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AN discussion

I have raised a matter which involves you on the WP:AN [1]--Scott Mac 03:32, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. TNXMan 11:42, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Ola

Hey Tnxman, did you note that I added a new name and two new IPs to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Astrologist praveen? I didn't know how to do it properly; your help is appreciated. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:07, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, the IPs I can't comment on - checkuser won't publicly link them to named accounts. As for the named account, were you referring to Jainlegend (talk · contribs)? They turned up in my results (posted at the bottom of the page). TNXMan 16:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see that you had taken care of them. Yes, that's the one--thanks. Drmies (talk) 16:10, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

No problem! TNXMan 16:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Sock questions...

There's another DavidYork71 sock. User:WhatItPlainlyIs. Same edits as the socks you checkusered over the last few days. Let me know if you need further explanation.

How do I set up a check user request at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DavidYork71? Is there a quick template, or do I have to fill all the required headings out manually. I found it a little frustrating that there wasn't an easily to find "How to" for this. If there is, could you please send me a link?

Anyway, thanks for your help. cheers ---Merbabu (talk) Signing for archiving. TNXMan 20:58, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Education Energy

Aloha, Why did you delete my post about Education Energy? Please let me know how to keep my post posted, you can reply to me at <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.52.72.210 (talk) 01:21, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it did not indicate why the group was notable enough to warrant an article. It was also a borderline advertisement. I would suggest reading our info on writing your first article, as that may assist you. You may also want to write a draft of the article in your userspace where you can work on the article before moving it to the mainspace. You may also be interested in our articles for creation or requested articles processes, as they are appropriate venues with editors with a conflict of interest. Finally, I have removed your email address to prevent spambots from picking it up. TNXMan 12:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Query, sock case Cmmmm

Any chance you could take admin action based on the strong behavioral evidence, at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cmmmm? The sock's disruption has spilled over into causing wastes of time for multiple Wikipedia editors, and has trigged now three different Miscellany for deletion discussions that would otherwise have been unnecessary. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 12:43, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry I didn't get there in time, but it looks like the case has resolved itself. Let me know if I can assist in the future. TNXMan 16:10, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

No worries. It is  Done. -- Cirt (talk) 16:11, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Stumble

Thanks to you I've found a new way to waste time on the internet. Acroterion _(talk) 14:58, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

I feel like there should be a support group. "My name is John Doe and I'm a stumbler." :)

It's really great though, for sharing links - it's probably the most intuitive interface I've seen. TNXMan 15:08, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Restart on deleted page

I'd like to create an article on the CEO Connection group. I understand one was created previously by a username, CEO Connection so I understand it was considered advertising and not allowed. It was not intended to be advertising and the username choice was a bad choice on their part. The page's content is completely unbiased and is strictly to provide information about that organization and it's founding. I would like to be able to restart that article, keeping all content strictly neutral and only informative, as I am not affiliated with the company and am not using it as a sales tool. I look forward to hearing your advice. Thank you Entrep33 (talk) 22:26, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it did not indicate why the group was notable enough to warrant an article. It was also a borderline advertisement. I would suggest reading our info on writing your first article and how to use reliable sources, as those pages may assist you. You should also write a draft of the article in your userspace (something like User:Entrep33/Sandbox) where you can work on the article before moving it to the mainspace. You may also be interested in our articles for creation or requested articles processes, as they are appropriate venues with editors with a conflict of interest. Finally, I'll leave you a message on your talk page with some links to help you get started. TNXMan 12:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. Are you saying the sources provided are not going to be reliable enough for this article to stand? Entrep33 (talk) 23:34, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of article Mirza_Faizan

Hi Tnxman307, This is Sameer. Just now I've noticed that you've deleted article on Mirza Faizan. Although my colleague who has written this article has given enough references to prove the notability but in vain. If you have any doubt about the notability of his contribution to Indian aerospace industry, you should first have marked it for review or correction. I have been one of Mirza Faizan's trainee and to tell you, hundreds like me have benefited from his initiatives. I am sure you sitting in other corner of the world have no idea of the importance of his initiatives to Indian aerospace industry and the laurels he has earned from industry leaders in India. Sitting in other part of the world and hitting the delete button is the easiest thing anyone could do. If wikipedia only contains article on anyone/anything about which everyone knows well, then what is new and learn-able things available here? Think over it! And let me know how this article can be modified to be included as an article on wikipedia Sameer1022 (talk) 08:47, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but your page was deleted because it was advertising for Faizan. I would recommend that you read our guide to writing your first article, as well as how to write with a neutral point of view. You may also find our articles for creation project useful. TNXMan 12:39, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for replying! You should NOT feel sorry if you're 100% sure what you've done is right! Now, to the main point - Which sentence in the article appears advertising to you? This article goes against which policy so that you can label it as advertising? In fact, he has taken a very cautious approach while writing this article so that its neutrality is maintained. For example, Faizan was named as "Real Hero of Business World" by an international organization for his contributions (http://www.citehr.com/145117-real-heros-business-world-satyam-issue-lessons.html), and if you will google the string "Mirza Faizan + Satyam" , you will get to see no less than 10,000 webpages writing about it contributions to Indian Aerospace industry and his previous organizations. he has not even mentioned anything about this all, because he wanted this article to appear neutral. International aerospace magazine - "Aviation Week and Space Technology" has published an article on him and his contributions, which again he has not included here because he wanted to maintain neutrality!!!

Nevertheless, if you feel that this article is advertising then could you please Re-write the same article in a way that it does not look so? I really want you to guide us by re-writing this article!!! What is the difference between advertisement and information and who decides it? If someone is writing about Bill Gates, you may claim he is advertising Microsoft and Windows!! (Check article on Bill Gates and explain why a paragraph on Microsoft and Windows (A product of Microsoft!!!)) is available there??? Is that not advertising? Just because it is an article on Bill Gates, you allow advertising OR become silent over wikipedia policies??

Requesting you to please guide us how this article can be modified (we have checked all the pages you've mentioned and we feel he complied all given in wikipedia policies). But if you still feel that this article needs change, please make the change and teach us. We wish to contribute many interesting articles on aerospace & avionics, and we thought of starting it with the man who has inspired youngsters in India like me to be an aerospace engineers. We are sure you'll make good use of your administrative authorities and will take it constructively!! My best regards.. Sameer1022 (talk) 18:43, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tnxman30, What made you think that you can delete an article and not answerable? This appears to be a clear abuse of your administrative authorities. Wikipedia is a community and belongs to everyone. You cannot just delete an article based on your judgement and sit silent! You owe me an explanation Sameer1022 (talk) 20:50, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Language like "Realizing that a major challenge in the growth of aerospace industry in India is availability of highly skilled resources in aerospace & avionics domains, Faizan launched industry acclaimed SOAR (Student's Orientation for Aerospace Requirements) program wherein carefully selected bright engineers are extensively trained to be deployed in aerospace industry. Under his leadership, Avembsys launched India's first Aerospace, Avionics & Embedded Systems Technology Incubation and Research Center" has no place in an encyclopedia. It sounds like it came from a press release issued by Avembys and/or Faizan himself. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Amazing!!!, Its amazing that administrators of wikipedia take decisions on assumptions for which they themselves are NOT sure!! Just because it "SOUNDS LIKES" something, they are taking decisions to keep or delete an article...lol!! Dude, this single sentence itself is the notability of this guy, who is doing something for the first time in a country and for global aerospace industry. Have a look at these global news: . Moreover, a businessman contribution to global economy itself is his notability, otherwise tell me what is the notability of Bill Gates without mentioning Microsoft?? It appears that you guys are acting under biased judgement and personal prejudice while taking decision to keep or delete an article and you people don't have an answer to my questions. This is the reason why Mr. Tnxman307 has no reply and now are acting on his behalf. However, the world knows Wikipedia is an international community and belongs to everyone, we will keep in posting articles. Good Luck!!

I'm sorry, but the article was deleted as advertising. Notability is a separate issue. Also, threatening to keep posting the article (and yelling) really will not get you anywhere. TNXMan 18:27, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

And may even get you blocked. – ukexpat (talk) 18:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

References

Sameer1022 (talk) 18:00, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

SPI linkage

Since you closed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/CAFESDO I thought I should let you know, I think it's related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/OSUHEY and have reopened that SPI to confirm the link (as well as throwing yet another sock into the pot). VernoWhitney (talk) 15:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I've added my comments there. Thanks for letting me know. TNXMan 16:36, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

And they've started right up again as WaverlyPike (talk · contribs) -- is there any way to stop them from just switching to new accounts for a longer period of time? VernoWhitney (talk) 19:50, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I'll look into it - thanks for bringing it to my attention. TNXMan 20:08, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Childhood Leukemia Foundation and User:Clf4kids

I wonder if you might consider reviewing either the block or possibly better the prod on this combination. It just feels a little unfair to block someone for spam and then prod their article for deletion when they aren't in a position to then defend it. Would AfD be a better avenue for deletion in this case? Just a thought. GedUK  15:56, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I have no problem putting the article up at AfD. Just a note though- this user did not create the article. It was created by User:Trilemma several years ago. Clf4kids edited the article because it was affecting their donations. I blocked them, then reviewed the article and saw it was pretty bare-bones. TNXMan 16:05, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Fair point! Was just a thought that popped into my head. Clearly didn't look hard enough! :o) GedUK  07:57, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

SPI question

Tnxman, sorry for the SPI listing the same username twice. It should have been for Karmaisking, but someone got overeager with copy-paste ... I also responded on the page. Ravensfire (talk) 17:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

hi

hi thanks for talking on spi. i worry that user log out to vandalize my page as IP. i dont care what user do it but i dont think it should go with no one caring. but wikipedia can not link them even in this case? SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:18, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it's a contravention of our privacy policy. The IP has been blocked, though, which will prevent further issues. If it persists, just let me know. TNXMan 21:23, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

there is no way to hold user accountable for saying X rated threats on my page? SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:24, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

What X rated threats? I only saw racism when I reverted. LiteralKa (talk) 21:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

i dont want to repeat it SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

So there were none, I take it? LiteralKa (talk) 21:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

are you trying to make me more upset? you curse at me on deletion discussion and stalk me on wikipedia so much i think it must be someone like you who would log out to say such things then delete it but it is confusing. SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Tnxman do i need to repeat it as he asks me to? SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

You don't have to do anything, but it certainly would help your claims. I saw no threats at all when I reverted. LiteralKa (talk) 21:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

i didnt ask you i asking Tnxman if i have to listen to you and answer all your question. SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Wonderful. I just answered you anyway. LiteralKa (talk) 21:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

and why are you here SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Because you're obviously accusing me of sockpuppeteering. LiteralKa (talk) 21:33, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

i dont mention you by name. i think you are here to harass me. SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:35, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

You are trying to get me banned because I disagree with you. LiteralKa (talk) 21:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

They have been held accountable - the IP has been blocked. I'm not sure what else you would like to see done here. Checkuser is not for fishing. TNXMan 21:27, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

i refer to Wikipedia:Sock puppetry "Logging out to make problematic edits as an IP" SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Both of you - please stop. SunHwaKwon - I've answered your question, but it doesn't seem you want to understand. I'll say it again - the IP that posted the material has been blocked. That is all the action that will taken at this time. TNXMan 21:40, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

sorry im stressed and not good english. what does policy i quote mean ? different situation? i try to learn right way to do thing here. SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:42, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

It means that the editor is banned. Nothing else will happen. LiteralKa (talk) 21:43, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

is not what i asked. please let tnxman answer. SunHwaKwonh (talk) 21:50, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Adelina ismaili

My apologies I was tagging this article when you deleted it so it somehow got recreated. Teapotgeorge^Talk 16:21, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Done and done. TNXMan 16:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I am NOT here to troll

You seem to be the ring leader here. How about I give you some edits that need doing and then you decide about whether this block is fair? I cannot understand why you keep blocking me when I'm clearly being the opposite of disruptive; I'm making every possible effort to engage with Wikipedia authorities on the level. 86.181.45.27 (talk) 21:43, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

No, what you're doing is evading a block. TNXMan 22:24, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Patricia Grossman

I'm assuming you canceled edits because you judged them to be promotional. And yet there are other entries on the page that can be considered biased, both for and against. So what's the explanation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pagross (talk • contribs) 19:49, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#99.30.226.124

Thank you for your action on this issue! - Ahunt (talk) 17:45, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Let me know if further issues arise. TNXMan 17:47, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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Block of User:Foreclosurepedia

Hi! I responded to this user's unblock request. While I agree that the username suggests promotion and/or a group login, I can't see any evidence that this use has actually been spamming Wikipedia. Could I ask you to give it a second look? Maybe we could make the same point in a less bitey way. Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 08:02, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I have checked every one of the user's edits. At first glance it looks like a spam account (user name which is the name of a web site, edits which add links to that web site) so I can fully understand why you blocked it. However, looking closer, it is clear that this impression is misleading, and the account is perfectly legitimate. The user name is against policy, but I see no reason not to unblock and allow a name change. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. I've unblocked them so they may request a new username. If there's anything else with which I can help, please let me know. TNXMan 12:47, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

The Payne Native American Center

Hey,

I am new to Wikipedia, but I'm trying to write my first article on the Payne Family Native American Center for my news editing class at the University of Montana. I would love some help! Thanks,

Steele —Preceding unsigned comment added by SteeleWilliams (talk • contribs) 20:35, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

regarding article

i am a new wikipedia user from uk. i am trying to erite an article about a company Taj Pharmaceuticals and it shows past history and my page got deleted 2 times. if u can help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.234.252.65 (talk) 02:02, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

You've been spamming this article persistently, even after being asked to stop. You also created several accounts to try and market your company on Wikipedia (the case is listed here). Wikipedia is not here to help you advertise for your company. TNXMan 04:03, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

User:JorkMoller

Why did you block that new user account after only two edits as "‎Vandalism-only account"? -- Matthead  Discuß   08:48, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

They had some deleted edits that were vandalism. I also suspect they are someone evading a block - it's not often new users start by editing the pages of indefinitely blocked users. TNXMan 12:44, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, o. k. then. In general, a mere mortal user like me would prefer if deleted edits would be visible to non-admins in the contribs list as greyed out, or stricken. Same for edits to deleted articles, which are not shown in the contribs list. -- Matthead  Discuß   15:50, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RK Drollinger

Hey. On that SPI, you listed "R drollinger" as a confirmed account, but.. there's no account registered with that name. Is that a typo or did something else happen? Just curious. (Also, side note: for these sort of issues, do you prefer a message on your talk page, or via email, or something else?) — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 17:14, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

A message here is probably best. I've fixed the report - thanks for letting me know. I feel like this guy. TNXMan 17:25, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Manifesta

Hey Tnxman,

You mind having a look at Special:Undelete/Manifesta? A request to undelete it came up on WP:REFUND and while I'm not going to revert your speedy unilaterally I think it would be better if you reversed it and sent the article to AfD. It looks big enough and integrated enough to merit an AfD, not a CSD. That's just my opinion, though. Thanks for looking in to this. Protonk (talk) 20:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

I've restored it, but I'd like to get your opinion. The article really either needs to be deleted or massively stubbified. It's a mess of promotional material, poorly sourced claims, and original research. What do you think the next step should be? TNXMan 20:52, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

The next step ought to be a massive stubification. If that fails or runs into trouble, then we might want to consider AfD. I agree with you that it is problematic. I'll drop by later tonight to attempt pruning. Thanks for the quick response! Protonk (talk) 21:38, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

You need to undelete the talk page of the article as well. "Stubification" should be discussed at the talk page, but older discussions about the page, if there have been any, should be brought back from the dead. --Hegvald (talk) 23:31, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Whoops, missed that. I'll bring that back too. TNXMan 23:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

SPI

Excuse me - you have marked the DPeterson SPI/CU case as closed following checkuser. Who is going to consider the duck evidence? The user is an indefinitely banned prolific socker on this article and a number of others. Checkuser alone is insufficient as he has a history of proxies and travelling to other IPs. Is more evidence required? Fainites ^barleyscribs 15:37, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

He's on a different continent than DPeterson. That's why I marked it for close - they're unrelated. TNXMan 16:46, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

He's now been blocked as a sock - presumably on behavioural evidence. He quite often creates brief socks when abroad. Fainites ^barleyscribs 19:17, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Smuconlaw IPBE?

Hi Tnxman307, I wanted to drop a note and ask if there's any Checkuser-y reason why we wouldn't be able to extend an IPBE to Smuconlaw (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Looks like they've been hit with two autoblocks in the past month, and then enquired if there was any way to avoid that happening. If there's some more appropriate channel please let me know and I'll go post there. I usually ask Hersfold, but they appear to be offline...and I know you and I usually overlap in time. Thanks! Syrthiss (talk) 16:02, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't see a problem. There are some other IPBE users on that range, which appears to be home to a vandal. The autoblocks are still floating around, which is probably what they're seeing. TNXMan 16:32, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

ok, thanks. I'll go enact it. Syrthiss (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Why did you delete my companies profile?

I created the page a few weeks ago only to come back and find out that you deleted it. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.219.240.166 (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

You'll need to be a little more specific - about which page are you talking? TNXMan 21:28, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Snarkosis

Hi Tnxman. Regarding your block of Snarkosis (talk · contribs), I think this editor has made a reasonable unblock request on his talk page. The only warning he got before the block was a template message. His response was thoughtful and included a promise to change his insertions of external links to make them refs (he did that in some cases, but not all). The presence of other edits also suggest to me that this is not the traditional serial spammer. Finally, the website itself seems to be a legitimate resource--it reminds me of WP:SCOTUS's long-term use of Findlaw for Supreme Court opinions. Although I agree that the inclusion of information about an invention's patents is probably not great. I'd like to unblock him on the condition that he initiate a discussion somewhere about including that information (perhaps at Talk:patent). What do you say?--Chaser (talk) 21:49, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Sounds perfectly reasonable. I'm heading out the door of my current location, so if you would like to unblock, feel free. If you or Snarkosis have any questions, please let me know. TNXMan 21:58, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Chaser and Tnxman -- I will definitely follow-through on that (and I'll check out Talk:patent). And if I'm ever unsure of a proposed edit, I will bring it up on the Talk page to discuss before adding anything. Snarkosis (talk) 22:39, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

FYI

Hi.

I left my 2 cents on the IP.com link issue at User talk:Chaser#Snarkosis. I remain a bit skeptical. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:45, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Yet another sock of Franklin.vp

Hi Tnxman307 At least one more sock of of Franklin.vp was found on on Commons. He made at least one contribution on English wikipedia too. Maybe you could fina few more socks of that and block it. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:30, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up. It was noticed at Commons as well. I've checked to make sure there weren't any sleepers lying around. Cheers! TNXMan 13:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. It created one more account on Commons today, becomes really abusive. The account was used on English wikipedia as well, but it was a long time ago, so was not picked up by the CU runs. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:44, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

IBM Redbooks Edit

Tnxman, I understand your concerns and am in discussion with Chaser to resolve them. However, there is one of your reverts that I disagree with, and I think it just got caught up in the fray:

(diff | hist) . . m IBM Redbooks‎; 20:06 . . (-173) . . Tnxman307 (talk | contribs) (Reverted 2 edits by Snarkosis (talk) identified as vandalism to last revision by 87.78.21.82. Using Twinkle)

The page has a "[citation needed]" tag next to the sentence, "At approximately 500,000 downloads per month, they are the most downloaded books on the internet." I simply added a citation link to a page on IBM where they report that "6 million Redbooks are downloaded each year", which works out to the 500k/month mentioned in the article that needed citation. I think this citation that I added is valid, should not be tagged as "vandalism", and the deletion of my citation should be reverted. I don't want to reverse your edit without clearing it with you first -- or should I just post the IBM page URL to the Talk page for this article, and let somebody else either add it back in or reject my suggestion? I just want to get the protocol correct from here on out -- I obviously still have a lot to learn! Thanks for your help and your hard work, I appreciate it. —Snarkosis (talk) 23:44, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I've restored your edit. It's clear you're editing in good faith. As a general rule, it's a good idea to discuss edits on the talk page if you feel that other editors might disagree. I hope you enjoy editing here and if you have questions as you go, let me know. Cheers! TNXMan 01:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the vote of confidence, I have taken to using the Talk pages, and it looks like GDallimore (talk · contribs) came up with a better, more accurate reference link anyway, which is great. —Snarkosis (talk) 19:09, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

You may want to put this on your user page

When I was on youtube I found this video. You might want to add the link to your user page. Inka⁸⁸⁸ 02:55, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

I've seen that before. I got worked up to the point of "meh". TNXMan 17:15, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Xtinadbest

I'm a little concerned. I respect the checkuser vow of silence, so I understand if you have to avoid answering some of my questions directly. From editing patterns and tracking checkuser blocks, it's pretty obvious that Xtinadbest has strong ties to Malta. Based on the Sept 7, 2009 report, I'm aware that Xtinadbest is bilocational, and has edits arising from a second distinct geographic location.

Recently, User:DidiWeidmann got caught up in a sweep for Xtinadbest. From his protests, user page, etc. it would seem that he is located in Uster, Switzerland (see his statement here). This was eventually undone as a false positive.

I was a bit uncomfortable when that block was lifted, as the overlapping interest in {{Malta-LocalCouncils}} seems a bit of a stretch. Other than that, though, I had nothing to go on as the accounts do seem behaviourally unrelated in all other respects.

Still, the implication is strong that Xtinadbest's second location is in or around Uster, Switzerland. Your recent blocks strongly imply that she is currently in Malta. It seems worthwhile to check that DidiWeidmann is not editing from Malta right now. If the two accounts move together, I don't care how behaviourally unlikely things seem: that would be too strong of a correlation to dismiss as coincidence.—Kww(talk) 19:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

I've rechecked the results and I'm pretty sure it's two different people. I'd certainly welcome another review, if you'd like to ask someone else (I can point another checkuser to my findings and explain what I saw). As you say, I can't comment on user's IPs. Cheers! TNXMan 04:11, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm trying to cleanup, but a bit puzzled

I'm going to take you up on your offer.

I just completed a requested page move. Seemingly innocuous, from "Stars and Stripes Forever" to "The Stars and Stripes Forever". I'm looking through what links here to make sure I clean up after myself. I note that many pages with a wikilink to the old article name have been updated, as expected. For example: Matmos although it occurs to me I don't know how to tell whether the link has been updated, or was originally written as a wikilink to the old redirect.

However, Piccolo did not update. Nor did Vladimir Horowitz.

As a guess, is it because when a term is surrounded by quote marks, it isn't updated?

More importantly, I don't get why "The Stars And Stripes Forever" is listed as an item in this list

That page was a redirect, but is now the main page, not a redirect.

Did I do something wrong?

(I know I need to remove the move request from the talk page and close it, but I want to clean up first.)--SPhilbrickT 19:34, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I couldn't get back to you yesterday. When you move pages like that, you create double redirects. To clean these up, it's generally expected you fix the most important double redirects (most common search terms, etc.). A bot will clean the rest. This already appears to have happened, as the page here is empty. I hope this helps! TNXMan 17:12, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I guess there's a delay, because that page had entries yesterday. I know that new articles take overnight to get indexed, I thought that renaming would be more or less immediate, but perhaps there's no good reason to think that. However, when I look at Vladimir Horowitz, I see "and ''[[Stars and Stripes Forever]]'' by [[John Philip Sousa]].". Why didn't it update? Why isn't it in the list of pages with links to Stars and Stripes Forever?--SPhilbrickT 20:56, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see it now. Compare this link with this link (one page has "hide links" enabled). I'm not sure how often the bot runs, but it does look like there are several articles left to be updated. I wonder if the bot only runs when there isn't much server load? TNXMan 03:49, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

If you don't mind, I'm going to ask at VPT - just so I have a better understanding. --SPhilbrickT 21:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

No, it's no problem. Let me know if anything else comes up! TNXMan 21:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)