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Welcome to my talk page!
Note: I prefer to keep discussions unfragmented. If you leave me a message here, I will respond to it here as an effort to keep the entire conversation in one place. Unless you request otherwise, I will ping you so that you know I have responded. By the same token, if I leave a comment on your talk page, please respond to it there.

Thank you!

Questions at RfA[edit]

I wouldn't race through this first burst of questions. I would take my time and use the opportunity to let !voters into my head. That's what I might do. Opinions vary. The very best wishes in your run. Good noms. Trust them if you have questions. BusterD (talk) 14:11, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Back in late March....[edit]

you nominated a fellow editor for the EotW award. You did fine!!! Thanks and good luck at RfA. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 18:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Buster7 and BusterD: thank you both for your words of encouragement; they are sincerely appreciated. HouseBlaster (he/they) 18:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Questioning the outcome of the discussion[edit]

Hi, can you please explain what the result of this discussion is based on? The result you wrote is "keep and populate", but I believe that "populate" is not what follows from the discussion, and leads to the creation of undersized categories. FromCzech (talk) 17:51, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FromCzech: stub templates do not always go together with stub categories. For instance, {{Mělník-geo-stub}} does not need to populate Category:Mělník geography stubs‎: it can be set up to feed directly into Category:Central Bohemian Region geography stubs. For that reason, we don't normally delete stub templates. (That way, we can always recreate the stub category and it will be automatically populated by simply updating the templates.) You nominated the templates for deletion, and the result was keep and populate the templates. If you wish to upmerge the categories, you can nominate them directly. HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-25[edit]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


You've got mail![edit]

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Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 13:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ACP Writer's question[edit]

"However, with all due respect, you are not answering my questions: do you have a conflict of interest? Are you a paid editor? HouseBlaster (he/him) 00:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)"[reply]

To answer your questions:

Do I have conflict of interest?

No, I believe I do not have any conflict of interest as I have no close affiliation with the company. I am not related, employed or invested in that company.

Am I a paid editor?

Yes, I work for a company which they hired to create a wiki article about them. Despite this, I told them specifically that wikipedia articles (based on my readings) are not something they can control as anyone may edit it.

As for changing the username I do not see any options offered to accomplish. Please see below a snip of my Preferences Page.

ACP Writer (talk) 12:08, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi @ACP Writer: weirdly enough, you can't change your username through your preferences. See Wikipedia:Changing username for instructions. Cremastra (talk) 17:18, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ACP Writer: Thank you Cremastra explaining how to rename your account; their advice is correct. I will let you follow those directions before proceeding further, though I will note that being paid to edit is inherently a conflict of interest. HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Purpose of Wikipedia:
"Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, it consists of freely editable content, whose articles also have numerous links to guide readers towards more information."
If the purpose can be achieved with an article that was written, why should it matter if the person was paid or not to write it? Having such an article deleted even if it did conform with Wikipedia's purpose seems... wrong. So with you or anyone's help, I am hoping it is still possible to get it up there.
Anyway, I submitted the request for name change. ACP Writer (talk) 07:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ACP Writer: paid editors have a really hard time maintaining a neutral point of view. For instance, the draft article you created contained lines like Using the same booking platform, travelers receive the convenience of booking rail and bus tickets in conjunction with flights, making it easy for travelers to connect from one mode of transportation to another. This is too promotional: we don't describe things as convenient or easy.

Anyhow, while we are waiting for a rename, we need to make sure AccessRail qualifies for an article on Wikipedia. We call this "notability", which is a bit of a misnomer: it has absolutely nothing to do with "fame" or "importance", and everything to do with coverage it has received in reliable sources. You can read the guideline at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies), and you should read the entirety of the "primary criteria" section. Once you have done so, please provide a list of three or four sources which demonstrate notability. HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:12, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trouted[edit]

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Blehhhhh :3 Skxnteq (talk) 21:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats[edit]

Congrats for a successful RfA. Take it easy and use the tools wisely. Ask plenty of questions; all of the existing admins will only be too happy to give advice. Welcome to the team. Schwede66 01:10, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Felicitations!

-Ad Orientem (talk) 02:06, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm about to leave for my vacation, but I wanted to stop by here first to say congratulations! I hope your adminship goes well. QuicoleJR (talk) 09:55, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for adminship[edit]

Hi HouseBlaster, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. While your candidacy is a success, there was a non-trivial amount of opposition to your request; heeding any advice and concerns expressed would be well advised. That being said...Congratulations! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck! Acalamari 02:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Acalamari! HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratz![edit]

A toast for you!
Congratulations on a successful RfA! As long as you stay out of trouble, I'm sure you'll do a great job. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 02:13, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats![edit]

A baton for you![edit]

An AI-generated image of a Coquerel's sifaka lemur running around a dilapidated racetrack holding a relay baton. The new admin baton
I managed to run a couple of laps but you've come along just as I got out of breath. Sprint on!

Congratulations on your successful RfA! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 10:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on your RfA! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFU Nuclear Medicine Oncology & Radiotherapy Institute Nawabshah[edit]

While you did nothing wrong here, there are a number of us who prefer to draftify restorations of soft deletes and PRODs, so that the article doesn't immediately get re-nom'd. Do a search for "draftify" on the RFU page to see how I reply to these such requests. And welcome to the RFUn! :D - UtherSRG (talk) 12:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UtherSRG: thank you for the note; I will keep it in mind in the future :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-26[edit]

MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning,

I've submitted a new renaming proposal for the above template and a number of linked ones. As you were involved in the previous discussion, I would welcome your views on the new proposal. Mdann52 (talk) 06:18, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, HouseBlaster,

I see that a bot has started emptying these categories and deleting others but the discussion hasn't been closed yet. What's up here? Liz Read! Talk! 02:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz: I forgot to click publish. My apologies; trout Self-trout. HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:23, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GHeavenRubberBandMan (04:44, 28 June 2024)[edit]

Hello HouseBlaster.

GHeavenRubberBandMan here. You know that little information box at the top right of every article? How do I adjust the image to take up the width of that box? Do I use the full-sized image or the thumbnail? What px value do I use?

Why doesn't the Image Size field affect anything?

I have lots of questions, but that's a good starting point.

Thank you! --GHeavenRubberBandMan (talk) 04:44, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]