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Just a comment, because I otherwise often find myself agreeing with you. Attention-seeking is a dangerous label, surely? It's semantic valency ranges from teachers who must attract the attention of distracted students (the political reflex is making a stand when no one else will: like a (Jewish: it matters in this context) mentor of mine who stopped a tradition of humiliating new boys in a Protestant prestigious college back in the 30s by stepping in to protest the custom one day. His authority came from his known gentleness of character, his excellence at sports and intellectual brilliance. I'm sure some of the bullies would have quipped: 'Ah fuck him, always grandstanding on 'ethics' to get attention), down to those who will do anything to catch the public eye.Those who are in the limelight and exercise executive powers invisible to most of us, often deride critics as trying to grab people's attention, something they themselves base their careers on. When, from within the Republican party ranks, Justin Amash took a stand against Trump, it was summarily dismissed as attention-seeking. In sum, almost every act act lends itself to interpretation as drawing attention, from a baby crying, a newspaper boy's street shouting, a farmer's alerting neighbours to an incipient bushfire, to a victim of robbery yelling 'thief', whatever the distinct and singular impulses that lead to it (unknown to us generally), can be put down as 'attention-seeking'. So I don't think one should attribute that motive to anyone unless there is a sustained prior record of exhibitionism. Regards Nishidani (talk) 12:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi this mobile IP address 182.18.177.106 and 115.97.181.112 is vandalizing the page by adding "Telugu cinema is ranked second based on box office ranking" there is no such thing as ranking in Indian cinema article. It is sheer pluff and fan pov. The editor is using abusive language in mobile edit summaries. Please do the needful temporary semi protection and pls block the IP.Rvls (talk) 08:49, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
In regard to the note you left me about improper rollback use, just wanted to clarify a few things. First, I noticed in my RPP request (which I made using Twinkle), I selected the wrong item from the dropdown. Instead of vandalism, I intended to choose "disruptive editing". It may have seemed like a content dispute on the surface, but a closer look reveals a bit more.
All three edits are from the same IP range with the last octet changing, and it's quite clear they are ignoring/deleting the hidden text in the process (the act of deleting and even rephrasing in one case is a clear indication they see it). The first two diffs were immediately reverted by another editor, and I walked in on the third. Second, I realize my rollback's edit summary could have been better. In hindsight, labeling my revert as "rvv" was incorrect. A more appropriate edit summary would have been "rv disruptive edit" or even better:
...and followed that up with posting an explanation on the talk page. I'm usually pretty good about that, especially in situations that look like possible misunderstandings by the offending IP (this one didn't at first, but I see it now). Thank you for bringing it to my attention. --GoneIn60 (talk) 05:09, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for your closing summary about deleting the Infoshops template. To be honest, I was expecting this to be closed as no consensus, and I'm a bit confused by your reasoning about there being a majority since there were three Keeps, three Deletes and a Weak Delete which said "but I don't see anything problematic with keeping them either." I said keep and I didn't see very much to reply to in terms of an argument for deletion, just various statements which fail WP:NOTDUPE. Further, I haven't seen any suggestions on how to improve the template, which is a wasted opportunity.
I'd also like more clarity here if possible on why any template needs to pass all five criteria, since the policy states: "Good templates generally follow some of these guidelines." Indeed, the reason people were mentioning other templates is because very few templates do satisfy all five criteria and I'm not sure how else that could be demonstrated.
Regarding 3 (The articles should refer to each other, to a reasonable extent) - well I think they do and the relevant literature eg Atton, Dodge, Lacey and Munson on Infoshop does link these projects together. Further, there are networks in existence for example the UK social centre network, there's reliable sources for that at Self-managed social centres in the United Kingdom.
Regarding 5, (If not for the navigation template, an editor would be inclined to link many of these articles in the 'See also' sections of the articles) well no you probably wouldn't link all the projects in a See also section, there's too many, but you would link the ones in the same country then the navbox provides a useful navigation to other projects. I don't know how many navboxes this guideline is actually true of? It's certainly not true of the other template on the mother page ... which somehow manages to link Radical cheerleading and Somatherapy.
I also see some procedural irregularities here but that can be mentioned at review if necessary. Thanks for any answer, I see a note at the top of this page saying you aren't around much so I'll move forward if I don't hear back from you in a week or so. Mujinga (talk) 10:22, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I spotted you closing a few RFCs, and I was wondering if you could be an uninvolved admin to give my proposed close of an RFC a once-over? The RFC in question is Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Proposal_to_add_suicidal_disclaimer_at_Suicide, and my proposed close, and the rationale, is at User:Steven_Crossin/RFC_close#Summary/Close. Have considered the close for some time, but I'd just like a second opinion if you wouldn't mind? Steven Crossin Help resolve disputes! 08:34, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Fish and karate,
You can not move a category like you would move an article because each page in the category needs to be reassigned or it still appears in the original category that is now a redirect. That is why we let the bots handle this in CfD because it is such a chore to do this manually, especially if there are dozens of pages in the old category to reassign. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 17:28, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I just was wondering why you template protected {{merging}}, it is by no means a high risk template with currently just one actual use at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters added in 2018. Would you mind unprotecting or semi protecting it instead? --Trialpears (talk) 22:09, 16 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Please adjust the page protection settings on the following pages. As discussed at there is clear community consensus that ECP should not apply for "high risk templates" and nothing under WP:ECP supports such protection to this/these template(s) (example: "by request" is insufficient).
Thank you. Buffs (talk) 16:23, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I was just wondering whether disregarding any !votes by banned users is accepted practice when closing a discussion as you did at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2019 July 22#"Manned" renaming. While it's a no-brainer when socking is involved I don't find it obvious that it's appropriate when an experienced editor gets banned for harrasment/incivility which was the case here. The !vote was well considered and cast in good faith which doesn't change because of a block. This is by no means intended as a gotcha moment; I'm just trying to learn more and become a better closer. I believe I would have closed it in the same way, but more from giving less weight to the no need comment since it didn't express any reason why the status quo was preferable to the proposal from giving higher weight to the support side supported by GNL, RfC and consistency while the strongest argument from the opposition was COMMONNAME. --Trialpears (talk) 06:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Karate withdrew from ArbCom candidacy? Sad! Enough good candidates now, really? Darwinfish is considering running together with evil twin, two in one slot. For balance good/evil! darwinfish 18:28, 12 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]
Hi Fish+Karate! I was curious if you had any questions or feedback on my requested updatestoHistory at Mayo Clinic. If you still have some time and interest in the topic, I would really appreciate your feedback. Just a reminder that I have a COI: I'm here on behalf of Mayo Clinic. Best! Audrey at Mayo Clinic (talk) 18:29, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm wondering why you decided to template-protect the template documentation page Template:Supplement/doc. The vandalism seems to come only from unregistered users, and the documentation is not heavily transcluded. The parent {{Supplement}} is only semi-protected, and it seems like semi-protection would be a better idea for the documentation page too. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 17:15, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, F&K - I would very much appreciate your input regarding how best to find the closed cases that were filed at ARCA & ARBCOM in the past, including denied cases. Surely there must be an easy, user-friendly index somewhere, right? Atsme Talk 📧 16:33, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Fish and karate! I see you are of the main editors on the steak and blowjob article.While i think this has no place here i can only respect others that think otherwise. At the other hand, Cake and Cunnilngus is a real day too , mostly in Europe with many reliable sources about, it's getting bigger and it worths an article as the real equivelant to S&B day of course.To my surprise , i see there is not a page still after years .. It is bigger and more real than S&B was when created here. I cant beleive no one has ever created it yet , i would but it is difficult for me,may be it's time to create it ? What's your point of view on this ? Georgeof1001 (talk) 14:37, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help, i really like to see Wiki being more reliable, ( have pages with ALL facts, and not by preference ) and not to leave some belive it biased or even sexism. Thanks again F&K , if we could make Wiki better , that would make Mr.Miyagi happy ! Georgeof1001 (talk) 12:38, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm not exactly sure why I'm being attacked. The only time I ever broached the edges of the IBAN was when I asked you a question about its parameters a full year ago. All I know is that the IBAN was implemented partly to keep me from being attacked randomly like this (which, beforehand, was a regular occurrence).
The only thing I can think of that "flagrantly violate said bans and neither ArbCom nor the admin corps will lift a finger" might be referring to is this discussionatWT:AN, where I mentioned Darkknight2149 v. Hijiri88 and Curly Turkey and another unrelated ANI thread in a discussion about whether ANI headers should be neutral. It was only brought up in the context of there being a consensus for neutral headers in a past discussion. No one from that discussion was mentioned except for Drmies, and it was only brought up over this ([3], [4], [5], [6]) and this ([7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]). I am already dealing with another conflict as it is. The last thing I need is for this debacle to make a comeback, especially considering this. DarkKnight2149 06:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
HiFish and karate! Regarding WP:SPIDER, the thing that sets my teeth on edge a little more than the official lunacy box is the lack of a descriptive nutshell, which denies readers who might not be in the mood for wading through a bunch of silliness the option to just get the point and move on. If you have ideas for potential changes to it, I'd be interested (the current nutshell is completely redundant to the title, so it's not as though anything is being lost, and a rewrite could allow other jokes to be added to it).
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Given that keep was a minority opinion I think a closing statement is needed in order to close it as keep. Could you add one? Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 09:16, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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User talk:Fish and karate/Archive 31 is in a whole lot of content categories, contrary to WP:USERNOCAT: ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:1998 films, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:1998 romantic comedy films, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:American films, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:American films based on plays, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:American romantic comedy films etc.
I tracked this down it transcluding the article You've got mail (about a film), which was presumably intended to be a trasclusion of Template:You've got mail.
Please can you fix this? I'd do it myself, but the page is protected. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:16, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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I have been threatened by that user and will not tolerate the lies and filth.... CrossFit is my company, along with my husband's. The information is incorrect and although it may be fun for some to misprint incorrect information, it is defamation of character of the truth.
It is intolerable and inhumane. Fitjenlauren (talk) 03:53, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Fish and karate. In 2017, you have fully-protected Template:Accepted. It has only 654 transclusions (a hundred or two of which are from appearing in documentation). Please consider lowering the protection level of this template. —andrybak (talk) 23:57, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, Could you remove pending changes protection from List of HBO Max original programming please? It's been there for a long time and I think there may well be no need for it now. ----Pontificalibus 15:28, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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I was hacked and can't log in to my account. I don't use the account anymore and, whilst I don't mind seeing as I haven't logged in for a year, My user page was "edited" by said hacker. I can revert the edits but I'd also like them revision deleted.
Also, I'd like you or any admin/sysop to suspend editing privileges for the account for at LEAST a month while I attempt to recover the account
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I asked for my username changed whilst this was going on, if you want the reason I can explain, but for the most part this is done, I couldn't recover and, well, thanks. 2600:1700:4B16:1510:70E1:5345:18A2:8180 (talk) 00:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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On1 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cake and Cunnilingus Day, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 14 April is Cake and Cunnilingus Day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cake and Cunnilingus Day. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cake and Cunnilingus Day), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 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.
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Arecently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello! You've been lucky enough to have been picked out of Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests by a random number generator.
My userpage at User:Robomilk's edit history includes an unpleasant mixture of both personal identifying information (added by myself, when I was a teenager naïve to how much of a bad idea that is) and random vandalism and cyberbullying (added by similarly naïve teenage peers). Pretty much every edit from before 18 April 2007 fits into one of these two categories, and I'd quite like them to be gone for both security and sanity.
While I realise I could probably create a new account and cast that history aside, I was quite like to have these revisions (at least the ones containing personal info) hidden from public view. As this is regarding a page in the user space, I would think that the use of RevisionDelete would not require further oversight if I'm the one requesting it.
Is this possible, or is there some other process I should be following for removing personal information? Thanks in advance! —Kimberly Grey (talk) 23:18, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
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The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
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An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Széll Kálmán tér (Budapest Metro)) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 7#Széll Kálmán tér (Budapest Metro)) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 15:10, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Wikipedia:AY and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 25#Wikipedia:AY until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Jay (talk) 18:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Just curious but did you mean to both semi-protect and pending changes protect Chaeyoung? It's just I haven't seen that before. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 11:11, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
The redirect Cheese & onion has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 March 20 § Cheese and Onion until a consensus is reached. Thryduulf (talk) 18:00, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The redirect Wikipedia:RFZ has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 4 § Wikipedia:RFZ until a consensus is reached. Q𝟤𝟪 09:59, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I'm cleaning up the dwindling number of fostered content WP:LINT errors on Wikipedia, and have brought them down to 12 in user talk space. If you would be willing, on User talk:Fish and karate/Archive 29 would you add a vertical bar | before the File brackets within the Birmingham meetup section like so:
== Birmingham meetup ==
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[[File:Aa wikimeet 25feb12.jpg|thumb|upright|left|See you there? Well... not here... this photo is from a pub in Manchester... but that's cos there haven't been enough meetups in Birmingham.]]
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This will correct this syntax issue. Thank you, Zinnober9 (talk) 22:24, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to
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Hi Fish and karate :) I noticed you deleted this page in 2019 under G1: Patent nonsense, meaningless, or incomprehensible: redirect not referenced in target
. As this page used to be an article prior to being turned into a redirect to Stefan Molyneux#Views in 2017, I was wondering if you would mind undeleting it; as - per WP:CSD - a page is only eligible for speedy deletion if all of its history is also eligible.
Let me know if you have any queries, or if there's anything I'm missing here. All the best, —a smart kitten[meow] 15:55, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The redirect Graemlin has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 13 § Graemlin until a consensus is reached. Utopes (talk / cont) 03:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
HiFish_and_karate! We're conducting a series of participatory workshops with Wikipedia editors, administrators, researchers, and Wikimedia employees to discuss, and hopefully improve, Wikipedia's structures for online research (see meta research page). In an effort to get the right people in the room to discuss these topics, I'm reaching out here to see if you are interested in participating as an active administrator. We'd work with you to ensure this workshop can fit into your schedule, but are targeting end of April/early May. I'm happy to discuss any of these topics further here or on our talk page. Zentavious (talk) 14:09, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Fish_and_karate. I noticed you deleted the page "World Shiology Forum" as its importance was not indicated. I got it. So, is it possible that I can retrieve the page so that I can add information on its importance? or how can I create a new page or article on this forum?
Eileenljp1116 (talk) 03:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jerusalemite. It's been almost 20 years, so I think that unprotection or semi-protection is reasonable. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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[15] Well, I just missed it. Sorry. Thanks for tidying up. Joyous! Noise! 22:39, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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