User talk:Hammersoft

Sorry about yesterday, I posted to ANI, fell asleep watching BBCs Match of the Day and forgot all about my post. I hope that guy stops doing live updates. Thanks again. Regards. Govvy (talk) 11:48, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries. Keep tabs if you would please. It's a bit hard to track. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:43, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

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Feel free to read my story at User:Interstellarity/My Story and join in for some Wikipedia-related fun. I hope you like it. Interstellarity (talk) 22:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

please read the section on his page: 2025–26 KNVB Cup. In my opinion, the user clearly perceives this project inadequately and is spreading misinformation through his actions. Jphwra (talk) 18:41, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Hammersoft. Do you think File:San Diego Youth Symphony Logo 2024.png is too simple to need to be treated as non-free content? If it is, then the I can, in principle, go back an self-reverting my hiding of the file in Draft:San Diego Youth Symphony. However, I'm not sure that draft (at least in its current state) has a reasonable chance of getting accepted via AfC; so, even as PD the file could end up being orphaned if the draft gets deleted per WP:G13 or some other reason. How do you suggest dealing with a potential orphaned file like this? Is it better to wait until it's clear that the file is going to be used in some way, or is it better to just go ahead and relicense the file? -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:05, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

The stylized 'o' in Symphony of course is the only thing to give pause. Is there a creative element in making that? Yes. Are the creative elements too simple to warrant copyright? I don't know. In such cases, I think we have to defer to presuming it's copyrighted unless we can establish that it isn't, either via the source affirming it is or consensus on this project. If the draft gets accepted, it can always be uploaded when that happens. --Hammersoft (talk) 13:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

This edit was hilarious. Wiki drama meets real drama. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 11:45, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Glad you enjoyed that :) Shakespeare was a student of the human condition. Of course he could not have anticipated WP:AN/I. But, the way humans interact was certainly well within his sphere :) --Hammersoft (talk) 15:47, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

We may need to put out a disclaimer to the sports areas that Wa$hingtonFTFan26 edited in for adding false information - for example, their edit to the 2025-26 Everton women season article said that Amy Fearn refereed the match between Everton and Brighton - but the BBC says that Oliver Mackey refereed it. There could be more small errors around RossEvans19 (talk) 01:07, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

I'd just revert anything they've added that's not sourced. --Hammersoft (talk) 01:09, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks :) RossEvans19 (talk) 01:11, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

I think Occisors is still angry that I nominated copyrighted images for deletion on Commons. Instead of following WP:BRD, they have reverted an edit of mine calling it vandalism. I would start a talk page discussion but that would just give them another opportunity to accuse me of something. Perhaps a warning from you would help? Counterfeit Purses (talk) 04:32, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

I started a talk page entry asking users to discuss Luigi's nationality there. Would you like me to ping the editor for you? 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 12:51, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm sure they will find the discussion on their own. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 15:27, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@Counterfeit Purses: attributing emotions as motivation to their actions is inappropriate. Please don't do that. I've left a note regarding referring to things as vandalism. I'd recommend you disengage from them, and try to achieve consensus on the talk page. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:04, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

You got it, man. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 15:35, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

The redirect link of "Syndrone" on Wikipedia article "ZP Theart" seems to create misattribution. It appears that the references mentioning “Syndrone” in relation to ZP Theart have been attributed to an existing article/redirect for “Syndrone”, which appears to be another artist using the name "Syndrone". There are currently no sources that show any connection between that entity and ZP Theart. The current “Syndrone” article/redirect contains no mentions of ZP Theart and provides no evidence linking that entity to these collaborations or references, therefore the redirect should be removed.

My edits were undone by User.~2025-31168-81 without them doing any prior research. It's clearly stated that the mentioned "Syndrone" in Wikipedia article "ZP Theart" is a Swiss artist whereas the current article of "Syndrone", which ultimately redirects to "Machinedrum", clearly states he is American. Also, "Machinedrum" hasn't been active under the pseudonym "Syndrone" since 2001.

If you could look into this, I would highly appreciate your support. TheHeirophantom (talk) 16:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Declined. You're involved in a content dispute. I'm not going to use administrator tools in the middle of a content dispute. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:38, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

I see. In any case, is there any chance someone can look into the above mentioned topic at all? I feel like the topic itself is unrelated to whatever content dispute is going on at the moment. Also, please let me know if you need anything from me regarding the content dispute. TheHeirophantom (talk) 17:24, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Belligerent_editing,_forum_shopping,_failing_to_assume_good_faith,_and_otherwise_NOTHERE_behaviour_by_Jeremie69. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:31, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I am absolutely aware of this situation, hence why I investigated in the first place. I read through all these comments and I realized there is a big confusion going on about a very simple and easy to grasp conflict, though it seems everybody is just missing each other's points. TheHeirophantom (talk) 17:37, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

As I said, I have no intention of using administrator tools to resolve a content dispute. That's not what the tools are for. I will, however, use the tools if I discern abuse of our policies and guidelines. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:39, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

I don't disagree with you at all! I am not asking you to abuse admin power or any administration tools whatsoever. I am simply trying to get someone look into the misattribution this whole conversation on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents is about. I understand I'm playing the devil's advocate here, but I was indeed surprised nobody seemed to understand the underlying issue, which itself does not align with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines (misattributions absolutely need to be corrected). There is a very clear misattribution which takes no time to understand and correct and I had no intention to create buzz and drama. Sorry about that. TheHeirophantom (talk) 17:48, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Pray tell, why did you contact me? I'm not saying you can't contact me. It just seems bizarre you should pick me out of more than a thousand administrators. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:50, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

I didn't think much! I felt desperate because I was hitting a wall, then searched for a list of active administrators and picked the one with the most appealing user name. haha! I guess timing was destiny here ;-) TheHeirophantom (talk) 18:03, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Would you mind protecting the pages against IPs so we dont have to deal with more of these kind of contributions?

• Talk:Remigration
• Talk:2020s Minnesota fraud scandals
• Talk:Great Replacement conspiracy theory

Trade (talk) 02:28, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

I'd previously bookmarked them to see if disruption continues. Right now, it's low level. If that changes, then yes I'll protect. --Hammersoft (talk) 02:40, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you :) --Hammersoft (talk) 03:19, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Hammersoft, I hope you are doing well. I was hoping you could look at the conduct of a user named Bluevestman on this talk page and my talk page. They have pointed out that they were frustrated by my actions on these pages. While I agree that I might have made the wrong calls and politely said I will fix whatever mistakes I have caused, I tried to be as civil as possible when dealing with this user by setting things right. I wish that the user would say something like "I wanted to give you a friendly reminder that..." or "No worries. We all make mistakes and I trust you will do better." I thought about bringing them to WP:ANI, but I didn't want to open up a can of worms by having my conduct scrutinized. If you could provide a detailed analysis on how to best approach this situation, that would be great. I do not want to request that they be blocked, since I know that on Wikipedia, we try to give chances to improve behavior before resorting to a block. I just want to be sure we can both improve Wikipedia and be productive. Interstellarity (talk) 21:42, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I read through it all. I'm seeing some frustrations, but nothing too unusual. There's certainly not enough to block, and really there isn't enough to caution. If there's more dust up, let me know. For now, I think it's fine. --Hammersoft (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

~2026-44126-1 ( User talk:~2026-44126-1) is editing again at tenor and restoring material without adding sources (although they falsely claimed they did in their edit summary). The new account is ~2026-14765-79. Best.4meter4 (talk) 23:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Mfield took care of it. Keep reporting them as they show up. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 13:09, 9 March 2026 (UTC)