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DYK for Honolulu Courthouse
On 1 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Honolulu Courthouse, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a group of prisoners building the Honolulu Courthouse overpowered their guards, took possession of gun batteries overlooking Honolulu, and attempted to open fire on nearby buildings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Honolulu Courthouse. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Honolulu Courthouse), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Nicktoons edit
Hello the nicktoons edit I just made was correct as currently saw on December on Christmas! PBSKidsFan2006 (talk) 19:45, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
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...I finally found you. Drmies (talk) 20:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Drmies: Hah! I tried my best to hide this identity, how dare you out me!
- I just tried to read through the entire page on fandom and I have to admit that I am not smart enough to figure out what is going on. "Attired in her kannagi appearance, she rode a gigantic centipede that stabbed Akane into suffering a fatal wound through his abdomen." That thought is going to give me nightmares. Children's media sure has gotten violent!
- Thanks for sharing, I needed that amusement this week! Aoi (青い) (talk) 08:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
- We all need some amusement sometimes, and yes, you got busted, didn't you. I got the first shot of the Moderna vaccine a few days ago, so it feels like my days are a bit brighter. I won some lottery from a local pharmacy, and now I'm wondering if I am like all those other white middle-class people skipping the line. Anyway, the world of anime is dark and disturbing. My kids were watching some show where characters were executed, in public, for amusement. Maybe I'm just getting old. Take care, and may your days turn merry and bright. Drmies (talk) 15:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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Your template revert
Greetings Aoi. I must disagree with your revert of my edit adding Lōʻihi Seamount to Template:Hawaiian volcanism in which your edit summary states "Lōʻihi is already listed in template under the Windward Isles group (also, it's geographically not part of the Emperor Seamount chain)." However, the article for Lōʻihi Seamount states in its second sentence in the lede that the seamount "is the newest volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a string of volcanoes that stretches about 3,900 mi (6,200 km) northwest of Lōʻihi."
Additionally, the article Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain states "The seamount chain, containing over 80 identified undersea volcanoes, stretches about 6,200 km (3,900 mi) from the Aleutian Trench in the far northwest Pacific to the Loʻihi seamount, the youngest volcano in the chain, which lies about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the Island of Hawaiʻi." Still further, Loʻihi seamount is listed first at List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain.
Hopefully you will agree that my edit to the template is correct, and if so, correct your error. Thanks. Jusdafax (talk) 06:27, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Jusdafax: I appreciate you posting here. I am afraid we will have to agree to disagree. The template we are editing is based on the article List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, which divides the chain into three parts: the Windward Isles, the Leeward Isles, and the Emperor Seamounts. Lōʻihi is already listed in both the template and the article as part of the Windward Isles because Lōʻihi is both geographically and geologically part of the younger Windward Isles portion of the chain. The statement that Lōʻihi is "the newest volcano in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain" is correct -- but it's part of the "Hawaiian" portion of the chain, not the "Emperor" portion of the chain. (Note there are other seamounts that are listed as part of the Windward Isles, including Māhukona, Penguin Bank, and Kaʻena. Not every seamount in the chain is part of the Emperor Seamounts.) Thanks, Aoi (青い) (talk) 06:41, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hi! Thank you for your help on the Ariana Grande talk page. I'm not very often here, so I didn't know about that. I'll try to do better in the future. xx Mirrored7 (talk) 02:15, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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Verizon Media Edit
Hello! I agree with the Verizon Media edits, however, should that change also occur on Aol, where the infobox has it listed that Apollo Management Group is the owner?
(also sorry if this is the wrong way to message you, I'm kinda new here) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maskoff89 (talk • contribs)
- @Maskoff89: Thank you for the heads up, I made a similar edit at the AOL article. Yes, please feel free to message users by leaving messages on their talk page. Just make sure to sign your comments by leaving four tildes (~~~~) at the end of the comment so people can tell who left the message. Aoi (青い) (talk) 03:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
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Hey dude, I will eventually find a proper source to the Just Roll with It article to say that it actually ended, sorry about using a fan Twitter account for that source, but thanks for your understanding about it though.
However, I really don't want to start up a disruptive edit with you on the article though; but I added the missing production companies Blackbird Films and Sullen Child since those actually produced the series.
TheRavineStudios (talk) 03:47, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
- I did look for a source that met WP:RS for your edit but could not find one. The only hits I found were to user-generated content. Often for these niche TV shows, there just aren't any reliable sources available. Aoi (青い) (talk) 21:59, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Julia Vickerman
Continuing from the Forever 12 post back to October my concerns came out of the ultra-controversial screenwriter who created the Netflix program based on a 2015 short on Cartoon Network and storyboarded the critically reviled Painbow from Powerpuff Girls remake.
She was discovered having an affair on a 14 year old adolescent male over a decade ago causing her to be fired. This link seems like a valid biography upon her right? And if an article is created will it strongly neglect meeting notability guidelines? I know she is not famous but her controversies eerily resembles those of Kricfalusi and R. Kelly’s.
67.81.161.226 (talk) 21:07, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, I'm not sure what article your comment is in reference to but the link you provided is a user-generated wiki, which does not meet WP:RS, and therefore would violate WP:BLP. Thanks, Aoi (青い) (talk) 21:18, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
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In The Heights June 11
Please stop changing the release date of In the Hieghts to June 10. According to the poster and Warner Bros.' official website[1], it releases on June 11. Just about every movie releases on Friday, but has screenings late Thursday night. You always use the Friday date promoted on Wikipidea. You may not know this, since by the edits you made, it's apparent you don't go to the movies often. ScottSullivan1 (talk) 23:17, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- I have no opinion on what the release date should or shouldn't be. I was reverting an IP editor who was editing disruptively across a variety of pages and was subsequently blocked. If the date is wrong, feel free to change it back. Aoi (青い) (talk) 23:26, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
- Somehow it's always the sockpuppets that grumble to me. Aoi (青い) (talk) 02:51, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
References
Regarding to your edits to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Most wiki pages regarding flagship institutions provide information about buildings on their campus - in particular their historical building. An example is University of Wisconsin–Madison. Regarding the section regarding 'leadership', its misleading since I had wanted this section to provide historical information has it pertains to presidents & chancellors of the university. --Pxion130 (talk) 07:08, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, please add new discussions to the bottom of the relevant talk page. Thank you.
- Regarding the UH-Manoa article, I understand the intent of your edit but I still believe it is WP:UNDUE to inlcude a listing of all these (non-notable) buildings. I will be starting a discussion at Talk:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shortly. Aoi (青い) (talk) 11:25, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Why did you remove 2 paragraphs on Dan Schnieder's Biography
and why are you attempting to whitewash his well documented sexual abuse? Odoacer Rex (talk) 11:35, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
- As I noted in my edit summary, please see prior discussions on the talk page on this issue. You're welcome to discuss the subject further there. Aoi (青い) (talk) 16:21, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
pronounce ur name
is it ok if I pronounce your username a-oye?🤔 Esaïe Prickett (talk) 10:47, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
aaa-oy. Funny right? EverestMachine 4001 (talk) 23:37, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
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WarnerMedia/Discovery
Thanks for saving it as a draft. One of the reasons I created the article was that I didn't like how the original organization of WarnerMedia after AT&T acquired it. I understand removing certain brands, but it presents another problem.
I separated the film studios from the networks companies should NOT function like that. WB should remain a film & entertainment division. None of the major studios function are like that. Just my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MegaSmike46 (talk • contribs) 0:43, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for starting that article and thank you for understanding the reasons why I moved it to draftspace. I definitely share your concerns about how some of these conglomerates are organized. There hasn't been an announcement yet on how Warner Bros. Discovery will be organized after the merger closes yet, so I look forward to seeing how your draft article develops. Aoi (青い) (talk) 22:31, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
Test
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Thank you for participating in my RFA
I appreciate your trust and support in my recent run. If you need help or if you see me in error, please feel invited to call on me. BusterD (talk) 04:55, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
- @BusterD: Sorry for the delay in replying. Thank you very much for leaving this note, but more importantly, thank you for offering yourself up for the horror show that is RFA. Aoi (青い) (talk) 10:44, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Please respond to my comment on your admonition to not use so-called "unreliable" sources
You put an admonition on my talk page to not use "unreliable" sources to which I responded. Unfortunately you did not respond so I'll repeat the comment here given that this is an important issue which has reduced the reliability and trustworthiness of the (English-language) Wikipedia project.
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Hasbro, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please note that the source you included in your edit is not considered a reliable source, per WP:VERITAS. Aoi (青い) (talk) 23:40, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
- "unreliable sources" does not mean "sources which go against my personal bias". You - and many other editors - are shooting the messenger instead of looking at the message, the contents of which are clear and in no way edited. May I suggest anyone who has a bone to pick with the selection of sources - both those who agree with the current version of "neutrality" as well as those who want to go back to the original implementation - to read one of the interviews with Larry Sanger, better known as the co-founder of the Wikipedia project? Here's what he has to say on this specific subject:
- You can’t cite the Daily Mail at all. You can’t cite Fox News on socio-political issues either. It’s banned. So what does that mean? It means that if a controversy does not appear in the mainstream centre-Left media, then it’s not going to appear on Wikipedia. [1]
- Wikipedia does not just mirror the biases found in the mainstream news media, because some of it is conservative or contrarian. A lot of mainstream news stories are broken only in Fox News, the Daily Mail, and the New York Post—all of which are banned from use as sources by Wikipedia. Beyond that, many mainstream sources of conservative, libertarian, or contrarian opinion are banned from Wikipedia as well, including Quillette, The Federalist, and the Daily Caller. Those might be contrarian or conservative, but they are hardly “radical”; they are still mainstream. So, how on earth can such viewpoints ever be given an airing on Wikipedia? Answer: often, they cannot, not if there are no “reliable sources” available to report about them. [2].
- In this specific case - Hasbro forcing employees to undergo racist 'training sessions' based on critical theory - it is abundantly clear the this news will not make it into the list of 'reliable' media until its publication in alternative media has whipped up enough of a storm and even then it will only be published in such a way that it can be used as damage control. Even if you might not agree with Project Veritas' bias - which they clearly have, just like any other news outlet - that does not mean you can simply ignore whatever they say on the pretence of them 'not being reliable'. Many of the so-called 'reliable' sources on the list of perennial sources are known to publish lies which they need to retract later yet still they are labelled as 'reliable'. This is not the accepted definition of the term 'reliable', a better term would be 'acceptably biased'. Yetanwiki (talk) 21:56, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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- ^ Sanger, Larry (2021-07-14), Wikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created (Transcription of interview, video of interview), Unherd
- ^ Sanger, Larry (2021-06-30), Wikipedia Is More One-Sided Than Ever (textual blog post)
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Petco edit requests from COI editor
Hi Aoi, I saw you've been active on the Petco page, and wanted to let you know I've posted some requests on its talk page. They'll likely be there for awhile, so if you ever have time, would be neat to see some feedback from an editor familiar with the topic. Thanks! Melanie 858 (talk) 01:00, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Melanie 858: Thank you for your note. I'm probably not going to be very active here for the next couple of days but I'll take a look this weekend or early next week when I have some time. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:58, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thank you so much for contributing a great deal to helping stop Entertainment wiki vandalism. You are doing a great service for many. CapitalCities (talk) 05:01, 30 July 2021 (UTC) |
- @CapitalCities: Thank you! Don't know how helpful I'm being in the grand scheme of things but I appreciate the barnstar! Aoi (青い) (talk) 20:17, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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I actually appreciate that very much. For some reason, Twinkle only picked up or loaded the first two. Amaury • 17:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
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According to the Logopedia site, Studio T no longer exists due to the dissolution of Turner Broadcasting System. 85.255.236.6 (talk) 06:37, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, I was trying to add this on the page Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky but couldn't so I thought you can help. “I was reverting Vandalism edits so I came across on the page Anti (album). When I reverted the vandalsim edit I noticed that it was the same edit as the last one made by IP which was all reverted but the user who reverted it said that it was by a Sockpuppet so I looked into it and it was the same edit made by the new user which I also believe to be a new sockpuppet account.
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Thanks. GeneralIntrovert (talk) 08:31, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
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Re: October 2021
Regarding your message you send me, to be honest, I was just trying to add a point about the artstyle of Klasky Csupo. I honestly find most of the art styles in KC’s animations are very revolting imaginable (though sure some can be look okay), no matter how most of the studio’s works can be decent surely. But I wouldn’t surprise if there’s the side of the community would actually think if those styles are quite have beauty in their point of view. Give me break, it’s like if someone would give a praise to the art designs of Problem Solverz, considering it to look "beautiful". Wiki-Ikiw (talk) 07:22, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Wiki-Ikiw: I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion, but personal opinions are inappropriate to include in articles per Wikipedia's WP:NPOV policy. If there are reliable sources out there that back up what you wrote (e.g., a review of Rugrats from The Washington Post or something that says, "The Klasky Csupo studio, which is known for its crudely-drawn art style..."), then that could be used as a source.
- By the way, I had no idea what Problem Solverz was until you mentioned it -- now that's revolting. If you take a look at that show's Wikipedia article, it does include a statement that says,
Criticism of The Problem Solverz was directed at the visual style and writing,
followed by a bunch of specific quotes from critics (from Variety, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, etc.) that backed up that statement. Something like that might work at the Klasky Csupo article. Aoi (青い) (talk) 08:16, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Re: October (continue)
Thanks to agree with me about Klasky Csupo. But I now understand what you mentioned me about adding personal opinions onto Wikipedia is unacceptable. Though I hopefully certain that everyone else agree with me as well, I’m not alone since.
I really don’t like the looks of both the Problem Solverz and most of Klasky Csupo cartoons, especially with The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger (very hideous looking girls’ cartoon), and even their series based on McDonald’s mascots, which the latter that those characters in the series looked messed up! I feel like if the KC studio is the destroyer of the cuteness and decentness. Even some characters like Sundea and the Nuggets are not trying to be look "cute". Hell no! Could McDonald’s have not choose better animation houses to produce the series for them, like DiC? Which that studio already did with the McTreasure one back in 1990. The designs in the 1990s short looked more faithful to the original McCharacters, adorable and more appealing than that KC version. But gladly that was the past since KC finished the McDonald series. And I wonder why the KC artstyle is inspired from, they look like very bad artworks drawn by tweens. And yeah, this is my personal opinion. If you’re sick and tired hearing this same thing, that’s fine, I apologize.Wiki-Ikiw (talk) 10:25, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks, Aoi. I will do this in tip top condition. - 20doyld (talk) 14:32, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
I am not spamming pages, I was just editing them!
How dare you insult me on writing on my talk page, Aoi! You have made me quite disappointed. I want to edit this list of Universal Pictures films from 2020-2029! I gonna report this to ClueBotNG! 20doyld (talk) 19:04, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
That's it, I'm reporting to ClueBotNG
I am reporting this to ClueBotNG right now! 20doyld (talk) 20:52, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hi
User Zefr is behaving extremely immaturely. He has now threatened me on my talk page and removed my latest reply on the Moderna talk page.
I request permission to revert Zefr's changes and classify him as a vandal. I fear, given his interests, he is likely protecting a personal stake in the company and is not motivated by policy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surge Of Reason (talk • contribs) 18:13, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
- I think it would be helpful if you used a less combative tone when engaging with other users. Calling people "mister smarty pants" or accusing them of having a conflict of interest without substantiation is not helpful. Aoi (青い) (talk) 23:36, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
MBK Partners - Wiki info
I discussed the information with user:331dot and he said it's ok to edit. How can I prove my self that I'm the insider??? It's too much waste of time. Why 3 different people keep involving this issue and make me complicated... Can't understand. All the information is correct and there is not a single collision with the current information on the page. Just the better sentences and all the information is just a general information about the Firm. I also made a request to user:331dot as you see below.
MBK Partners - Wiki info and paid editing declaration
Hi 331dot,
If there is no problem, we'd like to change some information. The basic idea is exactly the same. We just added a bit of details. I have one more question, I read the 'Paid editing declaration" section you sent. However I can't still understand about it. Where can we put the information? Do I have to make a new section for the paid employee information?
1. Description [AS-IS] MBK Partners (MBKP) is a North Asian focused private equity firm.[2][3]
[TO-BE] MBK Partners is the largest independent North Asian private equity firm, with over $25.6 bn in capital under management. MBK Partners focuses exclusively on investments in its home markets of North Asia and has local investment teams based in its offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.
2. Overview [AS-IS] MBK Partners was founded in 2005 by Michael ByungJu Kim and several other senior Asian executives from the Carlyle Group.[4][5][6] In January 2022, a 13% stake of the firm was sold to Dyal Capital Partners.[6] MBK Partners has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.[7] <<- It's on the description part The firm has two main businesses, Buyouts and Special Situations.[8] MBK Partners' investment focus is in North Asian regions, namely China, Japan and South Korea.[2][3][8]
[TO-BE] MBK Partners was founded in April 2005 by former senior investment managers from Carlyle Asia Partners and Carlyle Japan Partners, including the President of Carlyle Asia Partners, Michael ByungJu Kim. The firm has two main businesses, Buyouts and Special Situations. MBK Partners Buyouts acquires companies through management-led buyouts, buys subsidiary businesses through corporate divestitures, partners with strategic buyers, takes publicly listed companies private and purchases and grows companies through add-on acquisitions. MBK Partners Special Situations invests in customized, secured lending, secondary credit investments in stressed and distressed opportunities and non-control structured equity investments. In January 2022, a 13% stake of the firm was sold to Dyal Capital Partners
3. Information (Founders) [AS-IS] Michael ByungJu Kim [TO-BE] Michael ByungJu Kim and other former senior investment managers from Carlyle Asia Partners and Carlyle Japan Partners
Thank you for your prompt help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjosso (talk • contribs) 01:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Jjosso The paid statement should go on your user page, User:Jjosso. It is already mentioned on Talk:MBK Partners. Your first edit request was accepted; please continue to make edit requests. 331dot (talk) 10:15, 17 February 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjosso (talk • contribs)
- @Jjosso: I don't doubt that you're the insider. In fact, the fact that you are likely an insider is the problem: Wikipedia's guidelines on conflicts of interest strongly discourage people with a direct connection with a subject to make edits in connection with the subject, as I've noted on your talk page. I understand that you are only trying to improve this article, but you need to comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines in doing so.
- So, consistent with the guidelines, please request your proposed edits on the article talk page at Talk:MBK Partners. It would also help if you could provide specific sources that support your changes. Thank you. Aoi (青い) (talk) 00:50, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Netflix criticism
You're invited the Netflix talk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surge Of Reason (talk • contribs) 16:42, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022
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- A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
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- Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
- The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)
- Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.
- The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
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I've mentioned you at ANI,. concerning Surge Of Reason's behavior. Acroterion (talk) 00:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 March 2022
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Eric Greitens Page
Thank you for linking for context. The reason for using anti-abortion makes more sense with the context given. Typically anti-abortion is not used as neutral. Kirby1706 (talk) 23:33, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).
- An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.
- Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the
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- Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
- A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
- A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.
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Warner Bros. Discovery
A credible paragraph from the 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery Form 8-K report UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, DC 20549, FORM 8-K, CURRENT REPORT, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.:
“On April 8, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD” or the “Company”), formerly known as Discovery, Inc. (“Discovery”), and AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”) completed the previously disclosed transactions contemplated by (1) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 17, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Discovery, Drake Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery (“Merger Sub”), AT&T and Magallanes, Inc., a Delaware corporation and formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T (“Spinco”), (2) that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2021 (as amended, the “Separation Agreement”), by and among Discovery, AT&T and Spinco, and (3) certain other agreements in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement. Specifically, (1) AT&T transferred the business, operations and activities that constitute the WarnerMedia segment of AT&T (the “WarnerMedia Business”), subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Separation Agreement, to Spinco (the “Separation”), (2) thereafter, on the Closing Date, AT&T distributed to its stockholders all of the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Spinco (“Spinco common stock”) held by AT&T by way of a pro rata dividend such that each holder of shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of AT&T (“AT&T common stock”) was entitled to receive one share of Spinco common stock for each share of AT&T common stock held as of the record date, April 5, 2022 (the “Distribution”), and (3) following the Distribution, Merger Sub merged with and into Spinco, with Spinco surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger” and together with the Separation and the Distribution, the “Transactions”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of Spinco common stock on the Closing Date was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.241917 shares of Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of WBD (“WBD common stock”). In addition, pursuant to the Separation Agreement and prior to the Distribution, on the Closing Date, Spinco made a cash payment to AT&T of approximately $28.9 billion (the “Special Cash Payment”), which is subject to certain post-closing adjustments pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement.”
Granthew (talk) 17:55, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
- I read the paragraph, but it doesn't say what you think it says, and the term "legal successor" does not appear in any of it (or anywhere else in the 8-K for that matter). In addition, yes, the corporate entity "Discovery, Inc." was renamed "Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc." and is thus the surviving entity, but "surviving company" is not the same thing as "legal successor." Aoi (青い) (talk) 18:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
I'm Sorry For Vandalizing
I Promise I'll Never Do It Again Rrfaner4444 (talk) 01:59, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 April 2022
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I have taken a liberty
I have semi-protected your user page without your request or permission, due to recent disruptive edits by IPs. If you would like me to unprotect, I am happy to do so and any admin is welcome to fulfill the request in my stead. If on the other hand you would prefer a longer semi-protection period, I am glad to accommodate. Thanks for all you do. BusterD (talk) 07:31, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- @BusterD: Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate the short-term protection and think the duration is appropriate. Appreciate the work you and the others did to sweep away that anon editor. Aoi (青い) (talk) 21:29, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
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- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
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Bloom High School
We are apart of Lil Durk's Team. Heavy L Beatz attended Bloom High School. We are confirming it. Freshboy2216 (talk) 03:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Freshboy2216: hello, please take a look at WP:ALUMNI, which provides that individuals being listed on an alumni list should either have a Wikipedia article (thus meeting WP:Notability, or must have a citation to a reliable source that establishes notability and shows that the person actually attended the school. In this case, the person you are linking does not have a Wikipedia article so it's not clear whether they meet notability guidelines. Aoi (青い) (talk) 07:18, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
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- In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more
- Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
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- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited
- Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis
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- News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced
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- From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Help request
Hi
I know we didn't have a good relationship before. I still wanted to ask if you could help write a section on Ariana Grande's legacy and influence. You seem to be glancing at the article frequently. There are many sources and suggestions on the article's talk page, but it just needs someone good at rephrasing it. I see you've been doing this for a while. Unfortunately, my knowledge of English and experience on this site are not sufficient. I have my own ideas too, but I'll contribute them as soon as I see the end result.
It doesn't have to be immediate, but I'd appreciate it if you could at least make it a priority in the near future. But it's also okay if you don't want to.
Regards Mirrored7 (talk) 14:36, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
- There already seems to be an "impact and influence" section in the article, though it could use come copyediting. Are you thinking of adding to it? Aoi (青い) (talk) 05:16, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Help request
Hi
I am unable to move or redirect 'Optare & Switch Mobility' page to 'Switch Mobility' page. Switch Mobility is the updated name of the company and they are using the same everywhere. Could you please help me with this. Right now 'Switch Mobility' is getting redirected to 'Optare & Switch Mobility' which should be vice versa because Switch Mobility is the correct updated name of the company.
Regards. Bhor.sankalp
- Hello, I've seen this message and trying to figure out how to proceed. At this point, I think doing a requested move would be best--but the thing I'm finding problematic is that the sources I've found conflict as to whether Optare and Switch Mobility are separate entities or not. I've seen two recent sources (i.e., within the last month or so) that state that Optare continues to exist as a separate entity from Switch Mobility. If that it is the case, it may be more appropriate to maintain these two entities as separate articles. But other sources indicate that Optare was renamed as Switch Mobility. I'm debating whether to open a request for comment to ask opinions from other editors whether we should treat the two entities as separate or not. Unfortunately, I am very busy at work this week so I haven't had a chance to really think this through. If you favor one solution over another, feel free to proceed without me (but please do not do another cut-and-paste move). Best, Aoi (青い) (talk) 20:06, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi AOI,
- How about we just delete the Optare & Switch Mobility page and keep Switch Mobility as the only stand alone page? Bhor.sankalp (talk) 13:17, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
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- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
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- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
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Splitting discussion for ''Optare & Switch Mobility''
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An article that been involved with (''Optare & Switch Mobility'' ) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (''Optare'' ''Switch Mobility''). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. Bhor.sankalp (talk) 06:13, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Telecom
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- A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
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- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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A discussion regarding Archie and Lilibet as prince and princess has been started here. Thank you. cookie monster 755 20:59, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
Nice job reversing my edits on this article. Now the citation points to a file that tells us these events will happen in the future. Rutsq (talk) 00:54, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
- IMO, having a reliable source that is slightly outdated is better than no source at all (and significantly better than relying on WP:DAILYMAIL). By the way, this is exactly why archive links exist. Aoi (青い) (talk) 01:01, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
- Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
- Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.
- The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
- Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
- A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
- The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.
- An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
- You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
- An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
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The Signpost: 31 October 2022
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
- The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
- An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
- AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
- You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).
- Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
- The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
- An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.
- A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)
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- The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
- A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.
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