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Happy New Year, Davey2010!


Davey2010,
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Happy New Year Davey2010!
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 20:38, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! gongshow talk 23:11, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
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Rick Wakeman
Not sure what you're trying to accomplish here by undoing my reversions on Rick Wakeman. Go look at the original editor's contribution history, you'll see edits like this, this and this. Do these look right to you? Sure seems to me like the editor doesn't have a working grasp of how proper names containing the word "The" should be capitalized. Warren -talk- 02:46, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Warren, To put it bluntly Joe's a lot more knowledgable when it comes to grammar etc which is why I took their word on it (My main reason for reverting was because of the rollback misuse although I did believe he was correct), Anyway to answer your question nope they don't look right but then again as I said grammar and all that isn't exactly my forte, Well by all means revert me I shan't revert again anyway, Thanks, –Davey2010 Merry Xmas / Happy New Year 03:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Revert
I apologise for inadvertently reverting your edit at Talk:Me Too (hashtag). sami talk 22:03, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
Luke Shen-Tien Chi
Hey Dave, can you pleased help and save Luke Shen-Tien Chi pages. Thank you you so much :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.108.240.143 (talk) 12:20, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Reba McEntire
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EE photos
I'm not sure how involved you are in EE editing, but it's been decided to use publicity photos from now on. AnemoneProjectors knows about it as they've done some too. Grangehilllover (talk) 22:30, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Grangehilllover, Looking at a few random characters a good majority use face shots as opposed to the whole image, I fyou wanna upload as an indiviual image and add it the article then by all means please do, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:46, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Davey2010: I know. It's a work in progress. I can't find the discussion and I'm getting through slowly. Grangehilllover (talk) 22:51, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- Okie dokie Grangehilllover I've reverted :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:57, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
Dont know how to ping you
| Dont know how to ping you | |
| Sent you an email about MearnsFM , I am station manager and getting info from our website. Thanks Gavvy4745 (talk) 21:18, 7 January 2018 (UTC) |
- Hi, Please read WP:COI, You shouldn't edit companies that you work for so as such you should go to the talkpage and ask for the edits to be added (and if they're fine myself or another editor will add it for you), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:00, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2018-02
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Recent changes
- On Wikidata, the "save" button when you edit is now called "publish". This means all Wikimedia wikis have now changed from "Save page" to "Publish changes". This is to help new editors understand what it does.
- Some edits will get an automatic tag on all wikis. This will happen when making a page a redirect, blanking a page, removing almost all content, undoing an edit, or rolling back an edit. You can see the tags for example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or on your watchlist. Some wikis had already marked edits like these in other ways.
- Special:UnusedFiles shows files that have been uploaded but are not used. It will show a file that is not used on the wiki it has been uploaded to, even if the file is used on another wiki. The new Special:GloballyUnusedFiles page on Commons only shows files that are not used on any wiki.
- Structured discussions now uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This will work with your preference for wikitext or visual editor. The documentation has been updated.
Problems
- Older versions of the Chrome web browser on mobile devices may see the PDF download button, but it does not work. The developers are looking into the problem.
- With the new filters in the recent changes, "Exclude selected" in "Namespaces" did not work for "Saved filters" between 13 December and 2 January. When you loaded the saved filter all other namespaces were excluded instead. This has now been fixed. If you made any changes to your saved filters between 13 December and 2 January, you need to save your filters with excluded namespaces again.
- The latest version of Google Chrome broke how section links are shown in the address bar. You now see
#R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9instead of#Résuméeven if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March).
Some POST requests to the API took longer than usual in parts of December. This affected the Wikidata UI and some gadgets the most. It has now been fixed.
Changes later this week
- Wikidata will be moved to its own database servers. This is because it is growing and needs more resources. Because of this you will be able to read but not edit Wikidata and the German Wikipedia between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 9 January. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. This includes editing the language links on other wikis.
- The font size in the editing window will change slightly for some users. It will now look the same on all browsers and operating systems.
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16:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi
If you find time for it could you take a look at my recent noms at TAFI Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/Nominations. Would appreciate no matter what !vote as no one is attending the TAFI nom page anymore to give input. Regards,--BabbaQ (talk) 19:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
Could you review my TAFI nom for Prisoner. As always Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:52, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
A belated thank you (and happy 2018!)
Hello Davey - just posting to say a belated thank you for the Christmas greeting! I was on a wikibreak and did not initially see it. Best wishes for a happy 2018! All the best, Patient Zerotalk 13:05, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Patient Zero, I'm so sorry I had no idea you had left a message here .... I'm not sure how I never noticed your name when reverting back but anyway I'm so sorry!,
- You're welcome, Thanks so much and a Happy New Year to you and yours :), Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 16:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Wikilawyering and patronising
Look, Davey Boy, don't come to my talk with patronising little headers and warning markers.
The issue at hand: other radio stations and television network articles present who is the controller or director of programming on their page. The example I have given you is the BBC Radio One article. Same with the general programming. Apparently this was in the article before you deleted it last time. So apparently it is a you issue and your personal preferences, not a layout or format issue.
I don't know why you, as a British editor, have decided to target an Irish radio station but not British ones, but whatever. Claíomh Solais (talk) 04:32, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
- "Look, Davey Boy, don't come to my talk with patronising little headers and warning markers. - The absolute irony!,
- Go and read WP:OWN as well as the other policies I've thrown at you instead of being all "WP:IDONTHEARTHAT". –Davey2010Talk 04:34, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:2018
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TonyBallioni (talk) 17:00, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- FYI since you recently reverted at Donald Trump. That article is under the consensus required provision, and the edit you restored seems to have been challenged. From what I can tell, there hasn't been much discussion on the talk page since it was challenged, so it is best under those sanctions to wait until there is a clear consensus for inclusion before restoring. Also, standard "this template is scary but I actually am assuming good faith and letting you know because we have to use this template" notice :) TonyBallioni (talk) 17:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi TonyBallioni, I don't see the issue with having that article on his article tho ?, The article is adequately sourced and (IMHO) worded in a neutral way so I don't see the issue but thanks for all of the DS notifications :), –Davey2010Talk 17:08, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- I don't particularly have any concerns with the edit (I'm not involved on Trump issues, and I stay clear when I can of AP2 content), I was just alerting you that Trump was under the consensus required provision. Anyway, hope you're doing well. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:10, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- TonyBallioni I know sorry I didn't mean to shoot the messenger here, Anyway for a happier life I've self reverted as I know more than one person would come complaining lol, Yeah yeah not too bad thanks, Hope you're doing tell :), –Davey2010Talk 17:15, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Ello 'ello!
- Alright Davey how you doing? I hope 2018 is a bloody good year for you and yours. I'm sorry I didn't get back to your kind new year greeting, but I had a highly shitty Christmas and NY. A lot of RL crap which kept me off line, and if I would have been on, I may well have ended up playing death by admin, I was that self-destructive and pissed off. We will see if things improve..Anyway, just thought I would touch base. Be seeing you. Si. Irondome (talk) 23:35, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Si, Ah sorry to hear that :(, Well I hope you have a happy and healthy new year, Well I truly do hope things improve for you - Unfortunately life has its ups and downs but we have to try and somehow get through it all :(, Anyway I hope it all improves and I truly do hope you have a very Happy New Year, –Davey2010Talk 14:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
Your Christmas greeting
Hallo, I was trying to add a comment at User talk:Jay Jay Marcus Keize13 but found a problem with your Christmas greeting which overflowed its box and messed up my message. I eventually found a work-round of adding some spacers, but you might like to try to work out what went wrong and maybe fix any other similar messages you left for people? Happy New Year to you. PamD 14:18, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi PamD, Unfortunately the greeting has caused various issues with various people ..... and unfortunately I've sent the greeting to well over 200 editors .... so even if I fixed the spacing issues there's still going to be other issues with it anyway,
- The most frustrating thing is that I checked for issues on other devices before rolling it all out but there we are, Apologies for the unintentional issues, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 14:47, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2018)
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Tech News: 2018-3
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- Bureaucrats on Wikimedia wikis where the Translate extension is installed can now add and remove the translation administrator permission by default. Administrators of wikis where this extension is enabled can add and remove this permission to or from themselves. Wikis that used a different configuration before have not changed.
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Problems
- Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back. This was because of a bug that changed non-ASCII characters when a page was edited.
Changes later this week
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18:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 January 2018
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23:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
"Lincoln Transport Hub" edit
Hello Davey2010,
I am wondering why you reverted my edits on Lincoln Transport Hub. I took a lot of time conducting these edits, using the most recent information available from bot news and official sources (from the council).
If the revert was due to inadequate referencing then let me know and I will find my sources and update them if I the article can be reverted to my revision.
(Also apologies if I should have posted this on the article's talk page)
Thanks --Jordan8396.ja (talk) 11:04, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Jordan8396.ja, Yeah sorry I have no idea why I reverted you but anyway I've self reverted :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 12:30, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Davey2010, Thank you for this, I didn't want to revert you myself without seeing if there was a reason behind it. Thanks Again --Jordan8396.ja (talk) 12:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
A cupcake for you!
| Thanks for your contributions to improve the English Wikipedia. If you get bored of Strood, then you should move to London, dude. Ha! North America1000 13:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC) |
- Thanks and thank you for your contributions and hard work here too :), Tbh London's the last place I want to visit!, What with the terrorism and stabbings there. –Davey2010Talk 13:11, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- First of all, my opinion is fuck the terrorists trying to propagate fear. North America1000 13:19, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks and thank you for your contributions and hard work here too :), Tbh London's the last place I want to visit!, What with the terrorism and stabbings there. –Davey2010Talk 13:11, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

- Secondly, the bobbies in London are kick-ass and tough, along with all law enforcement personnel in the UK. I would move to London if I could, but for a US citizen to do so is a huge hassle! Have to get a job first, then document it, and then move back to the US, and then move back after being "approved" by the government there. That is unless one is rich from the start, then there's no problems; like Madonna. North America1000 13:38, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- London's been a bad place way before the terrorists, There's a lot of gang related crimes up there and like I said a lot of stabbings too,
- Haha I agree the police up there are ace!, Wow good god that is a lot of hassle!, Personally I would say London isn't what it's cracked up to be, Sure it has beautiful landmarks but for me personally it's not the place it used to be –Davey2010Talk 14:05, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for your perspective. Seems to me that it's all about one's income; if one is wealthy, one can avoid that type of riff raff, staying in fancy hotels and eating at fine dining restaurants, etc. For the majority of people, seems like they have to deal with the problems there when they occur. North America1000 01:45, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
- Oh yeah also, some say that Madonna faked her British accent. You be the judge: . North America1000 07:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
- That is true but I suppose really it's the same everywhere - The wealthier you are the less you see this sort of stuff, Ah well thanks for popping by :), Happy editnig :), –Davey2010Talk 13:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
- Cheerioooooo, North America1000 13:58, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
- That is true but I suppose really it's the same everywhere - The wealthier you are the less you see this sort of stuff, Ah well thanks for popping by :), Happy editnig :), –Davey2010Talk 13:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
- Secondly, the bobbies in London are kick-ass and tough, along with all law enforcement personnel in the UK. I would move to London if I could, but for a US citizen to do so is a huge hassle! Have to get a job first, then document it, and then move back to the US, and then move back after being "approved" by the government there. That is unless one is rich from the start, then there's no problems; like Madonna. North America1000 13:38, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
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Please note that, when using screenshots of Wikipedia, you need to declare this in the source. Wikipedia content isn't free to use without restrictions - you need to give proper attribution to its authors; linking back to the original page is good enough for this purpose, but you actually need to do this. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:24, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- I'm not going to be pedantic as to link to every single page that I scerenshot - I add the "Wikipedia licence" after upload which is enough. –Davey2010Talk 14:32, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- Except that use of Wikipedia content, without giving proper attribution to the author(s) of the content, is a copyright violation. This applies to all copyrightable content, in all formats - including screenshot format. As stated below the edit box, all contributors agree that a hyperlink to the page is good enough to meet this requirement, but a simple "Wikipedia licence" isn't. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:20, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- 9 times out of 10 I state in the description where the image was taken which again I believe to be enough, Thanks for your comments. –Davey2010Talk 15:27, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Proabably "ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship"...? >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:31, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- FWIW I've always thought "Own work" meant as in I took the image or screenshotted it, Probably wrong but anyway the screenshot(s) don't appear under any "Own work" category - They all come under the WP licence categories so I don't really see a problem buy hey ho, Anyway SN thanks for popping by :) –Davey2010Talk 15:36, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- Except that this image, which includes copyrighted text from the source of WP:VPT, is a copyright violation if it's unattributed. And the minimum requirement is a "hyperlink or URL" Text from bottom of all edit pages, taken from MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning, not just our shortcut name for this page. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:32, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- FWIW I've always thought "Own work" meant as in I took the image or screenshotted it, Probably wrong but anyway the screenshot(s) don't appear under any "Own work" category - They all come under the WP licence categories so I don't really see a problem buy hey ho, Anyway SN thanks for popping by :) –Davey2010Talk 15:36, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Proabably "ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship"...? >SerialNumber54129...speculates 15:31, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- 9 times out of 10 I state in the description where the image was taken which again I believe to be enough, Thanks for your comments. –Davey2010Talk 15:27, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- Except that use of Wikipedia content, without giving proper attribution to the author(s) of the content, is a copyright violation. This applies to all copyrightable content, in all formats - including screenshot format. As stated below the edit box, all contributors agree that a hyperlink to the page is good enough to meet this requirement, but a simple "Wikipedia licence" isn't. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:20, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
Tech News: 2018-05
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17:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
Umm...
Delete per POLEMIC
probably would have sufficed, without needing to tack on also you're a big dummy, stupid face, dumb dumb.
I mean, things are already pretty heated on all fronts. Not sure that bit is really helping anybody any. Just a thought. GMGtalk 11:14, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry haven't got time to fully reply but your comments been noyed. –Davey2010Talk 11:18, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- The edit summary was uncalled for Davey. I appreciate emotions are running high here, for everyone, but all of this is just escalating everything unnecessarily - TNT❤ 11:36, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi There'sNoTime, First off my apologies for that, I will say in my defense however I'd only just woken up so as you can imagine when I saw 2 pings and then saw his edit notice which says "I'm banned from his talkpage" I'm sure you can imagine it didn't go down very well with me ..... But I do agree some things shouldn't be said and that was one of those things so I apologise for that, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 13:41, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
- Incase THAT comment is used against me or elsewhere I want it to go on record that I made a rant and then a few hours later I apologised and redacted the entire rant, Nothing will probably come of it but on the off chance it does I wanted this to go on record. –Davey2010Talk 19:25, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
SNOW closes
Hi, just a note that you might want to avoid closes like this one. No matter how hopeless the proposal might seem, it's usually not a good idea to rush and close it only an hour after it's started, and especially not if you've already !voted in it – as this creates the perception of unfairness. Also, if such a close is reverted, it's usually a good idea to leave it to somebody else. If it is really an obvious case then someone will close it to the same effect sooner rather than later. Thanks! – Uanfala (talk) 00:40, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, My !vote had nothing to do with the close, An editor disagreed with the RM close (done by soneone else), 2 editors stated no the RM close was correct so I figured it'd make since If I closed that whole discussion ..... So there was nothing wrong with that close, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 01:06, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry, I didn't go into the history, my bad. You can safely ignore half of what I've written above. – Uanfala (talk) 01:24, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
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Some fucking good faith

Hi Davey. As a reconciliation gesture regarding our run-in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JGSP Novi Sad, please accept this crunchy tasty WikiCookie. In my defense, while I usually do assume good faith, I hardly could have imagined that you mistyped two fucking letters, and I did say "apparent failure". No such user (talk) 14:35, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi No such user, First off I apologise for that comment it wasn't actually directed at you I simply pissed off with AW!, You (and he) were more than correct in saying what you did so I've redacted most of my reply, As for the paste thing yeah not sure why but I somehow missed off 2 letters and didn't bloody realise!
- Lesson learnt for me should be more careful in future! but anyway apologies for that outburst and thanks for the cookie! :)
- Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 14:43, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hey Davey, per WP:SKCRIT I don't think you're allowed to speedy keep/withdraw a nom if someone else has voted delete.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:10, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Pawnkingthree, Technically I shouldn't however the delete !vote was moot and they didn't actually explain why it should be deleted - They just put "per nom" so in that respect it's just a useless comment (You can put "per nom" but generally it's preferred if you expanded on that), As I fluffed the search up myself it was an obvious keep and I didn't see the point in keeping it open just for the sake of policy but that being said I take your comments on board and hopefully all of this won't be repeated!, Have a nice day :), –Davey2010Talk 17:19, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hey Davey, per WP:SKCRIT I don't think you're allowed to speedy keep/withdraw a nom if someone else has voted delete.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:10, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Harassing thanks
Hi Davey. I have a lot of respect for the work you do on the project, but this is an error in judgement. It doesn't help to de-escalate the situation and serves only to inflame tempers. Please avoid thanking people so many times in such a short period of time when you know they would rather not have contact with you, whether or not that request is justified. It can easily be seen as harassment. ~ Rob13Talk 22:48, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Hi BU Rob13, I was thanking him for his diff-additions on his talkpage but once I realised this could be considered harassment I immediately stopped and haven't thanked him since, Many thanks for your comment and I hope you're all well, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:52, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Tell a lie I did thank him for the section, Yeah this isn't looking great for me, Noted I'll stop poking and shall stay well clear from hereon in, I'm not a harassing sort of person so I've dewatched his talkpages and I'll avoid him whereever possible (and if our paths do cross I'll knock off the comments), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:58, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Fun fact of the day: on the Polish wikipedia people have set a limit (was it 3?) to the number of thanks that a given user can send. Only applies to new users, though. – Uanfala (talk) 23:01, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- More relevantly this time, I'm wondering how BU Rob13 noticed the unusual thanking activity. Are there mechanisms for policing the thanks log? – Uanfala (talk) 23:04, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Haha wow really ?, But why I mean the sensible thing is to block the thanker ?, Seems a bit ott lol,
- I suppose thanks to my thanking-spree I suppose it'll come over here now lol,
- Nope "C" had pinged admins telling them of my "thank trolling" which is how they knew,
- Anyway Uanfala thanks for popping by and thanks for the fun fact :) –Davey2010Talk 23:13, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Coffee pinged me to the thanks log on-wiki. I know you probably didn’t intend it that way, Davey2010, and like I said I have a great respect for what you do on the project. I just want to make sure things don’t escalate. Thanks for responding so reasonably. ~ Rob13Talk 23:26, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks BU Rob13 and I have a lot of respect for what you do on here too, No worries and thank you for coming here to deescalate things, Have a nice day :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:32, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:13, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- I on the other hand am .... Livin' la vida mocha ..... Wow that was awful sorry
. –Davey2010Talk 17:36, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- "I just want to make sure things don't escalate": Well, someone doesn't like that idea.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 17:46, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- We’re just one big frappe family. –Davey2010Talk 17:53, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- "I just want to make sure things don't escalate": Well, someone doesn't like that idea.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 17:46, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- I on the other hand am .... Livin' la vida mocha ..... Wow that was awful sorry
- No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:13, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks BU Rob13 and I have a lot of respect for what you do on here too, No worries and thank you for coming here to deescalate things, Have a nice day :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:32, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
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Your deletion of shows
re special:diff/807424861 do you take issue with the entirety of the 200 articles in Category:Lists_of_television_series_by_network or something?
Which of the 9 parts of WP:NOTGUIDE are you relying on for this removal?
It seems to me like perhaps if you didn't want that stuff on the Treehouse TV article that you could have nominated to export it to List of programs broadcast by Treehouse ? ScratchMarshall (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
- Yep, We're not a TV guide, See WP:NOTTVGUIDE #4. Also just because other articles have list doesn't mean this should (See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS). –Davey2010Talk 20:38, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
Your user page
Are you planning to file something? If so, might you accept help? I can think of a few people who may be interested as they've been involved in separate "shit shows" of their own of late. 24.96.130.81 (talk) 01:30, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, Nope I'm just writing a statement, There may not even be one but something tells me he's either going to file one or someone else will so in case it happens I figured I might aswell compile everything and write something up,
- But nope I'm not filing one as unfortunately I was "thank-trolling" as well as poking and what not so I'm not really in a position to file one against him .....
- We can only but hope someone will, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 02:00, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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Your recent archiving at AN
I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but you archived the section at WP:AN about pages recently put under extended-confirmed protection. Per this discussion, that section should remain on the page and not be archived. I've reverted your archiving of the section, and I would suggest you not do it again. (Of course, if you did it on accident, then you can just ignore what I just wrote. I'm just making sure in case it was intentional, which I'm hoping it wasn't). Thank you. SkyWarrior 18:31, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- SkyWarrior - You've absolutely lost me ..... What's the difference between it being archived now and it being archived in a few days time ? ..... I actually assumed an admin for whatever reason hatted it ..... It being hatted equally makes no sense, –Davey2010Talk 19:32, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- OK, so let me explain it further. Any and all pages put under ECP protection must be logged at WP:AN; this was decided by the community here. The section you archived is that log, and per that RfC it should not be removed or archived. It's hatted, I would assume, for readability reasons in case the log gets too long. SkyWarrior 19:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- SkyWarrior - Ahhhh I seeeeee I didn't realise that section was actually a part of the AN board... riiiiiight now it makes sense
, Apologies for that I'll be a bit more careful in future, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 20:00, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- SkyWarrior - Ahhhh I seeeeee I didn't realise that section was actually a part of the AN board... riiiiiight now it makes sense
- OK, so let me explain it further. Any and all pages put under ECP protection must be logged at WP:AN; this was decided by the community here. The section you archived is that log, and per that RfC it should not be removed or archived. It's hatted, I would assume, for readability reasons in case the log gets too long. SkyWarrior 19:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
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Pendulum (song)
Hello, thank you for letting me know about distinguishing between the D&B band Pendulum. I have decided to move the page back to Pendulum (song), since still, this is the only song with this name with an article. However, to address your concern, I put a hatnote on top for the D&B band. If you have any other concerns, please message me on my talk page first before any moves. Thank you. JE98 (talk) 23:02, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
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KCC Live
Hello!
You seem to keep merging the page KCC Live. I am un sure why this is. Are you able to explain.
Many thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by OllyDowning (talk • contribs) 23:42, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
- The station was merged because it was not notable to warrant a seperate article. –Davey2010Talk 00:09, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- The station is a completely separate entity to the collage however. Is there some sort of personal attack happening to me, as you seem to modify all of my changes without question for little reason? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OllyDowning (talk • contribs) 00:12, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- Read WP:MERGE as to why it's not a seperate article, Your edits are also WP:UNSOURCED hence me reverting you. –Davey2010Talk 00:22, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Your revert
Hi Davey,
I believe your revert was in good faith but I am quite surprised by it. For one, I have already participated in the talk page of the article specifically about that very issue (see: Talk:Turkish_military_operation_in_Afrin#Alleged_war_crimes). Also, the sources you now reinserted into the article have been discredited on the talk page through consensus and most users consider the usage of Turkish state-runned news media outlets as unreliable and biased when it comes to sensitive information such as war crime allegations. Étienne Dolet (talk) 22:07, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- I suggest you self-revert because there's 1RR sanctions on SCW articles. If you don't, I'd have to report you. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:34, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- Plus, Calthinus has been heavily involved in the article's talk page and there is a consensus already. I just showed you the discussion and you still act as if this discussion never happened. Not only is this revert a violation of the 1RR, but it's also disruptive. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:36, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi EtienneDolet, From what I can see "Anadolu Agency" is used everywhere, Looking through various talkpages as well as WP related pages there doesn't appear to be any sort of consensus not to include it - If you point to an actual consensus that says "Anadolu Agency cannot be used" then I'll happily revert but at present 2 people saying "It cannot be used" isn't really consensus so as such my edit will be staying but as I said if you can point to this consensus I'll happily revert, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:43, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- The consensus is that Anadolu Agency cannot be used for controversial and sensitive information such as war crime allegations. That's the consensus and it's laid out right there in the talk page of the article. If you actually looked at the talk page, which apparently you didn't because you believe that me or Calthinus never participated in it, you'd see that there was a pretty lengthy discussion about this and that most users have agreed to not use Anadolu Agency's claims until it has been picked up by more reliable impartial sources. Anadolu Agency is being used, yes. But for other things such as casualty figures made by the Turkish government with the understanding that it be tagged as a Turkish government claim. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:51, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- (EtienneDolet oh crap, is this article under 1RR? I didn't even realize. )
- Davey, you reverted me saying the source is fine, and said I should use the talk page. Surely you have read this about the not-so-fine media situation in Turkey right now. In case you are unaware, we have specifically discussed the outlet used, Anadolu on the talk page-- you are quite welcome to participate there yourself if you are going to tell others to do so when reverting. The claim that I removed, that you placed back on, is a very serious claim-- I'm not against including it, but surely if we do so it should have better sourcing than one AKP politician's claim reported on a Turkish state outlet, right?--Calthinus (talk) 23:42, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- Reverted - As I said 2 people isn't a consensus however having properly read the sentence I was reinstating it used "accused" which isn't ideal - That's dodgy territory right there, That all being said I couldn't find any other sources stating this so I've reverted, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:55, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
- Davey, you reverted me saying the source is fine, and said I should use the talk page. Surely you have read this about the not-so-fine media situation in Turkey right now. In case you are unaware, we have specifically discussed the outlet used, Anadolu on the talk page-- you are quite welcome to participate there yourself if you are going to tell others to do so when reverting. The claim that I removed, that you placed back on, is a very serious claim-- I'm not against including it, but surely if we do so it should have better sourcing than one AKP politician's claim reported on a Turkish state outlet, right?--Calthinus (talk) 23:42, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
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Arriva Shires & Essex
I spent much time on the Arriva Shires & Essex article, improving the format and details of references and updating a few of the photos. You have reverted the article to a state in which its photos show no bus more recent than 2009, no photograph taken since 2011 and no publishers named in the citations. Citation templates include a parameter for publishers because they should be named.
An article about a bus operator can include some photos of older vehicles to illustrate the company's history. But it should also include recent ones of recent vehicles to represent its current operations. Thanks to you, this article no longer does.
The photos that I removed ranged in quality from mediocre to poor. The ones that I added in their stead are better quality. I say that not out of vanity because I took two of them, but entirely objectively. The photo of a Green Line coach with an over-exposed sky is particularly grotty.
Even the photo in the infobox is inadequate. The subject is entirely in shade, the background entirely sunlit and the bus is 18 years old. I am sorry I did not find a better one on Wikimedia Commons to replace it.
Why do you want to exclude good quality photos of Arriva the Shires buses built in 2014 and 2015 and photographed in 2016 and 2017? What you have done is quite unconstructive. It serves neither Wikipedia nor its readers.
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- Hi Motacilla, My apologies, My main issues were the image changes, The images you added IMHO looked awful, I have no objections to image replacements providing they're better than what their replacing .... however that all being said I should've replaced the images instead of reverting all of your edits and so I apologise for that, I've obviously since self reverted (except for the images), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 21:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
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User talk pages with inapprorpiate expressions
JYI, I started checking the pages I requested to be checked recently in AN. I have sent many for MfD and for speedy deletion. It turns, the pages are being deleted and the number of racist/sexist expressions is being reduced. Any help is appreciated though. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:06, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Magioladitis Consensus was to leave the pages well alone so stop meddling and find something productive to do. –Davey2010Talk 15:11, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- I think the problem was not to go and revdel. Removing vandalism / racism / sexism is well accepted practise. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Magioladitis - You're removing comments made in 2009! .... Whilst I don't condone anyone calling another editor "a nigger faggot" or "cunt" at the same time these comments were made over 10 years ago .... In my eyes you're wasting your time and and your focusing all of your energy on something pointless and which could be better spent on improving articles,
Stop with the removal and seek consensus for your removals.–Davey2010Talk 15:15, 23 February 2018 (UTC)- Magioladitis FWIW some of the stuff you've deleted has been vile and I whole heartedly support the removals but others not so much, FWIW I do agree and I don't agree on it but I can't stop you nor am I going to ANI over it but it might be better to get consensus so that way people can have their say, I will say not all of your removals have been bad and some I would've removed myself .... but for me I just feel like you could be better spending your energy on articles which is the whole point of this site, As I said I'm not going to stop you if you honestly believe removing 10-15yo "nigger" and "cunt" comments is the best use of your time then by all means carry on. –Davey2010Talk 15:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hey, thanks for your feedback! -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:28, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Magioladitis FWIW some of the stuff you've deleted has been vile and I whole heartedly support the removals but others not so much, FWIW I do agree and I don't agree on it but I can't stop you nor am I going to ANI over it but it might be better to get consensus so that way people can have their say, I will say not all of your removals have been bad and some I would've removed myself .... but for me I just feel like you could be better spending your energy on articles which is the whole point of this site, As I said I'm not going to stop you if you honestly believe removing 10-15yo "nigger" and "cunt" comments is the best use of your time then by all means carry on. –Davey2010Talk 15:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
- Magioladitis - You're removing comments made in 2009! .... Whilst I don't condone anyone calling another editor "a nigger faggot" or "cunt" at the same time these comments were made over 10 years ago .... In my eyes you're wasting your time and and your focusing all of your energy on something pointless and which could be better spent on improving articles,
- I think the problem was not to go and revdel. Removing vandalism / racism / sexism is well accepted practise. -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2018)
Hello, Davey2010.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: SWOT analysis • South American cuisine Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 26 February 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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FYI
Hi, I'm just letting you know that I've unstruck the !vote here: . My rationale was: "SPAs are allowed to vote and the comment was already marked as such". Please let me know if there are any concerns. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:03, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi K.e.coffman, Ah right sorry I thought it was common thing to strike but guess not, Thanks for kindly unstriking, Cheers, –Davey2010Talk 01:07, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
Tech News: 2018-09
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- Checkusers and stewards can now view private data such as the IP address in the abuse log. This data is removed regularly.
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- Last week's MediaWiki version was rolled back because of a bug.
- Since the deployment train last week until late evening on 20 February UTC, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed.
- Special:Statistics did not take newly created pages into account since 13 February 2018. Because of this the statistics are recreated.
Changes later this week
- Users with version 10 of the Internet Explorer browser will no longer get JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis. If you use this browser on your computer, you can try upgrading to a newer version.
The Wikinews wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 27 February. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018.
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