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Vinny Mulvey page
Hi can you let me know the issues with my page please? Im new to this and could use all the help you can offer. Thanks Ashbourne1972 (talk) 09:06, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
- Dear Ashbourne1972, I suggest you to read this and this first. The main problems of your article are the format and content. This article should be expanded and its format should be corrected. You can read some other articles in wikipedia and learn their structure, formats or other basic things of an article. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk) 10:01, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
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April 2018
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change on C Jaffrelot page
Why dont you allow me to modify Christophe Jaffrelot page ? He is my boss and ask me to do the modifications. My changes haven't been aved and you sent me a message telling me I can change the page.
- JuchieG, please sign your name next time and I did not block you from editing that page. I reverted your edits because they are not formatted well and/or unsourced. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 12:50, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Rollback granted
Hi Abelmoschus Esculentus. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
- Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
- Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
- Rollback should never be used to edit war.
- If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
- Use common sense.
If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Widr (talk) 17:04, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you very much Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 21:33, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
April 2018
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hey I'm sorry i just wanted to try out the editing system I'm new to Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovedogetwo (talk • contribs) 14:21, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- Ilovedogetwo, please do that in here. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 14:23, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- The parameter for unpatrolled edits in recent changes filters changed name. You might need to update saved filters and links. [1]
Problems
We are migrating wikis from Tidy to Remex. Because of a bug the 250 wikis which do not yet use Remex were switched on 23 April. This is two months early. This meant that pages with broken wikitext showed wrongly to readers. The bug was undone the next day. You can help fix broken wikitext to avoid this problem when your wiki switches. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. You can follow the process on Phabricator. [2]
Changes later this week
- You will be able use CodeMirror in the 2017 wikitext editor on all wikis. CodeMirror helps with syntax highlighting. It has previously been a beta feature and only available on wikis with scripts that are written from left to right. [3]
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16:18, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Draft:Im a girrafe
Hello Abelmoschus Esculentus. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Im a girrafe, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not patent nonsense, clearly understandable. Thank you. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 14:52, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
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- The Wikimedia Commons mobile app has a new version. It is now easier to find nearby places that need pictures. It helps you with direct uploads and title and category suggestions. The app only works on Android phones. [9]
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- The abuse filters had a problem with blocks where you had changed how long they last. It used the default length everywhere. This was in late April. Abuse filter users should make sure the right block length is used and change them if needed. This is only for filters where how long blocks last had been changed. [10]
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APOLOGY
YOU MATE WIKI PORN HUB IS EVEN BETTER — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreenArrow1102 (talk • contribs) 10:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Communist Party of Britain and Robert Griffiths
Malicious entries have been made on the two pages above. I did not die in Moscow on May 6 and remain General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain. Please feel free to phone my office to confirm (020 8686 1659) or email office@communist-party.org.uk. I trust that the IP number responsible for proclaiming my death will in future be barred from making future entries to Wikipedia.
Robert Griffiths — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.230.244.66 (talk) 10:42, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
- Please provide a reliable source even if you are the person itself to ensure that the content is true. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 10:48, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
Linklist "for admins"
Hi 
-- I was a little confused at first, because i saw the large administrator icon on your user page. I think I understand what it means, now: You've put these links there as a convenience for administrators having a look at your user page. I think that's a nice idea!
I would kindly suggest two changes to make it really great:
- If you want the list to be only visible to admins, you can edit the source code of your page and add this around the message:
<span class="sysop-show">
(Text inside is only visible to admins)
</span>
- It might avoid confusion to remove the large administrator icon from your page, or at least to put it inside the sysop-show tags. I am unsure if there is a specific rule on this; the terms of service say something about "impersonation", but I am unsure if this applies here. All I know is that an administrator who has been de-sysopped had their administrator userbox removed by another admin from their userpage pretty quickly.
~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:48, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
- @ToBeFree: Thanks for your great suggestion! It worked fine I think :) Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 23:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks
Glad to see that it works. We two can sadly not test it, but the HTML code on your page seems to be correct. I have added similar code to my user page and talk page that you can have a look at - just to see that these kind of "CSS classes" actually magically work. On my talk page, when not logged in, you'll see a different text. And on my user page, too, but the requirement is not "registered" there; it is "autoconfirmed", which you are too. :) - That "sysop-show" actually works can be verified here: MediaWiki:Group-sysop.css <-- this CSS is used automatically by administrators ("sysops"). Similarly, you can see here: MediaWiki:Group-autoconfirmed.css why the code on my page works, too. Feel free to copy the code from my page if you want to create something similar. :)
- Have a nice day! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:01, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks
Don Blankenship Article
Hi,
I recently made some edits to the "Cocaine Mitch" section of the article on Don Blankenship, former candidate in the Republican Primary for one of the West Virginia Senate seats. My edits were an entirely factual, yet they seem to have been biased. I do not think that is a fair interpretation - I merely explained the origin of the "Cocaine Mitch" moniker (with a link to an article) and provided some additional information on a controversial ad that Blankenship ran, as well as his defense of himself following the controversy. Again, these were all factual and were cited. I would appreciate it if the edits were reinstated. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.95.132 (talk) 03:32, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry, it was not me who reverted your edit. Maybe you ask the person who reverted your edit? Here is the link. Thank you. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 07:35, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi Abelmoschus Esculentus
What nationality are you? (I am English)
I had guessed that when I added my book on Sun Tzu to the Wiki Sun Tzu page it was deleted because it was self-advertising.
A local paper gave an enthusiastic review of my book. See: http://camdennewjournal.com/article/winning-words
If I ask they will add it in to Wiki. Does this violate the code of practice?
If it does, then how exactly does an edit get added to Wiki? Cath Writer (talk) 11:39, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Cath Writer: Hi, I'm Chinese (Hong Kong).
- Your edit seems promotional since the book is written by yourself and it violated WP:NOTADVERTISING.
- After you pressed the "Publish changes" button, your edit will be saved and visible to the world. (EXCEPT pages with Pending Changes Protection and you are not a autoconfirmed user). Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
i am here for a fun time not a long time Liloandstichriof (talk) 04:52, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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Removed Lockheed Martin "corruption" entry.
Hello, just so you know I removed the entry because this never happened. It would have been significant news if that was the case. The person who added the entry is this which I'm guessing it was a prank between two students at Greenwich University. ViriiK (talk) 17:05, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
- I also forgot to include this edit which the IP address is similar to the other IP address. ViriiK (talk) 17:07, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
- @ViriiK: Ok, thanks for notifying me. I reverted that IP edits since he/she removed content without explaining. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 23:32, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome
Thank you for the welcome.
I won't be stopping, just had a page I was working on deleted due a lack of content, caused by making the awful mistake of falling asleep. If that is way that people work on here, best I don't bother.
Thanks again for the welcome though.
Hammersarnie (talk) 02:29, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Hammersarnie: You're welcome! If you have any questions or problems, feel free to contact me or WP:HD. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 04:28, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
May 2018
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Thanks for your advice
I am still finding my way round Wiki. It is very complex! I could not see any posts on your talk page, so I am having to start a new one.
Just to say thanks for your help.
Cath Writer (talk) 11:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Cath Writer: Haha I archived my talk page messages, so you can see nothing here! Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:25, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
- Do you see the brown box above? There is a line: "Archives: 1, 2", you can check past discussions there but do not modify them. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 11:31, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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22:22, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
RV
Why would you call this an inappropriate redirect? Edward Mordake (talk) 03:55, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Edward Mordake: check here. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 03:57, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- It is not a redirect, it is a soft redirect. Big difference. Edward Mordake (talk) 03:58, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- Look here Category:User_soft_redirects Edward Mordake (talk) 03:59, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ok nvm. Sorry for disturbing. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 03:59, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- NP. Same team. Edward Mordake (talk) 04:00, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
- Ok nvm. Sorry for disturbing. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 03:59, 16 May 2018 (UTC)