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Welcome to the mop corps, Clpo13. Your successful RFA's only the beginning; prepare to have to clean up after all the vandals and the hooligans and the messmakers! Before you start practicing your mop-fu skills, sit down and have a drink. A recent Lord Jimbo Decree has prohibited admins from drinking on the job, but coffee is fine. So, have some coffee! —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:32, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

ALL HAIL LORD JIMBO OF THE CABAL!!! — Gestrid (talk) 16:51, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

• 176.126.225.170 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

You and Widr both conflicted different block durations with this IP address. 45.123.197.254 (talk) 17:17, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I've updated the block to what Widr had set. clpo13_(talk) 17:18, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

There is nothing that precludes speedy deletion of something at XFD. It's clear that this page was a test page, and so it should be speedied as such. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:09, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

@TenPoundHammer: I agreed with John of Reading's rationale for leaving it at MFD instead of speedying. But if you want to tag it again, I won't object. clpo13_(talk) 19:14, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Of interest Woody (talk) 19:25, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Late I know, but congrats on your successful RFA! lavender|(formerly HMSSolent)|lambast 01:15, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

I'm late to the party but congratulations on passing your RfA! —MRD2014 📞 contribs 14:44, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Sorry I'm late but hey late's better than never :), Anyway just wanted to say Congratulations on your RFA :) Happy blocking :), –Davey2010Talk 16:42, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

On Wednesday evening, a friend and myself established a new Madison All-City Spelling Bee page on Wikipedia.

Suddenly I see that you deleted my page...why?? I had wanted to spend the weekend filling in the blacks with the information and names of winners from 1949 to 2017 but now its gone...the link was this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madison_All-City_Spelling_Bee

and I then wanted this Madison All-City Spelling Bee page then be connected/linked to the state spelling bee page we also created on Wednesday night, to be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Badger_State_Spelling_Bee

Can you please, who ever you are, answer why the Madison spelling bee page was taken down by you before I had the chance this weekend to fill in the blanks for both pages on Wikipedia.

Thanks, and instead of using message system, email me directly with your answers and helpful information.

Jay WisconsinHistorian@Hotmail.com

— Preceding unsigned comment added by JRWisconsin (talk • contribs) 23:18, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

21:48, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

I noticed you added ticket references to these 3 images: File:David Bowie Music Icons.jpg, File:Hornby cover.jpg and File:James Bond cover.jpg‎. Obviously I'm not sure yet what Buckingham Covers is going to provide OTRS with but I am pretty sure you are aware that Royal Mail stamps are covered by Crown copyright that lasts for 50 years and I very much doubt they can provide evidence that Royal Mail has relinquished those rights to a stamp dealer, allowing commercial and derivative use of their modern stamps. I also have concerns about the Hornby logo, the Thomas the Tank Engine stamp, and the background cover photo of the David Bowie envelope. I mention this because the uploader appears to be the website marketing assistant for the company (see: [11]) whose business is the sell first day covers like this, which is a conflict of interest and when I pointed this out on their talk page the uploader did not know about crown copyright. As a non-OTRS editor it is not my place to tell you your job but as a long time knowledgable philatelist I suggest a rather close review of any permission provided. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 17:06, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for applying semi-protection, it was about time, and very distracting with pending-changes protection. — PaleoNeonate — 18:43, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

One sad puppy for you, for finally protecting Antikythera mechanism. And it only took four RFPP posts for someone to notice. TimothyJosephWood 18:57, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to the admin corps. You will find that you do your job incorrectly all the time. Now get to work, and good luck. :-)—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 17:25, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

^^^ This is incorrect. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 17:40, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

--TheSandDoctor (talk) 18:31, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Congrats C. A well deserved awarding of the mop and pail. MarnetteD|Talk 19:20, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations. Just saw you doing admin stuff here and here. Right on those controversial articles, I see. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 16:17, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of unusual deaths. Legobot (talk) 04:24, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

You have blocked me at the complaint of user:Lugnuts for my "vandalism" of the Basil Thampi page. In fact, I am the aggrieved party. Cricketer Basil Thampi has won an award at the IPL 2017 final last night, shown on television, reported in every single Indian newspaper this morning. Yet, Lugnuts will not allow me to add one simple sentence saying that the award has been given to Thampi. This is not just a classic example of intimidation of IPs and sheer arrogance, but also violates several Wikipedia policies such as WP:OWN and WP:3RR. Your blocking me has clearly not worked, but you should block Lugnuts for violating WP:3RR. 59.182.181.221 (talk) 08:02, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Maybe you should follow the advice given by me and Lugnuts and add a source. But it'd be wise to wait until the block is expired in 31 hours. clpo13_(talk) 08:09, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I am astonished that you blocked my second IP -- you can block this third also, if you think it worthwhile. But I want to bring something else to your notice. I have been trying to figure out why exactly Lugnuts is to this extent inimical to my very simple sentence being included on the Basil Thampi page. Especially when it would be a simple matter for him to add a source (any newspaper or news website, for instance this) and make that minor edit himself, instead of edit-warring to the extent of violating 3RR. I think I have it. I have had nothing to do in the past with Lugnuts, but from his edit history, he seems to be of Sri Lankan ethnicity, whereas Basil Thampi is of part-Tamil, part-Malyali ethnicity, hailing from the extreme south of India. The Sri Lankan Civil War page will tell you of the ethnic animus between the two groups over the past several decades. It is of course impossible to prove that Lugnuts is motivated by ethnic animus in wanting to keep out a sentence about Thampi's recent award, but is it proper to allow him Ownership of that page given this possibility? 59.182.158.184 (talk) 12:26, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Clpo13 - this IP is still continuing to revert this by jumping from account to account. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 12:43, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, IP, for providing a source. Finally. I have done your work for you and added it to the article. In future, please provide sources when you add material. And do not impugn other users, it is considered personal attacking. Thank you and have a pleasant day. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Repel All Boarders ‖ 15:14, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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	The Original Barnstar
	good folk Arysh (talk) 23:27, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

i am sorry. that was a mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.68.31.247 (talk) 18:25, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Loki^Talk • 19:52, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Why did you protect List of Ukrainians of Russian ethnicity on the version that removes the whole list, instead of protecting it on this version?

[13]

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Such pages exist for most significant minority groups, e.g. Lists of Irish Americans, Russian Jews, Italians in Britain, Arabs in Spain, etc. It's not racism, it's giving recognition to the presence of ethnic minorities in societies and the role they play.

And most important, Wikipedia support and encourage such pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.120.135.112 (talk) 07:06, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

The page was protected to prevent further disruption caused by reverting back and forth. If you disagree with the redirection that was done in November 2016, you should try to find consensus for a different outcome on the article talk page. clpo13_(talk) 04:34, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I've tried, I started a discussion on the talk page - ignored. So if some vandal decides to remove a whole page because it doesn't suit their POV and naturally ignores the talk page as he's not there to find a consensus, I should just ignore it? What I'm doing is protecting an article from being removed by a vandal, that's all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.90.76.213 (talk) 11:51, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

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12:18, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

On Karen Bass (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) he is back to messing up the format of the article. As this is not the first time they have done this, I didn't revert them, in case special treatment was in order. Thanks, d.g. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 20:48, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

@L3X1: Thanks for the heads up. It looks like they've self-reverted their edits, but I'll keep an eye on the page. clpo13_(talk) 22:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
• Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
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• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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Can you review the article Maltese general election, 2017 and see if any of my claims are correct? Thanks for tagging me for the claim made against me by an admin who clearly does not care of standards and NPOV. I have nothing against the editor but went too far and is supporting non-registered editors and their agenda. Just in case you tell me, I can abstain from editing that article as I have nothing to gain from it. You can view my edits and check that most are not related to political activity, and that some editors have been inserting bias in that which I tried to remove until furter court conclusions are made. Google about Malta and subject-related which is weitten in it. The Times of Malta is most neutral. Others are government or opposition media mainly. Cheers.Continentaleurope (talk) 22:02, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

I understand what you are saying, but he is my great grandfather so I do know these facts. This is my family so yes, the sources are reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SanFranciscoRemembers (talk • contribs) 18:23, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

I don't doubt that, SanFranciscoRemembers, but Wikipedia requires sources that readers can check themselves, per the verifiability policy. Those sources can be websites, books, newspaper clippings, or anything that has been previously published. clpo13_(talk) 18:33, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

I understand you doubt it, but if You had read what I wrote, I am his great grand daughter Meghan Elizabeth Spalding. I just wanted to add onto his profile and put what should be put. I really reallt hope you will consider allowing me to do this because it means a lot to me! He was my great grandfather and I am sorry if that is hard to believe but please trust me. You read what I said right? I didn't just put stupid stuff on the page, I put the facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SanFranciscoRemembers (talk • contribs) 18:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Just wanted to give you a very belated congrats on getting the RFA mop! (I haven't been actively editing for about a month, but I'd figured I'd present you a hardy congrats prior to disappearing again.) Steel1943 (talk) 20:20, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much Steel1943! clpo13_(talk) 21:57, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

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The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Sciences Po. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

I need help reporting a possible edit war but I use the mobile version of the website and I don't understand how to do it. If I gave you the links could you do it for me? Dinah Kirkland (talk) 18:16, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

@Dinah Kirkland: I can certainly do that. clpo13_(talk) 18:17, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mimiddu That is the user. For the page it was this;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_profanity

My original edit was; cazzo (pl. cazzi) [ˈkattso]: Fuck or in some cases fucking. It is highly recommended that while in Italy its best not to say this.

It was changed to;

cazzo (pl. cazzi) [ˈkattso]: literally dick, cock, prick. Used in countless expressions to express a variety of feelings like anger, frustation or surpise in a similar way in which "fuck" and "Fucking" are used in English.

Which is incorrect. I reverted their edits once and they changed it back. I tried to discuss it on their userpage but they ignored me. Dinah Kirkland (talk) 18:21, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

It would be of great help if you did this. The change has gone from passive to offensive on that page. Well at least to me. Dinah Kirkland (talk) 18:55, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

@Dinah Kirkland: I've taken a look at the page. The dispute is a couple of days old now, so there's not really any action I can take at the moment. My advice to you would be to try your change again (making sure it's supported by sources, per WP:V). If it's disputed again, start a discussion on the talk page explaining your change so other editors of that page can chime in and hopefully come to a consensus about how it should be worded. By using the article talk page, you can reach more people than by posting on another user's talk page (though that's a good start and it's unfortunate that Mimiddu never responded). If that doesn't work, you can follow the steps at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. I hope that helps. clpo13_(talk) 19:03, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I will do that. Grazie (Thank you) Dinah Kirkland (talk) 19:06, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Greetings..The protection of the "Cyclops" page is a mistake .... there is a discussion that clarifies everything in the Talk page (the motivation is also visible from the page history)--151.57.23.72 (talk) 20:27, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

The page was protected to prevent further edit warring. The discussion on the talk page hasn't been added to in a month and it doesn't look like there was ever consensus to remove material. I'd suggest reviving that discussion or seeking dispute resolution. clpo13_(talk) 20:58, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

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A clarification to WP:UP/RFC2016 § B4 has been proposed. You participated in that discussion; your input is welcome at Wikipedia:User pages/RfC for stale drafts policy restructuring/B4 clarification. Thanks, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 15:59, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

A year ago ...

"useless without images"
... you were recipient no. 1416 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

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• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
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• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

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Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
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Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
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