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Hello, Skyllfully, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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—Skyllfully (talk) 05:16, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

@Skyllfully: thanks for welcoming me, me! —Skyllfully (talk) 05:17, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Welcome from me, also! Notice that your edit at User talk:Patrickdonals hasn't quite worked, as there's a {{{1}}} showing. The correct way to post this template is shown at Template:Welcome#Usage. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:22, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
@John of Reading: thanks for your friendly help! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 14:13, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

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@Worm That Turned: Thanks for the invite! I'm going to become a host once I'm autoconfirmed, because I like helping people and I participate in many other (non-Wikimedia) wikis! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 18:38, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Is that you?

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Here? Otherwise I can lock this account, if somebody tries to get your identity. (I'm a steward there, so ask me, if you need things there). Greetings, Luke081515 08:40, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

@Luke081515: Yes that is me, I can even give you confirmation. Thanks for checking. Marking as  Resolved for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 14:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
(change visibility) 17:01, 31 August 2015 Luke081515 (Talk | contribs | block) changed group membership for User:Skyllfully from (none) to confirmed user (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/678769645). Thanks. Greetings, Luke081515 15:02, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Creating Userbox Templates

I need help publishing a userbox template, how might I go about achieving consensus for it? Its currently at {{User:Skyllfully/toa}}. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 18:49, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

This user comes from the Town of Ajax.
That's "published" already; people can use it on their user pages by adding {{User:Skyllfully/toa}} (as I did here). If you want to make it more widely known on Wikipedia, Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes seems a good venue. Huon (talk) 19:36, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
@Huon: Thanks for your help, coming from other MediaWiki-wikis, I was thinking that userboxes should be published under (Main) not a user's subpage. But I guess it's different. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 20:16, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Users' Information

Hey there, I was wondering, how does one find the IP address of a user?

Also, how does one find what groups a user is part of?
Thanks in advance! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 07:18, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

IP address information is only avalible to a small number of trusted users, and even then not looked up except under certain circumstances. To find what groups a user is part of, there is a "special" page. For example, your rights are listed on Special:Log/rights/User:Skyllfully. Mdann52 (talk) 07:25, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
@Mdann52: Thanks for a speedy, reliable response! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 07:29, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Page move button in other skins

Hey there, is there any way to get the raw JavaScript for the move button for pages if I want to use it on other skins? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:28, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

I just checked the other skins, and they all had a more prominent "move" option than Vector. Thus I don't quite see what you want to add to them. There's a list of user scripts available at Wikipedia:User scripts, but I don't think those are what you are looking for. Twinkle produces a drop-down menu that on Vector looks quite similar to the "More" drop-down menu that holds the move button, so you could check that code. Otherwise you'll probably be better-off asking at MediaWiki, or possibly WP:VP/T. Huon (talk) 20:03, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Template for notification of removal of CSD on one's article

Is there a template for notification of removal of CSD on one's article (i.e. a {{uw}} template)? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 05:01, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Something like Template:Uw-speedy1? Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 05:05, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
@Rotideypoc41352: thanks for your help! Please remember to change the {{help me}} to {{help me-helped}} or null the template ({{help me}}) when answering these types of questions. (Don't worry, I've already gone ahead and done it for this time!) —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 05:09, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. I kept it open in case my reply didn't answer your question. Best, Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 05:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Removing AfD template

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This was a mistake, I was taking down the AfD and changed it to MfD. Also, I removed notices from talk pages, CSD-ed my false AfD and removed it from AfD altogether. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 04:39, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Resolved for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

FYI

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With this revert you restored egregious WP:OR which I had removed. In case you didn't know, I'm an admin with over ten years' editing experience. It pays to check the contributions and content when reverting edits. Cheers, Guy (Help!) 09:35, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hey there, thanks for letting me know. I'm just starting out on Wikipedia and I happily accept advice and feedback, thanks and I'll remember in the future! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 18:58, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Resolved for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Primary source

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Hi Skyllfully, just a quick note regarding this edit. If a film has been released, then the primary source, i.e. the film itself, can be used a source for non-interpretive plot information and cast. Where we would need references is if someone tried to add a plot write-up for a movie that has not been released yet, or if they were trying to add content about perceived themes and other subjective material. The same goes for the soundtrack. If it has been released, then presumably we could look at the album cover to discern the track titles, or play the soundtrack and figure out how long each song is. The release date should be sourced, since that's not usually printed on an album. And obviously if there are issues with vandalism, that might warrant some {{citation needed}} templates. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Hey there, thanks for letting me know. I'm just starting out on Wikipedia and I happily accept advice and feedback, thanks and I'll remember in the future! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 18:59, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Resolved for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

3RR accusation

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Hi. You accused me of violating 3RR without giving details. I don’t see where or when I have, but if I have, I would very much like to know. Thanks. —67.14.236.50 (talk) 00:02, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Hey there 67.14.236.50, I am deeply sorry for (1) not reponding to your message and (2) falsely accusing you of violating the 3RR. I am new to Wikipedia's policies, and I'm asking that you forgive me. Thanks for understanding! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:52, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Resolved for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for apologizing! I’m… not quite sure how to respond, not quite used to this kind of sincerity from accusing editors. But other than the 3RR thing, the rest of your comment was kind of right on. So, thank you for posting to my Talk page. What would you suggest? —67.14.236.50 (talk) 03:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
@67.14.236.50: No problem, I come from another wiki where everyone's nice like that... Maybe it would be best to have someone with more user rights (e.g. sysop) intervene, then, if it is a severe edit war or the other contributor is making bad faith edits the 'higher-up' (e.g. sysop) could place a temporary block on a user's account (after warnings of course)! That's my idea, do you have anything to add on, anything you didn't like, or even a totally different idea? I try to focus on defusing disputes as fast as I can. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:28, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Back

Hello, Skyllfully, and thank you for the welcome.

Just one question: As my habit of making minor (and very occasionally major) changes dates back at least five years, why issue me a welcome now? Just curious. Thanks. Chris Madden 00:51, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey there Chris Madden, you didn't seem to have a talk or user page so I assumed (wrongly) that you were a new user, without checking your contribs. So a happy belated welcome to you, I hope to see you around. By the way, please modify your signature to conform with WP:SIGLINK. Happy Wikipedia-ing!! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:17, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:33, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Blue Jeans Environmental and humanitarian impact section

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Hello Skyllfully.

You recently undid my edit on the jeans page where I removed the whole "Environmental and humanitarian impact" section.

Is there any way for me to put a note on the article requesting additional information/citations on this? I really didn't want to remove the whole section, but I couldn't find another way to convey this.

If nobody can find citation showing that jeans use more water than other kinds of pants, then I think the whole water paragraph should be moved to the cotton and/or pants pages. Similarly, if nobody can find citation showing that jeans are more "environmentally damaging" than other kinds of pants, I think that the language "environmentally damaging" should be removed.

This part: "The production of jeans with a "used look" can be more environmentally damaging than regular jeans" is saying that all jeans are "environmentally damaging". Says who? And if they are, are they more so than other pants options? This is opinion in an article of jeans facts.

Maybe we could put the information under a sandblasting article, or under a section in the jeans article entitled "Humanitarian Impact of Sandblasting Jeans".

If jeans don't use more water than other kinds of pants, and they aren't more "environmentally damaging" than other kinds of pants, then I think that this section is irrelevant to the whole article. Maybe we could move that to a pants article.

Please let me know what you think. If I'm breaking any protocols here, please forgive me, I'm new to editing Wikipedia pages. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.40.160.26 (talk) 19:01, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Hey there 170.40.160.26, thanks for you wonderful explanation and reasoning! Great question, if you would like additional citations for articles or sections, you can place {{Unr}} at the top of the page, as long as there are no citations, if there are some references, you can place {{Refimprove}} or {{Refimprove|section}}, and if there are some references in an article but none in a certain section, you can use {{Uns}}. I hope this helps, remember, if you need any further help, I'm always a reply away! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:41, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
@170.40.160.26: P.S. Thanks for being bold that's a great trait for editing because everything is reversible on Wikipedia, I just wanted to let you know that Community Consensus is the formal method for enacting big edits like the one you performed, and it also helps avoid edit wars. For more info on this topic, please see WP:CON. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:35, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Detroit Metropolitan Airport

I've removed the speedy tag from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. I think it would be best to let the move discussion run its course. Best, Mackensen (talk) 02:39, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Okay, I guess I can be a little "quick to conclusions" at times! Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 01:24, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

User:Itailevi700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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I reverted your edit b/c I didn't know why you removed the user's username from the template, but now I see why as that user doesn't exist. Everymorning (talk) 02:55, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Apparently Samwalton misspelled the user's username when tagging the sock's userpage, but I have fixed it now. Everymorning (talk) 11:18, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for doing that. I only removed it because it was a misleading link. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 01:27, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Marking as  Answered for my own reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 01:28, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

The Nova Science article

The proposed changes were already formatted, and now they are a chaos. The entire second half of the article must be changed I feel as I proposed, to make it compatible with latest results in bibliometry achieved by the University of Granada in Spain.

Also, the SENSE results from the SENSE consortium in the Netherlands are presented in a very biased way. Sense says that Nova are a decent publishers, not that they are in a lowest category. We in Wikipedia must keep our standards and put back emotions. If someone does not like the company, why not write an article in a major peer-reviewed journal of Library science, bibliometry or what have you? But such articles don't exist. What has happened though is that passionate Nova critics say things for which there is no evidence in either PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS or in the INTERNATIONAL QUALITY PRESS. Quoting from the social media is not enough.

I left though the last part of the article as it is; althoug I fundamentally disagree with the formulations in the light of the mentioned evidence, I think there would be an edit earthquake if I were to change it. Inshallah.Al Andaluz Toledano (talk) 13:30, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

@Al Andaluz Toledano: thanks for your detailed response. I have placed some maintenance tags on the article, someone will eventually come around and clean it up! If you like, you can help the article. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 22:47, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 23:12, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: Reopening discussion. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 23:16, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
@Al Andaluz Toledano: Another Wikipedian has edited that article, only removing the maintenance tags, do you have any thoughts on this? His reason was, “consider this the WP:JOURNALS answer to the edit request. Basically, we follow reliable sources, and Beall is considered reliable.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyllfully (talk • contribs)
Note: Marking as  Answered for my reference. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 19:15, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Is this now correct?

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I enter here this answer sign, can I then edit the page?

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

Hi Skyllfully! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:13, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Reverting personal attacks

The reverts are removing personal attacks/harassment/outing attempts. I have requested that the IP be blocked. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 02:21, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for explaining NorthBySouthBaranof, we have both made multiple reports and it is in the hands of the (slow) admins. Although, I must ask that you stop violating the 3RR, I will try to revert what I can as well but we must ignore the case for now, until there's any further developments. Thanks for understanding! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Question: you stated that NorthBySouthBaranof had a "bad track record". You've been here two weeks. If you don't mind my asking, where did you encounter this user before? Best, Mackensen (talk) 12:47, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: Marking as  Unresolved. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:14, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Editor Interaction Utility

I have brought this discussion here because (a) I have conceeded the point at the SPI and it is becoming a distraction to the central point and (b) most of the relevant prior discussion is here. I therefore apologise for apparently hijacking your talk page.

Engineers tend to have specialist areas of interest with areas of overlap on the edges of their discipline (and for any other interests that they have). It is therefore not surprising to find overlaps of editing interest (plus they do have a tendency to follow each other). Put any four editors (the IPs are most likely the same editor with a dynamic IP) who have contributed to to any engineering based article into the Editor Interaction Utility (EIU) and it is almost bound to provide many hits (and, of course, it will increase with the square of the number of editors). What you need to do is try them two at a time to get any real picture. IBW & LR - probably about par. Myself & LR - a few more but probably reflects our mutual interest in railways. Myself & IBW - Back down to about par (and a surprise overlap). And just picking two editors for no reason other than that I know they have no relationship with each other (or this matter) 2 unrelated editors - I didn't actually expect the list to be that long (it is probably the higher edit count), but it amply illustrates my point. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 14:13, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

No problem, I'm fine with anyone joining or making new discussions.
I see where you're coming from and I totally agree with you, what do you suppose we do now? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 15:36, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm not suggesting that we do anything. The time has come to just let the SPI run its course rather than add further distractions. I confess to being a little bemused by Uk55 seeking advice from someone who has less editing time on Wikipedia than he is claiming to have - no offence to you intended. Incidentally, there is no need to add a reply tag to my talk page as I had popped you on my watch list - at least for now. I DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 16:27, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
May I ask where I claimed to have any more editing experience than I claim to have? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:45, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Apologies for any misunderstanding. I did not intend to suggest that you had made any such claim and I do not believe that I did. I merely made an observation of my bemusement. What I intended to convey is that it is Uk55 that is claiming to be a relatively new editor (from end of June 2015). That he was aware that I hail from the UK when that fact has not been revealed since at least the end of 2013 (I am still looking for when it was) plus his knowledge of Wikiprocedure establishes he was around before that date. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 17:15, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry 'bout that. I would like to notify you that Uk55 could've assumed that, you do type in British English (or a closely related dialect, not Canadian or American), Uk55 also displays similar signs. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:30, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
That I type in British English is not proof that I am British. I could be German or even Dutch. Substantial numbers of residents of both countries speak [British] English to a very high standard (in fact English is displacing Dutch in many of the larger cities in Holland). Uk55 was quite specific that I am British. He can only know this as a fact from somewhere else. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 12:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Help with Sock Puppet Investigation

Hi, thanks again for your offer of help yesterday, I wondered if I could take you up on it now?

I gathered some evidence, which seemed solid-ish, but then I came across the Editor Interaction Analyser, which lit up like a christmas tree. Hundreds of common edits on dozens of unrelated pages. I'm now 100% certain they're the same person, the problem is I don't know how to translate that information to the investigation form. Is it possible you can help me?

Thanks so much. Uk55 (talk) 02:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey there, thanks for your interest in busting these sockpuppets! I also find that the Editor Interaction Anaylser tool is useful. If you're okay with it, I will create the case for you, all I need are the editors' usernames. Don't worry if I create the case, you'll still be able to voice your opinion on the SPI! Please reply back with the usernames... —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:09, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
@Skyllfully: If you can that would be incredibly helpful. The users are I B Wright, DieSwartzPunkt, and LiveRail. There's also a set of IP addresses 85.255.233.161, 85.255.233.196 and 85.255.233.210 - this is one person who claims not to have an account, but their behaviour, particularly on my talk page, has been more than suspicious. As they change IPs constantly though, I don't know if it's worth adding them. Thanks again. Uk55 (talk) 04:05, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Note: Added links to users on above comment for convenience. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 04:23, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
@Uk55: I don't see too much evidence just through the analysis, do you have any more evidence? Think back to WP:SIGNS. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 04:29, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
@Skyllfully: Oh, really? I thought them having edited 15+ different articles within a day of each other would be pretty conclusive... or am I just reading it wrong? Well, before I found that tool I was mostly basing it on how they were interacting with me on the Blu-ray talk page - I thought I was being perfectly civil, but each one that appeared seemed to increase in hostility from the last. They also all followed the pattern of writing one or two angry essay-length replies, then disappearing. I could accept multiple people disagreeing with me, but it seemed odd they'd have so much to say one minute and nothing the next. It also seemed like a really weird thing to get upset about. Plus their writing styles seemed identical, but maybe that's subjective. There were a few other things I noted, but none I would really call conclusive. So do you think I might've been wrong? Uk55 (talk) 05:04, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

You may want to check here. DieSwartzPunkt (talk) 12:46, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

@Skyllfully: Hi, I'm a bit confused, because you posted on that report but didn't reply here. Are you still willing to help with this? Uk55 (talk) 08:03, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
@Uk55: I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not British. I am Canadian. What makes you think I am British? I B Wright (talk) 10:49, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
@I B Wright: since we (us Canadians) write in Canadian English, Uk55 could've assumed from that. Although, our English dialects have they're differences. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 15:36, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

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Telugu movie category

Srimanthudu has collected $2.0 billion,the most after Bahubali.It has to be the 2nd most collected sum movie.Change it. Krishh krishna (talk) 05:49, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:10, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you for patrolling the redirects I created

Thank you for patrolling the redirects I created. I wanted to alert you to some news:

  1. - We no longer have to put the redirect Category on the 1st line. The 3rd line is now preferred
  2. - Each redirect can be in up to 7 redirect categories
  3. - Categories only need to start with the letter 'R' and no more need for a pipe
  4. - R to misspelling renders the same boilerplate as R to modification
  5. - Here is a list of R cats: [[Template:R template index]] showing the parent R cats

Cheers! ...Checkingfax ( Talk ) 05:55, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

@Checkingfax: I hope you don't mind me asking but, where did you find that info? I'd like to know in case I need to refer to it in the future. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:37, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Just from poking around. I haven't kept track of my sources. Looks like they might actually be working toward using the rcat prefix not the R prefix. Don't know for sure.
You can test "R to misspelling" and "R to modification" by putting them in the same redirect then doing a preview. You'll see they render the same boilerplate. One is a parent, the other a child. Don't know which one is which. See if that list tells us.
I'll look around for the doc that says we're instructed to put the category on the 3rd line now instead of all on the 1st line with the #REDIRECT.
[[Here's]] one page that references the ability to put each redirect in up to seven categories.
I'll be in touch. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:21, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
When I was poking around previously I found a page where it explicity said there used to be a system limitation where the #REDIRECT and the category had to be on the first line but that limitation was overcome and they were instructing us going forward to put the first category on the 3rd line. [[This]] page does not address the first line issue but all the samples show the categories starting on the third line. I'll dig in to find the page where it addressed the previous system limitation.
By the way #REDIRECT used to have to be in all caps, and they prefer we do it that way, but it will still function even if in lowercase. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:34, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Question

Why do you think that this article should be considered for speedy deletion? I left this message in the contest area. it will eventually link with many records in the All England Open Badminton Championships that already exist. Furthermore it links to Uber Cup and other badminton records and is very similar to many short sports people profiles. The profile of a successful international badminton player is far more important than the hundreds of profiles on footballers etc. whose greatest achievements are playing for a tier 5, 6 or 7 club. If you feel there should be more on the profile why not post a message to me instead of asking for it to be deleted.Racingmanager (talk) 17:27, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

@Racingmanager: At the current point, it does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the topic. Please create a userspace draft if you would like to improve an article undisrupted, here's a link. The mainspace (or article space) is not the place for short unencyclopaedic content/dictionary definitions. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:31, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Discussion about moving Eastern Sports Club

I am writing to invite you to join the discussion on Talk:Eastern Sports Club and reconsider your objection on moving this article, as I believe you are opposing it as an uncontroversial technical request but not the content of the moving request. I have put more information on the talk page of the article. Antonytse (talk) 01:55, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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New Companies delsort category

Hi Skyllfully: Just a heads up that a new deletion sorting page was created on 16 October 2015 for companies, located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Companies. Thanks for your work in performing deletion sorting on Wikipedia. North America1000 16:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for (a) notifying me and (b) noticing me! Happy Wikipedia-ing. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 21:43, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

User:Nerdfighter8842

This is he. I went through and deleted portions of my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerdfighter8842 (talk • contribs) 22:16, 31 October 2015‎

Hey there, your userpage still violates policy and there is still no reason for keeping it; if you have reason to plead for keeping the page, please state so on its entry, but please remember to remain civil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyllfully (talk • contribs) 22:31, 31 October 2015
I am cleaning out the page, so please don't delete it until it's empty.--Nerdfighter8842 (talk) 00:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
@Nerdfighter8842: Hey there, it's great that your "moving out" but while a page is in the MfD process, we are not allowed to blank it. So please copy your information without blanking it. Or I have another idea, I will withdraw my MfD submission as long as you will fully clear your user page and add {{db-userreq}} to your user page? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 01:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Okay, I'll leave some things to delete.--Nerdfighter8842 (talk) 02:38, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Nuke it.--Nerdfighter8842 (talk) 03:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

New Disability delsort category

Hi: Just a heads up that a new deletion sorting page was created on 19 October 2015 for Disability-related articles, located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Disability. Thanks for your work in performing deletion sorting on Wikipedia. North America[[User talk:Northamerica1000|1000]] 18:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks again! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 21:49, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Filing SPIs

You may mean well, but the two SPIs you filed today were a waste of my time. As you probably know, I declined and closed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zaembraal for lack of evidence of disruption, among other things. When you file an SPI, you must present evidence that the accounts edited disruptively. Otherwise, don't file them. In effect, you presented no evidence except the similarity in two subpages, which I imagine had absolutely nothing to do with anything. The second SPI was worse. I deleted Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/InsaneGangsterDisciple as all of the accounts had no edits. What did you do - look at the user list for similar usernames? And let's assume they actually did have edits. You still have to present evidence beyond just "similar usernames". And if you file an SPI and there are two puppets, don't create two separate investigations, one for each puppet. Put the two puppets in one list. Before I realized that the accounts had no edits, I had to combine the two pieces into one. That annoyed me once I realized what the whole thing was about. And if you request a CU, as you did in both SPIs, you must state the reason why you are requesting a CU.

I strongly suggest that the next time you are thinking about filing an SPI, you seek help from an experienced editor and discuss it before taking any action.--Bbb23 (talk) 05:17, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 05:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Danzigland

Hello Skyllfully. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Danzigland, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: William Blake died 1827, so his poem is out of copyright. We could delete the page as WP:CSD#G7 because the author blanked it, but users can basically do what they like, within limits, on their user pages, and the IP that unblanked it may have been Danzigland editing without logging in. I think best to leave it blank, and if Danzigland returns s/he can restore it or do whatever else s/he wants. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:37, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your note! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:39, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Umm.

I apologize for the copyright but I was only trying to replicate this user's page which had part of the poem in it. It seemed like it was acceptable here. I'm sorry nonetheless. --IzWeirdTho (talk) 15:41, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I see where you are coming from (in fact, that user's page violates policy). Copying information (and publishing it) from anywhere without permission is a crime. You can feel free to rebuild your user page, as long as it follows policy! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:15, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
I have redesigned my userpage and I hope it fits the criteria now. Also I just saw that the speedy deletion of User:Danzigland was declined, because of the following concern: William Blake died 1827, so his poem is out of copyright..Does that mean my page was deleted for the wrong reason? It seems unfair to be honest. --IzWeirdTho (talk) 16:40, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Yes that does seem unfair. I guess the deleting admin didn't notice that. If you want to put that poem back in, feel free, you may want to put in some disclaimer text such as, "This poem is in the public domain in countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years or less." —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:54, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks! --IzWeirdTho (talk) 17:10, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, Skyllfully why if I may ask so? Lotje (talk) 16:24, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

@Lotje: I decided that I didn't want a motto, so I rolled back my edits. If you have an idea though, I'd freely accept it! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:26, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
@Skyllfully:, I like this one, and it would fit you like a perfect shoe Lotje (talk) 17:31, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
@Lotje: where do you suggest I place it? If you like, I invite you to put it on my user page yourself (if you can navigate that mess). —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 17:33, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
@Skyllfully:, I guess you could create a User:Skyllfully/Motto Shop Template 1 or another one as per Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Motto Shop and add to it whatever you like. Lotje (talk) 17:45, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

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Your edit to Template:User info

Hey,

In this edit you moved the documentation to a sub-page. Though this is normal here, it makes synchronising this template between multiple wikis (as flagged in the documentation) really irritating. Also, you failed to copy across some of the instructions and, crucially, the TemplateData. Could I ask you to reconsider?

Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 22:56, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Ya, thanks for catching that. I've just merged it all here. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 02:03, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! :-) Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 02:17, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Skyllfully. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
  • Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Katietalk 15:56, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll remember your name in case I run into any troubles. —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 16:18, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Crawfords Freightlines

Information icon Hello Skyllfully. Thanks for patrolling new pages – it's a very important task! I'm just letting you know, however, that you shouldn't tag pages as lacking context (CSD A1), content (CSD A3), or significance (CSD A7) moments after they are created, as you did at Crawfords Freightlines. It's best to wait at least 10–15 minutes for more content to be added if the page is very short, and the articles should not be marked as patrolled. Tagging such pages in a very short space of time may drive away well-meaning contributors, which is not good for Wikipedia. Attack pages (G10), blatant nonsense (G1), copyright violations (G12) and pure vandalism/blatant hoaxes (G3) should of course be tagged and deleted immediately. Thanks.. Your speedy tagging of Austin Butts was also clearly inappropriate, and I doubt these are isolated example. Please review WP:A7 and WP:BEFORE before further carrying out further speedy tagging. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006. (talk) 11:11, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there, sorry for any trouble I've caused you. I'll remember this for the future! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 13:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

SORRY

I AM SORRY User:WP MANIKHANTA —Preceding undated comment added 14:01, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Pardon me, you are sorry for what exactly? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 14:03, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Vietnamese people in Taiwan

I am a Vietnamese living in Taiwan, You should be concerned about this entry Canadian. --223.137.177.102 (talk) 14:43, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

@223.137.177.102: sorry, how can I help you? —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 15:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

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What do you mean?! I always sign my talk posts on pages. Skyllfully, I have no idea what you mean, but if you are trying to vandalize my talk page, then back off.

--MML Ruler (talk) 13:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello there, please calm down, I do not enjoy heated conversations on my talk page and apologize for any confusion I may have caused you. I sent you that notice because of this message which I corrected with a {{unsigned}} template. Not signing talk pages shouldn't get you banned and I was accusing you of it with evidence, please refrain from accusing another editor of vandalism (which one can easily be blocked for) without having multiple accounts of it. If you have any further questions I can answer, feel free to reply! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 03:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Deletion of GIS United

Heyy Skyllfully! I'm the one you mentioned about TW and new deletion tags XD. It's working out well, but I got careless a few times and reverted a few good edits, one of which were Gilliam's O_O. Anyways, I was wondering if you could delete the GIS United page. I finally found the right template to use, but it keeps getting deleted by a different user. Just wanted to notify you of it. Thanks!

3primetime3 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:55, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there 3primetime3, thanks for spotting that article. Only administrators can delete articles and I am not one of them, although I will send a notice about removing speedy tags from articles to that editor. Also, it looks like another edit has placed a deletion tag on the article and it seems to be staying up so there's no way we can rush the process. Sorry! —Skyllfully (talk | contribs) 11:42, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Ah, of all of the users here, I would think you're an admin XD. Thanks again. 3primetime3 (talk) 00:14, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

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