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Huggle 3

Hey RacoonyRE! I am Petrb, one of core developers of Huggle, the antivandalism tool, which you are beta testing (according to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers). I am happy to announce that Huggle 3 is ready for some testing. You can read more about it at WP:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta. Please keep in mind that this is a development version and it is not ready for regular use. That means you must:

  • Watch your contribs - when anything happens you didn't want, fix it and report a bug
  • Frequently checkout source code and build latest version, we change it a lot

If you find any problem with a feature that is supposed to work perfectly, please let us know. Some features are not ready yet, it is listed in known problems on Huggle3 beta page, you don't need to report these - we know it! So, that's it. Have fun testing and please let us know about any problems, either using bugzilla @ http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ or #huggle connect. Please respond to my talk page, I am not going to watch your talk page. Thank you Petrb (talk) 10:57, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Huggle 3 beta is out - and we need more feedback!

Hey RacoonyRE, how are you? I am Petrb, one of huggle developers, and you are currently subscribed as a beta tester of huggle on meta (meta:Huggle/Members. You may not have noticed, but this week I released first beta precompiled installers for ubuntu and microsoft windows! Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta has all the links you need. So if you can, please download it, test it and report all bugs that is really what we need now. Don't forgot that as it's just a beta it's unstable and there are some known issues. Be carefull! Thank you for helping us with huggle Petrb (talk) 16:24, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

We need your help testing latest huggle

Hello,

I am sending you this message because you listed yourself on meta:Huggle/Members as a beta tester. We desperately need attention of testers, because since we resolved all release blockers, we are ready to release first official version of huggle 3! Before that happens, it would be nice if you could test it so that we can make sure there are no issues with it. You can download it packaged for your operating system (see Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta) or you can of course build it yourself, see https://github.com/huggle/huggle3-qt-lx for that. Don't forget to use always latest version, there is no auto-update message for beta versions!

Should you find any issue, please report it to wikimedia bugzilla, that is a central place for huggle bugs, where we look at them. That is i mportant, if you find a bug and won't report it, we can't fix it. Thank you for your work on this, if you have any questions, please send me a message on my talk page, I won't be looking for responses here. Thanks, Petrb (talk) 15:15, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

New huggle 3.1 is going to be released soon

Hi RacoonyRE, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ #huggle connect!

Major changes:

  • Multisite support - you can now log in to unlimited number of wikis in 1 huggle session and get a huge queue of all edits made to these wikis. This is good for smaller projects which gets overlooked often.
  • Ranged diffs - you can select multiple revisions and get a huge diff that display all changes done to them.
  • Fixes of most of bug reports we had so far

In case you found a bug, please report it to bugzilla: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?product=Huggle&list_id=147663 thank you! Petrb (talk) 10:13, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Huggle message

Hey RacoonyRE! You are receiving this message because you are subscribed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers

I have recently launched a new downloads for beta testers that contains nightly builds of huggle, eg. versions that are built every day from our master branch and contains latest huggle. These builds are currently provided only for Windows and Ubuntu. You can find them here: http://huggle.wmflabs.org/builds/

Please keep in mind that these don't have any automatic updates and if you download and start using nightly build, you will need to update it yourself! So don't get yourself to running old version, it's possible to install both stable and nightly huggle, which is what I suggest.

Keep the bug reports coming to phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Huggle Many thanks! Petrb (talk) 10:01, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi RacoonyRE. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have temporarily enabled rollback on your account until {{{expiry}}}. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
  • Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Go Phightins! 01:59, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Go Phightins!, thank you for granting the rollback rights. I will revert vandalism only. The rights will help me use the Huggle for the reverts, which will make my job much easier. May I contact you before the temporary rights expire to see if you will extend the rights again? --RacoonyRE (talk) 10:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Revolutionary Girl Utena Edit

Sorry this is my first time using talk so I hope this is right.

I made these edits: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revolutionary%20Girl%20Utena&diff=1013302477

You determined that these were not constructive, but currently the paragraph is a bit disjointed. Particularly the two lines before the quotation: "In a July 2017 interview with Shamus Kelly of Den of Geek[50] It would also influence series in the 2000s. she would describe how the show affected her:"

I tried to move the "It would also influence series in the 2000s" to a place that made sense, which is the beginning since the rest of the paragraph talks about Sugar. The last sentence is clearly an issue unless the aforementioned line is removed, in which case it reads "In a July 2017 interview with Shamus Kelly of Den of Geek[50] she would describe how the show affected her:"

The rest of my edits were just small changes to make it flow and sure, not constructive, but at the very least, the sentence about influencing series in the 2000s needs to be moved.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7000:2F02:176:85A2:400C:348:AB10 (talk) 22:30, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I looked at your change again and had to realize that my revert was not justified. Therefore I have restored your last version. Please excuse the inconvenience. --RacoonyRE (talk) 22:42, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia! :DD --mAyLiNgOeEd (Talk to me!🗣) (What else I did!📜) 23:13, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Hi User:Maylingoed, thank you very much for this Barnstar. Even though I am actually at home in the German Wikipedia, I also try to help in the English Wikipedia. I would like Wikipedia to stay readable and therefore it is necessary to fight vandalism. At the beginning I was very shocked that up to 8 reverts per minute have to be done here. In Germany we already get upset if there are 50 per hour. There is no comparison to be made... I will continue to make sure that insults and nonsense are not seen in Wikipedia. In this sense, I wish us continued success in the fight against vandalism. --RacoonyRE (talk) 23:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

stop being mean

please stop taking my edits. they are very constructive and it's completely dishonourable to take down valuable information from the world-wide encyclopedia. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bughead33 (talkcontribs) 22:18, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

No more words needed. I wish you a wonderful weekend. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 23:06, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Rationale for recent deletion

I understand why you flagged my deletion on Lisa Su, but if you wouldn't mind taking a look at my explanation in the edit history and reading the sources (at your convenience), I think you'll understand my rationale for the deletion. Thanks! — Ix-holtzman (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 23:00, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ix-holtzman, please excuse the incorrect revert. You described your change and I did not understand the background. I have just reversed my change. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 23:10, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
I agree that it's "better to be safe than sorry" regarding vandalism, so I think your settings are correct. Then if there's an issue a friendly resolution can be quickly achieved, as we have done. Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your prompt action, and thank you for your substantial work improving wikipedia. Danke! :) — Ix-holtzman (talk) 23:27, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
Sometimes you're just too fast when you see someone deleting a lot of text. The finger should not be faster than the brain. In this sense I wish you a sunny weekend and continue to have fun at Wikipedia. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 23:31, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
I'm sincerely grateful for your kindness and your work, friend. Wishing you all the best, — Ix-holtzman (talk) 23:42, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


Regarding edits on Potato pancake

The account you just warned is working together with other accounts (probably the same person). I've already reported them on AIV. Hockeycatcat (talk) 11:30, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

I have seen this. Thanks for the info that you have already done a report. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 11:31, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Green tickY Hockeycatcat (talk) 11:35, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Mel B edit

Question should we hyphen it for younger kids as it is considered bad language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.176.207 (talk) 17:06, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

I think that we do not need to mask the title, because otherwise quite a lot would have to be blacked out in the article as well. But this is just my opinion... --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 17:11, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, RacoonyRE,

Sorry for the double delete! I was removing what appeared to be duplicate entries from the "Selected Works," since they already appear under the Claire O'Dell section. (The author has re-released a number of works under her pen name, and is no longer publishing as Beth Bernobich.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.26.102 (talk) 20:31, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

This is not a problem. However, I would recommend that you always use an editing summary so that people can see why you are deleting entire paragraphs. Then there will be no such misunderstandings. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:34, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

I´m Victor Basadre, and i´d like to inform you about lots of mistakes and misrepresentations that appears in Wikipedia web site, under mi name.

Spanish version is right, but other languages (English and Galego) are not correct.

By this, i tried to change that.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikbaswiki (talkcontribs) 21:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello Vikbaswiki I am glad that you want to contribute to Wikipedia. However, please note that emptying an article does not delete it. You have removed a lot of text, that's what we call vandalism and it's not really helpful when you try to improve an article like that. If there is wrong information mentioned here, prove your changes with appropriate sources. Thank you very much and have a nice weekend. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 21:08, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know how you managed to get that back to a stable version. I couldn't get an edit in. Meters (talk) 21:34, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

This page is protected now, I have restored to last stable version. Thank you! --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 21:35, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 March 2021

How are u so quick?

gosh... Treedrop (talk) 15:33, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Treedrop: I work with Huggle. Do you know Huggle? --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I forgot about this. Ill give it right now. Treedrop (talk) 18:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much for this Barnstar. Have a wonderful weekend! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:25, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

entertainment

shady shady shady Savageformula92 (talk) 21:15, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Savageformula92:, what do you want to tell me with that? Or do you just want to spam a little on my talk page? --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 21:25, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

User warnings

Please add user warnings every time you revert vandalism. It's required. --BlueCrabRedCrab 19:42, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi BlueCrabRedCrab, Thank you for pointing this out. As you can see from my contributions, I use warnings. I just looked and found that a setting on Huggle was not set correctly, so the warnings were not sent in 100% of all reverts. I have now corrected this setting! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 19:54, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello

I recently saw that you reversed my edit to the page of the southern diocese. The first section deleted was only sources from court documents (it was actually originally posted by me) but I found out that I found out that court documents cannot be sourced for such information.

Other small changes were made to make the change more accurate in correspondence with the sourced material and not other information which I knew from other sources (persons, rumors etc.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titus Obelisk (talkcontribs) 21:37, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't want to start an edit war with you, so I'll leave your revert here. Personally, I'm not thrilled with your change, but let someone else look at it again and form a neutral opinion. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 21:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Sounds fair. Thanks Titus Obelisk (talk) 21:43, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism

A lot of us read and research about our favourite musicians and we find false information as a matter of fact, so editing and putting in the right information on display for the public is not vandalism. Some of us know the right information about the people we read about here and most of what's written is actually false, so we don't really care about who have been a Wikipedian for 13 years or so..we only wanna read the correct information and log out. Let's not throw around accusations. N4RO7 Pronounced As Nero Four-Seven. (talk) 22:59, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Whether you believe it or not. People who have been active on Wikipedia for 14 years don't want anything else. I attach particular importance to the fact that the data on Wikipedia are reliable and that every user can rely on the articles and contributions. If you now introduce changes that are neither proven nor meaningful, then you must assume that these changes will be reversed. A small editing note would be helpful here, even better would be to indicate a source. In this sense I wish you a nice evening. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 23:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Your recent reversion on the Tarzoon article was restoring vandalism. Please think instead of reverting in robot mode. 73.81.124.122 (talk) 14:59, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing out a mistake of mine. Although I regret having reverted a well-intentioned change, I would like to point out that it is relatively rare for me to make mistakes when tracking vandalism. I am very grateful when people point out mistakes to me. Nevertheless, it should be noted that I do not simply revert like a robot, but look at the changes very carefully. You can also see this in my posts, which definitely have 99.99% justified reverts. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Mistakes are made, myself included, no big deal. (But it's highly annoying to be told that I did not explain myself when it was right there in the edit summary.) I'd appreciate if you would restore the page, as a newbie account has joined in putting the vandalism back, and if you would also add to the Talk page there. Thanks. 73.81.124.122 (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Please feel free to do yourself. You can explain your revert on the talk page. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:22, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
I don't want to skirt WP:3RR. The edit had just been a notch below "obvious" vandalism. I expect the other user, a newbie, will just revert in seconds yet again if all he sees is the same anon. 73.81.124.122 (talk) 15:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
That's why I recommended you to describe the change on the talk page before. If a revert is performed anyway, I will gladly talk to the reverting colleague. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
OK, I made the revert, and for now I am leaving the Talk to my low-level request. I have a more detailed Talk response unposted-as-of-now in case it's needed (I do not wish to repeat the vandal's "jokes" if possible.)
I also noted that the vandal changed a working reference to a phony non-existent reference, so presumably that counts as "obvious" vandalism, so I'm no longer concerned about 3RR. 73.81.124.122 (talk) 16:26, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I made an edit and it was reverted Xp3337z (talk) 15:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

That is correct. Do you think the revert is not justified? You removed the infobox and did not give a reason for that. This is not OK, so I have reverted this change. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:48, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

You are literally doing Boris Johnson's bidding

You must be in league with Boris to help him spot people like us spreading the message of the song "We Are Not Your Puppets", it tells the truth as to why Boris Johnson mishandles the pandemic the way he did. --MR Messager (talk) 16:57, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Link deleted Its a great song by TheStrober band --MR Messager (talk) 16:57, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

No more words needed. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 16:59, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I know, the song does the words for us --MR Messager (talk) 17:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Link deleted We Are Not Your Puppets

Why was my edit reverted? I explained that he was waived by the Oklahoma City thunder in the national basketball association. Xp3337z (talk) 21:03, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Please find my answer to sections above. You removed the infobox and did not give a reason for that. This is not OK, so I have reverted this change. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 17:01, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Huggle Buttons on Stream Deck
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I call him Mr Huggle ;-) Keep up the good work. CommanderWaterford (talk) 20:14, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
CommanderWaterford, thank you very much for this recognition, which really pleases me. I also see you very often in the version history and am also thrilled by your work! --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Glück auf @RacoonyRE! Der einzige User schneller als Cluebot ;-) CommanderWaterford (talk) 20:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Well, not quite so fast... Cluebot would certainly also be helpful in dewiki. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:40, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Maybe a little hint as to why I'm so fast CommanderWaterford (talk · contribs). Just look, the picture on the right side. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 17:46, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
Interesting. I am using three keyboard shortcuts :) CommanderWaterford (talk) 17:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Your warning about that edit to Blair House...

The warning you gave via Huggle to 74.96.70.236 on their talk page is in error and should be withdrawn or rev-del'ed or apologized-for or something. Their information wasn't wrong and the cite was from a reliable source. Shearonink (talk) 18:42, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Shearonink, thanks for the information, I will take care of it immediately! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:45, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi again. I have corrected my mistake here. Thanks again for your message about my mistake! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus

Regarding the page, I posted the family tree using an incorrect method, so my change was to put it in the correct format.2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722 (talk) 16:44, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi IP, thank you for this information. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 16:50, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Can I add it back?2601:241:300:B610:C072:E2FF:A43F:6722 (talk) 16:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Looks good. Go ahead. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 16:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

HI,

You have edited my personal details in my wikipedia page with false and potentially libellous information. Please cease immediately. I have passed you details to Greater Manchester Police to confirm your sources for the information you have put on this page.

thanks.

Scott — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottTaylor1982 (talk) 19:41, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Scott, thank you so much for this message. I assume that you mean this edit. You removed an entire section here as IP without providing a summary. Also, it is impossible for me to understand if you are really Scott Taylor.
Regardless of how we remain now. My revert was quite justified and I would ask you to provide a meaningful summary in future edits. That way everyone can understand why you made the change.
In this sense I wish you now a nice evening!See my correction below! --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:35, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
--RacoonyRE Message meContributions 19:51, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) Hi RacoonyRE, sorry for the inconvenient message, but you'll need to reconsider this message with WP:BLPRS and WP:BURDEN in mind; ideally remove your answer and provide something policy-compliant instead. Feel free to silently remove my message in the process. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:42, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi ~ ToBeFree, thanks for your message. I am trying to understand what you want to say with your message. Of course I am aware of the two guidelines and I am trying to understand how to use them now. If there are no sources for the deleted passages, it would still be good if the user writes a summary, or am I wrong here? It may be that I'm wrong and mix this with the German guidelines, so I'm grateful for feedback (gladly also by mail and in German, if you like). --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:19, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi ~ ToBeFree, now that I've looked at your changes, it's clear to me what you mean. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:30, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi ScottTaylor1982, Please accept my apologies for the above reply, which I would like to correct. Your change was justified and I reset it in good faith. ToBeFree explained to me that it was a mistake to reset your change. ToBeFree was also kind enough to reactivate your changes and lock the site against changes by non-registered and new users. Sorry for that. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:30, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
(Of course it would have been better if ScottTaylor1982's edit had contained a proper edit summary. I was just trying to say that the lack of an edit summary is not a sufficient reason to restore unsourced material, at least not in a biography.)
No worries, thank you very much, RacoonyRE. 🙂 ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:38, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
And keep stalking my talk page.... I think that I can still learn a lot from you, ToBeFree. I send warm greetings from NRW to NRW! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:41, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
😄 Greetings from Wuppertal; I hope we'll have a WikiCon again in 2022. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:44, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
I hope so. Wuppertal is not far away from Mülheim an der Ruhr... Let´s wait, what COVID will do with us next year. :-S --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:46, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

SOME representative updating the webpage

Please stop taking down my edits. I am trying to update my job's wikipedia page. Dwmccorvey (talk) 15:33, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Dwmccorvey, Thank you for your message. I have looked again exactly what the problem is here. You have deleted large sections of text without giving a reason. For this you can use the summary. In the summary all your changes were empty. Thank you for your attention. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:25, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, i'm a full time employe at «Gay Line». «Gay line» as change its name many years ago. Actually, most informations on this Wikipedia page is wrong including the founder, the historic and the activities. Somehow, this page has become a mash-up of tree distinct organizations across Canada and New-Zeland. Yet, it is the english version of Interligne (New name of «Gay Line»). Please, stop interfering and let us fix this issue. Thank you, have a nice day.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Carolinegelinas (talkcontribs) 18:13, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Carolinegelinas, I have now done some research. The linked homepage is from the web archive and the entire article is written in the past tense. Therefore the article is correct for now, because it only says that Gay Line existed in the past. Of course you are free to adapt the article after the renaming of the company. Not only a new version of the article would make sense, but possibly also a shift to the correct name of the company. I would give you the following advice:
  • Change the article to the present and substantiate the naming with an appropriate source.
  • Adjust the article according to the current facts.
  • Add the correct homepage of the company.
  • Then move the article to the correct lemma or have it moved for you.
If you need help with this, feel free to contact me at any time and I will try to give you assistance. OK? RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:42, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi again, I've asked Wikipedia for a «Requested moves/Technical requests» to change the name from «Gay Line» to «Interligne (Organization)». Of course, when the name will be changed, i'll back up all of my new informations/ajustements with sources. Thank you for your advices, have a nice day.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Carolinegelinas (talkcontribs) 18:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Carolinegelinas, I have moved the page for you. Just feel free to edit with new information. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:59, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Carolinegelinas, thank you for editing the new page. I think it is now clear to everyone that Interligne is the successor to Gay Line. I wish you a nice evening. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 16:26, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) The English Wikipedia's WP:COI guideline and WP:PAID policy are often applied more strictly than on the German Wikipedia, which – for example – has a process for officially verifying company accounts. On the English Wikipedia, "implying shared use" is a block reason. That's not applicable here, but it might explain the differences that are visible in practice. I have blocked Carolinegelinas for undisclosed paid contributions and promotional editing. Special:Permalink/1017632924 is strongly biased and confirms the advice at {{uw-coi}}. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:31, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
You are a very good mentor for me. I am learning every time. Yes - it is not easy to understand the differences between dewiki and enwiki. But one thing is the same: vandalism has no place in either project. Thank you very much for this hint, ToBeFree! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the kind feedback, that makes me happy to hear. Regarding vandalism, well, I recently had to explain the definition of the term "vandalism" to an experienced dewiki editor (183,294 edits, 2010 account) at User talk:RoBri, who didn't believe me until I quoted the dewiki information page. Sometimes I wonder... 🙂 ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Yes - many people are apparently not aware of the difference. You definitely have to look at whether it's vandalism or a disagreement over content. But it's funny that you have to explain this to a user with 11 years of collaboration. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:39, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
I think it's mainly influenced by de:WP:VM being explicitly open to "vandalism, edit wars, rollback misuse, intentional or persistently incorrect revision reviews, intentional or persistent violation of core policies with a focus on NPA, and BLP violations", which practically means "disruptive editing". On enwiki, it's split between obvious vandalism and spam (AIV) and the whole rest (ANI). It's perfectly fine to merge these two pages on smaller wikis, but the result should perhaps ideally not have been called "Wikipedia:Vandalism Reports". Regarding strange page titles, I'm upset about whoever translated "Special:CentralAuth" to "Spezial:Verwaltung_Benutzerkonten-Zusammenführung". I can't imagine any dewiki administrator actually typing that into the search bar. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:51, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
(And I acknowledge that calling dewiki a "smaller wiki" is an exaggeration; the community is huge, extremely active, has created Wikidata et cetera - not really a small wiki. "Small wikis" are a term, and dewiki is not one of them. It's just about the right size for merging AIV and ANI.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:54, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Puzzled

Have no idea what this is about. I have never made an edit in this place. Get your stuff straight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.197.141 (talk) 21:43, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi 107.77.197.141, if you have not made the edits at Special:Contributions/107.77.197.141, you are likely using a dynamic IP address or share an internet connection with other people in the same location. You can freely ignore the message, as it was meant for someone else. To prevent similar notifications, feel free to create an account. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:35, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi 107.77.197.141, thank you for your question. ToBeFree has already replied your question. Feel free to ignore this message, because this change was some time before. Have a nice weekend.
@ToBeFree - Thank you for the reply. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:35, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I undid a previous edit but there is a serious problem with this page.

The song clearly rips off I'd rather go blind and several other contributors have tried to put it in the notes. The fact that there is no source discussing the ripoff doesn't mean we don't have ears and that Etta James shouldn't get mentioned on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.231.14.155 (talk) 20:22, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

I have just noticed that you have made the change again and also documented it. Thus, I think that your question in this regard has been resolved. If you still have questions, feel free to contact me again. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Am I in trouble?

Hi RacoonyRE. Thank you for reverting those strange conflicting edits on Graham Scott (referee). I have one question though— when I looked at my edit history, I had reverted the weird edits on that page three times. Am I going to get into trouble for edit warring? I mean, I’m pretty certain what I reverted was a BLP problem or vandalism, but there’s a seed of doubt within me. Thanks, HelenDegenerate (talk) 21:13, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi HelenDegenerate, I´m pretty sure, that we are talking about vandalism. Just see this edit. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 21:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Please Add Another Part to The Meaning of XD

Hi, I just want to say maybe you should add a little bit more to the meaning of XD even though I already know what it means but other people might not understand so I think you should add a part about how you can understand better if you look at it sideways but I am amazed how you can look after every single meaning and everything. You delete things that people do if it does not make sense I really appreciate you

Thanks, Livi1119

Hi Livi1119, thank you for your question. First, allow me to elaborate on the differences. :) is a completely different emoji than xD, which is more like :-D. Also, in addition to this change, you also changed the heading of the following paragraph so that it was no longer formatted as a heading. Therefore, I decided to revert the post. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:13, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hi! Good to be able to message you and also to thank you for doing such an important job with the invaluable resource that is Wikipedia 🙂 Just to say that I didn't make the edit, but there may be an issue for your attention.

There is a long list that I can see here of notifications about edits being reversed, and in every previous case, A) I know I did not make these changes, and B) the explanation is clear – that I was using a shared IP address (most commonly I was online in a coffee shop) and there is a note attached to that effect. So, no problem; even though some of the warnings are strongly worded, I know they do not apply to me as I have not ever visited the pages mentioned.

This time, though, I see no such note on your recent notification. And the other change in circumstances would be that we have all been locked down and I have been working from home alone using my own connection only, which no-one else can access, and I have not used an open IP address for over a year. So, I am just letting you know in case there is a glitch in the system. FYI: The edit was the removal of information, you explain, from a page about Greatest Hits Radio – an entity I was unaware of until now, and would not presume to make any edits about!

Many thanks and best wishes. Stay safe, Stuart — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.198.146 (talk) 11:28, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi 213.205.198.146, thank you for your information. Please keep in mind that your IP address changes every time you connect to the Internet and it does not mean that you have made the reverted change. You can find this information at the top of the talk page. Therefore you can ignore these messages. It only means that someone with this IP address has not made proper changes. So don't worry about it, but consider registering with Wikipedia. If you don't know how to do that, I'll be happy to help you. Best regards and have a nice evening. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:10, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, are you the same one as the "RacoonyRE" that is currently on #wikipedia-en-help as of writing? You might want to apply for a Wikimedia cloak here. Thanks, pandakekok9 (talk) 14:49, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this tip. I was not aware that there is such a function. Have just made a request according to the linked instructions. Have a nice evening. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 18:20, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
All done. Thanks again! --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:20, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Thank you for being quick to revert possible vandalism to SodaStream. However, I used this barnstar to deliver thanks as I thought the Anti-Vandalism and the Minor barnstars not appropriate for your act. Saturn Lover! (talk) 18:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi Saturn Lover!, I am honored. Thank you for this great award from you. I try to make or keep Wikipedia worth reading by my little help in the area of vandalism. Wikipedia should remain a contact point for all who are looking for knowledge and reliable sources. Thereby I try to help as often as I can and since a few weeks I am also on the English Wikipedia. At the beginning I was really shocked how much vandalism is done here. In Germany, my home wiki, there are just 40 reverts per hour, here we talk about 5-10 reverts per minute. I hope that my work will help here. It is especially important to me that people react friendly to questions about reverts and show the new users what they did wrong. Reproaches are not the means of choice here. Have a nice evening. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
😄 Well deserved. One of the nicest things about the English Wikipedia, in my opinion, is that it never sleeps. There's no "night" here at any time of the day. Sure, vandalism happens 24/7, but so do all the good contributions. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:43, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Absolutely. Somewhere in the English-speaking countries it's always daytime - and you can clearly see that here. I am proud part with my work to contribute a little to Wikipedia. Here is everything a little bigger and faster than in dewiki. RacoonyRE Message meContributions 20:53, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

My apology

Sorry for my behavior last night. But please do consider my edits, I do not intend to vandalize Wikipedia.Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark724xxx (talkcontribs) 07:51, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

All good. Have a nice weekend. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 14:43, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

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I was reverting a previous (vandalism) edit on KSI vs. Logan Paul II but I did not vandalize it. Thanks! SpikyLlama (talk) 15:10, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Please excuse the circumstances. We both wanted to reset the same edit, but you were a little faster and Huggle didn't realize it in time. I wish you a sunny weekend. --RacoonyRE Message meContributions 15:14, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

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It is constructive. I will not close eyes in front of australian gestapo assaulting people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.165.96.156 (talk) 16:28, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

No more words needed! RacoonyRE Message meContributions 16:34, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

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