User talk:The Voidwalker/Archive 1

Archive 1

A belated welcome!

Sorry for the belated welcome, but the cookies are still warm!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, The Voidwalker. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 19:08, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, and see you around! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:10, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

• We don't have a "welcome back" template... Drmies (talk) 19:12, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Well, considering that I never had received a welcome before, late is better than never! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:16, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Cool name. GABHello! 21:52, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 01:23, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

rollback

Hi The Voidwalker. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Katie^talk 15:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Block

Please see the IP user, 86.135.26.197. I am afraid this could also be proxy for 86.174.74.144 (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/86.174.74.144) This IP is causing disruptive edits. Please help me block it. Thanks!!!119.148.35.65 (talk) 08:19, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

They appear to be in the same IP range, but there does seem to be some curious information in the WHOIS. I'll refer to WP:OP, who actually know what they are doing when it comes to proxies. I'll give the range a look later today, but for now, there is not enough persistent vandalism from the two IPs for a block to be practical. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 17:14, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your support on Bankstown railway line! Wcp07 (talk) 11:32, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

• Happy to help! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 21:22, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for changing my edits to the file types I spent my valuable time on Jomo284 (talk) 15:55, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Why "bogus"

Hi, You stated my warnings for removing sourced materials by a SPA user as "bogus". Can you please, tell me your rationale for this? I think you haven't checked the page's edit history which clearly shows the User:NihartouJason removed sources content without any consensus on the article's talk page. --Aliopuka (talk) 13:39, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

I was expecting a reply here but thanks for the note on the ANI. I have replied there. --Aliopuka (talk) 06:06, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help with the sandbox vandal. I've semi-protected your user and user talk pages for a few days. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:38, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for cleaning up my pages. I'll leave a note on the top of my page soon about contacting me. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:14, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Reviewing, the guideline on reviewing
• Wikipedia:Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. Widr (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Steve Israel

I reverted your move at Steve Israel (American football), as I believe the sources suggest the name Steve is more commonly used. Started a discussion here. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:58, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Replied there, but I'll say it again, thanks. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 20:59, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Nathan Lee

Please delete the page. We are working on improving it, and will create a new page with proper citations. It would be much appreciated. Thanks!

NathanLeeFanPage (talk) 00:36, 29 April 2016 (UTC)NathanLeeFanPage

Voidwalker

You just deleted all of my material on the "Druid" article discussion without telling me!! I think if you are going to take such an action on a talk or discussion page you could have at least given me a warning, and help me move the material!! I think you should help me resolve this...as you just deleted about an hour of thoughtful discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph setorius (talk • contribs) 00:59, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Responded on your talk. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 01:05, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Voidwalker, thanks for the help in recovering my material. I appreciate it! joseph_setorius☊ ☼ 18:22, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

No problem! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 00:19, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

The Best Article draft

Sorry about my bad judgement I made when I "reviewed" the article that the anon made. After thinking about it again, I probably should have just left it alone... although at the time I did that it seemed like it would have no chance of being approved because it not only had a unhelpful name (Best Article) but it didn't have any sources either. Hope there's no hard feelings there. :) Feinoha ^Talk 03:18, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

No hard feelings! I honestly would not have done anything about it if not for an anon making some noise at ANI. The draft space is a confusing place to work; the boundaries are poorly defined. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 00:22, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	I'm giving the admin barnstar because you have caught two admin errors I've made today, and corrected them politely and efficiently. I appreciate it. Its a rough day, I probably shouldn't even be working at Wikipedia but felt like doing some good. Thanks for having my back and making sure things got done right. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 22:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello sorry for the edit I made. I was just show it as reference to a friend and was going to remove it. Highlander1888 (talk) 19:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

@Highlander1888: That's OK, just don't get in the habit of making those type of edits. Cheers! -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:19, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

16:16:07, 10 June 2016 review of submission by 217.209.16.121

• 217.209.16.121 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Folkrörelsen Nej till EU (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Please have a look at the improved references.

Currently, I'm more concerned about the notability of the subject as opposed to the quality of the references. Good references does not always mean that the subject is notable. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 22:40, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Re-review of issue with Conduit (company)

Hi,

You were good enough to review my Teahouse request for an impartial editor to consider deleting inflammatory language inserted in Conduit (company). After you deleted the language, another editor re-inserted it, adding citations But the citations do not come close to supporting the language, plus they are both unreliable sources. I've written a full description on the Talk page and if you have time to review it again, I'd appreciate it.BC1278 (talk) 16:17, 14 June 2016 (UTC)BC1278

I've re-listed the request to gain additional input from other community members, and since I do not currently have the time to review the sources that were added. They may prompt a rewrite of the current material. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 17:34, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

William Macadam

Hi Voidwalker,

I am just trying to put up a short sentence or so to describe who I am if you double click on my name in an edit as a courtesy - not because I am notable. Am I doing it in the wrong place? Surely it should not be a song and dance to do, should it. It is not intended as a Wikipedia entry. Can you advise? Perhaps "William Macadam was born in England and worked in Canada"?. Would that work?

Many thanks. Kind regards William Macadam (talk) 18:30, 2 June 2016 (UTC)William Macadam (talk) 15:23, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

William Macadam (1814-1874)

Hi Again,

I am sorry I think we are talking about two different things in your e-mail communications. I started a new entry for the above although perhaps without the date in the heading. It is not meant for review at this time. I thought you were referring to a tag line i had submitted for myself for who I am as an editor and contributor to a handful of sites William Macadam (talk) 18:18, 2 June 2016 (UTC) I think I put this in the wrong place. Should have gone into my sandbox as requires much additional info yet and does not make sense as is.

I sincerely apologise if I have somehow put you to the trouble of reading it at this stage. The confusion is over a similar name to mine although it is about a gentleman who lived 200 years ago.

I am dreadfully sorry to have inadvertently put you to the trouble of reading very early beginning part of a draft of an entry.

And I may not even be replying to you in the right way as i did on your page and I think this is where I should?.

Thanks for your patience,

William Macadam William Macadam (talk) 18:30, 2 June 2016 (UTC)(talk) 18:18, 2 June 2016 (UTC).

@William Macadam: Ok, first off; this page (User talk:The Voidwalker) is the proper place to respond to me. You don't need to give me your email, as Wikipedia uses talk pages for communication in the place of private emails. Next off, my message to you was about Draft:William Macadam while it was looking like this. As you had seemingly submitted it, I declined it as being not notable for an article. When you submit articles in the draft namespace, this means that you are submitting them for review to be added to the mainspace (where the articles go). If you wish to have a personal page (userpage) so that the redlink in your WP:SIG|signature]] is blue, simply follow that redlink and create the userpage. The title of the page should be User:William Macadam. It is your own personal page to do with as you please. As far as the draft is concerned, you can fill it up with verifiable information that demonstrates notability, if you wish to draft and article about that subject. By the way, I have not edited, or reviewed Draft:William Macadam (1814-1898). -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 20:14, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

            Thanks. My mistake. In wrong place. It was intended as brief description of me on my user page. Certainly not as Wikipedia entry. I have since put up an even briefer description on my user        page. Obviously was doing it incorrectly as I thought I was following what came up when I tried to do this. Obviously not.  Much appreciate your help. I have deleted my personal e-mail in earlier response.

William Macadam (talk) 12:35, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Martha Karolyi's name is Martha, but pronounced as Marta]]

This change needs to be made to her page. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdubbs14 (talk • contribs) 00:05, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

References

@Kdubbs14: This is obviously disputable, and I suggest that you make a comment on the talkpage before proceeding any further. However, Márta appears to be her formal name, and I would leave it as such. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 00:12, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Actually, Márta is not her formal name. It was shown in their documentary that her formal name is Mártha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdubbs14 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

help remove the correction notice on page

Hi Voidwalker - could you please remove your comment on the page Jack Pearson (musician). I corrected the page and removed all external links from the body of the page. Thank you for your help! 19:06, 16 August 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackguitarfan (talk • contribs)

@Jackguitarfan: Sorry for getting back to you so late, but my internet connection has been exceedingly poor the past week, and I have been unable to answer. It seems that action is currently unneeded from me, and I wish you best of luck in getting your draft accepted. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 02:40, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me Voidwalker and may the internet be with you!Jackguitarfan (talk) 12:16, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Edit summary

Your edit summary said was "start working on it", but only if I need a break from NPP, reviewing pending edits, or RC partrol. KGirlTrucker81 ^{talk what I'm been doing} 01:24, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

@KGirlTrucker81: Can you give me a link to where I said this, I can't recall the context. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 01:32, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Please check the revision history of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Oshwah 2. KGirlTrucker81 ^{talk what I'm been doing} 01:35, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Oh, do you mean this? I was fixing the numbering, without that little "#" the following numbers were reset at 1. "Stahp borking it" was intended as a phrase to express humored exasperation (if that makes any sense). I wasn't telling you, or anyone else, to do anything else but keep the formatting/numbering intact. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 01:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, LOL :D KGirlTrucker81 ^{talk what I'm been doing} 01:44, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

EF/FP

Hi The Voidwalker - thanks for the great work you've been doing over at WP:EF/FP. I've noticed you've stuck to reports which have hits against public-view filters, which is great :) out of curiosity, do you have an understanding of regex? -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 09:03, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, not much I can do when a report involves private filters, but sometimes it looks a little obvious . I must admit that I am not an expert in more complicated forms of regex, only the more simple forms that I tend to see in filters. That knowledge is also mostly self-taught from looking at examples and instruction pages. I have once needed to write my own filter after a spammer figured out how to bypass a basic anti-spam filter (on that works by detecting the number of external links added by the edit) on a test wiki, so I wouldn't say that I'm completely inexperienced, just rather new. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 18:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thanks for all your hard work around here, it hasn't gone by unnoticed. Keep it up friend! :) Doctor Papa Jones • (Click here to collect your prize!) 22:19, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

ANEW

FYI, was declined there. TimothyJosephWood 17:39, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

@Timothyjosephwood: FWIW, I hit edit before it was closed, but it doesn't really make a difference. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 17:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your support on Third Frontier page! Is it possible to redirect this page to the Ohio Third Frontier page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnagydevelopment (talk • contribs) 17:51, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Hold on, I need to fix a few things with the page, you can't simply copypaste the contents of the page somewhere else. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 17:54, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Content Translator

[1] Hi! Can this restriction be bypassed, or is there a way to publish translated content on a different wiki project temporarily, and then copy the article here? Just saying, I've spent an hour translating an article, just to end up not being able to publish it. Ivi104 (talk) 23:45, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Certainly @Ivi104: I would recommend creating the page under the title Draft:Villa Maria (telenovela) in order to bypass the namespace restriction on the filter. Then add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page and enter it into the articles for creation process, which should help with any remaining cleanup necessary. If no cleanup is needed, the page will then be moved into the article namespace. Please be aware though, that it can take some time (usually a week or two) to complete articles for creation. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 23:58, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your great work at WP:EF/FP, it's seriously appreciated by myself and the other EFMs -- samtar talk or stalk 20:19, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome!

And also for the warm cookies. :) I'm pretty sure I clicked on Yes to the question 'Send public thanks for this edit?' but nothing seems to have happened either on my talk page or yours. Hence this post. --Roshni Kanchan (talk) 10:05, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

User Keeps Blanking Sections of Current UK Child Actors

Hey there, Voidwalker

2600:8800:301:5900:CD76:147:386:B2D keeps blanking sections on the page List of current child actors from the United Kingdom. --FuzzyGopher (talk) 00:12, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

For now, we've done all we can by reverting and warning. If they keep it up, please report them to WP:AIV. Thanks! -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 00:23, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Good Works

Hello The Voidwalker, Thanks for your revert towards this IP edits 72.159.148.102 on this article 2016 Chicago Cubs season. I have reported the IP to an admin to take care of that, Nice work. --Music Boy50 (talk) 00:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Looks like all has been handled. -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 00:28, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For dealing with the mess I made with CitationCleanerBot! Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 22:56, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Cricket ball

Please have another look at Cricket ball. You recently reverted an edit made by User:CitationCleanerBot, with the comment "rv, requested by bot owner at WP:AN". The same bot has since repeated the edit. Thanks, Verbcatcher (talk) 01:21, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

It's good, the owner of the bot realized that they left on options which may have caused unnecessary problems (many of these edits should have been fine), however, there were 1658 edits, far too many to review by hand. So, if the edits are reverted, the bot can now go back through and make the edits with the proper options. As it stands, there does not appear to be a problem with the original edit. Oh well. -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 01:30, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Verbcatcher (talk) 01:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review needs your help

Hi The Voidwalker,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted.

Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.

It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.

(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

The recent vandals

Man, thats annoying. Seeing admin accounts comrpomised and screwing around. It made me chuckle when Jimmy Wales got hacked but after that was just stupid. just my 2cents. Pyrusca (talk) 02:01, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia 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 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

God damnit....

I'm a fool. Thanks for fixing my derp :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:30, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

It's ok, the indenting gets everyone eventually.... -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 02:31, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

That's them alright

Pretty sure that was Suix/Dead Rats, actually, unless you were making a pun on the rats being 'dyeing' rather than dead or dying this time? They're starting to behave increasingly more erratic, though. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:42, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

I was a bit thrown off by the contents of the edit (which was some random spammy thing). I know about the sockmaster, having AIV on the watchlist, I've seen several socks go through there. -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 01:45, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Several of their recent socks have taken to copy-paste overwriting articles with various random stuff. One of their appearances earlier today took to dumping a long list of e-mail addresses in articles, and some of their late November socks already show signs of copy-paste repetitive nonsense, albeit slightly less randomly copied stuff. Behavioural change probably is due to the filter. (They've mostly not bothered with WooMoo-nonsense since, I think, and I suspect it's a bit easier to avoid the filter on the rats stuff once in the edit summary versus dozens of times in the edit). AddWittyNameHere (talk) 01:52, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Free Syrian Army

Hi VoidWalker, I'am facing intense, multi-IP, Twitter synchronized vandalism on this page for the past 40 mins. Really need semi-protection. Do you have admin right ? Do you know the procedure ? Please let's continue the action on talk:Free Syrian Army. --Yug (talk) 23:15, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

@Yug: I've requested page protection on WP:RfPP, but that's all I can really do for now. -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 23:17, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

@The Voidwalker:: Thanks ! That's what In needed. I'am not active anymore on wiki and doesn't know the current procedures. The history is now a mess. The last version I saw was a troll (again). Admin can slow this down, and monitor these. Alert should be raised tho. --Yug (talk) 23:20, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

An admin has just gotten to the page, and it has been protected. All is well. Cheers -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 23:21, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected

AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

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Thanks!

for fixing that glitch on my last ANI edit. No idea what happened. My aged pc was very slow as I added a short comment - I had a couple of other tabs up - then she froze for a minute or so. Then my old Dell unfroze and a message came up "page restored"..thanks for fixing it anyway. Irondome (talk) 03:08, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

No problem. The interesting thing is that your edit only restored the sections, but didn't affect the other edit that happened between their removal and your comment. How unusual. Cheers -- The Voidwalker ^Whispers 03:11, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Happy New Year and Prosperous 2017. Quis separabit? 03:53, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

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The 2016 Cure Award

In 2016 you were one of the top ~200 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC)