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Hitler

Hi Diannaa,

Please check your edit [[1]]

Your note says you were deleting information that appeared earlier in the article. However I find no mention of Romani/Gypsies anywhere else. Please check.

Thanks,

64.194.218.183 (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi; I found it:

Between 1939 and 1945, the SS, assisted by collaborationist governments and recruits from occupied countries, were responsible for the deaths of eleven to fourteen million people, including about six million Jews, representing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe, and between 500,000 and 1,500,000 Roma.

-- Dianna (talk) 04:44, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

BTW

Just how did Br'er Rabbit find that article I mentioned, one he's certainly never edited, as only myself and two others have? I'll give you a hint: he followed me there (most likely to annoy me), and I was just editing it minutes earlier. It was a "poke". If you can come up with another rational explanation, I'd love to hear it. I hope he doesn't make a habit of that with me, as it would likely indicate that he has not learned the lesson not to do those sorts of things. As I said, I've no interest in following him around and I've known about his account since the day he started editing with it. When the "appropriate venue" comes up, I may or may not have something to say. Don't think I didn't see the last community ban attempt at AN/I. You see me starting threads on him? Not gonna happen. I will comment on him only in the appropriate venues, and only when I see fit to. You will not ever again see me commenting on any discussions involving him on his friend's talk pages, or any article talk page anywhere (unless I am involved there); and you certainly will never see me following his edits around and poking him. You have a good day, Diannaa! Doc talk 03:05, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

free popcorn

free popcorn

Bzzt. When littluns try to nip at my heels, they get my attention. Troll elsewhere, and try and stay off my radar.  Br'erRabbit  03:18, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
You said that already. See the above. Doc talk 03:21, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
see also.  Br'erRabbit  03:24, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Something is wrong with this picture, Doc. You say you're not going around starting threads about Jack, but in the last few days you have done just that, on three different user talk pages:
So somehow your attempt to come across as being on the moral high ground falls flat. How about everybody go edit an article now. – ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 04:39, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
per your edit summary (How about everybody go edit an article now.), and my usual practise, I've been fussing with the mess at Animal Farm. And I've re-done Bayern class battleship, SMS Bayern (1915), and SMS Baden (1915), today. What's Doc done in the last week (besides trolling me, of course): rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, (Ted!), rv, rv, rv, rv, rv, rv:
Animal Farm could use more work, please...  Br'erRabbit  05:33, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Yeah – it would have been very useful for every one of those edits to stay up. Per WP:VAND. And we don't block IPs for teh vandalism after just one solitary edit (unless certain circumstances apply).[2] You may have missed that memo somewhere along the line. Doc talk 05:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
You still here? I just did this, and you just did that. Pathetic, really.  Br'erRabbit  06:27, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Do we block vandals for one vandalism edit? Now, this question is for Diannaa too... Doc talk 06:31, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
pass the salt, please...  Br'erRabbit  06:47, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
If you refuse to answer the question, so be it. If Diannaa ignores it, meh. But if you think, after all your years here, that we block an IP that vandalizes with one vandalism edit (when it's not obvious block evasion): you've much to learn. Doc talk 06:53, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Silly troll; I'm a teacher.  Br'erRabbit  07:07, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Well note that lesson, and pass it along to your students, should they want to get into the "useless" realm of fighting vandals. It's not a misleading tip at all. Doc talk 07:19, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
STFU, already. It's obvious that I don't think I've anything to learn from you. You're just trolling here ;>  Br'erRabbit  07:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
You're wrong. And this is an administrator who should know the rules on tagging/blocking vandals far better than you or I. But it'll prolly get swept under the rug. Learn the policies, or change them. Reality sets in... Doc talk 07:31, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Still here trolling?  Br'erRabbit  07:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
That's definitely trolling, giving that I use that often enough. Bzzt.  Br'erRabbit  07:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Nope. Don't flatter yourself! [3] Doc talk 07:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Bullshit.  Br'erRabbit  08:04, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I taught her that ;>  Br'erRabbit  08:06, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
An interesting guess you made on the origin, but in fact I did change that because of what she said, just a bit ago. Maybe she learned it from you or something - I don't know. But that's where I got it from, today, and why I changed it. Believe it or not. Doc talk 08:10, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
It's all bullshite; I take it with a shaker of salt (cf popcorn;) You could at least be amusing ;/  Br'erRabbit  08:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
The real trolls are the ones like the vandal on my subpage. Call me what you will. Read it - and then tell me that you want someone like that guy here over editors who actually give some sort of a shit, or that my evidence there is "off". I don't work in the same area as you do. So, yes, I'm jaded when it comes to dealing with the vandals, socks and trolls. My apologies for that! I really do appreciate y'all's help in making better diffs, and I will definitely use them from now on. As for humor - the guy at 0:31 always gets me chuckling! ;P [4] Doc talk 09:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Bzzt. That's not work, it's wiki-frottage. Vandals and vandal hunters are flip sides of the same stripe; you feed them, they get you all into building shrines to them. Enjoy teh cig afterwards ;>  Br'erRabbit  11:16, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I meant starting threads designed to get him in trouble, like the AN/I threads, etc., and you know that's exactly what I meant. Once they are started, all bets are off. Maybe I'll comment, maybe I won't. But clarifying the sock policy for a user when it needs clarification, after some conversation on the subject on another thread: sorry, but I am going to do it if it needs to be done. If you disagree with what I wrote when I opened the thread then you might want to change the policy, because I'm only quoting what is written there. I'm not under the illusion that I'm on some sort of "interaction ban" (it's "voluntary"). You want me to stay off your talk page, so that I can't raise issues with you here when you address me directly on other talk pages, and expect you to be even close to neutral? You got it. Good form. Doc talk 05:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Move along, little troll.  Br'erRabbit  05:40, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Socking policy Good morning, Doc; sorry for not responding but I do have a day job and had to go to bed. Have a look at the WT:AC thread again; you will see three different arbitrators answering Raul's objections to the socking, and in effect saying that they are aware of what has been going down, and are not going to pursue any sanctions at this time. It's not for me to contradict this ArbCom decision; not for me to say regardless, as I have been involved since July 2010. I do not agree with all the sock accounts; I have told him so on several occasions, and urged him to stop. But he insists on being inscrutable. <sigh> Regardless of your intention to scrutinize the editor's contributions, it does make it harder to follow what he is doing to find good examples of mark-up etc that I can learn from and copy. What I do instead is keep in mind some stellar examples of coding that are particularly good, for example John Diefenbaker for the structure of the notes, and Ernest Shackleton for "italics, the hard way". Gotta go get ready for work; more to follow later, if you're interested./ -- ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 14:37, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Voice Cast Vandal The best thing to do here is to apply blocks and/or range blocks. For example, the most recent edits were on the range 75.250.166.82/17 (32768 users would be blocked, but the most recent productive edits from the range were in May). Here's the tool for calculating ranges: http://toolserver.org/~chm/blockcalc.php and here's the tool for discovering what-all edits have been made recently from a given range: http://toolserver.org/~tparis/rangecontribs/ What you as a non-admin can be doing is collecting groups of related IPs (IPs with the same numbers at the beginning are related). You can use the tool and check it daily for edits from the range that appear to come from your vandal, and then request a range block if further bad edits are detected from that range. You could report at AIV or let someone know who knows how to lay down range blocks (me, for example). Old IPs from 2011 are not useful. This strategy worked for the TV station vandal, a similar case worked on by Qwyrxian and Anna Frodesiak. None of the stuff listed on your subpage appears to be proxies, with the possible exception of the 166.137 group, but that group is pretty stale. -- ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 19:12, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Java Scripts Several ultra-clever users have created java scripts that are available for other editors to place in their own custom.js to speed up editing and make repetitive tasks easier. For example, there's a script available to create internal links from urls: user:js/urldecoder and one for placing diffs into diff templates: User:Scottywong/diffconverter. Since you presently do not have a .js subpage, I would recommend creating a custom.js page, as that would work regardless of which skin you are using. If you decide you want to try out these scripts and need any help getting started, please feel free to ask.
Vandalism Yes, I have blocked vandals for one edit, when it's racist; when I'm pretty sure it's Grawp; when it's a violent personal attack. As a rule I am in favour of hand-written notes rather than templated warnings, but a lot of the time I don't bother to issue warnings, especially to IPs. People already know what they're doing is wrong. What really seems to help curtail vandalism more than anything else is to have orderly well-maintained pages that someone is obviously watching and keeping an eye on. For example, the article on Alan Menken says he is going to be in the musical Aladdin in Seattle from July 7–31, 2011, which leads me to believe that nobody is really minding the store on that article. Keeping the content fresh and the code up-to-date shows potential vandals that we are on the ball and watching. A lot of the top articles are semi-protected now, which really helps, though it does erode away at the "anybody can edit" pillar.
File:Tenzin Gyatzo foto 1.jpg
Who is this guy and what is he doing at the top of my talk page?
General remarks Doc, I did not actually say that you are not welcome to post on my talk page. There's nobody who isn't welcome here, except Grawp. What I was trying to say that spreading misinformation about people on talk pages or user talk pages is not welcome. Flitting from one user page to another because you are not yet done griping about Jack Merridew is what's not welcome. Thanks. -- ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 19:38, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Please don't feed the trolls, it only encourages them. Doc's intent here is bad-faith harassment, and you offer him tools. Bzzt ;)  Br'erRabbit  23:24, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I don't know why that would surprise you. -- ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 23:44, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
(float left followed by indents breaks teh wiki;)  Br'erRabbit  Br'er Rabbit (talk) 23:57, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I didn't break no wiki! I didnt even touch teh wiki! ►►—Dianna—► (Talk) 00:50, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
You used mere "►" characters; I /didn't/.  Br'erRabbit  00:59, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

on trapezoids

 Br'erRabbit  01:05, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

“In my youth,” Mr. Rabbit replied to the lass,
“Our flamewars used genuine fires.
I still carve my zeroes; my ones are hand-cast.
They barely fit through the wires.”[1]

  1. ^ Sutherland 2011.
  • Sutherland, Abi (29 July 2011). "Making Light: The soft and unmistakable sound of a gauntlet landing on the dusty ground". nielsenhayden.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

I rated Geli Raubal

Hello,

I don't know the procedure for removing this article from Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Requesting an assessment.

It has been rated B Class.

Georgejdorner (talk) 03:17, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much for evaluating the article. Another user has dealt with removing it from the requests list. -- Dianna (talk) 04:20, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Status has smiled at you!

Hello Diannaa, Status has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Statυs (talk) 19:20, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Dianna (talk) 19:42, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Election page

Hi Dianna. Please would you answer Jack's query and do whatever is appropriate on the page itself? I don't want to touch it as I have COI. --Stfg (talk) 13:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done -- Dianna (talk) 13:44, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 14:41, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

The Sky Above, The Mud Below

For the complete list, see User:Diannaa/Soundtrack

I've heard this one twice in the last two days on CKUA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnHkXZYN75o

The Signpost: 11 June 2012

Thanks and one more favor

Hi Diannaa thanks for helping me rid of my wikibreak enforcer. I have one more little favor to ask. Could you recreate these three pages for me. which I had deleted out of worry that they might have identifiable information. I think they don't though.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 22:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I will do it when I get home; I'm on the wifi and don't want to log on with my admin-account right now. See you later, -- Ninja Dianna (Talk) 23:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks!·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 02:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

WP:ANI Notification

Incidents isn't a link to WP:ANI per here. As an admin (I believe) I would think you should know that. DeCausa (talk) 15:53, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Sorry; it was late. -- Dianna (talk) 02:14, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

July GOCE drive

Hi Dianna. The discussion on the talk page seems to have slowed down, though some of the dicussions didn't really bottom out. I'm thinking that tomorrow morning I might start a new section summarizing where I think we're at, on the basis that the latest proposals not disagreed with are probably a consensus, and invite everyone to have one more kick and scream if desired. Then, if nothing happens, I could create the drive page on, say, Wednesday morning (the 20th). Would you be happy with that? Also, would you like to continue as chair of the reviewers, or would you like me to take that over? Best, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 20:01, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

I could still answer questions about reviewing (and participate in reviews). Not a problem, as there are usually only one or two questions per drive. The plan for starting up the next drive sounds good too. Thanks so much for taking on this work. :) -- Dianna (talk) 20:20, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
No problem. Thanks for taking on the supervision of reviewing. I've just created the drive page and it has some changes based on the discussion. Please could you check it over? By the way, I removed the old detailed explanation of how rollover is calculated, as it seemed to confuse some people, and replaced it with something simpler. --Stfg (talk) 13:55, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Stand By Me

For the complete list, see User:Diannaa/Soundtrack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0

Thanks for this. I have forwarded the link to numerous friends. --Greenmaven (talk) 22:29, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
A great song, and a fitting meaningful video. Glad you liked it. -- Dianna (talk) 01:10, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Ronn Torossian

Before I remove, wanted to point out to you that there is no source for: "After Torossian criticized publicist Lizzie Grubman, attorney Benjamin Brafman dropped 5W as his publicists in 2005," (TOWARDS the bottom of article) - Will you remove ? Ok ? 67.243.55.103 (talk) 11:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I thought it was covered in citation #20, but you are right, it's unsourced. I will snip it out. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 18:30, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Wanted to also ask about - Atlantic Monthly writer Jeffrey Goldberg called him "the most disreputable flack in New York", particularly criticizing his representation of what Goldberg called the "lunatic fringe" of Israeli politics.[20] -- This appears to be one source on a blog and not sure is representative of the spirit of Wiki. Seems particularily mean spirited with one source and clearly an opinion (above in Torossian bio states that he represented 2 prior Israel Prime Ministers ?)67.243.55.103 (talk) 01:10, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Blogs of writers for major magazines are considered reliable sources for those persons' opinions, per this discussion on the Reliable Sources noticeboard. The article states that the statement is just this one guy's opinion, so wiki rules allow it to stand. I am going to copy your question over to the talk page of the article to hopefully generate some discussion over whether this particular statement should stand or come out. We will then wait a day or two and hopefully some other editors who are watch-listing the page will come forth with opinions. -- Dianna (talk) 01:31, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Civility Barnstar
Thank you for trying to help keep WP civil! Leontopodium alpinum (talk) 02:28, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much :) -- Dianna (talk) 03:43, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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

The Signpost: 18 June 2012

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
For your outstanding support and dedication in getting Yogo sapphire from a new article to DYK to GA to FA and FOUR. The team effort of the uncountable people involved in getting this unique article to FA is a textbook case of teamwork in article improvement, ie, what Wikipedia should be, not what it all too often is. I can never thank everyone enough. PumpkinSky talk 23:18, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Though I was merely Dave Lumley on this one, a winger on the third line. -- Dianna (talk) 00:30, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I Make The Dough, You Get the Glory

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m69S1dfrak

do you work for Bo Guagua

why did you vandalize that page? i challenge you and all the other people to show me that what i wrote are not based on facts. go ahead, show me the proof. you people are so lame. i added all the references, you still keep vandalizing that page. I wonder how much bo guagua paid you to do his dirty work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CC6B:6B90:156A:D24F:FCE8:F749 (talk) 09:52, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE June Newsletter

Hi Dianna. I've drafted a drive invitation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Newsletters/June 2012. Please would you check it over? Also, it seems we're better at using newsletters to announce December elections than June ones. Should we belatedly do so, or add a note to this one, or not worry? I've done all the other preparatory actions for the drive except changing the userbox, which you've already done. Ciao, --Stfg (talk) 13:12, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry too much about the election, since we have the same number of candidates as we do posts. I will check out the drive invitation when I get back from work. -- Dianna (talk) 14:42, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
OK, Dan thinks the same, and it's fine with me. He has checked it, so would you give it to the bot if you're happy with it, please? --Stfg (talk) 15:40, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
I removed SMasters from the invitation, as he is no longer actively editing. He will retain the title indefinitely, whether he returns or not. I will get the newsletter sent out immediately. -- Dianna (talk) 18:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors

The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg.

>>> Sign up now <<<

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 18:50, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but I messed up... !

Hey, thank you very much for deleting the userpages I requested you to be deleted, however one, User:M.Mario/sandbox:References & Images wasnt meant to be deleted, and it was a mistake. Is there any way you can get it back? If so great; if not do not worry. Thanks :) — M.Mario (T/C) 15:11, 22 June 2012 (UTC)  Done Page has been restored -- Dianna (talk) 18:31, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you :) — M.Mario (T/C) 09:39, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Adding items to OTD

Repeating what I said in this edit summary you may not otherwise see, please do not arbitrarily add things to OTD without discussion. Since you are apparently not familiar with how the section works, there are pre-selected hooks reviewed and made available for use. The birth of Alan Turing is not one of these, and birthdays are never posted as full-fledged blurbs (as you did). Instead, for centenary birthdays, they might be put at the top of the section with the other observances. As you apparently didn't notice, Alan Turing was already linked there. -- tariqabjotu 03:06, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Full front page of The Bugle
Your Military History Newsletter

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:49, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm blaming you...

...for this! ;-) But more seriously, I hope you don't mind me inadvertently spamming the GOCE name everywhere, because there's no good way to stop the bot. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:53, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Stop the presses!!!!@11!!!! Personally it took me about 4 tries before I sent a newsletter without a hitch. I was constantly messing up! It makes it difficult to follow step 1 of the instructions. What time is teh fish fry? -- Dianna (talk) 03:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Evidently messing up Edwardsbot is like when you screw up an email to 40 people – there's no way to stop it. Step one is difficult to follow. Dang MZM, making everything so difficult. ;-) And the fish fry already began, although I'm surprised I can only fry one fish right now. Maybe the others took pity on me! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 06:01, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

WOOF

Hey — Puppy of Dog The Teddy Bear •WOOF • 19:06, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Dude -- ! ►►—Ninja Diannaa—► 会話 03:58, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

We Don't Need Another Hero

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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=F1FPK5-Rm38

Copyright question

Diannaa, I don't understand the copyright issue you raised about File:Disneys-contemporary-resort-mosaic-closeup.jpg. As noted in the file description, that is a photograph that I took with my camera and licensed under the GFDL. What is the issue with it? - Brian Kendig (talk) 20:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

The United States does not have Freedom of Panorama for two-dimensional works of art. The mosaic is an original work of art under copyright, even though it is on display in a public place. Therefore your photograph is what's called a derivative work. In order for the image to meet Wikipedia (and Commons) guidelines and comply with copyright law, you would require the permission of the creator of the artwork in your photo. Rules on freedom of panorama vary widely by country; there's more information at Commons:Freedom of panorama. -- Dianna (talk) 21:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

File:Charles Sauriol.JPG

Regarding this picture... when I wrote the article I contacted the family and requested a photo of Charles Sauriol. I received this from Andre Flys, his grandson. He gave me permission to use it as part of the Wikipedia article. I mentioned this in the comments and I thought that this was sufficient. This was back in 2006. I no longer have a record of that conversation. How do you suggest I proceed? Atrian (talk) 22:21, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your Talk. -- Dianna (talk) 16:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much. Atrian (talk) 10:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Final Results pages

Hi Dianna. Is there a reason why we extract drive results to a separate page and transclude it back? --Stfg (talk) 18:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Ping (just in case you missed it in the excitement :)) --Stfg (talk) 08:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Sorry; somehow I un-watchlisted this page. I am gonna have to turn that orange bar back on! I was thinking about this when I closed off the last drive, and there does not seem to be a good reason for it, as it does not keep people from editing the page. So I am pretty sure this step can be omitted. -- Dianna (talk) 15:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
OK, I won't bother with it. As you say, people can still edit it (and do!) --Stfg (talk) 15:34, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes, we just have to be cautious, and not start doing calculations for a few hours, as there are always a few stragglers. -- Dianna (talk) 15:59, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Fancy templates

I have reverted these new templates. {{sfn|UNAIDS|pp=1–10}} The reason is that this page is going to be translated into as many other languages as possible with the help of translators without borders as per [5] Most fancy templates simply do not work. Everything else looks good. Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (please reply on my talk page) 01:46, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Great thanks much better. And appreciate your help. Lots of work too do yet :-) --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (please reply on my talk page) 16:21, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 25 June 2012

MATF55

Hi there, sorry about that. Edit warring is not my intention. However, as you can observe from the edit history and content, User:MATF55 has been promoting Persian nationalism into wiki articles. There should be little tolerance for nationalism on Wikipedia. Please be fair, and block MATF55 for this disturbance. Thank you. (174.255.114.81 (talk) 22:07, 26 June 2012 (UTC))

Yes his sources are not valid. Also this individual has been using several accounts to revert my edits as well. This is not fare! Also thank you for the info, I will proceed with that. (174.255.114.81 (talk) 22:24, 26 June 2012 (UTC))
My sources are academic sources. You have no right to remove them just because you disagree with them, the pages you kept on vandalizing are now protected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MATF55 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Tom Jones (singer) in Cyprus

You may be interested to know that I have received a reply from the anon ip, at my Talk Page, to which I have replied. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

The petition has accumulated 335 signatures since August 2010. Thanks for keeping me up-to-date. -- Dianna (talk) 00:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Five to One

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAFITGnjrg

"bury the hatchet"

FYI: the history is from an action by Native American Indian tribes when they reached a peace agreement; they would symbolically "bury the hatchet" of war in a ceremony. Kierzek (talk) 16:56, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I If he insists on re-adding it, I will let it stand. I don't want to get into an edit war right in the middle of a GA review. -- Dianna (talk) 18:22, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Question

I am a brand new user to wikipedia, could you tell me how to get my user and talk page like yours? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian159 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Certainly. You can copy the mark-up. Let me know if you run into any glitches. -- Dianna (talk) 20:18, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! --Ian159 (talk) 23:25, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Verifiability/2012 RfC

When you have time, ha, ha; the above is something that may interest you for comment. Kierzek (talk) 20:48, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Princeton Day School revert of unsourced content has been reverted and source was added

Your revert of unsourced content in the article for Princeton Day School was reverted. A trivial search in Google News Archive for the terms "Antoine Hoppenot" and "Princeton Day" identified this source, one of dozens that are available to establish his attendance at the school. There are millions of unsourced statements and factoids throughout Wikipedia, including in virtually any article you have ever worked on. This can be remedied by their removal, or the missing sources can be added after tagging the content as needing citations, notifying the editor who added the content that sources are needed, searching for and adding the sources yourself or any combination thereof, all of which are far more likely to lead to a better encyclopedia. Alansohn (talk) 00:26, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Paul McCartney FAC

You were referred to me by User:Mark Arsten as someone who certainly has the skills needed, and who may be willing to help out with some prose and punctuation issues at Paul McCartney, which is also currently at FAC. Thanks, hope this isn't a bother. ~ GabeMc (talk) 04:18, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Sorry but I currently have Himmler on hold at GA so I will not be able to get to it for a while. After I am done with that article, I will come help you, if I am still needed. -- Dianna (talk) 14:57, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Re: Suspected Sockpuppetry

Hi Diaanna, I suspect this user is in effect this and this user who are trying to revert and change accounts. They have caused some disruption on Sant Nirankari Mission. I am having problems trying to report Sockpuppetry. Can you help? Thanks SH 20:58, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done - I have added the missing templates. -- Dianna (talk) 21:29, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for this. SH 13:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diannaa sorry to bother you again, but I have been involved in talking here and there seems to be an element of WP:Canvass going on with a new person with a new account appearing all of a sudden. Thanks SH 19:30, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
It is either canvassing or meat-puppetry or sock-puppetry. I am going to file a report at WP:SPI, and will place a conflict-of-interest warning on the talk page of the initial account, and tell him to fix his signature. I am going to place a note on the talk page but will not edit the article, which means I will still be able to assist as an administrator, to lock the page if there's trouble. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 22:26, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
I have reported TruthDivine as a potential sock of Lovemankind, and the page is already totally locked down. I will watch-list it anyways, for the time being. Regards, -- Dianna (talk) 22:56, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks. SH 10:11, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

RE: Vandalism warnings

I was using Igloo, so notify Ale jrb if you want him to make improvements. --J (t) 14:57, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Jeff. I know you were using GLOO. The reason it issued a level-4 warning is because the editor already had three warnings on the page that day. But even though you are using a semi-automated tool to combat vandalism, *you*, the tool operator, not the tool creator, have to take full responsibility for the edits. Thanks. -- Dianna (talk) 15:00, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Today

How do you like today's good story (hidden message: "open mind"), awesome Wikipedian of 24 November 2010 and 12 April 2012 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:12, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

It's wonderful !!! -- Dianna (talk) 15:19, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 July 2012

About "Template:British and Irish Lions 1896"

See:

Thanks for sorting that out!--Shirt58 (talk) 13:40, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know how we managed it, but it seems to be straightened out now! Phew. -- Dianna (talk) 13:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Current Drive Question

I don't know exactly what to do after I have completed an article. Could you explain it clearly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian159 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Ian159, and thank you for your interest in helping out with copy edits. What you have to do is add the article and its word count to your section of the drive page. Suppose you have copy edited the article "Example", and it's a thousand words. Make this edit to your section of the drive page: 

=====[[User:Ian159|Ian159]] ([[User talk:Ian159|talk]])=====
{{GOCE Article list
|articles = 
# {{Completed}} [[Example]] (1,000)
# {{Working}} [[]] ()
|total-articles = 1
|total-words = 1,000
|rollover-words = 0
}}
----

If it's a really old article (May, June, or July 2011), add the notation *O after the word count. Since you are new here, I would not recommend you take any articles from the Requests page just yet. If you are unsure how to get the word count, please look at the instructions on the drive main page (and if you can't figure it out please feel free to ask me or one of the other coordinators). Oh, and that's one hella nice user page you got there, homes. :-) -- Dianna (talk) 02:15, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! And I know it's an AWESOME user page ;) Ian159 (talk) 02:18, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Copyediting Central Croatia

Hi! Thank you very much for time and effort put into copyediting the Central Croatia. You really improved the article and I appreciate it.--Tomobe03 (talk) 08:49, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Dianna (talk) 14:06, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

About Krsna 16108blr

He's tried once again to insert incorrect information into the ISKCON Temple Bangalore article, replacing the link to the official website with a Wordpress blog that sells stuff. Most of his other edits tried to use this site too, and tried to make this site out as the official site. I'm having a hard time not believing he's making money from the site. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:35, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the article for a week; the problematic editor will be autoconfirmed on the 8th, so if he continues at that time, I will block. I have given him another warning on his talk page. I am probably assuming too much, and will end up having to block, but we'll see. I will watch-list the article, but if the activity resumes, please feel free to let me know. Thanks -- Dianna (talk) 18:34, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:47, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

FYI: Copyediting of California sea lion

Diannaa, I'm slightly embarrassed! I mistakenly marked California sea lion as {{completed}} rather than {{working}} when I first listed it on the drive page, and I think I had only completed the first of three rounds of copyediting to the article when you checked my work. I'm glad it still passed muster, but it must have looked like I hadn't done much at that point. Thanks, BDD (talk) 18:47, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

That explains why the quality wasn't as good as the first one I checked! Yikes -- Dianna (talk) 18:54, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
I archived it when you marked it complete, BDD. Is LittleJerry aware of the status? The main thing is that he shouldn't be induced to go prematurely to GAN while the copy edit is still in progress. --Stfg (talk) 21:05, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Santiago

I think you should look at the editing history of Santiago. A new editor has taken it on and another editor is undoing some of his work. A high visibility article. --Greenmaven (talk) 07:02, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

It looks like it had been copy edited by us sometime in the past, and an IP restored an old version of the page. That's why it has such an old copy edit tag. I have mixed feelings about this, because in some ways the version that the IP restored is superior to the other version. And in some ways it's not. There's tons of work to do. For example, photo caption "Astronaut View of Santiago" is pretty lame; how about "View of Santiago from the International Space Station". I will check it out once our editor has an opportunity to finish their work. Regardless, articles like this tend to deteriorate quickly unless someone is monitoring, as so many of the interested editors do not have Engish as their first language. -- Dianna (talk) 07:16, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
I took a look at it too the other day, because it made the April 2011 category reappear, and I couldn't see which version had been restored. It may have been a partial restore. I would have reverted it, but the GOCE editor had already started, and as you say, Dianna, it's a mixed blessing. It's a bit worrying, because our editor is not very experienced, and the other one is interfering in spite of the GOCEinuse tag, without discussing it other than a "should have been done differently" grumble on the talk page. Jespinos' changes yesterday weren't all good. Please would you keep an eye on it Dianna, in case something blows up? --Stfg (talk) 10:14, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Okay. -- Dianna (talk) 16:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks :) Oh dear, User:Ankit Maity has also booked it, so now we have two! I've asked Ankit Maity to drop it. <sigh> --Stfg (talk) 08:15, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
And he has done. I think he is a bit put out, understandably. --Stfg (talk) 08:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Everybody is now officially pissed off. When the IP restored an old version of the page and re-added an old copy edit tag, that's when the trouble started. And when Jespino tried to undo that change, without checking to see first whether or not the article was actually being worked on, well that just made things a whole lot worse. I will patch the article up now. -- Dianna (talk) 17:02, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for antidiscombobulating it, Dianna! --Stfg (talk) 19:09, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Politics of Vietnam

Hi. Must confess I only checked up to the "Congress" section. Life really is too short! --Stfg (talk) 22:30, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for copyedit

Thanks very much Diannaa for copy editing the Capture of Afulah and Beisan article. I am very grateful for your time and interest. Kind regards, --Rskp (talk) 05:10, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I will go over it once more today. -- Dianna (talk) 13:04, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Re:File:The Amazing Spider-Man (film) poster.jpg

I'm very sorry, I didn't see your comments. Had I noticed that you were dealing with the situation, I would have left it alone. There was no conscious decision to "override" you. J Milburn (talk) 08:08, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

To say thanks!

Cookies!

Wilhelmina Will has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

To say thanks for your participation in the June 2012 wikification drive. Your efforts are always appreciated! Cheers! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:46, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Dianna (talk) 15:12, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Bill McKibben

I am concerned about the editing of this article, and the neutrality (or not) of User:Arthur Rubin. This editor seems to specialise in articles related to Climate Change and other environmental topics. I hope you have time to look at it. --Greenmaven (talk) 07:56, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

I had a quick look, but even though I have a ten foot pole right here, I am not going to to touch it. -- Dianna (talk) 15:11, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I am learning to avoid contested articles. But beyond that, we must aim for truthful articles. Thanks anyway. I am up to my eyebrows in RL and am not sure when I will be able to do anything other than checking my watchlist and the drive leaderboard. I hear it has been hot in North America? --Greenmaven (talk) 21:10, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
It is + 31 in the shade right now. I will wait till after dinner to take my wee dog for a walk; he gets so hot. Climate change was the subject of a huge arbitration case not so long ago; Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change; that's the main reason I don't want to get involved. Things get very complicated, very fast on these articles, and I choose not to spend my time getting involved in hotbeds of controversy. It's such a time-sink. -- Dianna (talk) 22:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Captain Scarlet Template

  • Hi Diannaa, I'm just informing you I undone your change to the Captain Scarlet Template. This is because the colour scheme, that you removed, works well with the series, (the Protagonist’s logo is very multi-coloured) and your change just made it seem very dull.

Jcamts (talk) 15:06, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I have reintroduced the technical changes, and left the colors. -- Dianna (talk) 18:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
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