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You have been marked as a target by 4chan. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 01:09, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

STOP

This may be a mistake or on purpose. I just want to tell you that I undid one of your recent edits because it seemed that a bit off. If you want you can leave a message on my talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CALGARY ROCKS (talk • contribs) 15:29, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Jessie J

Hi, I saw you have been working on Jessie J's new single "Bang Bang", I'm a huge fan of hers, so I would like to ask you if you could keep an eye on the US charts, like the Billboard Hot 100, so if this song enters that chart you could be able to update it on this song's article. Waiting for your answer in my talk page. Thanks for helping. JD3rulo (talk) 20:29, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

I haven't really been working on it; I just reverted some vandalism. I don't follow the music charts, so unfortunately I cannot update the article as you requested. ... discospinster talk 21:41, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

ANI discussion

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The discussion addresses User:Eminemdissesyou24's speedy deletion tagging. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 03:52, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Diana Buttu

Hi, I am working for and under authorisation of Diana Buttu. Still figuring this out. Content I removed was wrong or misleading info, sometimes even slandering one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijanpal (talk • contribs) 23:11, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

You are removing a great deal of sourced content. Discuss on the talk page what your concerns are before making such sweeping edits. ... discospinster talk 23:14, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

thanks

I'll get the next one. He's on his 4th revert with this IP, I suspect he'll change again...he has inseted this same screed several times from different ips in Russia the past few days.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:19, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I've protected the article for a couple of days, so we don't have to worry for a bit. ... discospinster talk 23:21, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
You're awesome!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:24, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
I do what I can! ... discospinster talk 23:25, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

That sock needs to get lost in a dryer somewhere. Here's his IP's:

37.144.115.79
37.144.112.87
95.29.132.136
95.29.138.230

--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 00:04, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the page of Jimbo Wales

You has the possibility explain for Jimmy Wales: Why you wish of death for the US citizens. Why you vs the US president, Why you act for the good of the NRA. Go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Request_to_give_help_for_the_US_president - 37.144.115.79 (talk) 23:57, 5 August 2014 (UTC).

Diana Buttu / User talk:Abhijanpal

Hi, when you were reverting this guy, did you not notice that the youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEu-FnaHnUg is not the official CNN channel and thus is violating WP:LINKVIO? So you were reverting copyright violations back into the article in your haste to editwar & block a noob? He has a point about the CAMERA section, it's UNDUE weight when those particular criticisms don't appear to have picked up any wider currency. The article as a whole needs attention, the VIEWS section is just a collection of cherrypicked quotes ( with another WP:LINKVIO and at least one non RS). Before you say SOFIXIT, there's no point..as an IPaddr I'd simply get reverted by a trigger happy patroller. regards 46.64.218.108 (talk) 04:21, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

PS The page Diana Buttu is clearly covered by WP:ARBPIA as the subject as a Palestinian & former PLO spokesperson and the content being removed (& readded by you) directly concerning current & past conflicts. All WP:ARBPIA are covered by 1RR and the content removals were NOT clear vandalism ( poo/shit/roxxorz etc) as the user posted above noting that the removed content was misleading or worse. Are you going to give yourself an WP:AE block now? As this is also a BLP you should have cut the guy a bit of slack & not gone straight to INDEF him. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you are the sort of admin who gets off on punishing unwary noobs, or the sort who carries a big stick but uses it lightly :) regards 46.64.218.108 (talk) 05:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree with your analysis, and so does at least one other admin, who has declined the editor's request to unblock. ... discospinster talk 16:06, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Small problem

Could you look into this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Request_to_stop_lobbing_for_the_good_of_the_NRA This account has been spamming and edit warring. I believe you blocked one of the gun control pages over this. Thank you. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 19:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

I left a post in the conversation. Are there other articles that have been targets? I've just noted the one: Gun politics in the United States. ... discospinster talk 20:21, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

BLAST network

Please note that the proposed A-Line and B-Line of the proposed rapid transit system are the same routes as the current HSR ones with the same names. It is not a coincidence. Secondarywaltz (talk) 02:41, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

I know that, but the proposed lines don't exist yet, whereas the bus routes do. Someone might click on B-Line (Hamilton) article thinking it's about the bus route, but they will not find any information about it in the article. ... discospinster talk 16:11, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
...would you mind terribly to stop beating me to just about every revert? Nah, but really... thumbs up for the great anti-vandalism work! AddWittyNameHere (talk) 03:54, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Sorry, I've had a lot of practice! ... discospinster talk 03:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
I noticed. My measly anti-vandalism edit count (~2000-2500 edits, I think, and that's if I include CSD-tagging attack pages and similar, reporting vandals to AIV, obviously disruptive usernames at UAA and leaving warnings on talkpages) pales in comparison to yours. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 04:00, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
You'll get faster in time. ... discospinster talk 04:02, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Undoubtedly. Suppose that it being 6am here doesn't help either. By the way, thank you for removing that uncited part from War Machine (mixed martial artist), had just started looking when that crept in and how I overlooked it while reverting when you removed it. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 04:13, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
The article is kind of a mess. ... discospinster talk 04:18, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I noticed. At least now it's protected, so that people who know something about the subject (not me, mind you) can get around to fixing the mess. (Completely unrelated, but any chance you could block Dylanwallace7? Clearly not here to do anything else than copy-and-paste the lyrics to "if you like pina coladas" at random places and other pina-colada related nonsense. Now past his final warning)AddWittyNameHere (talk) 04:29, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm new

Where's the right place to ask questions? Also, what about the light on the bottom left corner? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvgcfff (talk • contribs) 04:20, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

It depends on what the question is. The picture you added did not have a clear shot of the pot light, so it didn't seem to be relevant at first glance. ... discospinster talk 04:23, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

At least it shows what it looks like, there were no images so I added one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvgcfff (talk • contribs) 04:24, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm just saying, maybe you could take a better picture that focuses on the light and not the fan. ... discospinster talk 04:49, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

China Girl (song)

Can you take care of the page? Make sure if who's adding unsourced genres. 183.171.174.10 (talk) 07:59, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

The edit from a couple of months ago has already been reverted, so I guess there isn't anything for me to do. ... discospinster talk 12:38, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Raef Bjayou

Hi Discospinster, Hope you are well. Just a message to say that this is a life-long fan of Raef Bjayou here and I would like to edit his Wikipedia page in peace. With respect, I would be willing to bet that I know a good deal more about his life than you do. Indeed, I was in the same (now infamous!!) zumba class at the University of Exeter that he and Manx danced in. With best, M.B. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roseyouneverusedyourthorns (talk • contribs) 14:15, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

There needs to be a reliable source that attests to this. ... discospinster talk 15:06, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Paul Lewis

Yes, you're partly right, Paul Lewis (broadcaster) is mostly noted for his work at the BBC, but at least he tries to have a complete list of Paul Lewises. Please see Talk:Paul Lewis (journalist). --80.114.178.7 (talk) 21:49, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

But many of the other Paul Lewises aren't notable, so it's not clear why there should be a link to them. It's like having a link to the Paul Lewis section of the phone book. The ones that are notable would just be listed in the Paul Lewis article in the first place. ... discospinster talk 23:52, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Doctor Who

You removed my edit to the Doctor Who page. The edit added the following to the page: Above all else, the Doctor is the most important person to ever exist. This is regardless of the form he takes. I was just trying to have some fun, but that's ok. I just wanted to see how many people would happen to read it and enjoy that bit and also wanted to know how long it would take to get removed. Because of people like you, others need to know that Wikipedia is a legitimate and reliable source of information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.2.223.37 (talk) 03:40, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks I guess. ... discospinster talk 03:46, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


PabloGangyili

Why did you delete my comment from Ganguli's page? Why doesn't that page have a photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.174.190 (talk) 21:37, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

I deleted your comment because it was an opinion, which does not belong in a Wikipedia article. I don't know why there is no picture. Perhaps there is not a free image that can be used on the page. ... discospinster talk 21:40, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Can I make the article much shorter ? Like one or two paragraphs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.174.190 (talk) 21:46, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Why would you want to do that? ... discospinster talk 21:48, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
I reverted two deletions of material by this user a short time ago. I am getting the same type of notes, albeit from a slightly different angle. I took a look at the user's edits and found this on your talk page. I referred to the welcome template for help. I am beginning to suspect absence of good faith in view of this latest post. Donner60 (talk) 21:50, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Me too. ... discospinster talk 21:50, 20 August 2014 (UTC)


Just find it is too long for someone so young? Also there are no images. Can I make it shorter and better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.100.174.190 (talk) 21:51, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

This is the type of thing that should be brought up on the article's talk page. I don't know anything about this individual so I can't say whether a shorter article would be better . ... discospinster talk 21:53, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Goomba

Please excuse my child for editing your page, his actions will be corrected.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.69.169.135 (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Phillip Schofield

Hello Discospinster, How are you? I just noticed that you reverted my edit of Phillip Schofield. I was wondering what the problem was. I know that it is a big edit. I am sorry that I may not have expressed myself properly in the edit summary, but I believe that I made valid edits. I have been editing off and on for the past few years and have taken tips from various other major users and I use those tips when editing page.

I thought when writing on Wikipedia, it is preferable to use the person's surname, in this case "Schofield" as that is a more encyclopedic way of writing. I also thought the opening paragraph above the table of contents needed to be more clear and concise and not include repetition. (Do you we really need to mention that Schofield hosts the Text Santa telethon in three different parts of the same article?) For this opening, I kept the important parts, eliminated the repetition of items already mentioned below, and moved the paragraph about his wine magazine column underneath the paragraph about his passion for wine.

I am a bit upset that you chose to revert this edit two minutes after I had edited the page. I had not only cleaned up the opening paragraph, but I fixed spelling mistakes, added missing words and fixed a source making it linkable. Also I only removed one reference that was extraneous. Would it be possible to look over the revert and change it back or at least do something to compromise? Thanks! 74.15.186.97 (talk) 01:23, 22 August 2014 (UTC)samusek2

I think the problem was that there was some content removed that was not explained in the edit summary. For example, the removal of a source, and the paragraph about the British Soap Awards. And you replaced "alongside" with "awith". I can revert it back, but it would probably be better if you did the edits (or type of edits) one at a time so that the edit summary can reflect what has changed. ... discospinster talk 14:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

You made a mistake

You made a mistake

National British Resistance

Hi, Discospinster. Just wanted to let you know that the PROD notice you left at National British Resistance was deleted within an hour, but it's now at AFD. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 00:48, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. ... discospinster talk 03:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Why?

On the Lese-Majestie page I changed the caption on a photo to "George III Farted on". It's true! The photo shows George III being farted on. 99.102.178.191 (talk) 21:49, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Kate Gosselin

Why did you undo my edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boston nate (talk • contribs) 21:49, 23 August 2014‎ (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi Boston nate. Wikipedia has a strict policy on how we write about living people. Wikipedia is one of the top 5 websites on the planet—if someone types anything in Google, Wikipedia will almost certainly be on the first page of results if we have an article about it. As a result, we have to pay special attention to living people. Anything we write about them can actually harm them in real life if it isn't backed up by high-quality reliable sources. In other words, we need to get the article right. And one important policy we have is that any poorly sourced negative information that is added about living people should be removed. Next time, you need to back up your content with reliable sources—see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for how to do this. We thank you for your interest in contributing to Wikipedia, however. Check out our introduction to editing for more information on how you can contribute constructively. Mz7 (talk) 22:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

best mistake

u removed my edit to best mistake but its true facts

Hello you undid some of my notes about the mathematician Cody I would thank that you invsetigated first as it was a fact.

Vandalism on Reflection (Fifth Harmony album)

Hello, I see you're online. A number of vandalbots appear to be attacking Reflection (Fifth Harmony album), please protect the page ASAP! --k6ka (talk | contribs) 02:22, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I've semi-protected it for three days. ... discospinster talk 02:27, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Why I believe Austin & Ally Fits in the Romance Genre.

Hello, there you deleted one of my edits on Austin & Ally which I believed was correct. The reason I say this is because I watched and observed the show for over a year and understood it's structure was exactly like a romance, just with a little bit of a teen sitcom touch to it. If you have any more time I would like to hear more of your reason on why it's not a romance show. Thank You For Reading and have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymousflame16 (talk • contribs)

It is not a novel. ... discospinster talk 02:54, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

{help me}?please

  • Anonymousflame16, it is not a novel. It's a TV show. That's really all there is to say. That it's like a romance might make for nice dinner conversation, but it's not for an encyclopedia. Drmies (talk) 03:31, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank You for your answers. :)

Ceiling fan vandalisn

Thanks for dealing with them again, it's not the first time he/she tried. I can only hope that IP is only one machine, though. RWCasinoKid (talk) 10:00, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, there is someone out there obsessed with ceiling fans. Previously I've seen an editor (or editors) add a bunch of links to a YouTube video of a ceiling fan to non-ceiling-fan-related articles. ... discospinster talk 18:13, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
  • Ooooooh that loser again. He has a name--the Hampton Bay person or something like that; there may be an LTA report. It's quite an amazing thing, and it's sobering to think that millions of years of evolution, eons of war and technological invention, and ages of suffering and sacrifice have enabled a spoiled person to do that. Drmies (talk) 23:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
  • Regardless of who it is, I really am impressed with the way you handled it. I initially thought the IP was blocked but you just protected my talk page. If the vandal see they can't mess up the page, they'll prolly walk away and give it up. RWCasinoKid (talk) 01:02, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
  • I usually don't like to protect talk pages, but sometimes it's obvious that someone is on a spree. ... discospinster talk 01:42, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Check out the history at Dust. Over the past 3 weeks Ive seen mention of this "Fan Guy" (with different User names) 4 or 5 different places. The only article I remember is dust. ```Buster Seven Talk 21:28, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

your being irritating

This is not funny. Everytime I edit something you have some mess to say about it, but when someone else edits something, you dont do anything. This is a sign of ignorance and you may be blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helloworld123456 (talk • contribs)

If you add a proper source as per the hidden note, you won't get reverted. ... discospinster talk 21:35, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Charles Lavine

Hey,

I'm going to revert Charles Lavine to the incorrectly cited version you undid, and add in correct citations/references. If it wasn't for those formatting problems, it'd be a much better version (BLP- and NPOV-wise) that the one we have now. See the talk page for my thoughts.

Thanks, --NYRambler (talk) 21:54, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

That's fine. ... discospinster talk 21:59, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Message

ok disco please go to my page and leave me a message :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brantiff1 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Zim Integrated Shipping Services

good day, you have canceled a deletion of a section of the Zim article. indeed the last change was not explained, however this has been explained several times below by other users, yet the the writer of section named "target of blockades insists on putting it back, quite obviously due to his political agenda. As explained in earlier edits, this section does not belong in this article. Its la short, concise article about 70 years of history - with a full section about an isolated, insignificant incident which should be under a different article. I'm sure others will continue to insist on deleting it, and quite rightly so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.179.167.76 (talk) 05:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

The edit that I was reverted did not include an edit summary, and there were no previous relevant edit summaries. ... discospinster talk 11:42, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

why did you reinstate deleted sections?

Hello,

Why do you wish to maintain disparaging content for a statesman and one of Lowell's most respected and prominent citizens of the 19th and early 20th centuries? The two sources given are only opinions on Allen's work, and as such, are highly controversial. It seems wrong to create a bio of someone who isn't here to defend himself and using only one side of the story, from two obscure sources published in 1962 and 1972 by two relatively unknown authors. (Thomas Aitken Jr. and Manuel Maldonado Denis). Many Puerto Ricans credit Governor Allen with bringing much needed capital and infrastructure into Puerto Rico after two devastating hurricanes had left the island in disaster.

67.85.234.66 (talk) 15:29, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

You did not indicate why you removed the content when you first removed it. Without an explanation, how are other editors to know that it's not vandalism? ... discospinster talk 17:23, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Mariah Carey age

How is it possible someone so well known as Mariah Carey, it is not knoen her true birth date?! Impossible, it is Maech 27 1970! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaselineeeeeeee (talk • contribs) 02:17, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

No, we don't know her real birth date. Difference sources give different dates. ... discospinster ktalk 02:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


I don't believe that for a second! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaselineeeeeeee (talk • contribs) 02:38, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


Majority of the sites say 1970. I only found one stupid site that said 1969. When you type in "Mariah Carey birthday" on google it will come up right away as 1970. Then biography.com a notable bio site also says 1970. It is said time and time agian 1970 which os what it truly is!

The issue has been discussed on the talk page. There are reliable sources (such as People magazine) that list her as being born in 1969. Apparently there was a consensus to use both years and note that there are conflicting reports. ... discospinster talk 14:22, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

August 2014

User:MirrorFreak/Take a Break warning

What? ... discospinster talk 14:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Dude, It's a joke. I'm pretty much saying your an awesome wikipedian. Mirror Freak 14:20, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Oh, OK. Maybe you should put a smiley face on it then. ... discospinster talk 14:21, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Agreed. P.S. @MirrorFreak:, good luck with the rollback request! RomtamTalkToMe 14:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Sure, Judge me. I want to ask you a favor.Mirror Freak 14:24, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Is that better?Mirror Freak 14:26, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

No, still weird. ... discospinster talk 14:27, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Tough Crowd. So DiscoSpinster, How would you like to help me and User:FeedBack rebuild WikiProject REHAB. We could use someone who is hard-working like you and who isn't tolerant of vandals.Mirror Freak 14:29, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Well, what would I have to do? ... discospinster talk 14:38, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Lets move this to another section.Mirror Freak 14:39, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


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WikiProject REHAB

  • If your up for it, you could mentor the vandals who are willing to go through this program.
  • You could help recruit other users and admins
  • You could help us determine when a user is ready to be released back into the wiki

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NMEA 2000 Manufacturer List

Hi. I am interested to know why you have repeatedly deleted Maretron from the list of manufacturers.

I (a Maretron employee) am the original author of the NMEA 2000 page. The first image on the page was created and supplied by Maretron, while the second image is a photo of Maretron products.

One of the articles in the references was authored by L. Anderson, who was at the time the technical director of NMEA and in charge of the development of the NMEA 2000 standard. He left NMEA to become Maretron's VP of Sales and Marketing until his retirement in 2011.

Maretron has been extremely active over the past decade in development of the NMEA 2000 standard, and is well-known throughout the industry as experts in the field.

If this is not sufficient, please let me know what suffices for "notability" on your part. Femnett (talk) 15:01, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

The entry was a redlink and didn't indicate why it's notable enough to be on the list (like the other entries I removed). Some kind of acknowledgment or verification of the company's status as experts should be added as a reference, for example an article from an industry publication talking about the company, or other news item. Better yet, you could create an article for the company, following Wikipedia's guidelines at WP:Your first article. ... discospinster talk 15:26, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the response. I'll work on a company article. Femnett (talk) 23:30, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Gun Violence in the United States Persistent Changes

There is an user that has been using multiple IP addresses on the page Gun violence in the United States to add information that's only source is an opinion article. Over the last few days they have been adding their changes only to have them removed by other users. I am contacting you because if revert another one of his edits I will technically be edit warring and his style seems to be similar to that of another IP user who did the same kind of thing to the page Gun politics in the United States which you helped stop. Hope you can help. SantiLak (talk) 22:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I've protected the article for a couple of days. I've run across this particular editor before. ... discospinster talk 22:38, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks SantiLak (talk) 23:11, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to Jimmy Wales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Request_to_stop_action_vs_conclusions_of_the_main_scientist_of_USA 95.27.120.41 (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

repeated abuse and vandalism

hi,

first off, thanks for intervening and reverting the vandalism carried out by the sockpuppets on my talk page and on recent articles i have contributed on.

the sock master is back and continuing to vandalize pages and i would appreciate it if you could redact WP:RD2 the racial epithets.

this is his latest attack, the ip used here has been previously used for attacks but was only temporarily blocked. it now appears that it is a static ip under only the sockmaster's control, and may require a more permanent block. i have also reported this ip under Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shulinjiang.

could you also take a look at the edit summaries of

64.134.160.61, the term used there is a highly offensive racially derogatory term and i would again appreciate it if you could redact them. (you have redacted the edits themselves but seem to have overlooked redacting the edit summaries)

thank you. Pvpoodle (talk) 16:13, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

I've redacted of the edit summaries now. I didn't realize it was a racial slur. ... discospinster talk 16:26, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
neither did i for that matter, i had to ask someone about it <_< but thank you again for helping me with this persistent thorn in my side :) Pvpoodle (talk) 16:54, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
hi, sorry to bother you again, but he is back, could you please consider redacting this ? thanks Pvpoodle (talk) 01:51, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Done. ... discospinster talk 01:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thank you! again! Pvpoodle (talk) 05:31, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
i just noticed you have been having trouble with ip vandals as well. knowing first hand what that's like, i hope this cheers you up :)
Hello Discospinster, pvpoodle 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.

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
you must get a lot of these, but allow me to show my appreciation again for all the great work you have been doing, and are continuing to do, to prevent vandalism. cheers. Pvpoodle (talk) 16:52, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you. ... discospinster talk 18:06, 30 August 2014 (UTC)


IP User Vandalism Ukrainian Articles

I noticed that you reverted some of the vandalism that that IP user made in the talk page of Battalions of territorial defense in Ukraine and I was wondering if you could help me out with the actual article Battalions of territorial defense in Ukraine. Over the last 24 hours, one IP user utilizing multiple IP's has been changing article information to their opinion such as changing "Pro-Russian Unrest" to "Anti-nationalist rebellion" and "Ukrainian soldiers had difficulty combating insurgents" to "Ukrainian soldiers had difficulty suppressing dissent". They have changed ip's several times. Now they have turned to constantly reverting the removals and vandalizing my user page and talk page with warnings that they copied and pasted from one of their IP's talk pages that I posted there. I'm not sure how you can help but I hope you can. Thanks. SantiLak (talk) 23:02, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

I will keep an eye on the article. ... discospinster talk 01:09, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the help SantiLak (talk) 02:12, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Jack barlow

I would like you to not delete my page on Jack barlow because he is real and he deserves a page OK!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by YOYBROY (talk • contribs) 01:40, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Strathearn Station

Could you please remove the page Strathearn Station all of the references do not support the facts in the article and therefore all of the information is illegitimate and unsupported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ywfawttp (talk • contribs) 10:47, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Official Request is below delete [This Article (Strathearn Station)'s References in no way support the information on the page the only two things that the references support is the geographic location and the location of its airstrip all of the rest of the information is therefore illagitimate and this is why the information must be removed or the page taken down]

This is not an eligible speedy delete reason. You would have to use a different method -- either proposed deletion (see WP:PROD) or nominate it for deletion where there would be a discussion including other editors (see WP:AFD). ... discospinster talk 11:56, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, please have a look at what i did and comment on it if you would like to. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion

92.28.139.23 - vandalism, or what?

Hi, I see you have already encountered 92.28.139.23. If you have a moment, can you please have a look at their later contributions? I can't figure out what is going on here - I suspect that it is not serious editing but then I don't know how tall Joe Frazier was either! I've left them a warning but I'd hate to be unfairly accusing a legit editor just because it feels a bit off to me. I'd be most grateful if you had a chance to have a look. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 20:23, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

It's not a problem to revert uncited additions, especially when an editor is adding similar content to a bunch of articles. I would just keep an eye out and put warnings on the talk page (for unreferenced content) if the editor continues. ... discospinster talk 21:55, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you

For blocking Heyhey60 per my ANI report. Nice to meet you, by the way. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 01:42, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

No problem. Cheers, ... discospinster talk 01:42, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol

I'd like to be able to address types of SNMP requests as e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#GetBulkRequest

I've done it with an anchor, like 

<span id="GetBulkRequest"/>

which doesn't change the appearance of the page. Those changes have been removed by you with a note "It doean't change anything". But it does. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.232.180 (talk) 02:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

What is that addition supposed to do? ... discospinster talk 02:07, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

As I mentioned, it would allow to make external references directly to a request type description. It used to work while type descriptions were sections, but that appears to be changed.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.232.180 (talk) 02:11, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure that those are normally used in articles. Could you give an example? ... discospinster talk 02:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

If there's a better way than using anchors to make an external reference like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#GetBulkRequest to point directly to a request description I will be glad to use it.

Thank you.

OK, I wasn't sure what was happening. I don't know how to make an external link point to a specific word, only a section heading. ... discospinster talk 14:54, 6 September 2014 (UTC)


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Yes I believe you made a mistake

Please provide instructions on how to correctly make these edits so Surface users can benefit from this disk doubling accessory. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zipmagic (talk • contribs) 13:06, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

There are plenty of apps that will benefit users, but we don't list them in the Wikipedia article because that is considered promotion of a particular product. ... discospinster talk 13:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

PP of my userpage

Hi, thanks for the protection of my userpage just as an FYI im quite happy for my userpage to act as a buffer to the generic vandalism of pages (i've noted that when i revert people they tend to take it to my page rather than carry on with the vandalism. i'm not sure if its a policy that it should be protected or not but dont worry if it happens again it always seems to get reveted quite qickly. Also the last IP who vandalised it seems to be following a very Evlekis pattern of abusing my userpage at about this time of day so it might be worth throwing it into the suspected sockpile for him. Amortias (T)(C) 17:48, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

I apologize if I overstepped my bounds. I can unprotect it if you would prefer. ... discospinster talk 11:40, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Good work!

Hey Disco, just a quick note that I appreciate your quick responses to vandalism. You've been blowing up my Watchlist lately. Thanks for your hard work! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:24, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, and thank you for your work as well. ... discospinster talk 11:40, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

England and Wales

the former kingdom of england included wales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.161.188 (talk) 14:13, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice look at the info box — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.161.188 (talk) 14:14, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

England does not include Wales currently. The edit makes no sense to say that the jurisdiction covers two of the four countries, without specifying both England and Wales. ... discospinster talk 14:17, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

therefore, england and wales cannot form the constitutional successor to england and wales. unless you can provide logical and sound reasoning to substantiate your assumption. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.161.188 (talk) 14:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

My reasoning is that the jurisdiction of England and Wales is made up of England and Wales. That's about as logical as you can get, no? ... discospinster talk 14:21, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

also if is you believe, england and wales in this context represent seperate entities, how is it an act can be passed to allow devolution to welsh government? If as you suggest england and wales are seperate in this context how can something disolve into two distinct bodies if as you suggest it is already two distinct bodies. IT CANNOT. The jurisdiction came about from a former style of government which you are clrearly unfamiliar with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.161.188 (talk) 14:48, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Very well — then what are the two countries that make up the jurisdiction of England and Wales? ... discospinster talk 14:50, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Computer integrated manufacturing article

Hi i just wanted to say thAt the founder of CIM IS ACTUALLY Josheph Harrington, in 1973.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.213.5.242 (talk) 16:49, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

I never said it wasn't? ... discospinster talk 16:54, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Edits

Wow, you edit a lot. O_o I once saw your contributions page... xD Derpmeup (talk) 23:06, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

It keeps me out of trouble. ... discospinster talk 11:59, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

discospinster can you dance with me :-)

Hey I'm new here. any advice on where to find good templates?????? o— Preceding unsigned comment added by Indu roy (talk • contribs) 09:16, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

What kind of templates are you looking for? ... discospinster talk 12:01, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Those that will improve my user page are the ones i'm searching for. Is it wrong to copy templates from others pages ????? As a token of my gratitude look at the thingamajig i posted below .

WP:Userboxes/Gallery is a place with a collection of templates you can put on your user page. It's OK to copy templates from other pages if you like. ... discospinster talk 17:11, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

congrats

Yours Indu roy (talk) 12:33, 11 September 2014 (UTC) P.S. What kind of a name is Discospinster? All in good humour:-)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
you must get a lot of these, but allow me to show my appreciation again for all the great work you have been doing, and are continuing to do, to prevent vandalism. cheers. Indu roy (talk) 09:19, 11 September 2014 (UTC) (talk) 16:52, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you. ... discospinster talk 12:01, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

help please :-|

Can you please tell me how to change my username¿? Indu roy (talk) 16:12, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

The process is listed at WP:Change username. ... discospinster talk 17:09, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

IP User Un-Constructive Edits

I recently have reverted some edits on Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin but my problem is that I don't want to violate 3RR and I was hoping you could help me out and intervene as an admin. SantiLak (talk) 03:18, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

The edits you were reverting were clearly vandalism, so 3RR doesn't apply. The user has been blocked anyway. ... discospinster talk 17:13, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
I appreciate the information and when I posted this, the user hadn't been blocked yet. Thank you! SantiLak (talk) 23:49, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

New User and IP user un-constructive activities

Sorry to bother you again but I recently noticed that there is a user who has created a very short autobiographical page about themselves twice now. All the page says is "A athlete and Hip-Hop musician" but the user does not stop there. They have been using an IP address user to vandalize the page Meagan Good and remove material multiple times over and over and change the spouse to the page that they recently created, Leo-Bentt Wionpoh Chea‎. They have been properly warned multiple times on their IP talk page but they continue to edit that page and re-add their deleted page. I hope you can help somehow and again, super sorry to bother you again. SantiLak (talk) 00:41, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

list of twelve-step groups

Howdy Discospinster. A experienced editor has proposed to change the standard for inclusion of List of twelve-step groups from being a list of wikipedia articles, to being a list of 12 step groups (without the necessity of having an article attached to the entry). The discussion is currently on the talk page. I am contacting you because you have participated in the maintenance of that article. If you have no opinion, please feel free to disregard this notice. Cheers! Coffeepusher (talk) 05:06, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

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Next Swedish general election listed at Redirects for discussion

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Bifes Mal Passados

How is it subjective that these quotes are stereotyping 'the English"? When describing their 'disgusting houses' he says "all", surely this is the definition of stereotyping? Judging the whole nation by the actions of a few. Is this not true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.71.0 (talk) 13:59, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

It should still be described neutrally. "Stereotypes" carries a negative connotation, while "likens" does not. ... discospinster talk 14:03, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

So it is both subjective and not neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.71.0 (talk) 14:04, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, pretty much. ... discospinster talk 14:06, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Either he stereotyped or not - it is a factual matter not a subjective one. To not put 'stereotype' on the grounds that you think it sounds negative would be the complete opposite of being neutral. But I can see you have made your mind up and I will give up.

Something may be "factual" but also not neutral — just because something "is or isn't" doesn't preclude the description from being biased. (You could say that someone is either a racist or not a racist, but calling them one is not neutral.) ... discospinster talk 14:14, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

I'm aware of that, my original point was that he described "all" english houses as "disgusting", this is factually, undeniably stereotyping - unless you're contending it is possible he visited every single house in England it is a definitive fact that he stereotyped. So to reiterate, your decision to not put "stereotyping", despite the fact that by its very definition that is exactly what the the author did, is on the basis that you think to do so would paint him in a negative light. This is not a neutral decision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.71.0 (talk) 14:24, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

On top of that your analogy to racism doesn't hold water. To say someone is racist, as opposed to defining a statement someone made as 'being a racist statement", is to say you know what they think or feel - which is impossible and clearly not neutral. To say the author here stereotyped is not to say anything of his character, or what he thinks or feels, it is only to say, by the definition of "to stereotype", that that is what he did, as evidenced by the quotes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.71.0 (talk) 15:40, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Am I to take it that your lack of reply indicates you agree that whether someone "stereotyped" or not is not open to bias, but are too stubborn to change it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.71.0 (talk) 09:02, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

I thought the issue was settled. Anyway, saying that someone made a "racist statement" is also not neutral, since calling something racist carries a negative connotation. You can say that someone made statements perceived as racist (with citations showing who perceived them that way). Likewise, it is more neutral to say that Magueijo's book was perceived as stereotyping Brits, and then add references to authors who have made that claim. ... discospinster talk 11:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Im sorry but your first statement is simply wrong - To say someone made a "racist statement" is entirely neutral if the statement they made is, by it's definition, racist (i.e "showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another."), it only carries a "negative connotation" to those who consider "racism" to be a negative thing - some don't. Whether some consider it negative or not has no effect on the neutrality of the statement. In relation to this; "it is more neutral to say that Magueijo's book was perceived as stereotyping Brits" - It is not a matter of perception, your example would be no different from saying "some perceive Magueijo to have said" when it is recorded he said something - it is a fact not open to interpretation or bias. Saying "Magueijo stereotyped", followed by the conclusive evidence in the quotes, is no less neutral or open to bias as saying "Magueijo said".

I think the problem is that YOUR bias (thinking that "stereotyping" is a negative thing) is tainting your view on this matter. Stereotyping is not inherently negative or positive, it has no moral meaning but your bias is making you think it would not be neutral to say "stereotype" despite the fact that it is objectively, definitively correct - this is not a neutral position to be in.

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