Misplaced Pages

User talk:Manifestation: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 04:50, 2 January 2009 editDiscospinster (talk | contribs)Administrators465,920 edits Re:Happy New Year!: new section← Previous edit Latest revision as of 19:57, 14 December 2024 edit undoDPL bot (talk | contribs)Bots671,395 edits dablink notification message (see the FAQ)Tag: Disambiguation links added 
(299 intermediate revisions by 72 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<div style="float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; padding:6px; margin-left:10px;">
<!--{{User:Face/Header|Talk to the Face|From Misplaced Pages, the website that never sleeps.}}
{{User nl}}
{{User:Face/Contribs_and_logs|blockme=yes|(])}}-->
<div style="float:right; width:30%;"> <div style="margin-bottom:6px; clear:both;"></div>
{{User:Face/Snapshots}} {{User en-3}}
<div style="margin-bottom:6px; clear:both;"></div>
{{User:Face/Random_image}}
{{User time zone/DST|UTC+01|UTC+02|March to October}}
</div> </div>
'''Welcome to my talk page!''' Feel free to leave me a message.


'''Note:''' before messaging me, you may want to check ''']''' to see if I have been active recently. If you want my help, but I'm not around, and you're unsure where else to ask, ''']''' may be a good place to go. You can also look at the ''']''' page.
<div style="text-align:left;">
'''Welcome to my talk page!''' Feel free to leave me a message! Mostly I will reply, even if you're a ], and will do so on both this page and yours, because I prefer to keep both sides of the discussion together. Please use colons (not asterisks), sign your posts (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), stay cool, and don't commit suicide. Happy editing!
</div>


'''Archives:'''
<div style="float:left; width:25%; margin-right:12px;">
*
__TOC__
*
</div>
*


== Note ==
<div style="float:left; width:43%;">
<hr style="background:#cccccc; color:#cccccc;" />
<div style="margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;">''"Misplaced Pages may not be safe to use, but at least it's safer than eating rat poison."'' - Face</div>
<hr style="background:#cccccc; color:#cccccc;" />
</div>


This page was last archived on 27 June 2023. To see archived posts, see the links above. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 07:49, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
<div style="clear:both;" />
== Note &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ==


== Revdeletion needed ==
51 sections were removed from this page on August 1, 2008. You can see them back by looking at my 'snapshots'. - ] 08:42, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


{{Admin help-helped}}
== re:Wow... ==
A vandal put someone's phone number in this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:Pok%C3%A9mon&curid=8570634&diff=1164404579&oldid=1163071171


Can someone revdelete it? Thanks! -- <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 09:57, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, I guess I probably should have left a message on his talk page, although there was really no reason for him to have deleted all of the Japanese text and replaced it with Chinese, as Pokémon is a Japanese company. Happy editing, <span style="padding-left:2px;padding-right:2px;background-color:#f5faff;border:#cedff2 1px solid">]'''<nowiki>]'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>'''</span> 17:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
:You did the right thing. I just hope we didn't scare him/her away. He/she didn't "replace" the Japanese names, by the way. Cheers, ] 20:36, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


: {{done}}. ] (]) 12:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
== Edit war on ] ==
::Great! :-) <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 13:05, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


== Reliability of ] over at RSP ==
Hi, are you aware of the ], because ] has grossly violated it on the article ]. If you had left formal warning on his talk page sooner (after you had reverted his edit the first time would have been a good time) then I could have ] and this edit war would have ceased. In any case, I have left a warning on his talk page, and if he reverts again you should report him to the ]. Thanks. <span style="padding-left:2px;padding-right:2px;background-color:#f5faff;border:#cedff2 1px solid">]'''<nowiki>]'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>'''</span> 18:07, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
:<nowiki>*facepalm*</nowiki> I completely forgot about the 3RR, propably because his/her edit was, well, just weird. Then again, I dislike using cold templates in situations like this. I prefer a more personal approach, i.e.: a direct message. Cheers, ] 20:35, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


Hello Manifestation - I just read through the most recent discussion on , which you started a few months ago, and I'm not sure you assessed the consensus rightly. By my reading of the discussion, it seems most people believed it's a Level 2/Yellow/"No Consensus" source.
== Not fully! ==


I counted 7 editors whose opinions seemed to align with Yellow-level, with some strong arguments from yourself, PaulT2022, and Mx. Granger; and 4 editors who seemed to align with Red-level/"Generally unreliable", with the strongest argument coming from DFlhb. Even aside from the vote count, I noticed 2 problems in the end:
When I've watched all new revisions on my watchlist I'll be fully back. But yeah, I am back. ] (]) 22:00, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
# Your last attempt to close the discussion garnered responses from ONLY "Red-level" supporters
:Great! I missed your help, even though nothing special happened. Well, except for a small quarrel on ]. A sentence about the Mudkipz meme was added. This lead a few people to proclaim "victory" over Misplaced Pages and Jèskè, because he supposedly had "abused" his admin tools. Cheers, ] 22:11, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
# It seems like the criteria for judging sources was misapplied. The general feel I got from the discussion was that Investopedia was generally okay, but with potentially large and numerous gaps and inaccuracies; also, that it's always preferred to find a better secondary source, but NOT to the point of preferring not to use Investopedia at all. These criteria align better with the "yellow" level than the "red" level, as they're described at ].
::Sorry, but I've removed your comment. Let's not make lame things worser. Jèskè has had enough. - ] 08:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


All that to say - I personally think Investopedia should be listed as a "No consensus, unclear, or additional considerations apply" source (similar to other tertiary sources, like ]). The discussion you led got a good amount of attention, and it was the best attempt in a long while at getting a label on this source. But I'd hate to have that label continue to influence future assessments of this source, since I think that discussion went in a different way.
== Grawp IP's ==


Do you think it's worth bringing up again at ]? I'd propose a yellow-level designation with text, briefly mention my assessment of the previous discussion as justification, and probably ping all the editors that previously contributed. ] (]) 16:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
If you want proof. do a trace on the IP's they are in different countries (most of them) which seems to suggest either Tor or open proxies. However it is worth contacting for the first IP on the list ] ] 13:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


:Dear {{u|PhotogenicScientist}}. Thank you for your message.
:I did traceroutes on all four IPs from that range (71.107.133.226, 71.107.163.121, 71.107.165.252 and 71.107.161.105). They all trace back to nodes of which the names end with "lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net". Can you tell if they are open proxies / union servers? I don't know, I'm not an expert. Cheers, ] 18:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
:I think your best bet would be ], which several sources have received over the years, but not Investopedia.
:I don't believe I assessed the consensus wrongly. If anything, I misassessed my own judgement. Looking back at it now, my arguments weren't very strong.
:I'd still argue that Investopedia could be useful. The main problem is that it's ]. In other words, it's a source that uses info from other sources. So you might as well cite *those* sources. On top of that, there are accuracy concerns, notwithstanding the fact that the site has a review board and appears to welcome corrections (see , search for "Corrections"). Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 17:44, 27 July 2023 (UTC)


== Thanks! == == Poke Sources ==


I don' know if you are aware but I am here to inform you that your have encountered some internal server errors. ] (]) 04:59, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for the compliment! It looks like you're doing good work too. Here's some back!
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">]


: is a great free and ad-free wiki-hosting service which I have been using in the past to host my various projects of interests although I was overwhelmed by the loneliness and stresses of creating these articles. ] (]) 05:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
] (]) has smiled at you! Smiles promote ] and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! <br /> <small>''Smile at others by adding {{tls|Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.''</small>
::@] - Thank you, and thanks for advising Miraheze. I'll check it out. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 09:50, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
</div><!-- Template:smile -->
] (]) 16:00, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


== Length of the Pokémon article ==
:Thanks for the smiling reply, both to me and to . Seriously, you to it in the best possible way! Keep up the good work! Cheers, ] 17:21, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


After much trimming, I believed I have refined my additions to reflect only the most essential development history details discussing how the games have evolved over the years and established connections between them to show how they indirectly contributed to the development of Pokemon as a whole. I hope you don't believe otherwise. ] (]) 03:43, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
== ] ==


:I replied on your talk page. See . - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 17:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
I've been working over the past few days categorizing a large number of images, most relevantly, ]. The large number of applicable copyrighted material neccessitated a subcategory, ] so that the NOGALLERY magic word could be applied without decreasing usability otherwise. To further prune down this subcategory, I used an arbitrary number (4) to decide if a group needed further sub-categorization. Admittedly, Pikachu is the smallest of these subcategories (the next smallest have 6 images), but in a parent category that already has 85 images, it seems helpful to cull these out. -] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 18:55, 2 August 2008 (UTC) P.S. Not to mention, because Pikachu is probably one of the most internationally well-known rodents after Disney characters, it seems obvious readers would be happy to see the images subcategorized.


== You're right about the images. == == Ape, Inc. ==


I am here to inform you that I have removed the sentence "Ape, Inc. is not credited on the final product." from the History section because I am unable to find a reliable source for it. ] (]) 14:58, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I deleted that section since I don't control the guidelines, and can't change them no matter how many times I complain. Besides I'm a member of Bulbapedia, I don't need those lists. My argument on the images are officially over, since I can't do a thing about the guidelines and policies other than following them. ] (]) 19:16, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:And what's up with the block me tab at the top of your user talk page? ] (]) 19:17, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
::Ehm... I don't know, but I tend to see a slight anger in your words above and . Sorry if I, in any way, offended you. But don't you think my idea at least sounds nice? Let Bulbapedia have the lawyers! *chuckles* - ] 22:56, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
:::As for that "block me" link: I have that because I sometimes fear for my own mental health. If I ever 'go bad', then that link might come in handy, you never know. I still have to make a page which explains why a block is not a big deal to me, and make the question mark (]) the link to that page. I will abandon the rest of that Contribs_and_logs template, by the way, because the contribs and logs are already in the "Toolbox" menu. Cheers, ] 23:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
::::I'm so sorry about that, I guess I stopped reading before you got to your idea. ] (]) 23:08, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


:And also "Over the next three years, GF developed four more games: Magical Tarurūto-kun (1992), Mario & Wario (1993), Nontan to Issho: KuruKuru Puzzle, and Pulseman (both 1994)." I don't see how it contributes to anything, and I am also unable to source this. ] (]) 15:00, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
== ] ==
::{{re|Wingwatchers}} Does absolutely everything needs to be sourced? Can't the product(s) itself be the source?
::I believe the phrase "''Ape, Inc. is not credited on the final product''" is important. To the best of my knowledge, it is currently not publicly known what Ape did on ''Pokemon'', if anything. Maybe they did nothing. But it is also possible that Ape, Inc. was a so-called ghost developer for ''Pokemon''. Ghost development has a long history in Japan, going back to the 1980s (see here: ]). Game Freak's first game, '']'', was also partly created by an unidentified ghost developer.
::I found only two quotes by Tajiri-san regarding Ape's role. I was unable to establish to what extent they were involved. What I do know is that, over the years, people have noticed a number of similarities between ''Pokemon'' and '']'', such as Mewtwo resembling Giygas. See , , and for more information.
::My best bet is that Ape handed them some things along the way, especially at the very beginning in 1990. At that point, Ape had already developed one RPG: '']''. Game Freak had never developed an RPG, so it makes sense that Ape would help them out. On the other hand, ''Pokemon'' initially started out as a much smaller, compact game, made on a small budget. So maybe Ape's assistance was in fact quite limited... or did not even happen?
::Bottom line is: we don't know. The only thing we know is that Ape is not credited on the final product. That we know for sure. This statement does not need to be sourced. It can be hard to prove a negative, but if you look at , , , and , you won't see the name "APE" appear anywhere.
::- <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 19:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
:::{{re|Wingwatchers}} As for the part about the other titles Game Freak developed: I agree that it can go. I just deleted that part. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 19:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)


== ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message ==
Why you my AfD notification in this user's talk page? ''']''' (]) 10:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
:Well, the page is a redirect, and the user is banned. Why you left it in the first place? Cheers, ] 11:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
::Blimey, I did not notice the user was banned and the talk page was redirected to userpage. ''']''' (]) 11:06, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


<div class="ivmbox " style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #AAA; background-color: ivory; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center; ">
== Ah! ==
<div class="ivmbox-image" style="padding-left:1px; padding-right:0.5em; flex: 1 0 40px; max-width: 100px">]</div>
<div class="ivmbox-text">
Hello! Voting in the ''']''' is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on {{#time:l, j F Y|{{Arbitration Committee candidate/data|2023|end}}-1 day}}. All ''']''' are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.


The ] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the ]. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose ], ], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The ] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
Cheers Face. - ] (]) 07:25, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:He he, no problem! Wait... are you really the user who I think you are? Or, rather, the user who retired (or wants to retire) but is just unable to quit? - ] 10:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
::Well... I've retired but retired people do work in the communities they once worked in. I guess that's what I'm doing - Wikignoming. And I am TBSDY :-) - ] (]) 12:24, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Cool! Keep up your article work! Cheers, ] 18:12, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review ] and submit your choices on the ''']'''. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{tlx|NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. <small>] (]) 00:25, 28 November 2023 (UTC)</small>
== IP address user ==


</div>
Thank you. Are you an admin? ] (]) 20:37, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
</div>
<!-- Message sent by User:Cyberpower678@enwiki using the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2023/Coordination/MM/01&oldid=1187131902 -->


==Wikitext table sorting==
:He is still doing it and you removed his insults fom his talk page. i will restore them now. Thanks ] (]) 23:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that you recently sorted the Wikitext of ] by name. Which tool did you use? Or did you do it manually? -- ] (]) 02:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)


:I used ] and ]. I copy-pasted the code in Notepad++, minus the headers. Then, I replaced all "|-" with "~|-", then "\r|" with "~~|", and finally "~|-" with "|-". <code>\r</code> is a ]. By doing so, each table row has one line.
::Thank you very much for your effort in identifying the vandal. ] (]) 18:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:After that, I copy-pasted all lines in Excel, in the second column, one cell per line. In the first column, I used a formula to extract the Last Name from the second column. Then I sorted everything, copy-pasted it all back into Notepad++, did the replacing backwards, and presto!!
:To be honest: it did took me a few attempts. Maybe there's an easier way to do it, but I couldn't find anything on google or Mediawiki.org. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 08:15, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
::Thank you for that explanation. I've tried my hand at wikitable manipulation some time ago using Excel and Windows Script, but only for cases where a whole table row was in one line. Parsing a multiline wikitable row for sorting or other manipulation is beyond me. Cheers, ] (]) 12:01, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
:::I understand, and in a perfect world, this would be a functionality within the Visual Editor. But it likely would be used only seldomly, which is why it was not implemented I guess. I also tried some of the off-site table editors listed ], but none could sort. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 13:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)


== ] ==
:::No problem. Let's see what the admins have to say about this. Besides, to answer your initial question: no, I am ''not'' an administrator. But I know quite a lot about how things work around here, and I will do my best to do something against this user. Cheers, ] 18:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)


Hey Manifestation :) I recently created {{cat|Wikiarchaeologist Wikipedians}}, and I was wondering if you'd mind if I edited this userbox to include the new user category. All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;]<sub>]]</sub> 03:18, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
:::For the casual onlooker: is the comment where History2007 referred to. - ] 19:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)


:Not at all! Go ahead. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 11:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
== Teach them to fish ==
::Thanks! ]. I've also added the userbox page itself to {{cat|Wikimedia-related user templates}} - I hope that's okay, but feel free to revert if not. Best, &zwj;—&zwj;]<sub>]]</sub> 19:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


==Disambiguation link notification for March 24 ==
As they say, if you want to help someone teach him how to fish, not give him a fish.


An automated process has detected that you recently added links to disambiguation pages.
Facts:
:]
::added a link pointing to ]
:]
::added a link pointing to ]


(].) --] (]) 18:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
:* Several admins said: ''I see nothing wrong'' again and again.
:* You spent the effort and figured it out.


:<span class="nowrap">]'''&nbsp;Done'''</span><!--template:done-->. Thanks, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Assumptions:


==Disambiguation link notification for April 1 ==
:* There is need for a methodology that would have helped the admins figure this out very quickly.


An automated process has detected that when you recently edited ], you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages ] and ].
:* There is technology that would have made it happen in a few minutes.


(].) --] (]) 06:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
One of the things that bothered me actually was the phrase ''a known sock puppet''. I assume that means ''known by folklore''. In this day and age of database technology, we can do better.


:<span class="nowrap">]'''&nbsp;Done'''</span><!--template:done-->. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 19:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
I would like to write a paper about the technology that can be used for this and given that you have a great case study here and know the methodology, perhaps you would like to write it together. You don't have to type too much if you don't want to, but providing the case study you have here will be very useful.


== Verywell ==
Our goal would be:


Boy, ] really gets treated like the boogeyman around here, huh? Seems like nobody wants to engage with questions of it at all. There's been 4 other whitelist requests made and answered in the 5 days since I made mine. ] (]) 13:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
:* Have a methodology published (even on a user page) or as an article for identifying vandals and puppets. This is step 1. Most admins follow haphazrad routes and miss things.


:{{re|PhotogenicScientist}} You seem to have hit a similar wall to the one I hit four years ago. The people who ] Verywell, or any blacklisted site, will stonewall the discussion, or simply not react at all. Other people don't care, so the issue remains deadlocked.
:* Have a design and database architecture (I know software) that can be used as step 2.
:For one, the spam lists should be renamed, because it contains more than just spam sites.
:As for Verywell... I guess we could fill an RfC. But I honestly think it's absurd that it would take an RfC to correct something this simple. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
::{{tq|or simply not react at all}} seems to be the main problem. I'm trying to wait 2 days in between requests for movement, since I get this is a volunteer project, and people are busy, and/or simply don't care.
::But COME ON - it shouldn't take 5+ days to get approval to drop a good citation into an article. That's prohibitively long to be of any use. I'm going to see how the whitelist request plays out before thinking of what to do next. ] (]) 21:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
:::{{re|PhotogenicScientist}} Beetstra and JzG <small>(I won't link them because I don't want to attract their attention)</small> have ignored you for now, but if you become 'difficult', they will use all tricks in the book to frustrate you and keep Verywell off this site. I know, because it happened to me.
:::If Verywell is banlisted because it's popular press, then all popular press should be banlisted, and every single url should be manually approved by an admin. Such ']' would go against Misplaced Pages's culture, and is obviously a very bad idea.
:::A while ago, I rewrote the article '']'' from scratch. In doing so, I had to use a few questionable sources, including one by the '']'', a source ], but not on ]. I was also forced to cite a self-published essay. Just four days ago, I could finally said essay with a better source I found: an ] audio fragment I had obtained (). I like Misplaced Pages because it gives me a lot of freedom. If I had to gain official approval for every dubious link I wish to use, I would go nuts!
:::So yes, I sympathize with you. You did well on the ] page. Good article! It sucks that you've now hit this bureaucratic hurdle... and for what? 😔 - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 17:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
{{od}} Look, that whitelist thread has been beyond frustrating - seems most all the admins responding are running dangerously low on either time or caring, based on the number of unanswered open threads there that end with me requesting clarification or asking a question grounded in policy. But ] is also a policy. You're not going to get anywhere by insulting people. Full stop. Don't care if you're in the right or not. The moment you insult someone, you've lost them, likely forever. And in a project that requires consensus, that isn't going to fly.


Nobody is forced to engage in a whitelist request '''at all''', even if the link would benefit the project. Even if it's the right thing to do, it doesn't mean it's going to happen. That's just how this project is. Because everyone here is a volunteer, and nobody is being paid to care. Since others here can '''really easily''' not care about you or what you would like to see added to this project, my preference is to care very little about this project. Edit where I feel like in my free time, and when something pisses me off, leave it. As if any of us can change the culture around here. What am I, an admin? ] (]) 20:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
:* Somehow get that implemented in Wikepedia gradually. Steps 3 to N.


:You seem like an intelligent person, with a critical mind. Clearly, you have a lot more patience than I have. Take care, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 16:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Hopefully the greater good that will come out of your effort here will be the basis for the entire ''intrusion detection architecture'' in Wikepedia. Your help will be greatly appreciated. ] (]) 02:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


== April 2024 ==


] Hello, I'm ]. I noticed that you made a comment on the page ] that didn't seem very ], so it may have been removed. Misplaced Pages is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on ]. Thank you. <!-- Template:uw-npa1 --> ]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 22:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi History,


:{{re|Swatjester}} Why is Verywell banned? Why isn't it unbanned? - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 09:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Your proposal surprised me because:
::I wasn't involved with the banning, and I'm not involved in the unbanning either; so I'll appreciate you not dragging me into a content dispute simply because I gave you a warning for violating the ] policy.]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 14:59, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
:::Fyi, ], I have disengaged from the discussion. I will no longer comment there, since every little thing I say falls on deaf ears.
:::Also, I have a question. You say I shouldn't drag you into this. But you did send me a civility warning, so you involved yourself into this. Isn't that a bit unfair? Do you even know what this is about?
:::You probably aren't gonna read it, because it's a lot of text. But the background of the dispute is in here: <small>]; ]; ]; ].</small>
:::If someone reads through all of that, and *still* has the audacity to say that *I* am in fact the problem, then that person is stupid. I honestly don't know how else to describe it. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 16:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
::::I gave you a warning because you violated our policy on ]. It's not an option, you are required to abide by policy while you are here. Your content dispute has absolutely nothing to do with that -- there is no dispute that would allow you to call another editor here "stupid". Additionally, demanding that I involve myself in your content dispute, is not going to work. As I told you the first time, I'm here solely in an administrative capacity to enforce our policies against personal attacks. I asked you politely not to do the thing that you just did. I also asked you politely not to call users stupid, and here you are doing it again. And you're also doing it on . So let me be very, explicitly clear: if you call another user "stupid", a "moron", or violate any of our policies further, you're going to be blocked from editing. If you need to take some time to read up on what those policies are, I highly recommend you do so before continuing to edit (and if I were you, I'd start with ] after you get through ] and ]), but given that you've had an account since 2006 with several thousand edits, it is reasonable to assume that you've already had sufficient time to do so. Clear? ]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 17:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
:::::Threatening me isn't going to convince me of anything, ]. Quite the opposite. This shows the indifference certain Wikipedians have towards this project. You do not care about why I was angry in the first place. You just robotically enforcing some policy. Well, I don't care about rules. I care about doing what's RIGHT. I put the quality of Misplaced Pages first.
:::::And if you think I'm a miserable person with a nasty temper, you are very wrong. I am actually an ], and quite patient. However, if I *repeatedly* point something out to someone, and they *repeatedly* refuse to listen to me, I will eventually say it like it is. Especially when that person is an administrator who just blatantly lies to me, and everyone else stands and watches. I have a no-BS-approach, and I try to be as honest as I reasonably can. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


I mean, I don't know what else to say -- if you're announcing that you're intending to continue to make personal attacks at others, refusing to abide by the civility policy, and stating that you have no intention of following our rules, then you're clearly and unequivocally announcing that you are ] and intend to disrupt the project further in the future; as such, to protect the project you're being blocked from editing. It's a shame, because PhotogenicScientist tried to warn you about the route you're choosing; but you solely brought this on yourself. Nobody else here is to blame for your choices. ]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 19:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
*I happen to be an ] student, living in Amsterdam. Even though I haven't followed any courses in ] and ]/] yet, your proposal certainly interests me.
*I happen to think a lot about disruptive/abusive editing on Misplaced Pages lately. I would invite you to take a look at the page ], which happens to be nominated for deletion currently. The page will ], but it does show that the nominating user is not satisfied with the current state of the page. He's not the only one. The page is poorly maintained, unstructured, too long, and many think that it gives abusers too much ]. A few days ago, I ] a default form for every entry on that page, which could make the page more organized, more strict, and more succint (i.e. less recognition). Nobody comented yet, propably because I still have to actually create a concrete example, which I will later this week. I'm also willing to clean up the page, finding out which of the abusers are still active and which retired. That will be a ''lot'' of work though.
*If I'm correct, you are proposing a methodology which analyses the edits of a number of IPs and/or users, searches for editing patterns, and then compares these to known patterns stored in a database. If you want such a thing too work good, you'll have too make an ''extremely'' complex system. Again, I would like to refer you to ]. As you see on this page and its subpages, there are ''so'' many different abusers and types of abuse. Possible patterns of an abuser could be found in: used addresses, registered usernames, pages edited, content added, edit summaries used, etc. I don't know who is going to create such a complex bot, but not me I'm afraid. But perhaps you can change my mind with a draft of your idea?


<div class="user-block uw-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; background-color: #ffefd5; min-height: 40px">]<div style="margin-left:45px">You have been ''']''' from editing for a period of '''1 week''' for a refusal to abide by Misplaced Pages policies on civility and avoiding personal attacks. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to ]. </div><div style="margin-left:45px">If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Misplaced Pages's ], then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: <!-- Copy the text as it appears on your page, not as it appears in this edit area. --><code><nowiki>{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}</nowiki></code>. &nbsp;]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 20:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)</div></div><!-- Template:uw-block -->
Note to self: two TODOs. The default form for ], and the abuse report for our ] fella. Cheers, ] 23:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


:Out of deference to the fact that you've been an editor here for long enough to know better, I'm going to assume good faith and give you the benefit of the doubt that this is a momentary lapse in judgment and that you're lashing out in anger, rather than taking you at your explicit word that you don't care about following the rules; as being ] is typically an indefinite block; as such you're only being blocked for 1-week, during which time you should cool-off and take the time to read and deeply understand our policies, particularly ] and ]. If this behavior continues, however, as you've received multiple explicit warnings to stop, the next one will be indefinite. ]] <small><sup>Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!</sup></small> 20:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
== Design ==
::Wow, this is the most abusive thing someone has ever done to me on this website. Do you get a rise out of this? Treating people this horrible?
::I won't accept this. I don't care what happens to me, or this account. But I do care what happens to Misplaced Pages. I will get the Verywell sites unbanned. Even if it's the last thing I do. Mark my words. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 08:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


== "Beetstra thanked you for your edit" ==
Hi,


''"Beetstra thanked you for on User talk:Manifestation – (6h)"''
Request 1: please just post the responses here, I will loo at it.


Hey {{u|Beetstra}}! How ya doing man?? Remember how you ] four years ago, because you didn't want to unban Verywell? And remember that I, in that ANI thread, pointed out a number of users who also tried to use Verywell? was {{no ping|SandyGeorgia}}. You then if she could perhaps get the link whitelisted.
As an IT student, this project will probably help you form some ideas.
But you are ''running ahead of the design''. If it is too complex, it is a poor design. The best designs are elegant and simple. The database is not the first step. And general pattern search within paths can be simpler and will provide something. We do NOT have 20 programmers to do this, and at first it will just be a design. Believe me, I am good at computer science, and I know how to do these things.


Well, guess what? One user, {{no ping|PhotogenicScientist}}, actually did request a whitelisting. This resulted in a eye-watering amount of WikiBureaucracy (] and ]), which has lasted for about a month now and is currently still ongoing. And that's just one link. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 16:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
The basic idea is: "A Framework for Content Protection in Misplaced Pages". Please note that this is nt just about vandals in coffeeshops, but about corporate POV edits, PR people or politicians editing their pages, etc. So I prefer the term ''content protection''. At the moment the approach used in Misplaced Pages is just folklore, a few pages written here and there, has no database and is haphazrad, as folklore usually is. And when done right the new system will be a "major new step" in Misplaced Pages for it will actually be the "first database in Misplaced Pages", instead of all the 19th century style file management they are doing now. At the moment image search in Misplaced Pages is just hopeless, for it has no database facility! Amazing!
:What am I doing? You decide to talk about me behind my and ] back. And I came here when I was pinged multiple times in the whitelist request to see what discussions were going on and how to respond (if at all), but you made that decision easy. Good luck. ] <sup>] ]</sup> 04:18, 1 May 2024 (UTC)


== I'm free! ==
My suggested approach for content protection, starts with clustering, then gets a simple database involved, then expands it. The steps:


Hurray! And my block expired shortly before ]! While I was serving my sentence, I still contributed to Misplaced Pages, kind of. I just wrote my content in Notepad. Now that I'm unblocked, I can post it. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 16:20, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
:1. A categorization of types of ''undesired change'', and ''editor profiles'' ala ] as a first cut. We do not use zip codes, but edit pattern shere. We start with a few simple guesses for the clusters (e.g. random joyride, zealot, sociopath, corporate POV, etc.) and let others expand those later.


== ] ==
:2. A Basic schema design for edit histories. I wil look into this. I have done these before as webpage accesses.


I reverted you, for a very simple reason: it's a huge amount of unencyclopedic and unverified stuff. You can't even be sure of its accuracy, and that comes before encyclopedic noteworthiness. Look at this: "There is no exact equivalent of this proverb in the Dutch language, but a similar phrase is Kiezen of delen". Wat een gelul! Why is that similar? And the English "translation" linked to ], which is something else altogether. Sure, we count on Misplaced Pages to be improved, but this is all Wiktionary stuff in the first place. ] (]) 13:58, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
:3. A simple database of ''known puppets'' and ''known vandals''. I am amazed Misplaced Pages uses file management for this. Thi sis a very simple issue and MUST be done.


:Misplaced Pages has many articles on expressions. It would be nice if they describe how various cultures have various idioms to describe the same feelings.
:4. A first cut analysis of the assignment of ''key edit attributes'' to the clusters above.
:Anyway... if you want impose your ultra-deletionist, astronomically high quality demands, then go ahead. You do you.
:And if you think that Kiezen of delen is gelul, then you could have just removed that one sentence, instead of pulling a huge chunk out of the article. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


== ] needs to be cooler in his responses ==
No data analysis yet. First the attributes need to be better known.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Cool828&oldid=1236064093. I'm not sure what I am supposed to do about this, but in an earlier version of their talk page they called a wikipedian an idiot and told them to shsh <span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline blue">]</span> 00:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Then we look at the design and re-iterate. You will probably find the approach like a real-life IT lesson.


:Gosh, I didn't even notice until now.
I also came across this site and it uses WikiGnome etc. as patterns. But I do not fully agree with their approach. It ha sjust one class for ''Vandal'' but I think we need several clusters of Vandal, so they can be bette ridentified. However, it is worth noting that Misplaced Pages has some ''self-designated'' attribiutes such as Wikignomes and the Prizm like clsters will be an extension of that.
:I first became aware of this user after he on my user page. In itself not a big deal, but it was kind of strange, because we never interacted before. I him a friendly message with a constructive advice about the ] article, which he . But most of the other edits he made have since been reverted.
:If he continues being this uncool, I'll leave him a warning on his talk page. If he goes on after repeated warnings, I'll report him to ]. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 08:59, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you, now I know what I am supposed to do about things like this. <span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline blue">]</span> 09:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
:::You're welcome. Note that there are ], such as {{tl|Uw-disruptive1}} and {{tl|Uw-npa1}}. Of course, you can also write your own personal message to caution someone. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 10:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
::::{{re|Apenguinlover}} user {{noping|Cool828}} has been perma-blocked as a sockpuppet of {{noping|Equador83838}}. See the investigation ]. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 18:32, 30 August 2024 (UTC)


== Pageviews graph replacement ==
I will type more later.


At the ], you expressed interest in the stopgap project I was working on. It's not ready to list at ], but there's enough there to demo it:
Cheers ] (]) 06:06, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
{{cot|bg=cornsilk|indent=0.2em|Page views for World War II}}
{{Xviews|Talk:World War II/pageviews}}
{{cob}}
Feedback welcome. Note: this template uses a lot of ], and if you need to add a lot of templates on this page after this one (or if others do) the later ones may fail. If that happens, either comment out this template, or reduce its consumption by adding {{para|ct|45}}; that should cut resource usage in half. Cheers, ] (]) 11:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
: A talk page version of this is now available as an experimental replacement for the disabled {{tl|Annual readership}}; see {{tl|Xreadership}}. Examples of it in use on Talk pages can be seen at various Talk pages, such as ] and ]. I have a few things to tweak first, and then I will raise it at ]. Comments/suggestions welcome. ] (]) 19:20, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
::Nice template! I've posted my thoughts on ]. I still think the biggest challenge would be the bot part. Either that, or the template must somehow get the page views directly from the server. Cheers, <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 15:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
::: I had forgotten that at the time I wrote, I only had an iffy version in my userspace, which is what was generating the chart above and was pretty fragile; in fact, it was showing bad results above just now. The released version is much more robust, so I've replaced my userspace call with a call to {{tl|Xviews}}, and it's looking good again. Thanks for your comments at the Talk page; I've responded there. ] (]) 07:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


== Regarding Cool828 ==
== Deletion of comments on Example ==


Hello, Hello we meet again!
Recently you have noted that you intend to remove all test comments from Example. Example seems to be just that: a safe place to put warnings and other things so they do not make unnecessary mistakes. I recommend that you contact the owner of the account ]. ] (]) 00:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


On Cool828's talk page, I have to remove some of the comments relating to Cool828 passing away because how can HE edits if he dead? If it said "My brother/nephew/son, etc. was a user named Cool828 has died" this would not have given this away or it would have been real. Why did Cool828 faked his death?  ] (]) 19:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
:Thanks for your comment, but I think users should try their new Twinkles or Huggles at themself or at ]. ] is not meant to be a testing ground, and CesarB has clearly stated this at the top of the page. Actually, its only use is displaying a bunch of jokes, which is fine with me (I like jokes). The page is getting pretty long though, so I think I'll go a bit willy-nilly and remove the most insignificant comments, especially those warnings. Normally, you'd archive them, but I don't really see the point of that here. I would also like to see ] ] go.<br />Yes, I would contact Cesar, but he isn't active a lot at WP anymore, and most likely doesn't care about this, so I think I'm gonna make a fool of myself and ask an admin at ] ;-). Cheers, ] 20:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


:uh, hello are you still there? ] (]) 02:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
== Return of the vandal ==
::Yes. What is it that you want? - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 06:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
:::I ask a question, I will put it in quote "On Cool828's talk page, I have to remove some of the comments relating to Cool828 passing away because how can HE edits if he dead? If it said "My brother/nephew/son, etc. was a user named Cool828 has died" this would not have given this away or it would have been real. Why did Cool828 faked his death?" ] (]) 23:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
::::I never said he faked his death. He just the template {{tl|Deceased Wikipedian}} to his user page. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 06:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
:::::I know that he just added the template, but why did he just fake it? How can HE edit if he "dead", it would make sense if it had said "My son/nephew/brother was a user named Cool828. He has passed away". ] (]) 06:40, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
::::::How should I know why he did it? I don't know that person. You are not making any sense. Please leave me alone. - <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">] <small>(])</small></span> 06:53, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
:::::::I am sorry. I will leave you alone. ] (]) 07:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)


== ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message ==
The vandal returned and was blocked for 2 weeks. Rapid response by Tan. In the meantime, I have sketched the vandal database schema, and the 1st cut turned out to be simple. I will type it up in a day or two and perhaps we can use his IPs and puppets as the first example entry in the database to give it life. Cheers ] (]) 20:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
:Well, you do make me curious History. Are you going to put your example in a subpage of your userpage? (like ]) Cheers, ] 21:40, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


<div class="ivmbox " style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #fdf2d5; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center; ">
Yes, that is a good place. But it is not just affinity analysis, it is an overall design. Pretty simple really, Fieldnames:
<div class="ivmbox-image noresize" style="padding-left:1px; padding-right:0.5em;">]</div>
<div class="ivmbox-text">
Hello! Voting in the ''']''' is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on {{#time:l, j F Y|{{Arbitration Committee candidate/data|2024|end}}-1 day}}. All ''']''' are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.


The ] is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the ]. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose ], ], editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The ] describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
:Table1: VandalId, IP, UserName, Country, Region


If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review ] and submit your choices on the ''']'''. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{tlx|NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. <small>] (]) 00:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)</small>
:Table2: SuspectIP, EditId, Date, PageCategory, Page, EditType, LikelihoodofVandalism


</div>
Then a simple clustering on the 2nd table starts to give patterns. There is just one thing that bothers me. An intrusion detection system with a ''published algorithm'' is only 30% as effective as one where the vandals do not know the algorithm..... but Misplaced Pages works this way....
</div>

<!-- Message sent by User:Cyberpower678@enwiki using the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2024/Coordination/MM/01&oldid=1258243333 -->
Please see: ] for a very rough 1st draft. Please provide comments here, on this page. Thanks. ] (]) 22:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

== Re: face? ==

Nothing particular, it's just a random edit summary I came up with. ] (]) 00:36, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

== RC ==

Thanks. I wasn't quite sure what she meant and I was looking around my archives for his e-mail address. Thanks again! <span style="cursor:help"><font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110</font></span> <sup>''']'''</sup>/<sub>''']'''</sub> 19:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

== Christian music debate ==

Hey, hope you're doing well. I invite you to participate in a ] that I've started. I did it to keep the whole thing in one place, because it's starting to span across several band articles. Thanks. — ]] 21:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

== RE: Deletion of comments on Example ==

Yeah, I guess now I get it. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Great Thankyou ==

Thank you for unbanning me. Appreciate it. It's been a long time. ] (]) 01:11, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
:It sure has! Welcome back. Are you going to continue contributing? - ] 18:12, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

== Deepest apologies ==

The block was a stupid mistake. I'm fighting about a million sock puppets at the moment, and your actions at the time seemed to correlate with them. I know, I will take more care in future. Sorry, my bad. <small>--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;border:2px solid #A9A9A9;padding:1px;">] | ] </span></small> 16:14, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

:I offer you my apologies as well. I always like to joke about things, particularly trolls, but my comment to you wasn't exactly helpfull. Also, I mistakenly thought that you didn't know where to ask for help, because you posted on ]s discussion page, instead of ]. That's why I pointed you there. I didn't saw you were an administrator yourself however, so that wasn't exactly necessary. Thanks for the quick unblock. Could you also free my IP, however? I'm being autoblocked right now. Cheers, ] 17:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

::I ''think'' I've got it - that should've unblocked you (?). No need to apologise, the mistake was on my part, humour isn't missed in these dire circumstances! <small>--<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;border:2px solid #A9A9A9;padding:1px;">] | ] </span></small> 17:26, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

== Pokémon lists. ==

I just wanna let you know that I think it's best if I don't watch those lists anymore. I'm mainly on Misplaced Pages to learn interesting and important facts, but all I see from those lists are the Dex entries, only the Pokémon which belongs to the main characters of the anime (which doesn't necessarily make them important anime Pokémon to some fans.) and that's it. I've been thinking about it and I made up my mind, I know you will miss me. Since we have been talking about this so long, I decided it's best to let you know. I'm not quitting the Pokémon WikiProject, I'm just stopping to watch the lists, as they give me neither new details or interesting facts. ] (]) 15:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

:That's bad news! I think only ] and me are currently watching the lists, but Artichoker has many other interests. Other patrollers help out now and then, but sometimes I feel I'm the only one in the watchtower; help is certainly appreciated. I understand your decision though. Patrolling gets boring quickly if you don't feel that what you do is sensible. But he, someone's gotta do it. Lately, I haven't been very active on WP, but soon I'll be doing the regular patrolling again. Thanks for your notification, and good luck with whatever you're going to do. See you around, ] 18:27, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

== Beans??? ==

That was a strange page. I think the person wanted people to use invarying sections because they can't be removed? Whatever. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Oh, sorry. I see that the IP is being used by multiple people, which makes it pretty daft to ask a question on that page. I shouldn't have left that message. Just ignore me. Cheers, ] 21:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

== Noze Nugget ==

Hi "Face". um well, that Nugget guy is lying. He is switching the story around.... would you be able to help with what has happened? Thank You - ] (]) 01:18, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thank you. I hope you'll appreciate my kind of dramu, too! ;-) ]<sub>]</sub> 12:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

== I'm leaving Misplaced Pages. ==

In case you don't remember me, we used to watch the Pokémon lists on Misplaced Pages. I will miss you. ] (]) 01:01, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
:Of course I remember you Blaze! And your video blog! You are a good guy, despite your... oddities. Too bad you quit, but I can understand your decision. I agree with you about the Pokémon lists. They were created to make Misplaced Pages better, but no one is satisfied with how it is now. The same counts for just about anything related to Pokémon on Misplaced Pages. However, every time I catch myself being frustrated about it, I think about something more serious. ], just to take an example, or the ]. After thinking about that, I take a good look at ]. That reminds me of why Misplaced Pages ''really'' exists. Seriously, Pokémon isn't worth getting frustrated about. I must admit though, that I have myself rarely added some ''real'' content to Misplaced Pages. I have used this site more as a hobby than as a scientific project. In addition, I'm not very active around here lately. Basically because of school, as well as some personal issues. But I swear you, if I had the time and the energy, I would help Misplaced Pages, because I ] the project.<br />Good luck with whatever you will do. I will continue to visit your YouTube channel, so keep it updated! Yours sincerely, ] 17:17, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

== Chicago Bears ==

You did fine on the rv. #34 was worn by Walter Payton. --] (]) 22:59, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

==Speedy deletion of "Angry German kid"==
] A page you created, ], has been tagged for ], as it meets one or more of the ]; specifically, it is ].

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our ] and any applicable ]. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our ] and ].

Thank you. ''']''' 19:30, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

==AfD nomination of Angry German kid==
]I have nominated ], an article that you created, for ]. I do not think that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at ]. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns.

Thank you for your time. <!-- Template:AFDWarning --> ]]] 19:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
:Just for the record: I originally turned ] into a redirect to ], where a short description of it can be found. I did and do not think that this is ] an entire article. ] and ] were locked, so ] was my only option. I see that ] was speedy closed because the article was a copy-vio. This means that the phenom has not formally gone through any procedure to judge its notability, but I don't really care. A deletion review would ] almost certainly because I'm pretty sure that this meme is not notable. Cheers, ] 21:38, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Image of penetrative position, pt. 2 ==

]

I hope it'll do. Cheers! ] (]) 20:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks Rama, looks good! I have added it to ]. However, I think the filename, "]", is a bit too general, as there are many images on wp depicting a penetrative position. Is it possible to change it, or do you have to re-upload it? Cheers, ] 17:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

== This place is confusing. ==

But that does not mean I should treat it like it doesn't exist, I still have friends here who care. I can't think of any person who is more comfortable to talk about movies with than ]. ] (]) 06:32, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
:So, does that mean you don't quit entirely? Are you ]? Cheers, ] 12:15, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
::Maybe so, but that's no reason to add a template to the top of the page. ] (]) 12:36, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

== Weird Al ==

I couldn't think of a headline. Anyway, I propably wouldn't describe the changes to the Pokemon page as "redundant, irrelevant, and unnecessary". Oh excuse, I meant PROBABLY. I don't know how I made that typo considering that the letters "p" and "b" are rather far apart on a standard keyboard. By the way, I wonder how you keep finding the changes made to the page so quickly. I mean you must have SOMETHING better to do than watch random pages to see if anyone made "crufty" changes to them. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 00:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Hi Kana! I found the changes you made to ] by using my watchlist. If you are logged in, ]. You can add an article to your watchlist by clicking on the "watch" button at the top of the article. After that, every time someone makes and edit to that article, the edit will appear on your watchlist. I'm currently 'watching' approximately 150 articles, which includes all Pokémon related articles. Anyway, I reverted your edits because they were, to be honest, of low quality. And the quality of Pokémon lists on WP is already low, so I have to be harsh to prevent the lists from becoming even worser.

:*, you changed ]s to ]s, which is incorrect.
:*, you said that "Fire Blast" is Arcanine's signature move. I consider this dubious. Growlith and Arcanine can not learn Fire Blast by leveling. You could teach them the attack by using a TM, but does that make the move a "signature move"? You also added that the Pokédex says that Arcanine is stronger than Zapdos, which is incorrect.
:*, you wrote that Meowth have an ability called "Interest". Such an ability does not exist.
:*, you changed eight number to "27", for unknown reason.


==Disambiguation link notification for December 14 ==
:As you can see, I had no choise but to revert everything you did. Again, I understand that the lists are not great as they are now. But I don't have time to improve them. If you want to improve them, feel free to try. I will not revert you if you make a ''good'' edit, I promise! By the way, please forgive me my spelling mistake. English is not my native language (I'm from the Netherlands); typos like that tend to happen. Cheers, ] 19:27, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


An automated process has detected that when you recently edited ], you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page ].
== Re:Happy New Year! ==


(].) --] (]) 19:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Happy New Year to you too! When I reverted , it was still before midnight in my time zone, so I don't get any special recognition, unfortunately. <font color="DarkGray">...</font> ] <sub>]</sub> 04:50, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 19:57, 14 December 2024

nlDeze gebruiker heeft het Nederlands als moedertaal.
en-3This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.
UTC+01
UTC+02
This user has a standard time zone of UTC+01, but he uses UTC+02 from March to October.

Welcome to my talk page! Feel free to leave me a message.

Note: before messaging me, you may want to check my edits to see if I have been active recently. If you want my help, but I'm not around, and you're unsure where else to ask, The Teahouse may be a good place to go. You can also look at the Questions page.

Archives:

Note

This page was last archived on 27 June 2023. To see archived posts, see the links above. - Manifestation (talk) 07:49, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Revdeletion needed

This request for help from administrators has been answered. If you need more help or have additional questions, please reapply the {{admin help}} template, or contact the responding user(s) directly on their own user talk page.

A vandal put someone's phone number in this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Talk:Pok%C3%A9mon&curid=8570634&diff=1164404579&oldid=1163071171

Can someone revdelete it? Thanks! -- Manifestation (talk) 09:57, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 12:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
Great! :-) Manifestation (talk) 13:05, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Reliability of WP:INVESTOPEDIA over at RSP

Hello Manifestation - I just read through the most recent discussion on the reliability of Investopedia, which you started a few months ago, and I'm not sure you assessed the consensus rightly. By my reading of the discussion, it seems most people believed it's a Level 2/Yellow/"No Consensus" source.

I counted 7 editors whose opinions seemed to align with Yellow-level, with some strong arguments from yourself, PaulT2022, and Mx. Granger; and 4 editors who seemed to align with Red-level/"Generally unreliable", with the strongest argument coming from DFlhb. Even aside from the vote count, I noticed 2 problems in the end:

  1. Your last attempt to close the discussion garnered responses from ONLY "Red-level" supporters
  2. It seems like the criteria for judging sources was misapplied. The general feel I got from the discussion was that Investopedia was generally okay, but with potentially large and numerous gaps and inaccuracies; also, that it's always preferred to find a better secondary source, but NOT to the point of preferring not to use Investopedia at all. These criteria align better with the "yellow" level than the "red" level, as they're described at WP:RSP.

All that to say - I personally think Investopedia should be listed as a "No consensus, unclear, or additional considerations apply" source (similar to other tertiary sources, like WP:BRITANNICA). The discussion you led got a good amount of attention, and it was the best attempt in a long while at getting a label on this source. But I'd hate to have that label continue to influence future assessments of this source, since I think that discussion went in a different way.

Do you think it's worth bringing up again at WP:RSN? I'd propose a yellow-level designation with text, briefly mention my assessment of the previous discussion as justification, and probably ping all the editors that previously contributed. PhotogenicScientist (talk) 16:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Dear PhotogenicScientist. Thank you for your message.
I think your best bet would be to start a Request for Comment, which several sources have received over the years, but not Investopedia.
I don't believe I assessed the consensus wrongly. If anything, I misassessed my own judgement. Looking back at it now, my arguments weren't very strong.
I'd still argue that Investopedia could be useful. The main problem is that it's tertiary. In other words, it's a source that uses info from other sources. So you might as well cite *those* sources. On top of that, there are accuracy concerns, notwithstanding the fact that the site has a review board and appears to welcome corrections (see here, search for "Corrections"). Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 17:44, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Poke Sources

I don' know if you are aware but I am here to inform you that your site have encountered some internal server errors. Wingwatchers (talk) 04:59, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Miraheze is a great free and ad-free wiki-hosting service which I have been using in the past to host my various projects of interests although I was overwhelmed by the loneliness and stresses of creating these articles. Wingwatchers (talk) 05:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
@Wingwatchers - Fixed. Thank you, and thanks for advising Miraheze. I'll check it out. - Manifestation (talk) 09:50, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Length of the Pokémon article

After much trimming, I believed I have refined my additions to reflect only the most essential development history details discussing how the games have evolved over the years and established connections between them to show how they indirectly contributed to the development of Pokemon as a whole. I hope you don't believe otherwise. Wingwatchers (talk) 03:43, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

I replied on your talk page. See here. - Manifestation (talk) 17:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Ape, Inc.

I am here to inform you that I have removed the sentence "Ape, Inc. is not credited on the final product." from the History section because I am unable to find a reliable source for it. Wingwatchers (talk) 14:58, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

And also "Over the next three years, GF developed four more games: Magical Tarurūto-kun (1992), Mario & Wario (1993), Nontan to Issho: KuruKuru Puzzle, and Pulseman (both 1994)." I don't see how it contributes to anything, and I am also unable to source this. Wingwatchers (talk) 15:00, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
@Wingwatchers: Does absolutely everything needs to be sourced? Can't the product(s) itself be the source?
I believe the phrase "Ape, Inc. is not credited on the final product" is important. To the best of my knowledge, it is currently not publicly known what Ape did on Pokemon, if anything. Maybe they did nothing. But it is also possible that Ape, Inc. was a so-called ghost developer for Pokemon. Ghost development has a long history in Japan, going back to the 1980s (see here: Video game development#Ghost development). Game Freak's first game, Quinty, was also partly created by an unidentified ghost developer.
I found only two quotes by Tajiri-san regarding Ape's role. I was unable to establish to what extent they were involved. What I do know is that, over the years, people have noticed a number of similarities between Pokemon and EarthBound, such as Mewtwo resembling Giygas. See here, here, and here for more information.
My best bet is that Ape handed them some things along the way, especially at the very beginning in 1990. At that point, Ape had already developed one RPG: Mother. Game Freak had never developed an RPG, so it makes sense that Ape would help them out. On the other hand, Pokemon initially started out as a much smaller, compact game, made on a small budget. So maybe Ape's assistance was in fact quite limited... or did not even happen?
Bottom line is: we don't know. The only thing we know is that Ape is not credited on the final product. That we know for sure. This statement does not need to be sourced. It can be hard to prove a negative, but if you look at the box, the cartridge, the title screen, and the credits, you won't see the name "APE" appear anywhere.
- Manifestation (talk) 19:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
@Wingwatchers: As for the part about the other titles Game Freak developed: I agree that it can go. I just deleted that part. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 19:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Wikitext table sorting

I noticed that you recently sorted the Wikitext of List of burial places of classical musicians by name. Which tool did you use? Or did you do it manually? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I used Notepad++ and Excel. I copy-pasted the code in Notepad++, minus the headers. Then, I replaced all "|-" with "~|-", then "\r|" with "~~|", and finally "~|-" with "|-". \r is a carriage return. By doing so, each table row has one line.
After that, I copy-pasted all lines in Excel, in the second column, one cell per line. In the first column, I used a formula to extract the Last Name from the second column. Then I sorted everything, copy-pasted it all back into Notepad++, did the replacing backwards, and presto!!
To be honest: it did took me a few attempts. Maybe there's an easier way to do it, but I couldn't find anything on google or Mediawiki.org. - Manifestation (talk) 08:15, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for that explanation. I've tried my hand at wikitable manipulation some time ago using Excel and Windows Script, but only for cases where a whole table row was in one line. Parsing a multiline wikitable row for sorting or other manipulation is beyond me. Cheers, Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:01, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
I understand, and in a perfect world, this would be a functionality within the Visual Editor. But it likely would be used only seldomly, which is why it was not implemented I guess. I also tried some of the off-site table editors listed here, but none could sort. - Manifestation (talk) 13:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

User:Manifestation/Wikiarchaeologist

Hey Manifestation :) I recently created Category:Wikiarchaeologist Wikipedians, and I was wondering if you'd mind if I edited this userbox to include the new user category. All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten 03:18, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Not at all! Go ahead. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 11:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Thanks! I've done that. I've also added the userbox page itself to Category:Wikimedia-related user templates - I hope that's okay, but feel free to revert if not. Best, ‍—‍a smart kitten 19:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for March 24

An automated process has detected that you recently added links to disambiguation pages.

List of mental disorders in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR
added a link pointing to Identity problem
List of mental disorders in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR (alphabetical)
added a link pointing to Pica

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 18:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks, Manifestation (talk) 18:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 1

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Pokémon, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Niantic and Detective Pikachu.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done. - Manifestation (talk) 19:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Verywell

Boy, WP:MEDRS really gets treated like the boogeyman around here, huh? Seems like nobody wants to engage with questions of it at all. There's been 4 other whitelist requests made and answered in the 5 days since I made mine. PhotogenicScientist (talk) 13:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@PhotogenicScientist: You seem to have hit a similar wall to the one I hit four years ago. The people who don't like Verywell, or any blacklisted site, will stonewall the discussion, or simply not react at all. Other people don't care, so the issue remains deadlocked.
For one, the spam lists should be renamed, because it contains more than just spam sites.
As for Verywell... I guess we could fill an RfC. But I honestly think it's absurd that it would take an RfC to correct something this simple. - Manifestation (talk) 18:54, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
or simply not react at all seems to be the main problem. I'm trying to wait 2 days in between requests for movement, since I get this is a volunteer project, and people are busy, and/or simply don't care.
But COME ON - it shouldn't take 5+ days to get approval to drop a good citation into an article. That's prohibitively long to be of any use. I'm going to see how the whitelist request plays out before thinking of what to do next. PhotogenicScientist (talk) 21:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
@PhotogenicScientist: Beetstra and JzG (I won't link them because I don't want to attract their attention) have ignored you for now, but if you become 'difficult', they will use all tricks in the book to frustrate you and keep Verywell off this site. I know, because it happened to me.
If Verywell is banlisted because it's popular press, then all popular press should be banlisted, and every single url should be manually approved by an admin. Such 'red tape' would go against Misplaced Pages's culture, and is obviously a very bad idea.
A while ago, I rewrote the article Pokémon from scratch. In doing so, I had to use a few questionable sources, including one by the Daily Mail, a source that is deprecated on Misplaced Pages, but not on the blacklist. I was also forced to cite a self-published essay. Just four days ago, I could finally replace said essay with a better source I found: an NPR audio fragment I had obtained (and uploaded). I like Misplaced Pages because it gives me a lot of freedom. If I had to gain official approval for every dubious link I wish to use, I would go nuts!
So yes, I sympathize with you. You did well on the Myolysis page. Good article! It sucks that you've now hit this bureaucratic hurdle... and for what? 😔 - Manifestation (talk) 17:46, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Look, that whitelist thread has been beyond frustrating - seems most all the admins responding are running dangerously low on either time or caring, based on the number of unanswered open threads there that end with me requesting clarification or asking a question grounded in policy. But WP:PA is also a policy. You're not going to get anywhere by insulting people. Full stop. Don't care if you're in the right or not. The moment you insult someone, you've lost them, likely forever. And in a project that requires consensus, that isn't going to fly.

Nobody is forced to engage in a whitelist request at all, even if the link would benefit the project. Even if it's the right thing to do, it doesn't mean it's going to happen. That's just how this project is. Because everyone here is a volunteer, and nobody is being paid to care. Since others here can really easily not care about you or what you would like to see added to this project, my preference is to care very little about this project. Edit where I feel like in my free time, and when something pisses me off, leave it. As if any of us can change the culture around here. What am I, an admin? PhotogenicScientist (talk) 20:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

You seem like an intelligent person, with a critical mind. Clearly, you have a lot more patience than I have. Take care, Manifestation (talk) 16:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Information icon Hello, I'm Swatjester. I noticed that you made a comment on the page MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist#www.verywellhealth.com that didn't seem very civil, so it may have been removed. Misplaced Pages is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. SWATJester 22:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@Swatjester: Why is Verywell banned? Why isn't it unbanned? - Manifestation (talk) 09:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
I wasn't involved with the banning, and I'm not involved in the unbanning either; so I'll appreciate you not dragging me into a content dispute simply because I gave you a warning for violating the no personal attacks policy.SWATJester 14:59, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Fyi, Swatjester, I have disengaged from the discussion. I will no longer comment there, since every little thing I say falls on deaf ears.
Also, I have a question. You say I shouldn't drag you into this. But you did send me a civility warning, so you involved yourself into this. Isn't that a bit unfair? Do you even know what this is about?
You probably aren't gonna read it, because it's a lot of text. But the background of the dispute is in here: Spam-blacklist, April '20; RSN, April '20; Spam-blacklist, May '20; ANI, May '20.
If someone reads through all of that, and *still* has the audacity to say that *I* am in fact the problem, then that person is stupid. I honestly don't know how else to describe it. - Manifestation (talk) 16:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
I gave you a warning because you violated our policy on civility. It's not an option, you are required to abide by policy while you are here. Your content dispute has absolutely nothing to do with that -- there is no dispute that would allow you to call another editor here "stupid". Additionally, demanding that I involve myself in your content dispute, is not going to work. As I told you the first time, I'm here solely in an administrative capacity to enforce our policies against personal attacks. I asked you politely not to do the thing that you just did. I also asked you politely not to call users stupid, and here you are doing it again. And you're also doing it on other people's talk pages. So let me be very, explicitly clear: if you call another user "stupid", a "moron", or violate any of our policies further, you're going to be blocked from editing. If you need to take some time to read up on what those policies are, I highly recommend you do so before continuing to edit (and if I were you, I'd start with WP:AGF after you get through WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL), but given that you've had an account since 2006 with several thousand edits, it is reasonable to assume that you've already had sufficient time to do so. Clear? SWATJester 17:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Threatening me isn't going to convince me of anything, Swatjester. Quite the opposite. This shows the indifference certain Wikipedians have towards this project. You do not care about why I was angry in the first place. You just robotically enforcing some policy. Well, I don't care about rules. I care about doing what's RIGHT. I put the quality of Misplaced Pages first.
And if you think I'm a miserable person with a nasty temper, you are very wrong. I am actually an HSP, and quite patient. However, if I *repeatedly* point something out to someone, and they *repeatedly* refuse to listen to me, I will eventually say it like it is. Especially when that person is an administrator who just blatantly lies to me, and everyone else stands and watches. I have a no-BS-approach, and I try to be as honest as I reasonably can. - Manifestation (talk) 18:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

I mean, I don't know what else to say -- if you're announcing that you're intending to continue to make personal attacks at others, refusing to abide by the civility policy, and stating that you have no intention of following our rules, then you're clearly and unequivocally announcing that you are not here to constructively edit and intend to disrupt the project further in the future; as such, to protect the project you're being blocked from editing. It's a shame, because PhotogenicScientist tried to warn you about the route you're choosing; but you solely brought this on yourself. Nobody else here is to blame for your choices. SWATJester 19:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for a refusal to abide by Misplaced Pages policies on civility and avoiding personal attacks. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Misplaced Pages's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  SWATJester 20:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Out of deference to the fact that you've been an editor here for long enough to know better, I'm going to assume good faith and give you the benefit of the doubt that this is a momentary lapse in judgment and that you're lashing out in anger, rather than taking you at your explicit word that you don't care about following the rules; as being WP:NOTHERE is typically an indefinite block; as such you're only being blocked for 1-week, during which time you should cool-off and take the time to read and deeply understand our policies, particularly WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. If this behavior continues, however, as you've received multiple explicit warnings to stop, the next one will be indefinite. SWATJester 20:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Wow, this is the most abusive thing someone has ever done to me on this website. Do you get a rise out of this? Treating people this horrible?
I won't accept this. I don't care what happens to me, or this account. But I do care what happens to Misplaced Pages. I will get the Verywell sites unbanned. Even if it's the last thing I do. Mark my words. - Manifestation (talk) 08:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

"Beetstra thanked you for your edit"

"Beetstra thanked you for your edit on User talk:Manifestation – (6h)"

Hey Beetstra! How ya doing man?? Remember how you dragged me to ANI four years ago, because you didn't want to unban Verywell? And remember that I, in that ANI thread, pointed out a number of users who also tried to use Verywell? One of them was SandyGeorgia. You then asked her if she could perhaps get the link whitelisted.

Well, guess what? One user, PhotogenicScientist, actually did request a whitelisting. This resulted in a eye-watering amount of WikiBureaucracy (here and here), which has lasted for about a month now and is currently still ongoing. And that's just one link. - Manifestation (talk) 16:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

What am I doing? You decide to talk about me behind my and user:JzG back. And I came here when I was pinged multiple times in the whitelist request to see what discussions were going on and how to respond (if at all), but you made that decision easy. Good luck. Dirk Beetstra 04:18, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm free!

Hurray! And my block expired shortly before Liberation Day! While I was serving my sentence, I still contributed to Misplaced Pages, kind of. I just wrote my content in Notepad. Now that I'm unblocked, I can post it. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 16:20, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

You can't have your cake and eat it

I reverted you, for a very simple reason: it's a huge amount of unencyclopedic and unverified stuff. You can't even be sure of its accuracy, and that comes before encyclopedic noteworthiness. Look at this: "There is no exact equivalent of this proverb in the Dutch language, but a similar phrase is Kiezen of delen". Wat een gelul! Why is that similar? And the English "translation" linked to Divide and choose, which is something else altogether. Sure, we count on Misplaced Pages to be improved, but this is all Wiktionary stuff in the first place. Drmies (talk) 13:58, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages has many articles on expressions. It would be nice if they describe how various cultures have various idioms to describe the same feelings.
Anyway... if you want impose your ultra-deletionist, astronomically high quality demands, then go ahead. You do you.
And if you think that Kiezen of delen is gelul, then you could have just removed that one sentence, instead of pulling a huge chunk out of the article. - Manifestation (talk) 18:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Cool828 needs to be cooler in his responses

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Cool828&oldid=1236064093. I'm not sure what I am supposed to do about this, but in an earlier version of their talk page they called a wikipedian an idiot and told them to shsh Apenguinlover 00:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Gosh, I didn't even notice that comment until now.
I first became aware of this user after he scribbled on my user page. In itself not a big deal, but it was kind of strange, because we never interacted before. I send him a friendly message with a constructive advice about the Esta TerBlanche article, which he did seem to follow. But most of the other edits he made have since been reverted.
If he continues being this uncool, I'll leave him a warning on his talk page. If he goes on after repeated warnings, I'll report him to WP:AIV. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 08:59, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, now I know what I am supposed to do about things like this. Apenguinlover 09:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
You're welcome. Note that there are many standardized warning templates, such as {{Uw-disruptive1}} and {{Uw-npa1}}. Of course, you can also write your own personal message to caution someone. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 10:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
@Apenguinlover: user Cool828 has been perma-blocked as a sockpuppet of Equador83838. See the investigation here. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 18:32, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Pageviews graph replacement

At the Tfd, you expressed interest in the stopgap project I was working on. It's not ready to list at WP:VPI, but there's enough there to demo it:

Page views for World War II

The pageviews file Talk:World War II/pageviews is more than 30 days old; please see Instructions.

Feedback welcome. Note: this template uses a lot of template resources, and if you need to add a lot of templates on this page after this one (or if others do) the later ones may fail. If that happens, either comment out this template, or reduce its consumption by adding |ct=45; that should cut resource usage in half. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 11:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

A talk page version of this is now available as an experimental replacement for the disabled {{Annual readership}}; see {{Xreadership}}. Examples of it in use on Talk pages can be seen at various Talk pages, such as Talk:2024 Atlantic hurricane season and Talk:Economy of Tamil Nadu. I have a few things to tweak first, and then I will raise it at WP:VPR. Comments/suggestions welcome. Mathglot (talk) 19:20, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Nice template! I've posted my thoughts on Template talk:Xreadership. I still think the biggest challenge would be the bot part. Either that, or the template must somehow get the page views directly from the server. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 15:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
I had forgotten that at the time I wrote, I only had an iffy version in my userspace, which is what was generating the chart above and was pretty fragile; in fact, it was showing bad results above just now. The released version is much more robust, so I've replaced my userspace call with a call to {{Xviews}}, and it's looking good again. Thanks for your comments at the Talk page; I've responded there. Mathglot (talk) 07:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Regarding Cool828

Hello we meet again!

On Cool828's talk page, I have to remove some of the comments relating to Cool828 passing away because how can HE edits if he dead? If it said "My brother/nephew/son, etc. was a user named Cool828 has died" this would not have given this away or it would have been real. Why did Cool828 faked his death?  50.91.26.176 (talk) 19:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

uh, hello are you still there? 50.91.26.176 (talk) 02:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Yes. What is it that you want? - Manifestation (talk) 06:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I ask a question, I will put it in quote "On Cool828's talk page, I have to remove some of the comments relating to Cool828 passing away because how can HE edits if he dead? If it said "My brother/nephew/son, etc. was a user named Cool828 has died" this would not have given this away or it would have been real. Why did Cool828 faked his death?" 50.91.26.176 (talk) 23:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I never said he faked his death. He just added the template {{Deceased Wikipedian}} to his user page. - Manifestation (talk) 06:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
I know that he just added the template, but why did he just fake it? How can HE edit if he "dead", it would make sense if it had said "My son/nephew/brother was a user named Cool828. He has passed away". 50.91.26.176 (talk) 06:40, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
How should I know why he did it? I don't know that person. You are not making any sense. Please leave me alone. - Manifestation (talk) 06:53, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
I am sorry. I will leave you alone. 50.91.26.176 (talk) 07:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for December 14

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Becoming Led Zeppelin, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Variety.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 19:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Manifestation: Difference between revisions Add topic