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This user helped get "Blueford v. Arkansas" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 3 March 2018.
This user helped get "Lafler v. Cooper" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 12 April 2018.
This user helped get "Napue v. Illinois" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 4 September 2018.
This user helped get "Regents of University of California v. United States Department of Homeland Security" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 2 February 2018.
This user helped get "Sessions v. Dimaya" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 8 May 2018.
This user helped get "United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 1 April 2018.
This user wrote "Lafler v. Cooper" which became a good article on 3 July 2018.
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Hello, L235. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Interstellarity (talk) 18:26, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry

This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.

No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well L235. MarnetteD|Talk 02:24, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MarnetteD: Happy holidays!! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :-) MarnetteD|Talk 00:25, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mention on SPI

I mentioned your name on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/संदेश हिवाळे. Ping probably didn't worked as I forgot to sign the comment. Aman Kumar Goel(Talk) 09:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

69.250.78.148

Could you please block user:69.250.78.148 for vandalism ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 20:46, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 20:47, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays!
May your winter holidays be filled with joy, laughter and good health. Wishing you all the best in 2020 and beyond.

--Cameron11598 (Talk) 21:14, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Cameron!! Happy holidays to you! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Email

I've sent you an email. Also, I had a typo that I can't fix (I meant "worst" not "west"). Clovermoss (talk) 00:34, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:36, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking care of it all. Clovermoss (talk) 00:38, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!


Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

@Darylgolden: It's wonderful to hear from you! Happy holidays Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 00:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for all the help tonight with the email stuff. Clovermoss (talk) 04:17, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Shayan

Found another sockpuppet [1] of the user you previously banned [2]. He also had another sock which was recently banned as well [3]. --HistoryofIran (talk) 02:10, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@HistoryofIran: Done. In the future, please file an WP:SPI and ping me to it. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:44, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MMS

As you said on this [4]. I have now built up a track record for uncontroversial mailings. Thanks. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 09:18, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: I have granted MMS for six months, after which please come back here for a renewal. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 02:08, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for suppressing my edits, when I was unaware of the dangers. Thanks, Thatoneweirdwikier Say hi 18:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My AWB Request

Thanks for the kind words. I will work on content more and then try again. (I did not think to check the page till now lol)LakesideMinersCome Talk To Me! 16:12, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of संदेश हिवाळे

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of संदेश हिवाळे requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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Rollback

What are the differences between Twinkle's rollback and the user right rollback? TK421bsod (talk) 18:15, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page watcher) With the user right rollback, you can use the Huggle tool. Also, a "rollback" option will display next to each entry in your watchlist, so that you can roll back an edit without going to the article. That said, I prefer Twinkle's rollback, which opens the editor's Talk page as part of the rollback to make it easy to leave warnings. I found Huggle difficult to use and way too easy to make mistakes, so I asked to have rollback removed and chose to just use Twinkle. YMMV. Schazjmd (talk) 18:26, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It would probably help to add a ping for TK421bsod. Schazjmd (talk) 18:28, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the information, Schazjmd! TK421bsod (talk) 19:55, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pending changes right

Hello Kevin (L235), I have some days left, till my pending changes right is withdrawn, so I want to ask if you could extend it. Maybe 2-3 months more? I like checking articles and reverting vandalism and I also listened to your tip, to warn users if needed. So at all I think I did a good job. --Infogeek244 (talk) 22:10, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Infogeek244: Thanks for checking in. I'm extending the right for two months -- you've been doing well; a spot check of your reverts indicates no big problems. It seems you've recently gotten Twinkle as well, which is probably going to be pretty helpful with this stuff. Just continue being careful and using the PCR right more to build a track record -- I only see seven PCR accepts and one PCR revert, which isn't enough to determine whether to make the right permanent or not. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 04:05, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thank you. --Infogeek244 (talk) 11:37, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for Geonotice posting

Many thanks, Kevin, for your help with this. I've noted all the details and will do better next year! TrudiJ (talk) 14:07, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Undisclosed paid editing

For the Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Upwork_sockfarm report could you tell me the subjects being developed at the sandboxes above? You can just reply at COIN if it's more convenient. Thanks ☆ Bri (talk) 22:29, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks :) Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 22:33, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kevin, Biogen page

Hi Kevin, Thank you for reaching out to me. I apologize if my post wasn't appropriate or relevant to the current topic. I read Wikipedia frequently, but I have never edited nor taken the time to contribute. I live in Massachusetts and I am a graduate student studying at Boston College. Given the recent outbreak of COVID19, I started checking the wiki page for updates on what was going on in my state. When I noticed some information lacking, I started to try to do my part to share what I was learning from my local news. I thought this was necessary since there seems to be so much misinformation currently. Would it make sense for me to have moved that Biogen Covid19 portion to the main COVID19 page? I realize that Wikipedia is not a news page and I am sorry if it was inappropriate for me to add that to Biogen's page. I am a total newbie! What would you suggest? I did try to make sure everything was accurate and tried to make sure everything I posted had appropriate and legitimate citations. Anyway, thank you for reaching out to me. Wikipedia has always been a great resource for me and my only intention is to make meaningful and appropriate contributions. Thanks, Mark Francis ThomasAquinas2019 (talk) 02:41, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@ThomasAquinas2019: Thanks for reaching out! I really appreciate all the time you've put into this, and I'm sorry that this is something that ended up removed. I think a good way of thinking about it is this: in 10, 20, 30 years, is this material going to be relevant, or is a reader going to be confused by what is here in relation to how other things have been covered in this page? In my view, unfortunately, the Biogen conference coronavirus cases aren't going to have long-term significance in either Biogen's page or on the main COVID-19 page; even though it probably feels pretty big right now, it's being well covered by news sources and Wikipedia is pretty bad at keeping up with that. Hope this helps, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:34, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
oh my gosh. I just wrote this super long blurb about Biogen in the article talk page and then just saw that I had a message. Ok i see what your saying. Thank you for being patient with me and forgiving me this opportunity to contribute.ThomasAquinas2019 (talk) 01:58, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@ThomasAquinas2019: It's probably fine actually to include info on the page 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts – I hadn't realized there were COVID-19 pages for many states now. My bad! Let me know if I can help more. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 03:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This seems excessive

Hi Kevin

I'm wondering why you've blocked this user here when they hadn't performed any further edits to the article after the Arbitration warning was posted? I get that the coronavirus has everyone on full paranoia mode, but that seems excessive for what were originally good-faith edits by a long-term user, which they didn't attempt to repeat after being warned. Maybe I'm missing some back-history though? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 19:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Amakuru: I blocked because the user violated the topic ban (on ANI) minutes after it was imposed, but you're right, there are good explanations available. I'm therefore lifting the block. Thanks for spotting, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 01:09, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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