User talk:Serial Number 54129
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You just stay around to keep the tools, you just stay around to keep the tools! You think that we're all fools, you just stay around to keep the tools! Making minute edits every year, you make minute edits every year! We can see it's very clear, you make minute edits every year! Users such as yourself who make a significantly low amount of edits just to keep your administrative tools sicken me and many others. Just give up the tools already!!! What are you holding on to them for anyways!! What a selfish thing to do!!
Possibly "this troll, who uses Aberdeen IP's" per User:Shro23, to Master Jay in June 2020.
A barnstar for you!
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| For literally being a special editor and a source of inspiration to me for four solid years and counting. Celestina007 (talk) 19:55, 24 May 2021 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Teamwork Barnstar | |
| I would like to thank you and User:Levivich for you help on Fielding L. Wright back in 2020. Sorry for taking so long to give you a barnstar. Jon698 (talk) 17:29, 30 May 2021 (UTC) |
- Cheers Jon698; it was Levivich who did all the "heavy lifting", actually helping you—I just did a slow burn in the corner. Mind you, did I send you a bunch of books? Anyway, the article's looking dead good. Good work! ——Serial 18:43, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
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On 13 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the taxi driver in the Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing was later commended for "incredible presence of mind and bravery"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hey, cool. But I basically just wrote the original article; many moons ago I realised that any article put forward for ITN would be taken over, not so much by gatekeepers, but by trivialistas and this hasn't proved me wrong. Still, collectivism is the name of the day! :) SN54129 06:05, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines
[edit]On 1 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1354, the Duke of Lancaster compared his heart to the sea, a fox's hole, and a market-place? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| I'm giving you this barnstar in recognition of your impressive expansion of Concordat of Worms. I'm glad to see someone share my interest in this very deserving topic. Thank you! Modussiccandi (talk) 21:53, 1 February 2022 (UTC) |
Promotion of Wonderful Parliament
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Promotion of Robert de Umfraville
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your tireless efforts to ensure that Battle of Poitiers is adequately referenced. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:28, 5 March 2022 (UTC) |
Promotion of Dispute between Darnhall and Vale Royal Abbey
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Promotion of John Minsterworth
[edit]ITN recognition for Dennis Waterman
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On 9 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dennis Waterman, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ktin (talk) 16:51, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Featured Article Save Award
[edit]On behalf of the FAR coordinators, thank you, Serial Number 54129! Your work on Óengus I has allowed the article to retain its featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. I hereby award you this Featured Article Save Award, or FASA. You may display this FA star upon your userpage. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 18:47, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
Promotion of Richard Roose
[edit]Subhead format, outstanding use of
[edit]Just wanted to give an admiring thumbs-up for your subheads for Index, A History of the. Bravo! Flaggingwill (talk) 16:41, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
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Promotion of Order of Brothelyngham
[edit]- omg congrats!!! Lourdes 10:09, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- In this case, I think '
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- In this case, I think '
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[edit]much Elinruby (talk) 11:42, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
Congratulations from the Military History Project
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ITN recognition for Shane MacGowan
[edit]On 30 November 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Shane MacGowan, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Promotion of Thomas de la More
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Sex Pistols FAR
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Hi, long time no talk. I think you are being waited for here for a sign off. Hope all is well, no news here except that Damo Suzuki died yesterday so I am sad. Here is a tune in return [1]. Ceoil (talk) 04:11, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Ceoil I must've let that drop away. Yes, shame about Damo. Hope he had enough Vitamin C! Good tune that... Bring on the CAN-style drum solos. :) ——Serial 11:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Surprised to read that he spent a few weeks in Ireland before absconding to Cologne. <raises a pint of Guinness to me could have been mucker. RIP>. Ceoil (talk) 11:19, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Just played Yard Act three times on the trot. Fckn hell they're a rattling bunch! Great find. ——Serial 11:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah same here, they are amazing, that bass sound...and the vocal trawl...wow. This is a top ten of all time favourite [2]. Ceoil (talk) 11:35, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Just played Yard Act three times on the trot. Fckn hell they're a rattling bunch! Great find. ——Serial 11:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Surprised to read that he spent a few weeks in Ireland before absconding to Cologne. <raises a pint of Guinness to me could have been mucker. RIP>. Ceoil (talk) 11:19, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Brothelyngham
[edit]Absolutely terrific stuff. Well done! DBaK (talk) 08:17, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
DYK for Tommy Wood (International Brigades)
[edit]On 3 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tommy Wood (International Brigades), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Irish International Brigader Tommy Wood had only been in Spain for 18 days when he was killed at the Battle of Lopera during the Spanish Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tommy Wood (International Brigades). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tommy Wood (International Brigades)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
– Hilst [talk] 20:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Slates, Slags and Tapes, live
[edit]From what have heard the sound is way better than on the original ep. [3] Preview Ceoil (talk) 20:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the red alert Ceoil, I guess I'm hardwired to pre-order that :) There are some good boots from that era, I wonder if they've polished one up fo this? I mean, Grant Showbiz used to do it for his own personal pension fund! ——Serial Number 54129 15:11, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- From the previews, I would have selected different boots. Was disappointing at the choices for "Leave the Capitol" and "Middle Mass"; would have gone for the 2nd night in Reykjavik 1981 recordings myself,[4] but guess he (ie Steve Hanley) had to think about fidelity as it is mostly a vinyl release. [shrug]. At least its good to see the band finally making money from re-releases, considering all the awful contracts Mark signed them up to in the 90s when he was short on cash. Ceoil (talk) 22:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- ps, Fall type bass heavy tunes are going through a revival in last three years....skip to 4:17 here for the best of the bunch. What an incredible drummer. Ceoil (talk) 23:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- From the previews, I would have selected different boots. Was disappointing at the choices for "Leave the Capitol" and "Middle Mass"; would have gone for the 2nd night in Reykjavik 1981 recordings myself,[4] but guess he (ie Steve Hanley) had to think about fidelity as it is mostly a vinyl release. [shrug]. At least its good to see the band finally making money from re-releases, considering all the awful contracts Mark signed them up to in the 90s when he was short on cash. Ceoil (talk) 22:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
A cookie for you!
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Your username is absolutely incredible. Full marks from me. Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 15:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC) |
- Thanks LunaEatsTuna, but it involved absolutely no imagination on my part. Why do you have 'Template' in your sig. ——Serial Number 54129 17:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- After several valid complaints, I have since changed it. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), we do what we must because we can – posted at 17:17, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well, OK, but it seems a lot of fuss about nothing. Who gets into a long dance over templates. More power on your tax evasion, btw. ——Serial Number 54129 17:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- After several valid complaints, I have since changed it. ❧ LunaEatsTuna (talk), we do what we must because we can – posted at 17:17, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Promotion of Thomas Neville (died 1460)
[edit]- Congrats - great work! Hchc2009 (talk) 17:13, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Hchc2009 for the kind words—and also nice to see you pop back in every now and again. Your medieval presence is much missed; I learned much from you when merely a noob, and there weren't many medievalists around. To be honest, there might be even less now. Fancy writing up Thomas' final battle together? :) ——Serial Number 54129 17:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
[edit]The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
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Page name query
[edit]Hi there SN. I don't know if we've had the pleasure, but I've been aware of your prolific work for some time. Do you think the White Ship page ought to be named something like "White Ship disaster"? It has always struck me as odd that the title is merely the ship. Particularly strange since we have the Victims of the White Ship disaster article. Aza24 (talk) 01:12, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- Aza24, hi, I've seen you around FAC, I think? Thanks for the note, and I must apologise for my tardiness in replying. I'm afraid I have a memory like a sieve nowadays :) I think you're prright, actually. To me, an article on a ship should be about the ship as a whole to which any disaster (say) is just a portion. I guess Titanic and Sinking of the Titanic is a similar example, if a far larger/more notable one. But for a medieval ship, there's only so much we can ever know about its order, construction, launch, victualing, crewing, ownership, voyages, etc., and where, like the White ship, the most notable event by far is its sinking, that's what the article focuses on, and of course, the article title should reflect the article itself. Per the principle of least astonishment, if the article is called the White Ship, then the reader will expect an article about the ship; likewise, if an article is called White Ship disaster, then they will know that when they click the link, they will find an article about the sinking rather than the boat itself. And as you say, that's already accepted logic in the Victims of article—that the disaster is effectively the primary topic.SerialNumber54129 15:16, 6 September 2024 (UTC)PS, if you happen to be around FAC these days, I've got something there at the moment, although if it bores you to tears, that's pretty understandable :) thanks for looking in again! SerialNumber54129 15:16, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the thoughtful response! I've started a discussion, incorporating some of your feedback, at Talk:White Ship#Requested move 7 September 2024 – Aza24 (talk) 19:14, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
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September music
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Thank you for your comments in the FAC, - I replied now, - interesting aspect! - Today's story has 3 composers, I couldn't decide for the one on the Main page or the one who didn't make it on his bicentenary, so took both, and the pic has a third. Listen if you have a bit of time. The music, played by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in Germany in April 2022, impressed me. - To celebrate the day, I listened to Bruckner's Eighth on radio, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Recommended reading today: Frye Fire, by sadly missed Vami_IV. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:33, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Happy because my story today is about a Czech mezzo soprano who is mentioned on the Main page on her birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:32, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Hey, look! A talk page!
[edit]Just thought it would be easier to discuss this on your talk than through edit summaries. If you think the close should be updated/corrected/whatever you should probably ask WereSpielChequers if that's what they would prefer. Primefac (talk) 14:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Very funny Primefac. Of course, you're absolutely right. And I no way meant to suggest trolling or anything like that. Merely a gentle... digging out, perhaps. Of the kind that Fram's probably used to by now. And probably doesn't care about. Because if he did, he wouldn't be where he is today. I guess I just don't like being thought of as stupid. I remember WSC from the London meetups, funnily enough, where—and I hope this isn't OUTING!—I seem to recall him regularly getting stuck into the famed Wetherspoon's mixed grill :) I hope he's still enjoying them! SerialNumber54129 14:51, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm still a regular at the London meetup, but can't remember when I last ordered the mixed grill. When Mrs WSC discovered that the low cholesterol level I was such a martyr to was from a 1989 test she made me get it measured again. These days we have good and bad cholesterol and its the just the good cholesterol that I have a low level of. Spoons being known for their beer rather than their food I have a number of choices on their menu that I'm unlikely to try again, so nowadays it is the Mandalorian curry if I'm feeling virtuous or the steak and kidney pudding if I'm feeling that I've been healthy in my last month's dining. As for the close, it was near unanimous, and I thought I was paying respect to that as opposed to simply saying successful. ϢereSpielChequers 16:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Poor ole Spicy, not getting the regal treatment even with his self-nom'd higher-by-eleven !votes result ;) The Mandalorian curry sounds like something out of the Star Wars franchise (from the cantina, perhaps!), but you can't beat a proper pudding all day long. That's pretty much off, and continues to be off, the menu for me, too. Back on topic, though, WereSpielChequers, I now see that Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Recent uses a Greater-than sign; that's new, isn't it? Anything to do with this edit? (@Primefac too.) SerialNumber54129 16:53, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Huh, that seems a bit silly, quibbling over 99 and 99.X% Surprised I never noticed it before. Primefac (talk) 16:57, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that means I've been inconsistent. Hopefully I will be consistent for the future, unless of course anyone objects to the change. No comment re the template. ϢereSpielChequers 18:46, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- @WereSpielChequers: Well, I'm sure interested parties will be observing keenly for future consistency. I recommend gelatin. Cheers! SerialNumber54129 13:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Poor ole Spicy, not getting the regal treatment even with his self-nom'd higher-by-eleven !votes result ;) The Mandalorian curry sounds like something out of the Star Wars franchise (from the cantina, perhaps!), but you can't beat a proper pudding all day long. That's pretty much off, and continues to be off, the menu for me, too. Back on topic, though, WereSpielChequers, I now see that Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Recent uses a Greater-than sign; that's new, isn't it? Anything to do with this edit? (@Primefac too.) SerialNumber54129 16:53, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm still a regular at the London meetup, but can't remember when I last ordered the mixed grill. When Mrs WSC discovered that the low cholesterol level I was such a martyr to was from a 1989 test she made me get it measured again. These days we have good and bad cholesterol and its the just the good cholesterol that I have a low level of. Spoons being known for their beer rather than their food I have a number of choices on their menu that I'm unlikely to try again, so nowadays it is the Mandalorian curry if I'm feeling virtuous or the steak and kidney pudding if I'm feeling that I've been healthy in my last month's dining. As for the close, it was near unanimous, and I thought I was paying respect to that as opposed to simply saying successful. ϢereSpielChequers 16:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Closing of a move request
[edit]Your this closing of a move request on Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama appears to have done without considering sources whereas you apparently considered the opinion of a single disruptive editor on the subject having a conflict of interest on it. It might be worth talking a look at this discussion also. So what remedy need to be made? Neutralhappy (talk) 14:25, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Well, interesting... @Spworld2: are you a disruptive user? Please desist if so. Or is this a broader misunderstanding between two pretty experienced editors, underpinned by differing operating philosophies? SerialNumber54129 11:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
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| Came across Index, A History of the today. I was extremely charmed by the section headers, and further delighted to see that it was your work. Thanks for keeping Wikipedia weird ;) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC) |
- Hi Premeditated Chaos thanks for the message! (First time, apparently!) Yes, it was good fun doing; and a dead good read too, if bizarre minuscule is a favoured genre (not that it even is a genre, but). I'd like to have taken it further—I've collected a shed load of respectable reviews, etc in the years since, but I suspect that'll be the point when it gets stripped of anything fun :) if you know what I mean. It's a shame though, cos the book deserves to be promoted in anti-G11/NOTPROMO way. I hope you're well! I had a look for the Paper article you were after, but they don't even seem to have an archive of their own? Let alone anywhere else. Did you have any joy? SerialNumber54129 17:11, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm well, hope you are also :) Shame about the Paper article, but it's so common with mid-90s magazines. It's really awful to think of how much cultural output has been lost for lack of digital archiving.
- I do like unusual reading, so I've popped Index on my library list. Can't say you're promoting it if it's all paid for by the king's money, right? I know how you feel wrt that level of "professionalising" kind of stripping the fun out, but I can't imagine it not at least being GA-able without losing the good stuff. (And, you know...I do do GA reviews, should you ever decide to pull the trigger on it.) Cheers! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:12, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
About the conclusions reached in my RFC
[edit]May I ask how the summary of the conclusions reached “RfC that is not an RfC”, here.In this discussion,two editors thought this was not RFC. Two editors (including me) thought editorial synthesis of published material implied a new conclusion. I think there is no consensus was reached here for now. I request you to review this discussion and reconsider this procedural close. If final conclusion is still “closing it”, the reason “no consensus was reached” is much acceptable for me.--Kof2102966 (talk) 15:54, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
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Because there is no reply in 5 days, I decided to appeal. No offence, I just couldn't wait so long, it doesn't mean I try to accuse you of anything.Kof2102966 (talk) 11:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
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Promotion of Act of Accord
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Congratulations! - 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) 13:31, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
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) 17:20, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Regarding this edit: I think you meant to say ~150 logged admin actions? isaacl (talk) 23:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Isaacl, yes,now adjusted. Cheers! SerialNumber54129 23:28, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
GA
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See: this GA review, GA reviewer demanding copies of printed sources and User page.
You've got your way - I won't take part in the GA process or any discussions about the GA process - so why are you twisting the knife? If you don't have the power to ban me from the GA process like you claim, THEN HOW ON EARTH have you the right to demand that I am not allowed to post on my own user page, or to demand that I "get back to work". What "work" am I allowed to do? Who gets to decide it? Are you trying to drive me off the project - if so you are doing a good job of it. I don't want to continue this discussion, so please don't.Nigel Ish (talk) 14:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC) |
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- Although thinking about it, continuing a discussion on someone's talk page is an odd way of 'not wanting to continue' a discussion that Nigel Ish started in by now *checks notes* two other venues, and has now also taken to Users:Kyteto's and Thebiguglyalien's talk pages, ywo completely inoffensive editors who have somehow earned Nigel Ish's ire. Or perhaps not enough people were paying him attention. SerialNumber54129 18:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
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Waldorf
[edit]Hey, I've just noticed that when you edited the lead photo for Shooting of Stephen Waldorf you uploaded it to Commons but it's a fair use image. Could you re-upload it locally? Just copy and paste this onto the description page (dug up from the deleted file that was used before):
==Summary==
{{Non-free use rationale 2
|Description = Side-by-side composite photograph of David Martin (left) and Stephen Waldorf (right), taken c. 1983. Waldorf was shot by police officers who mistook him for Martin.
|Source = '''Original publication''': media photo, presumably published in print in 1983<br/>
'''Immediate source''': http://westhampsteadlife.com/2016/09/07/they-shot-the-wrong-man/17751
|Date = c. 1983
|Author = Unknown
|Article = Shooting of Stephen Waldorf
|Purpose = for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
|Replaceability = Of the two subjects, neither was a public figure or likely to have been freely photographed prior to the incident for which they are notable. One has been deceased since 1984 and the other is not a public figure or somebody who is likely to be widely photographed. Additionally, the appearance of both subjects in 1983 is important for side-by-side comparison and any free image that may exist or could be created could not represent what these people looked like at the time of the incident for which they are notable.
|Minimality = The image will be used in one article only and will be the only image of these individuals used in that article. The full view of both subjects' faces is necessary for side-by-side comparison, which is the purpose of its use.
|Commercial = The incident took place in 1983 so the image has been publicly available for 40 years at the time of upload. Commercial opportunities are likely to be limited for an image of two people only notable for their involvement in a single incident such a long time ago.
|Other information = The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1984
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==Licensing==
{{Non-free biog-pic|Shooting of Stephen Waldorf}}
Then we can arrange deletion of the Commons file and we won't get caught out on TFA day! Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks HJ Mitchell, have I done everything now. It is deleted on Commons (although some character called Taivo moaned about it all the same. No pleasing some people!), and I re-upped it locally with that FUR and put it back in the article. Did I miss anything?
Ah the good old days, when we used to work together :D cheers! SerialNumber54129 13:02, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, as far as I can tell we're all good now. Thanks! Cute doggies, btw. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:04, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- This sounds like somebody makes a crime, policeman catches him and he says about that: no pleasing some people! Taivo (talk) 09:46, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
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Move of essay
[edit]I notice that you have made a series of edits related to undoing my move of my personal essay to Wikipedia:How to increase Wikipedia's credibility. No consensus is required for the creation of essays or for moving them from personal user space to Wikipedia's project space where non-personal essays are housed. I have done this many times since 2003 and never encountered anything like what you've done. Is there some new policy I'm unaware of? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 20:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
@Serial Number 54129: Please undo what you have done. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 01:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
INSEAD
[edit]Hi @Serial Number 54129, Differentspin (talk) 10:10, 9 October 2024 (UTC).
I understand that you are concerned with promotional content being added to the article, however I have made an effort to only add back content that is not promotional.
If the problem is too many references to INSEAD's website these can be changed.
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Are you okay?
[edit]What is going on? Are you feeling well? You just posted a notice to your own page and you are refusing to reply to my request above. This is strange behavior. Should I contact ArbCom or ANI? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:45, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- The self-CTOP notice was them testing the fix I made to a CTOP notification script at their request; see Wikipedia:User_scripts/Requests#User:Bellezzasolo/Scripts/arb. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:49, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Writ Keeper, yes, Valjean, no need to panic! I thought I was probably due a timely reminder not to shill for Ian Paisley Jr or the UDA :) SerialNumber54129 16:52, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Whew! That's good. Fortunately there is a good natural explanation. Thanks. Also, please address my concerns above. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Writ Keeper, yes, Valjean, no need to panic! I thought I was probably due a timely reminder not to shill for Ian Paisley Jr or the UDA :) SerialNumber54129 16:52, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros scheduled for TFA
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- Sorry Dilettante, I wouldn't know :) but there seems to be a modicum of... interpretative differentialsm to the hypothesis. That's why I prefer to stick to simpler concepts, like hypocrisy. Thanks though! SerialNumber54129 20:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- No problem! It was clearly a good faith mistake, but I thought I should point it out. Sincerely, Dilettante 20:40, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- (By the way, I don't mean to come off as dismissive—note how I answered your message within minutes whereas that character Valjean has posted here multiple times and never got a satisfactory response. In fact he only got one response, period. "LOL" etc.) SerialNumber54129 20:41, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- (Also, further apologies are due you as I admit I was referring to the latest round of discussions, in so far as I know of them—I had no idea that happened in July! It's a smoking gun, to be sure. Thanks for that!) SerialNumber54129 20:44, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Wikispeak
[edit]Hey Serial Number 54129, is Glock wikispeak for a global lock? Saw you using it in a context where that made sense and Glock did not but I hadn't encountered it before so thought I would double check. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:04, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Horse Eye's Back, apologies, yes it is. I only use it cos I've seen it used elsewhere before... and laziness of course... but I forgot about the Cypress Hill overtones! ;) SerialNumber54129 17:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Re:talk page comment
[edit]I shouldn’t have to say this, but going to a 3rd-party talk page to post this, referring to a long-dead conflict I had with a different 3rd-party (4th party?) I no longer express any animosity towards, is disruptive. I also should’t have to say that my having business with LB and your having business with LB (which happen to have the same catalyst) does not mean you need to have any business with me. User talk pages are for communicating with their respective users— if you have a problem with me, take it to me directly. Dronebogus (talk) 21:17, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- Disruptive my ass. You mean, tell you to take your fucking hypocrisy off elsewhere? My pleasure. SerialNumber54129 21:30, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- Since we’re playing the “dig up bad things from literally years ago” game, can I cite this to prove you’re just as much of a hypocrite? Though your response here isn’t exactly civilized either. Dronebogus (talk) 21:36, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- If you can't tell the difference, that's up to you. Get nurturing that block log! 🚫 SerialNumber54129 21:55, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
- Since we’re playing the “dig up bad things from literally years ago” game, can I cite this to prove you’re just as much of a hypocrite? Though your response here isn’t exactly civilized either. Dronebogus (talk) 21:36, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Janet Nelson
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JzG hasn't edited the MFD (nor, so far as I'm aware, anything related to M69-71); I think you meant JPxG. Yes, I know you've already struck the comment, but it's still misleading and mildly confusing even so. —Cryptic 17:26, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- There was me thinking you must be here for my beaux yeux. SerialNumber54129 17:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
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You're welcome!
[edit]It's pretty sweet being thanked for my very first edit, over 20 years ago! --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 15:34, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- I saw your comment about having beeen here two decades. Wow! So I just had to look :) SerialNumber54129 15:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
TFA - de Ros
[edit][5] Gog the Mild (talk) 22:39, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Gog, have replied. Will go over it tomorrow. Tut. Some people obviously think I write my own blurbs :) SerialNumber54129 23:15, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- Surely everyone knows that you just supervise and have a team for the more lowly tasks? Gog the Mild (talk) 11:35, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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- Thank you today for William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, introduced (in 2018): "Here's a thing, a rare thing: possibly a genuinely nice feller from the English middle ages; certainly one historian has described him—near as dammit—as being the only honest man of his era. And yet, you will (not!) be surprised to hear, in the words of Edmund Blackadder, for all his goodness, he still managed to make a "fat pile of cash" out of the King he was so loyal to ... and who was himself almost permanently broke!" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:42, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- I uploaded more pics, on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Richard Roose
[edit]Ey up. RR is provisionally scheduled for a TFA slot in December. Fancy having a go at a blurb? Gog the Mild (talk) 11:34, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 November newsletter
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RFA
[edit]Please keep the back and forth of a personal nature to user talk pages. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:57, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Absolutely, from now on 💯 SerialNumber54129 00:38, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
Contentious topic template
[edit]I am not understanding your reasoning for templating me then? What contetious topic have I been editing? Thanks. The Blue Rider 17:08, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Your lack of response and the bellow personal attack on another oppose just demonstrates that you did template me again in bad faith for no good reason. The Blue Rider 02:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:CTOP alerts are no-fault informational alerts to let you know that you have made an edit in a contentious topic. BLPs are a contentious topic, and you have edited them. You can see here that I've given thousands of such alerts. They do not imply a problem with your behavior, and exist just to let you know the expanded enforcement in the topic area. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you ScottishFinnishRadish for fielding this far more politelty than I would have; I would also note that, since the answer to The Blue Rider's fucking question is literally contained within the CTOP template, the fact that they felt they had to come here and dig me out over it indiates either trolling or a WP:CIR problem. Still, hopefully they've learned their lesson: their deleted talk page messages are a delight. (Although whatever GiantSnowman might say, TBR's edit-summary of "fuck off" was actually not unreasonable, as has been established in the past.) SerialNumber54129 14:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:CTOP alerts are no-fault informational alerts to let you know that you have made an edit in a contentious topic. BLPs are a contentious topic, and you have edited them. You can see here that I've given thousands of such alerts. They do not imply a problem with your behavior, and exist just to let you know the expanded enforcement in the topic area. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Can you please not?
[edit]I'm about to go to bed, so would to be so kind as to revert this rather than making me revert the needless antagonism? I'd really appreciate it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:10, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and reverted. RFA isn't the place to antagonize or needle other editors. You've already made your point, and continuing is just attacking another editor with no result other than increased drama. Please stop. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @ScottishFinnishRadish: Thanks for that 20 minute window in which to self-revert. I suggest you were being overly generous. You should have reverted me even sooner. As far as I'm concerned, if someone's making passive aggressive, snide remarks about me ("that editor", "the other editor")—yes, antagonizing me (which didn't occur to you), then they damn well lose a concomitant amount of good faith. In any case it was not an "attack". Unlike, e.g. claims of defamation that were made at the same RfA, and went untouched by the MONITOR. Was that because the MONITOR doesn't mind bollocking ooooordinary editors (and newly-minted admins at that!) but prefers not to revert RoySmith (Grand Vizier of the Revert lol). The MONITOR's absence for that entire talk page discussion was notable! SerialNumber54129 14:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- The 20 minute issue was because, as I said, I was going to bed. I was hoping for a quicker turn-around, and failing that I weighed the possibility of waking up to 20 deep nested comments against not having given you enough and decided that just reverting before I fell asleep was the
(most) rightleast wrongbest I could do call. As far as what I touched and what I didn't, and what I reverted, and what I asked to be reverted, I'll tell you the same thing I told Tryptofish,It's a difficult position, since I'm a single person trying to use my judgement to act on what the community consensus on what is acceptable. We're all aware that any consensus about what exactly is actionable incivility is pretty shakey, and varies widely based on who shows up to talk about it, and who's actions are being discussed. I'm sorry that I'm not taking the actions you'd like to see, and I mean that with no snark. Just know that I'm trying to moderate the discussion in line with my understanding of what most editors would think is acceptable or unacceptable, and applying that evenly.
On top of that, the discussion is about 0.6 tomats right now, so I'm sure things have slipped past my radar. If there is something you want me to look at, just let me know, and I'll try to adequately explain any action I do or don't take regarding it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- The 20 minute issue was because, as I said, I was going to bed. I was hoping for a quicker turn-around, and failing that I weighed the possibility of waking up to 20 deep nested comments against not having given you enough and decided that just reverting before I fell asleep was the
Recall comment
[edit]Hey SN, just noting that it wasn't clear whether your comment at Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Fastily was meant to be a vote or not. It's been changed to a vote several times by editors, and reverted by others, and is now shown as a response under the parent comment/nomination statement. Just wanted to mention this here so that you could clear it if up if necessary. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:23, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- And you've now changed it to be a vote, thank you for the clarification. I figured as much, but I just wanted to be clear given the stakes of the petition. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:59, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- Apologies for not answering your ping before, Hey man im josh, I've clarified that it was intended as a signature, and expanded on my reasoning, such as it is. I'm not sure why people got into a tizz about it :) SerialNumber54129 14:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]is a redirect leading to itself now. Doug Weller talk 16:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
Arbitration case request declined
[edit]Hi Serial Number 54129. The Wikipediocracy-related conduct case request has been declined. While the arbitrators were closely divided, there was not an absolute majority to accept the case. For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 06:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC) ==
Graph
[edit]Hi, Serial Number 54129 I saw that you made a graph on Only citizens can vote clause US Map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Only_citizens_can_vote_clause_US_Map.png. I was wondering can you update that graph with new states in 2024. South Carolina[1] Oklahoma[2] Wisconsin[3] Missouri[4] Kentucky[5] Idaho[6] And North Carolina[7] Muaza Husni (talk) 07:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Timothy West
[edit]On 14 November 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Timothy West, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:25, 14 November 2024 (UTC)