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2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Someone changed the box score on the WKU game from its original format. Can you revert it back to the previous box score like all the others are formatted? Rolltide pisco (talk) 23:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're talking about this edit? I don't really know anything about all that formatting; I barely understand how it works. Can't you just do it yourself? Do you want me to give you the rollback function? That's easily done. Drmies (talk) 00:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes please. They should all look the same Rolltide pisco (talk) 16:44, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay—done. But you gotta read the manual: wikipedia:Rollback. Basically, use it for clearly disruptive edits, and ALWAYS explain what you’re doing, in an edit summary. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 18:46, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
September music
Today's story has 3 composers, I couldn't decide for the one on the Main page or the one who didn't make it on his bicentenary, so took both, and the pic has a third. Listen if you have a bit of time. The music, played by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, impressed me. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My story today is about a man who played jazz when it was banned by the Nazis, - you can listen to how they played it later. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draft:CodeWeb Agency
Eh. :) Filmssssssssssss, Drmies, what happened there? Not that I care much but this is a bit strange. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:49, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, Filmsss tagged it and I didn't see a reason to keep it, esp. after you blocked the editor. Wait--now I see what you meant with "no need to delete the rejection", and that in that edit you basically declined the speedy. Sorry Filmss, you can't tag something after the tag has been declined. Drmies (talk) 23:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(All good, thanks! And yeah, I should have explicitly declined the speedy deletion including an edit summary that does so.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, the next thing that will happen is the draft being deleted after six months, unless a sockpuppet comes and edits it further. So this is a technicality. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, yeah, sure, no, my fault--I should have looked more carefully in the history. Thanks. Hey, listen, while I have you here, ToBeFree--do you remember this? I can't really see what prompted that, but I'm having my doubts about that editor, as you can maybe tell. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 00:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Drmies Thanks for the heads up about the rule, will keep track of that next time Filmssssssssssss (talk) 02:26, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Filmssssssssssss, I think the main issue with the speedy deletion tagging wasn't that it had been declined before. The main issue to me is that the page simply clearly didn't qualify for the selected criterion. The page content wasn't promotional anymore. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:01, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Drmies, it's been a while. I think the editing overlap between Scott free0011 and Quailmail in the article about Eric Dick (lawyer) was the only thing that prompted this message; I performed no checks in this matter. It also seems to have been resolved, if it ever was an issue, by Quailmail completely having stopped editing. If this changes, I'd have a look again. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:40, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:ToBeFree, I checked, and that's why I was wondering, cause I know you must have had a good reason to make that comment. No, I see it now: it's because of Lacey Hull, where you fought off a bunch of BLP violations in February, and where these two editors were fighting for the same cause: tarring the reputation of Hull. And now the plot thickens: Dick has been represented by Jared Woodfill, who's trying to oust Hull, claiming she's a RINO, not extreme enough against abortion and other matters. I think I am going to block Scott free from editing those articles that he has so obvious an interest in. Neutrality, I would love it if you read over these comments related to Scott free, esp. given your cleanup at the Woodfill article. Drmies (talk) 12:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK I think this whitewashing on Woodfill clinches it, especially in combination with this blackballing of Hull. Drmies (talk) 12:55, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
🤔 I didn't analyze it that thoroughly yet but it sounds plausible to me. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would perhaps not have chosen a partial block but we'll see. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm always wary of blocking before coffee. I don't want to be too harsh when maybe I'm not in full control yet. ;) Drmies (talk) 13:08, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Below-the-radar disruption
Hi Doc! This seems too small-ball for AE, but I continue to boycott AN/I, so as always am trying AN/I 2.0. Would you or a talkpage watcher mind taking a look at Special:Contribs/Sslaptnhablhat? Subsequent to this edit they were warned for in 2019 (which should probably be revdelled) accusing a living nonbinary person of murder, we've now got your run-of-the-mill "actually a man"-type edits on two transfeminine people's talkpages. Which, see my opinion here on why it's fine to believe that but often disruptive to express. We've also got "Up yours, antisemitic bastard" for, I gather, this ARBPIA edit. (One of three such insults, but the other two were at least in response to actual anti-Semitism in one case and anti-Israel POV-pushing in the other.) Oh we've also got some stupid edit-warring over the pronouns for Hermaphroditus, which seems like one of those things where everyone who tries to change it in any direction without consensus should be trouted at a minimum. Anyways, enjoy! -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 15:13, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. The real mystery is why this editor wasn't blocked before. Drmies (talk) 15:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've been thinking about this, in the context of this user and other below-the-radar cases I've found. I think the issue is a gap in our anti-abuse coverage: We have lots of users who are good at getting vandals blocked, but do so using tools that largely ignore autoconfirmed users; and we have lots of users who are good at reverting bad edits to articles they care about, but are looking at that on the article level rather than the user level. Both of these are fine ways to contribute to the encyclopedia, but they leave a gap of people who are in a position to spot these below-the-radar edits and then proceed with dealing with the matter as a user-conduct issue. Plus even if you bring it before an admin, there's a decent chance that it'll be someone who usually only deals with IPs and VOAs, who'll then say, well, it's only two vandal edits this month, and leave them a level-2 warning or something. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 16:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe. It's not unlike admins who delete an obvious spam user page, but leave an account with a promotion-only user name unblocked. I often revert and then look at the history before I decide on a warning or a block. Well let's see. Perhaps this user will see reason. Drmies (talk) 16:38, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I try to spot the below-the-radar editors and block them. Doug Weller talk 16:39, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reason? I doubt it. The common sense to keep their arms and legs inside the ride at all times? Maybe, and I guess that's all we need from people. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 16:46, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) I hope it's ok to add to this @Tamzin:. I have a lot of article for Trans/non binary people on my watch list. They tend to be the more 'in the news' people though. If you can think of any more articles that need an extra pair of eyes then please do let me know and I will add them. Ping me if you have any more. Knitsey (talk) 17:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Articles on people from before the current wave of trans visibility, like Gloria Hemingway (one of the targets here), Alexis Arquette, and Lili Elbe are often neglected. There's also articles on historic figures who were, or in the opinion of many were, some kind of non-cisgender, but whose exact identity is disputed, and as a result get both vandalism and good-faith misguided changes, like Claude Cahun, James Barry (surgeon), the Public Universal Friend, and anyone else in Category:Historical figures with ambiguous or disputed gender identity. More generally, while there's a lot of work done reverting deliberate misgendering, very few editors seem to care about actually enforcing MOS:GENDERID beyond that. In particular, the rule on modifying quotes is frequently not followed. (I personally disagree with that consensus, but as long as it's there it ought to be enforced.) One might almost say that basically all discourse around GENDERID is people moot-courting the culture wars on-wiki, and almost no one is interested in actually writing good content about trans people. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 17:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I had two of those article on my wl, the other articles are now watched. I will go through the category above and add others. I'm not sure I can help too much with actual article writing. I DO need more experience in that area. Maybe I should try a bit more in that respect. Knitsey (talk) 17:54, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Knitsey, I'd love it if you produced content. You seem to have a very level head and some skills. Drmies (talk) 22:40, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've actually found someone that might be a possibility. @Tamzin:, [1] Tamara Rees. I've had a quick look for refs. They're sparse but it might be possible. I will gather some refs together over the next week to see if there is enough for an article. Knitsey (talk) 23:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Possible IP evasion?
Hi, I see you were involved in blocking 80.233.0.0/18 and 80.233.49.59 for disruptive cat editing. If you have time, I was hoping you could quietly look at 86.40.54.89 who has been very active recently in the same area. Most of their edits are fine, and in fact I can see efforts to improve (e.g previous additions of Expatriate sportspeople in Fooland have been upgraded to the correct Barian expatriate sportspeople in Fooland) but there are still a lot, some slightly wrong but too many really to check unless I want to devote my whole day to chasing their edits, no summaries or talk engagements to get an idea of what they're thinking, and obviously if it is a block evasion that's a level up from a minor irritant. I realise the IP range itself is quite different, I'm not smart enough to know if that automatically rules them out of being the same. [edit 4 hours later: Oh, and also 86.40.250.3 which I habve just come across?] Thanks. Crowsus (talk) 14:04, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tipping off
Good evening, top of the same to you!
Per this warning here you made here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//User_talk:Correctinformer007), just another useless "user" as far as i'm concerned. Have seen them do this time and time again; as you know, sometimes clubs change names, not just in football but in all sorts of sports. This "user" is having none of that and they'll change everything and then some to accommodate their preferred version, even in SOURCES (!) where the title of a newspiece is what it is (have a look at here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiri_(footballer)&diff=next&oldid=1245380833 and here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_(footballer,_born_1957)&diff=prev&oldid=1245386145).
You have been briefed, attentively RevampedEditor (talk) 22:34, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here's another one instance of them "contributing" (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Javi_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer,_born_1989)&diff=next&oldid=1243134217)!
Wait--I don't really see it. Your version and their version are both redirects to Mohun Bagan Super Giant? Drmies (talk) 23:50, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, they all lead there because that's the CURRENT name of the club. Before, it was called ATK and then ATK Mohun Bagan. But the user has no business misleading readers writing a given club was called something it was not (i repeat, they change ALL instances to Mohun Bagan SG, even in SOURCES!
Attentively --RevampedEditor (talk) 11:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I swear this is going somewhere
Haha thanks--that's a sweet story and I appreciate it. Now, of course, I want to know what the dope band was. Drmies (talk) 14:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
KKB Plot
I didn't just copy amd paste, I was the one who wrote it in the first place after editing it months ago. Readers and other users didn't have a problem with it for months let the plot remain with a few changes every now and then. Also, removing the whole plot is not your job either, yet here you are. Thank you. Grammer Plot (talk) 22:37, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Would you mind explaining, Grammer Plot, under which account you made those edits? Thanks. Also, I just nominated an article for deletion that had been crappy for fifteen years, so that argument of "didn't have a problem with" doesn't really mean much. Drmies (talk) 23:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made an edit under a different account, Meigh 2005, which I created 2 years ago. Instead of nominating articles to be removed because it is "crappy" why don't you fix it and make it to your liking so that you don't inconvenience others who are okay with a "crappy" article ? Or better yet, leave it. You're the second person to remove the main section of a page just because the details are excessive. It's really selfish, stupid and ignorant. Stop. Grammer Plot (talk) 19:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you don't mind that I blocked that other account--it's for security reasons, so it can't be usurped. The things you are saying here are not just uncollegial but also show a bit of a disconnect with what we are trying to do here. Drmies (talk) 21:39, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i really don't give two hoots about you blocking that other account and for what reason. i literally – couldn't care less. all i ask of you is to stop removing plots, especially if they are well detailed with time tracks throughout the film or series. Grammer Plot (talk) 15:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You really should have a look at Wikipedia:Civility. Yelling at me is not going to convince me that that poorly written and totally excessive plot is of any encyclopedic value at all. Drmies (talk) 15:54, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
please don't refer to wikipedia's code of conduct to try and threaten me. it's not going to work. i'm not yelling at you. i'm just telling you that what you're doing is selfish and ignorant. if you really find articles bogus then why don't you fix it ? removing the whole thing is unnecessary and honestly, frustrating. and please don't tell me that it's not your job. aree of course not, yaar. it's not mine either, yet here i am, correcting spelling, grammar and other errors that need fixing. thank you, have a nice day. Grammer Plot (talk) 16:54, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not responsible for fixing your copyright violations, or your poor writing--either one. You did not fix any of the things in that plot summary; you simply edit warred over it. If you're going to correct "spelling, grammar and other errors", start with what you wrote here. Now go away: I do not want you in my happy place again. Drmies (talk) 17:19, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And I see now that it was removed as a copyvio--User:Nthep, thank you: I had looked but couldn't easily navigate IMDB, I think, or maybe I started looking and then became otherwise occupied. Drmies (talk) 15:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Evading IP vandal at 'Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics'
I have a suspicion, based both on the username and the edit history, that editor Fix.It [2] is a sock of blocked editor Fix.bkl [3]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anwegmann (talk • contribs)
Ugh. How foolish. Drmies (talk) 21:36, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. Thanks for you help. Anwegmann (talk) 00:17, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And 3...2...1...they're at it again with Fix.ab ([4]). Anwegmann (talk) 22:40, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alright and now we wait for the next one, right? Well spotted, Anwegmann; the WMF should pay you a buck or two for that one. Drmies (talk) 00:19, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
<bows> :-)
Happy to help! Anwegmann (talk) 01:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Long hold
You placed an unblock request at User talk:Rootbeerlc on hold on 4 June. The ensuing discussion didn't come to any clear conclusion, but maybe it's time to take it off hold, one way or the other. JBW (talk) 21:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
John McEntee
Hi - why was the edit for John McEntee reversed? There are multiple sources within the article itself that detail that he is a known conspiracy theorist, so why would that not be important to include on his description? This reeks of political favoritism. Jimmyjohn117 (talk) 20:02, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you serious? Drmies (talk) 20:54, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gotta wonder, though--you making a couple of mostly unnecessary edits in order to get confirmed... Anyway, you are mistaken, of course--you added "conspiracy theorist" from another account, User talk:Jeffbuscemi. Drmies (talk) 20:58, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion regarding Jill Stein's biography
I notice that you have recently taken issue with User:DMH223344's edits to Jill Stein, particularly with regard to the ample use of primary sources to deliver laudatory information. There is a disagreement between them and me, and I don't want to begin a revert war. If you take interest in helping to reach a concensus — Talk:Jill Stein § "Political positions" section seems like self-promotion. Thanks! Y. Dongchen (talk) 02:27, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you
I was just about to bring Draft:James Holzier to MFD for the BLP issues when you deleted the draft. I appreciate the diligence. JeffSpaceman (talk) 02:13, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
JeffSpaceman, no, thank you--I saw your edit go by and was reminded of the craziness. Then I looked at the French and Italian source (the latter actually mentions him, so it's not utter bullshit, but it does not verify the claims), and decided to nuke it. Lo and behold, I go to their talk page and find them blocked already by the ever-alert Cullen328. One day we'll learn what the "328" part is. Drmies (talk) 02:15, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Drmies please do not post this shocking revelation on the Twitter/X cesspool. My 15 year old cover is now completely blown. "Cullen" is a tribute to my grandfather who was born in 1881 and died a year or so before I was born. We share middle names. His casual day-to-day name with his buddies was "Cullen". Nobody calls me Cullen off Wikipedia, though I use and enjoy that name here. As for "328", I regret that I was stupid enough to impulsively include my birth date in my username back in 2009, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth. Yes, my admirers worldwide send me inedible virtual images of birthday cakes every March 28. Please fly to California with your delightful wife and splendid children next March, and I will give all of you a highly personalized tour. Just buy me a birthday cake, if you can afford it. Were you aware that my son and granddaughter visited the Netherlands recently? Turns out that is the preferred name as opposed to "Holland", which English speakers have been using for pretty much forever. Times can change. Cullen328 (talk) 05:41, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Haha thanks for clearing that up. At home, our preferred name for you is Jim, and yes, "the Netherlands" is preferred. Strictly speaking I'm (also) from Holland, and more precisely, I'm West-Frisian, which is not a subset of Frisian. ;) I hope your family members had a good time. As for the cesspool: I think I have one follower, someone I don't know but who was posting the right things. I get followed regularly by New Jersey boys who live in their mom's basement and pretend to be beautiful women, and I block those immediately, so your secret is safe with me. Drmies (talk) 14:38, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(All good, thanks! And yeah, I should have explicitly declined the speedy deletion including an edit summary that does so.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)