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Video games journalism

Hello. In this edit you added this sentence- "Kotaku retroactively disclosed certain relationships between Patricia Hernandez and Anna Anthropy and Christine Love." I was wondering if you could elaborate on what 'certain relationships' meant in this context, and if you had a transcript or convenient timestamps for the youtube video you used as a source for it? Thanks in advance. PeterTheFourth (talk) 09:25, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

• Not sure its worth that level of detail. However a search shows what the disclosed relationships were:
• The disclosed relationship with Anthropy is: (Update: full disclosure...Anthropy, was housemates with me and a mutual friend in the summer of 2012.)
  1. [1]
  2. [2]
  3. [3]
  4. [4]
  5. [5]
  6. [6] (dated October 2012)
• For Love (Update: full disclosure...Love and I are friends.)
  1. [7]
  2. [8]

Also for Quinn (Update: full disclosure, Quinn and I are friends.)

• 1. [9]

One other review is also tagged with "Quinn and I are friends"

• 1. [10] by Phil Owen

Of course there are a number of other disclosures you can find on Kotaku that might be of interest. Google is your friend.

As for the timecode, I put a rough timecode in an HTML comment. I don't remember if the interview included more public information about the relationships than the disclosures.

Interestingly I got a bad certificate on Kotaku.com

kotaku.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for the following names: f.ssl.fastly.net , *.f.ssl.fastly.net , www-dev.banksimple.com , status-dev.banksimple.com , www.ao-staging.com , *.catchpoint.com , api.nuget.org , urx.com , www.urx.com , *.urx.io , gems.secretcdn.net , developers.urx.com , *.adroll.com , api.staging.purpose.com , fast.appcues.com , *.vimeo-staging.com , format.com , format-staging.com , jalopnik.com , cineworld.catchdigital.com , assets.listia.com , *.therealreal.com , *.discogs.com , *.beatport.com , api.movements.purpose.com , *.dotabuff.com , *.britishcouncil.org , sfdc.fastly.com , *.e3expo.com , dotabuff.com , assets.webflow.com , *.500px.com , nydailynews.com , *.nydailynews.com , *.beacon.fastlydns.net , *.fastly-debug.com , vimeo-staging.com , www.kredo.com , *.trytreehouse.com , *.format-assets.com , projects.fivethirtyeight.com , *.services.disqus.com , *.disq.us , disq.us , vector.mapzen.com , *.new.livestream.com , *.nr-data.net , *.isu.pub , *.sf4u.com , thoughtbot.com , *.thoughtbot.com , donations.movements.purpose.com , staging-donations.purpose.com , www.movingsuppliesdepot.com , cdn1.leadcommerce.com , *.shakr.com , projects.propublica.org , *.cooladata.com , thoughtbot.se , *.businessinsider.com , businessinsider.com , *.adis.ws , www.maestro.io , f-jsv2.harveynichols.com , f-mediav2.harveynichols.com , f-skinv2.harveynichols.com , www.gokudos.com , donations.oxfam.org , *.piriform.com , imgcs.net , static.flocabulary.com , rubytogether.org , www.creativeedge.com , nm.contextweb.com , *.mensjournal.com , *.usmagazine.com , *.rollingstone.com

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:19, 1 August 2015 (UTC).

Cheers! I might look at clarifying the relationships- might the current wording might lead readers into thinking it's more than just friendships. PeterTheFourth (talk) 16:10, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

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Notice

Hey, Rich. I noticed you attempted here to open a Request for Arbitration Enforcement regarding Mass killings under Communist regimes. We are (or mostly I am) currently trying to do the same thing at the talk page here. I was advised to alert all active users that associated with the subject, so I feel your presence would be appreciated. Bataaf van Oranje (talk) 05:09, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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Don't leave me hanging!

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Depression Quest, you wrote "Quiz question What well known piece of GamerGate vernacular might be used to support deletion?" What's the answer? — Bilorv_(talk)^(c)(e) 17:00, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

"Literally who?" I beleive it stems from an attempt to follow up a claimed connection between a person and an organization '... and they said, literally "who?"' It is used to try and distance GamerGate from any interest in Quinn, Wu, etc, who as a result are sometimes referred to collectively as "the Literally Whos". Ain't language fun? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:06, 3 August 2015 (UTC).

When did you join?

Top of your page currently says: " has been a Wikipedian for about 136 months", but at the bottom says: Joined on:12:33, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (UTC). Some timezone wirdness perhaps? (I'm at NZST, GMT+12) - hmm, on further checking, looks like a bug in whatever magic is behind Wikipedia:Co-op. Snori (talk)

Yes the second date is when I joined Wikipedia:Co-op. I believe the template may be Lua controlled, and hence not amenable to subst: and fix. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:58, 3 August 2015 (UTC).

Well I have sort-of subst: and fixed it. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:02, 3 August 2015 (UTC).

Reference errors on 11 August

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New sections

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Thanks. I actually have a .js fix for this, but I am not permitted to use it. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:10, 5 August 2015 (UTC).

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Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll

You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:48, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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Reference errors on 15 August

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Just a thought.

Consider getting more involved with a sister project like Wiktionary, Wikiquote, or Wikisource, and seeking adminship there. Nothing signifies trust with the tools like already having them and using them wisely elsewhere in Wikimedia. Not that I've been snooping your edits or anything, but you have an edit history on Wiktionary that goes back eleven years, so if you were more active in that community for a few months, you would be a strong candidate. Cheers! bd2412 T 14:27, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

B... but... Wiktionary is hard! (Having said that there are a couple of projects I have been planning there for some time.) ~~

Everything is hard until you get yourself accommodated with it. Poke around Wiktionary's Beer Parlour and Requests for Deletion a bit and you'll see the big issues needing attention. bd2412 T 14:38, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion! All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:43, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Actually, just to revise it slightly, you have a great history at Wikisource. bd2412 T 14:48, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:49, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Speedy deletion nomination of S. P. A. M.

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If evidence that the speedy system is broken were needed this is it. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:41, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

A redirect deleted as G3 and A1 in under a minute? One of the poorest decisions I've seen in a while. I've restored the history if only so that everyone can see what a bizarre deletion it was. Jenks24 (talk) 19:07, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. It's just stuff that happens under the current system. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:10, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Conversely, given the 'spammy' name and lack of #REDIRECT in the original Old revision of S. P. A. M., nor a categorisation {{R from …}} or anything similar to suggest it might have been intentional, it is perhaps a reflection of the efficiency of WP's mechanisms. On a slightly wider issue of WP:V, I haven't been able to turn up any obvious references to the initials S.P.A.M. being a pen-name of Jonathan Swift—it's isn't in the WP:LEAD of the article either—and the only mention I have found so far is the recent uncited addition[11] to the spam disambiguation page. For the time-being at least, I have tagged[12][13][14][15] the redirects with {{Redirect from pen name}}. —Sladen (talk) 19:20, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

I know you have, but thanks for telling me anyway. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

My Google-fu has failed on this occasion, please could you assist myself and others by sharing whatever WP:RSes you had found which lead to the creation of the redirects. —Sladen (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't believe redirects require RS, however for your delectation I refer you to Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 144.. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:43, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Thank you. I've added this to Talk:Jonathan Swift#S.P.A.M. so that it is kept somewhere safe and can be introduced into the relevant places. Would you be willing to expand the {{cite}} on that Talk page with a short quotation of the relevant paragraph for the benefit of those without a paper copy? —Sladen (talk) 19:57, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Swift was the ultimate anonymiser and pseudonymiser. While people like Addison and Steele, and Pope may have been prolific, Dean Swift takes the biscuit. He even wrote a pangyric against himself, and a response to it. He used "Cadenus" an anagram of the Latin for "dean". Isaac Bickerstaff, Abel Roper, T. H. Philomath, Martinus Scriblerus (Martin==Swift) the which he shared with other worthies, Student of Astrology, Simon Wagstaff, Esq. and many many more. One might indeed be hard put to find a name Swift didn't use, relying, perhaps on some variation of The Engine to generate them. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:35, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Brilliant, thank, could you check that the extent of the quote has been transferred correctly (or ideally make any corrections required directly): Talk:Jonathan Swift#S.P.A.M. —Sladen (talk) 20:46, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry that wasn't a quote, just me talking. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:48, 10 August 2015 (UTC).

Thank you for removing the incorrect citation[16]. Would you be able to assist by providing (a quote from) the direct original cite? —Sladen (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks dude

Not sure what I was doing wrong but showing the cost was the problem? Thanks anyway. Luka.J350 ‎

No problem. I think that combined with the focus on Amazon. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:24, 13 August 2015 (UTC).

Thanks

Thanks for the email tip about the edit filter / Alrasheed socks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:01, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:22, 13 August 2015 (UTC).

Use of "paywall" sources

Hello Rich, several days ago, I removed three "paywall" sources from Fox & Friends. The very first sentence contains the word "conservative" with four sources - two behind a paywall and one not supporting the claim. I replaced them with one New York Times source which succinctly supported the statement. That edit has been undone by an editor who says "Don't remove academic resources simply because they're behind a paywall or in print. Especially when you replace them with online opinion journalism." I don't want to get into an edit war with anyone, but it seems counter-productive to insist on using paywall sources that cannot be seen by non-subscribers (or print-only sources) when credible, current online sources (like NYT) are available. Can you please take a look and give me your opinion on the matter? Thanks SchoolMarm101 (talk) 01:37, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

I'll take a look. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:05, 13 August 2015 (UTC).

Here's my take on it:

1. The ref that doesn't mention conservatism, is not useful.
2. Refs in print only or behind paywalls should only be replaced by equal or better quality non-paywalled or on-line sources.
3. In general four references would be too many. However there have been considerable disputes over these type of statements, I would be happy leaving four refs here.
4. Any paywalled items should be tagged with {{Subscription needed}}  Done

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:33, 13 August 2015 (UTC).

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Stable version

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Opinions on Edit Warring

Hi Rich, hope you are well. I would really value your Opinion on User:WereSpielChequers/Edit Warring, especially if you could use your IT powers to come up with some stats as to how many people get blocked for edit warring and how often that loses us editors. ϢereSpielChequers 16:03, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

I wasn't that good this morning which is why I didn't attend Oxford. I'll take a look. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 16:28, 16 August 2015 (UTC).

Thanks, my excuse was that the trains were in a mess. ϢereSpielChequers 16:36, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

So things were less than equal? You were missed, but half a dozen still turned up, including two first-timers. We gossiped about you extensively. --RexxS (talk) 23:01, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes things were slightly less than equal. Good to hear that you had a fascinating topic of conversation. I progressed with fixing my election fire though, discovering that standard switch sizes aren't standard. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:11, 16 August 2015 (UTC).

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Edit filter question

You said that Special:AbuseLog/12869359 was just the filter working properly: are you sure? I can't imagine a filter that's supposed to do this, and I've already performed the edit that it prevented this other user from performing. Nyttend (talk) 13:05, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

The problem is the user's name, as the warning message states. They are now blocked on that basis as well. I'm not sure if they were simply unable to spell "fascinator", or were indulging in a little trolling. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:11, 19 August 2015 (UTC).

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Thanks for your nice comment on my talk page. Really appreciate you keeping an eye on my stuff as I am still quite new to Wikipedia and so learning the ropes as I go! BestWakelessGrub (talk) 19:03, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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Category:Commons category template with no category set nominated for deletion

Hi Rich. FYI, Category:Commons category template with no category set, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. The deletion discussion is here. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 10:24, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Gensis

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Wikidata weekly summary #172

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  • Soon the edit summary for edits through the API will also contain the automatic edit summary that you are used to for edits done through the website. The summary given by the API user will be appended to the automatic summary. (phabricator:T97247)
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  • Fixed a bug where suggestions would show up twice in item and property selectors (phabricator:T109697)
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Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 12:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Gertz v. Robert Welch

Not surprising, as you put it. Back when I wrote it (a long time ago, but in this galaxy ) I was depending entirely on the SCOTUS opinion as a source; it was things like this that taught me that you're better off reading the whole published case history where and when you can.

I'll be interested to see how you improve it. Daniel Case (talk) 23:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

SCOTUS opinions (and indeed UK Supreme Court opinions) make good and informative reading. But I'm sure you are right that they are often insufficient for full coverage. Notably the rulings sometimes have unintended consequences, in which case the weight given in the ruling is distorted for the purposes of the article.

I won't do a lot more, since I only have the Googlebooks view of Gertz's book, but I have yet to read the entire judgement. I will bring out the change in emphasis on the crime and communism libels, which is an interesting sidelight - Gertz avoided the implied "obstruction of justice" libel in his first case, as it Nuccio was appealing the murder charge, and the three civil cases were pending. However the SCOTUS justices drew Wayne (Geertz's representative) on the point in the SC verbal arguments. In this it seems they erred - Gertz says "One assumes that each justice has read all of the briefs. One hopes that he .. has gone through the whole record." The hope, at least, seems to have been a little optimistic.

I will also have to put something about the Seventh Circuit case when I get a better idea of what happened.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:37, 25 August 2015 (UTC).

Powell was sort of infamous for only reading the briefs before oral argument (But at least he read them all the way through). Brennan used to read the trial record and all the evidence as well (See his dissent from the per curiam opinion (believed to have been written by Powell) in Snepp v. United States for an excellent demonstration of the benefits of being that thorough). Daniel Case (talk) 14:35, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Elliptio congaraea for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Elliptio congaraea 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/Elliptio congaraea until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakesyl (talk • contribs) 01:02, 3 September 2015

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Contested PROD and AfD

Hello, Rich. Your PROD of the article 2147483659 (number) has been removed, without explanation, so I have taken it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2147483659 (number). The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I didn't PROD it, that was the redoubtable User:David Eppstein. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:02, 28 August 2015 (UTC).

Yes, I see you are right. Silly me. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:59, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Redirects

I just wanted to let you know I redirected a number of redirects you created from Great Britain and Ireland to Ireland–United Kingdom relations per Talk:Great Britain and Ireland#"Ireland and the United Kingdom". I'm going to assume you disagree that Ireland–United Kingdom relations is the primary topic of those phrases, however that is the consensus. Having different versions of very similar phrases redirecting to different pages should be avoided. I recommend you open a discussion to redirect all of the phrases if you wish. I've already explained my reasoning for redirecting to that article.
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Rob984 (talk) 09:34, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

They are redirects, a long as they go somewhere reasonable, that's fine by me. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:11, 29 August 2015 (UTC).

19th Battalion (United States Marine Corps)

As mentioned in my last edit, the article the way it is formatted with {{commons category}}, is part of an on-going so please do not revert the edit that changes the {{commons category}} until the discussion is finished. Thank you. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 18:55, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

That's fine. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 14:37, 29 August 2015 (UTC).

Wikidata weekly summary #173

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Discussions
  • New request for comments: Merging relationship properties
• Events/Blogs/Press
  • Removing use of Mediawiki’s API ‘rawmode’ in Wikibase
• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • New page: Wikidata:OpenStreetMap to facilitate cooperation with our colleagues at OpenStreetMap
  • Inventaire now shows links to ProjectGutenberg ebooks based on Wikidata data (example)
  • First version of units is ready for testing
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  • Newest properties: ResearchGate ID, GitHub username, African Plant Database, LinkedIn personal profile, Project Gutenberg ebook ID, Category for pictures taken with camera, work period end, work period start, NASA biographical ID, Dictionary of Ulster Biography ID, United States Armed Forces service number, Colour Index International constitution ID, Avibase ID
  • Newest WikiProjects: Reasoning
  • Newest gadgets: List of missing pairs queries, DuplicateReferences
  • Newest External tools: Commons:Database reports/Cameras
• Development
  • Lucie posted a sneak-peek of her work on the article placeholder extension
  • Optimized Wikidata for viewing on mobile devices. You will be redirected to m.wikidata.org automatically when using a mobile device soon the same way it already happens on Wikipedia. (Editing will only be possible via the special pages!)
  • Started working on a page to track how much Wikidata's data is used on each Wikimedia project
  • API breaking change coming soon
  • API custom summary will no longer override the autocomment (phabricator:T97247)
  • Paging and sorting has been added to Special:ListProperties and it now also shows the IDs of the properties
  • Worked more on making the edit summaries on the client more meaningful and readable
  • Introduced a limit of 250 different entities that can be used on a page in the client via arbitrary access. The limit does not apply to convenience functions in lua, such as mw.wikibase.label which use a TermLookup instead of loading a full entity to get labels. (phabricator:T93885)
  • Properties are now linked in the diff view (phabricator:T105411)
  • Ricordisamoa made several improvements to special pages (eg phabricator:T68744, phabricator:T48248, phabricator:T86647)
  • Fixed a bug that made aliases too prominent in entity selectors (phabricator:T110021)
  • Fixed a bug that made entries show up twice in the entity selector (phabricator:T109697)
  • Started working on a special page to list all pages on a wiki with a certain badge
  • Fixed remaining blockers for first rollout of unit support
  • Bene worked on a new feature for DuckDuckGo to show instant results from Wikidata on their site
• Monthly Tasks
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Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:43, 31 August 2015 (UTC)