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Archive 1

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January 2021

Information icon Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did to Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, please use your sandbox instead, where you are given a certain degree of freedom in what you write. Matt Deres (talk) 21:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Reverts

I am well aware of the sequence of events on the talk page. Stop removing the appeal.-- Ponyobons mots 22:59, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I believe you may have inadvertently reinstated it twice. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 23:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. I kept hitting edit conflicts trying to note the talk page access removal and cut and pasted the entire appeal when restoring it.-- Ponyobons mots 23:24, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

So it's you!

So you are the person who prevents the rest of us from going to bed on time, every single day! (Excellent user name.) --bonadea contributions talk 13:45, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 13:47, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Vandal proposal of a truce

Please see [1]. I don't know what to make of it. And, in any event, it is up to ArbCom to decide, isn't it? Thanks for any advice you can proffer. MurrayGreshler (talk) 03:22, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

They're doing it to get a reaction! Please don't feed the trolls. Simply, revert, block, ignore! Got it? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 03:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Ok. Also, "coincidentally", they offered terms after they started reverting my most recent edits but got caught very quickly by a third party. Coincidence, no doubt. MurrayGreshler (talk) 03:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

For the eleventh time, you're giving them exactly what they crave! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 04:00, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Reverting edits unfairly

I made some edits that were intended to make the tone of an article more neutral and you reverted them and claimed they were vandalism as well as threatening a suspension of my editing permissions, they were not vandalism. Next time please at least look at what was changed before declaring it vandalism. Bean guy2 (talk) 10:35, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Sorry about that! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 10:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

AIV reports

Hi! Thanks for your reports to WP:AIV today. I just wanted to let you know that if a user has only made one edit, or they have received a warning and haven't edited since, they're unlikely to get blocked. We generally only block if there's a clear sign that the user isn't stopping. Edits like those made by Hackinghobbs, for example, could be test edits and the user might go on to make productive contributions. Sam Walton (talk) 10:05, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Blocked by Materialscientist Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 10:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

CSD U5s

Hello, Someone who's wrong on the internet,

Please do not be so quick to tag User pages as CSD G5 for speedy deletion. Most of your taggings were fine but editors are allowed to have a certain amount of personal information on their User page as long as it is not promotional so I did untag a few that I thought were just fine for a User page. Also, some new editors use their main User page to start drafts so consider moving pages that are obviously drafts to Draft space rather than tagging them for deletion. I noticed most of the editors whose sandboxes you tagged were very new editors so I was glad to see you left a Welcome message for them along with the CSD notice. Thank you for your work! Liz Read! Talk! 08:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

I'll slow down a bit with the U5's. Do you have any specific examples of pages that I incorrectly tagged as U5? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 08:45, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Screaming into the void

I think it's generally better to ignore dumb stuff blocked vandals say in their talk pages, as screaming into the void with no one listening is the opposite of what they want, which is attention. If the talk page messages were similar to the mainspace vandalism I would have reverted and pulled TPA, but what they were doing was about as minimally disruptive as it could be. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 23:40, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I am under the water pls help me (talk) 17:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Missing Detective's Family & Friends

In my earlier post I stated that "Joe Podo" had passed and was away from the scene. This week at only 22 years old Joe passed away. There are still so many unanswered questions. Joe always went by "Joe Podo" and he was only 22 years old. His cousin has shared this:In a short amount of time, my cousin John, (Joe's cousin) has become my rock. I have looked up to him and wanted to be just like him. He made me feel so comfortable around him. I love you John! Hopefully he will give me some answers to these questions. WakandianFightingWarrior21 (talk) 14:58, 17 February 2023 (UTC)WakandianFightingWarrior21

Trouted

a rainbow trout fish

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: LMAO, How can a law be lawful? 122.104.181.64 (talk) 08:22, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Is that a tackit agreement? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 09:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for standing with me in the Onion routing dispute! CoolberryWiki (talk) 01:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
...you're the one putting nonsense in the page repeatedly, and the person you gave the barnstar to was reverting you. What do you mean, "standing with you"? LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 02:59, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
As a result of reading the diff backwards, I initially reverted the wrong editor! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 03:00, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
oh i see LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 03:00, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Trouted

a rainbow trout fish

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Nominating a username for blocking when it hasn't made any edits Secretlondon (talk) 10:19, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

@Secretlondon: SK BUSINESS SOLUTION does seem like an "egregious name violation" as a promotional username. — DVRTed (Talk) 13:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
It's run-of-the-mill. We have hundreds of these. Not worth any time unless it does something. Secretlondon (talk) 22:02, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

I think the revert you just made was correct

So you are not always wrong on the internet. ComplexApe (talk) 01:39, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Re username block

First of all, although you and I both have longer than average usernames, ours aren't even half the length of the one in question. The general rule is over 40 characters is pretty much always considered disruptively long. I opted to just block because, on top of the username; the two edits I saw didn't give me much confidence this was someone who was here to build an encyclopedia; brand new editors don't normally screw around with categories and the dates on maintenance tags. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:39, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Who decided on 40? Seems kinda arbitrary to me. Just my 2¢. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 03:49, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
That number came about before my time, but that's what the UAA bot is set up for. If you think that should change (and I have no strong personal opinion on it) you can start a discussion at WT:Username policy, sometimes it just takes one person saying it o it loud to effect change. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:56, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Terrorism in 2021 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 01:30, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
You are to be commended for your willingness to work to get an edit done despite repeated attempts to revert you, and never becoming angry. Sectionworker (talk) 21:42, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! The IPs in question weren't me. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 21:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Shrekishitsugardaddy

Hello, I've noticed that a lot of your AIV reports have been premature. As a general rule, we won't block somebody for their first edit ever, nor when they've been given a warning and haven't edited since. There are, of course, exceptions, as with any rule, but it usually has to be particularly egregious (like hate speech or shameless commercial spam). In this particular case, your G3 tag was inappropriate for a user page that was, at worst, a little bit silly, and there were absolutely no grounds for a block, so I declined your AIV report. Please be more careful in future, and please be mindful when dealing with new editors that they may do things that look strange or silly to us but may not be malicious at all. Thank you, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:27, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

"Hate speech" = speech we hate. Entirely subjective! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 20:50, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Improper short descriptions

Hello!

I just wanted to let you know that "Wikipedia list article"/"Wikimedia list article" should not be used on enwiki. In most cases, "none" should be used for these pages instead (per WP:SDNONE). I've already fixed all such additions you made. Thank you! ~ Eejit43 (talk) 11:41, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

The bot removed the report at AIV but I did see you replied. Just wanted to say thanks. EvergreenFir (talk) 16:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

No prob. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 16:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Cool username.

Cool username. Born25121642 (talk) 05:27, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 05:28, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Duplication? in list for "DSA" box
(or "{{Ds [...]}}" template instance)

This might have been intentional, but ... if so, that would be news (and a surprise) to me.

The box corresponding to THIS wikitext:

{{Ds/aware|9/11|a-a|a-i|ab|ap|mos|b|blp|cam|cc|cid|covid|e-e|ecig|fg|gc|gap|gmo|horn|ipa|irp|kurd|lr|med|old|pr|ps|r-i|saq|tt}}

opens up only when one clicks on a certain button labeled "[show]" in the mild-mannered [initially] thin pink box -- labeled "Discretionary sanction awareness" -- that [by default] has not been expanded ("yet"). ("until" one clicks on that button labeled "[show]").

But I did try clicking on "[show]", and after that, a larger box appeared ... beginning with
<< "This user is aware of the designation of the following topics as contentious topics:" >>.

Then, it has a list of "contentious topics" that probably should not (at least not unintentionally!) contain any duplicated entries.

But upon reading [at least part of] that list of "contentious topics", I found that it contained both

  • [E1] an entry displayed as "the Balkans or Eastern Europe"
    [right after one about 'the English Wikipedia Manual of Style and article titles policy'],
    and
  • [E2] an entry displayed as "Eastern Europe or the Balkans"
    [right after one about "COVID-19, broadly construed"].
-- ["!"] --

Now you may feel free to be the one to say, ... whether that was intentional or not. (If not, then it might have been due to any one of several "possible reasons", that ... [let's just say] I probably do not even need to know what the "possible reasons" might be.)

So ... you can decide what -- if anything -- to do, and you are probably under no obligation to declare in advance (nor explain) your decision. ("if any").

However, just for the "correctness" of ... something or other, you might want to ... consider figuring out (perhaps even 'carefully') what -- if anything -- to do.

Rock on, Mike Schwartz (talk) 03:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Good catch! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 18:15, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. I thought that a change such as that one, might be appropriate.
IMHO, it was a good choice.
Resolved
 – case closed
--Mike Schwartz (talk) 01:06, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Bui Quoc Huy: spam?

I'm dropping this message, as I saw that you requested speedy deletion (spam) for the page eo:Bui Quoc Huy in the Esperanto Wikipedia. The point is that in the last weeks, we received multiple such requests and the community of the Esperanto Wikipedia decided to keep the page. I was personally in favour of the deletion as the page was marked as cross-wiki spam, but the majority of the community decided to keep the page (the discussion can be found here, if you manage to understand our language). — Super nabla (talk) 00:56, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Does eowiki have an {{Old AfD}} template? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 02:27, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
I think that template doesn't exist yet. ATM I don't have time to create it. Maybe I'll leave a note on the talk page of the article, instead. — Super nabla (talk) 09:59, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Draft:R. Samuel Paz

Hello Someone who's wrong on the internet, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:R. Samuel Paz, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 10:36, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Udayahemarathne/sandbox

Hello Someone who's wrong on the internet, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Udayahemarathne/sandbox, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: U5: user's deleted contribs suggest this could be a contribution they're working on, and this is their sandbox where such writings are supposed to be. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 11:13, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Understanding the finer points of what's wrong on the internet

Although I've been a wikipedia user for a long time, my first attempt at creating a user page was made only recently and was tagged almost immediately, by you, for speedy deletion. I have now created a new one using user boxes and basing myself on the user pages of wikipedia admins.

I am curious as to why you think my original attempt deserved deletion. The only thing I can think of that was wrong with it, after reading various guidelines, was the link to my personal web page, so all I had to be asked was to remove that link, perhaps?

I am also curious as to why it's okay for you to have a link to your personal web site on your user page.Geoffpointer (talk) 02:50, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Answered your talk page. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 04:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

I already moved the Article myself, because Review Time is 30 days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_Europe 79LuMoTo79 (talk) 13:45, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

“Progressive” party 1912 shading — How should the conflict be resolved?

I have discovered a conflict between the shading for the 1912 Progressive Party in the United States (the one founded by Theodore Roosevelt and known as the “Bull Moose” Party).

In most relevant articles, it is shaded the same as the later 1924 (founded by Bob La Follette) and 1948 (founded by Henry A. Wallace) Progressive Parties. However, in the Political party strength in California (and similar articles for other states) it uses the shading of Bull Moose, different from the Progressive shading.

Also, in the article on the Progressive Party of 1912 it lists a colour of Red, and this is listed as the colour in the template.

This conflict is why I was wanting to change the shading for Roosevelt in 1912 to style="background:#C97979" rather than style="background:#C97979". I feel that there are two choices to resolve the conflict:

  1. change shading and coloration for the 1912 Progressive Party to style="background:#C97979"
  2. merge the shading for “Bull Moose” to the ordinary “Progressive” shading

What do you think? Luokehao (talk) 15:51, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on 2b∣¬2b requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

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It looks like a tag has been placed on the page "2b∣¬2b" requesting its speedy deletion from Wikipedia. However, I would like to suggest that the page may have potential to be retained on the site. While it may have been created as a redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, it is possible that the page could be developed into a useful resource for readers.
I would recommend that the page be given a chance to develop and that editors work to improve it rather than deleting it outright. Perhaps some research could be done to determine if there is any relevant or interesting information that could be added to the page. Thank you for considering this alternative. Anandhusureshcheruvil (talk) 13:26, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
2b∣¬2b is a redirect, not a content page. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 17:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Warning

Hi there - I think I've warned you multiple times on IRC now about your behaviour towards administrators and functionaries who use that platform. IRC is IRC and not Wikipedia, but when you start displaying similar conduct on-wiki, it needs to be addressed publicly on-wiki. This edit summary is incredibly rude, especially when someone is trying to help. You could have raised it on his talk page. People make mistakes all the time - I recently suppressed revisions but then forgot to remove the content I was intending to suppress until another oversighter pointed it out - I misread the page, and thought it had been removed.

It's human and natural to make mistakes, and even if you have evidence that the mistakes are ongoing, yelling at someone and essentially calling someone incompetent while internet yelling at them is not appropriate (see WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA.) If this problematic behaviour you have shown off-wiki happens again on-wiki, I will block you for disruption. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:41, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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Capitalizing "cite"

Re: this edit

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CS1 error on Derrick Bell

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User:Haxuanduc/BINNE

Hello friend have a nice and good day

I removed it because it was promoting a singer on spotify, however it is just a member page not an official post (no press, mentioned for a complete featured wiki post) - you can see that wikipedia link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hJh1xvOHD5WsEMiptSOGc

I think that page User:Haxuanduc/BINNE should be removed and blocked

Thank you for listening, wish you a happy and happy day with your family and loved ones Supernova923 (talk) 18:17, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Terrorism in 2021 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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ReferenceExpander

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Tagging pages for CSD G5 speedy deletion

Hello, Someone who's wrong on the internet,

Please do not tag pages for speedy deletion CSD G5 until a page creator is confirmed to be conducing block evasion. You should not tag a page for deletion based only on your suspicions. It raises questions for the admin reviewing your request, for the page creator who isn't blocked (yet) and, most importantly, there is no urgency to delete these pages, especially when they are in Draft space. Just wait until an SPI is processed and if your suspicions prove to be correct, then go ahead. But this isn't a contest or race and your actions in this case just start User talk page discussions that take up other editor's time to respond to. Thank you for your patience. Liz Read! Talk! 18:56, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Possible Cadeken IP sock

2601:642:4202:E30:DD29:9C53:6E27:E4BD (talk · contribs). Same editing pattern. Cadeken's IP socks typically are in the 2601 range and located in central and southern California. Sundayclose (talk) 12:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

@Sundayclose: IP hasn't edited in months. No point in taking any action now. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 16:48, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello

Hy, can you explain why did you removed my report? I have created a section user reported to make distinction between bot report and user report, [[2]] presuming that was a problem, or is it something else ? Theonewithreason (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

@Theonewithreason: I did not remove your report. I moved it to the proper location. You are not a bot. You should not be posting in the bot section. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 21:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, I just had problems in seeing it, so I thought it was removed. Theonewithreason (talk) 21:23, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Email

A week ago you sent me an email. It may seem strange to respond so much later, but thanks for it. As you may have seen, I did take action following what you told me. JBW (talk) 10:38, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

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My bad!

Sorry about that revert at Bari Weiss, and sorry for not getting it when you explained the situation at that other user's talk. Thank you for reverting me. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 23:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

No prob! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 00:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

an actual "lol"

The Surreal Barnstar
I just want to acknowledge your username and the surprise I felt when I saw an edit summary that said, Reverted edit by [Username] (talk) to last version by Someone who's wrong on the internet. I... why would you... that's not a thing... oh! That certainly threw me for a loop, and I tip my hat at your successful tomfoolery. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 17:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for the report at WP:UAA but please note that some wikis allow organisation accounts - see Commons policy for an example, the German wiki is another. Please don't report users at WP:UAA if they haven't edited or triggered an AbuseFilter on this wiki. Nobody (talk) 06:20, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

A possible sockpuppet

I have declined your speedy deletion nomination of User:Poggersyaaaatechnical1283/Wdefcon as being created by the blocked editor BizDolphin, because I can't see any evidence that BizDolphin & Poggersyaaaatechnical1283 are the same person. However, if you do have strong evidence that they are, then please feel welcome to let me know what that evidence is, and I'll consider it. JBW (talk) 22:04, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

User talk:I hate encyclopedias

Hey there. Could you be more careful about which users you welcome? When someone's first edit is to restore vandalism and attack another user, that's a good sign you should be reporting them, not welcoming them. Thanks. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 21:53, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

The welcome was BEFORE the vandalism, not after! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 21:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
Ah, that's fine then! I was very confused for a minute there :) — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 21:56, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Decedent versus victim

@SashiRolls: moved to article talk. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 01:21, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, i thought this may have been BBB because BBB often challenges users to block them. Anyways, this user whether or not is BBB has been blocked indefinitely 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (talk) 02:10, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 07:08, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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As a heads up, I think User:Pp0592 appears to be reverting IP vandalism, and looks like then your revert of that editor here (and elsewhere) was in error, although it's unclear why the IP then reverted you to bring the changes back to their original format? Kinda strange, but at the very least doesn't look like the edits from Pp0592 appear to be clear vandalism. Best, SpencerT•C 07:30, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I must have read the diff the wrong way. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 19:56, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

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Could you please archive this link and give me. https://www.instagram.com/p/CyxSFhyI5BH/ 103.161.55.141 (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Do it yourself. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 19:54, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
I can't do it. That's why asked you. Please do it and share me the link. Thanks. 103.42.197.109 (talk) 07:34, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
If possible archive all the refs in Draft:Deva (2024 film). 103.42.197.109 (talk) 07:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
What do you need the archive for and why can't you do it yourself? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 03:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#WP:ADMINACCT demand from Rajeshthapaliya. meh -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Why?

Hey, you declined the CSD request before moving Draft:Mashrafi Hossain Antu to draft. You could have checked the page and the creators user page before moving to draft. All the Best! Otuọcha (talk) 21:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Because it did not meet the criteria in WP:CSD#G3. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 21:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

What's the problem?

Are you mad on Wikipedia Mashrafiantu (talk) 07:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Is there a problem? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 07:54, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

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Hello, Someone who's wrong on the internet,

Please be careful when you move a User page to Draft space, not to move the User talk page at the same time as what happened with User talk:Sebastian Macmillan. User talk pages sould not be deleted or moved from User space. Just make sure you uncheck the box that says to include the Talk page in the page move. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 07:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Good catch! Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 17:50, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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Hello. I've noticed that some of your recent edits to talk page banners have removed their importance parameters. I'm wondering if you could bring them back? Because I don't wish to conduct too many reverts in that topic area. Nythar (💬-🍀) 07:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

I'll take care of it Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 08:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

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Redirects

Hey, Someone. Can I ask about your reasoning for the "Gender delusion" and "Child genital mutilation" redirects"? I'm not sure if this is a misunderstanding of the redirect guideline or something else, but seems like it's probably worth talking about. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 23:33, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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Hi. Please do not use the Daily Mail as you did at Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It is not a reliable source. See WP:DAILYMAIL. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 01:06, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Which edit are you referring to? Could you link the diff? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 16:16, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
Here: diff. Robby.is.on (talk) 16:17, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
I was retargeting references to Microsoft Start to point to the underlying news site rather than Microsoft's news aggregator. Apparently, one of them was the Daily Mail. Should I simply remove these references on sight going forward? Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 15:04, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
Ah, interesting. Daily Mail references should be either replaced by reliable sources or by a {{citation needed}} tag. Robby.is.on (talk) 17:08, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for everything you're doing on vandal patrol. It is MUCH appreciated. Joyous! Noise! 18:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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I have a "rollback all" script installed in my common.js. The script is called User:John254/mass rollback.js. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 18:31, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Ah, that makes sense! Lova Falk (talk) 18:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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you have removed my warning to user User talk:Cerium4B. why? 207.96.13.213 (talk) 18:21, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Because the edits in question were not vandalism. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 18:31, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
Sorry to interject, but WP:TPO. Please reply to incorrect warnings instead of reverting them. Anerdw (talk) 05:57, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
This is also block evasion. Thus, WP:BANREVERT applies. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 11:52, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

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Would a billion articles be a good idea?
There's a lot more to this than you think.
I wonder about having crats, but decided to become one anyway.
Just beautiful photos!
Rest in Paradise.

The Signpost: 14 May 2025

And comment is requested on a privacy whitepaper.
And other courtroom drama.
And how he knows it: all about lawyer letters and editing logs.
Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.
And QR codes for every page!
When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).
Rest in peace.
The technology behind it, and the other stuff.
Gadzooks!
And more.
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