User talk:Chipmunkdavis/ArchiveChat

Talk:List of European countries and territories -basic policy...

That may or may not be true Chipmunk, but it's usual to leave a linked reference to it when you base something on policy - even those of us who have been around for a long time can often not see the wood for the trees in the jungle of Wiki bureaucracy :) --Kudpung (talk) 08:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! Still working out all the ways of Wikipedia :) I was more referring to this Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle! Thanks for helping me. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 10:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You accuse me of being a tendentious editor and you ask me to AGF. Real classy. Are you having a laugh? Daicaregos (talk) 12:52, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not, and I tried to word what I said as diplomatically as possible. I've done my utmost to AGF this whole time. That I assure you, with the fullest sincerity. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for stating that HiLo49 was not being entirely accurate on the Australia talk page. Bidgee keeps deleting my response. Silent Billy (talk) 12:03, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I noticed he kept deleting it, and tried to just summarize it so it was there. I'm personally not sure that your post broke what he said it did, but I assume they have their reasons. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:08, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He isn't an Admin and you really have to be very naughty to get banned. If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Australia&oldid=377803767 you will see what I said. I don't why Bidgee is deleting what I wrote. If he wants me banned he is better of leaving it there so others will complain. What HiLo48 says is not accurate. Silent Billy (talk) 12:53, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Hi Chipmunk.
Some of the people that mess around with Wikipedia flip barnstars to each other like postcards. I don't work with them so when I get a barnstar I feel particularly honored because I know it wasn't awarded flippantly, and it reassures me that there are indeed some editors that really appreciate each other's work. Two in one day for one exercise is almost too much - it blew my mind and made ammends for all the stuff that has been worrying me lately. It boosted my ego too, but I'll try not to let it go to my head! Thank you :)
--Kudpung (talk) 13:01, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I see you are a fan of Dr Who. My very good friend and near neighbour (48 Km) here in Isan was scriptwriter, director, and producer of some of the earlier series (ca. 1967 - 1970). --Kudpung (talk) 13:05, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about giving two. I thought you deserved the act of kindness one, and I just saw the socrates and thought "Wow, if anyone deserves that"... Honestly thought you deserved both. I promise not to give you any more in the near future, if that helps! (Those are the first ones I've given by the way, so tell me if I'm off base)

In response to your PS, I'm jealous. I know my infobox says only after the 9th, but that's because I haven't seen many of the previous ones, although I've seen some, and they were good. I do hope they feel the new series continues the doctor who spirit and ideals! Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:08, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get me wrong, 2 barnstars was super! Give me as many as you like! Derek was the director who hired Jon Pertwee - Oh, way back in the days of beautiful teenage Wendy Padbury...--Kudpung (talk) 12:19, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW; it seems as if one contributor to the List of European Counries has gravely misunderstood a piece of Wikip)edia policy. I would just like to point out that I am not intimidated by his threats and nor should you be - in spite of the Welsh dragons all over his user page. --Kudpung (talk)

If you keep it up, I might retract the barnstarts I've already given! My dad liked Jon Pertwee, and he is a hard man to please.

As seen before, I'm not the best one to judge wikipedia policy at the moment! To be fair on him, your post was worded slightly weirdly, for example, I have no idea what you meant when you said I imagined TE (although that may just be my stupidity). Don't worry about me, I've apparently got bigger problems on wikipedia right now, which I won't drag you into ;) Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:43, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I think you were the first to mention TE, but no matter; my post was wierd because I tried to explain as obliquely as possible that natioanl flag waving is not welcome on Wikipedia. if you have any problems on Wikipedia don't hesitate to ask for advice, anyone can make genuine mistakes -`I make them all the time and I'm also in rather deep water now over an RfA dispute.--Kudpung (talk) 13:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was actually, so feel free to chuck the blame on me. Really, if it's my fault I'll accept it. National flag waving can indeed cause problems, but sometimes is can be used constructively to help build up the balanced points of view desired I suppose. I'll keep in mind that offer, thanks a lot. Good luck in the RfA dispute, hope you get out okay. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:38, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not chucking any blame around at all. Blame is what you get for doing something wrong; what you said was perfectly legitimate under the circumstances and rest assured that if you hadn't been the first, I would. You only need to take a cursory glance at the person's user page to see what the true issue is. I'm quite happy with letting him think what he wants, and I won't rise to his silly challenge. The problems I have on the RfA are of one admin telling blatant lies, and another admin being grossly uncivil, and both of them using me as a scapegoat. So many people wrongly seem to think I'm an admin, perhaps I should run for adminship and balance the score a bit! --Kudpung (talk) 17:58, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that would only expose your habit of using disinterested editors talk pages to make sly personal attacks.Alistair Stevenson (talk) 18:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And you, Alistair Stevenson, appear to be the master of such action - and for the exceptionally sly way that you WP:STALK my edits and look for any possible path to attack me, and then run for cover with cries of victimisation. Its called WP:GAME. If you hadn't banned me from your talk page, I would have put you wise to a lot more of your mean behaviour, without posting about it all over the project, and although I don't run and report people for every little misdeed, I suggest you start offering something worthwhile to this encyclopedia project for a change instead of sneakily wreaking revenge for things you got wrong and got told off for in the past. Time to give it a rest. --Kudpung (talk) 04:48, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A request

I ask that you cease your blatant and evidenced stalking of me on East Timor, and now your apparent trolling re Indonesia and West Papua articles (topics which my contribs show I was working on this morning and in which your contribs show you've never shown an interest.) I've tried to pay it little attention and can forget about it from now on, but on the other hand if it doesn't cease, I will have no hesitation in seeking administrator advice on your grudge editing on articles that I have a long interest in. Your contribs document this very well. thanks --Merbabu (talk) 05:26, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will contribute on articles which I feel interested in. It has nothing to do with you at all. I'm sure my contributions document nothing of the sort. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 05:47, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course you may edit articles you are interested in, but from where I sit, in the last week or so following the grudge you kind of allude to on a two admins' pages, your "interests" seem to be include reverting me on articles I have a long history with and have just edited - then "ta-dah" you're there. (eg, your first edit at East Timor was to revert me after your apparent gripes with me on other articles). Now you're editing Indonesia and Papua issues which is exactly what my contribs show i was working on this morning. Of course, I don't know what you are thinking, but I do know what your contribs show (and I'm glad we can agree that I don't have to dig them up to display). But, as I said above, I'm happy to forgive and forget if no longer a problem. happy editing and ciao for now. --Merbabu (talk) 05:55, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS - my suspicion is going to go from orange to bright red if you start editing U2 related articles. ;-) lol --Merbabu (talk) 05:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what you work on and what you've been working on and what you plan on working on. I also know what my contributions show, so no need to dig them up. I have no "grudge" with you, my comment on the admin pages was simply to allude to the fact it might seem like that, and apparently it does seem like that. Please continue with your work, but let me edit what I want to edit. Thanks. As for U2, I'm fairly sure I won't be editing them anytime soon, if ever! Chipmunkdavis (talk) 06:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see you getting into the Malaysia articles today. They don't seem to get much attention lately. --Merbabu (talk) 06:23, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HighKing constructive?

Hi Chipmunk, I just can't let that pass. Have a look at BISE in detail and you'll see time after time HighKing simply won't take no for an answer. He really is not constructive at all, unless the argument is moving his way. LevenBoy (talk) 16:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you For putting The Great Frost link into Ireland. A new template(?) for you - {{Thank you}} . See also User:Davtra/Cheatsheet
- 220.101 talk^\Contribs 14:43, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you anon ip^[who?] for that exciting cheatsheet. One day, when you make an account, maybe I'll watch your highly humourous talk page. Or I could do that now, in the hopes your IP doesn't change ;) Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:53, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you, I missed that little bit! Nightw 14:36, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, articles looking much neater now. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:51, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TQ

Hey, thanks for reverting that vandalism on my talk page. That user has been socking and vandalizing my pages under a variety of usernames (long story there). I have reported him to the handling checkuser. Bejinhan talks 07:02, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks again for your helpful peer review of Petrified Forest National Park, which was promoted to featured article today. Finetooth (talk) 17:36, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BISE

Wowsers, I wish LevenBoy & LemonMonday would stick around a little longer then 2 hrs a day & the stick around at roughly the same time. GoodDay (talk) 15:54, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion they get around to quite a bit in the short time they are online! I think I'll refer to them as the LM's from now on, a nice happy coincidence. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 17:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of maintenance templates

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Falkland Islands. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

Above template added by MFIreland here Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:32, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may be interested in the SPI case I have lodged here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vintagekits‎. Wee Curry Monster talk 12:41, 22 December 2010 (Uut TC)

The motivation for the name change was wikipedia spilling over into personal life, when I began to get obscene calls at home. Hence, I'm more than a little sensitive about it. Wee Curry Monster talk 17:07, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's pretty bad. I didn't know you were the same actually, but I agree that you definitely deserve the closure. Ask for a few revdels if you have to. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 17:10, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lol

[1] made me laugh :) Dont know why, but it was funny to me Outback the koala (talk) 18:19, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wikilink

Hi there. I thought I should respond to your recent comment on the UK talk page, but didn't think it appropriate to place my comment there. I agree I wikilinked the phrase 'multinational state' that was already used on the Yugoslavia article to the multinational state article. Please note that I did not add the phrase 'multinational state' - it was already there. Please also note that I have not, yet, contributed to the multinational state article, though I probably will at some point. I think your comment on the UK talk page could be interpreted by some as suggesting my wikilinking was somehow 'sneeky' or 'underhand' - the truth is that, like you, I just wish to help improve articles. Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 11:57, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Fishiehelper2 (talk) 12:13, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

...for adding the article Telomian to the category "mammals of Malaysia". Chrisrus (talk) 21:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, did you know that, even though the dog template always says Canis lupus familiaris, the Telomian is considered by experts to be, like most southeast Asian/south Pacific/south Indian Ocean native dogs, to be Canis lupus dingo? I have long wanted to fix that, but I don't know how because it comes as part of the template. Chrisrus (talk) 21:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

An example of an expert calling the Telomian "Canis lupus dingo" in passing: http://www.dibubasenjis.com/papers/comparison.pdf Chrisrus (talk) 22:04, 21 January 2011 (UTC) Chrisrus (talk) 22:05, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article says Dingo or dog, as I suppose there may be some debate. The reference looks good though. The best thing to do about the infobox is to ask at the talkpage of Template:Infobox dog breed for ways to change it, and perhaps also at Wikipedia:WikiProject Dogs. I don't know how to change the formatting, but perhaps someone could introduce the option to change it to Dingo? (Or any other subspecies for that matter) Chipmunkdavis (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I added the words "Dingo or", but I'm not satisfied with it. First of all, the taxonyms don't line up with the common terms "Dingo" and "Dog". A dingo is a dog, of course, but there is no one taxon that covers both and only both. Originally the taxon "C.l.dingo" referred only to the Australian Dingo, which as you know has become more of a wild animal, but to lots of dogs from the southeast asian archipelago. But those other dogs, such as the Talomian don't seem to live separately from Man as much, even if they are feral street dogs, they live off of humans and not hunting so much like the AusDingo. So apart from the original Dingo, which seemed like a wild animal, the rest of the dingos seem like typical dogs and have always been thought of as just ordinary dogs by the peoples who live there. So they keep calling dogs in places like Borneo, Java, Thailand, etc. "familiaris" even though experts consider them "dingo". Somehow, somewhere, Wikipedia has to make this clear for the readers. Chrisrus (talk) 19:15, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the article Dog. It has a section on taxonomy where discussing the dingos would be appropriate. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 03:15, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Watch it...

Just because we think similar about the number of teams in the league doesn't mean I'll ignore jibes about Freo... especially when you spell it Freemantle. We've only been around for 16 years.. you'd think you'd know that we're spelt with only 1 e at the beginning! And as far as I'm concerned, Melbourne, Dogs, Saints and the Tigers are all just as (un)successful as Freo as flags are the only thing that count, and you when you are talking comparisons, everything before 1995 doesn't count! Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 16:50, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for the Barnstar.[2] I was very happy to learn that my efforts were appreciated. Best Regards, -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:08, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious...

Hey mate. Just out of curiosity, do you remember what some of the vandalism to my user page entailed? I didn't even notice them until now, since my userpage wasn't on my watchlist. I see you reverted one instance, and I'm just curious as to what it entailed...? Nightw 11:22, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The one I reverted was just one sentence added to the top of the userpage saying something along the lines of "Nightw is a (insert adjective here) Moslem", but I don't remember the adjective. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay. That makes sense. Cheers! Nightw 12:21, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two spaces

Hi Chipmunkdavis. I read your user page and saw that you do not like two spaces between sentences. May I be pedantic and point out that the Wikipedia formatter takes care of that. Internally, the Wikipedia formatter (which is XML based) reduces all multiple spaces to a single space and then does its formatting according to its own rules.

Well that sounds like something I approve of then. I see you've done it above... hmmm. No matter, you'll never stop my wiki-wide quest to eliminate all double-spaces! At any rate, thanks for telling me about that, lots of computer tech stuff is beyond me. It's good to be pedantic sometimes, don't worry. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Palestine recognitions only.png

Hey mate! Could I possibly ask a favour of you? I'm trying to get Uruguay changed on this map to reflect recent recognition... I and another user keep reverting each other despite the fact that we both want the same thing (Uruguay changed), because we have no idea how to edit maps. If you have the time, would you please do this for me? Nightw 10:06, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can do this later, although on a different computer. For a .png like this one it should be a simple microsoft paint job, just copy the colours and fill, making sure to colour the borders. Download the latest version, colour in Uruguay, and re-upload. I was thinking of converting it into an .svg file, however I see you have states like Somaliland on the map. I can still try to create the .svg if you want, little circles should suffice for every limited state except Somaliland anyway. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 15:42, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just tested it, and I actually managed to make a decent Somaliland (if I do say myself) by duplicating the Somalia layer and deleting the nodes in the south. So in summary, try just colouring with paint again, if it doesn't work for some reason I can. As an alternative, I can make an svg based on File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 15:52, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)

Done Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 15:58, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that Seb. Sorry Chip, I should've proof-read what I wrote: I can edit maps easily, it's more the uploading files on Wikipedia where I'm ~~unfamiliar~~ clueless... I noticed you'd edited File:Limited_recognition.png, so I thought I'd hit you up about it... ? Nightw 18:28, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks as well Seb, appreciated. Nightw, if you make your account global you can upload at commons. Anyway, don't worry about contacting me, I don't mind helping with maps etc. Thanks to you I managed to delve further into svg's and actually found the limited recognition states, which I can now include on maps. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 08:38, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, so it's all done via commons. Cool, thanks for the help! Nightw 10:47, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: deletion of Kosovo section in Macedonia talk

Thank you for removing that irrelevant section. :) Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie Say Shalom! 16:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mayotte

Its about time we found some thing out about it! How many frenchmen does it take to form a new overseas department, no? Thanks for keeping me up to speed on that. I even saw it made main page news. The expansion of the EU is big stuff these days. Outback the koala (talk) 18:12, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Special thanks

I would like to thank you, for what you've done to transportation section in Philippines, thanks a lot! 121.54.2.91 (talk) - 5:21, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks re Singapore

Thank you for putting all the suggestions together at the Singapore intro. Makes for better material.Brythain (talk) 15:59, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom

Apollo may have said it best, in his departing scene - "Revert me, revert me, revert me, revert me.....". - GoodDay (talk) 15:15, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's what UK articles need, a god. Or an absolute monarch. Thoughts on that? :) Chipmunkdavis (talk) 15:38, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Those articles need a darn good dose of NPoV via a lightning bolt. GoodDay (talk) 15:44, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear...

Seems you made an enemy... Night w2 (talk) 05:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They say that's a step towards adminship! Anyway, strange how a quick note about a Chinese names was responded to with a tl;dr rant about myself. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Completely missed that!

Wow, I totally didn't didn't see that comment you posted on my talk page until just seconds ago. I'm very sorry, I hope I didn't seem rude in not replying. It's more than two weeks old now, but better late than never.

Thank you for the friendly advice. I suppose I've not been very clear when it comes to my objections. I've had so many with this proposal that it's hard to keep track of them, and in the end I've simply let most of them go. One thing I'm standing firm on is the placement of Kosovo. That's based on WP:CONLIMITED, the idea that a community-wide consensus is being overturned by a handful of editors. It should be arranged consistently across the project (cf. here and here, here and here). I have accepted the sandbox as a baseline, but I'd much prefer to delay implementing it until this issue is resolved. Alinor's objections are Greek to me, but I assume he wants to do the same with what he see as outstanding issues.

Again, thanks for the advice and sorry for the late reply. Nightw 12:12, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Me

Hello,

The page you are talking about is the one related to my Fr.Wiki account, which was created before I started contributing on En.Wiki and before Global accounts could be generated from a Fr.Wiki account. Since, sometimes, I forget to logout from the precedent one while contributing to En.Wiki (that's why there are a few contributions listed fot it) I redirected it to my main En.Wiki account.

Regards.

Omar-Toons (talk) 11:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whitby

Many thanks for the very thorough peer review. As an editor, it is sometimes difficult to get a global perspective and your comments will help with future articles as well.--Harkey (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bare links

Maintenance categories {{Barelinks}} is applied irrespective of how many bare links there are in an article because any of them leave the sources vulnerable to link rot. If you want to see a much longer explanation of why this is a problem, see here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alcohol spam

Please see [3] and discuss on talk page. Flowanda | Talk 05:49, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Response

Thankyou for your response, friend. I'm sorry I have not been able to get online for the past few days. I've responded to you on my talk page. Chao, Rennell435 (talk) 19:23, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I responded to your message on my talk page. Rennell435 (talk) 17:15, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Willamette River FAC

Hi Chipmunkdavis. I remember when you did the peer review of Willamette River. First of all, thank you for your feedback there, and I wanted to let you know that the article is now at FAC, in case you wanted to weigh in there. It can be found at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Willamette River/archive1. Jsayre64 (talk) 04:17, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the second nomination, in case you wanted to comment there. Jsayre64 (talk) 16:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welsh and ovelink

On reading the relevant policy, you were right to unlink Welsh but I think the policy is a bit heavy handed and have proposed a change. — Blue-Haired Lawyer ^t 14:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Venetian Ionian Islands

Thank you so much for your response and the time you spent on it! I have some questions on Relations between Venice and Byzantium:

What do you want to say about the Barbaric invasions?
The sources do not provide such list. Should I remove "Such treaties include the Byzantine–Venetian Treaty of 1082." then?
I included this section with the thought that before the Fourth Crusade the islands were part of the Byzantine Empire. You think I should put it under background as a distinct subsection then?
I only found Ottoman names for two of the islands.
Which information you mean?

And, generally, what do you think of the so far alterations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.176.107.250 (talk) 15:10, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Yes, that was me. I'll continue in the Peer Review page. --Marcofran (talk) 12:16, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody changed the name of the article without even put it under discussion! Can he do it? At least without suggesting it first? --Marcofran (talk) 11:54, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, in line with the WP:Be Bold guideline. Equally, you can revert it without discussion, in the spirit of WP:BRD. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway. This is over now. What do you think on the article now? Is it more complete? What do you have to say? --Marcofran (talk) 18:21, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

please help

HI, I found some Anonymous IP adress are Break this article : Kuomintang , please take ACTION to stop it, thanks.219.85.124.116 (talk) 12:37, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Malaysia history chart

Hey, I just noticed the improvements you made to the Malaysia history, and am dropping this note to say good work. Colouring the columns and making a similar colour coded map was an extremely novel idea, and it works brilliantly. Cheers, Chipmunkdavis (talk) 16:19, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words, Chipmunkdavis. Much appreciated! cmɢʟee☺τaʟκ 17:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How did you made your nice user page?

Hello,

Question for you. How did you make the user page with the things like 'This user is a native speaker of English.' And 'This user is interested in Geography'.

Thank you for your help again, SnSKiller (talk) 19:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The ones I have on my page are just standard userboxes, which someone else made and I just pasted on my page. Basically you paste a particular code, for example, the native english speakers can be coded with {{user en}}. The gallery section of the userbox page has a links to lists of hundreds you can look through. Hope the helps, Chipmunkdavis (talk) 01:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! SnSKiller (talk) 07:46, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

!help

Hello Chipminkdavis,

It's me again :-( I have a problem, I now did something stupid and all my userboxes are wrong placed (not in nice lines above each other). Can you may look to it and explain me how to organize them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Snskiller First I like the language I speak above, then my games etc, my interest and maths stuff, then my opinions and likes. But I guess I even added a wrong header because it do not show on my profile.

Anyways thank you very much (again). Greetings, SnSKiller (talk) 18:27, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest way to organise them is to arrange them in a wikitable form. If you check my user page, the extra information section I have uses this. The table allows you to group the rows together, and if you're tricky enough you can colour backgrounds and all sorts of fancy stuff. Check out the Wikipedia:User page design center for a detailed look at different ways to arrange your userpage if you're so interested, it may be of great help! Chipmunkdavis (talk) 22:25, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ITNC

Can you mark the kosovo-serbia thing with "[READY]" on the ITNC page. the it gets the attention of admins to post.Lihaas (talk) 18:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

remodelling remodeling

I search the dictionary for remodelling with two l's http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remodelling and it redirects me to the proper spelling of remodeling with one l. It doesn't list any foreign spelling variations existing. Dream Focus 01:15, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merriam-webster may not be the best one to search for alternative spellings. Did a search on google, it's on a few dictionaries, eg [4]. Don't have access right now to the oed or Macquarie or something similar, but if it's not actually the official spelling then it's a bloody common misspelling. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 09:59, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Socking?

Strange... is just me or do you have the same sneaky suspicision that annoying thing is back... editing on the article page of Singapore under a new moniker, the edit history seem to be pointing towards that. Thoughts? --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 10:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, I had exactly the same thought. I honestly haven't had time (or the enthusiasm) to do a close look through all their edits, but the promotional tone and very familiar edits have made me wonder. I have seen some very similar edits to the ones I spent so long discussing on the talk page. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 10:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can't stand the like of such people editing in that manner but I can't disagree with their actual edit at this moment, think it'd be best to keep our eye on the ball. If need be, raise an SPI when the situation calls for it. Best and cheers~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 11:23, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings! Things are beginning to rear their head now and I've raised the issue with an Admin on User talk:JamesBWatson#The need to clarify something, care to share your thoughts there? --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 14:03, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cenwin88lee (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
202.65.245.7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

FWIW, I went back to recheck some old contribution history/information of Singapore from 2009/2010 and someone caught my attention, methinks the frog and the fantasy are all related to this first problematic account. Even another editor thought that the IP could very well be Cenwin... (diff) Thoughts? --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 11:29, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From a look, similar edit summary style, discussion style, and lack of talkpage knowhow, and surprise surprise there was a talkpage conversation about whitewashing. It's weird how the accounts seem to stop editing at a point and then a new account is created. I'm struggling to figure out how to deal with the way Fantasy managed to added 30kb of stuff to the Singapore page. It may have to be a section by section examination and cut down. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:09, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I would revert them to the pre-nonsense version and rework the "doctored" version in your own sandbox until such time when you are satisfied with the look and feel before introducing it into the article page. No matter, should we encounter the same nonsense from a new account, just revert and tag it as possible sockpuppetry so as to alert, I'll take care of the rest. Seriously, I want this guy out of here for good, I've had enough of his BS already. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 17:01, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've got pre-Fantasy and current revisions saved here (with dates in revision history). I've been looking through the sources fantafrog added and seeing if anything's worth keeping. I'd love to do a revert to the pre tiny paragraph pre bad prose pre puffery version, but having had possibly more conflict in that article with Smilingfrog than others I wouldn't like to do it till I have accommodated any possible improvements to justify this. I cannot deny bias. However, if you reverted that would no doubt be far more acceptable, and allow us to get it back to what was basically about a GA level. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 23:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SPI results out

See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Smilingfrog, very interesting results indeed, IP/proxy originating from Holland has been blocked as well but not the 3 confirmed smelly footwears, yet. Feel free to add your comments if you so wish, cheers and best. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 07:37, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Funny thing is, he has a big double standard and he resents me calling him "Kermit" (1) even though he conveniently forgot that he started it when he called you "Chipmunkies" (2). Strange how these wankers turn out sometimes, conveniently forgetting things to their own advantage and hoping that we wouldn't noticed. The nerve of these people. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 08:37, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Curation of controversial images

Hi. I notice you commented recently in a discussion about controversial image use at WT:NOT. If you think there is presently a problem with the way we use controversial images, would you like to give me a brief summary of what you think the problem is here? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 10:34, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Energy tempaltes

Thank you - no disagreement - I smile since you made me happy with Energy in Africa, Energy in the Middle East and Energy in Europe. This was complicated.

Hello Chipmunkdavis, Watti Renew 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.

Watti Renew (talk) 14:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strange, whenever did I send a wikismile at you lately? --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 17:36, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merry X'mas~!

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®}is wishing you a Merry Christmas.

This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove.

Spread the cheer by adding {{Subst:Xmas4}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Andriabenia

Hi. There is currently a discussion about this editor at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Satt 2. They are evidently not a new user. Their arguments on Europe and other geogrpahical articles are too similar to those of ComtesseDeMingrelie (talk · contribs). Since you already seem to have encoutered them, you may wish to add your comments there. Cheers, Mathsci (talk) 07:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Davis, I concur on this latest finding, for someone who started editing on 20 December 2011, he sure knows how to archive his own talk page. Something about this guy just doesn't add up. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 18:10, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User unblocked, this is not relevant. -- DQ (t) (e) 20:47, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. -- DQ (t) (e) 19:19, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to post a note to the blocking administrator about this block. My preliminary review is that it seems unnecessarily harsh, especially in the absence of any warnings. Newyorkbrad (talk) 19:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chipmunkdavis, my apologies for this confusion, I should have stepped in and talked first before I had used the buttons. I still do not approve of the actions that you took on List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, but you were not warned, and the block was not warranted in this case. Please do consider this a notice though that edit warring is inappropriate and that you have alternative venues like WP:RFPP and WP:AN3 to report the issues to. Again, my apologies for overstepping my bounds, and I wish you the best of editing. -- DQ (t) (e) 20:47, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation DQ. In light of the above explanation and the one on your talkpage, I'd like to know what to do further in a similar situation. I made my series of reverts with the following in mind. The user was edit warring on multiple pages, some of which I was not involved at all, so discussion on the single page wouldn't solve the issue. This was especially true in light of the fact that a talkpage discussion had begun (but had admittedly stalled) on Talk:Europe (a page in which the dispute was exactly the same), so discussion with the user had taken place. On both pages, I was not the only one who had reverted the other user, so it wasn't a personal edit war (better term?) either. In regards to noticeboards, I didn't think that another report would help. The user already had two cases at AN3, and one open AN/I. Another report I felt would be very redundant.

This I suppose stems from a problem I often have trying to reconcile the spirits of the BRD and edit warring guidelines. Any bold edit that is warred in could theoretically remain. But that's tangential. Any advice appreciated, Chipmunkdavis (talk) 21:54, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you could have made a well seasoned report yesterday specifically about the edit warring (to ANI would probably been better) yesterday. I do see that the other user was very disruptive, but some sort of discussion about the edit warring somewhere (doesn't even have to be an admin noticeboard, it could be another admins talkpage or something), or asking for a third opinion, would have stopped me in my footsteps in considering a block. I do see the fact that it was not only you reverting on that page, but you seemed to take it on as your job to keep cleaning up the situation by reverting. I don't know if there is truly a right answer here, but that's my two cents on what lead me to the block. -- DQ (t) (e) 22:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'll definitely keep this in mind. Thanks again for the explanation, Chipmunkdavis (talk) 02:32, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rui Gabirro

Thank you for eliminating the mud this man decided to throw at me, on my talk page. As the man is alsways writing in this vein on José Eduardo dos Santos, on different pages, I wonder whether this canot be stopped for good. -- Aflis (talk) 22:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicities

And WTF? "Aryan race is just outdated not factually inaccurate"?!! Are you neonazi or something? That has to be the most insulting condescending bullshit I've ever heard. You might as well just call us the "little brown people" while you're at it. After all, it's just a name right?

Has my attempt to correct you on Hexapoda led to you to attempt to do the same to me as well? I'm starting to think I should just revert quietly. Too many people always take it personally. -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 13:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aryan is just a term, and one that was used until it gained rather damning connotations in the mid twentieth century. I'm not sure who the little brown people you refer to consists of, but I wouldn't use that term here, as there is no doubt a more current term for that group of people, just as there is a more current term for those who were referred to as Aryans, and as there is for those who were referred to as Malays. None of these terms are "factually inaccurate" (well, little brown people is obviously going to be inaccurate in many instances), but there are other reasons for not using them. CMD (talk) 13:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Spoken like a true Aryan. See Christoph Meiners and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach for a glimpse of early scientific racism which began long before Hitler. As for the little brown people bit, you mean you were not aware that Malay race is basically the "formal name" of the third color in Blumenbach's system? We were supposed to be the "brown people". A highly scientific classification, I'm sure. </sarcasm>

If you felt insulted by my correction of your change to Hexapoda at all, just please tell me, and I'll just stop doing it. In turn, I ask that you drop any grudges that may have caused. If you wonder why I came to that conclusion, it's the only reason I could think of on why you reverted me on Ethnic Groups of the Philippines with that kind of rationale.

I am Filipino, and Blumenbach's five races system is an especially insulting example of scientific racism for my own ethnicity (and any non-European ethnicity at that). It is more than "just a name" and has no validity at all in modern anthropology. By arguing that it was valid, you are actually advocating creationism, agreeing that Europeans were the original "race" (to which all races can apparently revert to with "proper nutrition"), and that humans came from Asia. None of those are scientifically valid. Not to mention that there is an actual Malay ethnicity, which does not apply to all the Southeast Asian Austronesians. So it is inaccurate. Just because we look alike does not make us the same people.

That said I'm perfectly happy with removal of that term altogether, and is what I should have done in the first place. So I'll shut up now.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 13:50, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scientific racism is old stuff, but that doesn't affect the point at which different words became associated with it. I don't know what you're trying to prove here, that human races don't exist? I don't mind about Hexapoda/Insecta, if there's a wikipedia standard, let's use it. I reverted on the Ethnic Groups of the Philippines page because I saw it in my watchlist and disagreed with the change. I would have done it for any editor, and I stand by my reason for reverting, but as you say, problem solved. Just because another group of people has the same name doesn't make another name inaccurate. What no doubt happened was the meaning of Malay shrunk while its former meaning has been adopted by the name Austronesian. That's really it. CMD (talk) 16:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh god, you're even more scientifically naive than I thought. "Race" as a popular concept is commonly used (particularly in the United States), as a social construct to quickly "classify" people, no matter how inaccurate that classification may be. But as a biological and anthropological concept, they are meaningless terms. Human migration and genetics is simply too complex to be neatly divided into the "white", "black", "yellow", "brown", and "red" races. Particularly when those classifications had bitter historical applications.

The Malay race concept is ANCIENT completely obsolete stuff. Neither is "Malay race" synonymous with Austronesian peoples as you seem to think it is. The former is a fuzzy concept applied by Blumenbach to people with brown skin who were supposedly a mixture of the black and yellow race (thus reducing people to mere color palettes). The latter is a real ethnic group with a shared genetic and linguistic history and encompasses peoples from Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and New Zealand.

Again if I described the people of Germany as "The Germans speak a Germanic language and are members of the Aryan race". You're saying you wouldn't have any problems with that? What if the article on Mexican people started with - "Mexicans are a mixture of the red and white races." Would you also just nod and smile and perhaps clarify it a bit more by saying they're a pink race?

The term has originally applied only to a specific group of people in the Malaysian peninsula. What happened is the opposite. Europeans applied a demonym inaccurately to an entire group of people. That's like calling all Europeans "French" because they all look similar and have similar languages. If you would like to be known as Aryan, be my guest and edit your own ethnicity's article, but please not mine.

And do have a look at scholarly sources. You'll immediately notice that the majority of sources treat the "Malay race" as a colonial construct with no basis in real ethnicities. And update your biology to the 21st century while you're at it. In case that was too complex, yes, races do not exist in any meaningful way. Unless you're a klanner, a neonazi, or a particularly insensitive European, of course.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 17:56, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I just don't bother with pedantic semantics and understand the development of ideas throughout history. Nothing in biology is neatly divided, yet divided it is. There was a study done some years ago which showed that the genetic differences between various races was increasing. The best analysis of this study I ever read was in new scientist, which concluded by noting that with ever increasing integration this difference was disappearing. Unfortunately, I can't find the study or the new scientist article (no doubt both are behind paywalls somewhere), but it was commented on by other outlets, such as the BBC.

The Malay race was a fuzzy concept, but as with everything in science, it has become more nuanced and specific as evidence progresses, and the major part of this group has been redefined as Austronesian. I'd compare it to how old biological taxa are sometimes scrapped even if the bulk of the group remains the same, but you'd probably twist it so say I think different groups of humans are different species or something like that.

As I said above, I wouldn't use the term Aryan myself, and I doubt many people do, but I'd understand it, however much I disagree with its usage. Mexicans originate from many different ethnicities, not just the "red" and "white" ones. Much of Latin America actually, making old ethnic classifications quite pointless. A microcosm of the future I'd say.

I know that the Malay race was originally a colonial construct, but that's the case for much of information from that period. Modern science is rooted in Europe, and its not unusual for the name of a familiar group to be expanded to cover others. Science was rather eurocentric at that period of time (it's better now though). As I noted above many times, the term Malay race has fallen out of use, with as you said everything being more nuanced. It's still a historical term though.

As a final point, I invite you to not make assumptions about my ethnicity. I also invite you to read the first sentence of the Department of Tourism Philippines page on the people of the Philippines, which opens with "the Filipino is basically of Malay stock with a sprinkling of Chinese, American, Spanish and Arab blood." CMD (talk) 18:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I know. And that was the fault of the American education system during the American Commonwealth of the Philippines, which basically labelled us "Malays" in the same way that the Spanish labelled us "Indios". Being a country of hundreds of ethnic groups without a single name to unite us, we enthusiastically adopted it not knowing any better, even when it was used as a justification for American imperialism and anti-miscegenation laws. I know one other Filipino editor in here who keeps belligerently inserting Filipinos and Indonesians into the Ethnic Malays article for exactly the same naive reasons. Then again, as a culture, we've always been quite xenophilic even when we're being taken advantage of.

As for the taxonomy comparison, not quite. This is more like Linnaeus' "Class Vermes" in comparison to all the non-vertebrate and non-arthropod phyla in modern taxonomy. And by you admitting that it is a historical term originating back when science was still eurocentric, you have basically just said the same thing - the term is inaccurate. That is not opinion but simple fact. It should not be treated as valid in the same way that you would avoid "Aryan".-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 18:46, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that it is a historical term means that its original criteria are no longer relevant. It's still a grouping of people, which worked for what it was defined as. It's not accurate or inaccurate, it is what it is. It's also a fact that it is still widely used to describe Austronesians, for better or worse. It is not as obsolete as Aryan. CMD (talk) 11:58, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An unwillingness to judge the reliability and accuracy of information is not NPOV. We ascribe due weight where it is due. And a discarded scientific theory based on flawed premises is the very definition of inaccurate. "Aryan" came from the same system, one can not be "not as obsolete" as the other when the very concept of races itself is inaccurate and obsolete. The fact that there is a modern accurate term "Austronesian", only underlines the point. Perhaps you'd like sources? Here. Count how many of the most recent, most reliable, and most in-depth sources accept the exonym. There are entire books written on this issue alone. Arguing that it is accurate because it applied to an understandable group of people is like saying "Indian" (American), "Eskimo", "Nigger", "Chink", etc. are all accurate demonyms and should not be refuted nor restricted in its usage in any way because you have always understood what it meant.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 07:08, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You clearly missed what I said above where I said the terms weren't "accurate" either based on your response. I suggest you reread what I wrote. Also, how you can in one breath say that races are obsolete and in the next discuss the accuracy of the new Austronesian definition is beyond me. CMD (talk) 02:50, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I understood it alright. You still believe people can be grouped neatly by the numbers, because "it is what it is". Austronesian is not a racial group. It's an ethnolinguistic group of peoples with a shared genetic and linguistic heritage. It actually has a scientific basis. Let me illustrate the differences: scientific racism classified Melanesians as a subgroup of the "Negroid" race simply because they were also dark-skinned. Modern population biology shows they are not even closely related to African populations at all.

Furthermore, it is not a discrete grouping with clean "borders" like races. It's diffuse with frequent continuous gene flow between subpopulations as they expand their borders or migrate, with edge populations blurring into the next one they come in contact with. For example, you wouldn't actually even know where Austronesian peoples end and the Tai peoples begin in Indochina.

And get your arguments straight. I am not saying racial typology is obsolete. Biology and anthropology does. Careful what you're doing now, next you'll start telling me biologists don't know what they're saying.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 03:59, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity is just race by another name (albeit a more politically correct name). Illustrating a previous misunderstanding doesn't make either word better than the other. Neither were races always cleanly divided, and noone has asserted they are. My statements have been perfectly in line with what biologists say, I'm just not being nitpicky and politically correct about it. CMD (talk) 14:16, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. Let me read between the lines, hmk? I'm just not being nitpicky and politically correct about it - translation: "I admit it's inaccurate, but since it still applies to most of the people it was applied to, I'm being obstinately rude about it for no reason at all."

Thank you for clarifying your position. There so many things wrong with it, but by professing it, I believe I have realized that further discussion with you would be useless. -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 14:56, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible translation. You apparently see race as nothing but a pejorative, yet it is simply one way different human populations have been classified. Ethnicity does the same, but being a much later (and therefore I'm sure we agree a better) system, it takes far more into account. However there's nothing to be gained by putting it on a high horse and attacking the previous system. Social science progresses. I don't know where you intended this conversation to go; but to the initial edit, there's no point deciding to just add the word inaccurate in front of a term. That explains nothing to a reader. If there's a problem with it (the problem in this case with it being outdated), then it should be placed in context or replaced, not just attacked. CMD (talk) 20:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was. By the noodly whiskers of the great FSM it had no redeemable values to anyone who wasn't "Caucasian", except perhaps the ease by which people can be stereotyped both informally and legally. That was why I assumed you were of European descent earlier. Everything but the "Caucasian/Aryan race" was pejorative. You don't need to be on a high horse to be higher than a friggin' hole in the ground.

And again, by you agreeing that the current system is better and the previous outdated one, aren't you saying that the previous one was inaccurate? Or are there subtilities to it that is apparently escaping me? "Outdated" does not invalidate something by virtue of age alone, there are significant differences between the two systems which does make the old one outdated and inaccurate. And it was in context. Being historically significant but also an obsolete and scientifically invalid term associated with the Philippine ethnicities, where else would you have mentioned it then? And how would you word it? With some wishy-washy double-speak that leaves a reader confused as to what term is actually more correct?-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 22:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

His noodly greatness disapproves of connotations simply being added to every word. I don't think a system can be described as inaccurate. It could have a flawed premise, but as it really defines itself, I wouldn't use accuracy as one of the hallmarks of a system. By outdated I mean that it has gone out of fashion, so to speak.

For the Philippine article, I'd expect that any discussion of obsolete terms wouldn't belong in the lead. A paragraph on its application during colonial times could I suppose fit in population history somewhere. CMD (talk) 00:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

<Throws up hands. Makes various facial contortions. Walks away.

> -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 07:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gabirro

Thank you for reverting yet another insult by this gentleman. Is there no means of stopping him altogether? Aflis (talk) 13:26, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say you have grounds to ask for him to be indefinitely blocked for civility issues, if you so desire. Ask a friendly admin. CMD (talk) 14:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested a block on this user at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User_Gabirro_-_personal_attacks Greenman (talk) 18:22, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently a 'Vandal'

This was a while ago, but I haven't had much time on here since. When you kept reverting my edits on the African Union maps, I honestly felt that it was a valid point by me, as all the European maps included the EU, so I didn't understand why the African maps shouldn't include the AU. Some African countries already had a AU map on them, e.g. Western Sahara. So, I thought to bring them all the same. I did understand after your feedback that the EU and AU do not work the same way, but I also realize that my comments to you on the revert feedback were completely unnecessary, but I would like to point out I am not a vandal, so please do not call me that, thanks. Josh Robinson Jrobin08 22:11, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't remember calling you a vandal, where did I do that? If I did, I apologise. CMD (talk) 01:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well saying I was vandalising is kind of the same thing. Anyway, happy to let it go. I understand your point about the maps, and keep up the good work. Jrobin08 (talk) 13:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd still like to know where I said that. CMD (talk) 23:48, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is there embedded linking in Wiki (or some form of self-updating link)?

Thanks for the Welcome CMD.

I'm working through Help trying to find out, and I suspect the answer is no, but is it possible to create internal references between pages/sections that auto-update if the main entry changes? The classic thing I've seen is, for example, population on a country page Summary section differing from the figure in the Demographics section which in turn differs from the figure in the detailed Demographics page. Being able to maintain a single prime source that is shared between pages would be pretty useful.Bromley86 (talk) 18:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's the possibility of creating a text template which you insert on all pages, allowing figures to be changed from a centralised location. However, as far as I know this has been done rarely, with the only ones I can think of off the top of my head being the Template:Numrec templates, which show recognition numbers. CMD (talk) 16:26, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, worth a try. Thanks! Bromley86 (talk) 15:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

lol

there is no such thing as wikipedia commitees who say if the arguments people make will pass or not. censorship trolls are simply gonna vanish now as they are obvious. fear the power of many. bOOOOOOoooooo--Frizstyler (talk) 13:28, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PNG and SVG Maps

Hello CMD, can you please suggest me some users who can do or usually do maps here on the English Wiki? I need some new maps of SVG or PNG format with better quality to change the older ones and can you recommend me someone I can contact for? Thanks. GeorgianJorjadze (talk) 10:44, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ask at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop, chances are they'll be able to do whatever you want. CMD (talk) 11:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you CMD. I hope I'll get their help there. GeorgianJorjadze (talk) 13:52, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thy name

Is it a reference to Chip Davis, US producer/arranger/something musical? Varlaam (talk) 18:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately that's not why I created it. It's a great coincidence though; it's good to have a name similar to someone else who plays drums (despite his claims to be a basoonist). CMD (talk) 09:18, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Then the only possible alternative is quite glaring.

It's Chip "Munk" Davis because you love the show Monk and you are not a strong speller.

QED. Full marks to Varlaam (talk) 20:21, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now that is a show I haven't seen in quite awhile. I do like it though, very much. I'm afraid there's no great story behind my name, sorry, but maybe I can give it one! Full marks to you though, I can incorporate your ideas into a future autobiography ;) CMD (talk) 02:30, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:Seyitahmetmrk

Conversation moved from User talk:TerriersFan#User:Seyitahmetmrk:

We will see. But this looks more on a protecting a friend. And in the mean time mr CMD is personally attacking and discrediting me, here and on the talkpage of Seyitahmetmrk. Night of the Big Wind _talk 17:23, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe all of my statements are backed up by evidence and quite fair. If you point out one that isn't, I will gladly strike it and apologise. CMD (talk) 14:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please stop harassing me over this? And could you please prove why this is no vandalism? A three year older source (2009, but unrefereced) makes the city 150% bigger dan a 2012-source (that is refenced). Night of the Big Wind _talk 14:37, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Vandalism. CMD (talk) 15:41, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

a) you are clearly blind for the facts. b) I requested you to stop harassing me. You know, as in Wikipedia:Harassment. Night of the Big Wind _talk 15:56, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which facts? I'm not harassing you, as in Wikipedia:Harassment, or any other benchmark of the word as far as I'm aware. CMD (talk) 16:02, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Then read it again: Usually (but not always) the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine them, to frighten them, or to discourage them from editing entirely. Night of the Big Wind _talk 16:44, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as that's not my purpose, that doesn't apply. CMD (talk) 16:52, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To make sure it is known, and because TerriersFan is named in it (but not part): AN/I. Night of the Big Wind _talk 16:57, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, the 2009 pop. figure given by Seyitahmetmrk is for Samsun Province; the population of the urban part of the Samsun municipality from the same census was 482,873. To me this looks like a mistake rather than vandalism, although so elementary (for someone with a Turkish background) that it suggests a lack of competence. --Lambiam 19:35, 3 May 2012 (UTC) P.S. Some Internet sleuthing leads me to think this user is a high-school freshman. --Lambiam 13:29, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it does seem like quite a difficult mistake to make. Perhaps they don't speak English well, and confused something. CMD (talk) 13:20, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I still consider it as malicious and a deliberate attempt to grow the city to rise in the list of biggest cities. Night of the Big Wind _talk 18:50, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And your opinions still fly in the face of wikipedia guidelines. CMD (talk) 18:56, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your removals also fly in the face of wikipedia guidelines. A few lines up you state it does seem like quite a difficult mistake to make. I had the same idea and I just was bold. Most likely mr. Seyitahmetmrk was a vandalistic one-day fly. I guess the best way for the both of us, is leave the stalemate as it is and leave the talkpage untouched after adding an archive-bot-thingy. It is useless to keep fighting over this. Night of the Big Wind _talk 19:59, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My removals fly in the face of nothing. They aren't based on any sort of faith, they're made because the tags were inappropriate, as agreed by two other editors at AN/I. In addition, the BOLD guideline is mostly about article editing, not about warnings, and is supplemented by things like Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, which you have not taken to heart at all (even after you filed a failed AN/I). This isn't about "us", but about a new user who didn't WP:vandalise, yet was blocked for vandalism. If you think it's useless to fight, then stop fighting. I think that doing what I can to fix a mistake as much as I can is useful, and is the right thing to do. Perhaps Seyitahmetmrk would have only been around for a day, or a few days, or even for just those edits made. However, perhaps had they not had their edits labelled as vandalism then found themselves blocked, they may have become a productive editor. We probably will never find out. Lastly, best not to add an archive bot to another users page, especially as it's so short. CMD (talk) 20:26, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me, but why are you removing the warning that I placed for my opinion that the edits were malicious? The so claimed consensus is not there. On AN/I, on TerrierFans page, there is clear doubt about the edits being proper and AGF. So stop removing those templates. There is no ground whatsoever to remove them. Night of the Big Wind _talk 21:25, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because your opinion is wrong. The edits may not be proper, but they were not vandalism. The templates you gave were for vandalism. As the edits were not vandalism, the warnings do not belong. Quotes from AN/I:

"Why is providing a new source that shows the city as 150% bigger years ago vandalism? Inaccurate? Maybe. Vandalism? Absolutely not." --v/r - TP 17:30, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

"Although an error, it was not vandalism." Mathsci (talk) 07:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I thought you had determined this was useless? If so, why are you continuing it? You placed some vandalism warnings for edits that weren't vandalism, and have been informed by myself and others that these were not vandalism. You have not been able to provide any policy or guideline to support your actions besides trying to justify them with WP:Bold, which even if it justified the initial warnings does not justify your continued reapplications of the inappropriate templates. I have noted that the edits were not WP:Vandalism, and other users have agreed with that, while not one has agreed with you. What would it take to establish consensus in your eyes? CMD (talk) 02:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why I am continuing? Because I still think that the edits were malicious. And an extra reason is some dude using almost every policy in the book to proof that I am wrong. Unfortunately, the policies "common sense" and "respect for the different opinion of an other Wikipedia" seem to miss in your library. Night of the Big Wind _talk 09:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You do this even though it's abundantly clear that the edits fail WP:Vandalism? Our policies and guidelines exist for a reason, and an editors personal opinion doesn't supercede community consensus. CMD (talk) 11:54, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are a real man who helps create my user page?

I didn't expect that the other man could also create my user page. Anyway, thanks for your creation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andypku (talk • contribs) 15:20, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Checking users' contributions

Hi, thanks for trying to sort out 172.129.125.50's good-faith but incorrect edits. However, you didn't revert that user's edits to French Polynesia, probably due to this edit by Helpful Pixie Bot. Graham87 01:53, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, yes, I think you're right. Maybe they'll come back in a couple of days. CMD (talk) 11:00, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ads

Got nervous? You made me smile... Sorry, forgot to sign. --E4024 (talk) 22:24, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

welcome words

mr.c      thank you for your kind welcome and virtual cookies! i am not planning on an ambitious assault on the wiki community as you seem to have taken.i looked at some of your work and cannot but admire the scale and determination.As i am new to editting in general,i will probably confine myself to the odd and mostly obvious sorts of careless errors of form rather than fact.However this may change over time and i might engage in something more substantial if the text warrants it.             i have great respect for  this project and will try to be both careful and thoughtful for whatever mark i might make. Your offer of assistance is generous and i will take it in spirit it was surely meant.--Bjhodge8 (talk) 02:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Responding to your welcome message with info on my editing intent for the time being.

Hi. I've got so little time now that I've only occasionally run across situations that I felt like editing and I'm also intentionally keeping them minor, such as putting in a comma or a two letter word, etc., where typo left them out. I'll not have much time until I retire in 10 years or more, so I won't be a big factor. I wouldn't know what to say about the Romney question. I felt the page informative and I read Obama's as well. It is fun sometimes though. Regards.71.202.213.228 (talk)IraChesterfield (talk) 10:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) 10:55, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Van cat

And just so you know, I'm not yelling at you. I'm yelling at the absurdity of it all. --Golbez (talk) 19:57, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Your point on the landrace vs breed was correct at any rate, so I figured I may as well revert your self-revert based on it. Hopefully that'll solve that. CMD (talk) 20:09, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Give me five Arantz (talk) 20:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

USAN - Falkland Islands

I am new to Wikipedia editing. Thanks very much for offering to help me. I will try to learn from your actions how to edit maps on the commons pages. I really appreciate your help! - (new) user Juan Martinez BRU

Snake

Now I understand why I don't go in for 'Wikilove': they don't pass out snakes! Tiger cat snakes are (somewhat) poisonous and known for their nasty temper, but this one was completely inoffensive. It would sit on my head, holding onto my glasses and looking around, and never bit, even when first captured. Weird that reptiles have personalities. So, when you're in the mood for a snake to hang around, here one is. — kwami (talk) 00:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

I didn't realize I had deleted someone's comment. Thank you for restoring it. Readin (talk) 19:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, the article history was there to recover the missing bytes. CMD (talk) 19:31, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for that :) Not alacrity, but a typo! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:09, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clear COI

I had a brief moment of mental gear-shifting with this diff, but then it made me laugh. Thanks for brightening up an otherwise mundane Monday. one brave monkey 11:18, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The coincidence seemed almost too good to be true. Thanks, I appreciate the message. CMD (talk) 16:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012

Kingroyos (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas Chipmunkdavis

— иz нίpнόp^ʜᴇʟᴘ! is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Hurry back

Saw your "real life" note, but as WP's most valuable (and accurate) editor in the various aspects of geography, we hope you hurry back (and continue your great job of tolerating and educating the well-intentioned but misinformed editors, and ignoring whenever possible the most annoying and misinformed!) DLinth (talk) 20:10, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting the work of other editors

It is rude to undo an editor's work, even more with no comments ( Collaborating with Other Editors - read the "Minimize Your Reverts" section). Wikipedia asks to minimize the use of the undo function to extreme cases, mainly vandalism. It is recommended to edit directly what you do not like in the work of other editors and explain your edits in the talk section.

In addition to that, it seems you don't understand the purpose of the talk section, so please go explain yourself in that section next time.

Adrien16 (talk) 13:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re : KK barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar CMD! :) — иz нίpнόp^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 09:26, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

i need your help

Mate could you help me with this issue please.

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive830#User:Lord of Rivendell — Preceding unsigned comment added by KazekageTR (talk • contribs)

Omdo sockpuppet again?

Seems this user have a little bit same name with yours. Try to check on both his contribution in wikisource and worldwide. — "ʀᴜ" ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴜssɪᴀɴ^ᴡʜᴜᴛ? 09:05, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ranking Update that's an old, old sockpuppet, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Her631/Archive. It actually predates the bulk of my activity, so the relation to my name is probably purely coincidental. There's no action we can take on en.wiki that will affect the other wikis, so far as I know. CMD (talk) 12:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I never knew he already been here since 2010. That's really frustrating. Too sad to know too he is now spreading wrong information on other wikis for example this one on French wikis. — "ʀᴜ" ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴜssɪᴀɴ^ᴡʜᴜᴛ? 16:26, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a unique MO for users trying to portray a specific view to make similar edits across different wikis. Changing images or adding sources/links requires little to no understanding of the language, so long as they can identify the code. If you know anyone who edits French or other wikipedias, you could contact them. Otherwise it's probably true that eventually the information will be corrected. CMD (talk) 17:48, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental blocking of edits by edit filter

You may have noticed your a few edits getting blocked by the edit filter: please accept my apologies, this was a glitch that I hope has now been corrected. Please drop me a note if it happens again. -- The Anome (talk) 01:20, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Flag

given the discussion at Talk:Kosovo the guideline may be out of date, but it does say "For the purposes of this section of the guideline icons refers to flags and similar images unless otherwise stated" - the rationale would of course make no sense if it referred to only 'flag icons' and not flags. Dougweller (talk) 11:46, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MOS now changed to remove these examples. Dougweller (talk) 12:03, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note User:Dougweller. I always thought that the purpose of the section was to avoid inline flags in places where they'd be confusing. For example for Kosovan football/soccer players who play for the Albanian national team. It's not clear which flagicon to use there. CMD (talk) 12:14, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not sure I understand where we shouldn't use flag icons. Eg, Phoenicia - are they ok there? Dougweller (talk) 12:16, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. If you are talking about the before and after bit of the infobox, a small symbol is useful due to size constraints. It may as well be flags, and as it is for a specific point in time, it's going to be easier to determine what's appropriate. As for the "Today part of" section, it's at least usually uncontentious as to what a country's flag is. However, they don't add much, and so would seem to fit removal criteria as they lack a reason to be there. Personally, I find the use less problematic in geography articles/lists than those discussing people. Unless the person is specifically representing their nationality, say as a diplomat or sportsperson, then a flag overemphasises what is just one of many biographical details. CMD (talk) 12:27, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That makes sense. Dougweller (talk) 12:30, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File:Asia (orthographic projection).svg

Please, could you provide a clear explanation for the speedy delete motion on this file at its talkpage? I don't see how the map constitutes "Patent nonsense" (is the projection description wrong?).

In any case, I suggest you elaborate such delete requests a bit more at the talk page, in order to save time and make these processes quicker.

Take care, Mariano(t/c) 12:34, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The map isn't patent nonsense, but the map is just a projection of commons. Maybe it's different for administrators, but when I go to edit the page, all I can see is the random text added by the only edit aside from mine in the edit history. CMD (talk) 12:44, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK I understand now. I was seeing the deletion request, but not that text. Mariano(t/c) 13:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RfPP request

Hi there. I've actioned all of them, except Independence of Singapore as that was a redirect and the target looked OK. Was this the one you meant, or another article? Ged UK 13:03, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I must've put that in meaning another article, but I can't remember what it was. I'm sure if the article I missed becomes a new target it'll be reported separately. Thanks, CMD (talk) 10:43, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wildlife of Antarctica

I rather hit lucky in picking your article for my first DYK review.[5] I'll have to look for a poor article next time! Best wishes. Thincat (talk) 15:37, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it certainly looks like your DYK review was very very thorough. If that was your first review, project DYK could make good use your time. Sorry about the unusually long article, I hope your searches for easier work are fruitful! Cheers, CMD (talk) 18:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

many questions

1.When you first welcomed me to WP, was it part of a program for seasoned WPians to mentor tyro editors? 2. Would you seriously consider a less awkward method of text comm's, such as setting up a personal WP specific email address and using it to text/chat via something akin to goog.chat/hangouts? I have a series of questions concerning WPedit., both, in form and content also specific WP hierarchical niceties and etiquette. 3. If your answer to my 2nd question is a robust "No", and you are somewhat appalled at my suggestion, you must endure a long series of posts on my part (absolutely, no threat intended) with concerns re: the mundane WP, to the highly charged (in my opinion) WP political issues both in and out of WP. My email address is bjhodge8@ gmail.com if your response is in the affirmative. Although I am concerned with security, the wall between email and personal info (PI) is firm enough for the average idiot like me. If the Hack is determined, securing your email@ and PI are child's play, despite elaborate and costly security. Bjhodge8 (talk) 21:52, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bjhodge8, sorry I've been away so long.

1) I welcomed you on an individual basis, although there are programmes out there for mentoring.

2) There is a Wikipedia:IRC, but I don't use it. I keep most relevant information on wikipedia talkpages.

3) I am happy to answer posts here, no problem, if you have not had them answered in the intervening months. I'm sure email is secure, but I feel it more in the Wikipedia spirit to hang out on these public pages whenever useful.

Best, CMD (talk) 00:34, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Thanks CMD.Bjhodge8 (talk) 23:15, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

		Season's Greetings
		May your Holidays and the Year that follows shine as much as this coin still does beneath the tarnish of bygone weather and long use. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 22:23, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated Fowler&fowler. Best wishes to you too. I'm afraid I don't have any coins from before the 20th century myself! CMD (talk) 06:12, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you Chipmunkdavis, I am so grateful — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pam Mulambo (talk • contribs) 19:42, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism

Do not remove my legitimate posts. If the user who I left the message for wishes to remove it, they may do so. Do not misrepresent criticism as a personal attack. 82.132.220.25 (talk) 15:06, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you have twice misused the rollback tool to remove my legitimate message and criticism. I have noted that on Wikipedia talk:Rollback. 82.132.220.25 (talk) 15:12, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is an obvious sock of WP:LTA/BKFIP, now range-blocked. Favonian (talk) 17:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

I suppose the irony that he posted after another of his countrymen asked for my help passed him by. W C M_email 16:20, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I certainly didn't get the impression the post included much textual analysis. CMD (talk) 16:28, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User page

I just wanted to tell you that your user page looks awesome and inspired mine. TigerScientist (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you TigerScientist, your message is very much appreciated. Best of luck crafting your userpage. I was inspired by various others, so it's good to see the process continue. CMD (talk) 11:35, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Beethoven 250 years

Thank you so much for contribs to the birthday display! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your thoughts Gerda Arendt, although I did nothing but support your initiative. CMD (talk) 16:31, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

Hello there! TigerScientist Chat wishes you & yours the very best of the season!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,
Festivus (for the rest of us!) or even the Saturnalia,
here's to:
hoping your holiday time is wonderful
and - especially -
that the New Year 2021 will be an improvement upon the old of 2020.
CHEERS!

Share these holiday wishes by adding {{subst:User:Shearonink/Holiday}} to your friends' talk pages.

(Sent: 16:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC))

Thanks TigerScientist, the best of the season to you as well. CMD (talk) 17:01, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2021!

Hello Chipmunkdavis, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2021.
Happy editing,
Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:33, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Some baklava for you!

Happy editing! Wishing you and your loved ones a great next year and beyond. Zakaria ښه راغلاست (talk) 05:46, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Modest flowers

Thank you for what you said on Yoninah's talk, - see also Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:54, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda Arendt. I have already read the obituary, and found it to be a lovely piece, a beautiful summary of a Wikipedian's achievements. CMD (talk) 17:44, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:53, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unlinked names in hooks

Hi, per your comment at WT:DYK, can you propose a rule change so we can get consensus? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:23, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Resemblance?...

Resembles Satt 2 to a degree, don't you think?[6] Needs to make more edits. - LouisAragon (talk) 16:27, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have that much familiarity with recent cases, but I will keep this in mind when looking at my watchlist. CMD (talk) 17:22, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just pinged you on Ymblanter's talk page. He's a mutual "friend" of LTA Satt 2 like us. - LouisAragon (talk) 18:05, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Chipmunkdavis

Sincerely apologize to you for the conflict (^^), I hope we work together to build Wikipedia, hope you forgive me, I just joined Wikipedia, if something is wrong, please tell me, let's be best friends ^^. Luân777 (talk) 04:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Luân777, that's not a problem, it's always a learning curve to join Wikipedia. CMD (talk) 04:55, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CMD, thank you so much, my good friend ^^. Luân777 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 05:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Constance Isherwood

Many thanks CMD for advancing Constance Isherwood to prep 6. I was hoping to go for ALT1 instead of the original hook. Please can I request you to use that one to promote to Prep6 rather than the original hook. Hope that is alright. Thanks again for your efforts in prepbuilding. Cheers. Ktin (talk) 16:49, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ktin, absolutely. I took the liberty of adding a couple of commas. Best, CMD (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chipmunkdavis, super! Thanks much. Looks good. Have a nice day. Ktin (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bogart hook

Should that one be where it is (buried in prep 3)? I'm willing to de-picture hooks, but that one's a prominent enough topic I was planning to hold onto it for a lead hook in a later prep. Also, you retained the (pictured) and I think forgot the question mark. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 15:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I've pulled it. (I think.) CMD (talk) 16:06, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All good! Will set up a new prep. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 16:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Formation removal in the article Ethiopia

I don't know your reason of your removal of historical formation chronology of Ethiopia. Can you explain it? 196.188.241.215 (talk) 21:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The added items were points in history rather than points of establishment for the Ethiopian state. The section is not means to be a chronology, it is meant to be the date that sovereignty was "established", usually when it became independent. Of course with Ethiopia there's not really a date of independence because it's so old (except for 1941), so Formation serves as a substitute word. See also Japan, which is a Featured Article with even fewer fields. CMD (talk) 02:20, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A heads up to the situation with Kanto7

@Chipmunkdavis:, Kanto7 is currently framing me for sockpuppetry of his own IP edits, I am just warning you to stay alert of any actions taken by the user against you since we both argued with them on the talk page on the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, he is now canvassing other administrators against Wikipedia policy to take action against me and might take action against you too. I have started a sockpuppet investigation against the user since he is now using IP addresses to frame me for allegedly vandalizing, you may contribute to the investigation as you may at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Kanto7, their user contributions recently has since been accusing me of sockpuppetry even though he is the one doing so. Stay alert and best regards, PyroFloe (talk) 15:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PyroFloe, a checkuser will never connect an IP address to a user account for privacy reasons, so if you think those IPs are Kanto7 it needs to be shown behaviourally. Don't worry too much about theoretical action that might be taken against you, if something happens you will be notified somehow, and I very much doubt anything serious will happen. Best, CMD (talk) 15:31, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have provided behavioral reasons as well since Kanto7 has really been aggressive towards us recently, so thank you for the advice, PyroFloe (talk) 15:35, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image below hatnotes

Why?
(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taiwan&type=revision&diff=1006823508&oldid=1006803244) BushelCandle (talk) 02:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See MOS:IMAGELOCATION.....basically it's a accessibility concern and formate preference. Best to avoid sandwiching the Hat note on small screens. ...and in mobile view the "Main" article links should seen first as there may be many and we don't want the image out of context.--Moxy 🍁 03:22, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick explanation, Moxy; I can't see anything relevant at the particular section that MOS:IMAGELOCATION leads me to but I will accept your opinion that this is an accessibility issue. Sandwiching is almost never an issue with hat notes though unless 2 images appear opposite each other... In this case the image is not out of context and there are not many "Main" article links. BushelCandle (talk) 03:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A bit more info at MOS:ACCIM see #8. Been a rule of thumb ever since mobile version came out.--Moxy 🍁 03:36, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that link, which seems to settle it:

"Images should be inside the section to which they are related (after the heading and after any links to other articles), and not in the heading itself nor at the end of the previous section. This ensures that screen readers will read, and the mobile site will display, the image (and its textual alternative) in the correct section." (my emphasis added). However, I hope you will concede that the rationale for this advice [ensures that screen readers will read, and the mobile site will display, the image (and its textual alternative) in the correct section] is not appropriate to what I did since the image and any alt text will still display in the correct section... BushelCandle (talk) 00:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On mobile all elements are presented in a vertical line, so the wikitext order is important to keep the hatnotes near the title on mobile as opposed to below images where their visually distinct background separates the images from the text. For screen readers I think it is also important that Main article notes are near the headers, for ease of comprehension, but I am less familiar with their workings. CMD (talk) 01:23, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both of you for sparing the time to educate me. I'll try and remember your advice in future... BushelCandle (talk) 08:18, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Don't tag socks please

Hi Chipmunkdavis. Could you do me a favor and please don't tag socks that I block. If I want to tag them I will do it myself; if I don't tag, it's intentional. Thank you,— Diannaa (talk) 03:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Diannaa, the tagging wasn't targeted at you in particular. Thanks for fixing the tag. I will keep your message in mind in the future. CMD (talk) 03:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GAN instructions update

Hey there. Thought I let you know that I updated Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions and incorporated your suggestion as well per Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations/Archive 24#Suggestion to add additional rules to the instructions. Thanks for leaving comments there! :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 16:55, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks MrLinkinPark333, my next hope is that one day someone picks up my suggestion to put the GAN toolbox on GARs too! CMD (talk) 00:00, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: You can always suggest it at the GAN talk page. You might have more luck with getting opinions and/or support if you haven't already tried there :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:05, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MrLinkinPark333 I did! Archived without comment unfortunately, but maybe one day. CMD (talk) 00:06, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: Aww that's too bad :/ --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:12, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for making wrong GAN

I should have read the instructions more carefully. Although it's been some time I've been on wikipedia I wasn't a hyper active user. I thought it would be okay to nominate South Korea as a GA but after seeing the instructions I realized I wasn't a large enough contributor to the article. I thought it was okay because it said anyone can nominate it;;; sorry for causing the inconvenience. Guess I should start improving it. Have a good day! :) Takipoint123 (talk) 07:28, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Takipoint123, while anyone could nominate an article, it's better if the nominator has familiarity with the article in question and so can deal with any reviewer comments. As it is the South Korea article does not yet meet the Wikipedia:Good article criteria. Not much inconvenience though, don't worry about that. Best, CMD (talk) 08:40, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late response. Thank you for the response. Glad to hear that I didn't cause a big inconvenience. Let's try to build a wikipedia community together! 2001:569:7BB2:6F00:54F9:60F9:F811:EBC2 (talk) 18:46, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I wasn't logged in! Takipoint123 (talk) 18:50, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to evaluate edits for automatically detecting issues in statements

Hi Chipmunkdavis,

I am reaching out to you because of your experience with Wikipedia editing. We are building an automated system that can suggest specific improvements on Wikipedia statements (like removing bias, clarifying, adding citations) based on editing guidelines.

For this, we need the opinion of experienced editors on the semantic intentions (e.g., point-of-view edits, clarifications, adding citations) of a small number of Wikipedia edits. I will conduct the evaluations remotely, online over Google Meet. You only have to fill out the assessments of Wikipedia edits on our study page. No personally identifiable information will be recorded as part of this.

The study will take approximately 1 hour to complete and we will compensate 30 USD per hour for your valuable time. You can also donate the same back to Wikipedia.

Please reach out to me on my email through Wikipedia if you are willing to participate in our study. I look forward to incorporating your experience into the research aimed at helping editors reduce the enormous maintenance backlog on Wikipedia.

For more information, see the research page. Sumit (talk) 05:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Being an editor here.

Hey being an editor of Wikipedia sounds so cool. Could you please tell me the best ways and what could be the benefits of becoming an editor and also can we earn from this and do you earn doing this? Lets discuss all the possibilities. Bittu355 (talk) 05:10, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome, will post the detailed welcome template on your talkpage. CMD (talk) 05:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LTA

Have you opened an SPI or put up a report at AIV for Mitchen Mackvid? I'm not exactly aware which LTA this might be but their edits (including the addition of "supposed" when referring to the Xinjiang genocide) are certainly fishy. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:23, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RandomCanadian, this is Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Ineedtostopforgetting, who was mentioned on AN by Horse Eye's Back's as being prominent in the China space. They regularly create a number of socks and sleepers using various proxies, so if you see anything that looks similar please do add to the SPI. Best, CMD (talk) 02:29, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page protection

Hello Chipmunkdavis, I wanted to let you know that I semi-protected your talk page for a day due to vandalism/sockpuppetry. Please let me know if you want me to remove the page protection. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I admire your optimism. CMD (talk) 13:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

HamsterLewis

Did you notice this loon randomly reverting your edits? (and now edit-warring over it) I reported them to AIV, might want to keep pushing if it isn't dealt with quickly. Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:50, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Elmidae, this is a long-term problematic user. I am not the first editor they've targeted. There's already an open SPI case linked at AN, but sometimes the wheels of Wikipedia turn quite slowly. CMD (talk) 01:45, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Troll sockpuppets

Hi, Chipmunk. I have blocked three sockpuppet accounts which were clearly here for the sole purpose of harassing you, by reverting your editing and other means. (Those accounts are Lidgro Steak, TomentoSues, and CaptainHapa.) It seems safe to assume that it's someone with a grudge against you because of something you have done recently that they didn't like. If you have any idea who it is I would be interested to know. JBW (talk) 21:32, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, when I posted the message above I had seen only today's editing, but I have now seen that it goes back further. I propose to semi-protect this page for longer than has been done before, and all pages in your user space indefinitely. Please let me know if you disagree with that decision, and I'll revert it. JBW (talk) 21:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've semi-protected this talk page for three weeks. That is a compromise between the need for a much longer protection to stand a chance of stopping the troll and the fact that I really prefer to avoid protecting user talk pages. You may like to set up an alternative talk page for editors who aren't confirmed and so can't edit here. I have done that several times over the years when my main talk page has been protected against vandals, and it usually works remarkably well. Obviously the vandal could just vandalise your alternative talk page instead of this one, but for some reason they almost never do. Presumably it takes the fun out of vandalism if they think most people won't see it. Anyway, if you do decide to use a second talk page it would be possible to protect this one for longer. JBW (talk) 22:38, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JBW, thanks for your work. This is related to this SPI. It's habitual, and I am not the first targeted editor. I see no reason why my user subpages shouldn't be protected, but agree with you on user talk hesitation. I'll consider trialling a secondary talkpage. Best, CMD (talk) 00:50, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to hear you are being harassed by this user. Is there any better way to handle INTSF per other LTA cases? At this rate, 99% of your editing is taken up by combating them. Listing numerous accounts on the SPI page is no longer always a clearcut case due to their use of proxies or editing as an IP and simply results in a cascade of cases nobody really wants to deal with. I hate to see you waste your time doing this when you could be doing more productive things, and it's obvious the LTA seeks to tire you of this cat and mouse pursuit. Even I am getting fed up with them as it results in a huge history mess in the relevant pages. Seloloving (talk) 02:15, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nah it's not 99%, although certainly it's been good for my edit count. Best method remains WP:RBI, possibly with revision deletions. I think the SPI is quite clear cut, it just suffers as SPI is perennially backlogged. CMD (talk) 02:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Thank you

Mohamed Taqi (talk) 13:30, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the goat. CMD (talk) 14:14, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Animalworlds314

Thanks for cleaning up, I asked the originally blocking admin (Bbb23) to extend it to the IP. Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:40, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem Elmidae, I see you've found the Tahrzan2105 sock as well. CMD (talk) 14:53, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I was still AGF for that one - hadn't looked at the contribs list chronology, and then the latest ones... yeah. Thanks. I feel this guy will be a recurring pleasure. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:01, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you see that s/he opened up an ANI for both of us, Elmidae? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 15:29, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sinophile

You might want to watch the Sinophile page. I am not going to allege anything of the conduct of the two recent contributors, but have had to remove some inaccurate POV pushing content on Singapore. Seloloving (talk) 12:04, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They look like Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Betteruser/Archive to me. @Darth Coracle: may know more. CMD (talk) 15:19, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I thought it was You Know Who. In the Philippines section, the authors have tried to lump Taiwanese culture into Chinese culture, so that might be worth noting. I am no expert, though, on the intricacies of the differences between the two, so I won't touch it for now. Seloloving (talk) 01:48, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well sockpuppet or no, it looks like it's a load of OR/synth, as you have already specifically noted for Singapore and North Korea. I mean really, calling Christopher Columbus a sinophile? CMD (talk) 03:34, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have done my best to remove a few...questionable entries, but as to whether to pursue further, I will leave it up to Darth Coracle, I guess. There are a ton of misleading content there and I am not even sure what tags to place at the top. Seloloving (talk) 10:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So the stuff that initially tipped me off were a few edits which alleged that Soren Kierkegaard, Niels Bohr, and Aage Bohr had been inspired by Daoism, since Betteruser just completely mangled the sources to try and prove it. Considering [7], I'm inclined to agree. Were there any other accounts besides Synchronize6th and Knottinghill? Darth Coracle (talk) 20:47, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Darth Coracle:, those two have the vast majority of edits on the page since the IP was blocked, but a CU check might find more. CMD (talk) 02:19, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review sustainable energy

I was wondering if you would fancy commenting on the Peer review of sustainable energy that me and Clayoquot are planning to bring to FAC. I really appreciated your work at the FAR of climate change :). FemkeMilene (talk) 16:02, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have a few things on my July plate, but I will try to take a look in early August. Feel free to remind me then if I forget. CMD (talk) 16:52, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Regional Committee for ESEAP region

Hello ChipmunkDavis, I'm Chris Schilling, a program officer with the Community Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm reaching out to you regarding your Regional Committee application for the ESEAP region. Could you contact me at cschillingwikimedia.org as soon as possible? With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 00:13, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. CMD (talk) 06:52, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Economy of South Korea

In case you were wondering, both IPs Confirmed proxies, consistent with INTSF's technical pattern. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:07, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Blablubbs: Good to know regarding the technicalities. I didn't really have any doubt, it's pretty obviously an active period right now. It's so active that I think that INTSF is restoring the edits of two other sockpuppets ([8][9][10]) from other cases I've been involved with, which is novel. CMD (talk) 17:18, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I left them some kittens though. Seloloving (talk) 17:19, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All

Confirmed, all consistent. --Blablubbs (talk) 17:20, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Seloloving, more kittens is a net gain for all. CMD (talk) 17:21, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Spidey senses tingling

I haven't been following INSTF socks and the content they have created recently, so I would like to check in with you on this page Singaporean national identity to see if it should be report for an SPI. – robertsky (talk) 10:47, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Robertsky: That's a good sense, the more I look at it the more I agree. It's clearly a sleeper created during a busy period and then clearly getting over the autoconfirmed barrier. As to the specific link, it's typical topic matter, and of course the text has little relation to the purported sources. CMD (talk) 13:36, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 Core Contest

Hello. Congratulations on winning third place in the 2021 Core Contest. Could you contact me at karla.marte@wikimedia.org.uk to sort out your prize? Karla Marte(WMUK) (talk) 07:41, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Best, CMD (talk) 15:18, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your guidance

Aus Meanderer (talk) 08:42, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I wish your editing well. CMD (talk) 08:44, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Trouted

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: Happy troutslapping from a country rich in trout Gallomimia (talk) 17:27, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

		Season's Greetings
		Here's wishing you a marvellous holiday and the best of 2022 Fowler&fowler «Talk» 18:49, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Fowler&fowler! A well-taken collage of a well-decorated tree. I hope it sees you into a better 2022. CMD (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome

Thanks for the welcome! :) Vacationer (talk) 19:17, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Privet

Man, I knew it. Comrade, Brycehughes (talk) 04:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it couldn't last forever. CMD (talk) 05:13, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Chipmunkdavis!

Happy New Year!

Chipmunkdavis,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 18:07, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 18:07, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thanks for welcoming me into Wikipedia!And later I’ll try to practice my article skills! Timothywkf20213014 (talk) 05:52, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Taking inspiration from you

Hi CMD, hope all is well. I'm taking inspiration for my TCC entry from your great work on East Timor. Should be an interesting project + change of pace from my normal editing. Thanks for all you do, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:19, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, not suggesting that there is a connection between the two, just working on a location outside of the Anglo-sphere that deserves a better article. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:20, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Eddie891: It's definitely a grossly underdeveloped article, I look forward to reading it post-contest. I actually did Dili a couple of core contests ago. To this day I keep an eye out for sources on the parts of the article that I just couldn't do as well as I wanted to. CMD (talk) 06:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Devolution

The List of Nuttall mountains in Wales represents the devolution needs of large mountains, and the Flora of Wales were glad to have received political autonomy from other flora. - That made me smile. Thanks. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 07:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sirfurboy: Thank you for letting me know! It's appreciated, especially when I feel it is rough and could have used some workshopping. CMD (talk) 08:22, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikivoyage

Hey, we've interacted briefly over the years and I always thought you were cool as hell. I'm not sure if you are well-traveled or if you're just clever. I assume the latter. In any case, I've become attracted to Wikivoyage recently because the community is great, you don't feel like you're constantly in the trenches, and there's this sort of liberation feeling where you can write about the world, as truthfully as possible, without the burden of worrying about sourcing or phrasing. It's like a retirement Wikipedia. This is only to say that, the sort of interesting stuff that you're interested in here is the sort of stuff that requires attention there. Africa, for example. So, if you ever felt like contributing there I would ring the hallelujah bell, but regardless I just wanted to bring it to your attention. Hope you're good! Brycehughes (talk) 03:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the message Brycehughes! There is certainly a lot requiring attention; there was a recent discussion where someone asked when en.wiki would slow its article creation, to which I added that we still don't have a culture of Guinea article (nor a culture of Chad for that matter). As for editing, for all those downsides, one thing that sourcing does do is put something in between me and the writing, providing a little bit of self-oversight so to speak. I must admit I'm not quite sure how Wikivoyage works, all the projects have their own quirks. Just having a look, there are no articles for wikivoyage:Makgadikgadi Pans or wikivoyage:Nxai Pan National Park (not that their en.wiki coverage is anything to shout about), but there is information on them at wikivoyage:Gweta. Anyway, feel free to message on my talkpage there. Best, CMD (talk) 13:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question for you

I was thinking about something you said recently. "Encyclopaedic writing and news/journalism writing are different, and have different purposes and conventions." I thought this was a good point and I was wondering if you know of a policy, guideline, essay, etc, which states this. Thanks! IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 04:55, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think I found it. WP:NEWSSTYLE IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 05:22, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Trouted

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: NOTHING, and this is not because you did anything silly as well. Natsuikomin (talk) 06:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you so much for your comments. I appreciate your input a lot. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem Ian, keep doing good work. CMD (talk) 23:53, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sunset pics

from KK.

File:ESEAP Conference 2024 - 20240513 - RSKY - ZV-E10 - 07.jpg

The rest are at in c:Category:ESEAP Conference 2024 by Robertsky. – robertsky (talk) 18:25, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rock around the clock

This user has achieved 3 of Bilorv's Challenges.

I saw you comment in the edit history. It could be worse. Somehow I hit 158 (see here). I'm going to have to make a conscious decision to get up at the crack of dawn to finish. Have a userbox. --evrik ^(talk) 14:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much evrik, well-appreciated, did not know that userbox existed. I don't think I am going to actively try to achieve more, although the GA review one seems a good long-term citizen plan. Now, how to get another i into Niue Nukutuluea Multiple-Use Marine Park... CMD (talk) 14:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hah! When I discovered the page, I had already achieved five. With a little focus I completed four. I'm going to finish four more, and I'm done. Maybe. :-) I may never complete the clock one. --evrik ^(talk) 14:46, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September music

Thank you for clarification! - Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy because my story today is about a Czech mezzo soprano who is mentioned on the Main page on her birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk)

I assume she's not foreign to everyone :) CMD (talk) 13:42, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We talked - as you may remember - about musicians foreign to the English Wikipedia, such as Márta Kurtág who didn't make it to the Main page and Maryvonne Le Dizès who almost didn't make it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with the terminology. They may be non-English, but they are no longer foreign to the English Wikipedia, as their articles have been created! CMD (talk) 14:43, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, English is not my first language - what then is a good word for people from a non-English culture, causing references not being in English. I don't know if you followed to the Kurtàg case. When she died - years ago - it took time until the news came around in English, and time to create an article based on sources in Hungarian, and more time to be halfway satisfied, and then nominating and being told that it was too late. When I complained afterwards ("Had she been an American man, she would have appeared, but now she was an Hungarian woman"), at least the rules were changed: whichever article is accepted comes to the first position. Until then, they had a sort by day of death which meant that even if she had been accepted it would have been to the last position, kicked out soon by the next who had died later. - Thanks for trying to help rephrasing, but even if there was close paraphrasing (so far I understand that the tool didn't work for the reviewer), phrases such as "she studied at so-and-so academy" don't need protection, - they are no author's personal property ;) - What I came to say was thanks for your DYK article today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly fine as a word, it's just not one that I personally would like to use. I did not follow the Kurtàg case; I am not active at ITN. I wouldn't worry too much about it if things there don't work out at ITN, it has issues with process and purpose. Glad you enjoyed the DYK, I was lucky enough to come across an offline book which kickstarted my interest in the topic. CMD (talk) 12:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which word would you use then for the Hungarian, the Czech and the French? - I had many bios fall off the ITN 7-days time limit, and wasn't concerned. I just got excited because it was (again, the second time I was concerned) a woman, and in both cases I had created the article. Two days ago, I watched a similar situation develop for a male musician (so it doesn't hit only woman), Herbie Flower, see Martin's talk, look for "Don't canvass for Herbie!". He was posted this morning, 3 hours past the deadline. - I'm not sure what you mean with "enjoyed the DYK". I rarely do these days. The mezzo was on OTD, on her 99th birthday. I hope she'll be shown again on her centenary ;) - Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with a DYK hook from 2010 and another from 2014, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, - I was happy with DYK then! (I made two this year, on my user page, but both not suitable for celebrating.) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose I wouldn't describe them collectively in most situations, although I'm sure it's not a firm rule. I am surprised bios are falling off, I suppose that's more evidence that ITN just isn't working that well. Nice to hear about the 150th, that gives me so music to listen to. Can't reply to everything, a very busy time for me. Maybe it will calm down next month. CMD (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October music

story · music · places

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. -Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know Professor was a title that could be given by a President! CMD (talk) 05:13, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

countries differ, and I don't know Finnish, - there might be little differences in meaning that we don't know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world richer. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted Cucurbita in 2016. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]