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Tech News: 2021-09
19:06, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Dotecodegh blocked
Hello, The Anome, I helped Dotcodegh create a wikipedia account about two days ago, only to find out today that the account has been blocked. I could not understand the reason stated and I was wondering if you could clarify that to me here. Thank you Kinvidia (talk) 10:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Kinvidia: In the context of .gh being the country code for Ghana, and the editor editing about Ghana, "Dotecodegh" can be read as "Dotcode Ghana", which is the name of a company, and editors are not allowed to edit with names which suggest they are a company. Note that they are not hard-blocked, and can easily create another account; or by following the instructions in the notice, they can appeal the block or ask for the account to be renamed. Would they like to do so? -- The Anome (talk) 20:51, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the clarification The Anome. Kinvidia (talk) 02:23, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Doxy (vibrator) for deletion
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Tech News: 2021-10
17:50, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Multiple histories for deletion
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Tech News: 2021-11
23:21, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello. The source link is broken in the above page. Can you fix it? Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 05:17, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for spotting that! I've found and fixed it, via the Wayback Machine, and also found a couple of other cites from reliable sources to back it up. -- The Anome (talk) 10:24, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
Why do you support promoting Pages?
Hello everyone, Sandra asked you show her a reliable source for the page "Her Dating App" But you blocked her Because you don't have a reliable source I dare you show us a single reliable source or will escale that to meta admin And believe me they will check all promotion pages you support CynthiaEditor (talk) 12:57, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks for helping edit the Archway page. I feel like the picture I deleted is too old (16 years) and therefore not reflective of the area today. Hope that's ok! Archwayisthebest (talk) 13:22, 21 March 2021 (UTC) |
- Please see my comment on the talk page; I think both images are quite representative, in their own way. That stretch of the Archway Road looks very similar now to how it looked 16 years ago. -- The Anome (talk) 13:26, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-12
16:51, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-14
19:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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Nomination of Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis for deletion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Honorifics in the United States
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Tech News: 2021-16
16:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-17
21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Let the bodies pile high for deletion
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Tech News: 2021-18
15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
GS
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POV edits
Dont do this again. Remove the reference to the BTC and BCH blockchains, we are not using jargon. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 09:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-19
15:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
re:
IP 115 .. Thank you. — Ched (talk) 23:34, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-20
13:48, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Repings
FYI, I didn't get the reping (but I'm watching the page). IIRC, {{ping}}s, etc. only trigger after detecting a string of signature-producing ~
's, or in any edit summary via [[User:...]]
. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 15:59, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-21
17:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Straitjacketing
Hi there! I just wanted to ask about your addition of Straitjacketing (BDSM) to the Index of BDSM articles. As it's currently a redlink (and hence there is no such article) it doesn't fit the requirements for being in the index at the moment. I was wondering if you added it because you plan to create the new article next? - Polly Tunnel (talk) 15:51, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Polly Tunnel: yes, and I hope to get around to it in the next 24 hours or so. -- The Anome (talk) 17:42, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Ayo Obe
Hello, The Anome, I found Ayo Obe on your list at Names in the dictionary of African Biography. Tried accessing the dictionary but I can't seem to find it. Help, please? TheSokks(talk) 06:30, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-22
17:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Not social media
LOL, do you too get the impression that the user is not altogether taking on board what they've been told? Bishonen | tålk 13:30, 2 June 2021 (UTC).
can you please block 95.54.191.40 is a vandal
Tech News: 2021-23
20:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
ITN recognition for ANOM sting operation
On 8 June 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article ANOM sting operation, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 23:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Misuse of notaforum
I am concerned that your use of notaforum on the talk page of ANOM might be perceived as abusive. The query by the IP clearly was politically motivated, but it was responded to correctly and was in no danger of becoming an extensive off-topic discussion. My question was directed towards improving the article, as it seeks clarification on how the authorities can set up a trap prior to obtaining a warrant. Perhaps you meant to use notaforum on the other IP question? In any case, since none of these sections were devolving into chats, I urge you to undo your edit. Abductive (reasoning) 21:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
- I've moved your comment out of the collapse box, per your request. My reason for putting it in the box in the first place is that it seemed to be inviting other editors to speculate about warrantless tapping without providing any evidence either for or against the hypothesis, and thus seemed not to have any possibility of leading to improvement of the article. -- The Anome (talk) 21:16, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-24
20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Editing news 2021 #2
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Tech News: 2021-25
15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
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16:31, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-29
15:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
Updating your list
Hello The Anome,
I noticed your list of important articles here and noticed that it hasn't been updated since 2008. A lot has changed since then, and I was wondering if you could look over it to see if it needs to be updated. Interstellarity (talk) 15:41, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Interstellarity: Thanks for reminding me of that! I think the list has served its purpose, and certainly shows how Wikipedia has achived almost complete coverage of these basic concepts, but I think I'll keep it around for now in its current form. I might consider returning to the "base article" concept some time in the future. -- The Anome (talk) 08:10, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-30
21:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-31
20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Dick Farrel for deletion
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Tech News: 2021-32
16:19, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
Block Query
Hi there,
Just in case you don't have pings enabled, I'm querying a block at User talk:Imbecilesrus Nosebagbear (talk) 18:36, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-33
19:26, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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16:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
TPA
Hi there. After you blocked Cad2ddrafting, they deleted your block notice and spammed their user talk page. You might want to revoke talk page access - thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 13:33, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-36
15:19, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
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Coordinates by MOS
Hi, after I noticed Special:Diff/1043162131 I went ahead and added the missing coordinates through {{coord}}. Kindly review and rewrite it per WP:MOS as I am not familiar with the enwiki peculiarities. Thanks! Gikü (talk) 12:58, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Gikü: That looks absolutely fine. I've edited it slightly to reduce the precision of the lat/long values, as more that five digits after the decimal place is generally considered to be overprecision, since five digits suffice to specify the position to a precision of about 1 metre. -- The Anome (talk) 13:12, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-37
15:32, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-38
18:30, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Round Table (club)
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- Hi, Anome! I've declined that speedy deletion request; however, there does seem to have been some taking from pages of its website in 2004, so I've sent it to WP:CP to be sorted out. I think it may need a good deal of rewriting. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:41, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Byline TV
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Special:Diff/772270651
Hello, could you explain how a military unit would require coordinates? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
- @1234qwer1234qwer4: It's an error in the category-matching heuristics that produce the {{coord missing}} candidates; it's confusing military divisions with this kind of division. I'll add some more heuristics to catch and block this special case. -- The Anome (talk) 14:13, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks; maybe we can get a list of military divisions where the {{coord missing}} tag should be removed again? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:30, 25 September 2021 (UTC)- I've just created a list: User:The Anome/geotagged divisions. It's not exhaustive, but that should get most of them. Note that military divisions which have a fixed location can validly have coordinates, so they need to be reviewed individually. -- The Anome (talk) 13:39, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks; maybe we can get a list of military divisions where the {{coord missing}} tag should be removed again? ~~~~
You might also be interested in phab:T27619. ~~~~
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Tech News: 2021-39
22:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
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The article Interim freezing order has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Tech News: 2021-40
16:29, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
ANII
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. GrandEditor 5 (talk) 15:53, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Why did you remove my comment here [[107]]?Slatersteven (talk) 16:04, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Slatersteven: Apologies. It was unintentional; I was trying to fix a formatting problem, and accidentally overwrote your comment in an edit conflict. -- The Anome (talk) 16:13, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-41
15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Aftermath of Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Albaredd_file_a_lawsuit_againt_me_and_an_another_user
Hi! An obvious sock or meat puppet of User:Albaredd made a comment that may not exactly be a legal threat[108], but certainly is harassment. I don't know if this is enough for another block, but I think it should at least be revdel'ed. –Austronesier (talk) 13:33, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- I've indefblocked them. Thanks for the heads-up. -- The Anome (talk) 16:42, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-42
20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed
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Thank you for creating IPv9 (China).
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I'm not convinced the recent papers are related to the 2004 gossip in any meaningful way.
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User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 20:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm 力. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, IPv9 (China), and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.
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User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 20:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
REDACTING COMMENTS
You should not remove other users comments (as you did here [[109]]).Slatersteven (talk) 13:18, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Slatersteven: Holy shit. This was, of course, entirely unintentional. This is not the first time this has happened, and I've tried to find out why it seems to be happening just to me. I'm now convinced this is something to do with how the latest version of the editor is caching edit state. I notice that using the back button on hitting an edit conflict (which is what I've been doing) is losing the most recent contribution, and editing that copy thus overwrites it, even if I've selected not keeping my version on the pop-up. Re-loading the page, rather than hitting the back button, seems to make things work properly.
I've restored your comment; please, please let me know if this happens again; I'm as pissed off with it as you are. -- The Anome (talk) 13:31, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- Over my 16 years I have encountered these undetected edit conflicts on several but rare occasions. It seems the software just fails to notice and edit conflict from time to time and lets an edit just clobber the previous one. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 13:33, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- It used to happen to me, then I realised that what causes is is when there is an edit conflict, and rather than just start from scratch you instead use the go back bottom and then resubmit.Slatersteven (talk) 13:50, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- That may cause it, but it can happen without doing that because it happens to me sometimes and I never do that. HighInBC Need help? Just ask. 13:55, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Fram
Thanks for cleaning up the move with Fram. I was gonna get to it but as soon as I clicked on it, I was pleasantly to see it was already fixed. You're fast! VR talk 13:19, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
- Also Talk:Fram (disambiguation) still needs to be moved to Talk:Fram.VR talk 13:21, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
Done -- The Anome (talk) 13:34, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
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Blocked user
Hi. Blocked User:Savantsandsages has been renamed as User:Savants759. FYI. Regards. chansey msg? 13:52, 26 October 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincent Vega (talk • contribs)
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