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JSTOR Survey (and an update)

Hi! Just a quick update that while JSTOR and The Wikipedia Library discuss expanding the partnership, they've gone ahead and extended the pilot access again, until May 31st. Thanks, JSTOR!

It would be really helpful for growing the program if you would fill out this short survey about your usage and experience with JSTOR:

SURVEY

Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:47, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Done.  —SMALLJIM  10:53, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Recent sock accounts

I think you missed one of the accounts you were blocking earlier: I love creating accounts (don't want to link). Cheers. EvergreenFir (talk) 00:24, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, done.  —SMALLJIM  15:16, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

tooth extraction

not sure if I messed something up. I've got tooth extraction in the article Dental implant and saw it was red. Thought I'd missed something and created the redirect page - not sure what your plan was but I did this before seeing the deletion log. Ian Furst (talk) 03:57, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

No it's my fault. I dealt with User:Lesion's deletion request without giving it the attention it needed - in particular failing to notice that the request had already been turned down. I apologise for the inconvenience. If you're reading this, Lesion, you need to start a WP:RM process as explained by the message you removed – it's obviously not an uncontroversial change.  —SMALLJIM  09:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

I've got no concerns about the deletion (I also believe it's uncontroversial, just a house-keeping item, Lesion and I do a lot of the work on dental articles), I was just concerned I'd overridden something beyond my WP skill-set. I can change the link in the article or leave it as a REDIRECT. Doesn't matter to me. Ian Furst (talk) 10:27, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Ah, ok. In that case since I have no opinion on the matter, we're just left with Courcelles' refusal of Lesion's first request: "Speedy deletion declined. This might be contentious enough to use WP:RM protocols." Since there's no rush, if you jointly decide you do want the move it's best if one of you does a WP:RM just to be sure. Best,  —SMALLJIM  10:47, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

I note with some amusement that tooth extraction is yet again not deleted. Where is this contention? Also, Smalljim, I resent the implication that I am trying to hide something by deleting a message on my user page which is clearly marked as inactive. I left a msg on Courcelles' talk page, which went unanswered, presumably because of lack of availability, although other admins (Kww) are clearly not above ignoring summons. Apparently they feel they are too important and their decisions are above any questioning from the community. Fair enough, as if we needed any more evidence that most admins are just on a power trip and log on here only to get their fix of bullying in compensation for a dissatisfaction with their place and position in the real world. Hence I nominated the redirect page again. In absence of any objection, I fail to see why the redirect is not deleted. Lesion 19:29, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

I could explain fully, but you give me the impression that I would be wasting my time. Instead I'll just say that if you don't want to go to an RM, just nominate it again. Refer to this discussion and any others, and hopefully the third admin will do the right thing :)  —SMALLJIM  20:04, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Northern Blossoms Honey was deleted

Yes I'm new to Wiki but I believe I have some knowledge of early beekeeping in Saskatchewan, Canada. My grandfather came here in 1910 & was instrumental in founding the Saskatchewan Beekeepers Association, The Saskatchewan Honey Coop & the Saskatchewan Honey Marketing Board. Many imigrants to SK were familiar with beekeeping one or 2 hives in their homeland, however SK offered opportunity for great yields of honey, if one could survive winters of -45 C. I would welcome the opportunity to work on this article. Could you send back the article with the objectional material in red or deleted? Rob 198.167.167.254 (talk) 05:56, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

You're referring to History of "Northern Blossoms" Honey which I deleted, on request, on 30 March. There were two reasons for the deletion: firstly it was copied directly from http://www.hamiltonhoney.ca/history.html, which makes it a potential copyright violation. There is a process to go through to have such material accepted (but that wouldn't be relevant now). Secondly, there was no indication that the subject of the article was notable enough for inclusion here. There's a third issue, too: if you are involved with the company in some way, you must carefully consider our policy on conflict of interest. It's always best if someone who is completely uninvolved writes our articles about companies etc.

However, having said all that, there is potential for the addition of some general information about beekeeping in Canada: I see that we already have articles on Beekeeping in the United States as well as in some other countries: see Category:Beekeeping by country. If you want to write about this, you'll first need to assemble some reference material from reliable sources. The best way to start would be with our guide "Your first article". It used to be easy to write for Wikipedia and have your articles 'stick' - these days it's not so easy, I'm afraid. Let me know if I can help further.  —SMALLJIM  22:51, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Or, for something simpler, you could add a general sentence or two to Saskatchewan#Economy, along the lines of what's in Alberta#Agriculture and forestry. But you'd still need to reference it properly if you want to be sure it'll stick.  —SMALLJIM  23:11, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

50.240.235.141

Hey Smalljim, 50.240.235.141 is at it again with the addition of non-existent Category:Television series created by Doug Langdale here. And the re-submission of blocks of unsourced content in spite of your push to start the article from scratch here. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:34, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I've given a three month block. I don't think anything he's added can be trusted, so I'll revert the lot.  —SMALLJIM  18:55, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks mang. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:43, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Unapproved bot

Hello Smalljim, I am messaging you because of a situation that needs attention and I see that you are active. User:Pyfisch, who has made very few edits, seems to be testing a bot, User:FischBot, which has caused incorrect category changes. The user has reverted the changes, so we can AGF, but I can find no record of a bot approval request. Can I ask you to look into it? Since I did not know what forum the issue should be reported to for a speedy reply, please forgive me taking the liberty of asking you personally. Thank you, BethNaught (talk) 18:28, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

BethNaught - a quick learning curve there! I've read up on it and put a message on his talk page.  —SMALLJIM  18:47, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks. I appreciate the time you put into it. BethNaught (talk) 18:51, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

ASSERT

Hey Smalljim, I tried to PING you, but not sure if it worked as the first time I used all uppercase and it didn't link you. I fixed it, but not sure if that actually notified you or just fixed the hyperlink. So this is just a notification in case the ping failed. I took your suggestion and just made the change, since I felt that most in the discussion thought the proposed text was better. But we do have some contested points that I'd like to get your input on if you can spare the time. Thanks Morphh ^(talk) 01:49, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

OK. I've replied briefly over there.  —SMALLJIM  12:51, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for helping out with vandalism!

Piguy101 (talk) 21:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Removed Edit Summary

GreenEveningSky put a nasty edit summary on my userpage. Could you please remove it? Thanks Piguy101 (talk) 21:44, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Piguy101 - I think nthep has done that for you. Thanks for the kitty - you deserve one too! Best,  —SMALLJIM  22:01, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Tushawn1337

Hello, I am just letting you know that this user has recently created inappropriate and attack pages again. I have reported this user @ WP:AIV. I think this user should be blocked without any further notice ! A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 09:07, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

All done.  —SMALLJIM 

deleted postings

why do you keep deleting posting. this is not vandalism these are facts that are verifiable — Preceding unsigned comment added by LonelySailor (talk • contribs) 16:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

i am trying to post verifiable facts to wikipedia and you keep deleting them? why these are trues verifiable facts on android tv and androidtv.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by LonelySailor (talk • contribs) 16:18, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I've replied on the user's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  16:20, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I don't have a user page where did you reply — Preceding unsigned comment added by LonelySailor (talk • contribs) 16:42, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Sigh: User talk:LonelySailor  —SMALLJIM  16:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of article on First Attorney Consultants, Ltd.

Hi Smalljim, After noticing your deletion of my article on April 21, 2014, I edited the article yesterday to add content explaining significance. The edited article is not showing up, and I am not sure if that is because it was deleted again or because of normal delays in processing approval of articles. Any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.

Joefacl (talk) 15:12, 24 April 2014 (UTC) Thank you, JoeFacl

Joe, setting aside the reasons for the second deletion of the article (as First attorney consultants) for a moment, the important question you should be considering is why you want there to be an article on this company on Wikipedia. Your username suggests a relationship with the company, so I've put our standard message about conflict of interest on your talk page. Regarding the article, you've done the right thing by requesting its undeletion.

If that undeletion request is unsuccessful and if, after carefully considering all the aspects, you really think that you should write an article on this company for Wikipedia, then I'd suggest that you submit it via the Articles for Creation process. However, there are plenty of other useful things you can do here if you want to help. For instance you could have a look at Category:Law firms of the United States and see if you could improve any of the existing articles there. Hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  16:10, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Create an Article with a Unconstructive filter

Hi SmallJim, I have written an article on a notable actor, on completion that article could not save page. I have written for a removal unconstructive so I can complete my page. The article code is 52, is there any way you can unfiltered the person name of my article ??!! It would mostly grateful, if we could work together. Maz132 (talk) 09:04, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

If you really want to help Wikipedia I suggest you do something else. Why not have a look at Category:Actor stubs and see if you can improve any of the existing articles there?  —SMALLJIM  09:35, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Still pending clear evidence...
The Barnstar of Diplomacy Thank you for getting rid of vandalism, I do wonder though. How do you observe so many people all the time? Jebshark (talk) 17:17, 27 April 2014 (UTC) It's kind of you, but I think you should make some useful edits to the encyclopedia to show that you're here in good faith before I can accept this barnstar.  —SMALLJIM  17:27, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Human behavior

Now you see my behavior, you physics, but you no psychiatrist. If i Do I look for you than madman, you do no mistake, Iam really madman and i was many times in mental asylum. My diagnoze is Autism mixed with Schizophrenia. Bye.D≈≈Toma646 (talk) 23:02, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

And what your diagnoze?--Hranečník (talk) 10:45, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Disruptive Editing...

I am very interested in the popular music genre pages on Wikipedia, but have recently noticed some disruption. Two editors were recently banned - Pulum34 and Andrewbf for making (very similar) unsourced edits and refusal to communicate, but a third editor, also making very similar edits (I have compared the edit histories of the three) is now causing similar problems. I do not know if they are all one and the same editor, but the pages concentrated on and types of edit made are strikingly similar. The latest editor is called Laratadelaciudad. I have tried to communicate with him/her on the relevant Talk page, but the editor blanked the page after my first attempt. I have tried again, so far with no response. Some of the edits seem OK, but the ones made to, for instance, the Acid House page, are not I believe within Wikipedia guidelines. I would say the same about many others. I hate to contact you about this, but I think Wikipedia is a very special resource, very much "The People's Encyclopedia", and disruption like this does it no good at all. I would be grateful if you could look into the matter. Thank you.

UPDATE: I have now had some communication from the editor Laratadelaciudad and a positive discussion may be underway. I would be glad if you would monitor the situation if you have the time.

(86.131.95.227 (talk) 00:18, 28 April 2014 (UTC))

Thanks for your help here, I'm pleased that you managed to extract a response from this editor, whether it's the same person or not (he/she seems to be more communicative than the others). I'll keep an eye on this, and feel free to alert me to any similar egregious examples you come across.  —SMALLJIM  09:48, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

I think this was a good application of IAR to the principal that one does not change another editor's post. Thanks for the correction. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:52, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm glad you spotted it. I did waver for a while, but plumped for not bothering you with it since it seemed to fit IAR perfectly.  —SMALLJIM  17:00, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for the quick block of the George Blake vandal. Enjoy!! (p.s. I also remember black and white television!!!!) Denisarona (talk) 10:46, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

TVM! And thanks for all your work here too – it's good to demonstrate that us older Wikipedians can still be useful :)  —SMALLJIM  10:56, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I actually remember the first time I ever saw a colour television. It was Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Does that date me, or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesBWatson (talk • contribs) 21:30, 1 May 2014‎

"Veeery interesting... but shtupid" – how did you know it was a colour TV?  —SMALLJIM  21:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

I had always thought that part of the humour was that, while many of the cast did totally crazy things, Rowan & Martin were presented as a pair of very conventional men, conservatively dressed in grey suits somewhat dead-pan in their presentation, in a way rather like a pair of straight men to set off against the rest of the cast's craziness (even though no one could really call Dicky Martin a "straight man"). All of a sudden I found that their suits were in fact bright green and red, and then in the next scene bright yellow and blue, and so on. Suddenly, the whole character of the humour changed. Later, when I went back to seeing it at home, on my family's black & white set, it kept the new, zanier type of humour for me, even though I could no longer see the thing which was responsible for defining the humour in that way. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:08, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Nah - those suits would have been the result of NTSC :) I probably never saw it in colour, and I really only have vague memories of the show, such as that German behind the potted palms and those little doors that they all kept popping out of – though I can't even be sure I'm not remembering seeing later excerpts. I suppose there are extracts on YouTube: I wonder how its American humour holds up today compared to Python. Or Round the Horne.  —SMALLJIM  23:19, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

sorry mate

sorry mate. didnt know what the edit thing was. It wont happen again mate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.66.195.20 (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Back in February, I guess. Glad to hear you've reformed and I don't need to keep an eye out for you :)  —SMALLJIM  23:18, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

I have the evidence, please contact me and [...]

It is part and parcel of it and I have discovered that what Hitler was using to build his missiles was actual Indian Technology which predates back to the year 110 000 BCE. ALso to note: the first airplane was inverted in India but the British did not disclose it, for further clarification contact me Jiji — Preceding unsigned comment added by JijL2341 (talk • contribs) 09:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, but Wikipedia isn't going to include what you think, unless you can verify it in a reliable source. I've added a standard message to your talk page which explains this principle. Please ensure you read and understand it before you consider adding anything else to the encyclopedia.  —SMALLJIM  09:41, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Catching a particularly grotesque vandalism on my talk page. Much love <3 ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ Talk ♪ ߷ ♀ Contribs ♀ 13:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help. Some people, eh!  —SMALLJIM  13:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

hello...w.r.t. vaibhav maloo

You are getting behavioral based on your judgement of my proximity, I am a fan, thats all. And, why have you gone and removed all articles, I was collecting and adding them all up. I have a full time job, this is not my work. I just don't understand, if you dont think he is important, you can remove but what kind of tactic is this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.150.19.3 (talk) 04:01, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

I'd be interested to hear your reasons for blanking the Articles for Deletion page just before the article was re-created by User:Businessworld2013.  —SMALLJIM  10:49, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Joseph Michael Levry/Naam Yoga/Universal Kabbalah

Dear Smalljim,

I see you took down 3 pages that took 9 hours yesterday of trying to make things neutral and cite correctly. I understand your points and am fine with the Universal Kabbalah page being down for now. Joseph Michael Levry and Naam Yoga was up for several hours yesterday. Can you put them back up without the Universal Kabbalah link? Or can you put them back in a draft form so I don't have to recreate all the work done yesterday and change what you believe I should change?

Thanks so much.

With best regards,

Robert — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert Mirshak (talk • contribs) 16:45, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Robert. I'm sorry, but your additions to those articles were very far from neutral and encyclopedic. I appreciate that this is probably your first attempt at writing for Wikipedia, but you need to understand our house style. Our articles are written from the point of view of an intelligent, interested but unbiased observer – see our policy on Neutral point of view. Our other rules are summarised at WP:5. Have a look at some of our good articles too – Yoga is a relevant article that demonstrates our house style well.

I assume that you've read and understood the guidance about conflict of interest that I posted on your talk page, but that you've decided to have another go anyway. You can retrieve your additions to Joseph Michael Levry and Naam yoga from the page history (link at the top of each page), but please don't try to reinstate them without extensive re-working, because they will just get removed again by another editor. It may be best to make your proposed changes to a copy of the page stored in your user space, and then ask for opinions from other interested editors – WikiProject Yoga would appear to be appropriate. Oh, and in case it's relevant - stick to using one account! Hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  22:11, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

1abacada socks

Hi Jim. Just letting you know that I've restored the tags on a couple of 1abacada sock userpages that you deleted - to my mind it's preferable to keep the pages as a record in order to populate Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of 1abacada. If you disagree, I won't restore any more that you delete. All the best, Yunshui ^雲_水 12:05, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Difficult issue, I admit, Yunshui, but I had a short offline discussion with DoRD yesterday and he agreed with my suggestion that we should delete any pages that the vandal had tagged himself, in accordance with WP:DENY. I'm keeping a list of them all, in case it helps.  —SMALLJIM  12:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I never get the memos... Okay; my hands are back in my pockets where they belong. Cheers, Yunshui ^雲_水 12:13, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Well you couldn't have known, and I'm a newbie in dealing with socks and therefore it's not impossible that I'll make a few c*ck-ups. So thanks for the note – do keep an eye on me! Best,  —SMALLJIM  12:24, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

One thought, though - in most of these cases, the self-tagging sock has removed a pre-existing sockpuppet tag. What's the rationale for deleting the page entirely, and not simply reverting to the previous tag? Yunshui ^雲_水 12:37, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

OK I'll go through and look for these - I did check the page histories, so there'll not be many.  —SMALLJIM  12:42, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

It just occurred to me that I'm saying, "most of these cases" when in fact the only ones I've seen are those which I've edited myself (my watchlist is set to pick up any pages that I edit). So whilst "most of the cases I've seen" have that issue, most probably do not. If you want, I'll fix them myself; easier for me to find them than it is for you, especially if you've done a lot of them recently. Yunshui ^雲_水 12:48, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

There was only one left on my list; think that's all of them sorted now. Sorry for the additional workload! Yunshui ^雲_水 12:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

You just pipped me to that one too! But there is one more that I'll reinstate.  —SMALLJIM  12:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Tagging provides useful information to those unfamiliar with the case. For example, 1abacada is not unique in his behavior, and his socks shouldn't be confused with someone's else (some socks share the same IP range). His socks normally need a global block, as he is mostly active on Chinese wikis, but stewards won't know local CU results (not all his socks are listed in his CU investigation page). Finally, we need to know the severity of abuse when rangeblocking. Currently I would tolerate his trolling because his IP ranges are wide, and there are a few good users there, but this balance might change to blocks and granting block exemptions. Materialscientist (talk) 22:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I'll think on this and perhaps reply later, though reading between the lines it sounds as if with each of his outbursts he's digging his own grave a little deeper.  —SMALLJIM  23:17, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Might need...

... a range block . - DVdm (talk) 10:43, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm not really sure it's worth it at present - and I hate working them out ;-)  —SMALLJIM  11:12, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Complaint

Hellow how are you?.. Thank you for stopping the attacking than done by user:Ich Pilot, user:Ich Pilot had made many of new Contributions, which are not based on sources or selecting the sources that are compatible with his couches, I asked him (user:Ich Pilot) to discussed before making any changes to find a common solution (especially that there are many different Statistics which gives different data), and I brought a variety of sources in order to debate, and I asked him to debate before doing any modification until we get to the result of inappropriate but he refuses to debate and even attack me. here is example for one of his personal attacks: by user:B88 attack my personal page and putting pictures calling me fascists and another picture as: If Jesus came kill him again!. he still doing Personal attack directed for me: using low level of word, using low level of word in my Arabic page here you can also see some of assaults on multiple articles as here, and here

I'll be grateful if you can stop that harassment, and Thank you and Have a nice day.--Jobas (talk) 23:28, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Well I'm only an admin here on en.wikipedia, I haven't been involved with User:Ich Pilot at all. But I'll keep an eye on your user pages here for a while and will revert/warn/block anyone who vandalises them.  —SMALLJIM  09:15, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you so much for responding. How I can be in touch with admins in wikicommons?--Jobas (talk) 10:16, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

On Commons, you should post requests for admin help to Commons:Administrators' noticeboard.  —SMALLJIM  14:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Have a nice day.--Jobas (talk) 16:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Bruno Carlucci

Hello Smalljim, I noticed you were the last person to delete Bruno Carlucci after repeated joke attempts to create the article. I, however, went about and created a real article. The article seems to be blocked somehow since I cannot create it. I would be very grateful if you could help me with this issue. My article can be found here: User:FredericL/Bruno Carlucci --FredericL (talk) 03:12, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

FredericL, yes that looks like a nice little article you've written there. My only concern is Notability: Carlucci doesn't seem to have been the subject of "significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject", as is required by our notability guidelines (see WP:BASIC). I'd suggest you work on that aspect and then submit the draft via the Articles for creation process. If/when it's accepted, any admin can override the salt and move the page into article space.  —SMALLJIM  09:33, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Not Happy With Your Judgement, Please Improve Yourself

You need to learn a thing or two about Wikipedia. I have been on this site before you knew of it and have edited many articles under many avatars which I have lost track of. Stop messing with real articles, sabotage the one's that deserve it only please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kryptonite1234 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Bagpuss

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 04:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt. It may not be necessary, I'll see what happens for a while first.  —SMALLJIM  10:01, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

AEL Limassol

Smalljim I want to thank you for the edits and corrections you made in AEL Limassol article. Also how can I report to wikipedia for vandalism actions for the users below?

(AelLagoudaki,Kitrinos Lagos,APOLLON LEMESOS OPADISMOS) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelcfc (talk • contribs) 16:44, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

We all have to put up with vandalism at times, it's a consequence of the way Wikipedia is set up. We have a policy page that explains all about it – the section entitled How to respond to vandalism should tell you all you need to know. Hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  19:40, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much and sorry for my little wikipedia experience — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelcfc (talk • contribs) 21:26, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

How to ____

How do you put an image on you userpage/create userboxes?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spyro2760 (talk • contribs)

I'd suggest you ask for help at the Teahouse. You should got a friendly answer there.  —SMALLJIM  21:00, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of RongXiang Xu

Hi Smalljim, I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing. I noticed that RongXiang Xu's Wiki page was deleted on May 17. I would like to know what issues could be addressed to restore the page. I understand that there are certain unreliable sources. I am still trying to figure out what is considered a reliable and unreliable source. I do believe that there are some reliable sources. Another issue is the fact that Xu has a large number of Chinese documents. I'm not sure how to address that since certain people may not be able to read Chinese and verify whether it is a reliable source or not. Also, one final thought, Rong Xiang Xu is the CEO/owner of MEBO Corporation. Would creating a MEBO page be better? (At least given the nature of the articles on RongXiang Xu's page.) Is a page on a corporation have different scrutiny? For instance, not having to be "notable". Your response would be greatly appreciated! Waverider76 (talk) 16:16, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can see, I haven't had any previous involvement with this article. You should familiarise yourself with our guideline on identifying reliable sources and our guidelines on notability: WP:N (general), WP:BIO (for the person) and WP:CORP (for the company). If after you understand these principles, you still consider that an article is appropriate, then you can draft it via the Articles for Creation process. You could also have a look at WikiProject China to see if anyone there may be able to help or advise you. Our Teahouse is another place where friendly advice is available. I hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  11:03, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Good job getting rid of people like me. Have a good day. My page will be deleted ASAP. Dr. Von Peterburenhavenson (talk) 16:10, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For blocking an IP vandal. Bearian (talk) 16:17, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Well thank you! Which one? ;-)  —SMALLJIM 

Hello How are you

User:B88 still attacking in Arabic this time, he attack here and in my Arabic wiki page since he is been blocked in wikicommons, this user is also active here look here here, he has many account and sockpuppet, he was also active here but he have been blocked for vandalism, What I have to do with this user?. in Arabic wiki he was attacking and doing vandalism in Christianity pages all this week, and also by talk pages.--Jobas (talk) 20:13, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

While I can sympathise, please don't expect me to be able to deal with all the problems here! I said in my previous reply to you, above, that I would watch your talk page for a while: I've reverted one attack there (and warned the perpetrator) and I still have that page on my watchlist. Regarding personal attacks, our page at Wikipedia:No personal attacks explains our policy and what you can do to deal with them. Wikipedia:Vandalism similarly explains the actions that you can take to counteract that aspect. I hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  22:07, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Whack-a-sock

Thank you for dealing with that sock. I was just about to request your help. :) Ishdarian 11:11, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Glad to help.  —SMALLJIM  11:13, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Another One

Seems he's made the page again Template:Number2 :-) ♥ Solarra ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 12:35, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Yup. There's no need to rush, though - it's pretty harmless.  —SMALLJIM  12:37, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Roman timeline

Hello. I am James Miller. The Etruscans are not on the timeline. What do I do? ~ James Miller — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.88.224 (talk) 01:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

You need to provide more information so I can assess what to do about this :)  —SMALLJIM  09:24, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Manuel Cajuda

Hi there SJ, AL "here",

can you please see that something positive is done to this person's page. I am absolutely going crazy with this countryman of mine that keeps treating this page as a blog or personal journal, writing stuff like "his humbleness captivates all", "He is very kind with the press" and similar. Also showing their "mastery" of the English language, we have charmers like "Manuel Cajuda was very strong option for Carlos Queiroz subtituir the National Team"; oh, and much much more worse, they remove all references, only "allowing" external links to stay.

This "user" has already had two accounts called just that, User:Manuel Cajuda and User:Cajudafan, don't know if the person ruining this article is Mr. Cajuda himself, a relative or a girlfriend. If you notice, there is a great number of IPs starting with 188, and all have "contributed" to the article in the same fashion. I have tried to address them in Portuguese just to be safe, was completely ignored.

I managed to get good protections for some pages after getting in touch with User:NuclearWarfare, but the last time i contacted this admin about this matter received absolutely no feedback, have no idea why. Please do/suggest something, am going over the hill with this matter.

Attentively, from Portugal --AL (talk) 02:03, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

AL, on the basis that this may be the start of another outburst of vandalism, I've semi-protected the article for two weeks. But two points: (1) you should carefully read through the changes made by the IP and if there is any valid information in there that can be reliably sourced, you should add it to the article (using your own words); and (2) remain civil to other editors, even if they are vandalising articles (or even if they insult you).  —SMALLJIM  09:58, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the protection. Regarding your tips: 1 - nothing is good from the previous version, only POV and no references. And did i mention he removed the previous five in existence? I did; 2 - yes i should, but it's very difficult. I have contacted another admin on several occasions about this, urging him to block me if he sees fit, i know there are guidelines here that must be followed but i just can't seem to adhere to them, hence i have decided to leave WP on 12 July 2014, the vandalism and the fact i just discussed (me not being able to follow most of the rules) being too much already.

Cheers, thanks again --AL (talk) 12:13, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Universe Weekly

User Universe Weekly is a new account just created and has been adding Jetania to articles like the user:Thuckin Hell. Possible sock? --Spshu (talk) 18:33, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Hey Spshu Came here for another reason, noticed your comment. I agree it's a duck. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:53, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, guys, you just missed me. I've just blocked this one for block evasion.  —SMALLJIM  20:10, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Editor605

Hey Smalljim, user above appears to be testing the system. He has on three occasions introduced circular redirects ([1][2][3]) at List of Regular Show characters. The third instance was after I explained to him why this is pointless. I'm bringing it up to you since you appear to be the last admin to warn him. Also on one recent occasion, he appears to deliberately misspell the main character's name, which he fixed in a subsequent circular redirect. (Rolls eyes.) Hoping you can keep an eye on the page since I'm almost at my limit for reverts. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:53, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Retracting. User actually converted the Mordecai character page from a redirect to an actual article, in this case, I screwed up and forgot to check their work. Sorry to bug you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:04, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

OK - glad you did before I got the chance to look at it. Regular Show 66% longer than Edvard Grieg. Sigh...  —SMALLJIM  20:33, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

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Sandbox?

Hey Smalljim, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to use the sandbox. Could you please help me out? Thanks, Schoolskater (talk) 13:16, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

I suggest you ask the friendly people at the Teahouse. They'll be able to devote more time to your enquiry than I can.  —SMALLJIM  13:18, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Wow thanks for answering so quickly! Schoolskater (talk) 13:23, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thanks for helping me out! Schoolskater (talk) 12:42, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Your recent block

User:41.76.245.244 is an IP address, not an account. Antrocent (talk) 19:49, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for the speedy notice. Fixed.  —SMALLJIM  19:51, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Tiny Pop and edit war

Hi, could you take a look at the AN3 report filed here? You've interacted with the IP and they are saying that their edits are because you told them to. Just so you know, both the IP and the named account reporter are edit warring, not just the IP.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:29, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. It's typical that stuff should break out when I've been called away. I'll look into it...  —SMALLJIM  19:07, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

You know damned well that you're not allowed to have a life. Thanks for dealing with it.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I am still intrigued by the wide variety of people here. But it'll pass :)  —SMALLJIM  20:54, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Possible sockpuppetry

Last month you blocked User:Newzealand123 for using Wikipedia for spam or advertising purposes. Today I came across User talk:Lanaelle007 who reinserted the content added by Newzealand123 [4]. The user also has similar edits on pages such as Miss Bikini New Zealand, Nela Zisser and Katrina Turner. Can you take a look and let me know what you think. Thanks. -SFK2 (talk) 06:40, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Interesting. I've left a comment at User talk:Lanaelle007#Deleted again.  —SMALLJIM  23:00, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Unblock on hold

There is an unblock request for a block you placed, at User talk:Y1p6hj. I totally agree with your block, but it looks to me like just some kid who was playing around, and his/her claim to have no intention of doing the same again may well be genuine. In my experience, unblocking in this sort of situation often leads to an ex-vandal becoming a constructive editor, and the worst that is likely to happen is that he/she vandalises again and is blocked again, and this time stays blocked. I am strongly inclined towards a WP:ROPE unblock, but any opinion of yours would be welcome. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:01, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

One always wonders if one more warning would have made any difference. But yes, it sounds a bit more genuine than most such requests: it'll be interesting to see what happens, if he reappears at all.  —SMALLJIM  10:42, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

OK, I'll give it a try. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Reversion of edits on User talk:120.147.152.163

Just wanted to let you know that when you reverted 120.147.152.163's blanking of his talk page, it was in contravention of existing policy. Users are allowed to delete any warnings they get on their talk page, as it constitutes explicit notice that they received the warning. If I'm not mistaken, this applies to block notices as well. Also, I'm not talking about your revert of his frivolous unblock request, as that was a personal attack on you. Novato 123chess456 (talk) 12:45, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping an eye on me, but I'm not sure which revert you're referring to (it's helpful to include diffs in cases like this). This edit was notification of a new block that I imposed because of this vandalism made just after the previous block expired, and this one was notice that talk page access had been revoked due to the personal attack you noted above. Neither edit reinstated warnings or notices removed by the vandal.  —SMALLJIM  14:28, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

They WERE the same message, and the quick succession of notice being removed and added again made me think that it was some sort of edit war. Sorry for the miscommunication. Novato 123chess456 (talk) 21:23, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Undelete of ERSA Group

Hello Smalljim,

I would like to see if there is anything that could be done to undelete the page for ERSA Group. I have new unbiased natural information to add that has to do with the company and there move to downtown Detroit, Michigan into the Broderick Tower. Which are current wiki articles. I am not paid by this company. My only interest is educating people of things that I am aware of. I hope you are well.

Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tidyrambo (talk • contribs) 18:29, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: I've replied on Tidyrambo's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  19:50, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Copyright

Hi Smalljim,

I am nonplussed that you eliminated my complete sight which had been going for some years until I added an excerpt of the book Cien Anos de Soledad, for which I acknowledged the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Of all other texts I had the complete copyright especially the article about the window display of Lyons Corner Houses for which I was the chief designer in the fifties. I had many interested searchers for that insertion who added more material. Please reconsider your `axing' Kay Lipton www.artlipton.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.23.43.7 (talk) 04:59, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

OK – I'm always happy to listen to any reasonable requests concerning my decisions, but you're going to have to give me some more information here. I've done a lot of admin work on Wikipedia recently, and although I've looked back to the start of June, I've been unable to determine which page you're referring to. Please advise the title of the page or the username/IP address whose content I removed, and I'll look at it for you.  —SMALLJIM  09:36, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Hi Not suer if I'm doing this right, I'm quite new to Wikipedia. Just wondering why the edits we make on the Pennine Care page are completely deleted. The info about the area the Trust covers was inaccurate and services provided out of date. Hopefully it won't be reverted back to that version again. If you could explain the reasoning though that would really help. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.176.105.151 (talk) 08:38, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

I've just reverted it. You need to discuss your concerns on the article's talk page, per our guidance on the Bold, revert, discuss cycle. You should also read our guidance on conflict of interest, which basically says that someone closely associated with a topic has to take special care to ensure that their interest does not overwhelm the need for the encyclopedia to be neutral and unbiased. I'm happy to discuss further on Talk:Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, if you want to make a reasoned case for your changes there.  —SMALLJIM  08:45, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, I have one request to you. A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 13:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: was about admin nomination - I've replied on user's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  14:30, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Hoosain ebrahim

User Bailee123 removing CSD tags from his/her own created page Hoosain ebrahim after warnings. Subject is non-notable plus no independent source found. A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 14:44, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it happens all the time. Isn't there a bot that adds them back?  —SMALLJIM  14:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

No bot there. I have tagged it again and warned the user A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 14:50, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. An admin will look at it in due course.  —SMALLJIM  14:53, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Finally deleted :). I want to say one thing, I spend all my time in WP, and I get very happy when any admin give me good suggestions and rewards for my efforts. A.Minkowiski ^{_Lets t@lk} 14:58, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Dragon's Lair talk page

What's going on with the Dragon's Lair talk page that blanking it is okay with you? I'd ask SNAAAAAKE!! but I doubt I'd get a helpful response from him. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 15:36, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Not sure, Frecklefoot. I seem to have stepped into something unexpected here. My second message on his talk page was only supposed to be about removing the template ("don't template the regulars"), but it was, I admit, not clearly worded and it seems to have been misinterpreted. I'm still not clear why the page was deleted - looking into that now. Do you know any of the background?  —SMALLJIM  15:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

No, not at all. At present, it just looks like vandalism. It doesn't help that SNAAAAKE!! doesn't leave edit summaries. If something constructive is going on, I'd be fine with it. But I don't have any context at present, just that you said you were going to unrevert your revert of his blanking of the page.

I really don't know who SNAAAAKE!! is, but is he just a socketpuppet of Niemti, a user who gets blocked often? He uses the same image in his userpage. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 16:45, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I've read up a bit on the user's history now - he's not a "sock" of Niemti, but has just had an approved change of username, via User:TRIGGERWARNING (see here). I've asked him to provide some more info about the page blanking.  —SMALLJIM  17:01, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I look forward to hear what is going on with the Dragon's Lair talk page. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 17:12, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I constantly see you on the recent changes page! I want you to know that I appreciate you and I recognize your importance to Wikipedia! SkaterLife (talk) 13:23, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you SkaterLife, that's very kind – I do seem to have been quite busy here lately: must take a break! I'm pleased that you found someone to adopt you and I hope your understanding of Wikipedia is growing daily.  —SMALLJIM  14:27, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Social network

Hi there, I see your message on Hasebear, we are doing a course for teens on wikipedia and I showed them how to send messages to each other, so please have understanding. http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/news-events/events/wiki-warriors-2014-06-05/ mike James Michael DuPont (talk) 23:31, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, Mike, I know that. But things looked like they were getting a bit out of hand and you didn't seem to be around, so after one of them got blocked I thought a couple of restraining messages were in order: [5] and [6]. You could help those who patrol for vandalism by ensuring that there's a message on each of your students' talk pages to explain the situation and who's in charge. Otherwise, I agree with the sentiments posted by Excirial in response to your message on his talk page. Keep up the good work!  —SMALLJIM  09:14, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, I will work on a notice. James Michael DuPont (talk) 11:24, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Request

I think User:Jonathan Michael Aguiniga is almost certainly evading the block you imposed on User:68.108.159.184. Could you please look into this? Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 19:48, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

OK, Dogmaticeclectic. I've asked him a question about one of his latest edits that he should be able to give a reasonable answer to if he's editing here in good faith. Further action will depend on his response.  —SMALLJIM  21:27, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

He carried on editing without responding, so I've blocked indefinitely. As an aside, that whole series of TV schedules looks problematic to me.  —SMALLJIM  09:42, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

War editing persists

I hope you can take the time to look over User:MarnetteDs fresh batch of childish reverts, his dismissal of WP:IAR despite the big "Ignore All Rules" image in his own talk page – I heard "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", oh, except when it's an autocratic editor preaching his POV to an IP editor. Clearly his past blocks for 3RR and warring did no sodding good. 82.8.252.13 (talk) 17:22, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Smalljim. Thanks for your efforts in speaking to the IP. You will want to read this Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#Statement by MarnetteD for a fuller understanding of what has been going on - from my perspective anyway. MarnetteD|Talk 17:26, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

No thanks, I don't feel like dealing with intransigence today. If you two can't agree on anything else, why not see if you could jointly agree to WP:3O?  —SMALLJIM  17:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll agree to a nice game of Russian Roulette and I'll even let MarnetteD go first, because I'm generous that way. ;) 82.8.252.13 (talk) 18:02, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict)In a sense I did that with my post at the Category talk page. In light of the ongoing personal attacks and this post about socking, as well as the post the IP just made above, I have no faith that anything will get through to this editor. Cheers anyway. MarnetteD|Talk 18:07, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

You have no WP:AGF whatsoever, that's why your edit history is packed with snide reverts, mostly aimed at anon-editors. And why you have a block history for 3RR abuse. It all adds up to the same thing - no interest in collaboration. Faith starts with a conversation, you didn't even do that, you reverted 30-odd articles without comment. That's not the sign of a good editor. 82.8.252.13 (talk) 18:11, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Just wanted to follow up on my thank you message at the edit warring notice board. Do you know if a SPI has been filed about this situation? If not should we file one? Thanks again for your efforts. MarnetteD|Talk 16:14, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Well, you can file one if you think it would help: I'm not sure that they do, all that often.  —SMALLJIM  16:36, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

I know what you mean and filing one does take up article editing time. If MB winds up being an ongoing problem WikiP may need one down the road. I have been forced to disable the "email to me" function due to the c*** emails I received yesterday. Ah well, back to normal editing - whatever that is :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 17:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Cat centipede kopi luwak

Dear 'Small Jim',

Who do you think you are? You clearly know nothing about the cat centipede method. It is a very real thing, okay? It is very, very tastings. Starbucks will soon have a 10-cat-long centipede in their backroom producing the finest, freshest coffee. You'll see. Oh you'll see alright. Yours sincerely, Gerald Picklestein — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazz1989 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Reliable source required.  —SMALLJIM  15:25, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Whoops

I saw that 12.154.105.116 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) had been blocked before and thought it was from 2013. Just noticed that it was from 1 minute before me. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 15:13, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Well that makes him very blocked, I reckon :) I'm just about to add an IP tag, 'cos it's quite a good one.  —SMALLJIM  15:17, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

(ec)Fixed back to the 72 hours. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 15:26, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, though there was no real need. Although according to accepted practice (as exemplified at AN/I) we ought to have entered into protracted discussion and eventually compromised, probably two weeks later, at around 120 hours.  —SMALLJIM  16:21, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

However, that would have involved multiple postings at ANI. Various insults and accusations of operating in bad faith. Also possibly going through each others contributions and making random reverts. But I'm far too lazy. And I just realised who your brother is. CBWeather, Talk, Seal meat for supper? 22:57, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

(1) Ah, a real opportunity missed. (2) Close! I don't think he and I are related, but he has been a significant influence.  —SMALLJIM  11:39, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Star of Bethlehem

Hi, Glad to see that you are an admin with a degree in Physics. Thanks for spotting Star of Bethlehem. We seem to be getting close to a WP:3RR with a guy (and his IP-alias) who seems to want to promote his antimatter comet ideas there. Could you take a look at the 3RR aspect, please? Might you also take a look at antimatter comet itself. Is this a 'fringe' topic? Should it even be in Wikipedia at all? Thanks. Feline Hymnic (talk) 14:40, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

I've got it on the back burner for a more in-depth look when I have the time (and inclination!). It may be that he just needs a decent explanation of our rules.  —SMALLJIM  14:47, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Feline Hymnic (talk) 14:53, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Star of Bethlehem 2

The article was pulished in a Symposium in which Philip Papaelias presented his theory and the reference reference is

"Phenomena of ball lightning in history". Proceedings Ninth International Symposium on Ball Lightning, ISBL – 06, 16–19 August 2006, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

You need to state your case at Talk:Star of Bethlehem#Antimatter meteor theory to try to gain consensus that it should be included in the article.  —SMALLJIM  16:19, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Star of Bethlehem 3

I've semi-protected this for 3 days and warned Fpapael11 that a block is forthcoming if he continues to edit the page. Obvious COI, socking with IPs. Also at Antimatter comet where he seems to have written a large chunk of the article using his account and the IPs. Dougweller (talk) 16:12, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

COI - yes, but based on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Philip Papaelias, he seems to be a cut above the usual POV pushers, and may possibly become a valuable contributor if he's made aware of our rules (if it's him, of course!). I'd be interested to hear your opinion.  —SMALLJIM  16:25, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

He could be valuable as you say, but I don't know how to persuade him to work within our guidelines. Dougweller (talk) 18:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

At present he seems to be a single-issue editor in a fringe topic about which he is very enthusiastic. I'm not a WP administrator. But isn't one of the recommendations that such folk be encouraged to edit more widely, in well-established core areas, to get the general feel of how WP works overall? And have I heard talk of a mentor scheme? What about WikiProject Astronomy? Feline Hymnic (talk) 20:53, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes, on reflection I reckon you're both probably right. What to do next will depend on what he does, if/when he comes back.  —SMALLJIM  21:24, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

John D. Garba

Hello SmallJim, I was writing a biography and am a new user here. I have no intention of misuse of this platform. If am not doing it the right way, please let me know what am doing wrong. Please get back to me because i intend to get what you deleted back online — Preceding unsigned comment added by John D. Garba (talk • contribs) 10:32, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

This must be about User:John D. Garba, a page that I deleted on 28 June. There are several points:

1. I assume that you're writing about yourself: if so, please read our guideline at Wikipedia:Autobiography.
2. Also relevant is our policy on What Wikipedia is not, particularly the sections WP:NOTPROMOTION and WP:NOTWEBHOST.
3. You will also find Wikipedia:User pages, our guideline on what is and what isn't allowable in user pages, worth reading.

I hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  10:59, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

It is not about myself. Am the editor, for my community leader whose name is John D. Garba — Preceding unsigned comment added by John D. Garba (talk • contribs) 11:28, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Note: In view of the above response, I've asked the editor to stop using this username, per WP:IU.  —SMALLJIM  22:03, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

thank you SmallJim, you have been of great help, i will go through and if i find any problem, i will get back to you with a question — Preceding unsigned comment added by John D. Garba (talk • contribs) 10:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

May you please delete this user: John D. Garba i created. I would have to create my own. Thank you for the advice — Preceding unsigned comment added by John D. Garba (talk • contribs) 11:12, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Happy to help. If you haven't done so yet, you should now change your username before making any further edits. We don't delete old accounts, but I'll block the John D. Garba account from editing in a while.  —SMALLJIM  11:49, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

75.70.218.39

Hello, this user seems to have bypassed the edit block. He is now making the same edits under 2600:100e:b002:123b:28fd:bb46:e4a:9602. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfstormy (talk • contribs) 23:41, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

See Talk:Spyro (series)#SpyroDragon.com.  —SMALLJIM  00:03, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Recommendation to revoke talk page access

Heya Smalljim, it might be a good idea to once again revoke the talk page access at User talk:194.81.223.1. The IP, who is obviously behind TDFan2006 and HoshiNoKaabii2000, continues to use the IP talk page as a storage facility for TDFan's voluminous and useless test edits. Danke! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 13:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Well spotted, Cyphoidbomb – don't tell anyone but I omitted to tick the box when supposedly revoking talk page access back in April. However, that oversight has provided some interesting info (now RevDeleted to prevent potential re-use), and I've revoked access for logged-in users through that IP address now too.  —SMALLJIM  20:09, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I shan't tell a soul. :) I posted an addendum at the SPI because I think it is worth memorializing that the word "Unovia" kept appearing in Aberdeen editor TDFan's sandbox and that it also appeared on the talk page of the Aberdeen IP. May I trouble you to swing by and vouch that you saw the data before it was deleted? I wouldn't wish this to be a disputed point. It's the most recent addendum. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:40, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I get your point, but I don't think there's any need - the word still appears in several of the edit summaries. That's enough, isn't it?  —SMALLJIM  22:20, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I was actually about to come back to write, "but if you think it's a stupid idea, forget it", but you saved me the embarrassment. :) Yeah, that'll work. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:30, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Web Design Royale

hey kindly remove me from spam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Praveensbhagawati (talk • contribs) 17:02, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Do you want me to delete your user page at User:Praveensbhagawati?  —SMALLJIM  22:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

IPs at Jahanabad, Pilibhit

Thanks for taking action. Spared me an unpleasant trip to AIV. TLA 3x ♭ → ♮ 16:12, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem - he was at it earlier today too.  —SMALLJIM  16:13, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

More IP-hopping. I'm afraid you may have to enact a range block. TLA 3x ♭ → ♮ 16:15, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Too wide a range, I think.  —SMALLJIM  16:16, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

The Last Arietta, you could try leaving some of his edits for a while so we can see what he does next. Ta!  —SMALLJIM  16:20, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

It's obvious (s)he's spreading this to new (for him/her) pages. This unfortunately looks like 'Pop the weasel'. I can't imagine only three hours on the range would be excessive collateral damage. TLA 3x ♭ → ♮ 16:31, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

I've asked for help at AN/I. It would probably take me about 3 hours to work out the appropriate range block, but I'll have a go.  —SMALLJIM  16:34, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Back. TLA 3x ♭ → ♮ 22:23, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Yup. I've just reapplied the rangeblock and referred Gogo Dodo (who blocked the two active IP's) to the AN/I report. Let's continue discussion there - I get the feeling that these outbursts may become a regular occurrence.  —SMALLJIM  22:34, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for deletion of promotional userspace

I was about to tag User:MICROMZ for deletion as a promotional page with a promotional name, but you already got it! Keep it up. Piguy101 (talk) 16:09, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to have spoiled your fun ;-)  —SMALLJIM  16:11, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Bug in twinkle

Looks like it to me. Amortias (T)(C) 18:30, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Ah - I was just about to post to your talk page. I haven't come across this error before, though I use TW extensively. I guess we should keep an eye out for it happening again.  —SMALLJIM  18:34, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

(Sorry for jumping in but) it's not a bug. Drrinc's talk page was created by Smalljim, when he posted a warning. Then when Amortias nominated it for deletion, TW warned the page creator (Smalljim). 2Flows (talk) 09:11, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Call it an unpatched error then :) User talk:Drrinc isn't "my user page", as the message states; but the circumstances that caused this aren't going to happen very often.  —SMALLJIM  11:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Revision deletion

Hello, thanks for blocking User:67.187.1.208. Would you mind deleting the summary of this revision by him, which is grossly insulting me? Thanks, 2Flows (talk) 22:51, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

OK, done.  —SMALLJIM  23:13, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit.

Thanks for editing the article for me. 86.129.13.205 (talk) 12:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem. There are benefits to having an account and building up a history of good edits (hint!)  —SMALLJIM  12:46, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes, but I had a problem with people in the real world creeping on my account. I guess it's been long enough now that I could return to it, although some of the ways I handled things when I was younger make me cringe. I've been editing anon, on and off, since all this was fields :) 86.129.13.205 (talk) 13:06, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

What about Wikipedia:Clean start?  —SMALLJIM  13:13, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm considering it: I never developed any bad reputations or anything, and never really had on-wiki issues, but I'm thinking about starting a Wikipedia club at my school, and I wouldn't want students to see how I handled things when I was younger. I think I need to wait until I can work out how that would work before I register an account that I'm happy to use in that role, since I assume I can't have a seperate account for that role. But thank you. 86.129.13.205 (talk) 18:07, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

The education side isn't an area in which I've been involved at all, but just in case you haven't come across it yet, Wikipedia:Education program would probably be a source of useful information. Good luck.  —SMALLJIM  19:01, 9 July 2014 (UTC)