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17:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
Block of 112.134.171.76
You and I can both see the telltale signs of a hotel publicist, but I don't think their listings were that bad, and I was going to either edit my post or add another one to the effect that I didn't actually revert their listing. Plus, we didn't warn that IP before a block. So I would lift the block, but I wasn't going to do so without contacting you. What do you think? Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:06, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I see your explanation. Good call. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:06, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah I warned the IP on another page regarding the use of USD for destinations clearly where USD won't be accepted in User talk:116.206.244.93 and User talk:175.157.226.124 but they just ignored me :-(. For that, per Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits#Escalating user blocks, I blocked them for three days. Not to forget the touting... SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:11, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Also looks like one of their edit was reverted by @Ibaman:. Currently on the hunt or further edits by this IP-hopping tout. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- A few years ago, loads of Ascott properties were listed throughout the world by folks who if I remember listed only them and one other chain. We should be on the lookout for that. I delisted one Ascott property this user added, as there were plenty of other hotels listed in that article and no real reason to play around with a touting paid publicist. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- This IP seems to be adding a lot of Parkroyal listings too. Perhaps time to delist all of them? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:31, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- I don't know. It's always hard to know which listings were added legitimately on this site. For that reason, I never trust hotel or restaurant listings here and always cross-reference them with other sites. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:37, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- This IP seems to be adding a lot of Parkroyal listings too. Perhaps time to delist all of them? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:31, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- A few years ago, loads of Ascott properties were listed throughout the world by folks who if I remember listed only them and one other chain. We should be on the lookout for that. I delisted one Ascott property this user added, as there were plenty of other hotels listed in that article and no real reason to play around with a touting paid publicist. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:30, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Also looks like one of their edit was reverted by @Ibaman:. Currently on the hunt or further edits by this IP-hopping tout. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:19, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah I warned the IP on another page regarding the use of USD for destinations clearly where USD won't be accepted in User talk:116.206.244.93 and User talk:175.157.226.124 but they just ignored me :-(. For that, per Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits#Escalating user blocks, I blocked them for three days. Not to forget the touting... SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:11, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
program vs programme
To answer your question, in Singapore "program" is used in the context of a computer program, but otherwise, it's always "programme". So essentially, the same as in the UK. The dog2 (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see. Was just asking because in Australia, it's "program" for everything, similar to the U.S. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 20:19, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
"Exact date not relevant"
You changed "Newly built in the last several years" to "Newly built" in Kabul, as "exact date not relevant in a travel guide". The exact date is not, but "newly built" needs at least a year.
In this case an IP editor had copied the listing from WT, and the venue was "newly built in the last several years" already back in 2013. Not that critical for a cricket stadium, but from another IP it was added that the airport is "fully open", also a WT copy, and also that wording was there in 2013.
–LPfi (talk) 09:58, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- I'm not sure whether you're talking about the right diff – my edit was Special:Diff/4382704 which was a copyedit and removing 15 from August 15. Was there an edit conflict or something? SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 10:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oops. It seems the IP editor added a redundant listing. Ours had been edited to remove the odd "in the last several years". I removed ours thinking it was the newly added one, and as it had "changed" from last I checked, I though it must have been edited in the only edit made since it was added. Sorry. –LPfi (talk) 10:48, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- No problems. That edit history with two IPs copying was confusing at first, but thanks for handling the copyvio. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 10:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Oops. It seems the IP editor added a redundant listing. Ours had been edited to remove the odd "in the last several years". I removed ours thinking it was the newly added one, and as it had "changed" from last I checked, I though it must have been edited in the only edit made since it was added. Sorry. –LPfi (talk) 10:48, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Tentative list
Just making sure you're aware than on the UNESCO tentative list just means that the government as submitted to unesco for review and unesco hasn't reviewed it yet. Your description of Qajartalik on Qikertaaluk Island made it seem like it was already a unesco site. Tai123.123 (talk) 02:22, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm well aware of it. I should have perhaps worded it better on Qikertaaluk Island. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 05:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
it takes a while sometime
walking the nullarbor for instance, which on some wikis is no longer a plain ? I'm back and intact, sorry for the delay in replies at various instances... JarrahTree (talk) 01:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)