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Happy Holidays!

Hello Oshwah: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:09, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Fylindfotberserk! Thank you for the holiday wishes, and I hope that 2020 is a great year for you! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much sir. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Oshwah

Hi Oshwah, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas
and a happy New Year. Thanks for all your contributions to Wikipedia this year and there is already a large number of Christmas wishes before me.
   – Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 10:26, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Iggy the Swan! Thanks for the holiday wishes! I hope that 2020 is an excellent one for you! I'm sure that I'll see you around on Wikipedia (as per usual); until our paths cross again... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:33, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

Thank you for continuing to make Wikipedia the greatest project in the world. I hope you have an excellent holiday season. Lightburst (talk) 21:40, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Lightburst! Sorry for such a late response, but I wanted to thank you for the holiday wishes and to wish you a great 2020. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:34, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No subject

Greetings. I noticed you're striving for the rank of Veteran III, and making a lot of "Reverted" edits in a short period of time[1]. --For future reference, in the article S.M. Lockridge, I'm just wondering how you determined the link where Lockridge himself states the title of his sermon, was "unnecessary/inappropriate"[2] to validating the correct title of the sermon.

Thanks, Lee Gordon (talk) 04:15, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See my response to your question below. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Question

Greetings. I noticed you're striving for the rank of Veteran III, and making a lot of "Reverted" edits in a short period of time[3]. --For future reference, in the article S.M. Lockridge, I'm just wondering how you determined the link where Lockridge himself states the title of his sermon, was "unnecessary/inappropriate"[4] to validating the correct title of the sermon.

Thanks, Lee Gordon (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WikiLeeGordon! I did not make those edits or changes - you're asking on the wrong user talk page. To get in touch with Thegooduser, you can message him on his user talk page by clicking here. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:11, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) Hi WikiLeeGordon. In addition to what Oswhah posted above, please don't add links to that YouTube video to any Wikipedia pages for the reasons explained in WP:COPYLINK, WP:ELNEVER and WP:YOUTUBE. It's highly unlikely that the person who uploaded the audio of that particular sermon to YouTube is actually the copyright holder, which means it can't really be used on any Wikipedia pages, and that might have been one of the reasons why it was removed from the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:20, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thegooduser
  2. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._M._Lockridge&diff=prev&oldid=932054389
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thegooduser
  4. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._M._Lockridge&diff=prev&oldid=932054389
Making so many reverts now people think I'm oshwah? lol :) Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 21:36, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Shrug... I guess so. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm a newbie here. You removed a link I added on the Automated Content Recognition page. I thought that was okay since I noticed that the page listed Intrasonics which also has an external link. What is the difference between that one and the one I added? thx. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryannelang (talk • contribs) 08:05, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maryannelang, and welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed that your first changes were adding external links to multiple articles and to the same program and website, and I suspected that your account was just being used to advertise the product or the website. Please accept my apologies if this isn't the case; you have to understand that many users attempt to do this daily on Wikipedia, and it's become a significant problem. Please feel free to restore the changes you made to those articles.
Since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you go through and complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. It will provide you with many helpful walkthroughs, guides, interactive lessons, and other information that will be very helpful to you. Most users who take this advice and complete the tutorial tell me later that it was significantly helpful to them and saved them hours of time and frustration they would've experienced otherwise. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them and help you. Again, I welcome you to Wikipedia and I hope you enjoy your stay. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) Hi Maryannelang in addition to not adding any external links to Audible Magic's website to any Wikipedia articles, you should probably also add its name to any articles as well unless you can provide a secondary/independent reliable source that can be used to verify the content you're adding. Generally, Wikipedia articles only really should mention something by name encyclopedically relevant to its readers and this tends to mean things which have Wikipedia articles already written about them. There are perhaps many companies which may consider themselves to be ACR technology providers, but there's really no possible way for Wikipedia to list them all; so, Wikipedia has to try keep such mentions as limited as possible and one way of doing this is to limit them to companies with Wikipedia articles written about them. (FWIW, I think entire section should be removed because it's basically a case of name dropping without a real encyclopedic value even though the other companies mentioned do have Wikipedia articles written about them, but that's a different question altogether) Anyway, perhaps Audible Magic should have an article written about it per Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and if you think that's the case, then you can try to write one. Until that time, however, any mentions of the company anywhere on Wikipedia are going to require some fairly strong sources to be cited in support to be justified. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:16, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New message

Hi Oshwah. There's a new message on your Meta-wiki user talk page. Would you take a look? Happy Holidays. 2402:1980:8256:D960:2153:FF2C:3653:E600 (talk) 08:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Ah, I saw your message there, and I will take a look and see what I can do. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

December 2019

Hi. My edit was actually "constructive" as the character is actually being blackmailed about his homosexuality. However, if you think that's a spoiler I have no problems with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:861:3F40:6670:FD52:7975:F119:F0A2 (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Thanks for the message and for letting me know about this. If your edit was in good faith, then please accept my apologies - I'm sure you understand that seeing an edit like the one you made here would strike as suspicious. :-) Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help, and I'll be happy to lend a hand. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!
May your winter holidays be filled with joy, laughter and good health. Wishing you all the best in 2020 and beyond.

--Cameron11598 (Talk) 21:14, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cameron11598 - <3 ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:49, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Jailbreak (ROBLOX Game)

please delete this page. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 22:34, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thegooduser -  Done. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:38, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

huggle

so we can say that the firewall is now not part of the issue? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:05, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thegooduser - The only way to be sure is to use it while your antivirus and your firewall are either completely disabled or turned off, or while they're uninstalled. I've known many antivirus and firewall software that offer the ability to "exempt" applications and programs just to find out that they're only allowing them to perform certain additional functions without raising issue, and that they're still under the radar and restricted to some degree by the real-time protection and monitoring offered by the antivirus / firewall. :-/ ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:43, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Is the dark web dangerous just wondering? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
A "dark web" or "deep web" in itself? No. That's just a broad term for a website that's not available on the general World Wide Web due to not being indexed by search engines or by Domain Name System servers. Hence, they just require special software, browsers, settings, or a combination of those in order to access the specific "dark" network or site. I've surfed on the infamous "dark web" (the one you've probably read about online many times)" a couple of times; there were websites that hosted pretty much every bad thing you can imagine (not surprisingly). That being said, a "dark web" or "dark net" in itself isn't what's dangerous or bad, it's the content that some people choose to host that's bad. The principle and philosophical concept is similar to people who use BitTorrent... "torrenting", in itself (using the protocol and a file sharing service to transfer files), is not what's "dangerous" or "illegal"; it's the exact content that's hosted and downloaded that can be (and often times is). To be clear, I'm not advising you to go and check out any dark networks or surf "the dark web"... lol. That whole area, just like BitTorrent, is best left alone if you're not someone who has a deep understanding of computers, software, networking, and how to keep yourself protected. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:54, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah Thegooduser, yah, the deep web is just as safe as the clear web, deep web is just stuff like unlisted YouTube videos and your google drive files and shit like that. The Dark web is where you would find illegal content and stuff like that, but a good amount of stuff on the dark web is just stupid pages, not illegal, just dumb. Like a page of some anime girl dancing with the words "Go Fuck Yourself" at the bottom.LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 13:53, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Revert

Hi I'd like to talk about one of the reverts you've made on my Huntington Beach Highschool EditJackmor1010 (talk) 01:35, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jackmor1010 - Okay, go ahead... What do you want to discuss? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:44, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Hi Oshwah, where do I report ducks? CraigCathcart76 & Craig Cathcart fan 123 are the ones. Minorax (talk) 01:41, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Minorax! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your question. Wow! What a mess! I'm glad you reached out to me and let me know about this... I've blocked both accounts and reverted the article back to the revision it was before they started editing it. In the future, to report users who are engaging in sock puppetry and in violation of policy, you'll file a report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Just follow the instructions under the "How to open an investigation" collapse field, and you'll be able to file a report so that they can be investigated. :-) Please let me know if you have any more questions or if you need any more assistance; I'll be more than happy to help you with anything you need. :-) Thanks again for the message, and I wish you happy editing! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:47, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply. However, WP:RfCu states that "Obvious, disruptive sock puppet ---- Block, no checkuser needed" so filing a report might just be a waste of resource and space. Minorax (talk) 01:51, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Minorax - Oh yeah, for sure.... for something like this, just do what you did above - flag and admin down and point them toward the damage. However, in cases where urgency isn't dire and when an investigation is warranted, you'll want to visit WP:SPI and get to know and understand the process and how it works, since that noticeboard is the main point of contact regarding the investigation of sock puppetry policy violations. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:57, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Alright. Thank you for your help! :) Minorax (talk) 01:59, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Minorax - No problem; always happy to lend a hand. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:00, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again & sorry for disturbing you. I found 2 more ducks, they are Mohd Israr Rza & Mohdisrar100. Minorax (talk) 08:22, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Minorax - Blocked. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:32, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That was fast. HAHA. Thank you:) Minorax (talk) 08:39, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Minorax - You bet! ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
thanks for all you do here in the technical norm of Wikipedia! Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:03, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thegooduser! Thank you for the barnstar! I appreciate it very much, and it means a lot to me. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:43, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

Hello Oshwah: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 19:30, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
Hi DBigXray! Sorry for the late reply! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays went well and that 2020 turns out to be an excellent year for you. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Glad to see you back in action. --DBigXrayᗙ 19:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
DBigXray - I appreciate it! It's good to be back! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:31, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Medievil

Hello, I don't really see why stating the fact that Paul Darrow did the voice work on the game has any baring on me being neutral or otherwise? It's just a fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintuijl (talk • contribs) 22:37, 24 December 2019 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediEvil https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201696/[reply]

Hi Justintuijl, and thanks for messaging me with your thoughts and concerns regarding the revert I made to your edit here to MediEvil. The reason that I reverted your edit was because you stated in the article that Paul Darrow "did a lot of voice work" for the videogame. That's an opinion, which does not belong within an article per Wikipedia's policy on wording content in a neutral point of view. Please review the policy page and let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer them if you do. :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:48, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I should have put "did the voice of Zarrock" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justintuijl (talk • contribs) 19:25, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Justintuijl - Sorry for the delayed response. Yes, that would be a much better way of adding that specific content to the article. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck

豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s

Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはOshwahたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:14, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Miraclepine! Sorry for the late reply! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays went well, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

Hello Oshwah, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020.
Happy editing,
Donner60 (talk) 06:36, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Donner60! I apologize for such a late reply to your message here. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope that your holidays went well, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:07, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas, Oshwah!


TheSandDoctor Talk is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

From my family to yours, wishing you a very merry/happy Christmas and New Year! Here's to 2020 --TheSandDoctor Talk 07:39, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
TheSandDoctor! I apologize for such a late response here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to leave me this message and wish me a happy holiday. I hope that your holidays were fun and stress-free, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Hello Oshwah: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Everedux (talk) 19:18, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Everedux! Sorry for such a late reply here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays. I hope your holidays were fun and stress-free, and I wish you a great 2020! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Idea for a new article, advice wanted

I think an article about Separated twin pairs would be interesting and useful. Many kids fantasize about having a misplaced identical twin -- and some people do have them.[1] Research uses separated twin pairs. Separated twins are popular in fiction -- e.g. The Parent Trap and Sister, Sister (TV series). In short, an article about "separated twin pairs" could bring together interesting facts from different areas. Any advice, pro, con, or how to? Thanks and I hope you had a fun Christmas. HouseOfChange (talk) 19:43, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HouseOfChange, and thank you for leaving me a message here with your request for input and advice. I apologize for the extreme delay with responding to your message here. I've been busy lately, and I'm just now catching up with all of the Wikipedia messages, emails, requests, tickets, and discussions I received. As you of course already know, I'll be more than happy to answer your questions and help you. ;-)
Without looking too deeply into the particular subject itself, my initial thought is that I don't believe you'll have an issue in regards to meeting Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, but that's something you'll want to make absolute sure is met, and before you start any kind of serious planning or (Heaven forbid) any construction or writing of the article itself. I cannot stress and emphasize this advice to you enough; if you can leave here and remember only one piece of advice from this discussion in regards to article creation, it's that you must do the research necessary in order to make absolute sure that the article subject you wish to write about meets Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, and as the very first step (other than making sure that an article doesn't already exist on the subject, of course). If you don't do this at all, or if you don't do this first and before you start planning, construction, and writing of the article - you're going to have an extremely frustrating and infuriating experience with article creation on Wikipedia. That mistake can result in having hours, days, if not weeks worth of your time, energy, and effort completely wasted due to planning and writing an article about something that ultimately doesn't deserve its own article in the first place. The time I spent with planning, researching, and writing Windows Push Notification Service or Universal Windows Platform (both were not significantly huge articles upon my first publication of them) was at least 8-10 hours, just to give you an idea with how much time really goes into creating an article. ;-)
I'm fairly sure that there are some famous (and infamous) cases where twin babies were separated from one another at birth (for one reason or another) and then reunited later in life, but again, you'll want to make sure. After you've made sure that the article subject gets the "green light" in respect to notability, you'll want to do some research and plan out exactly what you're going to write in the article. Collect a big list of reliable sources that you can cite and reference in the article, and think about the different sections that would be included - summary paragraph (writing this section very last is my advice), the concept and any origins, any scientific studies that have been conducted (if applicable), notable cases, references / use in media, etc. Afterwards, you'll begin to start piecing the article together - getting an infobox built (if applicable), finding an acceptable image for the infobox, locating the relevant categories that this article should belong to, adding a "see also" and "references" section to the end, and then adding the section headers and the content you're going to include (among other things)...
If you're brand new to the concept of article creation, you should read through this help page as well as this project page for more information and advice. I'd also consider using the new article wizard or the articles for creation project process to make sure that you have the necessary guidance and guardrails... at least until you become proficient with creation. ;-) I hope that my response here was at least somewhat helpful to you. If you have any more questions or if you need any additional input or advice, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll be happy to help you further. ;-) Let me know how things go with your creation of this article subject! I'd love to be kept updated! :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much, Oshwah, for the time you took to give me such good advice. I will move this topic idea further up my to-do list, hoping to be less busy once February arrives. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
HouseOfChange - Awesome! No problem; always happy to lend a hand! Don't get overworked or burnt-out, and I hope you're able to get what you need finished. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any more questions or if I can provide any input or advice. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 15:12, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it

fixed my huggle, I forgot to change the damn setting so i wasted all your time, sorry. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thegooduser - No worries! Glad you finally found what I was trying to have you locate and change. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:42, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

December 2019

Hello, I'm No1FanofHHT. Today you left a message in my talk page. You said that I made a made a mistake in the article Thani Oruvan. That movie was directed by Mohan Raja.[1] But in the short description, it was entered wrong as 'M. Emran'. No1FanofHHT (talk) 11:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi No1FanofHHT! Thank you for messaging me and for providing a source to the changes you made. I apologize for reverting them; please feel free to restore the changes you made. If you have any questions or need any help, please let me know and I'll be happy to do so. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 11:35, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Thani Oruvan (2015) - IMDb".

Page Moving

Can you move List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes to A Certain Scientific Railgun T. SpectresWrath (talk) 19:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SpectresWrath! Thanks for leaving me a message here with your request. I'm a bit confused; is A Certain Scientific Railgun T an article about the same exact subject as A Certain Scientific Railgun, or are they two completely different anime series? I see that the articles List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes and List of A Certain Scientific Railgun episodes both exist, as well as A Certain Scientific Railgun T and List of A Certain Scientific Railgun T episodes. I want to avoid duplicating articles and work, as well as avoid making things unnecessarily complicated, if I can do so - can you take a look at these articles and let me know if they're of the same subject? I'll be happy to help once I have a better understanding of these articles. :-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You've got mail!

Hello, Oshwah. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:42, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Acknowledged. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 06:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Oshwah,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 01:04, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
– Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.
CAPTAIN RAJU! I'm so sorry for the late reply here! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to wish me happy holidays - it meant a lot. :-) I hope you had a great holiday season, and I wish you a great 2020! ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Es204L again

Hi Oshwah, sorry to bother you during this festive season but Es204L, a user you issued a final warning to back in May for adding unsourced content, has been making problematic edits again, in particular this series of edits, as well as additional warnings on their talk page. The fact that I checked their contributions for the whole of December and haven't seen them adding sources by themselves is also... worrying, to say the least. I'm not sure what else can be done here. Best regards, ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 09:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And now it's turned up at ANI... welp. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 10:43, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi KN2731, and thanks for leaving me a message here and for letting know about the continued issues with this user. I apologize that this response comes after such an extreme delay; I was busy these last two weeks and I'm just now getting caught up with all of the Wikipedia messages, emails, requests, discussions, etc that I've received while I was offline. Fortunately, it appears that this matter was escalated to a subsequent ANI discussion (as you point out above). Having detailed information added to the user's block log for their two-week block appears to have helped the issue and the latest ANI discussion come to a quick and desired close. I remember this ANI discussion quite well, and I predicted at the time that the two week block I imposed wouldn't stop the problems, and that this user would end up indefinitely blocked... but I had to try. I'm sorry that the issues continued, and I hope that they didn't cause too much frustration or aggravation upon you. I'm just happy that (one way or the other) it's no longer a problem. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if I can be of assistance with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help. My user talk page is always open to you, and you are welcome to message me here any time you need or want. :-) I hope you had a happy and stress-free holiday season and new year's celebration, and I wish you a great day and happy editing. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:13, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 2020!

Have lots of fun in the New Year, just like this one! --CiaPan (talk) (talk page stalker) 09:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CiaPan - HA! That's funny, and I've definitely done that before when I've accidentally discovered a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio that I didn't know existed. "What just happened?" Control-Z. "What'd I push?" Tries key combinations again. :-P ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Creator template

Hello and Happy New Year, You’ve been very helpful in the past, and I hope that you can help me now. On the page of the Biblioteca Marciana, I added images of the 21 roundels in the ceiling. I then added more details on each of the image pages. I have three problems. 1) For all of the artists involved (except one), there were creator templates. So I was able to add them. For one artist (Giovanni de Mio (or Demio)), there was not. I did some research and came up with this: 

| Wikidata          = Q16559911

I added it to the image page (together with other coding), and it did create the template. So, it worked. However, the template does not appear at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creator_templates. I assume I did something wrong. Was I supposed to publish that code somewhere else? 2) For three of the roundels (12, 15, and 19), if you click on the image and then on more details, the titles and artist names appear twice (once outside the info box and once inside). This does not happen with any of the other roundels. I cannot figure out what I did wrong. 3) I would like the three columns to be equal in width (the center column is larger). How is this possible? Again, I thank you for whatever guidance/assistance you can provide. Have a good day.Venicescapes (talk) 13:59, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Venicescapes! I apologize for the delay responding to your message, your questions, and your request for help with the Biblioteca Marciana article. I'll be more than happy to help you, assuming that my assistance is still what you need? Let me know when you can; if you still need help with this, no problem! ;-)
To answer your first question: I'm not overly familiar nor an expert with the {{creator}} template on Commons, but I managed to connect some dots and poke around some documentation for you. The reason that Giovanni de Mio doesn't have a creator template on Commons is most likely just due to the fact that nobody has created one for him yet. You'll most likely be just fine if you follow the necessary instructions and create it. ;-) I was able to locate this commons page and this template details page that will provide you with information and instructions for how to properly get that creator template created for this person. What you did by adding the "Wikidata" parameter in the infobox (as you pointed out above) seems to work perfectly fine, but if you want to have the categories and automated connections performed for you (as well as keep everything consistent), you'll want to have that creator template made for this person, then use that creator template on the image afterwards... That's what I believe is correct after reviewing the documentation, but I might be wrong. Check those pages out; they'll tell you what to do. :-)
I took a look at image for roundel #12, and I didn't notice a duplication of the title and artist names - is this still an issue? Let me know if it is, and I'll be happy to look into it further. Make sure that you've also purged both your browser cache as well as the server cache - this will resolve weird formatting issues that might have surfaced after performing edits involving templates or other linked pages.
Regarding the table column spacing: All three of those columns are different sizes than one another; you just only happened to notice that the center column was larger than the other two. ;-) Taking a look at the entire code for the table, I see that you specified a width of 90% (meaning 90% of the page width) for the table. Sure, that's fine... However, that style setting only applies to the table; it won't mandate or set the dimensions of any rows or columns contained inside of it - you have to set those values if this if you want (in this situation, you don't care about the specific width of each column; you just want them to be the same). Otherwise, if the height or width of a row or column isn't specified, it'll be done automatically (usually, they're set to the size of the tallest and the widest object contained inside of it). I went ahead and modified your table for you - you can see exactly what I changed by clicking here. I just specified the width value of each column to be 33% (meaning 33% of the width of the table, which is set to a width of 90% of the page), and as you can see - this set the table column widths perfectly to what you were asking for. I didn't have to set each and every row to be 33%, but not doing so leaves ambiguity, and the table can be translated and displayed differently depending on the browser that the viewer is using. Better to just set them all as a principle of good coding practice. ;-) Oh, and I also centered the width of the entire table as well. If this isn't what you want, feel free to remove the code I added here. :-)
Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Oshwah. Welcome back. Thank you for taking care of the column width and the centering. I'm not at all technically inclined and am always afraid that I'll crash Wikipedia. So it is greatly appreciated. I'm still struggling with the creator template. I've read through the various pages, and I seem to have the proper coding (it worked on the single image description page). But it's not clear where I'm supposed to publish it so that it is available for others and can be readily updated with information. I'll continue to look into the second matter. I connected from another computer and still see the problem. It only happens with three of the roundels (which is odd since I copied and pasted). Basically, when you open the image and then click on "more details", you reach the page with the infobox for the painting. I see the title and artist mentioned both within and above the box. Is there any way I can send you a screen shot?Venicescapes (talk) 13:29, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Venicescapes - Crash Wikipedia? Nah, making simple mistakes with table formatting or the code within a page you're editing won't crash the website. Just use the "show preview" button to double-check your changes before you save them, and you won't risk accidentally publishing anything that makes everything worse. ;-) Screenshot? Sure! You can email it to me if privacy or another issue is a concern to you. Just use a free image hosting website like imgur to upload your screenshot, then you can send me the link to it in an email. Easy peasy. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 13:52, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again. I sent you an email with a link to some images.Venicescapes (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Venicescapes! I received your email. Please forgive my stupidity; I didn't see or notice the issue with the table until I took another look at it again later. :-) I did some editing and playing around on the three image file pages (namely, the 12th image - take a look at the edit history). After re-arranging a few things and scratching my head, my answer to your question regarding what's going on with these three file summary pages is "I don't know"... lol.
As soon as I removed the "title" parameter from each of the artwork templates within those three file summary pages, the issue resolved itself. I also believe that the "information field" template may be clashing with the "title" parameter inside of the "artwork" template when both of them are used together, though I'm not absolutely certain. Who knows... this may be just an issue with a bracket or parameter missing that I didn't catch and is causing inputs to shift, or this may be an issue that would require deeper troubleshooting in order to find. All I know is that removing the "title" parameter and the content you set it to resolved the problem (you used both the "it" and "en" templates, I had to remove both of them).
I spent over an hour or so troubleshooting and narrowing down the problem just in order to locate where it was. Forgive me, but while I'm decent with templates, parameters, coding, and building them - I'm not an expert on these particular ones and their requirements. It might be worth it for you to read and review the documentation for the artwork template and double check that we're not missing something or adding something that's incorrect. Let me know what your thoughts are. Cheers ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 17:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good Morning Oshwah. I'm sorry this has become so time consuming. It seems that you are right. For some illogical reason, the coding doesn't like short titles. I added an extended title to roundel 12, and it works. I'll do the same with the others and let you know. More to come....Venicescapes (talk) 07:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Venicescapes - No apologies needed; it's not like it's your fault or anything. I noticed that too! When I'd literally copy and paste the "en" and "it" templates (both from a different image and where they had long titles), it worked just fine! I thought that it was the issue with title length as well... I'm glad you noticed that too. Yeah, keep me updated. That's a seriously weird issue.... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 08:15, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Show Business

Hey there Oshwah!

I recently came across a Reddit post about them being blocked on Wikipedia. I've seen off-wiki rants before, but this wasn't the kind mean-spirited screed I expected. The user seemed rather reasonable and polite. I told them to DM me on WP:Discord, and I'd take a look at their unblocking situation. That's basically where we are now.

The user in question, Miss Show Business, seems to have actually had a case of mistaken identity. This is the typical edit of the blanned sock user. It generally involves completely erasing Synth-pop from the article. Sometimes they remove {{hlist}} as well. Lastly, they refer to the Synth-pop genre as synth-pop, but never synthpop.
Take a closer look at this edit from MSB. They keep "synthpop" in the lead and infobox (just putting dance-pop in first place). Then take a look at this edit. It's a different set of tags when MSB is on mobile... it's not the iOS app.
If you combine this all with the fact they also added a reference and the fact they are a Clean start account, then I think the case is strong that this is a different user.

Finally, it might be worth running a check on Evervessence728. I don't suggest this to disprove a connection with WSB, but because that sockpuppet's MO is to generally create a bunch of accounts at once, so it might be worth checking for potentially other alternate accounts.

Thank you so much for your hard work! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MJL! Thank you for the message, and I apologize for the delay responding to it. I think the best thing to do in this situation is ping a checkuser such as Bbb23. The edits definitely appear to be doing the general same thing, but I also want to have your thoughts and input taken into account and for my actions resulting from the relevant SPI report to be given fair scrutiny in the event that you are correct and that I was wrong. Hence, pinging a third-party who has a good degree of experience with SPI (and, of course, the necessary tools) is the best way to have this looked into. Thank you for sharing this message with me and for expressing your concerns. Either way, I hope to have it resolved - even if it means that I'm found to have been incorrect with my assessment of the SPI case. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Zarb-e-Sukhan

= Can you help to reopen the article, Zarb-e-Sukhan of Ehsan Sehgal which was dishonestly removed, while it had multiple authentic sources, even though, ill motives contributors removed that unfairly. I found it on Google search - https://en.wikiredia.com/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Zarb-e-Sukhan. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.194.208.220 (talk) 11:17, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This link you provided is not to an official Wikimedia host or domain. Why are you using this website instead of the Wikimedia official domain? If you click on this link, you'll find that the article is a redirect to Ehsan Sehgal, which exists just fine... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would like my email removed from my page history that I created

Would like my email removed from my page history I created yesterday. Dragoreman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragoreman (talk • contribs) 19:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FYI:  Done — xaosflux Talk 19:55, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Xaosflux - Thank you for taking care of this while I was offline. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:04, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PeterJack1 Sockpuppets

Hi. It appears you were the administrator that blocked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Peterjack1 back in April 2019. Based on several factors, such as the articles where active, content added/changed/removed, activities, tone/behavior, I suspect that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/68.160.217.229 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Smith0124 may be sockpuppets of Peterjack1. I think an investigation is appropriate. For example. both the IP address and Smith0124 have an affinity for NY area highways and the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election (a very specific interest area). Also, Smith0124, like Peterjack1 before, likes to make and defend specific and particular edits on many NY area highways and is insensitive to criticism (such as poor sourcing or word usage). I also want to mention Smith0124 was recently blocked for 24 hours for edit warring (a block that was lifted by another admin). I could be wrong and I don't have the time and resources to investigate, so I wanted to bring this to the attention of those who do. Thanks. 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:07, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
––Hi, just as update, I also believe that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mark_P._8301 is affiliated and may be a sockpuppet of the several accounts I listed above. My main proof, other than the roadway and video game articles that this uses edits, the Mark P 8301 user page seems to have been created by Smith0124 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mark_P._8301&action=history). Thank you for your assistance. 108.21.182.146 (talk) 16:27, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) definitely needs investigation: the user page creation by another user is a big red flag for me. Perhaps you could make a post on their SPI page. It is Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Peterjack1. You could copy and paste what you have written here there in a new report. You can follow the instructions on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations to make the report or I can copy your statements if you want. Thanks for finding this and happy editing, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 16:42, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dreamy Jazz - Thank you for responding and for helping this user while I was offline. Much appreciated. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious edit/reverts

Oshwah, you might like to see Special:Contributions/109.149.79.79; one of those two edits was of a similar sort (and a nearby IP) and on the same page as one you revdeleted. Thanks, –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:06, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And a few others on similar topics: [2], [3], and [4]. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:27, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Deacon Vorbis! Thanks for leaving me a message here regarding these talk page comments and your concerns. I've glanced through the diffs you provided, and I've rev del'd the ones I felt were the most necessary (which were serious BLP violations). This is definitely trolling by the same person; my primary concern given the timeline is to have any BLP violations or other serious matters removed. ;-) Thanks again for letting me know about this. If you run into any more edits by this person, please let me know. If the edits need to be ran over with the "revy devy", just remember to send those requests to me by emailing them instead of leaving them here for anyone to read. As of the time of this writing, my user talk page has 1015 user accounts that actively watch it. Messages with rev del or OS requests that are left here will almost always trigger the Streisand effect as users read the message and quickly rush over to view the revision and the content before they lose the ability to see it. This results in the content receiving the opposite level of attention than we want to give to it. ;-) Thanks again for the message, and I wish you a great day and happy editing. :-D ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 10:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Overwriting your comment - sorry

Sorry I overwrote your comment accidentally. I don't know why it did that. I should have gotten an edit conflict notice, shouldn't I? I only noticed what happened when I peeked at my contribs and saw my comment reduced the page's size. -Crossroads- (talk) 05:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Crossroads! Thanks for the message! Ahh, no worries... it's no big deal. I've accidentally done the exact same thing a number of times before, too... It's an accident. They happen. ;-)
To answer your question: Yes, you normally should be redirected to an edit conflict notice page in the event that you've attempted to publish changes to a page or section that has since changed after you started editing it. However, this won't happen in certain cases. The usual case where accidental overwriting happens is when someone edits a page and then copies the entire content in order to make the modifications elsewhere (like in Notepad or on a different program). What frequently happens in this scenario is that the editor will close the page after copying the text, and then click "edit" again when they're finished in order to paste the modified content back into Wikipedia. Since they closed the editing page when they copied the text, and then opened a new editing page after they finished their modifications elsewhere, the software doesn't know that they're editing based off an old revision and where new revisions have been published, and it accepts what was pasted and overwrites everything that was updated.
Thank you for leaving that comment in the ANI discussion. It definitely shows that there are ongoing issues with the user involved. I just hope that the message I left on the editor's user talk page is what helps to turn these issues around. I've managed to help users turn things around with messages like the one I left; all in all, there's nothing to lose by trying. :-) Cheers, and thanks again for the message - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 05:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Illegal use of rollback

[5] OK, if you're going to be that way, I'll just use a direct quote from the source. By the way, besides using rollback against policy, falsely accusing someone of violating BLP can also get you blocked. 155.19.91.37 (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Perfect; please do add a direct citation to a reliable source. This was the reason as to why your edit was reverted. It didn't appear to reference a reliable source, and it added content about a living person that can be interpreted as being contentious and controversial. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oshwah, this Department of Defense IP is disruptive, and talking to them nicely is not going to help.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:31, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bbb23 - When I reverted that user's edit to the article, I felt that it was BLP violation due to lacking a citation to a source and for adding contentious information to a living person (as you obviously know). This is why I responded above, "You have a reference? Great, cite it." Looking at the subsequent edits made to this article by this user shows a multitude of issues that I didn't see the first time. I wasn't responding above in order to try and encourage them to edit war or become repeatedly disruptive (and I'm sure you know me well enough to know that); I was simply trying to solve an issue that I believed to be unilateral. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:41, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And yeah, I noticed that. The DoD? Wtf? ... Heh, I'm not surprised... As the user who blocked Congress 1-2 years ago due to repeated doxxing that made national news, this is not something I feel is a new one... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 19:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! This is Olivia Lufkin.

Some of the information on this page is wrong and needs updating. I never worked at a Kindergarten. And I would like to update a few things. How would I go about doing this? Should I send you a picture of my drivers license? Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, Olivia Lufkin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:CCE0:3A40:3521:83E8:CC5E:C9EC (talk) 20:50, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! To address your concerns, you can follow the instructions here in order to contact the Volunteer Response Team. They have the ability and training necessary to verify your identity and help you with your particular concerns. Because you have an obvious conflict of interest with the article, you should not edit it yourself, as it will only make things more difficult for you to receive assistance with fixing. You're always welcome to file an edit request for another editor to review and complete the edits for you. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Please follow the link I provided to you above, as this is the proper way for you to receive assistance and have your concerns addressed. Thank you :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Let me google that for you

[[6]]

Pick any source, add it as you like, be fucking productive, Wikipedia has become a shithole full of pedantic reverters

Do you really think _I_ will spend _my_ time to add a source and try to create a link just so _you_ or any other dipshit (see my previous attempts) can revert that because the source is not _good enough_ for your liking?

I have been editing Wikipedia since 2004 and let me tell you kiddo, the fun is gone.

So leave it out, the oldest working organ in France, one of the oldest instruments in Europe. Just don't mention that in wikipedia, because I didn't add a fucking source.

What policy are you referring to that allows you to revert my addition? Add a fucking source yourself if you need it so badly.

/rant off/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 20:53, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) What policy are you referring to that allows you to revert my addition? WP:PROVEIT maybe? Adam9007 (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wrong. PROVEIT should be used for stuff that isn't easily verifiable, did you maybe click the pretty link I provided for your convenience. The bloody organ is there. There is no obligation the add a source for absolutely everything. Look it is stated "Lorris is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of Sully-sur-Loire, 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Montargis, " without a source, oh noooo revert, revert it is not fucking sourced, what are we gonna do?
(talk page watcher) Please stop your obscene rants. Oshwah is a much respected editor and administrator who is only asking you to abide by Wikipedia conventions. If you continue you may be blocked from "contributing" to the encyclopedia. Thank you, David J Johnson (talk) 21:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Stop whining — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 21:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If you're going to behave in this manner, at least do it toward me. There's no need to be uncivil toward the other users who comment, communicate, and respond here... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! As pointed out to you in the response above, Wikipedia's policies state that the onus of responsibility that a user demonstrate verifiability of content lies with the editor who adds or restores material or content to an article. You're of course welcome to edit, improve, and expand articles and content on Wikipedia - we're absolutely not trying to discourage you from doing so. However, your edits need to directly cite a source that's reliable and can be used to support the content, establish verifiability, and be reviwed by readers to make sure that the content added is genuine, accurate, and true. Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Best regards - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No, I will not edit a source in just so somebody else can delete it again, I am fed up with that. We'll just not mention in the english wikipedia that an old organ is there, we'll simply leave it out. As I type this I am listening to nice relaxing music played on the organ in LORRIS, one of the oldest (unverified claim) organs still in use. I also don't care that the rest of the LORRIS lemma is not sourced either, not the mayors, not the history, nothing is sourced and I am happy that you don't care about that either, otherwise the whole LORRIS lemma would not exist. Goodbye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 21:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's disappointing to hear... Looking at your contributions, you seem to have at least an intermediate level of proficiency, familiarity, and experience on Wikipedia and how to navigate and communicate. Given some additional time to learn and grow, understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines more in-depth, and make more edits and changes - I feel like you have the potential to become a great Wikipedia editor who can mentor others and make a big difference around here. I obviously can't force you to do anything you don't want to do, but should you change your mind and want to help us while we help you, I'm available and happy to help. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:44, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Been there, done that, made me into the old grumbling uncivil IP editor I am today. Thank you for staying so polite, but it is wasted effort on me. Sources exist, but I won't go through the trouble of giving it my best and then another blessed editor thinks it is not good enough for him and reverts. Now I will just go and look at some nice YOUTUBE videos of the old LORRIS organ. A very strange experience to watch a completely unverified organ playing, unreal, you should try it sometimes. No hard feelings, just a grumpy old disappointed editor (with ~100 started articles across 3 language wikipedias since 2004, when things were still fun and people tried to HELP each other to actually improve articles. I will stop wasting all our time now, you will have plenty more reverting to do, I guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 22:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You're not wasting my time at all, and I appreciate your compliment regarding my civility and conduct. I avoid battling fire with fire; it only just... makes more fire... and that's obviously not going to help. ;-) If you'll allow me, I'd like to add the content you wrote back to the article and then add a source as a citation for you. Do you know of a source that will be the best one that we can use? Would you be willing to locate one? I can do the rest from there. The most important thing out of all of this is that we're here to build an encyclopedia, and building an encyclopedia is what I must put above all else, including my wants, my "pride", or what would benefit me... This is why I'm here, and this is why I want to work with you. If anything, I hope to be the one user that you found to be different from the others and who cared enough to make things right. Who knows, maybe it'll help you consider changing your mind and perhaps joining us (or returning back) as an active member of the community (though having an account is entirely optional, it's definitely recommended). ;-) Let me know if you're okay with finding a source; I'll be happy to do the rest. Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
see my comment further below. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This is perhaps a silly question, but how do you know that that all this IP's edits were made by the same person? Adam9007 (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam9007 - I'm just looking at this user's formatting and edits to my user talk page here. This user picked up on how to indent their responses, was (attempting) to make an argument in regards to WP:PROVEIT (it seemed as if they've read this policy before), and the user has obviously been keeping an eye on this page in order to communicate. Compared to the level of skill that other new users have around here, this user obviously knows how to learn and has the potential to be a great editor if they really wanted to. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 21:50, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I will conclude with providing two links (http://www.orgues-koenig.com/lorris-en-gatinais/ - the guys who did the restoration) and (http://lorris.org/index.php?action=orgue - "friends of the Lorris organ" group) that last one talks about "La date d'origine de l'orgue est indiquée par deux sources" two sources, neither of those we silly wikipedians can access easily. But for me it is safe to say that the organ dates from the early 16th century. An organ restorator and a group of friends of the organ say so. BUT those are self published web pages, no prime sources, so any proud trigger happy self righteous wikipedia editor will cite the appropriate policy and delete my hard work. no sir. The organ is there, but not according to Wikipedia policies. Keep up the hard work guys. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.194.27.215 (talk) 22:35, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll take a look and see what I can do. I can't make any promises. I know that we didn't meet in the best circumstances nor do so on the right foot, and I'm sorry for that. Please know that my user talk page is always open to you, and you are welcome to message me for input or assistance any time you need to. I'll be happy to lend a hand. Until we meet again... :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 22:40, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Snapchat

Hi,

Are those violence threats? Adam9007 (talk) 00:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adam9007! I'm taking a look now... They looked to be typical childish vandalism to me upon first read, but I'm gonna go back and get some more "context" out of what little sense they made... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:50, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam9007 - Nah, they're just really crudely sexual in nature... AKA typical childish vandalism. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:53, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Yeah, it looked like childish vandalism to me too but of course I'm no expert in determining whether threats are genuine. Adam9007 (talk) 00:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam9007 - Nah, you're fine. Had the vandalism said "slay her throat", I would've interpreted that as a potentially violent threat. Instead, it said "slay that vagina" followed by "smash her" afterwards in the next edit, with both terms being often used as a (pretty pejorative) reference to having sex. So, no violence. But definitely understandable for someone to raise concerns having read those edits... ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Racist IP

Is this actionable, or should we just treat it as ordinary vandalism? Adam9007 (talk) 00:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adam9007 - I just RD2'd it and blocked the IP for BLP violations. I was originally going to just leave it, but I have to put things in different shoes: If the edit had said the same thing but with the word "white" replaced with the word "black", it certainly would be considered an RD2. Hence, I went ahead and hit that revision with the revy devy. Vroom vroom! ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 00:56, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm probably taking a risk by saying this, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who considers racism to work both ways :). Adam9007 (talk) 00:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam9007 - It's unacceptable in any form. While I believe that certain racist terms, remarks, and (horrible) jokes are much more severe than others (thinking in terms of the Jewish population, African American population, and others), I have to recognize that this is likely my own thoughts and bias. And I cannot let those thoughts influence how I handle situations and make decisions. I try my best to ask not what the easiest thing to do is, nor what the popular or the less-stressful thing to do is. I try to always ask, what's the right thing to do? ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Well, racism is a sensitive subject, and I've been falsely accused of it here on Wikipedia more than once before. If an innocuous jocular comment can be misinterpreted as racist (you should know what I'm talking about), this report certainly could have been (yes, a part of me was actually afraid to make this report...). But I did it anyway because it was the right thing to do, as you say. Adam9007 (talk) 01:14, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And speaking of racist edits: 1. Adam9007 (talk) 01:25, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam9007 - Oh joy.... It is now smooshed. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does this need revdelling?

This. (S)he's lucky that word means something else to people like me. Adam9007 (talk) 01:43, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adam9007 - Argh another one... aaaand it's gone! XD... Oh, let's start emailing these requests to me instead of leaving them here. It's policy and we have to do it... not to mention the fact that I have 1000 people who actively watch this page... lol. Avoiding the Streisand effect is going to be especially important here. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Who are u

who are u — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19B:8500:4A50:C195:2EBD:16D1:9C66 (talk) 01:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Oshwah! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:29, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

BDP/COI/UAA alphabet soup

Hi Oshwah! Hope all is well in your corner of the wiki. I saw some edits on my watchlist from a new account, and given their nature, I think the situation might merit some review from an admin who can handle things with sensitivity before the templates start flying. So I checked to see who was online and here I am. Contribs, for background. Thanks in advance! – Levivich 02:03, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Levivich! Sure, no problem; always happy to help! I'll take a look and see what I can do... ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:04, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Levivich -  Done (permalink). ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the swift response as always! – Levivich 02:18, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Levivich - You bet. ;-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 02:26, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Levivich - LOL, I just now read the section header you put for this discussion. For the record, I let out a loud snort while laughing in the middle of a quiet public place because of you... Thanks for that. Hope you got more of that alphabet soup to share :-P ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Murder of Tessa Majors

Here's the thing: it is objectively true information and my contributions are objective facts which do not include any point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hannahqfowler (talk • contribs) 22:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(by talk reader) @Hannahqfowler: We actually don't care what the truth is; we care about verifiability. Further, you admit to having a conflict of interest compounded by the fact that you think your beliefs belong in an article. People like reading Wikipedia because they trust us to not let content become skewed. Please respect our policies and accept that you can't make edits this way. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:56, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hannahqfowler - I completely understand that you feel that way. But you went into this article with the intent on changing it from being focused on the murder of this article subject to be "remembered for her life", and because the way it's presenting information right now is "insensitive". You wrote this in your edit summaries while you were making inappropriate changes to the article. How is this thought, and your intentions on changing the article's narrative regarding the murder, not a particular point of view? How is this objective, as you worded it above?
Hannahqfowler, I'm not blaming you or trying to say that I don't have any level of compassion or understanding in regards to how you feel. However, I have to reemphasize my point: The fact that you are personally and emotionally involved with this article subject is causing you to make changes to the article that are inappropriate and not in compliance with Wikipedia's neutrality policy. This is why you cannot make edits to the article directly. If you wish to have changes made, you need to file an edit request so that another editor can review your request, approve it (assuming no issues are found), and make those changes on your behalf. Wikipedia has a number of core principles regarding how we build this encyclopedia, and I highly recommend that you take some time and complete our new user tutorial so that you can learn and understand them. After you've done so, I believe that you'll see why they're necessary and important. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you for the message. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:04, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain

The International Bounty Hunter Union is a bona fide organization. Please explain why you deleted it from the page ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.76.152.199 (talk • contribs) 04:25, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! See the response left above. Wikipedia is not a directory or list of links to organization and company websites. Depending on the links being added, it can be considered as spamming or trying to advertise by doing this. Please review the policies and guidelines that I've lined you to, and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:42, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why delete my userpage?

It didn't have a webhost thing or something, i just said some things what i did and stuff. De --CBTover (talk) 09:54, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

CBTover, you added what appeared to be your Wikipedia account password to your userpage. It said, "Hi my pass is [PASSWORD]" (or something very close). I had to delete that page under any guideline so that I could suppress that information and make sure that it couldn't be found. If I am incorrect and if that wasn't you trying to put your password on your user page, please accept my apologies for the mistake and the misinterpretation. If that was you adding your password to your user page, yeah... umm... don't do that. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
understandable, have a nice day --CBTover (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
CBTover - That wasn't your Wikipedia account password that you added to your user page, was it? ... ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 09:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for catching my mistake there. XXX antiuser eh? 10:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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