Mdann52

Counter Vandalism

I saw your name on the list, and I'd like to train more in counter vandalism operations! It says you are available, but if not, its ok I dont mind. From what I've read it seems you have great experience here. I have realized there are better tools for reverting vandalism but they require a certain right or experience threshold. If you can help me get there, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks (: --CyberWarfare (talk) 16:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Just a note I'm aware and considering what I can do. Mdann52 (talk) 19:14, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Take your time, I'm delighted that you are available and willing to enroll me in the academy. I was worried that I was becoming a bother to you and other editors! --CyberWarfare (talk) 23:59, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Leflore County, Mississippi

You have twice deleted a significant portion of Leflore County, Mississippi--some of it sourced--without providing a reason. Could you please provide a polite reason why you deleted this? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:35, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: None of the addition is actually sourced - the diff is a tad mangled, but the sides actually come directly from the last revision, and support none of the addition. Additionally, the language of the text added sounds a bit flowery to me, and sets off my copyvio senses. I was planning on rewriting this, however I didn't have enough time last night. Mdann52 (talk) 03:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

I checked to see if it was a cut-and-paste edit (also my suspicion), but was not able to find a copyright violation. I appreciate your effort to improve the article. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:19, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Timely action and neutral view Ruproy1972 (talk) 09:37, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

John Scott (organist)

You've twice added the name "Douglas" to the late John Scott's father's name, citing an OTRS ticket (I've always wanted to volunteer for OTRS, never got around to looking into it). That addition has been twice reverted by Patrug and I think for good reason--the source for that line as it stands doesn't mention the name "Douglas". While I'm loath to removing information if it is indeed accurate, I would think we'd need a public, verifiable reliable source that could be examined before we can justify adding that information if we are to abide by the strictures of WP:BLP, especially. Could you shed some light on what in that ticket justifies that addition? JackTheVicar (talk) 20:58, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

@JackTheVicar: if you want to volenteer for OTRS - feel free :) new volenteers are always useful (although I don't expect you to deal with as much of the stuff I do :P). The ticket is from a family member, citing that this is actually his grandfather. Unfortunately, this appears to have been incorrectly printed in a release sent to them, and this is the name cited in the source. They are trying to sort this out, but have contacted us and asked us to update the relevent information (disclaimer - they have asked me to pass all details on about this, so this isn't violating any privacy requirements IMO, however this is still my interpretation of the email). Mdann52 (talk) 21:04, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Is there a specific policy that an OTRS ticket source trumps WP:V and WP:RS in this case? I'm not familiar with one that I've come across, so I defer to your judgment/knowledge. If there is, I'd mention it to Patrug and maybe put a note on the article's talk page to clarify the addition. JackTheVicar (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

@JackTheVicar: Other than WP:IAR, there is not a policy per-say, however it seems common sense. I've done this in a similar situation before - a faulty press release was put out, and the people in question contacted us to amend the article while it was sorted out (which was actually done while I was discussing it with someone). While there is not a policy in this case, the fact that all the sources show the wrong name I feel shows they're sources are far from reliable. Mdann52 (talk) 08:20, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

perhaps we ought to write one. It seemed reasonable to me that OTRS fact/source should prevail, especially with a BLP, but even I was hesitant. After receiving your reply yesterday, i decided not to wait fir a new source or correction of the old and both reincluded it in the article and reached out to explain it to the other contributor, Patrug. I might run through a few databases to see if there's a public genealogy or vital record to use to augment it. Thanks for your patience and for discussing this. I appreciate the learning opportunity. JackTheVicar (talk) 12:20, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

coincidentally, Charles01 just added some sources to it. Situation alleviated. JackTheVicar (talk) 12:23, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

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BARC

Hi. Thank you for closing the debate. I'm just letting you know that as this proposal adresses a major policy issue, I may be asking for a second opinion on your closure. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:10, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Francis S. Thayer

Could you close this for me? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:06, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
(PS.: The new working closer script is at User:TheDJ/closeFPC.js.)

Question

You don't know me, but I saw your good comments on the Josh Duggar talk page regarding the section title. But I am writing to ask you a question. I see that the editor Winkelvi has made an enormous number of edits to the Duggar talk page – by a quick count, about 60 in just two hours today. He has done the same thing in numerous other articles, regularly changing what many other editors have contributed, including me. He even reported me (and a number of other editors) for edit-warring (with him). Is there some policy regarding an editor making a huge number of edits in articles in a very short period of time, particulary when they change content added by others? Just wondering because the editor seems to essentially be trying to take control of a lot of articles he edits. Lootbrewed (talk) 20:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Update: I just wanted to make you aware that I took my concerns to an administrator because the onslaught of edits at the Duggar article were not stopping. I figured you were probably busy. I did let that administrator know that I had originally asked another editor for input. Have a good evening. Lootbrewed (talk) 23:35, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

@Lootbrewed: apologies I was busy, real life often throws suprises at me. While there is explicitly no policy against this, WP:DISRUPT may apply if they are using the changes in order to sneak through changes opposed by others. Depending on what changes he is making, it may also fall under WP:TE if he is completely changing the meaning of the sentence. Mdann52 (talk) 15:43, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

That isn't even close to what was happening, Mdann. It was clean-up, nothing more. If you're interested, look at my edits there yesterday. Lootbrewed has a little more than 200 edits and is new to the project, not knowing that numerous c/e type edits done consecutively is not unheard of. I encourage you to actually look at what I did rather than give the other editor fuel for his fire. Thanks,-- WV ● ✉ ✓ 15:52, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

@Winkelvi: I believed they were asking a question about what happens for someone who made a load of quick-fire edits, as opposed to this particular case. Whether there is anything here that requires action is not for me to decide. Mdann52 (talk) 15:56, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Interwiki citing between German and English

Hi Matt, I asked a question about interwiki citing between two languages, and you generously replied that you could help. The entry that needs to link wiki site of Gökce Yurdakul to a reference in the wiki site of Sila Sahin (in the German wiki site, the English is not identical). In Sila Sahin's German wiki site, Gökce Yurdakul's name appears "red" as I couldn't do the link. The reviewer (HBot, I think the name) of this wiki site wanted me to fix this problem. I could do the English-English links but not the German-English links. Thank you for your help. DSC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diversityandsocialconflict (talk • contribs) 08:45, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

@Diversityandsocialconflict: thanks - that makes it a bit clearer as to what I need to advise. To link across Wikipedia sites, you just need to prefix the link with ":xx:", xx being the language code at the start of the URL. For example, to link to "Gökce Yurdakul" on the German Wikipedia, the code is [[:de:Gökce Yurdakul]], producing de:Gökce Yurdakul. Mdann52 (talk) 15:22, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Cottrell

I've sent articles to AFD as a courtesy before, but this one has no chance of ending up as deleted, BLP1 or otherwise. Classic "I wish to erase my past" situation - unfortunate of course, but nothing we can do about it. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 21:39, 26 August 2015 (UTC)