:Sorry, I'm opposed. I don't think we need an editor who describe themselves as a "Turkish nationalist," and who is likely to contribute to [[Armenian genocide denial]] and otherwise whitewashing it — a crucial facet which has not been meaningfully addressed (which is to say, at all). What, they're gonna do it with greater subtlety? No thanks. [[User:El_C|El_C]] 10:31, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
:Sorry, I'm opposed. I don't think we need an editor who describe themselves as a "Turkish nationalist," and who is likely to contribute to [[Armenian genocide denial]] and otherwise whitewashing it — a crucial facet which has not been meaningfully addressed (which is to say, at all). What, they're gonna do it with greater subtlety? No thanks. [[User:El_C|El_C]] 10:31, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
::declined [[User:Deepfriedokra|-- Deepfriedokra]] ([[User talk:Deepfriedokra|talk]]) 13:20, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
::declined [[User:Deepfriedokra|-- Deepfriedokra]] ([[User talk:Deepfriedokra|talk]]) 13:20, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
::Hello @[[User:El C|El C]], I was just surfing at your talk page (You know, I'm coming here sometimes) and noticed this user, There are plenty of editors who made nationalist vandalism (probably greater than Beyoglou's vandalism since it was just a userspace vandalism) and as far as I know it is legitimate to express unpopular opinions (even extremely unpopular opinions) in a non-disruptive manner on Wikipedia.
::Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to intervene your decision here, I was just confused about the topic so I wanted to write my opinions.
El C, contrary to your edit summary- I noticed you were gone, and missed seeing you on recent changes. You are one of my favourite editors. This is for you. Regards, dvdrw04:34, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Free hat! Today, while cheekadeepetting, this lady who saw us from a far, came over and said: "Can I tell you something...? You're an angel of God."(!) To which I of course replied: "All hail Atheismo!" [nah, I said: "thank you, maddam, that's very kind of you" — what else could I say?] I took an especially neat cheekadeepetting photograph today: it remained visible between my thumb and index as it flew away, giving the illusion it was bee-sized! What an unexpected, and sweet, effect! El_C02:48, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
El C, I've been meaning to ask for ages. What is the link between revolutionary socialism and chimpunks? Did I miss that bit in Animal Farm? Is it something to do with resting the means of damn making from beavers? --Joopercoopers (talk) 11:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No link; but are you referring to Groundhog? (see left) There is a Groundhog-Chippie connection, which I was trying to further cultivate (see right). El_C11:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. There are a couple of admins I usually contact when I see something that needs to deleted, but unfortunately they let real life interfere with their admin duties. You are online a lot at the same times I am, so it's good to have another person to contact if needed. I generally only ask personally if it's both serious and urgent. - BilCat (talk) 02:29, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much. I realize.my wording above presumes you'd be willing, and that I didn't actually ask, so thanks. :) - BilCat (talk) 04:01, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Romania
And all I got was this... Whoa!
I can live with your highly arbitrary closing summary of the RfC on the Talk page, so I do not want to persuade you to change it. However, you closed other on-going debates as well. Could you open the other debates? Thank you. Borsoka (talk) 05:57, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Good day, see? Take music and flowers to your liking ;) - It's great to see your name so often on my watchlist. One area where I often wait for admin action - not now - is WP:ITNN, where we nominate for recent deaths to be shown on th Main page, and often the time between an article found [Ready] and then is [Posted] seems [too] long to still call it recent. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:32, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I see, sorry for touching some wound ;) - Same for me: last year, I nominated a great pianist for RD, after I first had create an article which took time, and then carried away to also make it decent, - and by then her death was so long ago that she wasn't mentioned at all. The more woman, and the more foreign, that danger seems imminent, and if I may bother you in case I seee it coming again, that would be great. At present, it's a man, listed 20 Feb (although who knows if that was the day?), and nobody even commented yet, so nothing to be concerned about right now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I nominated him, so am not the most independent to judge ;) - and I'm already busy with the next, a woman, but mostly not foreign. - I really think we have some unintended bias there: the most prominent figures (white U.S. males) get speedy attention, and appear soon at the top position, while the female foreigners - often reported late to start with - take so long to even be noticed that they get only a place towards the end, finally, - as long as we go by date of death and not "in at the top". Result: those who are promminent already get preferred showing, more in front, and longer. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: sorry for the belated response — I overlooked your last message. Apologies for not being able to assist with that one. Please don't hesitate to list more. I'll try to be more cognizant of this thread next time, I promise. El_C03:28, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda’s corner is lovely. When I have more time in my life and can do things beyond blocking socks, I plan to spend time there getting some of the Holy Thursday hymns on the main page. Gerda, if it’s not too late to find one, let me know. The Pange Lingua is always a first choice, but if there are any others you can think of, I’m open. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:26, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Lovely corner, thank you! Today is The day of music, two choirs singing. I'd like Beati improved - but it's in the evensong, perhaps I'll get to a few more lines. On IWD, I should also get Elinor Ross in better shape ... - but singing comes first. Listen to Beati by voces8, another article needing improvement. Singing comes first ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
On the ITNN page, 6 Mar, Carsten Bresch. We will possibly never know when he died, but should use 6 - when the world was informed - as the day by which we go. I may be alone with that view ;) - Lovely lively colours! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for posting, and I added "Posted", but don't want to pass credits. DYK you know that it is as easy as clicking on the words "credit" in the nom? Nice progress on the soprano, but out for singing (alto), second round. A good source for her death would be a nice addition, anyone. this is all Spanish to me, and the English one is a blog. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:04, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
How about you? - I asked the decliner for reasoning, but got no answer. I think it might be better if it's not a personal thing between them and me, so an independent pair of eyes might help. - I don't go via AfC, nor does my friend LouisAlain, but last year many of his translations were sent to draft space, for lack of refs, just because de and fr have different ideas about referencing. I try to rescue, that's all. Then get a ridiculous template on my talk recommending the Teahouse, and still see the ridiculous decline template recommending to seek help from an experienced editor, - the things we do to voluntary contributors ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for tagging me, El_C! Concerning Dimash: Oh wow, I really didn't expect that! But I'm happy you enjoy it! It's funny, it's not even a genre I usually listen to. But the first time I heard him 2 years ago, I immediately loved his music. I love his voice, his emotional interpretation; and his vocal skill, range and versatility are just enormous. And he seems to be a very nice and humble guy, which makes it even easier to like him. PS: "eclectic and esoteric variety"? Wow, that sounds interesting. Jasmin Ariane (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
♫ Welcome to the corner, Jasmin! Yes, I love Dimash's Sinful Passion, New Wave, SOS d'un terrien en détresse, Ogni Pietra (Olimpico), Opera 2, and more. Indeed, music-wise, I'm all over the place. Yesterday, I was listening to the Mahavishnu Orchestra, I'm listening to Charlie Byrd right now (because I love bossa nova, above all else), and I'm listening to the China Philharmonic Orchestra in the car currently. So, yeah, all over the place. Welcome, again! ♫ El_C16:47, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, but otherwise, your userpage isn't easy to parse, due to the fact that you actually use it. I edit mine like once a decade. El_C18:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Opa is now on the Main page, Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Further down on the page, there are conversations about the current arb case request - I feel I have to stay away - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand. There's a YouTube video at the bottom of the page, but it's just some people talking in German (which I don't-Opa-understand) alongside some German folk music (not my cup of tea). Then, you link to Nikkimaria's talk page as an ill with numbers and stuff, but it still only links to their main user talk page. Quite confusing. El_C13:48, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
entirely my fault, I thought I had the video in the article, but no, only on the talk of Martinevans123, and when I'm absent-minded, I confuse ill and diff, Nikkimaria. But hurray, I just expanded the soprano, sufficiently I hope. Need fresh air now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I didn't really like that song. Didn't dislike it either. Was just kinda meh. Personally, I prefer the Israeli children songs I grew up on, like הילדה הכי יפה בגן, for example. El_C16:08, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Mr. Degenhardt would have been delighted! Not a song to be liked, - did you read the quote which I translated (improving on Deeple) per the talk request. Song talk about unpleasant smells, ending with a crime and a corpse swimming ... while the surviving grubby children keep singing that you better don't play with them. - Thanks for yours. Did you read my advice for M? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:33, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I did not. Quoted where? Also, after Opa, I'm afraid to ask, but what's a "Deeple"? Yes, I saw it. Sound advise, but I'm still concerned that further cognizance will nonetheless be needed in order to avoid utter disaster in the future. El_C16:45, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
my next mistake, DeepL - as you know everything about me you'll know that I am an infobox warrior who had to be restricted by arbcom to prevent utter disaster in the future. For 2 years I was too proud to appeal. I should have known SBHB's advice in the case, but then we might not have gotten to Beethoven ;) - RfC for Ian Fleming, and I stay away, I stay away, I don't play that game any more - please, be never afraid to ask! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. The church pic - as you will have seen - is in my user infobox for 2021. I don't know the singer personally, but she sang for us several times, Bach's great works (all explained if you follow the link, also (below there) that some like to receive my thanks and appreciation), and she sang recently in cantata services that I pictured (her page). On all these pictures, she is too small for "about her", and my lead is smaller "about me", of course. - I knew nothing about the translator, but she was a red link on Deaths in 2021. The bitter-sweetness is between her and her ex-husband, a novelist with an article who wrote her obit. (They had four children when they were divorced, and now he has ten.) - The delegate called me to task for the Bach cantata, so I will have to not follow spontaneous impulses for a few days, - hope no one dies whose article has to be written. In the cantata, BWV 1, I have a problem. The article was all built on one source (and all other Bach cantatas at the time also, btw) which one user denies reliability. I wanted to keep it, supporting it for all facts - only recordings, anyway - by a second source, trying to be faithful to the article history and to retain what editors did before me. He removed it. Quite generally, I have a problem with expansions which ignore what former editors achieved, see BWV 53 and Ian Fleming for recently mentioned examples. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It does not look "despicable" to me, but I am far from an authority. This is not an area with which I am familiar. El_C18:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Chrisahn, right, you ask me, here, like so. But can you show that there is a lot of protracted edit warring going on? Because I'm wary of throttling a page that sees that much activity. Not sure why you pinged Octoberwoodland here. They are not an admin, so they do not have the authority to grant your request. El_C00:09, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, there hasn't been much edit warring. Just like Octoberwoodland, I thought the page was already under 1RR, and I thought it would be useful. But if you'd rather not do it yet, that's fine with me as well. If problems do arise, I'll come back here. But I hope it won't be necessary. :-) (The ping was just because Octoberwoodland started the discussion at Alalch Emis's talk page and might want to chime in here.) — Chrisahn (talk) 00:21, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just understood that moments ago (the ping). Anyway, in general, restrictions are added by need only. The general consensus among admins is to wait and see, and only if needed add 1RR. And if that isn't enough, only then move on to additional enhancements, like Consensus required (i.e. gradual escalation). Regards, El_C00:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It is time I knew more about do's and don'ts applicable to infoboxes. Could you let me have the link to any WP that applies to Infoboxes as such? Qexigator (talk) 17:52, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Some users get hot about infoboxes, while for others it's the normal thing to have. Before adding an infobox to an article without one, check for warnings in edit mode, and for discussions on the talk page. Recent example Ian Fleming, nonono. Those who made the article as nice as it is today don't like it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:23, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the link to MOS:INFOBOX. This comfirms my experience when I have been looking at or editing other well-established articles on impottant topics: the infobox is 'to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article (an article should remain complete with its summary infobox ignored,,,The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance,' If well done, they can be very helpful when needed.' Qexigator (talk) 18:44, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
yes ;) - that pic was taken by my much-missed friend who made the good version for Ian Fleming, and my illustration for the infobox wars (see the link to the workshop, and in my 2020 talk archive). - On the other topic, Bach, we have now another ANI, by Smerus, Nikkimaria is fighting, I shake my head and try to look away, and Mathsci is still blocked. How many more editors in good standing are going to be burnt? - I like the singers music, but the images best when I see him, not graphics. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's the second time today where I've had Che quoted back at me — looks like it's gonna be one of those days... Enjoy your outing! El_C11:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Back from sun and snow: sorry if that landed wrong. I was a bit in a rush, and reacted to "all roads lead to IF". I don't care about IF, at all, the number of my edits to his article is zero, the number of my edits to the talk page is zero. I had not thought of him in years until the ongoing RfC, and my edits will remain zero. I use his name as an example, because - with the RfC going - I can mention it, otherwise if I mentioned a name from the group someone would come and cry "canvassing".
I thought about the animosity, and what I can trace back (because I really don't understand it), and looked at what I wrote about Ian Fleming on the page deleted as a call to battle. I made a note of the name, that it was infobox person (red background indicating that it was lost) and the above-mentioned diff of a good version from 2012 piped to the date. That's all. I had forgotten until I looked it up now that my friend had made the good version. When we lost him (later that year) I spread the image all over the Wikipedias, even Hebrew (with some help from a friend from Jerusalem). My first reaction had been to leave, but then I didn't want to do his enemies that favour ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ooh, that is some lovley greenery. So nice. Also, you can CANVASS me any day, Gerda, but should probably note my propensity to call (!)voter fraud whenever things don't go my way (diff). Anyway, trying to take it easy today, with the occasional bouts of critical drinking.El_C19:28, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fine, easy today, will explain "canvass" some other day, also why I think the animosity is inherited, because the listing described really doesn't explain it, - although I can see (now) that the red background - about as red as your top image - could be seen as inflammatory. But a reason to leave Wikipedia? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:17, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Easier today, with progress on BWV 1. Back to the beginning, Hebrew: we miss Yoninah, terribly, and one of the many things she would have done for me is adding the text of a psalm to the article, compare Psalm 45 and Psalm 43. The text can be found at the bottom, in External links. I could probably manage but would feel safer if someone did it who could actually read it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:44, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Oh, good, glad to hear it. Yup, I well know Yoninah for her top-tier contributions. I wouldn't count our losses yet, though. She's only been gone less than a month. Hopefully, she'll return soon. *Sending positive vibes*El_C11:01, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
One this day nine years ago, I told Voceditenore that she is a voice of opera and reason. In 2018, she said: "And, no, there haven't been infobox squabbles in ages. I personally use them all the time now for biographies and operas. There are a few diehards left, but the general attitude from both perspectives seems to have settled on live and let live." So why is it that some still can't settle on live and let live? - The next cookbook author is scheluded to appear as TFA (with a nice infobox btw, as the last), and I will keep the usual thanks to the creator for myself as insistent, but I don't understand. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, it doesn't. It could just ebb. In 2018, it was no concern. Why is it now? Why can't we just edit the little boxes as other content: someone adds, and if someone reverts, consensus needs to be established. Instead, someone adding, or requesting, or just asking where it went, is considered a warrior. The question where it went often goes like this: when a certain group of editors expanded an article, they collapsed it (thinking that was a compromise, but making life harder for those having physical trouble to click the "show" button). That caused a little edit-war, which was "resolved" by taking it away completely, with a discussion like this on the talk following. Ever since, we have been reminded that there was this consensus not to have one, and we are supposed to believe that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For sure, I am like-minded with you in that interpretation. WP:ONUS should generally be observed, like elsewhere. Indeed, there really isn't an excuse for not doing so. In theory, per WP:ARBINFOBOX2, WP:ACDS allows admins to just straight-up make it (ONUS) a requirement by adding Consensus required to intractable infobox disputes. My sense is that most admins just do not want to touch these because it usually ends up amounting to a zero-sum game, at best — myself, I don't really engage infobox disputes in an AE capacity, because the history and politics AE topic areas keep me busy enough (diff). El_C16:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, understood. Admittedly, I do not have a firm grasp of what's happening on the infobox front. RE: translations. Many thanks! I appreciate your praise very much. Also Val's. Strange how it took me hours and hours to do the first one, an hour to do the second one, and 30 minutes to do the third one. But I think I'm now finally satisfied with the final form of all three translations, so at least I'm done with the constant tinkering (though not to jinx it!). El_C16:57, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For more understanding: imagine - if you can, it takes courage - for a moment that back in 2012, the infobox had been kept as it had been for years then already. Imagine. - Certainly thanks to presentation here, Arik Brauer made it to the stats, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:48, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
One of my favourite books growing up... Reception looks great to me. I think he did a fine job. Top tier musicology. El_C16:54, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nonono, I could never write such a thing (+ I'm not a "he" as the writer is, and yes, the obvious "he" just merged it). Two ways to the answer: you follow the links in the edit summary (better the second), or you look at the new article's talk page. Unless you just guess why I come to you of all people with this question, and may guess right. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:17, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda, for reasons which are my own, attending to this dispute, in any administrative capacity, just isn't something I wish to engage at this time. Sorry. El_C20:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And that's very much okay to express. Also, we can be in diametric opposition about whatever from time to time. That is also okay. El_C23:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have just set up an alternative account, Narky Blert (alt), so that I can edit logged-in until I can regain access to my main account, Narky Blert. (Condensed story - I fell ill in early December, with the result that I was admitted to hospital having being found unconscious after three days. I was discharged after a week, and consider myself recovered. An annoying side-effect was that I broke my PC, and am having trouble in recovering my PWs (that should be possible, but I'm having to rely on third parties).)
Holy shit! So sorry to hear that, but glad you're on the mend. For sure, I'll get right on that. Wow, that's nuts. Thanks for the song. Glad to have you back, but take it easy, please! Jeez. El_C15:10, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'm feeling better now than I have for months; I must have been building up to that episode which landed me in hospital. Now, if only I could do something about the misbegotten ISP I'm currently on... Narky Blert (alt) (talk) 17:34, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't remember - keep loosing my cameras. It's an excerpt of a larger pic, of course, and from the time when I joined Wikipedia. - No, not familiar, will perhaps look when dark. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
thank you ;) - back to Psalm 14, it looked done but looking closer, I don't get why Hebrew is shorter, and has a different beginning, and the explanation is that it's not the complete but some sort of difference. Can you check that please? - Prayer for Ukraine: I heard it as "encore" after a live opera performance from Staatsoper Hannover, sung and played with heart by the complete ensemble. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Like. Congrats! You are a musical editing machine! In answer to your question: some of the Aramaic-derived Hebrew words combine nouns and verbs all in a single word. El_C14:04, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have virtually every major military engagement on my watchlist. But I haven't opened my watchlist in 2022 yet, so there's that. El_C12:17, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if I understand. I look at my watchlist about once per hour. You could just look at editing history every now and then, or do nothing. I wanted to write about an Israeli conductor today but came a feminist - the perfect topic for women's month. Her pic is on the Main page, and I learned a lot expanding. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:12, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
now that's so funny: when I was about to pass 55.555 I decided that this was nonsense and began to reduce one by one, having reached 42k+ - this conductor leads an orchestra, but my grandfather was a train conductor --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Double cool! Also, I definitely agree with you: train, orchestra conductors — basically the same thing, interchangeable. El_C13:31, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
never mind - memories: two people on DYK, both connected to Oper Frankfurt, and don't miss yesterday's video of Pink Floyd given to me! - no idea where the white line below the header comes from which is not there in preview --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
coincidence. 26 was at our church, 62 in the Tenebrae readings for last Saturday, - not working today, still Easter, biking and opera, haven't seen pics yet, but it was just beautiful! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
So many concerts! You're really making up for lost tyme. I hope all the members of the Kyiv Orchestra are alive and well. El_C13:25, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I finished the sanding of my bed rails, got the interlocked lap joints set between the rails and bed posts, and got the bolt holes and counter sinks done! Now I just need to make the headboard, make the mortises in the head posts, assemble the headboard into them, then it's just staining, polyurethane, and painting the metal hardware black! All in all, my new bed should be fully built within a month! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:17, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mortises are cut, test fit the headboard, looks beautiful. At this point all actual construction is complete. I could assemble it and use it as a bed now. What I'm going to do is a bit of touch of sanding where things got dinged and scratched while I was test fitting and making adjustments, then stain, polyurethane, paint the metal hardware, install some fancy metalwork I made, and done! I think the only power tools I still have to use are my sander and my drill press, for Manning the screw and bolt holes in the hardware I made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
About to start staining. Finish sanding is done! Unrelated, but can you peek at [5] and see if they're being disruptive enough to do anything. They're mad that I'm declining their edit requests and reverting their talk page refactoring, and now they're retaliating with a revenge RM at Shit flow diagram. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:54, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Tomorrow I should have the polyurethane complete, and I should have time to drill my metal hardware, and maybe get it painted. It is possible that I'll be able to do the assembly on Monday, if not, next weekend at the latest. Huzzah! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:01, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Everything is painted, stained and polyurethaned. Steel end plates installed on the bed rails, holes drilled in the hardware. Going to let it cute in the basement till Saturday so the polyurethane is fully cured and hardened. Finally done! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:28, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, and the finish really brought the red out of the mahogany. The only thing I'm not sure I like is that the super matte black paint on the steel makes it difficult to see the hammered finish I spent hours banging into it. Did I send the picture of the rail end caps in place on the rails? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:37, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to keep bothering you but Dortana keeps pushing their POV everywhere they edit. They have also been involved in the Ezdiki-headache which makes it difficult to not have bad faith assumptions. Every edit they personally dislike is a "pov-push"[8][9] When they do edit the talkpage, its just nonsensical arguments like "Kurdistan is confusing for people"[10] This editor has been problematic for a long time now and admins need to take a look at it. --Semsûrî (talk) 19:06, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Vandalism by ip users
Hello!This range of IP vandalism every day on Wikipedia [[11]] Vanjagenije [[12]] he has already blocked it once, but the vandalism continues. But again he will come back with another ip address because this is the same one from 5 months ago he just changed the IP [[13]] (same location). It would be best to protect the site from ip editing, but you know best. I hope someone will solve this problem from the administrator.93.139.149.77 (talk) 09:00, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for blocking the Viharo socks on my talk page
I've been mostl offline for a week or so due to illness and will probably remain so for the next few weeks as well (nothing too serious, thankfully). Glad to see you and SFR dealt with the situation quickly. Much appreciated <3 — Ixtal( T / C ) ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 12:49, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Following up here instead of at RfPP. In my experience, RfPP is the best way to deal with such cases (and this case is not just one account). AIV is whackamole for each new proxy IP (and uninspiringly my AIV report on a different IP, filed before the RfPP, is still pending). SPI acts at glacial paces and closes a month later with either "no action needed due to no recent disruption" or "proxy blocked", which is whackamole again. (There is a considerable SPI page for this user, for situations in which it is a better tool.) ANI just end up with blocks or page protection, so it seems far more efficient to cut to the more direct RfPP. Is there something I'm missing that makes RfPP poor for this? (Something besides my inability to select a radio button.) CMD (talk) 13:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hah, timing! "Radio button"? Yeah, fair point. Those venues are... not great. I suppose there's nothing inherently problematic with using RfPP as, in many ways, de facto AIV (2). The only thing is that, again, an incident involving only one account usually isn't a protection matter — unless there's context specific to that page or related pages, but that's something that most reviewing admins would need a bit more info about to figure out. Some reviewing admins wouldn't even ping you, so you might just end up missing a declined request. This becomes especially acute when RfPP is busy (to use an extreme example, a couple of months ago, I closed +50 requests back-to-back). Anyway, now sorted.El_C13:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Checks all round! Although the antisemitism is new, unless I've missed it before (highly possible as I almost never read their writing). I should note that looking over it my RfPP requests are often clearer as they involve multiple IPs. In this case previous IPs had been disrupting other pages but not the Wildlife page, and that IP had extended to the Wildlife page, so I managed to request the only page they were disrupting which only had one disruptive IP. Thanks for the work. Radio button, ie. my fat-fingering (on a keyboard no less) twinkle. CMD (talk) 14:13, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Now it's time for all the spring stuff on the homestead. Moved about a ton and a half of compost into my garden beds, got it all mixed in with the soil. Got my garlic from autumn almost ready for harvest. Just planted this year's onions, about 200 red onions and 50 or so yellow onions. Two types of potato started, as well as lettuce and carrots. Another few weeks until the main planting. I have 120 quail eggs due to hatch any minute, got rabbits ready for dispatching this weekend, or maybe next.
Bad news is one of the bee hives didn't make it. Luckily, my wife was able to reserve a package of bees to pick up this weekend. Our other hive is doing well though. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nice (shit?). Anyway, I, too, follow the big dick garlic school of thought. Also, I've always admired how you're able to keep so many pets to a ripe old age. BTW, did you hear about how I ended the war between WP and WPO peacefully? I am a hero. And I even did it with bad Vigilant rng: "prick" is fair enough (takes one to), but "bad actor"? More like cringe actor, am I white? El_C10:26, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I haven't seen anything obviously concerning with your behavior, and you went ahead and said anyone could undo your action, which is about as good as one can expect. There will never be peace between WO and WPO as long as (someone's pet issue) isn't resolved.
Got the new bees installed in the hive, and they're doing good, and I redid the whole fence around my bees, and put in a couple yards of pine chunks to keep it nice and neat in there. Not having great luck with the current quail hatching, only getting about a 25% hatch rate. Have another set of eggs in the incubator right now, but if the hatch on them isn't good, we might just drop quail and expand our rabbits.
Thanks man. It got a bit stressful and overwhelming tbh, but I'm pretty sure this particular flu(ke) is done now. Though I'm one to talk. Hope you and the wife are not passing out due to exhaustion. Sorry my emails have been a bit intermittent lately. And I've barely read, like, 10 pages of Axis since we last spoke; still only at the half-way mark. But I definitely should order Vortex now since it took a while to get Axis. About the next books: are you at all familiar with the Dying Earth series? Big recommend: Jack Vance is just so great and so funny. El_C11:41, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'm about halfway through as well, just got into Part 3. We're both pretty run down, about three more weeks of the hard springtime work, and then it should be back on coasting for a while. I'd be less exhausted if Thelma didn't decide to spend two hours right after I tried to go to sleep puking and eating grass to puke more last night. I feel like I've read the Dying Earth books, but if so, long enough ago where I don't accurately recall them.
It appears she's been eating the pine chunks I recently bought to landscape inside the bee enclosure and the aisles in my garden. She's not chewing it up fine enough before eating (for whatever reason) the wood, which blocks her up and turns on the canine "puke out everything" reflex. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:58, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
My wife likes to play Minecraft co-op, and build large farms. In both real life and mine life I'm responsible for the heavy labor. She watched me build a field stone staircase in real life and kept asking me what was taking so long :(
I want to play cyberpunk, but the next gen update came out and I sorta want to restart, and I also want to get elden ring, but realistically, I have no where near enough free time to play 100+hour video games.
On the plus side my garden beds are fully prepped and my irrigation system is set back up, so that makes next week's work a bit easier. On the negative side it's going to be 90 degrees (32.2 eurotherms) on planting day. Another year of almost no spring. Fuck you climate change. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:55, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can I rant about how crypto bros are ruining pc gaming? I have the same gpu as Spaceboy, it's a 1080Ti (11GB, 3-fan MSI/DUKE). It's a great card and can handle pretty much whatever I throw at it. But here's the kicker: it was released in 2017 for $700 (considered pricy at the time). When I bought my latest gaming pc in 2018, I payed $1,200 for it (total pc cost = $3,000). If you wanted to buy this same 2017 card today in 2022, you'd be paying about... *drumroll* $3,000. Basically, to game on pc these days, you pretty much need to pay for two computers: the computer and the gpu. It's such bullshit. And the environment. And the scammers. And the shitty NFT "art." BTW, I heard Muta say that close to a trillion dollars might have gotten wiped in the massive crypto crash that happened a few days ago (link). Insanity. El_C15:13, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's part of the reason a went with a ps5, less worrying about hardware. My wife and myself each have a 1050ti in our computers, which does ok, but neither of us have turned on our computer in over two years. The computer room is now just the cats' room. Also, if I'm going to play games on a PC, it'll end up being Dwarf Fortress or Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That list is probably a third to half of what I've actually read. I tried to put it together on Goodreads a couple years ago to see if I could get some decent recommendations, which didn't really work out.
The Elfstones of Shannara was actually the second (I think, maybe third or fourth) real novel I read, after The Riddle and the Rune. The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword might have been two and three, or maybe three and four, after Elfstones.
Do I need to catch up on other Shannara stuff? I think I've read the original trilogy, and the Heritage ones. Why so short though, Mr. Brooks? I remember those two series being full of absolute bricks. Looks like 16 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours. A bit short, but I'll shortlist them. I aim for >20 hours per book. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:33, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You do not. They're very much standalone, probably more than any of the other Shannaras (and I got em before I read anything else by Brooks). El_C15:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Garden party
Got my garden fully planted! Two dozen tomato plants, half a dozen hot peppers, three sweet peppers, summer and winter squash, cantaloupe and watermelon, onions, potatoes, carrots, lettuce. Some long beans a Cambodian coworker gave me, pickling cukes, peas, daikon radishes, beets. All manner of herbs. On the negative side, I tested positive for COVID this morning. Second time I've had it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:31, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oh no! Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Hopefully, it'll be Omicron-light(er). I don't know if I ever got COVID. I haven't had a cold or a flu since 2006, but I get the symptoms for em at the same frequency I used to, except, now it only lasts for a couple of hours. I can't explain it, but I'm not complaining. Likewise, I had a couple of COVID-like symptoms (through the variants), but again, lasting only a few hours in each instance. But maybe I just didn't get it. Who knows. Anyway: //Sending positive vibes
Radishes: for decades I've been eating an insane amount of radishes. Salad leftover juices — radishes for after. Egg dish remnant — radishes for after (with olive oil, lemon, etc.). I buy so much, every week. Also, cuke, I learn a new word. I'm out of radishes right now btw (had the last ones yesterday). A key thing about radishes, as I'm sure you well know, is that they have to be firm, for the bite (alkalinity). So good. El_C17:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm feeling fairly sick, but nothing serious, although I did lose my sense of taste this morning, which didn't happen last time I had COVID. I have the hypersensitive painful skin I had the first time though, so that's the same. All in all, after having it once and being vaccinated, I think this is worse than when I had it originally. Bad luck I guess. I appreciate the well wishing, and hopefully I feel better though soon to at least go out fishing while I'm not allowed at work. Whenever I'm stuck I try to get as much sun, fresh air and activity as I can.
You could probably grow a decent amount of radishes in almost no space. They're ready in 28 days after planting, and don't need any fancy cultivation. I've grown them on a 3x6 foot balcony with maybe 1/3 sun. I just hung dinner planters on the rail and went for it.
I don't measure anything with my soil, I just load it with a years worth of my compost every spring, normally around a ton of a ton and a half. I do always pick my radishes early though, I find that gives me the crunchiest radishes.
If you thought bed construction images were enthralling, you should see garden progression images. I actually have to take my start of the year reference photos soon. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Damn, sorry to hear that. :( I recommend plenty of rest, petting a cat, petting a dog, then petting a cat again.
Yeah, I've grown radishes (among other things), too, back in the old country. I don't recall us using a ph meter or anything like that (though maybe we did), but we always had good compost, too. I don't remember growing radishes in too much detail, though, as I wasn't yet a radish fanatic back then, just a casual fan.
But, indeed, it's all about the crunch. Yes, definitely — pics or it didn't happen. Extra best wishes, El_C22:20, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've been doing plenty of pet petting and relaxing. I got Skyrim anniversary edition for my wife, and now I'm getting a chance to play it like it's my job, so that's nice. I expect if my wife gets sick, she'll be the one playing, so I gotta get it in while I can. Garden pictures are sent, too. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There I was, thinking I was recovered, so I figured I'd do some yardwork on my last day off for COVID. Turns out the post COVID fatigue is real. My lawn kicked my ass. Still feel better than I did earlier this week, but damn if I'm not beat. Also, unfortunately, my wife is now sick. She held it off for a while, but it eventually made it through her defenses. That means we're likely going to miss a memorial day cookout, and a friend's college graduation party. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:03, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Small black thumbs covered in asbestosRabbits six weeks away from freezer camp
I just finished up Vortex, and it was ok. The first book was decent, but I think the second two weren't as good. I don't want to go into any spoilery stuff, since I don't know where you are in the books, but some of the science and some of the stuff about the hypotheticals hurt my suspension of disbelief a bit. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Same. It's too bad. I'm halfway through Vortex (better print!) right now, so should be finished soon (unlike with Axis, days rather than weeks). El_C12:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I felt a bit in the first book that the science was not hard enough to bother me a bit, and it just got worse as the books progressed. Timelines of progress also don't make much sense, which might be more obvious as you get closer to the end of the book. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I started Running with the Demon. Audio quality is good, but the narrator is a bit too "announcer from The Price Is Right" for my liking. Not horrible, but he's no Scott Brick. Is this book set before the collapse in the deep history of the other Shannara books? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:08, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, timeline-wise, the Word & Void trilogy is as early as it gets, which is why it's listed first in Shannara ("sorted in order of in-universe events"). So aside from Word & Void (1980s-1990s), almost all of the other books take place in the post-post (post) apocalyptic era (i.e. after "The Great Wars"). And wherein all the races, save for the Elves, are explained as a product of resulting mutations (nukes!). That's why in The Shannara Chronicles TV series (which isn't a masterpiece, but I still liked) we routinely see ruins of hitherto modern cities, ruined skyscrapers, and so on. El_C11:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I remember in some of the books their being mentions of skyscrapers and such, and maybe even Allanon talking about how it was left over from the great war. I always thought the deep post apocalypse giving rise to a fantasy epoch was a pretty cool idea. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not necessarily recommending it as a good series, but it's certainly interesting, if confusing at times. I'd check reviews of the translation as well, because the language in it can be pretty odd at times. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:06, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's weird that you'd continue to call the bunnies in your no-kill petting zoo "dinner," but it's still a good pic. El_C12:14, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I should be finishing up Running with the Demon early next week. Already got the next book, and I found one with a different narrator, so that's good. I might just end up going through all of the Shannara books in order.
Also, SFR's Petting Zoo and BBQ always backs it up with a sauce. You've seen my superior smoked pepper sauce. Mix that with some molasses or brown sugar and you have a mighty fine (if incredibly spicy) BBQ sauce. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:39, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you kindly. On the topic of Running with the Demon, I think part of the reason the native American character seems so bad is that the narrator reads the part with the stereotypical noble savage Indian voice. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:51, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, I saw it posted, but chose to skip, but now I have it, so will watch soon. I recently finished watching both seasons of the https://www.youtube.com/c/MandelaCatalogue (I'm scared), and am now watching Wendigoon's analysis of S02, having finished his S01 analysis the other day.
On the book front, finished The Angel (1999) yesterday, which I liked a lot, but won't spoilers. Also, ordered John Marco's The Eyes of God (2001), and while I wait, am re-reading the Hebrew translation of Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana (1990), which is great and a strong recommend. Oh, and needless to say, James Randal is The Leader, you know how it goes (Don't Worry). El_C12:16, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that was fuckin' insane. But, like The Mandela Catalogue, at least the story was easy to follow. Part 1: Human long-nail cardinal has the Graeae make him maps that he gives to soldiers that he sends to blow up gross mutants with suitcase nukesdynamites, but these all have a faulty timers (except for the ones the anarchists have). Part 2: Plague doctor monster has Human nurse bring him deformed mutant babies to give to Mole gnome (who has many clocks and a terrarium) for science. It all makes perfect sense! What, I didn't mention bodily fluids! BTW, watched Love and Monsters the other night. Had a really good time. El_C17:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The first part had a bit of a Warhammer 40k vibe to me, as sending a single guardsman to the base of a chaos infested hive city with a faulty bomb seems like a grimdark thing to do. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:31, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, just finished watching Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Mad G?), which was actually fun-in-the-sun. And I'm not really a fan of the Marvel stuff, whose films I usually find boring and overlong, and TV I usually find to be pure garbage (with some notable exceptions, I did like Loki, which I recommend). El_C00:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Most of what I watch is fairly normal, although there's a strong horror bent to it, as my wife has final say, and she's a horror buff. Been watching Obi-wan Kenobi and The Boys recently. Watching the new Iron Chef right now. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:12, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The plot doesn't matter much sense, the writing is bad, and you get to see Ewan McGregor swing a light saber, so it's star wars. With a watch just for McGregor. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:26, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You two should check it out, I think you'll like it.El_C 12:26, 22 June 2022 (UTC) — Ugh, have→haven't, I can't read! El_C15:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, I must have just set a note on my calendar however long ago to check in sometime about not to see if they'd started releasing next season. I don't even remember doing it, it just came up on my calendar this week: Check Motherland. :D valereee (talk) 15:42, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Cool precognition bro! So whose gonna be prez in 2024? James Randal, right? Sure, he had to be in-form-ed about his own candidacy from his arch-nemesis — but that just makes him a man of the people! El_C17:27, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Watched it last night, Val. Kind of a meh start to the season and a bit of a let down, unfortunately. But hopefully, it'll pick up and not become like The Orville, which used to be light-hearted fun, but now at S03, has become basically unwatchable. El_C11:12, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
3 book 3 report
Just finished A Knight of the Word, was pretty okay, and started up Angel Fire East this morning. If someone named "Findo Gask" ever showed up to my home, I would immediately assume demon, no other investigation necessary. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Big demon. Got John Marco's The Eyes of God yesterday and am already 80 pages in (it's 800 p. total). I'm liking it quite a bit so far. Good prose, good worldbuilding, good pacing and story... good. Funnily enough, the review exceprts on the sleeve start with Library Journal at the top and ends with "from the editors of amazon.com" at the very bottom — LOL! El_C11:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Almost done with Angel Fire East, which is hitting a bit weird, because I had an addict roommate for a while, so it's bringing back some old memories. Not sure if I'm going to continue with Shannara books after this, or pick up something new.
In non-literary news, should be picking all of my overwintered garlic this weekend, and another week or two after that will be carrots, beets and daikon radishes! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:10, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Same (addict roommate back in the day). Been slacking off on Eyes of God — only 150 pages in (not for lack of it being good, just been busy), but I'm picking it up again! Nice, big dick garlic, you know how it goes... El_C17:50, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Detective Richard Garlic was a large man, and hard boiled. The kind of man that made the dames lose their breath and the fellas drop their gaze. Big Dick Garlic they called him down at the station house, the number one closer on murder cases in all of Stardew Valley.
Ukrainian peace music is "on" today, with the conductor! - Pentecost (on last Sunday and Monday in Germany) brought a rich harvest of great music in two church services (one with me singing in choir) and two concerts with my brother in the orchestra, - four pictures I took besides the symphonic one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The described concert is on YT - bottom of the conductor's article. No record of recent live performances - naturally. DYK that it was my first Fifth live? But third Angel? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:42, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thx, that's cool. I am getting the Angel (hopefully today), also third one (I have books 1 + 2 already). See thread directly above (parenthesis!). El_C10:02, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
thank you, and don't pet - poor creature once screamed for fear, and then stood frozen in shock as you see, but then jumped towards the trees in the background, looking like drowning in a sea of grass. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Screamed? What? Did hunters kill Bambi's mom? That's illegal! But have you seen the top of this talk page? Petting (hitherto) frightened creatures is what makes me such an effective druid (serious buff). El_C11:57, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
On Sunday, we - party of three, so I have witnesses - walked on the path pictured a bit on the left, when one sudden desperate scream made me freeze and - prompted by a more observant member to look back - looked and saw the creature frozen for long enough that I could take the pic. Bambi then hopped towards the trees in the background, kind of looking "drowned" with every landing. Pet if you can catch. Mom may just have left, and return. Bambi should not have been so close to where people walk who would not go into the meadow frightened of ticks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Back in the old country, my family was part owners of a petting zoo. We had a few bambis (sizable natural enclosure, visitors would not get to pet/enter), but I think (?) we de-ticked them. Anyway, when it comes to my rifle, poachers should more scared than the animals... Word to the whiz. El_C12:26, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Luckily, with most livestock a liberal spraying of permethrin every month or so keeps them tick free. I even keep my outdoor activities clothes treated with it. In my experience it's been 100% effective against ticks, and also mosquitoes. Only problem is that it's highly neurotoxic to cats, so I have to keep my treated clothes put away in a sealed container, and can't wear them in the house, less my feline friends get ill. If you're planning outdoor activities in a tick zone, I highly recommend treating a set of clothes, especially if you're also in a lyme disease area. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Yeah, I originally thought they were trying to make a more nuanced point, but now I can see that, like you said from the beginning, they appear to simply not have read the next sentence (what?). Very odd. Please keep me updated. I could WP:SCW-protect it for a lot longer, if need be. El_C07:46, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Happy summer/winter
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Hi El_C, hope you're doing well. I want to clarify something; does this edit summary with "wasting time again" and comment "I'm sure you're smart enough understand that; don't drag this out any longer than necessary" constitute as personal attacks? I'm not sure what's the deal with this user. They reverted me on 15th June. I didn't revert, not a single one. I opened the discussion, giving my reasoning and trying to understand theirs. But even to my latest reply where I asked them to stop the condescending remarks and elaborate their reasoning, they repeat the same thing, which to me is a personal attack. Keep in mind that I only reverted them today, just recently, because they edited after my reply and only bothered to respond to me after the revert. I don't mind the requested third opinion btw, but I'm concerned about WP:NPA here. ZaniGiovanni (talk) 20:26, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. In answer to your question: there are no personal attacks in any of the links or exceprts you've provided. Regards, El_C20:46, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
ok El_C. I guess my understanding of personal attacks or perhaps civility differs, I certainly don't call my opponent's whopping 2nd comment in a discussion a "waste of time", especially when I demonstrated all the good faith that was possible on that article. ZaniGiovanni (talk) 21:00, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, what? They didn't call you a waste of time, they said wasting time. Please be more careful when quoting, especially when seeking enforcement against a content opponent. Thanks. Anyway, you asked me about NPA, not civility, which is more nuanced. El_C21:06, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry is there a meaningful difference between the two? English isn't my first language that's why I'm asking, but you're right, the exact quote is "wasting time again", again here I presume refers to this comment (Please don't waste your or my time on such obvious things), Talk:Mərzili#Unsourced (which I also don't think is wasting time). Perhaps I'm irritated that this user keeps saying "wasting time", "waste your or my time" without sufficient elaboration, and perhaps this is more of a WP:CIVIL issue. ZaniGiovanni (talk) 21:13, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there is a meaningful distinction between the two. Saying to someone that they are a waste of time is about their character (i.e. as a 'time waster'). Wasting time, however, is about one's conduct (i.e. something they're engaged in rather than something they are). The second quote similarly does not speak to your character but to what they assert you are doing. Again, this is all pure generalities. HTH. El_C21:22, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's understandable, thanks for the time to explain. I'll wait to see what the third opinion thinks. Similarly, in the second discussion, I don't think I'm wasting time, and I believe it's reasonable for me to expect a good explanation as to why someone thinks I am, especially considering that I still await their response to my arguments. ZaniGiovanni (talk) 21:34, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
User:Yae4's p-block from ANEW
I invite you to check if your block / reasoning at ANEW was correct. The random sample you picked wasn't good, it was a mistake of both me and Yae4 being unaware of each other (Yae4 rollback, I undo and had an accident to include the Twitter dispute diff the between them in my undo, realize I wasn't meant to be reverted by Yae4 and they made an accident too, I manually reverted to "fix" Yae4's rollback) in a dispute between User:Yae4 and User:Anonymous526. The random sample you picked had an accident. Special:Diff/1094504441/1094507681. 84.250.14.116 (talk) 02:24, 23 June 2022 (UTC); edited 02:32, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That wasn't my block reasoning. It was just a passing comment/smaple. The block, as noted on the user's talk page (here), was for violating WP:3RR. El_C02:42, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Would an editor, who had previously been on an AE editing restriction that limited them only to reverts where they gained consensus, engaging in protracted/long-term edit wars, be a reason to re-establish the aforementioned AE editing restriction? —Locke Cole • t • c03:53, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really like hypotheticals or speaking in absolutes, but yeah, probably. Seems intuitive enough. El_C10:51, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
With this edit[15] 84.250.14.116 moved sourced statement(s) from Reception to a new Features section. With this later edit[16], after a lot of other edits, they deleted the statement completely, calling the source "marginally reliable" and challenging "expertise" in the edit summary. I supported deleting the Features section. I did not support deleting the "OK" sourced info' (nor did anyone else, to my knowledge). Because they left another statement using similar Android Police source in the article, and in light of the Talk discussion on Android Police here[17], I feel this was "underhanded" dealing, and using poor excuse to delete "OK" sourced info. Thanks for any help you can give. My page block expires tomorrow'ish. -- Yae4 (talk) 13:38, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There's am "Android Police" now? Anyway, sorry, but this isn't an area with which I am familiar. Also, the WP:AN3 exchange we had — I don't really wanna do that again, so I'm bowing out. El_C13:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I request you to remove the page protection as of now because the political crisis of now has been sorted, and newspapers and media reports have given enough reliable sources to verify the facts.
Regards mate;
Ksh.andronexus (talk) 01:36, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, they were warring over the government formed and changes,now as the chief minister swore in the assembly there shouldn't be edit warring. Casual note but Wikipedians do fight up for their political views lol. Ksh.andronexus (talk) 01:46, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, you've previously protected a page on Shriomani_Akali_Dal_(Amritsar) at the behest of a user. However, this user has consistently been making bad faith edits on the page. They have been inventing political ideologies and misrepresenting the parties political position. Moreover, the references they are providing do not have any mention of the claims they are making. I suspect they will request further restrictions; however, I request you please read the revisions and examine the sources before restricting the page at their behest. Partly because their position as a more experienced editor will allow them to effectively capture the page and legitimize disinformation. Chomskywala (talk) 04:44, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
1) the user Chennai Super Kings Lover keeps editing the party ideology as "Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Thought" which is not a recognized political ideology or a political ideology the party has espoused. Moreover, the reference they provide does not support the claim the party follows this proposed ideology. It simply states the party president credited his win to Bhindranwale - a currently dead historical figure - as well as two recently killed celebrities - Deep Sidhu, Sidhu Moosewala - who supported his candidacy.
2) The user Chennai Super Kings Lover keeps editing the political position as "far-right" which is a misrepresentation of the parties polices. The parties main policies have been getting the government to adopt the Anandpur Shaib Resolution. Which does include elements of religion - arguably right-wing position - However, the economic and social policies of the resolution are not right-wing and are more accurately represented by centre-left or left-wing policies. For example, they argue for a decentralization of power from central government; reducing wealth inequality, focusing on health and well-being, supporting peasantry and combating discrimination on caste, creed or any other ground. Moreover, the source used to support the claim of "far-right" political position does not provide any evidence for the claim. Again, the source only states the party credited Bhindranwale, and two recently killed celebrities for the victory. Simply crediting a historical religious and community figures does not equate to party policies.
I have requested they provide a source on party policy and on party ideology which supports the claims made. However, they continue to make the edits and continue providing the same source which does not support their claims. Chomskywala (talk) 05:39, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Warned. See User_talk:Chennai_Super_Kings_Lover#Warning. But political economy is not a good metric for political position. The Nazis were also centre left economically, but they are seen as far right largely due to their political antipathy to communists and other far leftists and, conversely, their sympathy to other far right entities (fascists, etc.) who held similar views. In short, political sympathy/antipathy is the major determinate of political position, whereas political economy would usually be mentioned in a separate typology. HTH. El_C12:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@El C this is helpful advice. So the political economy should generally be avoided from adding into the infobox? In particular, I believe the Political economy should certainly be removed from this page. It is misleading to say the least. can be covered in the article body. Venkat TL (talk) 11:13, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I'd like to follow up regarding the ongoing disruptive editing on the FB MSBS Grot article, just today IP 91.237.86.201 re-added the problematic text again, which only a few weeks ago user Rzęsor added (and this text was the same as originally added by the IP sometime ago, and so on... back and forth). Both times it was reverted by user Loafiewa.[19][20] It appears that this disruptive editing is not going way. In the past, I've raised the issue on the ANI, but it ended up going nowhere, and unfortunately the IP and his satellite editors saw this as an opportunity to act in a belligerent way, continuing to be disruptive. E-960 (talk) 19:20, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. I see that I've edited the page recently (14 June 2022), so I can no longer act as an admin there now per WP:INVOLVED. I see that I protected it on Feb 2021 (what do you know?), but DFO has protected it much more recently, on April 28, 2022, so you might wanna drop him a line (unless he sees this ping). Good luck! El_C20:17, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
KeepingTabs, hi, yes, I've seen your emails, though have not read them in full (very lengthy), but regardless, I only disclose my email address to users whom I've known, pretty much for years. So, unfortunately, I'm unable to correspond with you privately at this time. You may wish to contact the Arbitration Committee concerning this matter (their email address is public). Hope things work out. El_C20:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you were the admin who protected this page due to an edit war. Multiple users have chimed in and imo has shifted in favor of inclusion based on number of users who support and strength of argument. If you could reexamine this issue and determine consensus status I'd appreciate it. Or I can submit a request to WP:RFP if you'd prefer that instead.
Hi. Sorry, that looks like a lot of material to review (I don't even know what to look for in the lengthy talk page), and the protection expires in 2 days, anyway. But by all means, feel free to take to WP:RFPP/D. Any admin should feel free to do whatever, no need to consult with or even notify me. Regards, El_C00:58, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
July 2022
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack yourself, as you did in this edit summary. Please comment on the contributions and not yourself. If you make any further self-attacks you may have to report yourself to yourself, which may result in a self-block. Thank you. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 02:09, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, let's cut out all this tomfoolery. This is a serious talk page full of serious people having serious discussions. No fun allowed. Big Dick Garlic would be ashamed of you all. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:04, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you don't mind my raising the protection level of the article to ECP so soon after you semi-protected it. Given the article subject and history, I believe that the higher protection is necessary even though I blocked the COI editor who was currently abusing the semi-protection to re-add allegations based on primary sources and press releases produced by the organization. Abecedare (talk) 21:33, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Trial by Self and other similar magnets for test edits
Thanks, first, for protecting the article. Another with similar issues is Manolis Pilavov. Probably there are more, and the assumption is that a school somewhere in Europe has turned loose its student body to copy edit English Wikipedia--hijinks ensue. What is it with all the disposable registered accounts? Makes it look like there's a tacit admission that they're not operating in complete good faith. Ah well. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:0:0:0:3AA4 (talk) 19:34, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
User Peacepks has mass removed content from multiple pages alongwith sources, he removed almost everything from Karan caste page, such activities could lead to serious social friction, please restore the content back to it's previous state, the content he removed from these pages had been approved by multiple editors and was present in those pages for months, such mass removal of content really harms articles, I'm taking up this matter to other admins too, karan caste page needs more protection. Liontiger250 (talk) 03:50, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
He mass removed content from already protected pages, caste pages to be specific such disruptive editing could have serious consequences, please take a look at chasa caste page as well he mass removed sourced content and has also placed unsourced content to related groups, this kind of an activity is not at all acceptable in a public platform like wikipedia, im lodging a complaint now, please if u can resolve this matter do it soon, such activities have serious consequences.
Liontiger250 (talk) 03:49, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just went through the history of this particular user, in fact almost all his edits are connected to caste related stuff, u can take a look at his edit log and if I'm not wrong he got warnings too in his talk page regarding his disruptive edits to caste related pages, strict action should be taken against such editors.
Liontiger250 (talk) 03:49, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Vandalism Alert on White Colombians, Mestizaje in Colombia and Afro Colombians pages
Hello, cordial and warm greeting to you. I come to ask you for help to combat a case of vandalism that is happening on the pages "White Colombians", "Mestizaje in Colombia" and "Afro Colombians" there is a user named Merchancano who is misusing the page, distorting information, eliminating information from groups and sources from recent years (some made with samples) from the renowned scientific journal PLOS [Public Library of Science], in fact all this information was taken from the page ´'White People' but that user continues to ignore it. Could you please protect the page and call attention to this user? I am a relatively new user and every day I am learning from this wonderful page, and my purpose is to continue growing and learning more every day. I would be grateful if you take this situation into account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chauxlemount (talk • contribs) 04:21, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
what the...
I dunno what the history is here but I came across this weird warning from Geno on another editors talk page and was concerned considering none of the accusations appear to be accurate and Slugger hasn't even edited the article in 2 years. I saw you were the last person to block the person leaving the warning so figured you might know some background. PRAXIDICAE🌈21:06, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) Hey Prax, I don't know if you've resolved this yourself but I thought I would respond just in case. It looks like Geno removed a reference they called "self-published spam"(diff) which Slugger added on Nov 26th 2020(diff). Why they left a warning after nearly two years I don't know. Personally, if I found that it was spam according to policy and I removed it I wouldn't have left a warning of any kind as it wasn't added recently though I may have dropped something in the articles talk page explaining my revert in detail and pinging the editor that added it. --ARoseWolf20:46, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that much, but you said you didn't know the history and, as far as I can tell, that is the only connection though you never know what interactions there may have been at ANI or some other lesser known area of the encyclopedia or whom an editor watchlists. I did think the headline was extremely uncivil and the warning they left to be inaccurate at best and an example of bad faith, especially in light of the warning they received that you mentioned. I apologize if my comment above and even this response was out of turn. --ARoseWolf21:28, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
My report about User:Cukrakalnis activity
Okay, guys, no more, please. I'm obviously not around to assist you with this dispute right now, so it just isn't the time or place. El_C14:42, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Report was archived pretty quickly, since it didn't get much attention, but because you unblocked him back in the day, I would like to inform you that he didn't cease his ethno-nationalist activity Marcelus (talk) 21:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The report didn't get much attention because the report was unjustified (it had plenty of time to get attention if it were justified). The reality is that Marcelus has a longtime grudge (already from last year) against me, has insulted me several times and wants me banned because Marcelus' actions frequently oppose mine, regardless of my edits following Wiki policies, especially in terms of sourcing. Here are Marcelus' comments about me, which show his disregard for Wiki rules of WP:NPA:
Frequently, when I ensure that policies like WP:Verifiability, etc. are followed, Marcelus opposes that, e.g. in Antanas Mackevičius, where Marcelus used a source that called him 'Lithuanian' as reference for 'Polish-Lithuanian', despite the source's content. Marcelus is pushing the POV that the person was 'Polish-Lithuanian' when all academic sources that were brought up so far called the person 'Lithuanian'.
In fact, Marcelus repeatedly mislabels views that are not his as POV pushing, as he removed a WP:RS like the established Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia because of supposed 'extreme POV pushing' when that was clearly not the case. Another case is when I gave him seven WP:RS with quotes supporting a statement Marcelus disagrees with ([21]), which he simply dismissed as 'WP:NPOV per definition' ([22]) due to them holding a view that is contrary to Marcelus'.
Marcelus insulted me again on July 13, where he answered educate yourself when I asked him for sources to prove his statementWołonczewski was prominent Polish writer and diarist. The article of Motiejus Valančius has no mention of Poland, any Polish writing and not a single source calls him Polish, but Marcelus calls this person Polish and insists putting this person as part of WikiProject Poland.
I could fully explain that all the things that Marcelus finds fault with in his report were in accordance with Wikipedia rules. I didn't get to reply to the report, because it was created and archived while I took a short break away from Wikipedia due to a trip. Not that such an explanation really matters as Marcelus really wants me banned due to his hostile disposition and grudge against me (as evidenced from his insults), not any other reason.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 09:42, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't insult you once, but I stand by what I said you have deficiencies in the critical apparatus, you are pushing nationalist POV, and I am going through your edits persistently because I don't trust you as an editor. Also I never called Valančius, but he belongs to WikiProject as a bishop of Vilnius (where Polish people constituted large part of the belivers) and as a Polish writer, he did write all his diaries and memoires in Polish. They were published in 2003 as "Namų užrašai" with Lithuanian translation, you can check it out. I strongly recommend you to educate yourself on that topic Marcelus (talk) 10:41, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Marcelus gets basic information wrong - Motiejus Valančius was never bishop of Vilnius, he was the bishop of Samogitia. Marcelus calls Valančius a "Polish writer", but no source refers to him as such. It makes no sense for Marcelus to say to me to "educate myself" while getting basic facts wrong. Furthermore, just as writing in the English language does not make someone an English writer, writing in the French language does not make someone a French writer, and so too writing in the Polish language does not make someone a Polish writer. Marcelus' clear doubling down on insults and going against the rules laid out in WP:BATTLEGROUND show that he has a grudge against me and thus he repeatedly mislabels my activity on Wikipedia as nationalist POV-pushing, when it isn't. Dear El_C, I sincerely hope you dismiss Marcelus' accusations as baseless.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 11:46, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, sorry, Samogitia. Ok, so he was Polish language writer, he still in the scope of WikiProject:Poland. I never insulted you. Marcelus (talk) 15:05, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Marcelus' belittling words directed towards me, most notably you have deficiencies in the critical apparatus are undeniably WP:PERSONALATTACK, yet Marcelus pretends that I never insulted you. The same goes for Marcelus' condescending wordseducate yourself, when the WP:Burden was on Marcelus. If Marcelus looked at WP:IUC, Marcelus would know that (d) belittling a fellow editor is against Wiki rules. Marcelus admitted himself that he has a grudge against me when writing I didn't insult you once, but I stand by what I said you have deficiencies in the critical apparatus, you are pushing nationalist POV, and I am going through your edits persistently because I don't trust you as an editor. Finally, Marcelus is only accusing me of "pushing nationalist POV" because Marcelus' edits frequently oppose mine, not for any other reasons.
Btw, Marcelus started editing Motiejus Valančius and added some Polish-language literature written by him roughly three hours ago (ergo my previous statement saying that the article on Valančius has no mention of any Polish writing is no longer accurate), but that's insufficient to attach the WikiProject Poland for reasons stated at the beginning of this edit. Cukrakalnis (talk) 19:12, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Would you mind visiting List of horror television programs and consider protecting it again? The same IP editor who insisted on removing the It mini series from the list has returned and has continued their abuse now that the previous protection you applied has expired. I see they continue to be disruptive on articles related to It as well. Thanks! NJZombie (talk) 08:18, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, everyone, I'll be unavailable for the next little while, but hope to be back by the end of the month at the latest. Much love! El_C14:27, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, everyone, with very few exceptions, I will not be accepting any new requests for administrative intervention on my talk page for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, enjoy the music! El_C18:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh no. Sorry to hear that, I hope you're doing okay. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I've heard that already, it looks like (from the link being purple rather than blue), but I don't remember the context. I was gonna do 40 now, but it's long, so, soon'ish. El_C14:28, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm feeling fine again, first day! - One of my recurring wishes: Peter Brooks finally appeared on the Main page, 4 (!) days after he died. I'd like credit - it was the hardest of the year, and begged there already, but ... - Two composers used Psalm 40 in their choral symphonies, I didn't know. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Credit. Glad to hear you're feeling better! I sort of jinxed myself yesterday with that It's Tuesday! Let's make it a laid-back one. Good one, me. Not a moment of respite since. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And will be busy for the next little while. Der Mensch Tracht, Un Gott Lacht, you know it glows! El_C18:30, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Now I have the complete program and a review. The program was called Salmo! - sadly not in Wiesbaden, - perhaps they thought we'd not understand it means psalm! which means sing!. I had noticed that they sang Psalms 150, 100, 84 and 149 (+ another line from 150). The review image shows the conductor even happier, imagine. It's detailed and all praise but sadly not going beyond Mendelssohn, while we found the late works especially impressive, - listen to the 2009 Locus iste by (Welsh) Mealor. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I met psalms, Psalm 107 next (too long?), and Psalm 40 still waiting I believe. - Lugnuts was banned - I didn't follow arbitration. - Martinevans is blocked for copyvio. - 2 giants missing. - See pics of highs and lows if you click on songs --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:26, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you want high, follow the link but don't look beyond 25 Jul. Thank you for psalms hope. - Copyvio happens so easily: I transferred a translation of text from source to the article, worked on it some in edit mode, but missed deleting the rest (at the end). What do you think: should the (4 more) versions that still have it get ref-del, to be "safe"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:17, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, any potential WP:COPYVIO should be WP:REVDEL'd (btw, it's revision not reference deletion). Feel free to link the diffs of the potential copyvios and I'll make em go (away). El_C15:35, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pardon? I linked the diff, and said it's the four revisions (well, I said versions) following. I feel sorry for the person who tried to repair a sentence from the stuff that should never have been there. That edit made me aware. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:38, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, unexpectedly tied up with something. Hopefully, for not more than a few days. These psalms will be my 1st priority once I'm back, though. El_C15:53, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Recently started Malice by John Gwynne, neither of which have an article. Popped up as a suggested book on Audible, and it was over 20 hours long so I figured I'd give it a whirl. Pretty tropey so far, but I've read worse. Can you imagine, there's a young boy who excels at fighting who is more than he seems? And there are two gods, one good and one bad who are going to have a war? Extra points for the ol' fantasy standby of "inventing the shield wall." Also gotta do rabbits tomorrow, and do some repair and maintenance on their cages after I get all the babies taken care of. Unfortunately it's supposed to be around 97f tomorrow (that's 36 in eurotherms). No work is fun when it's that hot. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:08, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nice, but what about petting Kitty?John Gwynne (author) (red link atm, looks like both it and its draft were deleted on May 2021) sounds familiar, but I'm unable place him. Only 600 pages into The Eyes of God, with 200 remaining. Taking me such a long time to finish; just been too busy, but also, though it's good, it just isn't a page turner like The Jackal of Nar. I don't know if I'll keep going with that trilogy. Thinking of getting Tailchaser's Song, actually, because... BTW, DYK that Monarchies of God's Richard Hawkwood isn't the same person as The Wheel of Time's Artur Hawkwing? Yet they both end up discovering Ameriqua? You've heard it here fifth! Also, I praise you for providing AC to all the bunnies! El_C14:37, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Finished up the first book in that series. It's firmly ok. Can you imagine though, tragedy struck and the boy who excelled at fighting's home was destroyed, and yes, he is more than he seems. In fact, totally unexpectedly, he's the CHOSEN ONE.
Things that bother me in fantasy novels:
Firing a bow. A bow is shot, or an arrow is loosed. The term firing didn't appear until firearms.
Chainmail. It's mail, even though our article has the wrong name, but points that out in the opening sentence.
Not hobbling your horses at night.
Also, although I do not provide air conditioning for the rabbits, they do get frozen water bottles to lay on when it's hot, so I am trying to keep them comfortable. Should finish up The Quarry this weekend. Pretty good so far, and Ted Raimi is a standout. Not sure if it's better than Until Dawn yet. We'll see how it sticks the landing. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, sorry, I missed your latest reply. In Hebrew "firing" (firearm, bow, etc.) comes from the root word of (first) rain (somehow), so no issues there! Finally (finally) finished Eyes of God and now reading Kristen Britain's Green Rider (she's the CHOSEN ONE?), which I am liking so far, though it's still early days. El_C11:17, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Another silly fantasy book thing, people and animals fighting to they're all dead. Animals pretty much never fight to the death, and people generally break and flee with fairly small losses. They almost never continue fighting once they've realized victory is unlikely.
The Quarry didn't stick the landing. Ended up with two of the playable characters dead, one we didn't see die, so not sure how that happened, and one was a live or die decision we chose wrong. The epilogue was pretty lackluster and didn't give much closure. Still a decent game though, but not as good as Until Dawn. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:16, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The Padlock Barnstar
The Padlock Barnstar
It's always felt like you're one of the most active admin at page protection and Xtools just confirmed it for me. Thank you for everything that you do. Hey man im josh (talk) 00:00, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Good to be back. In answer to your question: I did and didn't see it. I was just clicking on the pings to make the distracting red go away without really looking at any of em (because ++responsible). But now I'm remembering that ToBeFree had a similar thingy (see above, *bumped*). You think that after Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log/2021#Motorsports I'd have learned that some minor Arbitration cases will be listed at AEL, but without DS being authorized
I presume it's just successive committees wanting to fuck with me, personally (as always, it's all about me). Funny, though, I'm the most active AE admin on the project and even I get lost in the labrynth. Anyway, I ramble, but my point is: go ahead, do whatever needs to be done to get the WP:BURO to align. It's really all the same to me. P.S. I didn't even remember who Bridget Phillipson is and had to look her up. Cheers! El_C15:26, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello El C, I am a user that you might be familiar from a year ago, you took my extended confirmed rights because I played with the system (WP:GAME). As far as I remember you told me that I have to reach WP:500-30 again (I have searched for the comment, but I couldn't find) and I believe that more than a year passed from that. my data shows that I reached 500 edits on past 365 days.
Additionally, irrelevant to the rights topic, I just noticed that I had unawareness of the rules and didn't know how to represent informations with reliable sources on supporting the development of encyclopedia. Since you were an administrator who paid attention to me, I wanted to inform you about that my awareness increased since back then.
Hey. Sorry, no, I don't remember. Glad to hear you're doing better, though. Feel free to request for the user right to be reinstated at WP:PERM/EC. I have no immediate objections. Good luck! El_C20:34, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you a lot for your feedback and positive thoughts about me!
Hello El_C, sorry to bother you again. I was just wondering, why is my case on ANI not being interested by Administrators? I mean, is there anything I could do about it? BerkBerk6821:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm clicking, but nothing's happening! It's almost like you posted those ranges in plain text. But I know you wouldn't do that. Must be a glitch in the metric. El_C14:34, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I'm opposed. I don't think we need an editor who describe themselves as a "Turkish nationalist," and who is likely to contribute to Armenian genocide denial and otherwise whitewashing it — a crucial facet which has not been meaningfully addressed (which is to say, at all). What, they're gonna do it with greater subtlety? No thanks. El_C10:31, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @El C, I was just surfing at your talk page (You know, I'm coming here sometimes) and noticed this user, There are plenty of editors who made nationalist vandalism (probably greater than Beyoglou's vandalism since it was just a userspace vandalism) and as far as I know it is legitimate to express unpopular opinions (even extremely unpopular opinions) in a non-disruptive manner on Wikipedia.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to intervene your decision here, I was just confused about the topic so I wanted to write my opinions.
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Posted the Corona virus outbreak, but upon (admittedly, perhaps somewhat prematurely) doing the same for the Kirk Douglas RD got a what-the-fuck-barbeque— it's a magical place! El_C 11:28, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
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Done. Mainspacified. And I didn't even visit the Teahouse! El_C 13:37, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
Bitter-sweet groove (translation unavailable on request!)
Also, you're making me sound like the grim reaper, but I just want to pet a chipmunk! El_C 11:03, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Those Psalms look dunzo'd. El_C 03:03, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Wow, Evangelische Marktkirche in Wiesbaden looks like an intergalactic spaceship, with pillars. El_C 22:16, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Like. Congrats! You are a musical editing machine! In answer to your question: some of the Aramaic-derived Hebrew words combine nouns and verbs all in a single word. El_C 14:04, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Done. I punctuate! El_C 15:51, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Blocked – for a period of one week. I want more parabola! El_C 13:01, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. El_C 19:28, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
Supercute! 
BTW, watched Love and Monsters the other night. Had a really good time. El_C 17:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Warned. See User_talk:Chennai_Super_Kings_Lover#Warning. But political economy is not a good metric for political position. The Nazis were also centre left economically, but they are seen as far right largely due to their political antipathy to communists and other far leftists and, conversely, their sympathy to other far right entities (fascists, etc.) who held similar views. In short, political sympathy/antipathy is the major determinate of political position, whereas political economy would usually be mentioned in a separate typology. HTH. El_C 12:49, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack yourself, as you did in this edit summary. Please comment on the contributions and not yourself. If you make any further self-attacks you may have to report yourself to yourself, which may result in a self-block. Thank you. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 02:09, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
Atsme 💬 📧 12:44, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
El_C 14:27, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Atsme 💬 📧 12:31, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
BTW, DYK that Monarchies of God's Richard Hawkwood isn't the same person as The Wheel of Time's Artur Hawkwing? Yet they both end up discovering Ameriqua? You've heard it here fifth! Also, I praise you for providing AC to all the bunnies! El_C 14:37, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Self-trout. Anyway...
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