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Ramdasia

Can you please take some time to review the Ramdasia page. We need a third party mediation on this page. TimesGerman (talk) 23:29, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I know nothing about this subject and do not have access to any of the sources so I am not able to help you. -- Dianna (talk) 02:45, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for orphaned non-free revisions deletion

Hello Diannaa! How are you? After a long gap i request you to delete the Orphaned non-revisions for the below file :

Yevadu poster

Have a nice day and happy editing.

Regards, Raghusri (talk) 09:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Raghusri. I am well, I hope you are the same. The little request is now  Done. -- Dianna (talk) 14:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Diannaa. Raghusri (talk) 12:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for page protection

Hi Diannaa,

Thank you for granting a 2 week semi-protection for Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia. It is much appreciated, however inadequate it may be. :] The IP-user has not responded yet, but I will let you know if things get out of hand again in the near future.

Cheers, Aero777 (talk) 19:45, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Could you check an image?

It says that File:Coneycombodns.png is up for deletion because it doesn't have any licence. However, it also says that it was copied from Wikipedia. Does it have a licence on Wikipedia? --Stefan2 (talk) 22:36, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

No, the deleted file on en.wiki did not have a license attached either. It was deleted as an F8 by Schuminweb on November 12, 2010. -- Dianna (talk) 23:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I just wanted to check in case a tool had missed something during the transfer. I've sometimes seen CommonsHelper removing {{Information}} and {{PermissionOTRS}} templates, so you always need to verify the result. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:16, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I know. There's tens of thousands of them that have never been properly reviewed. You have to be an admin on this wiki to check them, as you have to be able to look inside the deleted file. -- Dianna (talk) 23:18, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Those files will have to be reviewed at some point. However, there are more urgent matters around. I just started looking at Category:Files with non-standard public domain statements and found lots of weird PD reasons. "This file is in the public domain, because official press release". "This file is in the public domain, because Found on a website and can save the image to the computer." The whole category probably has to be reviewed... --Stefan2 (talk) 23:27, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

That's do-able; there's ony 503 in the category (on this wiki; probably more at the Commons). I have been going through the daily lists at User:Multichill/Free uploads and examining each photo. There's too much to do, we need more people helping in this area. -- Dianna (talk) 23:36, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I go to Special:ListFiles once in a while and check the latest 50 uploads (thereby also finding NFCC violations), but there is also a category on Commons for files uploaded using the Wikipedia file upload wizard, and that category also contains lots of problem files. Also, it takes more time to verify the NFCC violations than it takes to verify the free photos. More people are definitely needed. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:44, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Obvious sock is obvious

This user [1] [2] is obviously the same as this indeffed user [3] [4]. I thought about submitting a SPI but it's so obvious I almost don't want to bother.Volunteer Marek 01:01, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Mr Marek. I have been editing the article, and am thus too involved now to block. Would you mind filing the SPI? Or I could do it, if you are busy. -- Dianna (talk) 01:29, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind me butting in, I am going to file it. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:31, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Please do. -- Dianna (talk) 01:34, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

It's already been dealt with. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:36, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

File:BBC One Northern Ireland.svg

You changed this to fair use, but Wikipedia only uses USA law, which uses the USA threshold of originality. We have a specific template, {{PD-ineligible-USonly}}, for cases like this. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:49, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Wiki too hard. :/ -- Dianna (talk) 13:52, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

More images

Hi. You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:Android version history#Home Screens deleted. Rapture's Sander Cohen (talk) 16:49, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

I would like these restored in order to fix the problems. See the discussion. Otherwise it'll have to be DRV. Rapture's Sander Cohen (talk) 13:05, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Rapture's Sander Cohen. I reviewed the images when you posted here on April 3, and my opinion is that all of them contain non-free elements such as background pictures, icons, or both. So though the Android software is freely licensed the images were protected by copyright and were thus correctly tagged as fair use. Having so many non-free images in one article violates the fair use criteria, and that's why they were tagged and deleted. I don't agree with undeleting them, so please go ahead with DRV. -- Dianna (talk) 13:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Let me try to explain further. Take Special:Undelete/File:Android_4.0_on_the_Galaxy_Nexus.png: the background wallpaper here is called Phasebeam, and it was added to Android under the Apache licence here. This is just an example but the same applies to all the other backgrounds, and even Stefan2 agress with this. So that just leaves icons. Yes, there are copyrighted icons on some (not all) of these images, but it would be trivial to blank these out to create a free image similar to what they did with File:Chrome_OS_21.0.1172_Aura_Dev.png. This is why we want the images restored, to fix these minor issues. Rapture's Sander Cohen (talk) 14:23, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

GOCE March drive barnstar!

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	For your hard work copy editing more than 8000 words during the Guild of Copy Editors March 2013 Backlog Elimination Drive, you have earned this award from the Guild. Thanks, and we'll see you soon! —Torchiest talkedits 01:08, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Leaderboard awards

Thanks for the awards! I do have a question though... You presented me with three, but I believe there should be five. Could you check on this please? I don't want to seem greedy, but I do have them coming, I would like to get them. If not, sorry to be a bother. Buster40004 Talk 04:06, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Lfstevens actually squeezed into 5th place on total articles and largest article. The leaderboard on the drive page isn't always 100% up to date, unfortunately. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 05:29, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

WP:FFD for March 12

Hi. You recently closed the discussion for Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2013 March 12#File:Azkals_logo.JPG with the result being keep. Why? It should've been clear that it should be deleted. Banana Fingers (talk) 14:55, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Banana Fingers! Here's the details: (1) There's been no evidence presented that the logo is fan-made as claimed. (2) The logo is present on the team's Facebook page and official page, so whether it is fan-made or not has become immaterial; it's widely used and widely recognised. (3) This FFD was opened only four days after the previous discussion had ended as Keep. (4) This was the third deletion discussion for this file, all of which have ended in a Keep result. So I feel pretty comfortable that Keep was the right decision. -- Dianna (talk) 18:47, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Hitler

I added the source. Hope it's okay now! I've always wanted to expand the Health section of his article. I just read the diaries of his doctor and there is so much information in there. Thismightbezach (talk) 23:51, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. David Irving is not really considered a reliable source, so I will be opening a discussion on the Hitler talk page. By the way there's really no room to expand the Hitler article as we are already at 11,314 words and the upper limit is about 10,000 words. If you have a lot of material, please consider starting a new article instead. -- Dianna (talk) 23:58, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

GFDL/GNU Free Documentation License Question

Couple of questions;

• If something else has a GFDL license (say a site for example), does it mean you can copy from that site if you also have a GFDL license?
• If a site changes its license to CC-BY-SA, does it mean you can take content from it before the change of its license?

All I can think of for now. I'd love if you can help out. Gaz and Gaming Fan (talk) 00:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article GNU Free Documentation License is on the topic of GFDL licenses. For CC-BY-SA, please refer to the Wikipedia article Creative Commons license as a starting point. There's Wikipedia-specific information at Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:File copyright tags. If you have specific questions I will try to answer them, but am not comfortable with attempting to interpret copyright law for you. -- Dianna (talk) 00:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

So you're saying that it's okay to use some of content with GFDL license if your place has GFDL license, correct? It has to be as long as if you're writing documentation in your own words. Licensing can be confusing... Gaz and Gaming Fan (talk) 00:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

If you give me a specific example of what you want to do I will try to assist you. I am not going to give general legal advice on copyright matters. -- Dianna (talk) 00:39, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Say there's a wiki with the GFDL license, right? And it later changes to the CC-BY-SA license. Would it be okay to take content from the wiki in like 2006, 2007 revisions before the licensing change to CC-BY-SA like, say in, 2009. A reason is that I want to borrow some content from Wikia and take it to my wiki while I change some of the text to match the wiki's standards. The wiki I have is a Video Game Wiki on ShoutWiki under the licensing of GFDL 1.3. Wikia used to have a GFDL license until about 2009 or something. Oh and why can't you give out legal advice? I hope I said it in the best non-legal advice way possible. Gaz and Gaming Fan (talk) 00:46, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not interested in answering your legal questions, so sorry, as I am not a lawyer. Please ask your lawyer. -- Dianna (talk) 00:49, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Diannaa. You have new messages at File talk:1920 cub logo.jpg.
Message added 00:44, 5 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Stefan2 (talk) 00:44, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Newsletter help again

Hi Dianna. Can you do me a favor and send out the WP:VG newsletter again? It just needs to be the following:

== The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video Games]] Newsletter, Q1 2013 ==

 {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20130403}}

Our former newsletter master seems to be essentially retired, so this will probably be quarterly request. :) Thanks! —Torchiest ^talk_edits 02:58, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Okay, can do. -- Dianna (talk) 03:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Much obliged! —Torchiest ^talk_edits 04:17, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Change to MediaWiki:Deletedtext

FYI, I wanted to notify you of a change I made to MediaWiki:Deletedtext for image deletions since I know this will affect you ... I don't know if there's anyone other than you and me that are doing a whole heckuva lot of these. 65.92.180.137 (talk · contribs) has taken to adding Wikiproject tags to images nominated for deletion, which, when you're trying to delete a large number of images gives you pointless extra mouseclicks. I have changed MediaWiki:Deletedtext so that if you are deleting an image, it does not initially hide the transcluded talk page text. That saves the mouse click of needing to either visit the talk page or show it before clicking delete. --B (talk) 13:25, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks B. By the way, if you have time, could you take a look at WP:PUF? There's old discussions dating back to January that I cannot close, either because I was the nominator or because I commented. I posted at WP:AN a few weeks ago, but nobody responded. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. User:Explicit used to do a lot of this work, but they suddenly quit editing in mid-February, and SchuminWeb quit in December, so yeah, there's not a lot of admins active in this field right now. Thanks, -- Dianna (talk) 13:39, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

No permission tags

Hi, I've been going through Category:Wikipedia files missing permission as of 24 March 2013 and I'm finding some of the tags you've made to not be in the spirit of WP:F11. Some examples: [5]: Uploader claims copyright, you link to an external website which uses the image in your tag. Should go to WP:PUF. [6]: Uploader claims copyright. I have no idea why you tagged this. [7]: Uploader claims copyright, you link to an external website which uses the image in your tag. Should go to WP:PUF. [8]: Uploader claims copyright, notes it's a "Drawing made from measurements in my laboratory". States it was published in a book, so could probably be sent to WP:PUF.
Anyway, you get the idea. I don't think you should be tagging things with "no permission" that should be sent to WP:PUF for discussion. Thanks. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

The tag has already been removed from File:Figures of Light First Concert Poster.jpg, as I was in conversation with the uploader, and an OTRS ticket is on the way. I can move the other ones to PUF if that's what you think is the right thing to do. I don't have time right now though, as I have to go out in half an hour and will be gone for most of the weekend. -- Dianna (talk) 15:26, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

• File:BonnieTyler backstageMunich2013.jpg
• File:Fx 800 vxr.jpg
• File:GaInAs and Ge Photodiodes.jpg

Deletion of BTC logo

Hi, Diannaa.

With respect to File:Bulgarian Telecommunications Company logo.jpg, an extended discussion here reached a consensus that having one of the previous logos was acceptable. Would you mind restoring it to the Vivacom article in the "Mobile and fixed phone services" section? I mean, the consensus was that the image didn't fail the non-free content criteria. Diego (talk) 23:39, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

I have undeleted the file but have not put it back in the article. -- Dianna (talk) 14:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Simple question

Hello Diannaa! I was hoping you could help me with a little issue I came across. I was wikifying this article when I noticed its use of "military time", or whatever it's called. I think it's a bit confusing to the reader, especially when reading quickly. Is there a standard way of styling these times, or is it ok to leave them as they currently are? Please advise, and thank you for your help. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 01:40, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

MOS:TIME. There should be a colon between the hour and the minute. -- Dianna (talk) 13:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! I was wondering if there would be any peculiar MOS addendum for battle articles and such, but that's good to know. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:50, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Oh aye. There is a whole MILHIST style book around here somewhere ... Oh here it is: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history -- Dianna (talk) 19:25, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Monterey Bay Area Council CSP.png)

Thanks for uploading File:Monterey Bay Area Council CSP.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hazard-Bot (talk) 04:17, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Organization Islamic Cooperation Summit.jpg

Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 February 9#File:Organization Islamic Cooperation Summit.jpg About that image File:Organization Islamic Cooperation Summit.jpg: Actually the debate wasn't finished, I asked for an expert to judge & I don't know why it was deleted.... I want a journalist to judge in that matter in addition to an apology.... Let the experts talk....--elbarck (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

The image does not need to be reviewed by a journalist; what's needed here is knowledge of copyright law, which is something I have. You have no proof that the file is in the public domain as claimed, and thus the photo was deleted. Sorry. -- Dianna (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 April 1#File:Nargis Anhonee 52.jpg

"The result of the discussion was: converted to Fair Use" but the file was deleted. Either the deletion or your closure comment appears to be wrong. --Stefan2 (talk) 01:37, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I somehow put the templates on the wrong section. It's been fixed. -- Dianna (talk) 01:42, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Image license problem

Can you take a look at this? It looks like a publicity photo improperly shown as released to the public domain. I'm not sure what the procedure is for that, since it seems like it should be removed ASAP. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 01:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Oh, how convenient. Should I just follow the procedures I found via the section above at possibly unfree files? —Torchiest ^talk_edits 01:17, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, nominating for deletion at WP:PUF would be the way to go. If you are running Twinkle, it's super easy. -- Dianna (talk) 01:54, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	For designing a new userbox, adding it to my userpage and then tidying things up while you were there. Thank you! Dweller (talk) 09:03, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Dweller! -- Dianna (talk) 12:47, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Deleted Durham Region Transit Bus pictures

Hi,

I have had uploaded files deleted due to lack of permission, but I have forwarded the email from the author to the email address at WikiMedia as proof. Can you help in restoring these files as I do have permission to use them on Wikipedia. I8189720 (talk) 18:21, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi I8189720. Once the OTRS team receives and processes the email, the files will be restored by an OTRS team member. Please be patient; this process could take several weeks, as they have a backlog of material to get through. -- Dianna (talk) 18:28, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Jack Draws Anything image

Hi, you deleted File:Jack-draws-anything-book-cover.png - I am relatively new to Wikipedia. Maybe if you explained what I did wrong and/or explain what I need to do to get this image back correctly I can do so. I thought I had done it all correctly. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TommyTipper (talk • contribs) 19:59, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Tommy Tipper. There were a couple of problems with the image. At first, the image did not have a non-free rationale. That was added on the 4th of April, but there's a second problem: book covers are only permitted in an article about that book, not in an article about the author. Please see the Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria and Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright as places to get started on Wikipedia's copyright policy as pertaining to image uploads. -- Dianna (talk) 22:23, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Could you take a look?

Hey there. I randomly found Arctic Spas in the copy-edit backlog, and I just... um... did stuff to it. It ended up being more of a major rewrite/wikification/reference-hunt than a copy-edit, but I did copy-edit it, and I was wondering if you could take a look and see what you think about that (i.e. can I take the tag off'n it, please). Thanks a bunch! —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 01:10, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Ignatzmice. The language, MoS, etc are all nicely done. I tweeked the dashes and a few layout things. The "references" section looks like it's a duplication of everything in the online citations and can therefore be removed. You did a nice job! copy edit tag can be removed. -- Dianna (talk) 01:22, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! I didn't feel like going through the References to see what I didn't need anymore, but I suppose I can just take it out, yes. As I've got everything I can in-line/online. —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 01:24, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I did spot checks and yeah, I think the whole section can go. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 01:25, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Copyright inspector Barnstar
		It's not easy to find a barnstar you don't already have. I just thought I'd stop by and give you this in appreciation of your CSD work (here and on Commons). It's nice to have someone whose noms I can comfortably click [Delete] on, and not have their creator clicking [New section] on my talk to complain about it soon after. INeverCry 01:47, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the positive feedback. :) -- Dianna (talk) 01:48, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Android screenshots

Could you comment at User talk:Stefan2#Android? --Stefan2 (talk) 20:24, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

The fellow already posted here and I told him to take it to deletion review if he wanted the images undeleted. User talk:Diannaa/Archive 27#More images. It's gone beyond the scope of my knowledge. -- Dianna (talk) 22:38, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I wonder if I emailed him the images and then he could do his tweeks and re-upload the new versions. I will suggest this on your talk. -- Dianna (talk) 22:55, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

This Android stuff is so complex. Google makes some freely licensed software, but if you buy a phone in a shop, you don't only get the freely licensed software, but also some unfree software, usually made by both Google and by the phone manufacturer. In the end, it's awfully difficult to know whether any given screenshot is freely licensed or not. Not an area I would wish to step into again... --Stefan2 (talk) 13:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Diamond jubilee medal

Firstly, I will like to thank you for finding a solution through Wikipedia's rules. I have to say however (and this might be silly) but we do now see that you have posted my picture, and therefore, I lose the "credit" for my contribution. As stated, this might be silly, however I did in part purchase the medals for the Wikipedia article and I was proud in the fact that I was the one who could help all users see all three versions of the medal. Is there a possibility that my name be restored on the file of the image please.

Thank you kindly. Ctjj.stevenson (talk) 20:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Mr Stevenson. Not silly at all; you are entitled to attribution. Sorry, my mistake. Two images, right? file: Three Diamond Jubilee medals.jpg and file: CaribbeanRealmsDJM.png have now been fixed. Please let me know if I missed anything else. -- Dianna (talk) 22:49, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Kaifi Azmi in Annual Mushaira.JPG

I see that you rotated this image. What do you think of the copyright status? It says that the image was taken in Chicago in the United States, but it has GPS EXIF coordinates indicating a location in India, so it would seem that someone took a photo in Chicago, transported a paper copy to India and then took a photo of the photo in India. That is, we have a photo of a photo. This doesn't have to mean anything: the photo is from 1995 so it was probably not taken using a digital camera and the uploader might own the original negative, using a camera instead of a scanner for digitalising the image, but it looks a bit weird with Indian GPS coordinates for a photo taken in the United States. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:40, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I investigated the copyright status and found nothing untoward. The most likely explanation for the weird metadata is that they did indeed take a paper copy of the photo home to India and scanned it there for upload. -- Dianna (talk) 22:35, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Precious again

support and questions
Thank you for living your goals of non-attachment, logic and class, treating editors as real people! I am attached and not logical, supporting the same ;) - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (24 November 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 93rd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, - I am surprised that the link to "attached and not logical" still works ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Gerda! a toast to absent friends. -- Dianna (talk) 02:49, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Both of you are class acts in my book. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 00:45, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

The Urban Link User Page Award Graphic Removal

Hello Diannaa, thank you for looking at my user page User:Theurbanlink you removed my Hot 500 Yahoo! graphic which was directly from my user profile on Yahoo! I do not totally understand why it was removed or how to provide copyright information other than what was provided but I would like to. The rules references you provided just confused me a bit more. I used the graphic directly from my contributor's page on Yahoo!, I cleared the use of the screenshot with my superiors at Yahoo! and was advised by them that I SHOULD use the award graphic from my profile to add on my Wikipedia User Page. Could I please have some clearer guidance on how to use that piece...I am not all that experienced yet with Wikipedia but very much want to learn from experienced editors...thank you for your timeTheurbanlink (talk) 19:55, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

There's registered trademark and copyright material on that document, including the Yahoo logo. It's not suitable for uploading to this website for that reason. What you might like to do instead is offer a link to the award on your user page. -- Dianna (talk) 23:28, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Teutonic Man sock of EPM?

Hello Diannaa, I just saw that you already had a brush with the above user, and judging from the content of his/her edits, I'm pretty sure that it's a sock of the recently banned EPM/Yamaha Spirit editor. Moreover, some similar IP edits map to Tyneside, the location of the infamous and indeffed GeordieWikiEditor. Perhaps there's a way to fast-track an SPI, seeing that this user is already wreaking havoc with several entries? Malljaja (talk) 20:28, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Clear cut cases tend to get quick attention. I have filed an SPI. -- Dianna (talk) 21:39, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks Dianna! I just saw that the socks match and the case already awaits closing. Malljaja (talk) 01:56, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Obvious sock is obvious, I guess. Good catch. Now I am gonna get rid fo that extraneous stuff he insisted on adding to Heydrich. -- Dianna (talk) 02:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Shadows

For the complete list, see User:Diannaa/Soundtrack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32AL2CLFluQ

File:Mist Tree.JPG

Could you check this file? It was deleted as F4 in 2008. Two days ago, the original uploader created a file information page containing nothing but a licence tag. Does this address the issue which caused the F4 deletion? --Stefan2 (talk) 12:40, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

There's other problems; the uploader stated that the photo was taken by Paul Duron, and there's no indication that that is who they are. No source information was provided. The image is a photo of the mist tree fountain in Discovery Park in Houston. I do not know if this fountain qualifies as a copyright work of art. -- Dianna (talk) 13:09, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I see. So this doesn't help us at all, then. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:01, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Online counseling, etc.

Hello. Now that you have protected the article, would you mind rolling back the Online counseling article to the last version by Darkness Shines or me (they are the same), though leaving the protection, of course. The IP violated 3RR (again) and reverted a fourth time within a few hour span. I don't want to run afoul of 3RR myself, so I can't just do it myself. Also, the IP seems to be taking "revenge" by reverting consensus edits I made at Online Therapy Institute, and since the IP has violated 3RR at least 3 separate times in the last few days, and was disruptive at the page protection NB, would you consider blocking, too? Thanks and happy editing! Novaseminary (talk) 20:46, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

You know it's usual to protect the Wrong Version™, right? I will get right on it. -- Dianna (talk) 20:51, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course, without fail! Thanks! Novaseminary (talk) 20:57, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I have restored the article but did not block the IP as he stopped editing two hours ago. He stopped when I put the edit warring warning template on his talk page. I am usually around on the weekend so let me know if things change. Or you could wait for a response at the 3RR board; I don't usually help out in that area and the people who specialise in this stuff might respond differently than me. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 21:00, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks again! Novaseminary (talk) 00:13, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

How about you take a look at the history of the editor novaseminary and this pov pushing in this and other areas before acting. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.84.241.55 (talk) 01:37, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

BTW how can you justify rv back to edits from an editor (novaseminry) who blanked an entire section? Did you miss this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.84.241.55 (talk) 01:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

198.84.241.55 Has been editing disruptively (rv talk page header adjustments/archiving and collapsing his ad hominem attacks, personal attack on article talk page, more disruption without explanation). I am not sure what to do. Would you mind taking a look? 03:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Please do, all you will find is that novaseminary has a very bad history of edit warring, pov editing, and being uncivil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.84.241.55 (talk) 03:50, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

• I have blocked the IP for 72 hours. The amount of disruptive editing was intolerable, including edit warring (multiple articles), personal attacks, and vandalism of talk pages. Their parting shot was to screw up the talk page header (again) of the Online counseling article.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:53, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for handling this Bbb23 and Diannaa. Happy editing! Novaseminary (talk) 18:17, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Bbb23. -- Dianna (talk) 20:28, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

User:142.179.233.65 at it again at Lac La Biche, Alberta

Hi Diannaa, you blocked this editor for two weeks a little while back. Looks like nothing has been learned, as the IP has received two warnings today already and has just once again deliberately inserted factual errors at the above article. Hwy43 (talk) 22:43, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Hwy43. I will put the article back on semi for two weeks. -- Dianna (talk) 22:45, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Also, blocking the IP for another 2 weeks. They're doing nothing but making work for other editors with their unsourced changes to articles. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 22:51, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Now excuse me while I eat my holopchi. -- Dianna (talk) 22:53, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Diannaa! Hwy43 (talk) 03:19, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Darius Dhlomo Drive

Hello. You are invited to join Darius Dhlomo Drive, a project which aims to cleanup and resolve one of the oldest copyright investigations on the sire. We hope that you will join and help to clean what's left of the copyright violations. You are getting this invitation because you have helped out previously, and I am inviting you back to hopefully wrap this up. Wizardman 01:44, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Albert Bormann

Diannaa: I am getting a "script error" as to the photo of Albert Bormann on his article. Can you check it out? You know photos, much better. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 00:42, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done I haven't the foggiest, but it's fixed. You may have to clear your cache for it to display properly. -- Dianna (talk) 00:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, now if you can fix my a/c unit at the house... Kierzek (talk) 01:03, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

A/C!!??? It snowed here yesterday. Alberta weather: April snow brings May snow. -- Dianna (talk) 01:06, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

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Request for the orphaned non-free revision deletion

Hello Diannaa.

My humble request is to delete the ONFRV for the following file :

Gabbar singh poster

Have a nice day.

Raghusri (talk) 09:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Diannaa. Raghusri (talk) 07:38, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Glad to help. -- Dianna (talk) 12:36, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for reviewing María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar and correcting my English! It's been a pleasure to work with you--I learned a whole lot in the process. Thanks and happy editing! ComputerJA (talk) 06:16, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks CJA! it was a good experience. -- Dianna (talk) 12:35, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

145.255.195.39 (talk · contribs) again

Hi, Diannaa. This IP above, as you know, has repeatedly being warned on its inappropriate behavior and as result was blocked by you several times for personal attacks, ahead of time. After its last block passed out today it has continued with the insults and curses against me here. It is necessary maybe, more restrictive actions to be taken against such vulgar behavior. Thank you in advance, again. Jingiby (talk) 15:00, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done . Dianna (talk) 18:26, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Jingiby (talk) 05:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Somewhat random question ...

Is there a difference between a "sysop" and an "admin"?
If so, is it possible to summarise the difference(s) briefly? If so, I would appreciate it if you did that.
If not, can you point me at the WP pages that would enlighten me? If so, I would appreciate it if you did that.
Thanks in advance. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

They are two different names for the same thing: WP:Administrators. Sysop is actually a misnomer because on this wiki administrators do not administer the system software, but rather have been granted extra tools to help administer content. -- Dianna (talk) 13:26, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Pdfpdf (talk) 14:22, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

(Take care. If you keep this up you'll get a reputation for being friendly and helpful!)

(I am thinking of starting a new cabal ~! ►►—Dianna—► ^会話)

ROTFL! (Well, why not!? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC) ;-)

Eve McVeagh back of "Snafu" file scanned and placed in picture file

• File:Eve McVeagh in "Snafu".jpg
• Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 April 4#File:Eve McVeagh in "Snafu".jpg

Hi Dianna, I added the back scan of the entire photo in the area with the cropped photos because that is the only place I could find to add it. You can see it fits the dimensions of the original file not the cropped files. Hopefully this will close the discussion and the photo will be approved as public domain now since no copyright is placed. Further, credit to Talbot Photography (the film processor) was already given and no copyright or photographer is listed on the back or front of the photo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.13.136 (talk) 06:44, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I will re-upload it as a separate file so both copies of the image can reference it. -- Dianna (talk) 13:32, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I have closed the discussion as Keep and cleaned up the files. -- Dianna (talk) 14:08, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much for cleaning this up and adding as keep:) In reference to your other message about adding a higher resolution of the front, I kept it at a lower resolution so that the lines that the theatre company put on the front for their hand crop job for the picture board would be less visible. Otherwise there are penciled lines that are quite visible and look bad; you can still see them if you look closely at the curent scan of the picture in addition to the scratches which are visible. I think the resolution is still quite good and the picture looks good. Do you think it looks bad? I made the resolution of the back very high so all markings could be read clearly and no additional questions would be raised.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hans100 (talk • contribs)

No, I think the image looks fine. The scan is very good quality and the resolution is high enough for use in Wikipedia articles, and the upload of the back is perfect. However, with historical photos in the PD, sometimes people do extra work, as the photo itself is an object of historical interest. Images can be uploaded and cleaned up digitally. For example, we used to have this image of Hermann Fegelein on this wiki, but it was one of hundreds of Nazi images that were lost when it was discovered that they are not actually in the public domain. User:Diannaa/Problematic images is where you will find an archive of the clean-up that had to be undertaken. The Fegelein image I found particularly upsetting to have to delete as I had taken his biography to WP:GA and thought the photo was really telling. The photo may have been taken by Eva Braun, as Fegelein was her brother-in-law, and Braun worked for the Hoffmann studio. But the pic is not in the public domain, and we have no right to use it here, as there's two free-use images of Fegelein that were donated to the Commons by the Bundesarchiv. I chose to use commons:File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Bueschel-056-13, Wilhelm Bittrich und Hermann Fegelein.jpg, which as you can see is covered with white fluff, but I have cleaned it up using Windows Paint, and the current image displayed in the article is File:Hermann Fegelein.jpg. Far better results can be obtained by experts who specialise in this work at the Graphics Lab and have access to professional-grade software. If you are interested in undertaking this, you can post a request at the Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop. But as I say, there's no real need for you do do this; it's up to you. -- Dianna (talk) 13:57, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

2 Cents

Can I get you to take a look at WP:AN#NFCR ? Thanks, Werieth (talk) 13:54, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I did look at some of these discussions when you first posted, and all of them looked too complex for me. But I will look again. -- Dianna (talk) 14:07, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Confused

It's all somewhat of a side issue. Perhaps.

But I can't tell from the user page of Niemti that he is the same as any of these confirmed puppets of his (including the IPs).

Furthermore, when I click on HanzoHattori, I learn that he is a blocked and banned user -- with soft a redirect to Niemti ... I don't understand how, if they are the same (is that what the redirect means), one is blocked and banned while the other is editing. Obviously I'm missing something.

If he is currently an indef blocked or banned user, even if that dates back to 2008 that would be relevant today.

Nor does either page lead one to see Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of HanzoHattori.

And in addition, at least one of his suspected sock IPs is also a suspected sockpuppet of Elspeth Monro, AtlanticDeep, and Magic elephant -- which in aggregate connect to 15 more puppets. I've only checked one -- I'm not sure how widespread this goes.

And none of that is readily apparent on his (and perhaps other relevant) user pages.

So, I'm confused. If he is blocked, how is he editing? And should all of this be transparent on his user page? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 15:26, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

This is exactly the sort of concern people raised with User:Jack Merridew; with so many socks and such a tangled and lengthy history on the site, it becomes almost impossible for people not familiar with the case to know what's going on and what's relevant to the editor's current activities. This is the state that the Hanzoi Hattori user page should be in. I have restored it to that state, as the person behind these accounts is no longer blocked or banned; they are editing as Niemti. I have also added a user box to Niemti's user page indicating the previous account. -- Dianna (talk) 18:55, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Here is a link to the unban discussion on WP:AN. -- Dianna (talk) 19:00, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

File:This is an Image of Discovery Offices which is Located in Mumbai.jpg

Hi, you tagged this for deletion under f7 as replaceable "The building is extant and there's no reason a free image could not be created", from what I can find online it isn't due to complete until 2015 and what there is so far it doesn't show the final outline yet. Once complete I agree it becomes a replaceable image but until such time as a free image would show pretty much the completed structure I'm inclined to think that the FUR as it is, is valid. Thoughts? NtheP (talk) 09:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, so much of the article is in the present tense, I assumed it was complete; but you are right. It's still under construction. I will remove the speedy tag. Thanks for catching this mistake. -- Dianna (talk) 13:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

SPI

Hey Dianna, I am notifying you of this SPI as you have previously blocked one of the users involved. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 18:10, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

History of Germany in World War II

Sorry about that, guess I got distracted or something before I finished. I've restored it now. (Just so you know, the technical issue in question was that for some reason, if a longstanding article gets converted into a redirect Wikipedia's uncategorized article tools start picking it up as an uncategorized page even though they're obviously not supposed to, and so far deleting and restoring has been the only thing that actually works to clear the page off that list. It's a system bug, but it's one that hasn't gotten fixed yet despite the fact that I've filed a couple of requests now.) Bearcat (talk) 01:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Bearcat. -- Dianna (talk) 01:15, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Full body shot of Mr. Daniel Chavez Moran, founder of Mexican company Grupo Vidanta and the non-profit Fundacion Vidanta.jpeg

Hello, you tagged this for deletion but I had emailed to the permissions email address my authorization from the subject in question to use the photo. Please advise. Thank you.Edyang (talk) 17:32, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Edyang. Once the email is processed the file will be undeleted by a member of the OTRS team. Please be patient, as they are experiencing backlogs right now of three weeks to a month. By the way, it's not the subject of the photo who owns the copyright; it's the person who took the photo. That's who we need permission from. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 18:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for the orphaned non-free revisions deletion

Hello Dianna.

How are you?

My humble request is to delete the orphaned non-free revisions for the following file :

Eega and Naan Ee merged film poster

Thank you.

Raghusri (talk) 13:04, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you.

Raghusri (talk) 09:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Notice regarding edit warring Kenny Anderson (basketball)

I am not edit warring. I am editing the article. I am adding pertinent information that is sourced. 71.191.244.33 (talk) 00:03, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

warn User talk:Zagalejo to stop stalking me

Also, since you are issuing warning, warn User talk:Zagalejo to stop stalking me. Z has followed me from Kenny Anderson to Gilbert Arenas and Brook Lee. Is Zaga adding info, NOPE. Just reverting my edits. This is stalking and creates a hostile environment. 71.191.244.33 (talk) 00:06, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

a heads-up

Thanks for the heads-up.

I am going to check the discussion now.

I did not think the nominator -- the only person to comment, bothered to read my counter-arguments.

Oh, I see that even though only a short time has passed since what I thought was a courtesy heads-up the image has already been deelted. I was going to ask you to hold off on deletion until we discused this, because if that discussion did not convince me the image genuinely did not comply with policy I would proaably request deletion review.

One reason why a text description is insufficient -- many legal and human rights scholars asserted the USA removed multiple toes without anaesthetics. The image shows only a single toe was deleted. We are not allowed to contradict WP:Reliable sources. We are not allowed state "even though many experts assert the USA removed multiple toes without anaesthetics," only a single toe was removed. Geo Swan (talk) 17:19, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Geo Swan. The image came from the Daily Mail, which is not considered a reliable source. The victim's face is not exposed, so we actually have no way of knowing that the image is the person it is claimed to be. If you have additional sources saying exactly how many toes were removed, that would be better than using stuff from the Daily Mail. The best way to generate wider discussion of this image would be to open a deletion review. -- Dianna (talk) 17:30, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

Sorry, I confused two fair use images that User:Stefan2 challenged.

The instantiations of the {{replaceable fair use}} and the {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}} tags say the closing administrator will copy that discussion to the File's talk page. You haven't yet done so? I hope you will do so as soon as possible, particularly since Stefan2 left a further comment on the file's description page and I left a reply. Of course I need to know whether Stefan2 responded to my reply. If you were planning to respond to the counter arguments I left on the description page I hope you will do so as soon as possible. Geo Swan (talk) 17:39, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

This step has now been done. Sorry for the mistake. -- Dianna (talk) 17:47, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

KINDLY PAY ATTENTION DIANNAA...

DIANNAA, Today i am really impressed by your works, designs and contributions. Firstly while i am in Mr. Stradivarius user page, i came to know that the person is an administrator, when i was going through his admin nomination page, i found that u have asked a question regarding the nomination, then i visited ur user page, i was impressed when i saw that your name (DIANNAA) is written in blue floating font in the top of ur user page. I viewed the total user page and got partially impressed, when i visited ur talk page, i became totally impressed by the blue color box with borders carrying all the messages. I suddenly wished to send u a message.

MY POINT IS--

PLZ PLZ PLZ MY SISTER

CAN U TEACH ME HOW TO DESIGN MY NAME IN BLUE FLOATING FONT LIKE U. THEN CAN U TELL ME HOW TO DESIGN A TALK PAGE LIKE U (AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID ABOVE) ???

Please reply me OR contact me on my talk page.  Himanis Das   talk  17:23, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Himanis Das! The code that makes the user name display so sweet is {{DISPLAYTITLE:User:<span style="text-shadow:#128 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'; color:navy"> Diannaa</span>}} on the user page and {{DISPLAYTITLE:User talk:<span style="text-shadow:#128 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'; color:navy"> Diannaa</span>}} on the talk page. You can experiment with different colours and fonts. Not all fonts are supported for this application, though. Best, -- Dianna (talk) 17:34, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Note also that custom font specifications only work for readers who have the same font on their system (or an equivalent, where such exists). For example I don‘t happen to have Tempus Sans on this computer, so although I do see the colour and glow effect, the name‘s displayed in my default page-title font instead.

There are a few users whose signatures disappear altogether on the (very old) system I use at work, even though I have the right fonts, probably because the browser doesn’t understand the markup they’re using.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for the info :) -- Dianna (talk) 02:18, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

On my old system at work now, and I don’t see the glow effect. But having activated Tempus Sans before launching my browser, I do see both the font style and colour customizations. (I’m certainly not suggesting you change anything to accommodate this antique—a recent change to the WM servers means it doesn’t even try to run my JavaScript any more! Although I miss the collapse function, Popups, and whatnot, there’s a silver lining in that pages here load much faster than they used to, and I don’t have to click through a dozen “unresponsive script” warnings to bring up a complicated page any more.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:57, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I just bought a 32-GB flash drive and am running it as ReadyBoost. Wow, a lot of my javascript problems went away. And here I was just about ready to dish out $1200 for a MacBook Pro. That's real Canadian dollars mind, not those US Dollarettes -- Dianna (talk) 22:41, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I haven’t had any complaints about the responsiveness of my main system, a late G5 Mac; although officially “obsolete”, and apparently incapable* of accessing some kinds of content (Ogg audio files, e.g.), it generally does just fine here. (I knew it was obsolescent when I bought it—just a few weeks before they were discontinued—but my favourite drawing application won’t run on anything newer.) Anyway, I just got a used MacBook Pro (C$500, including some pricey software already installed), not quite “vintage” yet, that I hope will keep me current for a few more years. It has an Intel CPU and an OS two versions newer than the G5’s: along with its wifi that allows me to get online from elsewhere than my basement den, these capabilities have instantly made it my preferred browsing machine.

* With free software, anyway–I was too cheap to spring for QuickTime Pro, which might help, but a compatible version may not even be sold any more. There may also exist third-party commercial plug-ins or whatever. But my most frequent problem with the G5 on the Web is that it won’t run any recent version of Flash, and my usual browser, Safari, crashes when I click links to YouTube. At least Firefox still works there.

—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:26, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I want from u

Hi, thanks u have told me the HTML script to design for talk page and signature. But i would prefer to keep the design what u will make for me.

So, kindly make both designs for me and tell me what to do to fix it.  Himanis Das   talk  13:24, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done -- Dianna (talk) 13:27, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Born2cycle

Diannaa, I believe that Born2Cycle is "under a limited discussion ban at the discretion of an uninvolved admin when his behavior becomes counter productive to the discussion." I went to warn him on his talk page for his tendentiousness. Then when I looked at the page history, I saw that he was already warned by several others. He usually relies on Misabot ro archive his talk page, so his accelerated manual archiving of the existing thread seems to imply to me he is done listening. He is really pushing the boat out on this, and I think it's probably time to stop him if he doesn't do so of his own accord. Thanks, -- Ohconfucius ^{ping / poke} 13:37, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

I think it's beyond the scope of what I am prepared to do to tell a user how to manage their own talk page. He is archiving, which gives good transparency and an easy-to-browse history. TParis' ruling calls for "An uninvolved admin may ban him from a particular discussion he is involved in on a case by case basis after a warning that can be enforced with a block between 24 hours and the duration of the discussion he is disruptive in", but Qwyrxian has just now closed the discussion at Talk:Suicide of Kelly Yeomans, so a warning not to be disruptive there would serve no purpose at this point. Please reply with your opinion of any further action you think i could or should take. Thanks. -- Dianna (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into it. I only wanted B2C to stop trolling the RM discussion. I'm glad it's now closed, so we can move on to other things. When I wrote you, I did not realise that the RM had been closed. Of course a user is largely free to do with their own talk, and I don't have an issue with it per se. I mentioned the pre-emptive archiving because I was trying to 'prove' that B2C was being disruptive and back to his 'I didn't hear that' mode. Let's hope the sanity prevails. Regards, -- Ohconfucius ^{ping / poke} 15:03, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

User:142.179.233.65 at it yet again at Lac La Biche, Alberta

Awoken from second two-week block and learned nothing. Just provided an only warning. I'll drop by again if the IP continues to ignore. Hwy43 (talk) 02:22, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I have protected for one month Lac La Biche and his other favourite target (Mötley Crüe - he changes the year of the band's foundation). There doesn't seem to be any way to get through to the guy :/ and as I recall he edits from more than one IP -- Dianna (talk) 02:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Since nothing is getting through, at what point do we show this IP the door with a permanent block? Hwy43 (talk) 03:08, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately we cannot permanently block IPs, as they are periodically reassigned, even the more stable ones (for example, Telus has changed my IP three times since I started editing in 2009). If he keeps being disruptive we can go with a longer block, and if he returns on the same IP we escalate again. But never permanently block the IP. My experience has been that these escalating blocks do work, we just have to be patient. I will watch-list his page and will try to remember to watch for further disruption -- Dianna (talk) 03:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. Wasn't aware. I can continue to watch and inform you again if you want to abstain from adding to your watchlist. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 03:26, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

The problem is that watch-listing only helps if people are dropping warnings on his page. Please do alert me if you notice anything and I seem unaware. -- Dianna (talk) 03:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks and what about the talk page ??

Hi, i feel happy that u have fixed my signature just like u. But i have also advised to tell me how to design the talk page like u i mean the procedure to make it fix.

U are permitted by me to edit my talk page.  Himanis Das   talk  04:27, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Sure, I will do that right away. -- Dianna (talk) 04:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thanks Diannaa, U fulfilled all my needs... This Barnstar is from me....  Himanis Das   talk  12:36, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

What do u mean by that ??

Hi, Diannaa can u tell me abot "Watchlist", it is there in between "Preferences" and "Contributions" options. Himanis Das   talk  16:30, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

The watchlist is a way to keep an eye on pages that you are interested in. Help:Watching pages gives a full explanation and even has a video. -- Dianna (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I want

I want to add some articles like Windows 8, 2016 ICC World Twenty20 to my watchlist. What should i do ??  Himanis Das   talk  10:43, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Navigate to the page you want to watch and click on the star symbol you will see in the tab section at the top of the page. -- Dianna (talk) 13:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

April 2013 wikification awards!

		The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
		For scoring 7th place on the leaderboard of the April 2013 wikification backlog drive, Diannaa, you are hereby awarded the Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! :)

		The Iron Wikification Barnstar
		For wikifying 16 articles, you are also awarded the Iron Wikification Barnstar. Keep up the good work! :)

So a print encyclopedia, a strawberry shortcake, and a sycamore walk into a bar - wait, have you heard this one? (talk) 20:41, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

I obeyed all the procedures (to add a page into watchlist) as u said. Currently i have watchlisted Windows 8 and 2014 ICC World Twenty20. But when i am in Windows 8 article page i found these lines were written in the top "Editing of this article by new or unregistered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. See the protection policy and protection log for more details. If you cannot edit this article and you wish to make a change, you can request an edit, discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or create an account."

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. What do u mean by that ? Can we do anything to it ? Himanis Das   talk  13:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hello! Your account has enough history of activity to be “autoconfirmed”, so you should have no problem editing the page, as long as you’re logged in: it’s what’s called “semi-protected“ (with a silver lock icon), meaning that only anonymous and newly-registered users are prevented from editing the page. It’s not uncommon for high-profile articles to require protection from time to time. If you see a red lock icon on an article or template, that means it’s fully protected, and only admins can edit it. The page-log linked from the Windows 8 history page shows that the action was taken last week, because of “persistent vandalism from IPs”, lasting until June 9.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 04:40, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Suzi Quatro In the Spotlight album cover.jpg

I am puzzled about why (on 1 May 2013) you deleted the older revision of File:Suzi Quatro In the Spotlight album cover.jpg. The details are:

(Deletion log); 22:29 . . Diannaa (Talk | contribs) deleted page File:Suzi Quatro In the Spotlight album cover.jpg ‎(Deleted old revision 20130423193445!Suzi_Quatro_In_the_Spotlight_album_cover.jpg: Reduce supplied)

At about the same time you deleted an orphaned non-free revisions template with this edit: Diff of File:Suzi Quatro In the Spotlight album cover.jpg

It said:

The previous version(s) of this file are non-free. These older revisions are no longer being used in articles, and therefore fail the Wikipedia non-free content criteria. The current version will not be deleted, only its previous revisions.

Administrators: If the current version of this file satisfies the non-free content criteria, please delete the previous versions on April 30, 2013 (seven days after this template was added on 23 April 2013). [My emphasis]

The reason for my puzzlement is that the current revision of the file had, and still has, a disputed non-free use rationale and so does not appear to satisfy the non-free content criteria. Please would you revert your deletion of the older revision of the file, and consider deleting the current revision after Monday, 6 May 2013, depending on the discussion at: File talk:Suzi Quatro In the Spotlight album cover.jpg. Thank you — Peter Loader (talk) 13:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I have restored it for you, but I don't really understand why you needed this done. The two revisions are identical, except for size. -- Dianna (talk) 14:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for restoring the original version of the file. The difference between the revisions is that the original version satisfies the non-free content criteria; at the moment, it looks as if the current version does not (because of its questionable source) and so could soon be deleted — Peter Loader (talk) 20:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Reply

REPLY TO MY ABOVE QUESTION WICH IS MENTIONED IN UR TALK PAGE......... Himanis Das   talk  17:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Graham W Phillips photo

Hi Diana. I'm ok for the photo I put up to be deleted - File:Graham W Phillips.jpg

I didn't actually have the copyright to put it up, and now the copyright holder, Just a Ukraine Guy, has put the same photo up - commons:File:Graham W Phillips.JPG - mine is a duplicate.

Sorry for putting it up in the first place, I was pretty new to wikipedia that time and didn't know so much about the importance of copyright. Bensimo (talk) 16:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I see it's gone already :)) Bensimo (talk) 16:58, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, another admin has laready taken care of the local copy. -- Dianna (talk) 17:05, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Guatemala City MOS violator

Time ago, you blocked 190.111.10.32/27 (talk · contribs) due to their persistent diruptive editing. This user has returned as 190.106.222.0/27 (talk · contribs) (190.106.222.77 (talk · contribs), 190.106.222.67 (talk · contribs), 190.106.222.8 (talk · contribs), 190.106.222.2 (talk · contribs)). I added two IPs to AIV, requested protection of several affected pages at RFPP, and Erick opened an ANI case, but this person changes easily from IPs. I reverted three in less than an hour and they still active. Can you block them/protect the pages and/or comment at AIV/ANI. Thank you. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 21:39, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

 Working -- Dianna (talk) 21:47, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I have blocked 190.106.222.0/25 (talk · contribs) for two weeks (up to 128 users would be blocked) and am going to the gym now; I will be gone for two hours or so. Perhaps he is editing from a mobile device and is in a car or on a train. As he moves about he is assigned a new IP by each cell tower -- Dianna (talk) 22:02, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Barisan Nasional

Hi, Dianna. In case you haven't seen it, you might want to comment at the ANI thread on the article. While I was writing my comments, you removed the material entirely. As I stated on ANI, I don't have a problem with that, even though I took a less aggressive view, but something should probably go in the article about the election and the party, although I suppose we could wait until the election is over and just put in the results. Any thoughts? Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

In a similar vein, I'd like to underscore that I had no dog in that fight, and was trying to navigate a sourced neutral ground on the issue, for what was becoming a partisan slugfest. Apologies if I was doing a lousy job. Thanks to you both for helping out. 99.136.252.252 (talk) 15:40, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) Oh, I didn't see the ANI thread. I will look. The reason I removed it is because if the material is posted at the article about one particular party, the implication is that they are the ones perpetrating the fraud, and the source does not say that. -- Dianna (talk) 15:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

And, Dianna, I should add if you are not familiar with 99., that he rarely does a "lousy job". He's smart, personable, and an excellent editor. His only significant imperfection is he's friends with Drmies, but I forgive him for that. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Very much appreciated, but after performing some good initial cleaning I was sloppy in my haste to find balance. Both of you did a better job in vetting the sources. Re: Drmies I wouldn't point any digits. And finally, 'smart' is debatable, and I've labored much of my life to dispel any trace of 'personableness'. Devilishly charismatic is another thing altogether. 99.136.252.252 (talk) 15:53, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

You've failed utterly in your labors. The fact that I like Drmies is a sign of good taste. The fact that you like him is a sign of poor judgment. If you can figure that one out, please let me know as I prefer to have my irrational comments rationally supported. (Poor Dianna, she's gonna wish she never stepped into this and ban us from her talk page.) --Bbb23 (talk) 15:59, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

At least I am not seeing that annoying orange bar -- Dianna (talk) 16:03, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Wait. User:Drmies has a friend? Who woulda thunk it. :P — Ched :  ?  16:05, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I, for one, miss the orange bar, or at least I'd like the option of having it if I want it. Ched, if you look closely, you'll see that Drmies's talk page has a special protection in place, pending review level 17, which allows him sole discretion in accepting edits. In that way, he can make it look like he has friends. I mean, really, people like Dennis Brown and Writ Keeper and Crisco - we all know how much Drmies pays them to pretend to be his friends. I now intend to go take a shower and wash all of my smart ass comments off and hope that Drmies doesn't have this page on his watchlist, although he'll probably hear about it anyway.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:14, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I do have 221 talk page watchers, only forty of which are Jack Merridew, so Drmies could very well be reading this right now -- Dianna (talk) 16:17, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Drmies considers me a friend because I've promised not to create a Wiki biography about him. It would consist mostly of a record of his indiscriminate use of scatological terms here. 99.136.252.252 (talk) 16:21, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

And bacon articles. :-) — Ched :  ?  16:37, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Me and comments showered. Who was that person?--Bbb23 (talk) 17:02, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

LOL. Hey Bbb, Writ Keeper and Begoon (?) (not sure on the second's spelling) both have a script you can add that will give you the bar back. I'm using Writ Keeper's and seems to be working fine for me. (Windows 8, Chrome browser). — Ched :  ?  17:22, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Ched, now if someone would only leave me a message, I could find out if it works.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:08, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Einsatzgruppen

Hi! I took a look at your recent edits, and thought to point out that the full name and rank is needed at the 1st instance a specific person is mentioned. In all other instances only Surnames are used (per WP:SURNAME). That means no rank either in the repeated instances. I'm sorry if I was not clear right away. Cheers.--Tomobe03 (talk) 02:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Tomobe03! Thanks for the clarification. I will go over it again and fix any cases where the rank and/or first name is mentioned more than once. -- Dianna (talk) 02:29, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Can you read German? If so, look at this p.123 and p.181 (note 31) here for EG E.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm taking a moment to have look myself for possible sources too, if that's ok with you. You might find p.983 and onward of this Nuremberg trials material interesting (pertaining to EG A though).--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:43, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

This p.444 seems to identify five Eisatzkommandos of the Einsatzgruppe E - in Vinkovci, Zagreb, Banja Luka, Knin and Sarajevo.--Tomobe03 (talk) 20:55, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Right, as far as the EGr E is concerned, French L. MacLean, The field men: the SS officers who led the Einsatzkommandos identifies the EGr commanders as Ludwig Teichmann, Günther Herrmann and Wilhelm Fuchs - in that order. (p.23)--Tomobe03 (talk) 21:50, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I have just discovered there's a duplicate table of information at Einsatzkommando. I am not sure what we should do next. Please respond on the GA review page. Thank you -- Dianna (talk) 00:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Congrats on the promotion of this article to GA status. Good work. Kierzek (talk) 13:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Kierzek! -- Dianna (talk) 13:45, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

FFD

Hi Diannaa. I noticed your post on the RFA talkpage. I wouldn't mind doing some FFD work. What tool or script do you use to delete and close these? I'm quite spoiled over on Commons with DelReqHandler. Thanks for your time. INeverCry 02:42, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't use a script, and don't know if one exists. There's top, bottom, and file talk page templates at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Administrator instructions for FFD, and at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/Administrator instructions for PUF. If the decision is to delete, you can delete using the link on the FFD page, and a bot will come by and close the discussion. Same deal at PUF. Of course you can close it manually if you wish to add a comment. Thanks so much for offering to help out; most of them are really straightforward; it's just that there's so dang many of them! -- Dianna (talk) 02:48, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I completely missed that little delete link. So I just delete the file, and AnomieBOT comes along later and closes it... That's pretty easy. Thanks for the help. INeverCry 03:11, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, the only ones you need templates for are the keepers. Best, -- Dianna (talk) 03:17, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I went through the FFD backlog and was able to close about 200 of them. But those were the easy ones of course. It's the same on Commons - you know with the disputed/complicated ones that your chances of not rubbing someone the wrong way are pretty slim. I noticed the presence of a familiar name at FFD. I've wished that Stefan was an admin on Commons for a long time now, and the same goes for here. Atleast he makes my work easier. I'll have to check out PUF soon. INeverCry 18:02, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

At PUF, some of the older ones are not that complex, but I am unable to close them, because I either initiated the nomination or commented in the discussion. I posted to WP:AN for help on March 14, but no one responded. Thanks. -- Dianna (talk) 18:34, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Rangeblock Question

Hello, Dianna! Since you're knowledgable about range blocks, I was wondering if you could help me out. Since at least 2010 the "Voice Cast Vandal" has been spreading blatant hoax edits. They have recently been sticking to one range: [9]. According to that only 256 IP addresses would be affected by a range block (no constructive edits from the range since last October, and every edit since then has been from this one vandal). Is this a good candidate for a range block? Are there educational institution tags I should be adding since they are school IPs? I appreciate any guidance you can give me here, as always. Cheers :) Doc talk 23:25, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Doc9871! I am super busy right at the moment and will get back to you in an hour or so. Best, -- Dianna (talk) 23:35, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

No rush - thanks! Doc talk 23:37, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

This is definitely a good canditate for a range block. Since you are sure there's no useful edits coming from the range, and its an LTA problem, I would like to start with a 3-month block to take us through to the end of the school year. I expect we will have to block a second time, but let's start with that. Please go ahead and template with the {{Shared IP edu}} any specific IPs that have been editing out of that range. -- Dianna (talk) 00:14, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Wow, Spencer has blocked 64.75.117.1 for 2 years. That's the main IP they've been using out of this range. -- Dianna (talk) 00:18, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Excellent! I'm not only positive that nothing good has come out of that range since he started using it, I'm 100% sure that every single IP used since then is the VCV. His behavior and targeted areas are so utterly predictable; and I can eliminate any editor that isn't him from suspicion in about 2 seconds. He has never indicated he will stop, and to my knowledge has never, ever addressed another editor in any way. You're the best! I'll add the tags when I get home. Cheers :) Doc talk 00:30, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done - tagged up. I'll be watching the 64.75.121.0/24 range, but they haven't edited from there since 2011 as 64.75.121.3 (talk · contribs) (the most recent edit is not him). They will probably go back to Verizon IPs, but I won't stop trying to end their fun. Doc talk 01:46, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

IP Harassment

Hello, you asked me to notify you if the IP that had been stalking me came back. He did, 12.46.106.80 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) which is the second personal attack from that IP range, with others from 12.46.106.81 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and 12.46.106.79 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Evidently he works for Citizens Bank, as that IP address range is owned by them. It also appears that he has registered an account to avoid the block. Today Akimbo642 (talk · contribs) changed my user page [10] with yet another personal attack.

Could you also remove the attacks from the history of Talk:BK Chicken Fries so he cannot revert them again to bring back his trolling?

Thanks.--Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 19:43, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jerem43. I already laid a range block on 12.146.106.0/25 for one month, noting here for future reference that the previous range block was at 12.154.167.128/25 and he also used IP 68.14.78.114. It looks like removal of this type of talk page post is permitted under the guidelines Wikipedia:Revision deletion so I am going to go ahead and do that next. -- Dianna (talk) 19:56, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I have done the rev-del. I think i got it all. I have to go to the gym now and will be back in about an hour and a half. ttyl -- Dianna (talk) 20:03, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Heylo, Question regarding image you marked for editing...

Hi Diannaa, I (Kevjonesin) have recently started editing images for Wiki(p/m)edia and am currently looking at...
(as you uploaded)
...which is flagged for watermark removal. Your upload comments indicate that you "Reduced size to comply with non-free content requirements". Do you still have a copy of the original larger resolution image? It would be much easier for me to edit full res and then 'reduce to comply' again after.

hmm... I was initially thinking of using a remove and refill technique. As I look at it, I'm getting a hunch that simple cropping may suffice. I'll give it a go, upload the result, and if you find it satisfactory please go ahead and remove the {{Imagewatermark}} template from the file page. Otherwise, let me know where I may access a higher res image to work with. Thanks, --Kevjonesin (talk) 19:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

The cropped version is up now.

File:"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" Official Poster.jpg

I'm going to assume it's fine and go ahead and remove the {{Imagewatermark}} template. Though if you've actually got the higher res version handy I'd still be interested in playing with it as a technical exercise. --Kevjonesin (talk) 20:19, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Kev. Here is a link to the hi-res version: http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1-Hansel-And-Gretel-Get-Baked_OneSheet1.jpg Thanks. -- Dianna (talk) 20:42, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

• Ha, that one you just linked was watermark-free so I uploaded a low res version of it instead. Circuitous but effective I suppose. :  } Somehow apropos. --Kevjonesin (talk) 02:07, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh cool. But unfortunately you do not get the opportunity to hone your watermark-removing chops, alas. -- Dianna (talk) 02:18, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Test

Test -- Ninja Dianna (Talk) 05:18, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

May GOCE drive progress graphs

Hi again, Diannaa...Would you walk me (and/or Torchiest and BDD) through updating your nifty progress graphs for the drives? The March graph is on Commons, but I don't know how to update it for the current drive. I know you're busy with other stuff, and if you would teach us how to fish that would be great :-). Enjoy the weekend and all the best, Mini apolis 15:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Miniapolis! I was using an offline spreadsheet to create a new graph every second day, and updating a new image using a snipping tool. If you have access to Excel or a programme you can use to make graphs, perhaps you (or another coordinator) could take this on? If not, I would be happy to carry on doing it. Sorry, I have been working on my entry for WP:The Core Contest, and forgot all about the copy edit drive :/ -- Dianna (talk) 18:18, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I noticed the edit summary "I forgot" .. what? That "age" thing creepin up on ya Dianna? ... baaahaaahaaa <Evil Ched runs away before he gets smacked with a hockey stick> — Ched :  ?  20:06, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Hell, I don't feel a day over 90, honest I don't. Thanks, Dianna; I have Excel (not that much expertise, yet, but my better half does and learning new stuff keeps you young :-)). I'm game to try, if you don't mind emailing me a sample spreadsheet; if it's beyond my ken, Torchiest or BDD might find it easier. I'll check out WP:The Core Contest. Have fun and all the best, Mini apolis 00:18, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't use Excel; it's a programme called Works Spreadsheet from Microsoft Works. I don't know if you will be able to open the file, but I will send it along. Basically all you have to do is list the dates in the first column and the data in the second column. Do that for both sets of data and line the graphs up side by side and then snip a picture. Remind me to say something cutting and witty to Ched (later, when I don't feel so decrepit). -- Dianna (talk) 00:35, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

(ec) May I suggest that the graphics be uploaded as vector-art instead of raster images? Excel or its cousin may not export SVG directly–I’m pretty sure the Calc module of Open Office can’t–but PDF can be used as an intermediate to open in a drawing program that does. Otherwise the next best format for subjects of this nature is an indexed-colour PNG; JPEG should be a last resort. @Dianna, if it turns out that Excel can’t open the Works native file, the latter may be able to export its data as an XLS, text or CSV file that will be compatible.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:44, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It's not really the data that's of the essence; it's the layout. I have a trial version of Office here but it won't open; it's likely too old. @ Miniapolis: If you have someone in the household who know how to use Excel, it shouldn't take you long to figure out how to do it. The offer is still open for me to carry on making the graph using stone knives and bearskins. -- Dianna (talk) 01:03, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the spreadsheet (I'll do battle with it tomorrow), and I hope you're feeling better. Will holler if I (we) need help. All the best, Miniapolis 01:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:King Lear Peak.jpg

"A file that you uploaded or altered, File:King Lear Peak.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you." Dianna (talk) 00:33, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I am the original author of the digital photograph. I see the file was left in place, thanks for that. I also uploaded (same region of Nevada as the mustangs.jpg image near Sulfur, Nv) image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_rock_canyon.jpg for the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Rock_Canyon_Hills but for some reason my nickname DutyFree differs from Dutyfree (talk) 19:14, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It looks like you have a different username on the Commons than you do here. They're two separate wikis. -- Dianna (talk) 20:49, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Fire and Rain

For the complete list, see User:Diannaa/Soundtrack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwugjyeSKx4

Adolf Hitler and style

I don't know how you believe this edit has anything to do with those discussions. Nowhere in that tremendous tome of text from 2 months ago do I see a mention of the minuscule grammatical/style change of adding the word "during". Incidentally you left the part where I fixed the link. The way it's worded now is clunky, "Hitler was at the centre of Nazi Germany, World War II in Europe, and the Holocaust." I suppose he could be at the center of WW2, but he was at the center "during" it is also accurate.

I'm guessing there's some concern with a detailed parsing of the wording, that saying "during" somehow lessens Hitler's role. I certainly wasn't thinking along those lines, and 99.99% of the people who read it wouldn't either. I was just trying to make the sentence flow, which it doesn't right now. I don't feel that strongly about the edit. But you're edit summary enormously overstates the case. It's not a great lead as it is right now, from a stylistic point of view. Shadowjams (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

You would be better served to post this on the article talk page, where other interested editors can see it. -- Dianna (talk) 20:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

It's directed at you and your comment. Has little to do with the article. Shadowjams (talk) 03:08, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The way it is written now (and reverted back to) presents the facts better and is better grammar, as well. Kierzek (talk) 12:08, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

I can't tell if that sentence is ironic or serious (if that's how you write, I'm not sure you're in a position to judge the readability of an English sentence), but either way, the lead right now is a mess, and hardly of GA quality. Perhaps this is an issue of concern on the talk page, although i suspect I'll find the same people there too. Shadowjams (talk) 05:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

File:GOCE May 2013 drive progress graphs.JPG

Hi again, Dianna. I've uploaded two graphs—one each for target and total articles ([[File:GOCE May 2013 drive target-articles progress graph.jpg]] and [[File:GOCE May 2013 drive total-articles progress graph.jpg]]) to Commons, and have combined them (with the {{double image}} tag) in my sandbox (under the caretaker's-star code). My concern is that I may be doing something simple in a roundabout way; when you have time, please take a look at my sandbox code and let me know how you set up side-by-side graphs for [[File:GOCE March 2013 drive progress graphs.JPG]]. How do spreadsheet updates get transferred to the Commons files? (Sorry, but this is new to me :-)). Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 21:20, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Miniapolis! This idea will certainly work, although it is not identical to the way I was doing it. What I did was make two graphs and then set them up side by side on my computer screen and combine them in the one snip. The way I was updating the spreadsheets was to re-do them every couple of days and then take a new snapshot of them. There's probably a better way, but that's how I was doing it. -- Dianna (talk) 21:29, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and made some graphs and can continue to do so -- Dianna (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Dianna; I know you're busy with other things, and appreciate it. In the meantime, I'll get more comfortable on Commons :-). All the best, Miniapolis 23:52, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for the Orphaned non-free revision deletion

Hello madam, how are you?

My humble request is to delete the Orphaned non-free revision of the following file :

Thanks in advance, have a very happy day.

Regards,

Raghusri

(talk)

13:21, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Raghusri. All done -- Dianna (talk) 14:31, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much Dianna. Raghusri (talk) 08:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Image

Hello Dianna,Please give a look here to sort out the issue.Thanx---zeeyanwiki ^discutez 20:00, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Karen Demirchyan 1.jpg)

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Draft

I finished a propsed draft at Nazi Germany talk page, I need to take a break and do my homework for Tuesday's Chinese class--Woogie10w (talk) 22:31, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I did a revision and showed how we could incorporate it into the exisiting section. I will put some info on how to use the sfn templates on your talk page. -- Dianna (talk) 23:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, after a nights rest I will master this sfn templates in my sandbox. I just want to say that during the past 7 years you are about the most friendly editor I have met on Wikipedia, thanks for taking the time to help me. Regards--Woogie10w (talk) 00:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, so kind of you to say. -- Dianna (talk) 00:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Rangeblock request

Hi. A few weeks ago, I asked you to block an editor from Guatemala. This worked very well, but the block was removed and this person returned to do the same like at Un Segundo en el Tiempo or Chayanne (1987 album). Can you block the range again? Thank you. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 00:47, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Here are the two IPs: [11] and 190.106.222.44. Erick (talk) 02:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I got busy and forgot to take care of this. I will do it right now. -- Dianna (talk) 02:50, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done - 190.106.222.0/25 blocked for one month, for long-term abuse. -- Dianna (talk) 02:54, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Statistisches Bundesamt → Wirtschaft und Statistik, 1956, 1958

Here, the "Statistisches Bundesamt" → Wirtschaft und Statistik, 1956 and 1958, facts and figures also Woogie10w did recommend [12]:

• Civilian casualties (in 1000) → [13], Wirtschaft und Statistik 1956, p. 494 → (Please note: "1956" - some figures did get revised in 1958 ↓↓ as the 1956 data is based on 1937 borders!)
• Total German Losses from Flight and Expulsion (in 1000) → [14], Wirtschaft und Statistik 1958, pp. 602, 603
• Total Casualties from Air Raids (in 1000) → [15], Wirtschaft und Statistik 1956, pp. 498, 499 (again, please note difference between 1937 and 1942 borders)

as well as Overmans:

• Total Military Dead (in 1000) → [16], Rüdiger Overmans, Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg, München 1999

I will add some more information tomorrow. --IIIraute (talk) 04:23, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Three points re the figures in these sources:

• The 1956 Wirtschaft und Statistik article has 127,000 civilian dead in 1945 air raids in east/Soviet front. In 1958 Statistisches Bundesamt includes the 127,000 with total expulsion losses of 2.225 million.

• The 1958 Statistisches Bundesamt main report of Aug 1958 puts the number of expelles at 11.893 million and losses at 2.225 million. In Nov 1958 Wirtschaft und Statistik puts the number of expelles at 12.019 million and losses at 2.098 million. The reason for the difference is Statistisches Bundesamt made an upward revision of the the number of expelles living in the DDR in 1950. I used the Aug 1958 figure of 2.225 million because it is cited by most historians including Harr, Overmans and the Hahn's.

• The 1958 Statistisches Bundesamt report did not cover Germans resettled in the war. Total expelled and estimated deaths are only for Germans living in east-central Europe in 1939.--Woogie10w (talk) 17:06, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Citations

Hi I figured out how to use this new system. It seems that there is no way to add minor points to these refs as footnotes--Woogie10w (talk) 14:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello! The best way to add parenthetical material is to create a section for explanatory notes. A good example of how this can be done elegantly is at John Diefenbaker. Note that the {sfn} ref template cannot be nested inside the {{efn}} template (unless the notes are left inline rather than dropped down to the References section) because it already calls a <ref></ref> set. Hence the switch to {{harvnb}}. -- Dianna (talk) 14:45, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: Star Trek Articles

Hi Dianna. I was trying to do some edits to the Trekkie articles, but there seems to be a bit of a closed shop there. Will you and some other editors please take a look at this? On top of that some of the comments are verging on racism, if not plain ignorance. Thanks SH 15:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Getting the Trekkies to open up to new people might be beyond the scope of what's possible for me to achieve, but I would definitely like to examine these racist remarks, if you could point me the right way with some diffs. Thanks, -- Dianna (talk) 15:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

They're not directly racist, more like ignorant, but offensive e'g calling Sikh's Sheikhs here and here. I got quite annoyed I'm affraid. Thanks SH 15:53, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Jeepers, if folks don't know the difference between a Sikh and a sheikh, we got big problems. People who think all people from the Indian subcontinent are dark-skinned are quite incorrect as well, as you pointed out. I think you are handling it quite well so far and am not sure what an admin could do to assist when you faced with editors who lack knowledge of facts and thus are being inadvertently offensive, rather than people who are intentionally being disruptive. -- Dianna (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Ironically, it was that sort of ignorance that got Sikhs killed after 9/11, but I digress. I think I am getting some headway now. Finally, thank God, Allah, Krishna, Jehovah, Waheguru and anyone else I've missed . :) Thanks SH 17:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

A ‘word to the wise‘ with some pertinence to the above, regarding interactions with Star Trek fans: there are some, including self-identifying “Trekkers”, who take exception to the term “Trekkies”. I’m not sure why: perhaps because disparaging or incredulous press coverage usually calls them “Trekkies“, or because the “-ie” ending usually marks a diminutive form, often used to indicate condescension. At any rate, while it’s nothing like mistaking “Sikh” for “sheikh” (sheesh!), in some circles “Trekkies“ could be a faux pas. (I have no idea whether or not this is applicable to WP’s editors of Star Trek articles, just something I’ve heard.)—Odysseus1479 18:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, Odysseus. Normally I try to focus strictly on commenting about the content for this very reason, and probably should not have made those remarks. It's hard to know what people might take offense to. Best, -- Dianna (talk) 18:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

If you fancy chipping in on aa TreKKER related article, then here is you chance. ThanksSH 20:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

number of expellees

• "In all 14 million ethnic Germans were expelled and it has been asserted that as many as two million might have perished in the process." David P. Forsythe, Encyclopedia of human rights - Volume 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009, page 164, [17]

• "In all, 12 to 14 million ethnic Germans fled or were expelled or transferred." Donald Bloxham, A. Dirk Moses, The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010 [18]

• "Altogether, the expulsion operation permanently displaced at least 12 million people, and perhaps as many as 14 million." R. M. Douglas, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War, Yale University Press, Yale, 2012, page 1 [19]

I will provide some information & sources regarding the German government reaffirming the 2,2 million casualties figure later on.--IIIraute (talk) 00:29, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

This kind of information needs to be posted on the article talk page, not here. Thank you. -- Dianna (talk) 00:39, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I was only trying to help, because you said you do not have the right sources available. No harm meant! --IIIraute (talk) 01:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I am tired, and will look at it later. -- Dianna (talk) 01:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the source. It's a very interesting book - highly recommended. --IIIraute (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Diet in Sikhism Again

Hi Dianna, can you keep an eye on Jujhar Pannu. He seems to have a bit of a disruptive history, and doesn't seem to engage in consensus until warned. His grammar is poor and he doesn't seem to understand protocols here on wikipedia. Thanks SH 08:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Editing on these topics is very difficult because there are so few sources. I see you have been trying to engage the editor on his talk page rather than just via edit summaries; that's a good start. I will watch the article again – somehow it got removed from my watch-list. – Dianna (talk) 15:18, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

There seems to be a question as to whether this paper is a reliable source, as it was posted at an open forum. Perhaps you should get a ruling on this at the Reliable Sources noticeboard. WP:RSN – Dianna (talk) 15:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The only reason why I used it was it was used at the Vegetarianism topic, under Sikhism, and I assumed it would be OK. I'll start a topic on the page and add to reliable sources talk page. Thanks SH 15:27, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I wish I could help more with the content – Though we are a Commonwealth country and have a sizeable Sikh community there's essentially nothing on this topic at my library. Just a half-dozen titles for children, and none for adults. – Dianna (talk) 15:33, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

That's amazing. Only 20 million in thw whole world. 2% of India's population. They made up 30% of the armed forces in India, and other the British. 5 Victoria Crosses, countless George crosses and other medals for bravery. They fought alongside many commonwealth troops. They are a non-missionary faith as well. This and many other reasons is why I chose to become one. Interestingly the fastest growing Sikh population is the white Sikh population in America. Maybe that's where Benedict Cumerbacks Khan Noonien Singh came from :) SH 19:02, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

please create a grammatically correct version of my edits

you said that you were going to revert "all edits" i do on the nazi germany article without looking what they were about, can you please create a slightly diffrent version with good grammar? the church part is not really accurate because some churches were banned and the rest were reconstructed to follow nazi ideology and besides dont forget that it was me who inserted the word Gleichschaltung into the article in the first place Peterzor (talk) 08:58, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, you've misinterpreted my remarks somehow, as I did not say I would revert all your edits without looking at them. The phrase "all edits", which you have placed in quotation marks as though it was a direct quote from my post, does not actually appear in my post. What I said was that any edits that add factually and/or grammatically incorrect material will be reverted. Your information about the church is inaccurate. None of the churches were banned, and the Nazis were unsuccessful in their attempts to form a single unified Nazi church. This is covered in Evans, Richard J. (2005). The Third Reich in Power. New York: Penguin. pp. 220–272. ISBN 978-0-14-303790-3. and Shirer, William L. (1960). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 234–240. ISBN 978-0-671-62420-0. If you have some sources that say the churches were banned, please present them at the article talk page for discussion. -- Dianna (talk) 15:01, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

R.M. Douglas Orderly and Humane

TCO's manifesto changed the way I edit Wikipedia.

I have read the book on the expulsions Orderly and Humane, by R.M. Douglas who uses American, British, Polish and Czech sources, as well the Red Cross documents, he does not rely on German sources. I highly recommend the book. The articleFlight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) really needs to be cleaned up. Orderly and Humane would be a valuable resource. You are a serious editor who is doing a lot of good work on Wikipedia. I could not do this job by myself but with your help I believe we could improve the article using Orderly and Humane I see you are a librarian so you should have no difficulty getting the book.

R.M. Douglas on You Tube [20]

Regards--Woogie10w (talk) 21:12, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Woogie, I am glad you found this source acceptable. "Yale University Press" give the book some street cred, eh?

Your project sound interesting, but I am gonna do Wannsee Conference and Oskar Schindler first, for sure. And I will do Adolf Eichmann if I win some prize money in the Core Contest, as books will have to be bought. The main biography (Cesarani) is not available in the whole effing province. What I am looking for is articles that I perceive to be important, which are receiving a lot of page views, for which good sources can be found. At least three books are needed to bring an article up to GA standards. I have one on Schindler coming in on ILL, so I will be picking away at Wannsee until it arrives. -- Dianna (talk) 01:00, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Well to be honest, in general I find Wikipedia to be a waste of time. After 7 years I am considering throwing in the towel. --Woogie10w (talk) 01:28, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Don't hit me with those negative waves -- Dianna (talk) 01:42, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations....

Congrats,

I have tagged you in "Those users helped me the most" section in my User page while padding it. Your name is tagged as "Diannaa", please check my user page. Himanis Das   talk  12:03, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Himanis Das! -- Dianna (talk) 14:14, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Optimism

Point 9 here is based on your edit here. Would you like to be credited somehow? Bishonen | talk 13:54, 22 May 2013 (UTC).

Sure, how about a footnote? my 15 minutes of fame! Thanks -- Dianna (talk) 14:13, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

no consensus

please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nazi_Germany#Republic that was not "current consensus" please read the editors opinion in that section. JWULTRABLIZZARD is the olny user who wants "republic" to be removed while Rjensen seems to agree on a remark without supporting neither and all other users talk about "I think either wording would be fine" (Diannaa), "I also believe that either way is sufficient" (Kierzek) and Moxy who disagrees with nazi germany to be described as a republic so most most users here are against calling Nazi Germany a republic, also i posted the this text on the nazi germany talkpage Peterzor (talk) 16:04, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

You need to discuss this on the talk page of the article, not here. -- Dianna (talk) 18:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:WW2InfoBox

Would love your input at Template talk:WW2InfoBox#China and Japan. -- Related post at Talk:World War II#Infobox the Battle of Wanjialing and Japan date of 1937.Moxy (talk) 23:36, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

edit warring?

why did you accuse me of edit warring i did not break 3rr nor was i edit warring i was just editing Peterzor (talk) 06:14, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi again Dianna, thanks for the c/e on the Albanian SS division article! Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 23:05, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Peacemaker 67! I will do another pass when I get back from the gym and will post any comments on the GA nom page. Laters, -- Dianna (talk) 23:06, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

My Headache Is Back

Well, really everyone's headache. As I figured, he's gone back to Verizon Wireless IPs; and I'll just bet I know where he is for this Memorial Day weekend. edit is 100% pure, classic Voice Cast Vandal. Same targets as well, then he rushes to "cross-reference". I shut him down instantly, but will go to you or AIV (if you're not around) should he make one more edit from that IP. He likely has abandoned it after seeing me. Ugh. Doc talk 02:48, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

You can block them now, please[21]. If they make one more edit I'll go to AIV and assume you are busy. Thanks! Doc talk 03:02, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

What is this Memorial Day of which you speak? All the cool kids took their holiday last weekend ;) The vandal is operating from a static IP so I will block through the weekend. Let me know if he pops up on a different IP, or report at AIV if I do not seem to be around. -- Dianna (talk) 03:56, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Ah, Rhode Island and Memorial Day: not somewhere I would want to be, as millions of others simply invade the places on the coast (and inland to get to the coast). He's one of them this year, on vacation from New York. Thanks as always! I've been dealing with him for so long that it surprises even me that he just returns to the same exact behavior with the same targets. Obsessed with Jim Varney in particular. This is an incorrigible hoaxer; and your expert help makes my job that much easier. I really appreciate it! Cheers :) Doc talk 04:11, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.

This message is being sent to you let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You do not need to participate; however, you are invited to help find a resolution. Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! Peterzor (talk) 06:27, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Need a restore File:Malaysia vs. Vietnam (2009 SEA Games Final).png

Hi Diannaa, could you restore the image, because I see there is an anonymous IP who change the file name to some silly edit before. Thank you. — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 07:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done Sorry for not noticing this last night when I did the deletion. Best, -- Dianna (talk) 14:38, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I have one more problem, could you fix it? This image appears to have a same name with the one on the commons. — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 07:07, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

This has been fixed. Unfortunately the image on the commons does not appear to be properly licensed, so I have nominated it for deletion. -- Dianna (talk) 11:46, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. :) — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 12:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for the deletion of orphaned non-free revision(s)

Hello Dianna.

My humble request is to delete the orphaned non-free revision(s) for the below file :

Eega poster

Thanks in advance.

Have a nice day and happy editing.

Regards,

Raghusri (talk) 07:56, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for resetting the template. Raghusri (talk) 09:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for Waffen SS as Paramilitary Unit vs Elite Military Unit

Hi Dianna, per two statements in the wiki entry for Waffen SS you will see(I've listed them below) that the Waffen SS wasn't a legal military unit (never incorporated in the German army and legally declared a criminal organization] and were simply an armed wing of the Nazi Party. If one looks at most definitions of Paramilitary, the Waffen SS would be prime example.

Per Wiki article on the Waffen SS: Adolf Hitler resisted integrating the Waffen-SS into the army, as it was to remain the armed wing of the Party and to become an elite police force once the war was won.[5]

At the post-war Nuremberg Trials the Waffen-SS was condemned as a criminal organization due to its essential connection to the Nazi Party and involvement in numerous war crimes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.122.43 (talk) 03:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

You need to add sources when you make changes. Thanks, -- Dianna (talk) 03:28, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Robert Hughes

Hi Diannaa, I've reverted the most recent changes to the article [22], because I don't think they're an improvement--at least one of the persistent motivations here has been piling on kudos to Hughes' last wife, and I find it in large part a COI problem. It's a continuation of concerns for which the user was previously blocked: addition of unsourced or original research, and a removal of sourced content, with an edit summary describing it as 'clean up.' Since you've engaged in the article and its talk page, your thoughts would be appreciated, especially if you think I'm amiss in part or whole. Thanks, JNW (talk) 13:13, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

No Worries, JNW. I will continue to watch and will try not to get in your way :) -- Dianna (talk) 13:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, though nothing you've done there constitutes getting in the way--a clear-eyed third party is just what I'd hope for. I'm sensitive to falling into the WP:OWNERSHIP trap that was part of DownUndr's issue, so I'm not totally comfortable reverting flatly. But I'm also contacting you preemptively, in case this becomes a ping pong match. JNW (talk) 14:14, 31 May 2013 (UTC)