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[edit]revision hide request
[edit]hello, there was some pretty bad vandalism on Valley Rangers F.C. I think it might be worthy of a revdelete. Gaismagorm (talk) 18:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- heres a link since some new edits were made: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valley_Rangers_F.C.&diff=prev&oldid=1233755683 Gaismagorm (talk) 18:47, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 19:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- no problem! Gaismagorm (talk) 19:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 19:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
Why are you modifying the page of Kimberly Cheatle and covering up gross negligence by the S.S? political bias?
[edit]Why are you modifying the page of Kimberly Cheatle and covering up gross negligence by the S.S? political bias? Ashday0790 (talk) 02:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- I haven't reverted anything that was neutral in wording or properly sourced. If you want to add information about the shooting, get a reliable source to cite, and use an encyclopedic tone. Joyous! Noise! 02:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
Revision deletion
[edit]Hello Joyous!. I wish to delete two revisions. Can you please help? Jack Riding (talk) 13:13, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Which revisions are you referring to? Joyous! Noise! 13:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the late response. I’ve since been told that they don’t meet the criteria required to be deleted. Jack Riding (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Deleted edit summaries
[edit]Why'd you delete my edit summaries? Ogundareibrahim123 (talk) 00:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- We prefer not to have personal information such as phone numbers or email addresses in articles or edit summaries. Joyous! Noise! 00:18, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- This diff contains similar. CMD (talk) 01:14, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you!
[edit]Dear Joyous,
Thank you so much for all of your contributions to Yanni’s Wikipedia page. Your work and the help of others has been invaluable in sharing his story and achievements with the world. You all have done such a great job ensuring everything is up to date and it’s helpful to see all of the albums listed out as well.
We are wondering if it would be possible to enhance his Wikipedia page by adding a note about me, his daughter, in a “children’s” section. Additionally, we are considering creating a separate page for my own work and contributions.
Could you please advise on the best approach for adding this information? We’d like to maintain the integrity of the page and fit within the rules and requirements so I wanted to connect with you first. We are more than happy to provide any details or references needed for both updates, or follow any preferred process you suggest.
Thank you for your time and guidance. We look forward to your response.
Warmly, Kindness12 (talk) 15:53, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Why you deleted and blocked my addition? All i wrote is facts and no opinions at all. If you think different, please prove me wrong.
[edit]What you do is taking an opinion.. 2A0D:6FC0:2848:C300:9DBC:56D6:D71E:24D (talk) 20:45, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- What I'm doing is following the guidelines at WP:NPOV and WP:OR, which are policies at Wikipedia. Your edits were pretty far outside those guidelines. Joyous! Noise! 21:00, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- But is not taking any side.. it is pure fact. There is no such country as palestine. 2A06:C701:729A:ED00:F522:424B:55DD:5C64 (talk) 21:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- This is a great discussion to have at the article's talk page. I'm not going to argue about it here. If you'd like me to open up a new section on that page, let me know. I'll be happy to help. Joyous! Noise! 23:00, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- But is not taking any side.. it is pure fact. There is no such country as palestine. 2A06:C701:729A:ED00:F522:424B:55DD:5C64 (talk) 21:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- What I'm doing is following the guidelines at WP:NPOV and WP:OR, which are policies at Wikipedia. Your edits were pretty far outside those guidelines. Joyous! Noise! 21:00, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Question
[edit]Is this revision satisfy the WP:RD2? Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 05:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: I request a speedy deletion of the photo. Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 05:18, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- I did a rev-del on the edit. Sorry for missing it the first time--I didn't recognize the slang. It looks like the photo is already gone. Joyous! Noise! 16:37, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
revdel request
[edit]a pretty bad edit was made on Barbara Buffaloe, I think it may be worthy of a revision deletion. Thanks! Gaismagorm (talk) 14:26, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- new edits were made, so here's the edit that needs to be hidden: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Buffaloe&oldid=1237178431 Gaismagorm (talk) 14:35, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 16:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- no problem! Gaismagorm (talk) 16:57, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 16:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
revdel request
[edit]hey there was a bad edit on Black pride, I think it should probably be revdeleted. Heres the link to the edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_pride&diff=prev&oldid=1237574174 Gaismagorm (talk) 13:09, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! I love zapping that kind of edit. Joyous! Noise! 16:59, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- no problem Gaismagorm (talk) 17:28, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
question about revdel
[edit]does something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LaVyrle_Spencer&diff=prev&oldid=1238183874 meet the requirements for a revdel Gaismagorm (talk) 15:10, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- I personally don't think it reaches rev/del levels. Joyous! Noise! 20:41, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
- ah okay thanks Gaismagorm (talk) 22:09, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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Re: Edit
[edit]- In short, it wasn't me, some user before me added it and I was calling the new edit into question since this was the first time I heard about her throwing the pot. I didn't see a source on it either and deleted it first, but since there was info further up apparently supporting the new content, which the new body cam footage seemingly showed as well, I reverted my changes again. My latest edit was just moving the source it was tacked on (which didn't mention anything about the pot being thrown, just holding it above her head). You seem to be under the impression I had added it unsourced, but since I didn't, your reversal didn't remove it. Just letting you know. Someone more well versed in the case than me or the other user should probably look into that.
62.216.215.184 (talk) 16:57, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the error. So much has been added and deleted and re-added and re-deleted that I lost track. Joyous! Noise! 17:05, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]I discovered that you reverted an edit on Chippy Simmons article by another user, however that user seems confused and left a Talk topic on User talk:Sohom Datta instead of replying to the topic you started on their talk page... They seem to have their birth certificate and were looking for a way to provide proof. What's even more confusing is that I was trying to cross verify this anywhere online, and I only find more conflicting dates. This article is just a few day's off from this user's contribution. Colinstu (talk) 07:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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User talk:Archeologyispseudoscience
[edit]Blocked, some nasty stuff in the filter log. Doug Weller talk 07:10, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 11:29, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Evasion
[edit]Hi, these IP address appears to be Xiaomichel evading the block, same style of changes: [1] and [2]. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:28, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
'Ello Joyous
[edit]I'm a bit bored with reverting vandalism. Do you have any advice on where I could lend a hand? Or if any talk page stalkers can make any suggestions? Maybe need to keep in mind I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I get there in the end! Thank you. Knitsey (talk) 19:28, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Howdy, Knitsey! A couple of odds and ends I like dipping into:
- Project Merge because some articles work better combined. The project pages looks intimidating, but it's not, especially if you have installed Twinkle.
- De-orphaning articles means finding articles with no incoming links (there's a list, you don't actually have to FIND them), and add links to that orphan in at least one other article, when possible.
If either of those sound interesting, I'd be happy to help you get rolling on them. Joyous! Noise! 20:07, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- De-orphaning might be a good place to start. I did look at that some time ago but I wasn't sure about removing the tags side of it. I'm more confident about that now though. I could give that a go if you're willing to look at the first few I do just to make sure I'm doing it correctly? I will have another read through the process. Knitsey (talk) 20:15, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Happy to help. I remove the tag if I add even one incoming link. Joyous! Noise! 20:24, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- OK, I've read through the de-orphaning policy.
- Look for a meaningful links, check categories, if I can add one or more links then use the de-orphan summary, remove the orphan tag using the de-orpaned summary.
- Does the de-orphan summary/removing the orphan tag automatically remove it from the list or do I do that manually? Does removing the tag automatically generate a message to the page creator?
- Thank you for helping me! Knitsey (talk) 20:48, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Removing the tag removes the article from the list. No message is generated to the page creator, and there's no need for you to message them: it's just a "regular" edit. Joyous! Noise! 21:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Lovely, thank you. If I do a few tomorrow, can I just message you here so you can check my work and that I've done it correctly? I don't envisage problems, so just the first three that I do? I don't want to add too much to your work. Knitsey (talk) 21:09, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Any time! Truly happy to help! Joyous! Noise! 21:36, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Well this isn't going great. I did 5 November 1946 Vnukovo aircraft crashes which wasn't a problem. The next one I tried was Bloomage. I didn't need to do anything as links were already added but the orphaned tag was added after someone else added links. I then looked at Chang Wen-chen and again, the orphan tag was added even though someone added links. What am I missing. Knitsey (talk) 16:22, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Bloomage has been changed now, it was an error. Knitsey (talk) 16:46, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Well this isn't going great. I did 5 November 1946 Vnukovo aircraft crashes which wasn't a problem. The next one I tried was Bloomage. I didn't need to do anything as links were already added but the orphaned tag was added after someone else added links. I then looked at Chang Wen-chen and again, the orphan tag was added even though someone added links. What am I missing. Knitsey (talk) 16:22, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Any time! Truly happy to help! Joyous! Noise! 21:36, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Lovely, thank you. If I do a few tomorrow, can I just message you here so you can check my work and that I've done it correctly? I don't envisage problems, so just the first three that I do? I don't want to add too much to your work. Knitsey (talk) 21:09, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Removing the tag removes the article from the list. No message is generated to the page creator, and there's no need for you to message them: it's just a "regular" edit. Joyous! Noise! 21:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Happy to help. I remove the tag if I add even one incoming link. Joyous! Noise! 20:24, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
I don't think you're "missing" anything. The ones that already have incoming links from other articles...you're tidying those up by removing the tag. Possibly someone added the link to Article A from Article B, but never actually noticed the orphan tag sitting on top of Article A, so it never got removed. Joyous! Noise! 17:03, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- OK, thanks for checking for me. I bet you regret me asking now lol. I feel confident about adding links and de-orphaning. If I run into any problems then I can always ask advice from the person adding the link. It's a nice break from anti-vandalism. You're a star, ty, Knitsey (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Not at all regretting. Enjoy! Joyous! Noise! 17:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
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Question
[edit]I do not understand what you are saying regarding blocks and vandalism? I just spent the better part of 4 hours trying to add citations and additional information to a page that had a flag on it requesting it be cited better. Every historical data point I cited per APA and Chicago and I sourced to direct sources. what is the issue?+
Hi! Are you asking about the block notice? Or the copyright messages? Joyous! Noise! 00:03, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
Does this look notable to you?
[edit]This article looks a bit sketchy to me.
Kingsmasher678 (talk) 05:58, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Awwww, it's right on the edge to me. I have raised an eyebrow, but I don't think I would AFD it if I ran across it on my own. Joyous! Noise! 21:43, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Cool, thanks!
- Kingsmasher678 (talk) 23:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Appeal 2024
[edit]Hi @Joyous!: I'm 2RDD. I've been editing Wikipedia for a year now and have made over a thousand edits. I'm passionate about maintaining article quality and combating vandalism. I believe Rollbacker rights would help me make a bigger impact. I'm eager to take on this responsibility and contribute to our community's mission. Thanks for considering my request! 2RDD (talk) 10:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, 2RDD. I don't feel comfortable assigning rollback rights for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't see any evidence from your contributions that you engage in much anti-vandal work, outside of a few specific articles that you've created or contributed heavily to. 2) I'm not convinced that you see a difference between "vandalism" and "edits that I don't much like on an article that I care about." Most of your edit reversions have no helpful explanation, and you rarely leave a comment on either the other editor's talk page, or on the talk page of the article itself. I'm sorry to have to decline. Joyous! Noise! 19:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Re: September 2024
[edit]Hello @Joyous! Thank you for leaving me a welcome message. I would like to clarify that my edit was neither a test nor a misspelling. I changed "Argentinian" to "Argentine", because it's the most commonly employed demonym for people from Argentina and its usage is sometimes recommended over other alternatives (e.g., [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]). I would greatly appreciate it if you would reconsider leaving my edit in place. Once again, thank you. 186.152.162.193 (talk) 04:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- So sorry for the error! Thanks for teaching me something. Joyous! Noise! 05:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- No problem at all! I will restore my edit. Thanks! 186.152.162.193 (talk) 05:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Pending Changes Reviewer
[edit]Hello,@Joyous!,
I was wondering if I could get access to the pending changes permission. I've been hanging around for a while, and think I could help keep the backlog down a bit.
Thanks, Kingsmasher678 (talk) 20:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi Joyous!! I'm messaging you to let you know that I just strengthened this range's block to a site-wide block and set it to expire one month for now due to this edit that I just caught. I'm letting you know about this because you had modified the block for this range that has still been ongoing. I'm not sure as to how extensive, related, or how frequent the past vandalism from this range has been, but the previous block logs made it clear that stronger blocks would be imposed if shenanigans continue. Please know that you're welcome to modify, reduce, remove, strengthen, turn upside-down, - whatever you want to the block modification that I imposed. Just let me know and why; It would be good information in case this range pops up on my radar again. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:46, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up. Pretty much never bothers me to have a block adjusted. I'll let you know if anything else goes on there that I notice. Joyous! Noise! 14:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)