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Welcome to my talk page! Pull up a chair, and feel free to ask me anything.

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AfC script

Hello. Any followup on this (the script that moves userpage to draftspace, tags draft with username, and notifies user)? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:38, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Anna Frodesiak: I started writing it last month, but then I got sidetracked. It's a 5-day weekend in Japan this week, though, so perhaps I'll find some time to work on it. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 08:18, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, my friend. No hurry, no worry. Just checking. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:21, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Anna Frodesiak: I've finished writing the script, although it may still have bugs lurking in it. Would you like to be my guinea pig while I iron them all out? :) I've added some documentation to User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/Draftify. In your case, I imagine you will want to add the following to User:Anna Frodesiak/common.js:
Draftify = {}; // Don't remove this line! It is necessary for Draftify settings.
Draftify.menulocation = "p-tb"; // Put the "Draftify" link in the Tools menu.
Draftify.menuposition = "#t-whatlinkshere"; // Put the "Draftify" link just before the "What links here" link.
importScript('User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/Draftify.js'); // Linkback: [[User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/Draftify.js]]
Try it out and let me know what you think. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:22, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I am guessing MusikAnimal will probably appreciate a ping. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:24, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes thank you!! Excited to try this out! — MusikAnimal talk 15:28, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Fantastic! I will be busy all weekend, then give it a go. Many thanks! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 19:57, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, gave it a try at User:Superiots with options "Notify user of page move" and "Soft-block the user and leave a block notice". The dialog out said said "moving to draftspace... done", "tagging draft..." then it broke :( I checked the JS console and it reported Uncaught ReferenceError: apiManager is not defined in ApiManager.prototype.softBlockUser, the line user: apiManager.getTargetUser(). However it did in fact tag the draft, just didn't notify the user or block them. Hope that helps diagnose what went wrong. Thanks! — MusikAnimal talk 22:12, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@MusikAnimal: This should be fixed now. It was just me using the wrong variable name. :P — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:42, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lua and Template:Gutenberg author

Hi, I see you are an admin who knows about Lua! Would be you be interested in helping me with this edit request to add a new Lua module? The other admin I asked didn't know about Lua and was cautious. It's a simple module and tested working, I've written other modules like it. The behavior is exactly the same with one additional feature. -- GreenC 00:44, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there appears to be a problem with SSL at Gutenberg. One user reported it and I have verified. It doesn't effect every browser only some. The discussion is on the talk page and I made a patch in the current sandbox. Can you update? -- GreenC 19:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Green Cardamom: Fixed. It's probably best to use edit requests for this kind of thing, by the way, as I won't always be around to make the edit. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 22:01, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know what I can do to obtain template editor perms? I've written and maintain a number of templates, this being the only one locked but the others could be locked in the future. -- GreenC 22:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Green Cardamom: Yep, just keep submitting edit requests until you fulfil the granting guidelines, then make a request at WP:RTE. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:12, 5 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move protection on New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

Hey Mr. Stradivarius,

You moved protected the article New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering back in January of 2014 and I thought I would come to you first before going to the move request board. The school has officially changed their name to New York University Tandon School of Engineering after a large donation from the Tandon family. The official name can be seen on the school's website along with this press release. Would it be possible to move the page again? Thanks! --Stabila711 (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RE: WWE personnel template

Thanks for imforming me that the page has been un-protected. Rewind Wrestling (talk) 10:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of js and css

Hi, I have been trying User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/ConfirmRollback and so far it works great. Nice work!

Now I was thinking if common.js and common.css need to be protected from vandals? I understand that if they get modified it can lead to disaster? Qed237 (talk) 16:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Qed237: No need - the security risk is big enough that the MediaWiki developers have made .js and .css pages editable only by the user they belong to and by admins. Try and make an edit to User:Mr. Stradivarius/gadgets/ConfirmRollback.js, for example. You should find that you aren't able to make any changes. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 21:58, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense. An other question, that just popped up in my head. I see that you have not configured the rollback in User:Mr. Stradivarius/common.js like your guide says, you just importscript. I configure my rollback at User:Qed237/common.js. Why do you not configure it or do you do it somewhere else? Qed237 (talk) 22:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's just that I like the defaults the best. That's why I made them the defaults, after all. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 22:17, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Good point :). I will try the different alternatives and feel around. I had not planned on doing this (but I had the thought) and I did not even request to be a rollbacker, but an admin saw my edits and thought it was approriate for me to get that user right. This is a good opportunity to test your gadget and so far it is awesome. Thank you for your great work. Qed237 (talk) 22:23, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Qed237: I've just noticed that you're hiding all of the rollback links in your settings at User:Qed237/common.js. Actually, if you just want to hide all of the rollback links, you don't need my gadget - the existing rule in your CSS page will do that anyway. Try removing the gadget and all of the settings from User:Qed237/common.js. You should find that the rollback links are still hidden as they were before. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:05, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User:Wrabbjr902

I'm sorry this user is the main reason the template has to be protected. We try to talk to him, but he blanks his talk page. I believe this user is trying to vandalize the template by moving certain wrestlers. The user is nothing but trouble. -Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He has vandalized again.-Keith Okamoto (talk) 02:33, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have blocked him for disruption, since he edited without consensus after being told to do so by three others. As far as List of WWE personnel and the template are concerned, I want to get some input from WP:AN and get a community sanction and see what type of restrictions we should impose on them. --wL<speak·check> 03:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@WikiLeon: Thanks for dealing with this. I don't think we need to get AN involved yet - the normal consequences for edit warring and disruptive editing should be enough. If there continue to be problems after we've tried the usual things then we can think about whether we need to have other sanctions.

@Keith Okamoto: Actually, it wasn't vandalism - vandalism is when you intentionally try to damage Wikipedia. It looks like Wrabbjr902 was acting in good faith, although his repeated reverts without discussion certainly counted as disruptive editing. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 04:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

User has returned and continued his disruptive editing.--Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for a month. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:41, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I just saw him blank his talkpage.--Keith Okamoto (talk) 23:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Keith Okamoto: He's allowed to do that - see WP:BLANKING. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 01:23, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Socks at Debito

It's pretty obvious all these IPs and ChemicalG are all the same user, and probably Mr. Di Griz, too. Is there nothing that can be done? Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 03:27, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Curly Turkey: I am guessing that some are the same, and some are meatpuppets. For the IPs, I'll apply semi-protection when necessary. For the other users, I recommend filing SPIs if you think you know who is a sockpuppet of who. And if editors get too far into IDHT territory, then I'll apply ArbCom BLP sanctions. But if we get questions and suggestions that we could reasonably assume are made in good faith, I think we should give them the benefit of the doubt and debate them honestly. What I don't think we should do is just assume everyone is a sockpuppet and block them all, thereby shutting down all debate. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:00, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that Curley Turkey's constant abusive and provocative language probably aren't helping anything either. Mr. Di Griz (talk) 05:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that Mr. Di Griz's username is a dead giveaway. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Curly Turkey: And he is now blocked. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:51, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
And thank you for that! Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

U mad, bro? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.205.198.253 (talk) 09:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I need ur help..

Could u send me a test Mail on [email address redacted] Officialandria (talk) 11:03, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Officialandria: Try http://ismyemailworking.com/. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 11:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, you probably shouldn't post your email address here, as it is likely to be used by spammers. I've removed it. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 11:19, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No my dear .. It's still not solved .. My date of birth is 22/2/1986. I can provide legal proves and the site u up for ref is not genuinely with my concern .. At all .. It's a false information.
Plz wood be grateful if u could send me ur email id I wood be all ready to send my id proof of my age .. And my so that u could change things
Andria D'souza is born in a caltholic family to Lawrence D'souza. Born n raised in Dubai as an NRI , Andria passed out as a business management n commercial art student but as creativity was her forte she chose to become an Rj and a successful VJ in Dubai Zee Tv MENA region . And since a year Andria has shifted base to Mumbai the city of dream to purse her career in acting. Officialandria (talk) 17:10, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Officialandria: In that case, you need to send an email to [email protected]. In your email, please include both the address or title of your article and the specific problems you are having with it. The volunteers there should be able to help you out. You can see Wikipedia:Contact us - Subjects as well for some other alternatives. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 23:23, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank u so much Mr Stradivarius .. I will be glad n grateful to u if could send me a blank email I'll send U my proves and also need ur help on how to handle my Wikipedia .. Thank u for all the help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialandria (talk • contribs) 12:30, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Policy about service awards?

Hello, MS.

CL here. How do you?

I am unable to determine the status of Wikipedia:Service awards. Is this a policy? Or is it a joke? (Or something in between?)

I ask because User talk:SundayRequiem claims SundayRequiem is Vanguard Editor (132,000 edits, 16 years of service) while this is user only 4 months old, with 274 edits. If it is a joke, this user is just being humorous. If it is a policy, however, ... I don't know. I had never navigated this aspect of Wikipedia. I guess there is a first for everything.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 12:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CL. :) It's not a policy, and I don't think there needs to be any consequences to claiming to be a Vanguard editor, particularly so when Wikipedia itself isn't yet 15 years old. By the way, I hear that there are celebrations planned for that. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 13:14, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Good to know. Thanks. I'll humorously but carefully imply it next time I communicated with him. But it is a relief to know this not one of the issues that Wikipedians are super-zealous about it. (So far, NFCC is the only such area.)
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 23:31, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirects from moves

Are you sure Special:Diff/684367972 was a good idea? IMO, {{redr}} is really meant for when there's more than one Rcat, and it seems cleaner without the blank line. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:40, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jackmcbarn: This is the way I've noticed User:Paine Ellsworth doing it, but I have no problems with you reverting if you think it's better. I suppose I probably should have discussed it somewhere before I made the edit... — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 01:45, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave it for now at least until Paine chimes in. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:49, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both! Still little known about Redr is that it now autosenses protection levels, so when it is used you don't have to concern yourself with adding/subtracting protection templates and such – example. Redr may be used for from one to seven rcats. In addition, other appropriate templates and {{DEFAULTSORT:}} can be used either within it or with it. So I would ask (and in fact I would have asked eventually) that Redr continue to be used with {{R from move}} at MediaWiki:Move-redirect-text. Painius  03:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion to Quality Award

At Category:Deletion to Quality Award candidates, it seems the category is now mostly empty? — Cirt (talk) 03:06, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, now the category is completely empty. Any idea on how to fix it? — Cirt (talk) 04:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Cirt: It should be working now. It turned out that the Four Award code had a bug in it, so when I based the new Deletion to Quality Award code on it I unwittingly copied the bug over. I've now fixed them both. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 04:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like it's populating again, thank you! Now if only there were an easier semi-automated or automated way to award them to editors, and update Wikipedia:Deletion_to_Quality_Award#Deletion_to_Quality_Award_Hall_of_Fame, that would be awesome. — Cirt (talk) 04:56, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds like a bot request to me. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 04:58, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I made a request at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Give_out_Deletion_to_Quality_Awards. How does it look? — Cirt (talk) 05:06, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, looks good to me. Now it just depends on whether people have the time, skills, and inclination to write the code and maintain it. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I think it's just that first-pass-through to get it started that's really important. Then, once the community's introduced to it more, others will help to maintain it, hopefully. :) — Cirt (talk) 06:03, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, now Category:Deletion to Quality Award candidates is populated with 577 total pages, that's wonderful !!! A bit much for me to work on by myself. If WP:BOTREQ doesn't get a response, any other ideas on how to get someone to help out with giving that out in an automated or semi-automated fashion ? — Cirt (talk) 08:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You should mention the fact that a one-time run would be ok in the bot request. One-time runs can be hacked in ways that automatic, permanently running bots can't. For example, if someone can generate a list of users and articles, then the delivery of the messages could be handled through the mass message extension, and the hall of fame could be generated with a programmable text editor. If semi-automatic would be acceptable, then it could be done using a user script, in which case WT:User scripts is the usual page, but probably more people watch WP:VPT. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I've noted that a one-time-run is acceptable at WP:BOTREQ, and also posted requests to WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Anything else I can do in the interim to help facilitate this ? — Cirt (talk) 09:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not really - just answer people's questions if they have any and keep your fingers crossed. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a way WP:AWB could be used to do it? If so, I could award them myself. I'm just not good at the coding part, what do you think ? — Cirt (talk) 09:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You would need to generate a list of pages and users, and to connect them to AWB through its external scripting API. Both of those things will require some programming knowledge. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 12:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Any idea on how to get help with the programming part ? — Cirt (talk) 12:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Years of study? :P Or you might get some help at WT:AWB or at VPT, I suppose. I'd wait for a response to the bot request first, though - if someone writes a bot for you then you won't need AWB at all. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 12:59, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hahah okay. Sounds good. Thank you very much for all of your help and advice — it's really most appreciated !!! :) — Cirt (talk) 13:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So far, no one has responded to my requests at WP:BOTREQ, WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Any ideas? — Cirt (talk) 09:15, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd give it a bit more time. It's only been 24 hours so far, and I'd leave it for a week before starting to look for alternatives. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:20, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okey, sounds good. :) — Cirt (talk) 09:21, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay -- been one week and no reply at any of those places I posted -- any other ideas on how to get some help with this? — Cirt (talk) 01:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's no magic bullet, I'm afraid. It's the same as trying to get people to do anything - they have to want to. You could try leaving a ping at the bot request to see if anyone will comment on why they haven't responded to it yet. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:52, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thanks. Any recommendations on which experts in particular to ping? — Cirt (talk) 15:35, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I just meant to leave a general reminder-type message, not one directed at anyone in particular. I reckon that with your posts at BOTREQ, VPT and the user scripts page, you should have reached most of the people who would be interested in helping out with the programming. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:50, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I've posted, again, at WP:BOTREQ, WT:User scripts and WP:VPT. Kinda getting frustrating at this point. :( Any advice or help would be appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 08:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Mr Stradivarius, any other creative ideas on how to get technical help with this? Any other expert editors, individually, that you could suggest? Anything else I can do to try to get expert assistance ? — Cirt (talk) 18:26, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not really. You can find the kind of people who do this kind of thing by looking at who has been answering bot requests recently, though. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:46, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks very much for your help and advice, I really do appreciate it, very much. — Cirt (talk) 18:26, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:R from move

Apparently there is recent trouble with the notification system, so I've come to your talk page to ask you for help with Template talk:R from move#Capture unsynched talk page redirects when you get a chance to look at it. Thank you in advance! Painius  17:01, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Someone's wanking all over my talk page again

Can I get some talk page protection, please? Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 05:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Semi-protected for a week. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:49, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Curly Turkey: Also, maybe indef protection for your user page would be a good idea? — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:57, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to turn you down, as nobody's ever vandalized my user page before, but as I clicked the edit button---there was wanktard Cory's little message below. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:53, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oh! I didn't realize he'd actually vandalized it. You're fast! Protect me, please! Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 06:59, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
 Done — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 07:29, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Legobot (talk) 00:04, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see you were a substantial contributor to Module:UserLinks, so hoping you could help me. I have my wits with programming and what not but have never done any Lua... do you think you could add a link to change the user's rights? I'd like to do something like {{user-multi|user=Example|cr}} where cr is the code to show the "change rights" link (Special:UserRights/Example). No rush to get this done. Thank you! — MusikAnimal talk 15:44, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@MusikAnimal: This should do the trick. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 21:58, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Works great, thank you! — MusikAnimal talk 23:08, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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TAFI

Since you stopped by WP:TAFI, I don't suppose you'd be willing to take a peek at some of the other nominations and Support/Oppose them?--Coin945 (talk) 10:02, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but my area of interest generally only extends to technical things these days. I will admit to wanting to expand the Choreography article out of sheer indignation at it being so short, however. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 10:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Haha fair enough. FWIW, it's a very unofficial system, so essentially anybody can nominate or support/oppose. So hypothetically one would not be obligated to do anything more afterwards. But I'll let you get back to what you do best. :)--Coin945 (talk) 10:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Siddique

I am representing Mr.SIddique Ismail, i had added his portfolio pic also added his facebook link and twitter link its now not being displayed please help me

sharath — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalathilsharath82 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Kalathilsharath82: The automatic script that removed your external links isn't clever enough to know which of your edits were good and which were bad, so it just removed all of them. I've restored the image for you - thank you for uploading it! Before you add more external links you should review Wikipedia's guidelines on external links, and seeing as you are representing Siddique, you should also review Wikiepdia's guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest. If you have any questions, please ask at the help desk - they should be good at guiding you in the right direction. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

apologies

hello,

It's me, the (former) IP hopping troll. I've decided that it isn't constructive at all, and will stop it completely. It was borne out of frustration, but resulted in some seriously negative stuff. You are right when you say that things might be different if they were handled in a different way. I actually probably do have a lot to contribute, and might legitimately contribute in the future, sans trolling.

Anyway - thanks for remaining civil despite my behavior.

If you could also pass on my apologies to Curly Turkey, that would be appreciated.

regards,

- former IP hopping troll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.207.61 (talk) 02:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I'm glad to hear that you're leaving the trolling behind, and I'm sure Curly Turkey will be too. There is always some give and take in Wikipedia editing, as it is one big melting pot. We get people with all different opinions (although admittedly some more than others), and when opinions differ there is always going to be some friction. So I can understand your frustration, although you probably caught on to the fact that I didn't think you were expressing it constructively. I've never said that the Debito article is perfect, and there is certainly room in it for published criticism of him - even Debito himself agrees with that. If you engage constructively on the talk page and edit in accordance with Wikipedia rules, then I won't block you, and I think other editors there would be open to engaging with you. It might take some time to build up goodwill there after the sustained negativity that has befallen the article and its talk page, but it will happen if you persevere. (And I will help you with that - I was on Wikipedia's Mediation Committee before, after all.) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:06, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've unprotected Debito Arudou and Talk:Debito Arudou, so you should be able to edit there now. I'd recommend creating an account first if you don't already have one. (And starting with an apology there too would probably go a long way towards making peace with everyone.) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

no worries, but I don't think that I should be contributing there as I probably cannot do so fairly without bias. Therefore, if I do contribute in the future, I'll contribute elsewhere. I'll re-introduce myself once I create an account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.207.61 (talk) 03:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I said I would reintroduce myself when I made an account - and here I am. Yodenshi (陽電子） - i.e. "positron".

Yodenshi (talk) 07:51, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI

When you find time for it please review my latest noms at TAFI. Isabel Adrian and Josephine Bornebusch. Appreciate it.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:02, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

Hello Mr. Stradivarius:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – Codename Lisa (talk) 23:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Thanks CL! Happy Halloween to you, too! — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:49, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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