's what I'm here for ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:57, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Dropping in again: looks like we got the issues sorted out: since the rollout is scheduled to start in less than four hours, can you go ahead and up this back to template editor when you get the chance? Thanks. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:25, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

TonyBallioni -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Release Date for Hercules: Zero to Hero 1999 Film

My reason for editing the release date for this film is that it was inaccurate. The accurate release date for this film was August 17, 1999. A preview for the film was shown in 1999 VHS releases of Disney films such as "Alice in Wonderland", "Robin Hood", and "The Great Mouse Detective". It was released the same day as the Beauty and the Beast film, "Tales of Friendship" which was August 17, 1999. Please understand my reason for the editing of this film release date. If I violated any copyrights laws, I apologize and will take full responsibility for my actions. 167.21.141.11 (talk) 14:22, 14 September 2017 (UTC)(talk) 10:20 14 September 2017 (UTC)167.21.141.11 (talk) 14:22, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Battle of Hydaspes page

Please read the newly editted page and give it support before another vandaliser comes on the scene Is the writing not a brillian fusion of European and Indian POVS? Lord Aseem (talk) 16:02, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

how

how do iget on sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.24.223.153 (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

User:71.236.164.171

Apparently, this user is evading block by vandalising at User talk:71.236.164.171. Pkbwcgs (talk) 17:43, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Oshwah

You made an error. I made the correction because there are already citations at the beginning of the Marc Anthony article. If you check the citations right after his year of birth, all of the citations including Biography.com clearly state a birth date of September 16, 1968 not 1964.

If you could revert your change, it would make the the birth date correct.

Thanks, Ben

Invitation to Admin confidence survey

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FYI about Antifa (United States) protection

Oshwah, I blocked the edit warrior at the article 13 minutes before you protected it, see [5]. I'm consequently not sure the protection serves any purpose now, but I will certainly let you be the judge of that. I'm just going to bed, living as I do in an exotic timezone, so I won't see any reply for some hours. Please just do as you think best, up to and including removing my block. Bishonen | talk 23:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC).

Bishonen - Okay, I'll take another look. Thanks for letting me know, and have a great rest of your night :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:54, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I still think that it does, IMO. If you look at the edit history of the page (September 11th and September 12th), you'll see what looks to be a content dispute between a group of editors that go back and fourth. I'll keep this discussion open so that others can weigh in. If others feel that this protection should be lifted, please add to this discussion so that I can weigh all of the input and make sure that I'm doing the right thing. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:57, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Looks like others are starting to agree that full protection isn't needed, so I have lowered it to semi-protection :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:04, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Please reconsider PP for Antifa (United States)

Hi Oshwah. I'm asking you to please reconsider the page protection for Antifa (United States). Per this AN3 thread, only one (now blocked) user was edit warring on this page, against broad consensus, and they appear to have used RFPP as a bludgeon to get their way. Note that the report you answered referred to "Persistent BLP violations", which is clearly not the case.

This article needs a lot of work, and it would be a shame to lock it down from collaborative editing for 5 days. I will agree that if edit warring continues after the block, then PP should be reinstated, but at this moment it seems preemptive. AlexEng^(TALK) 23:58, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

AlexEng - Bishonen also thought that the full protection was no longer necessary due to the block placed on the user involved. Since you're uninvolved and feel it should be lifted, I'm going to do so before others feel that they have to express their opinions and mount up. There will be no red tape here! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:01, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

"No red tape here"?! Please stay online 24/7? Jim1138 (talk) 00:05, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Something smells

Osh, what are the chances that a user who claims to have "12 + years of WP experiences & observations", but posts this screed as his only edit from a new account, is an indefinitely blocked/banned user? - BilCat (talk) 00:13, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I think "Osh" has a COI in this area; you might want to ask a truly sane and competent admin. Softlavender (talk) 00:30, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

LOL ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:38, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

"Sof", I tried, but they all had Template:User rouge on their userpages, which is also a COI. :) - BilCat (talk) 01:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

93.189.30.226

93.189.30.226 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Appears to need a talk page adjustment. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 00:52, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Jim1138 -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:57, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Nate Speed/ IP 93.189.30.226

Hi Oshwah, thank you for blocking 93.189.30.226. This individual has been jumping IPs all day, and just started evading its current block with a new IP, 77.68.13.219. Would you be able to block this IP as well, and semi-protect New Line Cinema and POW! Entertainment in order to dissuade the user from jumping IPs again? (I know this will probably just cause him to start vandalizing other articles, but it seems like the best we can do). Much thanks, 青い(Aoi) (talk) 00:54, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Aoi -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:57, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I've seen "PUNCHES YOU AGAIN" a number of times before. LTA... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 01:05, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Oh yeah dude definitely an LTA. Without a doubt. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:08, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Jim1138, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nate Speed/Archive for this user's long history of block evasion. Thanks again for all you both do. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 01:26, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Antifa (United States)

I see Darkness Shines is now blocked, up to you but is the PP still needed? Doug Weller talk 09:32, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Doug Weller - I lowered the article to be semi-protected a few hours ago - do you feel that semi-protection is inappropriate? I'll be happy to discuss it with you if you have questions or concerns. Just let me know :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:41, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Missed that. No, I think it's ok. Events over the past year have meant that we get a lot of IPs and resurrected old accounts and new accounts knowing nothing about Wikipedia and making inappropriate edits. Doug Weller talk 10:05, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

CVN73

I removed a disparaging "motto" and added a unique and notable construction fact about the ship. I didn't fully understand your comments but I will take the act of reverting back to my second revision to mean that the changes are acceptable. Out of curiosity, what about my change flagged you to inspect it. Thank you. Bradley.Wayne (talk) 16:02, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Bradley.Wayne! Welcome to Wikipedia! I apologize for the reversion I made to your edit - it wasn't intentional. The software I use to navigate through recent changes started locking up, and in my attempt to fix what was going on, I had pressed the shortcut key to undo the current change that was displayed (which just happened to be yours). I removed the resulting warning and I re-instated the changes you made to the article. Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything. I'll me happy to help you out and point you in the right direction. Happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:10, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Maurice Boucher Anti-Vandalism

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting the edits on the Maurice Boucher page earlier. Some idiot at my school changed the page to reflect an incident that happened a couple weeks ago. Everyone at the school shares an IP on Wikipedia, so I saw when you sent the message. 97.80.159.85 (talk) 22:07, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

RevDel question

Hello Oshwah. How is (Redacted) a serious BLP violation? I would buy that it is Purely disruptive material. — xaosflux ^Talk 23:13, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Because bots are people too, Xaosflux!! That's actually pretty funny... I must have pressed the down key too few times and didn't realize that I had picked the field above the correct rev del reason. Thanks for pointing this out to me - for the record, this is obviously an RD3... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:18, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, sounds good. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:03, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

I always thought a bot revert was an R2-D2. :) - BilCat (talk) 00:57, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Username

Hi,

Shouldn't the username be nuked from the history of this page? Adam9007 (talk) 00:09, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Aww damnit, that account got an edit in... I must not have F5'd the contribs page for that user after I applied the block. To answer your question: Yes. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:28, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

F5'd? Is that a hotkey for a mass rollback? Adam9007 (talk) 00:34, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

LOL. I open the user's contributions page, block the user, then press F5 to refresh that page to verify for certain that the user didn't manage to edit anything and that I don't need to roll the revvy devvy truck out on anything. I did refresh the page... or I ...believe that I did. Apparently I didn't, because I managed to walk away from the situation and left an edit out like that... you know, something that a TOTAL NINNY like myself would do! :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:39, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Lol, I had forgotten that F5 is the hotkey for refreshing a page! The way you said it made me think it was something different. Adam9007 (talk) 00:43, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Yeahhh, It's an advanced power not many know about ;-). I could write a Wikipedia rap song. Thug life!

♫ ♫ I'm an admin... for my homie Gs! I do an F5 to look for RD3s. I see yo shit, and I block you down - but I know you'll be back and don't fuck around. You trash BLPs, which is obviously not good. But there lots of homies that chill in the hood. We see your crap and we might not be fast... but you better watch out cause I'll block yo ass! ♫ ♫

RESPECT!!! Drops the mic and walks off the stage -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:04, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

That seriously has got to be the most stupid thing I've ever done here. Try to be a rap artist about an admin blocking someone... things will only go downhill from here when it comes to my level of stupid... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:08, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

You think that's stupid? Hold my beer...

(Also, you should be doing a Ctrl+F5. It reloads the page entirely, without relying on your cache. You can't be a nerdcore rapper without knowing this stuff.) ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 02:08, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

I've done stupider things here, believe me. Adam9007 (talk) 01:45, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

The Penguins of Madagascar

I'm facing a dilemma at The Penguins of Madagascar. I rather listen to registered users, not the unregistered ones. What do you suggest I do? — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 04:21, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

I made a constructive edit with edit summary and all, and reverts it immediately, like he never read it, and cries vandalism even though it wasn't. Also, he has no right to choose which editors to listen to, he has to listen for everyone, regardless of status. 2600:1004:B02E:D4C6:E09C:69D7:47F6:D057 (talk) 05:07, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

FilmandTVFan28 - All editors involved in a dispute have an equal voice, and so long as they do not edit war or break 3RR, and they cooperate and follow Wikipedia's dispute resolution process and discuss the matter civilly - they should be treated with the same level of respect and given the opportunity to speak and be heard. The fact that you have an account or choose to edit without one is irrelevant. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:16, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I should have mentioned that treating everybody equally also applies to the enforcement of Wikipedia's policies. All editors involved in this dispute will be treated exactly the same - you will be given the equal respect and opportunity to participate and discuss the dispute at-hand as anybody else. But I will also treat all editors the same when it comes to the violation of policies and the use of administrator tools to enforce them. If edit warring or disruption continues on the article, all users who are directly found to be doing so will be blocked. Discuss this dispute peacefully and follow the dispute resolution policy and work together to resolve this :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:28, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

user:Oshwah - I'm just upset about negative feedback from that user. I do understand what you're saying though. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 05:25, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

FilmandTVFan28 - What negative feedback are you referring to? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:31, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

The kind that said I don't play by the rules when I actually do. — FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 05:33, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

F1 2018

Hi Oshwah,

Could you please take a loot at 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship? I know things have gotten out of control and that everyone involved is equally responsible for the whole sorry mess. But now we have some new information, it's time to request some edits.

Before we do that, I have proposed that the editors involved wait 24 hours before submitting that request. My reasons are two-fold: 1) it's a complex arrangement between all parties involved, and given the scale of the disagreement, I think it's important that all editors agree on the way forward; and 2) it's a show of good faith so that admins can see that the editors involved can actually work together. I think this is quite reasonable, and has offered some previously-uninvolved editors like Joseph2302 the chance to comment on the content.

However, ever since then, GeoJoe10000 and Wikipediaeditperson have repeatedly accused me of deliberately trying to prolong the protection period so that the article is intentionally incorrect. This could not be further from the truth, and some of their comments suggest that they do not even understand why I was opposed to the edits in the first place. Any time I try to do something constructive, they immediately step in and accuse me of deliberate wrongdoing. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 04:33, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Prisonermonkeys - If everyone involved agrees that the full protection should be removed, and they all ping me and say so - I'll lower it without question :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:11, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

We're pretty much ready to go. My more immediate concern is that even if the content dispute is resolved, there are some editors who are more interested in settling scores than doing anything constructive. They're treating the talk page as a battleground to the point where they have lost sight of what the original issue was. The initial dispute was over the use of an article that relied on an anonymous source without providing anything to substantiate it, but some have abandoned that and are trying to settle scores. My concern is what happens if the issue isn't resolved when the protection is lifted. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 06:36, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Regarding Vandalism by user RadhikaSharma444

Hey man,

I just came here directly from the "Saraswati" wiki page to report a user named "RadhikaSharma444". That user undid my revert but sadly that's not the end of it. The same user is going over many wiki articles and is making mere will edits and undoing cited edits. See their contribution page. No reason is provided. Also, The user has been fairly warned on their talk page but hasn't paid heed or even acknowledged it.

Hoping you could drop by take a look at it. Thanks mate.ShotgunMavericks (talk) 11:37, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Do you get paid to police the Wiki? Do you do it to feel important? something wrong in your life to spend so much time on wiki or any other open source website!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RadhikaSharma444