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Hi. I am editing the template "cite web" in another wiki but when I show the results, something like this appears:
"search here". Retrieved 13 march 2012. {{
cite web}}
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http://www.google.com
I do not understand why the web link appears again in the end ( http://www.google.com). Can you help me with my trouble?
I wish to thank you very much with any help you can give to me
Thanks a lot, Ricardo Ferreira de Oliveira ( talk) 15:29, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Circumcision". Thank you. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 00:11, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear Avraham,
I was pointed to you through a series of links from a Speedy Deletion notification that took place on an article that I had created. The Article that I had created was called Maula Ali Dargah.
Could you help me here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aman Zaidi ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
You have been a significant and I believe extremely welcome editor for some time regarding the Christ myth theory, and have displayed very good judgment and willingness to adhere to policies and guidelines. I have asked for input at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alternative Views#Ebionites and related articles on the topic of the Ebionites and related material, and believe your prior history in dealing with early Christian conspiracy theories might be extremely useful in that subject as well. John Carter ( talk) 00:14, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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Done -- Avi ( talk) 17:53, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Have fun with WP:BN#Being_.E2.80.98Unvanished.27.3F given RTV :). MBisanz talk 03:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi there, I wanted to make a request to the author (ChrisO) of an image, but the username does not seem to exist. As I found your name on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ChrisO userpage, I am hoping you might be able to point my request in the right direction.
It concerns the image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dardanelles_map2.png
I would like to make a request to the author to include a scale on the map.
If you could forward my request in a useful direction, I would be very grateful.
Many thanks, Frank. Darkman101 ( talk) 06:47, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.
For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 18:08, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for your leadership. PumpkinSky talk 07:47, 21 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hello Avraham. Could you please fulfill my request about deleting - vanishing my wikipedia and wikimedia(never used it) account? I've read at the article Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing that I should tag "db-user" at my page but I really don't understand what's happening. Can you please give me some advice? Can I delete my account in all languages? English, greek etc. Sorry for any inconvinience and thank you in advance!! ( talk) Celticmadhatter 24 April 2012
I would appreciate if you could courtesy blank my talk page. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celticmadhatter ( talk • contribs) 08:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you could help me here. The latest additions seem to me POV and libel, but I don't want to get into a revert war with an IP and a new user (who are probably one and the same). Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 19:24, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Proposed topic ban of User:DeknMike. Thank you. Jayjg (talk) 16:50, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
For fixing my change to a quotation at Messianic Judaism. While fixing the spelling I thought I had carefully skipped each instance of the word in a reference or quotation. Obviously I hadn't, so thanks to you for cleaning up my mistake! : ) Evanh2008 ( talk) ( contribs) 22:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Hiya! I stumbled across some entries that a webcomic artist added about himself and his webcomic. There's a few issues going on with the pages, however. First off, he'd originally created two pages, one for the webcomic and one for the compilation book he self-published. Both are carbon copies of the other, so I redirected the title of the compilation book to the main article. I also warned him about posting articles about his own work since it's a huge conflict of interest and to be honest, it never really looks good for one to be adding their own stuff. It always makes people assume it's for promotional purposes even when it's clear that that is not the case. Anywho, my biggest thing is that he really needs someone to take him under his wing and walk him through webcomic notability to ensure that he go through other people as much as possible to avoid any COI as well as to instruct him on basics like notability, reliable sources, and the like. I had to remove a lot of non-usable sources from his article, such as links that didn't mention the comic or him, primary sources, and an amazon purchase link. Can you help him out? I'm sort of familiar with this stuff but it'd be better if someone from the webcomic WP helped out. Webcomics are pretty hard to keep on the mainspace so I don't want his stuff to get deleted so quickly without it at least being given more of a fighting chance. Tokyogirl79 ( talk) 13:03, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
The article Actuarial credentialing and exams you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Actuarial credentialing and exams for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Tea with toast (話) 19:33, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Sudais.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 ( talk) 15:02, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Avraham,
Some time ago you blocked a user page User:Nipponese Dog Calxxx (google Nipponese dog). I do not think it is enough: the user name is a racist slur against an editor and should be removed entirely. Can something be done?
V8rik (
talk)
21:10, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia "User account "Nipponese Dog Calxxx" is not registered." -- Avi ( talk) 23:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
You unblocked 124.244.208.109 in zh. But this is an obvious trolling IP of zh:User:Crazy daisuke. So could you please explain it? -- Zhxy 519 ( talk) 18:03, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Avi, I've sent you an email. nableezy - 03:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.
At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).
Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.
If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 17:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if you could help here. In 2010 someone moved the page to Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, saying that's how it's written in the Hebrew Wikipedia. But that's not how it's written in the English-language press, nor in the entire article. Could you move to Yosef Shalom Elyashiv over a redirect? Thanks, Yoninah ( talk) 16:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. You've been kinda-sorta mentioned. FYI. Arkon ( talk) 03:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Just a courtesy notice to let you know that I mentioned your name in relation to a matter you were involved in a while ago. The section is here. Regards. J N 466 00:33, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
You are invited to comment on the following probability-related RfC:
Talk:Monty Hall problem#Conditional or Simple solutions for the Monty Hall problem?
-- Guy Macon ( talk) 17:13, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Avraham, where does one draw the line and on what basis should articles or stubs about smaller Hasidic dynasties be merged into larger ones? See the discussion starting at User talk:IZAK#Feedback, please: Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty). Thank you, IZAK ( talk) 06:18, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
As usual, you've made no comments on IPs. Still, if I have committed an injustice by blocking 75.72.35.253 and JoetheMoe25 before the CU was run, I hope that you will take steps to correct it.— Kww( talk) 03:05, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Henri Brocard, an article that you may be interested in, has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 21:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Avi. I have been doing some screening of old GAs with various cleanup tags and came across the above article. It has an expand template, which points to issues with the broadness criteria. The article is well out of my comfort zone when it come to editing so I was hoping you might be able to address the issue. Regards AIRcorn (talk) 01:25, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Skip being a commissioner, go for arbcom itself : ) - jc37 19:45, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Avraham. Please be aware that Jimbo has appointed you as a member of the Electoral Commission for this election. Good luck, and thank you for volunteering. AGK [•] 10:12, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2012/Coordination#Suggested_agenda_for_the_Electoral_Commission and also my set up on the project page.-- Tznkai ( talk) 17:45, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the contributions. -- Dweller ( talk) 16:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Don't know if you were notified, but we have an incident report filed against us at WP:AN/I (it's the one right at the bottom). -- Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 03:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
The Civility Barnstar | |
Good job on keeping a cool head with this age situation. It's starting to give me a headache. Skamecrazy123 ( talk) 03:46, 2 January 2013 (UTC) |
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Religious terrorism is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religious terrorism 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 template from the top of the article. BigJim707 ( talk) 07:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Avi
Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below.
I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.
Signed
[crat sig]
Lmk what you think. Many thanks, -- Dweller ( talk) 18:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi, just a quick question (I'm not intimately familiar with the procedure to close a RfA), I saw you closed then self-reverted to give it more time. Does that mean the "extra time" is some sort of predefined, fixed period (a day, another seven days, etc.)? I'm just wondering because I strive to be as available as humanly possible while this is ongoing and want to make sure I won't suddenly have to go MIA during the last few moments. :) Salvidrim! ✉ 06:24, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
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Can you please review my usurp request here. Thanks! ― Ross coolguy 13:59, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
I have something I would like to discuss with you if I may. Do you have an email I can use? Viridae DON'T PANIC 07:33, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Unfortunately, I am not a member of the WP:BAG and thus I believe cannot help you directly. If the bot is approved, we can flip the bit. Thanks. -- Avi ( talk) 20:38, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
You were probably just using a canned form response, but I responded anyway here. Banaticus ( talk) 06:53, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Are you from Israel? – BuickCentury Driver 10:18, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Saw what you did there! :) - Alison ❤ 02:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for my CHU name change. Is it fully complete? I see a redirect from ZigZagStudios, does that mean I do not have to re-create that account to prevent someone else from assuming or usurping it? Can I also create "LoveRobin" (no space) for the same reasons? Thank you again. — Love Robin ( talk) 23:57, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
Hmm. I remade ZigZagStudios, and (good news) the redirect is still there; Fine and dandy. However I go to make the dopple account of "LoveRobin" and the system bounces it as "too close to 'Love Robin' and 'Loverobin' Choosde another name". How can this be by-passed? Also, in looking at "Loverobin" I do believe that is mine from '07, as I stated in my CHU Reason I had thought I made one before but cannot access it. How can I regain that one as well too? It has no usage on it. If I need to talk to someone else, a link would be appreciated.
Thank you for the help. — Love Robin ( talk) 07:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Help me Avi-wan… :P … haya! I put in for a Usurpation under the name User:Temporary to usurp Loverobin to secure a point of potential impersonation as discussed above. I did so on March 12 with the understanding it would be addressed by or before March 20, it has yet to be addressed. I asked User talk:28bytes about it, he said because of my *also* requesting a usurpation of User:ZigZag by User:Temporary to usurp ZigZag(March 17) that he was unclear about simultaneous usurpation requests and was leaving it for a bureaucrat and that I might reach out to you once again.
As you know, User:ZigZagStudios was my original editing name, remade to secure against impersonation. Upon finding that User:ZigZag lays fallow, I would like to secure that for the sake of syncing to my online fursona (the reason why I used it when I could not create any version of "Love Robin"(auto-bounced as too close to 'loverobin') years ago). I may use ZigZag for recreational researching, leaving Love Robin my primary editing account.
Could you look into this for me? At least bump it over to someone so tasked? Frankly, if intentions are for preventing impersonation, it seems to me that simultaneous requests should not be a surprise situation. Also, by using usernames with the format of "Temporary to usurp xyz" is openly transparent so I'm not trying to pull any fast ones, plus a name others are unlikely to want for any reason in the future. — Love Robin ( talk) 18:22, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
An earlier comment to me reminded me I haven't done much at Changing usernames, but that, coupled with a wasted two hours today, prompted me to write up something I've been thinking about for some time.
Because it has impact on user name issues, I'd like to run it by some 'crats first. I'll start with you. See rough draft at User:Sphilbrick/User_naming_convention_proposal.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 22:03, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Patriot1010 ( talk) 15:57, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Would you care to weigh in on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksei_Losev#Controversies and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Gumilev#Accusations_of_anti-Semitism ? See relevant discussions...-- Galassi ( talk) 11:53, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Avraham, a long while ago I focused my Wikipedia edits on en.wiki. I just found out that my home wiki remains nl.wiki. From the merge explanation I was under the impression that this would change automatically as my edits on en.wiki exceeded these on nl.wiki (long ago). My question is if the home wiki can be changed otherwise to en.wiki. Best, gidonb ( talk) 18:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Actually I stopped contributing to NlWiki over 6 years ago because it stopped appealing me. I remain very active on EnWiki and occasionally at HeWiki. gidonb ( talk) 08:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
You have been identified as someone who does a large number of renames. If you could visit meta:Rename practices and explain your renaming practices and policy, we would appreciate the effort. We are making this request to help us better understand local renaming practices as we work towards SUL finalization. Thank you for your time and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. MBisanz talk 22:52, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:04, 3 May 2013 (UTC)