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If I could roll back time..

Hi Oshwah, hoping all is good with you! I opposed your adminship at the RfA. I was seriously wrong to do so. You are doing a damn fine job, with grace and good humour. My apologies. Put it down to a brainfart on my part. If I could turn back the clock you would have had my firmest support. But what matters is you got through and are wielding the mop with style and discretion. Kind regards, Simon. Irondome (talk) 23:41, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Irondome, you owe me absolutely no apologies at all for your vote. You voted using your judgment and insight, with the integrity of the project in-mind, and with the evidence presented in the RfA. That's all that I (or, anybody, for that matter) could ever ask for. The RfA is over and it's in the past, as far as I'm concerned :-). I appreciate your message and your kind words - I'm happy to hear that you're happy with how I've turned out with the administrator role, and that I'm doing well with the tools - it's what should be expected of me. I promised the community that I would use the tools with neutrality, intelligence, level-headedness, and with a good heart... and I plan to keep my promise :-). I hope you're doing well, and I hope you're having a great day! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:51, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi I am a surf school like the two other ones and I have legal permits like them and have been around three years . I am confused why I am not allowed to be added

Hi I am a legal commercial surf school like the two others featured Aloha Surf Girls (talk) 01:06, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Aloha Surf Girls - Your edits constitute advertising or promotion, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, and articles that are neutral and reflect the best quality content contain no bias or advertising toward your organization. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:08, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Do you even live in Hawaii ? Talking about commercialism ? Uncle Bryan blocks all the public parking stalls at two locations and bully's people, north shore surf girls is commercial and carol is crooked . I have the right to be presented . But whateve...

You are confused and wrong Aloha Surf Girls (talk) 01:16, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

You need to read what Wikipedia is not, as it will help you to understand what you're doing, and why it is against Wikipedia's polices. If you have any questions about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, please let me know. Thank you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:23, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, I apologize for the edit I made, that was just me being silly, I hope you don't mind. Is there a way to make an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiblox (talk • contribs) 01:45, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

@Wikiblox: I have put a welcome box on your talk page which gives a rundown of our policies and how editing works. Articles for Creation may also be a good place to start for you. -- Dane2007 ^talk 03:40, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

IP vandal

Hey, thanks for blocking the IP vandals on Jennifer Rubin (journalist). I just noticed that one of them had some not nice things to say about us on their talk page. I would remove the personal attack but sense that wouldn't be well-received--perhaps they need their talk page access revoked. Safehaven86 (talk) 17:08, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Safehaven86! No problem; thanks for giving your time towards vandal patrolling. It's a big help and it makes a huge difference! I've revoked talk page access from the IP due to (obvious) misuse of it. Thanks for the heads up! Keep up the awesome work! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:13, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, and the same to you! Safehaven86 (talk) 17:15, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You're best administrator over 9001, You have beaten vandalism and Keep up! ~ Junior5a (Talk) Cont 19:28, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Junior5a! Good to talk to you again! I hope your day is going well! Thank you for the barnstar, my man! I really appreciate it, as well as your time spend helping combat vandalism. I've seen you out there quite a bit... in fact, it should be me that's giving you a barnstar, not the other way around ;-). It's great to be on the front lines side-by-side with you, and I'm your guy if you need anything! Happy editing, man. Keep it real -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:41, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome! ~ Junior5a (Talk) Cont 19:47, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

User talk:Yung miraboi mark

Good day Oshwah, My account has being blocked User talk:Yung miraboi mark for some months, I am responding to my case but nobody is paying attention to me.--105.112.34.39 (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

You need to be patient and wait for an administrator to review your block. Alternatively, you can also appeal by visiting Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System. Please make no further edits outside your username (like you did here), as doing so is block evasion and will only add difficulty and evidence that can be used against you in your appeal. I won't block this IP unless you make further edits, since you may not have know about this, but please follow the directions and do not edit outside your account. Good luck to you. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:44, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

IM NEW

IM NEW DONT JUDGE ME OK YEAH IVE DONE GOOFED BUT PLEASE LIKE DUDE HAVE PATIENCE WIT MAH SOUL. HAVE A BLESSED DAY SIR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy poo101 (talk • contribs) 23:45, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Derek Hough

I beat you to the revert so I guessed you returned the favor :). Thanks for your vandalism fighting! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:08, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

LuK3 - No, thank you, sir! Thanks for helping with patrolling recent changes and for reverting vandalism! It's a task that not a lot of people enjoy doing, and I always appreciate those who help keep Wikipedia clean from all of that! Your time and diligence does not go unnoticed! And I appreciate your message as well! As always, it's great to talk to you again, and I hope you're having a good day! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:11, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Your previous API is being re-tried by the same disruptive editor I complained about

Sorry to bother you. However, I would like to bring to your attention that the previous API you ruled on is being re-tried by user name "TheTimesAreAChanging" [[1]], the same disruptive editor I had exhaustingly complained about.

He essentially copied and pasted the previous ANI and is trying to get a second opinion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Oneshotofwhiskey_and_Dinesh_D.27Souza

What bothers me about it is that you made a fair ruling and since then I have respected your instructions and strove to work things out with the editor on that page. I have for the most part avoided making edits on the article in contention. Rather I have sought to work things out on the talk page and consensus building, just like you asked! Rather than the OTHER editor [[2]] doing the same, he has simply resumed personal attacks [[3]] A direct quote from him is that I "openly boasts that [I am] a WP:NOTHERE". This is simply NOT true.

I would hope that after your previous ruling that we are supposed to start with a fresh slate and move forward. Hopefully, any FUTURE ANIs should be based only on behavior and actions SINCE then. Again, I have done NOTHING since then other than argue my point in the talk page.

My hope is that you can step into this new ANI he created to make the other editors there aware of the fact that there was a previous ruling placed upon us both that is authoritative on everyone involved. He is clearly trying to game the system with this tired old rehashed accusation that you already decided upon, striving to get the outcome he prefers so he can topic ban me from the article. Please weigh in there, if you can, so others will not be manipulated by his efforts.

Again, here is it...Nothing new is cited, just the same accusations you ruled on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Oneshotofwhiskey_and_Dinesh_D.27Souza

Editors should be aware that the OP "TheTimesAreAChanging" [[4]] routinely misrepresents facts and cites diffs that do not support his claims. His edit comments continue to be full of personal attacks and hostile side rants in this edit subject headings. And he has edit warred on American Politics post 1932 articles after having received the warning template. Speedy close or boomerang is in order there on that NEW unnecessary API that you already ruled on.Oneshotofwhiskey (talk) 00:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Oneshotofwhiskey - Thanks for the heads up. I'll read the ANI and see if I can't get an uninvolved administrator to step in, as I have done so previously. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:14, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Boulder Dam

THe "Hoover" Dam has been officiall redesignated as the Boulder Dam by Barack Obama. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:BDA0:6C1:D4D5:3F7F:2D27:DE17 (talk) 00:13, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

proof as designated - https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama --2607:FEA8:BDA0:6C1:D4D5:3F7F:2D27:DE17 (talk) 00:17, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

There is nothing in that source that proves or even makes mention of the Hoover Dam. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:21, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

The more you know...it was the boulder dam while it was being built! Thanks vandal for inspiring learning! -- Dane2007 ^talk 01:32, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Dinesh D'Souza, formerly at AN3 is now at ANI

Since you were the admin closer of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive328#User:TheTimesAreAChanging reported by User:Oneshotofwhiskey (Result: Page protected) you might be made aware of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Oneshotofwhiskey and Dinesh D'Souza. Nothing forces you to participate; your name is not mentioned though one phrase might be a reference to you: "the admin finding that both of us need to find common ground". You made further comments here. I feel some frustration at not being able to think of anything reasonable to do to calm down this dispute, or propose a sanction. Both parties were so energized and spoke at such length that it was hard to get a clear view. Since the issue falls under WP:ARBAP2 it is theoretically possible to issue topic bans. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:20, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Oops, I see you were already notified of the ANI above. EdJohnston (talk) 00:21, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

EdJohnston - No worries. I knew they'd eventually be back. I'll take a look for sure. If it's a continuation of the same thing, and with further disruption made to the article, then I believe it may be time to move forward with sanctions. Thanks for the heads up. By the way, I might need your help with this one (if you don't mind) :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:22, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

With all due respect to you both, since you are discussing "sanctions" as almost a presumption here- I haven't made any changes to this article since the decision you reached. I was not the one who made a NEW API. Also, my activity has been limited to the talkpage. I have stayed away from personal attacks, I have kept my responses civil and neutral. I have pushed for consensus, as you requested. So then, let me get this straight: when one editor here starts to act up again, I too have to be punished for his inability to follow the rules?? Or, as you saying it was a violation to bring the API to your attention since the other editor was attempting to rehash it???? You made an authoratative decision in the previous API. I have followed your expectation to the letter. I simply mentioned it here since the OTHER editor was ignoring it, trying to start the editwar again through a procedural means that is akin to gaming the system.

I have offended by you saying that,"I knew they'd eventually be back." If you truly look(ed) into this, you will find that I've been extremely cautious and respectful of what you asked of us. I do not and did not consent to him bringing about this new API. IN fact, I warned him against it. FYI- he threatened the API when I dared to respectfully disagree with him on the talk page. APIs shouldn't be used by editors in this fashion. More to the point, you should be offended that your previous ruling was overlooked by the other editor as he shopped around for a second opinion by opening up this NEW API only a mere week after the old API was settled. Again, I feel like I'm being (re)punished for past behavior when we were both asked by you to treat this as water under the bridge and move on.

Forgive my terseness here, but it feels like you are saying that if ONE editor is punished then it is only fair to punish the other editor. No one owes disruptive editors false equivalence. The burden and responsibility should be on the editor who continues to stir the pot.

If responding here was considered a violation, then that comes to a shock to me. I was under the impression that we were supposed to bring any new developments to your attention. No one likes to be stalked or bullied in this manner as I have by this OTHER editor clearly engaging in WP:OWN and WP:GAMING.

Again, forgive my long-windedness, my TL:DR portion of this, my emotion, my terseness but I shouldn't be sanctioned for following your rules. I should be sanctioned for NOT following them. Thanx again for your time, nothing personal.Oneshotofwhiskey (talk) 01:00, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Oneshotofwhiskey - I apologize. My statement, by no means, was implying any kind of presumption towards anybody. If it's a continuation of the same thing, and with further disruption made to the article, then sure... sanctions may be imposed. But if you haven't disrupted the article, then you'll most likely be fine depending on what is found. I assure you that I will do my best to make a ruling (as I did before) in a neutral, level-headed, and unbiased manner and with the evidence presented. The last thing I want to do is impose any sort of administrative action or sanctions upon anyone who does not fairly deserve them... doing so would be unfair and is not the right thing to do. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

No worries. I apologize as well. Clearly I overreacted.Like Ed, I didn't notice you had responded above. The formatting confused me and took EVERYTHING outta context. I thought you were indirectly responding to me through your comment to the admin ED. Then afterwards I saw you had written a nice reply to me in the above section saying you would look into it, etc. Again, my apologies for the misunderstanding. P.S. I confess that I am too longwinded (get it from my grandmother!) and so maybe the TL:DR comment made me a little conscious too (that's on me for being a little too thinskinned!haha). Thanx again for your time and whatever happens, I know it's nothing personal ;) Take care.Oneshotofwhiskey (talk) 01:17, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 United States protests

I redirected 2016 United States protests, but perhaps it should be speedy deleted as non specific. In any case, it seems to be attracting a lot of encyclopedic edits. --I am One of Many (talk) 08:53, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

I am One of Many -  Done. Page deleted. I agree that the redirect is non-specific, and I also feel that the redirect in itself can be interpreted as having bias, as it redirects to an article about the 2016 presidential election. Thanks for the heads up! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:59, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

ANI

Hi quick note -- Times was warned about ARBAP in 2015 and twice recently. Not sure how this ties in to your recent comment about the AN3 thread. You can check the log of his talk page history. SPECIFICO talk 13:35, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

SPECIFICO, have you added this information to the ANI thread? It would be extremely helpful to the community if you state this information and provide the diff to that previous warning. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:38, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi sorry I'm on the run. Would you mind adding it to the ANI? Thanks.

It was November 2015 [5] and then I warned him in Oct 2016 [6] before Robert McClendon did the same after that. Mine was cut and paste of the subst template so you can find mine in his talkpage history rather than searching for the tag.

If you look through his talk page archives you'll find many editors of all stripes politely asking him to stop personal attacks and battlegrounding, with Times usually responding with further attacks or snark.I'm tied up all day but hope to be back this evening. SPECIFICO talk 15:04, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

sorry that was my sister — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.207.94.210 (talk) 22:48, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Reverted Changes

Oshwah,

I am sorry that my edit to Liberty University School of Law was not acceptable. My description of the changes must not have properly been entered when I updated the page. Thank you for pointing out my oversight! Please let me know if there is anything else that needs to be changed on the page.

Jgmosteller

Help

Hello sir i don't know how creat wikipedia pls help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RBF Production (talk • contribs) 23:52, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

More BLP edits that need to be hidden from same editor you recently addressed

There are two more edits at West Deptford and National Park that have the same BLP issue and should have content hidden from the same problem editor. Thanks for your attention to this issue before and now. Alansohn (talk) 02:05, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Alansohn - Good call, dude! Thanks for pointing that out!  Done - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Borcker

They appear to have returned with this account: Watermoor (talk · contribs) 2601:1C0:4401:F360:4057:B87:4A96:758B (talk) 03:57, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

See 79.12.188.175 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for similar edits. 2601:1C0:4401:F360:4057:B87:4A96:758B (talk) 03:58, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

And if you could also tag the account with {{sockpuppet|1=Borcker|2=blocked}} – Thanks. 2601:1C0:4401:F360:4057:B87:4A96:758B (talk) 04:18, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Egyptian socks

Thanks for looking into the Osama Tolba crew. Yintan  05:56, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Yintan - You bet! Always happy to help :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:17, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Blind Willie Johnson

Can this page be protected for an extended period of time (at least until I complete the "legacy" section)? A new user keeps removing information sourced by a reliable book on Johnson's life. I am thoroughly convinced the user will keep reverting even though I have sourced everything I have written so far. I do not take ownership of the article, but I do not want to see my work reverted when I back it up with evidence. I also do not want to be tricked into edit warring so some help would be appreciated.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 17:37, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi TheGracefulSlick. Let me take a look at the article and who is making these changes. I don't want to protect the article over one person causing disruption, and I certainly don't want to protect the article in order to tilt the scale if the dispute is content-related. Either way, I'll look into it and take care what needs to be taken care of ;-). Thanks for the heads up; hope you're having a good day today. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:22, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

It looks like the editor has only done this twice, I'm going to hold off for now. If the removal continues, and he doesn't respond to a ping on the article's talk page asking for an explanation, warn him for edit warring. If that doesn't stop him, or if the edits become really disruptive, let me know and I'll jump in ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:24, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply, especially for how kindly you wrote it. I made a few adjustments to the article to hopefully appease the editor. He/she claims I am taking "ownership" of the article because I list it on my user page (as I do with all articles I write or significantly worked on), but really I just want to improve upon the state I found it in. Some of his/her objections are based on out-dated sources or statements that have been proven inaccurate by later work. Thank you again for the help, I really appreciate it!TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:27, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

TheGracefulSlick - No problem! Always happy to help! My advice? Don't let those silly accusations of ownership or whatever else do anything but make you smirk and think, "HA! Right...". Just brush them off, and don't even acknowledge them in your responses. As you've probably seen hundreds of times, I get accused by editors and IP's of lots of different things. Welcome to the world of Wikipedia editing! :-P ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:19, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Clarence Issko

Can you delete this page that Deanwikipedia (talk · contribs) made? Thanks. 2601:1C0:4401:F360:4057:B87:4A96:758B (talk) 23:19, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

 Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:21, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

I did explain why, did you read my edit summaries?

I did explain why, did you read my edit summaries? 69.50.69.34 (talk) 00:39, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi there! I responded to your talk page. I think I did it by mistake; you clearly had an edit summary. Weird... Anyways, I owe you my apologies. Please feel to revert (if you haven't already). Have a great day, and happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:42, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the apologies, and happy editing to you too ! 69.50.69.34 (talk) 00:43, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

About the yin and yang article

Hi, Oshwah! Hope you 're doing well.

There's this line in the article on yin-yang: "Further, whenever one quality reaches its peak, it will naturally begin to transform into the opposite quality: for example, grain that reaches its full height in summer (fully yang) will produce seeds and die back in winter (fully yin) in an endless cycle."

It say that things will "transform into the opposite quality" when it reaches its peak. Does it, by any chance, imply that a good person will gradually become a dark personality - bad person? Dumb question, sorry, but still I'd be happy if given a clarification.

Thanks!Vinayshastri (talk) 04:42, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

External links question and reverted edits

I was making several revisions on 10/26 that were all removed. Between 1999-2004 I interviewed about 20 bands. They interviews were recently uploaded to youtube, and I was trying to add links to each band's page, often creating a 'interviews' section at the base of each page. Reading through the 'external links' and media link pages on here, I don't feel I've broken any rules by adding these. So the question is, will I be able to link as is (youtube link), or do they have to be on a different type of site/page?

Thanks for helping a wiki noob. Diagoro1 (talk) 15:17, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hmmmmm.....really disappointed in the lack of help, considering all the other responses below. I was banned for a few days, and all the notations said "just ask if you have a question".....Diagoro1 (talk) 02:22, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Diagoro1 - My apologies. I didn't mean to skip your message; I'm not sure how I managed to do this. Which articles are you referring to exactly? Have you reviewed Wikipedia's external links guidelines? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:08, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Primarily, I'm wondering if linking a youtube interview is unacceptable, as opposed to the same content on a personal page. Story short, I hosted a radio show and did a ton of great (my opinion) interviews, mostly with little known bands. I only have audio, and posted them on youtube for ease of access/use. In terms of prior attempts, I tried with Steadman, Stereophonics, Fonda, The Lucksmiths, and a few others.Diagoro1 (talk) 21:00, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Diagoro1 - If these interviews on youtube were conducted by you, then they cannot be used as sources on Wikipedia articles. This constitutes original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. In short, original research is anything that you've written, seen, published, etc - that contains original thought. Original research isn't allowed due to the fact that such content isn't attributable to a reliable, published source (see Wikipedia's verifiability policy). This rule applies to all articles (especially if they are biographies of living people). Give these policies a read-through, as they are very important to know and understand. If you have any questions about them, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. Cheers! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:06, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Oshwah, if I could ask, what's the use of a "interviews" tab I see on many band pages? Is it only acceptable if a third party adds them? I've seen numerous interviews/performance links on band pages, wondering if it's just something that slipped through editing.Diagoro1 (talk) 14:40, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

INDIA (LOVE) WESBROOKS

Yes, hello. I'd like to have a brief discussion with you about my page deletion. I was simply educating the community on India Love, yet my page was deleted. I don;'t appreciate this and I would appreciate an explanation.

Thank you, P&S — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdfghjkuytrdfcvbnji876rdcvb (talk • contribs) 16:08, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Reply

":" Thanks for your valuable message. I was just trying to add my Organization details in Wikipedia. My organization is authorized and also have the existence in "Google Map" . But it is deleted. Actually I am new in wiki. I think I made some mistakes, that why it happened. So can you tell me what is the procedure to make a successful page under wiki either in case of personal page or professional page? RSLBP (talk) 19:23, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Ooops?

I don't think you intended to restore this?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:22, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Ponyo - Woah! ...No I did not. Looks like it's already been reverted. Thanks for catching and for giving me a heads-up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:26, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Ponyo - I repaid the favor for you (lol). You got my back, I got yours ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:45, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

updating information about Rodney Mott

Hey

what I'm doing wrong? I noticed someone had some brief information about me and I just wanted to update the information about my family. I'm not a programmer and have never try this beforeTrueteller2016 (talk) 23:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Trueteller2016 - Thanks for letting me know. You need to read and understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines on no original research and conflicts of interest, as your edits to the page constitutes issues with both. Citing personal knowledge of someone when adding content in an article is original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia (especially if the article is about biographies of living people), and since you have a personal relationship with the article subject, this represents a conflict of interest. Editing articles or even participating in discussions about articles that you have a conflict of interest in is highly discouraged behavior. Please review these policies and guidelines and let me know if you have any questions. Again, thanks for letting me know and for your message. I'm happy to help you if you have questions. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:12, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

thank for the quick reply.. my kid searches and find thing and i just want the information to be correct and reflective of our family...

who can add the information? Trueteller2016 (talk) 23:19, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Trueteller2016 - Any uninvolved editor can. The best thing you can do is not touch the article, and let other editors who would better represent a neutral point of view make any edits they feel is necessary. It's best to not get involved with articles that you have conflicts of interest in. For example, I don't make edits to the article of where I went to college, or any such articles that I would naturally compromise it's neutrality, even if I don't intend to. Please let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be happy to answer them. Thanks! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:25, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

The source was the Pete Burns article on Wikipedia. I used an abbreviated version of the death statement. I felt it was a appropriate to do so because Burns was the frontman for the band, even though people could find the death information by clicking the solo article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.16.230.115 (talk) 23:56, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Pete Burns death information on "Dead Or Alive" page

The source was the Pete Burns article on Wikipedia. I used an abbreviated version of the death statement. I felt it was a appropriate to do so because Burns was the frontman for the band, even though people could find the death information by clicking the solo article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.16.230.115 (talk) 23:56, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

User:NELSONPOGI

I thought G1 didn't apply to the userspace? Adam9007 (talk) 00:07, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Does it not? I'll have to review the guidelines... stand by. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:09, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Adam9007 - You're totally right! It doesn't. Restoring. Thanks! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:10, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm still going to blank this... it's obviously disruptive and looks spam-like. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:12, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

I also reverted the same stuff on the page User:Apaucokes. Adam9007 (talk) 00:15, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Adam9007 - Awesome! Thanks for doing that, and thanks for catching the G1 delete and for the heads up. Silly me! *Shrugs* ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:21, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

No subject

I Oshwah,

The edits in the wiki are not attempts to whitewash anything. Rather, the whole article is biased and based on propagandistic material from known right-wing propaganda homepage "Nyheter Idag". The statement that police "covered up" facts and information is only partly true, but the article will make the reader believe that this is undisputed fact. The whole article is an attempt at characterizing events that are contested as if they are proven facts.

Thank you for your input! I'm new to article editing on wiki. But this misuse of public knowledge is terrifying.

Best, BigBird1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigBird1 (talk • contribs) 00:15, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

This is propaganda

Hi Oshwah,

don't know if my last reply to you came through. I'm new at this.

Anyway; my point is that the whole article is written with a heavy bias. It lacks neutrality. The citations from "Nyheter Idag" are stated as facts when they are highly contested by mainstream media. This article has cherry-picked articles and notices to create the overall appearance of neutrality, when it is clearly not.

That is why I tried to remove such unfounded and highly contested material. I tried to mark the text, but was not successful. Next time I will not delete without adding a comment or argument on why.

Thank you for helping make Wikipedia great!

BigBird1

BigBird1 (talk) 00:23, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

The Admin's Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Aargh, you beat me to it! I was in the process of putting a CSD tag on Aneezaannie's talkpage for spam, but you had already deleted the page and blocked the user! Thanks, Oshwah! :-) 2601:1C0:4401:F360:E036:CE49:FD17:5346 (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks dude! Always happy to help! I appreciate the wikilove!!! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:49, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

TuneTown "vandalism"?

I did not vandalize the page on TuneTown online and wish to apologize if you thought I did so. I tried my best to correct the page based on my memories. It's been a long time since I played the game and thought (and still think) the enemy robots were called Nigs instead of Cogs. Please revoke my warning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.121.227.57 (talk) 04:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Well done on reverting the vandalism on Wikipedia. You're a great admin. :) The Ninja5 Empire (Talk) 04:55, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jackninja5! Happy Friday, man! I really appreciate the wikilove, and for your kind words. I'm extremely honored and pleased by your feedback, as well as the feedback that others have left me too. Administrators who truly serve their tools well and for the good of the project behave like servants to the community, not like authoritative figures. I take that thought to heart, and highly so. Oh, and you have to be chill and have fun too! That's a big one! Anyways... it's a pleasure to serve you, and I plan to continue doing so for... well, the completely unforeseeable future ;-). Thanks a lot, Jackninja5. I hope you have a great weekend. Until our paths cross again -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:09, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm an admin on a few wikis on Wikia so I know what it's like. BTW, it's actually Saturday where I am. ;) The Ninja5 Empire (Talk) 05:12, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Aww crap! I had a 50/50 shot at guessing correctly! Well... wait... *looks at the time zone map*.... ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:13, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

':' mott

Well, it would be nice if someone update my information.. It's strange to me that I'm unable to get my information updated. Trueteller2016 (talk) 05:21, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

TheJacob

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is only being used for vandalism, as you did at Harrassing users. Harrassing users Why'd you delete it sounds like a good article! I noticed that TheJacob was complaining about the lack of littarasy letteracy spell'n n read'n 'n write'n Jim1138 (talk) 05:30, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Jim1138 - Aww, damnit, did I seriously?!!! LOLOL!!! ... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:33, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

ARGGG... I put it in the wrong line on Twinkle!! *face palms at himself* ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:36, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Help with New Article

Hi, Oshwah. I want to write an article about a living person, and am having difficulty about coming up with references/resources. I got some answers from another admin, but posted another question I couldn't find on his page. So I'm shooting this one over to you, since I was able to connect with you!

This person has written an autobiography. Can an autobiography be used as a primary source?

Thank you!

Ginger-lyn Summer (talk) 19:37, 30 October 2016 (UTC) Ginger-lyn

Hi Ginger-lyn Summer! Thanks for leaving me a message with your question. If the autobiography was created by the person himself, then it would be a primary source. We try to avoid using self-written materials as sources when it comes to writing or expanding article about that same person, and for many reasons. For more information, see Wikipedia's biographies of living people (self-published sources section). If you have any more questions, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Happy editing! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Your block of User:Maxis332,879,3437

Please add user talk page access to the block since now adding multiple copies of the same material to his talk page. Meters (talk) 03:34, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Never mind. User:C.Fred noticed. Meters (talk) 03:35, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Cool deal. Glad it's been taken care of. Let me know if I can do anything else. Cheers! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

---

Hello Oshwah:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – Linghost 666 If you reply here, please add {{ping|Linguist111}} to your message 13:50, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Hi Linguist111! Thanks for the happy wishes! I hope you had a fun Halloween yourself! See you on the battlefield ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:13, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

User:Hkg1959

Hi Oshwah,

I would just go ahead and indef. this user. I saw that you contacted Ritchie333 about this, and they said that it was okay. Given all of the accounts that they've created and vandalized with, it shouldn't have been only 24 hour blocked in the first place... 2607:FB90:A516:E8EF:0:34:8628:9501 (talk) 20:19, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Strange SPA edit warring on Zhongzhi Capital

Hi Oshwah! Two SPAs have been adding/removing this from Zhongzhi Capital (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) I restored the content several times as the removing editor did not leave an ES. A third autoconfirmed removed it w/ "fixed sentences" then left this message on my talk after I reverted. The Google translation of the Chinese article title is: Sequoia 73 private institutions by the Commission to carry out administrative regulatory measures (attached list) the article machine translation does not, to me, support what the ZC text is saying. How do I find someone who can read Chinese to make a proper assessment? Jim1138 (talk) 22:34, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Jim1138 - That's a good question. I'm not sure where you'd go to ask for translation assistance, to be honest... is there an edit war going on there? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Mistake, sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:194:8001:3F4C:81F3:45F4:359A:BEF9 (talk) 01:42, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

211.169.160.99

• 211.169.160.99 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Maybe you noticed this, maybe not... but I just wanted to let you know that you blocked this IP for 1 week when the previous block was for 6 months. 2601:1C0:4401:F360:51C9:CE9A:55FC:7678 (talk) 02:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Fixed! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:15, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Please delete this again

Cameron Newton slave family history. This got deleted originally, was recreated, and while I was tagging the article, got deleted again. But Twinkle somehow failed to register an edit conflict and recreated this article with the tag in place. If you could delete this, would be good. Thanks. Lourdes 02:29, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Lourdes - Weird. Oh well, you're all set. Please let me know if I can do anything else for you. Cheers :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:31, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Lourdes 02:31, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Any time, Lourdes :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Editing 'Pern' claimed to be non-neutral

Your message said that I was not neutral in my edit, however, the original was inaccurate to the fictional storyline of the series with a number of incorrect points that were unsubstantiated. I only wished to correct these points and use correct scientific jargon as opposed to outright plagiarism which the previous editor used. As to the claim that my edits were non-neutral, I haven't a clue as to why my changing of terminologies from common names into scientific ones (such as 'goo' to 'viscous substance') as well as the correction of a point directly from a book in the series (All the Weyrs of Pern) is considered non-neutral. One of the conjectures in the aforementioned book is that a yellow goo is liquid helium (unlikely as helium is colorless and non-viscous, quite likely an oversight by the books author). I simply mentioned that it was 'surmised' to be liquid helium. I believe that is possibly the reason why my edit was auto-declined. However, 'I' did not surmise, the characters in the book surmised (incorrectly i might add). As mentioned, I was merely providing an impartial and scientifically correct assessment of the fictional work that is 'The Dragonriders of Pern'.

By the bye, I am new to editing Wikipedia and would like to know how to include an entry in the bibliography portion of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.92.175.66 (talk) 03:03, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

":" Henna page edit

Hi there!

I tried to edit the page Henna but my contribution was not accepted because there was no source and I did not discuss it first on the talk page but here is the issue, I can't add a source because I AM the source. There is not a lot of information about the Afghan culture on the internet so I have no sources and I need to edit this page for my English class so I desperately need your hep.

Maral Popal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpopal2 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

userRightsManager

I see the script was ran twice [7]. The edits that added  Done were a minute apart... are you sure you didn't click it twice, after the page refreshed? It refreshes very quickly (3 seconds or so) — MusikAnimal ^talk 05:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

MusikAnimal - The script changed the correct user right, but it seemed to have added {{done}} to the bottom of the page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:09, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Got it, should be fixed! This was because the script was never tested on a PERM page with 10+ requests, as that doesn't happen often :) Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 05:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

MusikAnimal - I figured that was why! Nice! Thanks for fixing :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:20, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Hello Oshwah! How are you man. Thanks for our conversation that we have together on IRC. I have been looking forward to our conversations. Its great that you are supportive man. I hope you enjoy being an admin on Wikipedia as I believe you have the qualities for the job. EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 13:01, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi EurovisionNim! Things are good. Busy, but good. Hey, no problem! Glad I get to run into once in awhile and catch up! Hope things are going well for you! Until we meet again.... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:02, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Ah thanks man. Yeah it is going very well, I mean, i have a lot of test coming up so it is so stressful to get them all organised. Mate, these marks DO count to uni, so I hope I do well. --EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 01:21, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	for manning up and apologising immediately on making a questionable admin decision. We need more of this sort of temperament. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:56, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Ritchie333! I wanted to thank you for the barnstar and for the kind words. It's not easy for many (if not most) people to recognize where they went wrong, apologize for it, and try to make things right. I try to see every mistake as an opportunity to understand and learn from it. Nobody is perfect, but so long as you look into what happened and figure out why it did and what needs to happen in order to avoid making future mistakes, everything else falls into place naturally. Thanks again for the wikilove, Ritchie333. I very much appreciate it :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:57, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

STOP!

Stop siding with homechallange, he is wrong with his edits. The info was right and correct. Put them back please and stop agreeing with him, he's is harassing and cyberbulling bulling me. 2600:1000:B015:8895:3CBE:8E58:F63C:529E (talk) 20:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

right please delete the source if you can — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meducool (talk • contribs) 21:37, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi those were real edits on Cranford historic advisory board

Thank you! I added several historic sites. Oldyorke (talk) 23:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Block user

Per WP:DENY I don't want to make a show of this. Can you block 2600:1:B108:1424:143D:739D:BC5A:4FAA (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? Obviously not here to contribute. agtx 23:21, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Agtx -  Done ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:24, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Freezing trump

Sorry. Accidentally recreated this in an edit conflict. Meters (talk) 23:59, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

No worries, Meters! Fixed :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:00, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Don't know why I didn't get a warning that I was creating the file. Meters (talk) 00:02, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

It happened just the other day, too. Not sure how it manages to do so. Oh well, if it happens just let me know. No big deal :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:04, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

SPI case

Please close the SPI case that I've created here per the reasons I listed on that page. Feinoha ^Talk 00:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Feinoha -  Done. I think a clerk is supposed to do that, but if anything I don't think they'll mind too much :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:03, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

General Motors Centre

Stop reverting the changes to the article. www.tributecommunitiescentre.com . The name change is official and is not vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.14.63 (talk) 00:43, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Ivy Exec speedy deletion

Hello. I think a mistake has been made. I received a message objecting to my removal of the speedy deletion tag on Ivy Exec, saying I had removed it from a page I created myself. That is completely not true. It was created almost five years ago by a user named "Merlin102708", not by me. 2602:306:3A29:9B90:2195:7BAC:FA7:8123 (talk) 00:46, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

But why did you remove the tag? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:48, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

If I may add my two cents to this, the CSD Tag in question was dropped by Light2021, who's currently at ANI anyway. As for the article in question, reliable sources was the one thing I never completed in Adoption school , so while I believe I see one source that seems to be okay, I could be mistaken. Pretty sure it's not G11 though, you're the pro here Osh, does the tag hold any grounds? I'm tempted to contest it myself if I'm honest. MM (WhatIDo WHATIDO?) ^{(Now THIS... I did.)} 01:24, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Matticusmadness - I declined both speedy reasons. Although it's written like an advertising, this can be improved (and it's not a blatant advertising such as spam). The article also seems to make a credible claim of significance, so I also declined the A7. If this article should be deleted, it'll need to go the PROD or AFD route. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Phew! I'm not doing as badly here as I was worrying! Heh. Thanks for the heads up. MM (WhatIDo WHATIDO?) ^{(Now THIS... I did.)} 01:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Damn man! I just saw User:Sony_Ericson in the newusers log, clicked to his talk and you've already pinned a softblock to him! XD Here's a cookie for being so quick at this! MM (WhatIDo WHATIDO?) (Now THIS... I did.) 00:53, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Matticusmadness! Thanks for the cookie! Oh yeah, that's one page log I patrol frequently. I have that running and auto-refreshing pretty much all day. I'm good at being a quickdraw ;-). Thanks again for the cookie, man. I really appreciate it! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:55, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Late reply

Sorry for the late reply but congrats on becoming an admin. Feinoha ^Talk 01:38, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Hey man! No apologies needed! Thanks! I'm happy to be serving the community as an admin, and I'll be happy to help with anything needed. Thanks again, man. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:07, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Puneet Singh Sidhu

Puneet Singh Sidhu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Please review your block of this user, who has been adding gross factual errors to multiple articles, for 31 hours. They have twice previously been blocked, most recently in April 2016 for one month, with apparently little effect. A longer block would be more appropriate, if not indef. General Ization ^Talk 04:29, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Hmm... good call. I'm going to keep watch on the user. If it continues after the unblock, then it will most definitely be re-imposed and extended. Thanks for the heads up :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:46, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Our friend has resumed their ongoing vandalism without missing a beat. [8] As I mentioned, the last block was for one month. Please arrange an extended wiki-vacation for this editor. Personally, I can't see any reason for less than an indef, as all of their edits appear to be the introduction of disinformation. Thanks. General Ization ^Talk 21:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Congrats

So, I've been out of the loop here for a couple months, and as a result, I had no idea that you became an admin a couple months ago. So, congratulations on that! Also, thanks for protecting Rajai Davis. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 03:25, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

A guy saved by Jesus - Hey man! Good to talk to you again! Thanks for the congratulations; I barely passed, but oh well... I passed. Happy to be serving the community with the tools. And no problem! Happy to help! Hope things are going well for you, and of course - welcome back! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:54, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

User:DatOneDude

Hey Oshwah, I think you may want to review this block. This user was trying to add information on Capital Steez. At first, I thought that the information that they were trying to add was wrong, but I found some sources that possibly indicate that this users' edits are at least somewhat notable. I wouldn't have blocked as a "Vandalism-only account", and I'm assuming good faith here about their edits. Unless if there are some edits that I'm missing here, it doesn't seem like obvious vandalism to me, anyways... They may just need some guidance on how to properly cite their edits and make sure that their sources are verifiable. Also, please also take a look at this discussion that I had with this editor. Yinf (talk) 03:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

I disagree, Yinf. See these edits here: 1, 2, 3, and again: 4, 5, 6... this is clearly disruption, which is why I blocked for that reason. None of the edits he made were referenced and appeared to be vandalism/trolling :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:44, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

I mean, it may be disruption, but I think this would be something worth discussing at the article's talkpage, rather than immediately blocking. From what I'm seeing here, they were trying to change his first name (Capital Steez is obviously a stage name of some sort) along with his death date from "the late hours of December 23, 2012 to "the early hours of December 24, 2012". Yes, his edits were severe BLP violations, but if they have a reliable source to verify their edits, then they may not be here just to disrupt...

Though, I will say that in the discussion I linked above to my talk page, I told him to look at WP:COMMONNAME and WP:BLP in order to conform his edits per Wikipedia policy along with WP:VERIFY and WP:CITE so he could learn how to properly site his edits; but after that, he (seemingly) "did more research" and said that he understood the guidelines, but then went back to referencing Capital Steez's twitter account, which is obviously not an acceptable source to use, and if he would have read the guidelines that I pointed out to him, he also would have realized this. I then told him: "Feel free to change the page to how you originally had it", and what I meant by that was for him to revert back to his version WITH the citations that he had supposedly found, but instead, he continued to reference the twitter account (and FWIW, he didn't even site that at all...) as well as engaging in edit warring. Anyhow, thanks for taking a look into it... :-) Yinf (talk) 04:06, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Yinf! No problem; thanks for discussing your thoughts with me - I'm always happy to accept feedback and I always appreciate it when others come to me directly and give me a heads up if I manage to dun goof and do something by mistake. My initial thought was "disruption" and vandalism due to the fact that he was repeatedly changing a first name (then middle name?) to "Jamal" - something I've frequently seen with vandalism. Looking deeper, I also saw that he changed the death date of the article subject without a reference, and then later indicated that it was from a Twitter source. I also note your discussion with the user as well. To lean towards AGF (and taking your message into account as well, which offers a good explanation of everything) - I realize now that the edits aren't at the level of "blatant vandalism" but were disruptive to some extent. I've unblocked the user, as his edits didn't warrant an indefinite block as initially thought. Again, I appreciate you for messaging me with your thoughts - I'm always open to feedback, and anything I do should be scrutinized and I should be held accountable for mistakes (big or small), or any actions that seem to be improper, too excessive, or not long enough. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and you're always welcome to let me know if you have questions or need anything else. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:17, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Chiefs (rugby union)

Chiefs (rugby union) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Is this UNDUE or should it be restored? removal of "controversy" I like the ref title "Handling a scandal: Chiefs show what not to do". Thanks Jim1138 (talk) 07:55, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Magee Marshall & Co‎

I blocked the IP, clearly the same as the account I blocked for legal threats. Doug Weller talk 14:01, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Doug Weller - Awesome, thanks for doing that! Good call; yeah, no doubt... definitely appears to be the same person. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:37, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Recent vandals

Thank you for blocking Homiequanclubbangerz. He (and/or his friends) are also evidently using several other accounts which have vandalized the same article and other articles: Johhny rihno, Dabswag, IHC12345, Dankster2k16, Poopig, Timmmyturner, and KnowledgeBanana. All of those took part in the same spate of vandalism as the account you blocked, and at least one of them has also vandalized Hundred Years War, Austro-Prussian War and probably other articles with the same type of edits (adding nonsense about magical spellcasters fighting in historical battles etc). GBRV (talk) 21:24, 3 November 2016 (UTC) IHC12345 is still adding nonsense to historical articles. GBRV (talk) 22:57, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Did you see this note? These accounts are clearly troll accounts used for nothing but vandalism. You blocked one of them but not the rest. GBRV (talk) 14:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

GBRV - I did. Sorry, just been busy with real life stuff. They're clearly engaging in the same vandalism, and they appear to be sock accounts. All blocked - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. GBRV (talk) 23:30, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

accidental discharge is the incorrect term to use - James Langevin wiki page

The term used in this article is incorrect... accidental discharge of a firearm vs negligent discharge.

Clearly described here is the act of a negligent firearm discharge:

A negligent discharge occurs when a weapon is fired due to either operator error or a lack of attention to basic safety rules.

An accidental discharge occurs when something happens to cause the firearm to discharge without a negligent action of the user (such as dropping the firearm).

This case is clearly a negligent discharge based on the fact that the police are trained professionals that failed to follow the basic first rule of gun safety: always treat every firearm as if its loaded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.163.40.79 (talk) 23:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC) 50.163.40.79 (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

References

Revert

it aint vandalism people are making claims that asexuals are more oppressed than gay people due to the discourse on tumblr where straight ace people are claiming that they are more oppressed than gay/trans people. i deleted it because making claims like this is dangerous and trivializes the struggle of those dealing with homophobia and transphobia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Friendlyneighbourhoodgay (talk • contribs) 00:06, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

I've responded to the editor. Hopefully, the editor will stop adding unsourced content and their personal opinions to the article. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Flyer22 Reborn - Thank you :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Edits

Hi, Im a citizen of Mill Valley and am Bobo Faulkners son so please leave my edits.

Vandalism

Hello Oshwah, Can this IP 72.159.148.102 be block on wikipedia?. This Ip is destroying a lot of wikipedia pages. The same IP also blanked an article featured on main space 2016 Chicago Cubs season. I don"t really understand its contributions to wikipedia. --Music Boy50 (talk) 00:18, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Definitely making vandalism-only edits over the last few days. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:20, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. --Music Boy50 (talk) 00:28, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

You bet! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:29, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

i think what i edited was right. As to the last 6 months i have been monitering his twitter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.120.165.119 (talk) 00:57, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Income declaration scheme, 2016

I'm working through some of the NPP backlog, and I came across this article. The author blanked it three times and in the edit summary as for it to be deleted [9]. You initially reverted with Huggle but then reverted two other times. I was wondering if there was any reason you didn't treat it as a G7? I was about to PROD it for being an essay that doesn't fit Wikipedia, but was wondering if there was any specific reason you kept it around. Thanks. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

TonyBallioni - Good question. I probably just saw the blanking from with Huggle and didn't realize that he created it. What's strange is, Huggle usually warns you that you're about to revert an edit to a page made by the original creator, and I would have then known to CSD it per G7 as ... so, honestly... I don't know. That's very weird... :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:07, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Would you recommend treating it as a G7 still or going about it through PROD. I'm not quite sure myself. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:49, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Please warn or block this anonymous user!

This user, 72.131.30.158, is putting wrong info and then takes it back. It is annoying. Please block for at least 3 days. Royroxas2 (talk) 08:25, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

How?

Hello Oshwah, How can I joined a project on wikipedia or its not necessary?. --Music Boy50 (talk) 17:49, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Robert Sepúlveda Jr.

An SPA (likely COI) is removing well-sourced content from Robert Sepúlveda Jr. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). The content that is being removed is about his history in gay porn. I suspect that the SPA is someone attempting to manage his image. The SPA was previously blocked for 60 hours, but is back at it. Also added a number of images which were removed a copyright violations. Video interviews seem to show Sepúlveda as not having a problem with his method of paying his way through college. Not sure what to do here. Leave it in, or take it out? Meow! Jim1138 (talk) 08:35, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Restore a page you had deleted

Hello i would like to recreate a page you had previously deleted due to lack of enough sorces. "Waweru Macharia" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterxcdzca (talk • contribs) 13:28, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Continued nonsense disruption

Hi! So we are having the nonsense disruption going on again on the Visa requirements for Australian citizens article. It's the same pattern, and IP addresses are 123.211.218.251, 1.128.97.33, 1.128.97.115. Could you please protect the page for a bit again. Thanks!--Twofortnights (talk) 19:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Can use some help

Oshwah, we could use some help at Talk:Rustum Roy -- another user is "assuming bad faith" and calling edits as vandalism despite your and my prior interaction and the fact that the user is restoring info to a page about a person with no references of any kind to back up the questioned material about that person.

Can you help out? Thank you ! 69.50.69.34 (talk) 16:45, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Please remove the Account Creator permission

Per WP:Request_an_account/Procedures#Suspension. Thanks, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 23:21, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

DocTree - Which user needs it removed? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:11, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Me. Self-suspended. Thanks again, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 00:42, 11 November 2016 (UTC)