Disambiguating tool list and expert support editThank you for furthering the discussion wt:DPL#Tool list, which seems important. Could you possibly please respond there to my question about AWB:
The discussion moved on from there, but I am still wondering. I haven't used AWB recently, but I know from past experience that it will help you advance through a mainspace category. a) Can it look for the combo of disambiguation needed + within a certain wikiproject? b) Can it look through a list of specified pages, e.g. a flat file created from a wp:catscan3 search? c) how are you using AWB in working on the Monthly list: are you feeding it a list of the 1000 pages...what do you do so that I could try doing it too, for example. Like for updating the "Guide" with instructions about how to use AWB. (BTW, I realize my wp:catscan3 search was not finding everthing Dispenser's once-a-month Wikiproject-specific points report does...i will ask him about that and hope to improve the catscan3 search specification. It would add value if AWB could do this on demand, and allow further/different customization of different searches run directly in AWB or run in catscan3 and passed over to AWB by a list.) I want to pursue this angle because I want to continue to try to invite experts of different kinds into disambiguation. Both experts at the level of Wikiprojects OR experts at their own defined, narrower areas of interest. I think this is how to address the thorny, difficult, old dablinks. And to involve more editors in shooting down the incoming new dablinks. Anyhow it would be great if you could insert response(s) in that discussion there or communicate otherwise about what AWB can do. Cheers, --doncram 01:21, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Restoring article editHi BD2412, since my request doesn't seem to be honoured, could you restore this article please? I'm not going to wait forever. It needs to be restored and renamed to Carlos Diaz (American footballer). The article is linked from multiple articles and was needed for disambiguation. --Midas02 (talk) 18:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Steve Jobs DAB question editHi BD2412, I realize you are away - this isn't a pressing issue, just one that the DAB team will probably have to deal with down the road. I have worked with User:Erik on an aspect of it, as Erik is a long time leader in the organization of film articles. I can best explain the issue by beginning with the biography page, Steve Jobs. If you begin there, you will see the hat note leading to this page: Steve Jobs (disambiguation). The problem lies in the number of books and films that use "Steve Jobs" in the title (often with a subtitle). The current examples are listed on the DAB page. Erik and I worked to make a separate film index which is in the "See Also" section: Steve Jobs (film). You will see on this page a link to a list of artistic depictions which lists even more books: List of artistic depictions of Steve Jobs. It is a bit of a maze as you can see, but workable. I feel that the film index page is comprehensive - I am just wondering about the Steve Jobs (disambiguation) page and the list. Perhaps this is a bit clunky - or perhaps it is fine as is. I just thought it might be useful to get feedback from you. I am on and off the WP but if you alert me when you return, I will see it.-Classicfilms (talk) 17:00, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
I think Erik is right, the list article is cluttered and as I made it, I take responsibility for it. I'm a bit swamped in real life but perhaps in a week or two I could declutter - and Erik, feel free to take off materials you see as irrelevant. That being said, I also felt that the film index article was a good idea since that is primarily where the confusion lies, which is why I supported the idea. I contacted you BD2412 since you specialize in DAB pages and given the fact that films are perpetually being added to the Steve Jobs (disambiguation), I was thinking that there may be a future problem. Another possible solution would be to eliminate the Steve Jobs (disambiguation) page altogether, replace it with the list which I could de-clutter and then link to the film index. And yes, I think putting the matter out to the community is a good idea. The Steve Jobs film opens nation wide today and will be in the news for awhile which will bring more traffic. I don't have a particular method that I favor - I'd just like to stream line all of the pages and am open to suggestions. I'm off for the rest of today but will check in tomorrow. Thanks for your help - Classicfilms (talk) 15:34, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
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Global edit counter and another problem editWhat do I type on meta:User:Rubbish computer/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js to opt in to this? I have also apparently made 1 edit on dewiki, which I do not recall. Thanks, --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 12:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
A barnstar for you! edit
use of the word "noted" editI notice you use this term a lot, at least in the article end of history. 109.225.220.173 (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
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Halloween cheer! edit  Happy Halloween!
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Funny character editImpressed by this {{!}} that you inserted at Comeback. I guess it is explained at meta:Help:Template#A parameter value containing a pipe character but my head was spinning for a minute. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:05, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Ken Whitman editHey, long time no talk! Just wondering, might you have any sources to add to Ken Whitman? BOZ (talk) 23:09, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Magee College editHi, I reverted 5 deletions to the above article, and then I got the following message on my talk page: Editing page for my employer Hi there Denisarona - I am editing a page on behalf of my employer. It may have looked like vandalism but that is not the case. I am simply updating and correcting old, out of date content. Do I need to place comments against every edit I make? Thanks. Paulgilpin (talk) 13:40, 2 November 2015 (UTC)Paulgilpin I don't know the rules for editing for an employer, can you give him/her some guidelines? Many thanks Denisarona (talk) 14:06, 2 November 2015 (UTC) Nomination of Comeback (sports) for deletion edit The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comeback (sports) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:41, 2 November 2015 (UTC) A beer for you! edit
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) editplease take a look at this article. it reads like a promotional piece for lockheed. i removed one piece of hyperbole ('vastly improved')before i realized that the whol;e thing was puffery. thanksToyokuni3 (talk) 16:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Tnx re Orion edit I think i get the point, and i'll reread that guideline daily for a while until it starts to stick in my brain! I appreciate your throro ed-summary line. "Case Closed" links editHi BD2412, I'm concerned about your recent change to many links to the page Case Closed, such that they now point to Case Closed (manga). You changed not only articles, but current and past discussions. At Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga, there was a discussion specifically about the names of the pages, and you made links that were intended to go to disambiguation page instead point to the manga page. I also don't think it is a good idea in general to edit past discussions (you edited things like talk page archives and past AFD discussions). There isn't really any need to have those point to the current location, and they should instead archive what people actually wrote at the time. Furthermore, this whole thing started because of an undiscussed move and there is a reasonable chance that the manga article ends up back at Case Closed anyway (see the discussion at Talk:Case_Closed (manga)#Requested move 01 November 2015). Would you consider undoing the edits you made at least to talk pages and other archived discussions? Calathan (talk) 16:58, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Draft:Nathaniel Tompkins editWould you consider db-authoring Draft:Nathaniel Tompkins since Nathaniel Tompkins already exists (it's the same person)? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:16, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
Burlington Customhouse edit
Incomplete merge suggestion on temporal war editI support your merge of temporal war into time travel in fiction but you didn't create a discussion for the merge. BrightRoundCircle (talk) 10:05, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Snoek editHi. I'm not sure I understand why you removed the R from ambiguous title tag from Snoek. Shouldn't that tag be placed on every redirect to a dab which doesn't have (disambiguation) in the title? Nick Number (talk) 15:28, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank You editThank you for the nice work on the Flying Colors page. You embody what is great about Wikipedia; instead of deleting things, you edit and contribute. Thanks for restoring my faith. Notmyspacetomtheotherone (talk) 23:28, 15 November 2015 (UTC) IP talk pages editGiven your great interest in old IP talk pages, did you know that you can undelete a number of pages at a time using Twinkle's batch undelete module? I could produce a list of a some thousand pages upon which the tool may work. 103.6.159.83 (talk) 18:33, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Puzzled by italics in article title editSee French destroyer L'Audacieux. I just moved this. It has italics in the displayed title for the ship name, which is correct so it's not a problem, just a puzzle. Where do those italics come from? There is no option in the move dialog to add or remove italics. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:17, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Reference errors on 20 November edit
Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:19, 21 November 2015 (UTC) Re: edit summaries editI have a tendency to ignore a lot of messages which place too much focus on tone, especially when it almost always comes at the expense of the facts, but I'll address this issue. As you can see here, Ricky81682 appears more interested in keeping himself busy than in improving the encyclopedia, and not terribly concerned about cleaning up the messes he's making. I haven't checked the list of editors by number of edits lately to see if Ricky is participating in that little bullshit arms race, but that's another common ill associated with frivolous AWB-assisted editing activity. Last I checked, usage of AWB constitutes an explicit obligation on the part of its user to pay attention to what you're doing and not leave messes for other editors to clean up. Evidently, such due diligence was not exercised. This started here, over a month ago. Not only does Ricky send the message that any other editing activity DOESN'T MATTER by effectively overwriting those contributions with his, this mess has been left for someone else to fix since that time. I really didn't feel like this was my responsibility, but only did something when I finally became tired of looking at it. Considering that this an admin we're talking about, I feel I have to choice but to bypass AGF like I'm not passing go or collecting $200, and declare this a case of gross incompetence by someone who perhaps needs to rethink his purpose here. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 23:23, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
ArbCom elections are now open! editHi, Double platinum listed at Redirects for discussion edit An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Double platinum. Since you had some involvement with the Double platinum redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 17:00, 28 November 2015 (UTC) DAB mess editHello, getting a bit fed up of people breaking TWODABS for no good reason. Going through a list of them ahead of next month's batch. Would you mind moving this one back where it came from? --Midas02 (talk) 03:20, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
One Beer! edit
How to edit a template editHey, thanks for finishing John A. Pearce. I have a question. How do I go about editing the template -
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