User talk:Anachronist/Archives/2023

Happy Seventeenth First Edit Day!

Hey, Anachronist. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:22, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

removal of AFD notice

You erroneously forgot to restore the AfD notice from Thomistic sacramental theology when reverting to the version prior to the edit-war. – dudhhr ^talk _contribs (he/they) 16:53, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

@Dudhhr: Woops. I didn't notice that it had an AFD notice. I just restored it. Thanks for catching that mistake! ~Anachronist (talk) 17:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Joshua Dufek

Hi, thanks for the undeletion of Draft:Joshua Dufek. There's a slight issue though, as the current version you've restored dates back to early 2022. With my request, I was hoping if you could actually restore the content that was deleted yesterday? That one covers the driver's 2022 season in depth — I remember working on it a couple of months ago and I didn't want to lose that work. What I mean is basically to move the edit history of Joshua Dufek to Draft:Joshua Dufek so I can continue where I left off. MSport1005 (talk) 19:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

@MSport1005: OK, all the history is now in the draft, and the most recent version is the deleted version from article space. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:48, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you very much. MSport1005 (talk) 19:53, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Why the revert?

Why did you do this? Did you not see that they'd copied their question from the day before, complete with other people's posts? 97.126.96.89 (talk) 03:42, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about that. No I didn't see that initially. I have corrected it. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:48, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Aisha Age edit war.

Hello sir, I understand you felt the need to protect the page, but I was hoping your help would resolve the issue. The info is in a need for expanding and has to be updated. The user Androvie, all his edits are about cancelling anything that is helpful or provides more comprehensive info on this page alone. The "18 or 19" age is widely accepted among Shia Muslims and, increasingly, among scholars.The paragraph I have provided just barely mentions that; it does not show whose viewpoint is superior. StarkReport (talk) 10:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

I am not a party to your dispute. Please take it to the article talk page and gain consensus for your revision, or come to an agreement on an alternate revision. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

VRT-thing

Hi Anachronist, hope you are well. In this discussion Talk:Isaac_Abarbanel#Reply_to_question_at_my_talkpage I learned that an editor was told by a VRT-person that if they wanted to know why a certain edit happened, they could try to ask the editor in question (me). Very reasonable advice, and I have no objection whatsoever. My minor issue is that I'd like to ping the VRT-person to the discussion, since their name came up, and they may be mildly interested in what was said. I've looked around, but couldn't find a user-name. Maybe that's how it should be, but if you can tell me, please do. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:59, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: One would think there would be a way for one VRT agent to figure out the Wikipedia username of another VRT agent, but I cannot find it. There's VRT mailing list, to which I just sent out a message, hoping that the agent Benjamin will notice. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:44, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Asmongold

Hi Anachronist, thanks again for the Asmongold protection. I also posted the following comment on the page protection request, but I am also putting it here just in case it gets lost:

"[...] could you please undo the last edit you made? It states "Zack Hoyt" for Asmongold, which comes from an unreliable news source that uses incorrect information (i.e. wrong birth date) and shouldn't be used to rely on the name, as there is no reliable source supporting it and Asmongold never confirmed his name, other than his first name, Zack. It would be great if it could be removed in order not to potentially dox him, as this may be private information that he wouldn't want to be shared, if it were his true name."

Thanks again! SturmFernmelder (talk) 04:29, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@SturmFernmelder: I made no such edit. An anonymous IP did that just before I protected the article. I undid it, but left the source the IP put in. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:33, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

It's good now. Thanks again for the help! SturmFernmelder (talk) 04:35, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Judika (singer)

Hello, you protected Judika (singer) from creation because it was repeatedly recreated. The subject was recently accepted at AfC and is now located at Judika. Would you please create a redirect from Judika (singer) to Judika as the subject is notable? Thanks. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 00:12, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Hanif Al Husaini:  Done. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:59, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Stuff

Hello, a page, Cambodia, is protected by you in 2018, can you unprotect as it is somewhat unneeded for the disruption is years ago. Mnnie053 (talk) 14:55, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Mnnie053: I disagree. The edit history shows extensive recent disruption from an account whose contributions give every appearance of being created expressly to disrupt the article. Semi-protection prevents non-accounts from doing the same thing.

You have the ability to make edits regardless of the protection. Anonymous IP addresses or unconfirmed accounts may propose a change on Talk:Cambodia. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:03, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Please have a look again, in page history each day over last year there are like 2-3 or 4 edits max to the page and no edits for most days. The recent edit is in just 2 days and is not even disruption, just random edit and that user don't edit war. You pick 1 example from 1 single account and 1 occasion that's not even relevant. At least, it can be 1-week pending-protection trial to see if any real disruption pop up. There needs to be trial as you can't leave a protection like that. Mnnie053 (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Mnnie053: After examining the logs, it turns out I didn't set the current protection. Someone moved protection from another page. The protection I had set was supposed to expire in August 2018, and I had even tagged the article accordingly. It is now unprotected.

As to your assertion "you can't leave a protection like that", that's false. We can and do leave protection on some articles for many years, in some cases permanently (one example is Muhammad). ~Anachronist (talk) 06:06, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Couscous

You have to look up really in this topic, numidia doesn’t represent all old north african, and there’s no proofs thats thr couscous is algerian, KingTebboun (talk) 01:59, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

@KingTebboun: You should check the sources already cited. We do not cite blogs, and the preference is to cite scholarly sources rather than newspapers if available. If you want to change the content, propose your change on the talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:02, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion on the wording of 3RR

Hi. Can you offer your thoughts regarding the question I asked here? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:52, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

About Article on Grigori Grabovoi

Dear Anachronist, on the persona of Grigori Grabovoi, why is Wikipedia spreading slander and some editors won't let us do edits. There are people that have the true story, with sources; we have tried and if I'm writing you it is because I have tried to follow protocol in my poor understanding, but I only get warnings, anything I try to edit gets undone automatically. I wrote emails, I tried to start discussion with LardAlmighty and that user just added the 'twinkle' to my user Sayitright22 (talk) 16:11, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

@Sayitright22: I am not involved in this content dispute. The "protocol" is to propose specific changes on the talk page, with reliable sources cited. You have proposed nothing on the talk page, all you have done is post sections containing external links or attempted to engage in general discussion about the subject. You were warned multiple times about this.

Talk pages are for discussing article improvements and nothing else. You have been informed of this also, on your own talk page. You have made no proposed text changes, no discussion about article improvements. This is regarded as spamming. The talk page is for actual discussion, not for merely linking out to other sites.

If you wish to contribute positively, you must first successfully appeal your block. The process for doing this is explained in your block message on your talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:29, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Could you take a look at a potential edit war?

Hi! You were the last admin to edit EMDR so I'm coming to you about this.

Recently I started an RFC on EMDR because I object to a series of edits by Bon_courage. When I started the RFC I also reverted to the last version before those edits, because my understanding is that when an RFC is happening, the page should remain in its status quo state and not the state with controversial edits that are relevant to the RFC.

Bon_courage and now MrOllie have now reverted the page back to their preferred version twice: [1] [2]. I don't want this to become an edit war and I know if I keep on reverting it will become one quickly, so could you please take a look at the dispute and clarify which version is the last good version? Loki (talk) 22:25, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

@LokiTheLiar: My only edit to that article was a minor spelling correction. It isn't even in my watch list. If you are asking me to involve myself as an administrator, then you should be aware that administrators don't get involved in content disputes, so I have no opinion about which version is the "last good version". I can protect the article to prevent you all from making changes to it (which somebody will consider as m:The Wrong Version), and I might be able to act as a moderator to the discussion. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:49, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

It seems like ScottishFinnishRadish has seen the related dispute on WP:FTN, so I don't think that'll be needed. Thanks, though! Loki (talk) 00:51, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

SCC semi-protection

Hello, Thank you for the semi-protection for Societat Civil Catalana. I wanted to check with you if it is OK for me to remove a sentence that to me, clearly violates WP:OR and WP:NPOV and that does not belong in that section. an SPA IP has been edit warring to add it back and using personal attacks against me (accused me of vandalism and of editing for pay for some organization I don't even know) here you can see my arguments at Talk:Societat Civil Catalana#Vandalism of Crystallized Carbon (see diff). It would be nice if the IP could remove the personal attacks by at least changing the talk section title of Vandalism of Crystallized Carbon. I wanted to check with you before doing the edit just to make sure. Regards Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 17:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

@Crystallizedcarbon: You're extended-confirmed, so you are not prevented from making an edit to that page, but you are in a content dispute. If your edit would be considered controversial by anyone involved in the dispute, or if it could be seen as circumventing the intent of the protection, it would be best to propose the specific change you want to make on the talk page.

If disruption resumes after the protection lifts, let me know and I'll protect it again. The behavior of the IP address, while heated, doesn't rise to a blockable offense. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:51, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Right, That is why I asked. I removed it as it introduces conclusions not stated in the article used as a reference and clearly violates WP:OR and WP:NPOV as I showed at the talk page. The IP kept adding it back, so I am sure that it will be considered controversial by that WP:SPA. I have already invested a lot of time on this, but I will make the edit request as you suggest to make sure it gets fixed the right way. As far as the personal attacks I was not asking the IP to be blocked, I totally agree that is not warranted, I was just suggesting giving a notice to try to avoid that they do it in the future and hopefully for the IP to change the section title. But it is not a big deal either way. Once again thank you for you help and for your great contributions to the project. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 19:44, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

RE: Case by case

It feels disrespectful for you to imply that either myself or Courcelles would allow disruption to occur, for any reason. So maybe follow your own case-by-case advise for this particular instance. El_C 19:16, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@El C: I implied no such thing, and I did indeed follow my own advice: In this particular instance, it seemed to me that the assertion of admin shopping was unwarranted, and I explained why. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:07, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Quick Response and deep knowledge Lakshmijourno (talk) 20:53, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi protection expired on Grigori Grabovoi page

Hello, the semi protection on the page of Grigori Grabovoi was expired on last March 26, can you please remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.56.1.5 (talk) 19:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

If the protection has expired, anyone can remove the template, but I just did so. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:27, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I didn't know that. I write you following the indication at this link: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Decrease 2A01:E11:5:8260:A19F:9D83:44F:E486 (talk) 08:30, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Remove Semi Protection for Polarr page

Hi,

You enabled semi protection on the page about Polarr due to alleged rampant COI updates.

The edits that you considered COI, edits by berrycoolfratstar and Jonathan Mark Jimenez, were done by company representatives on behalf of the company. The edits contained updated information about the company and its product offerings.

We once again need to update our company's page with recent new product offerings and company updates. We've requested that the lock be removed through Wikipedia, but have heard no updates.

Are you able to assist in removing the lock that you requested? Polarrinc (talk) 23:36, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

@Polarrinc: Those edits were not "alleged" COI, there were in fact COI, as you just admitted. It would have been OK to make minor changes to spelling, grammar, names, etc., but it is unacceptable to make the substantive changes your associates made.

Your request to "unlock" the page did get a response, three days ago. It was declined because you have a conflict of interest. We do not unprotect pages to benefit anyone with a COI.

I will not unprotect the page so that you can edit it. You must propose your changes on the talk page like any other company representative on other company articles. You may preface your proposal with the {{request edit}} tag to cause your proposal to be listed on a category page that is monitored by some editors.

Furthermore, companies are not permitted to have accounts on Wikipedia. Therefore, I have blocked your account in accordance with Wikipedia:Username policy.

Finally, it behooves you to comply with the Wikimedia Terms of Use, which you agreed to do when you and your associates created accounts. Undisclosed paid editing is not permitted, and continued editing without proper disclosure will result in an immediate block. I have posted appropriate notices on berrycoolfratstar's and Jonathan Mark Jimenez's talk pages. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:20, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Aisha

Hi Anachronist. You fully protected Aisha in February, and that protection has just expired. Would you like to reapply the indefinite semi-protection that had been on the page since your action in 2014? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:37, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Firefangledfeathers: Thank you for the reminder. Done. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:26, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Anachronist. The new round of full protection just expired. Semi again? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Silly string

You protected this article 8 years ago. Should we maybe try experimental unprotection? I get there were a lot of COI violations/vandalism 8 years ago, but it may be worth checking to see if the disruption of the past is gone. 47.227.95.73 (talk) 01:07, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I agree. I have unprotected the article. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:39, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks :). Cheers, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 11:07, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Bill Warner (writer)

I don't know if you are still interested in this, but I've added a lot of sources and suggestions today. Doug Weller talk 14:18, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Thomistic sacramental theology

• Thomistic sacramental theology (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
• A E Francis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hello Anachronist. Recently you applied some full protection to this article to stop an edit war. But almost simultaneously another admin has indefinitely p-blocked the chief edit warrior, User:A E Francis. See this ANI. So in my opinion your protection may no longer be needed. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 20:15, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: Thank you for informing me. I have removed the full protection. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:39, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

HiAnachronist

Can you undo the edits you made. You are correct there has been an edit war going on the Sufism page. However my involvement was to bring back the page to how it was BEFORE the edit war started occurring with other users. As you can see in the edit history, I was the one who first asked to have the page locked also. They have not even put the correct name down in the intro 'hasan al basri' instead of 'hasan al babri' and are changing the content of the actual sources. This is how you know biased edits have been.

The page I bought it back to was how it accurately was. Unfortunately in your good faith, the edits you have made have are actually the non factual claims the edit war users have been making.

Once you have done this can you lock the page to prevent it from happening again? Thanks! 86.5.202.27 (talk) 17:32, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

I simply reverted what seemed to be unconstructive edits, such as blanking content without a valid rationale. I do not have an opinion about correctness of either version. No, I won't simply revert myself without knowing exactly what the problem is. Please use the talk page to make an edit request for others to review, specifying exactly what you want changed. That is how the process is supposed to work. From my perspective as an administrator, the edit-warring is occurring between IP addresses and/or unconfirmed accounts. Therefore I semi-protected the article, to end the warring and encourage discussion between parties on the talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

I still request that beforehand it is better to undo the changes to how the page was before the edit war started. And that is to bring the page back to how it was from the following edit:

15:38, 29 March 2023‎ 86.5.202.27 talk‎  159,198 bytes +393‎  The Garden Of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition by Nasr reference Tag: Visual edit

I feel around this time is the best neutral date.

As you can see I am the only one over the last month to have done a proper referenced edit unlike the sabotage that followed after 86.5.202.27 (talk) 15:22, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Again, no. The version you linked has no substantive difference with the current version diff; in fact the current version has one additional short clarification and one additional image. As I said already, if you want to propose a change to the article, use the talk page to make an edit request. Arguing m:WRONGVERSION with the protecting administrator is never the best approach. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Excuse me? There is HUGE difference with how the page is now, which is at the complete discretion of sectarian biases! You have no knowledge of the topic at hand and pretty much guarding a page that has complete fabrications right from the first paragraph!

Ever since the start of this page in its history, there has NEVER been a mention of Ali or 'Hasan al Babri' (Lol the person who made that @ cannot even get the name correct it is Hasan Al Basri. This further highlights how I am correct). The fact you are defending edits and a current page that that clear unsourced fabrications is shocking.

I came to you in good faith as I do not have an account myself. I expected better. 86.5.202.27 (talk) 18:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Excuse me? Look at the link I gave in the previous comment. That is the difference between the current version and the version you prefer. The differences are minor: one sentence and one image.

Are you going to propose an edit request on the talk page, or not? That is how the process works. The content is not my concern. The stability of the article is my only concern as an administrator. That is why it is protected, not because of "guarding a page that has complete fabrications" and "defending edits", which are motivations that exist only in your imagination. All I am guarding and defending is stability. If that is the m:WRONGVERSION, so be it. As I have told you repeatedly, the way to fix it is to propose an edit request so that editors who are concerned with the content can evaluate your proposal. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:32, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Arkenstrone: baseless accusations regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.

I was recenltly asked by admin Ad Orientem to notice those mentioned even if I consider them not to have been involved. This is why this notification is so late. Veverve (talk) 00:43, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

@Veverve: Thanks for the notification. I think my only involvement was to make a peanut-gallery comment on User talk:Deepfriedokra. Arkenstrone clearly didn't get the message I tried to convey, and I wasn't going to waste my energy educating that user. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:59, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

By the way, since you bring up the topic: would you have any advice on how to educate users? See for context my request for help at User talk:Ad Orientem/Archive 23#No idea what to do with two very POV users. At this point, I feel I am wasting my time and losing my energy with those two users (I have been responding to one of them, then to both, for days), yet I know if I go this would leave them free reign over both articles and that they are highly motivated to proceed with their POV-push. Veverve (talk) 01:20, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

The users have received warnings. I hope this will change things. Still: should the problem (the inability to make them understand WP policies) persist, how should I proceed?

Believe it or not, I dislike arguing: it tires me and takes mental energy from me. Veverve (talk) 02:09, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

@Veverve: I dislike arguing also. Disruptive behavior, if there's a definite pattern of it, can be eliminated by blocking or topic bans. If the editors are otherwise productive elsewhere, a topic ban would be preferable. Such things would be decided in places like WP:ANI, or if necessary, escalated to WP:AE. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:26, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

1Firang

Just in case you aren’t watching, they’re asking if they had paraphrased it. Doug Weller talk 20:08, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

"Amongst" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Amongst has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 May 14 § Amongst until a consensus is reached. Ollieisanerd (talk • contribs) 20:50, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Page protection request help!

Hi Mr Anachronist,

Hope you are well. As someone who is an experienced wiki editor, I was hoping you could teach me how to request/ protect pages from edit wars?

All the best! Galaxy21ultra (talk) 21:21, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@Galaxy21ultra: You can make a protection request at WP:RFPP. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:27, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

Oxford Metrics draft

Hello, you kindly left some feedback on a recent article of mine (Draft:Oxford Metrics) in Wikipedia:Teahouse. Thank you for suggesting those changes and offering me guidance. I have since taken your thoughts on board and edited the draft accordingly. I would greatly appreciate any further guidance you could offer around the draft before re-submitting for review. Thank you for your help so far and do please let me know your thoughts. EWix76 EWix76 (talk) 14:14, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Can you delete this page i made?

So I created a page and I just discovered it actually redirects to something. You can see it here. Warrior9994 (talk) 21:20, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind, its drafted Warrior9994 (talk) 22:48, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Anon IP and PAs

Hi--You were top of list at Recently Active Admins, so, I'm here to ask if you might keep an eye on 70.31.26.72 (talk · contribs), who's been making some pretty defamatory remarks at Talk:David Johnston (some of which were deleted). Or, if you'd prefer not to be involved, could you point me in the direction of an admin who could perhaps assist? Cheers. ₪ MIESIANIACAL 01:31, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

@Miesianiacal: That IP address is blocked for 1 week. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:04, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I just noticed that. Thank you. I have a suspicion that the IP might be ScienceMan123 (talk · contribs); though, I place heavy emphasis on the "might" part. The only connection, so far, is that the IP and ScienceMan123 are focused on the article David Johnston and ScienceMan123 went quiet, while the IP became more active, once the article was protected and I made a request for DR. But, it could just be coincidence. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 18:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Miesianiacal, let's air all these accusations out in public. You think I might use sock puppets and I think you might be a staffer working out of Rideau Hall. I'm in favour of an admin investigation into both, what do you say? ScienceMan123 (talk) 23:29, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

I am not the admin for that. If there's an interest, in pursuing this further, a case can be opened at WP:SPI or WP:COIN, as appropriate. ~Anachronist (talk) 23:36, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I will see if there is sufficient justification. ScienceMan123 (talk) 01:14, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi--I apologize for bothering you with this again; the anon is continuing using a different IP now: 65.93.214.95 (talk · contribs). --₪ MIESIANIACAL 15:11, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

I left a warning. Please let me know if further disruption occurs. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:48, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Sadly this is continuing. I reverted it with an explanation, and commented on the user's talk page. It was added back again.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 18:57, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Backward

Thanks for your comment at the WP:Tea house linking the essay WP:BACKWARD, which I wasn't aware of. It contains some poor advice, including an approach that would likely be a policy violation if anyone followed it, and I've commented on the Talk page about it. The only reason I'm not more exercised about it, is that if it took me 15 years to find that essay, probably others won't find it, either. Thanks for your good advice at the WP:Tea house. (By the way, as long as we're talking about the Teahouse, could you have a look at my UTP comment here, about a user's Teahouse replies and tell me if you think it was appropriate? I tried to temper the critique with some praise, but I think it needed to be said.) Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:59, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

I replied there. I disagree with your underlying premise. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Help desk

Can I get an explanation from you for deleting my feedback? Here. I'm just discussing with User:Marjuly. I'm a patroller on the Vietnamese Wikipedia. I'm just discussing. DANGGIAO ^{No risk, no life. No malice, no fear} 15:15, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

@DANG GIAO:. Please accept my apologies! That revert was never supposed to happen. I believe I was looking at diff popups in my watch list and I clicked on the wrong 'rollback'. I have undone it. This has happened before and I always notice immemdiately, but I failed to notice this time. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:29, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Link removal

Why did you make this change? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shepherd_Book&diff=next&oldid=1165932591 I was removing a red link to an article that had been deleted back in 2019. 159.196.100.171 (talk) 18:51, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

That's odd. When I looked at the link it didn't look red, but looking again it doesn't look blue either. I should go into my css settings and change my 'visited link' color; it's too close to blue. I have reverted myself. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:41, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. --159.196.100.171 (talk) 10:32, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Draft: Patson Pereira

Hello, you have written this as a reply for the draft -

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of person.

Question: How to add published media links as source? Also specify if anything else is required to be added to the draft.

Filmymusafir (talk) 13:10, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

@Filmymusafir: You need multiple sources that comply with the requirements in Wikipedia:Golden rule. See Template:Cite AV media for citing media links. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:56, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Unprotection

Because the unprotection was during the time when the topic is highly searched, so there is a lot of disruption during that particular period. The experiment is way too thin to say anything. 14.191.33.160 (talk) 16:34, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

And there will be disruption in the future on Cambodia when it is highly searched again. There is nothing preventing you from making an edit request on the talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:42, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

I'm not interested in making edits. What I'm concerned is that the unnecessary protection discourages updates and improvements to the page. If the disruption is periodic (only when it is highly searched) as you said then it should have been a time-set protection, not an indefinite protection. You can compare the trials in other articles of the same category with this article, they have many more time-set protection occurences before an indefinite semi-protection is applied, so this isn't a fair approach. 14.191.33.160 (talk) 16:54, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

The views for that page disagree with you, showing the experiment in March was quite valid. When it was unprotected in March, it wasn't a particularly active month, and yet the article was disrupted. It's been more active in subsequent months. The protection is working as it should, there is no reason to remove it. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:02, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Mohammad Esmaili

Hello, Anachronist,

It looks like you restored this article but didn't remove the PROD tag. It's already been deleted by PROD once so a second PROD is invalid. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:24, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: The article was newly created. I prodded it. Then I restored the deleted revision history. A new prod should be valid for a new, different article, should it not? If not, I can remove the prod and draftify it. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:42, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Followup

Thanks for lowering my requests. Three pages were missed. Indubitably Archives 16, 19, and 35. All others are good. Thank you for your assistance! Zinnober9 (talk) 20:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

@Zinnober9: I have just reduced those to ECP also. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:14, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

"PCSO-524" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect PCSO-524 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 28 § PCSO-524 until a consensus is reached. Mdewman6 (talk) 23:27, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Follow up at centre-left politics

You semi-protected centre-left politics on the 26th per Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1137#Edit warring to reinstate OR at centre-left politics. The IP editor has now created an account to continue restoring the same edits. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 15:30, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien: I didn't protect the article due to that one IP address, I protected it based on the article's history of edits from various IP addresses. The newly registered account is engaging on the talk page. Right now what you have is a content dispute, and the appropriate protection for that is full-protection so only administrators can edit.

Administrators don't get involved in content disputes. That said, it looks to me like he removed the word 'green' from one section but retained the section about green politics, moving it under related ideologies. I have no opinion about the correctness of that edit. If the editor starts edit-warring, he can be blocked for that reason. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:45, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Draft:3 Bachelors

"Draft was moved to article space by creator after it was declined - moving it back to draft" [3]. User:Kailash29792 was not the creator of the draft, I was.

I think you meant "editor" and not "creator", right? If that is the case, then I guess there is no mistake on your part. DareshMohan (talk) 02:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

@DareshMohan: Yes, sorry. I meant "contributor". ~Anachronist (talk) 06:30, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Nonetheless, the article now uses only one TOI source. That good enough? Kailash29792 (talk) 06:45, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that's fine, and it's now in article space. ~Anachronist (talk) 13:59, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

You reverted all my {{clarify}} tags

Hello! You reverted all my {{clarify}} tags for clarification of the ambiguous units of measurement of "ppm" and "%" for the concentrations of CO₂ in the air, because "If the sources don't specify or clarify what it means, then neither would Wikipedia. Doing so would violate WP:OR.", as you said. Because almost all {{clarify}} tags accross Wikipedia are such as you said, according to you, almost all {{clarify}} tags across Wikipedia violate WP:OR, therefore, almost all {{clarify}} tags across Wikipedia should be deleted?! I strongly disagree with you, so, I will revert all your {{clarify}} tag deletions, and possibly search for a consensus from Wikipedia editors about your deletions. Sorry if you are offended about my decision. And I am really confused after you deleted all my {{clarify}} tags (I know, "Read the WP:OR!" you could yell at me, I already did). I am a Wikipedia inclusionist, not a Wikipedia deletionist. So, please, don't delete almost all {{clarify}} tags across Wikipedia. Bernardirfan (talk) 17:43, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

@Bernardirfan: Simply put, I checked several sources that were cited in the sentences on which you applied those verbose clarify tags, and I found that those sources did not clarify the context of "ppm" either. You cannot expect other editors to invent a definition that doesn't exist in the sources. On that basis, I removed your tags. Replacing them would not accomplish anything. If you are knowlegeable about those subjects and already know the context from professional experience, then you are welcome to add the clarity yourself. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:58, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

I already clarify (resolved) many {{clarify}} tags, based on my thorough research accross the internet, and based on my knowledge on those subjects and proffesional experience, and I will continue to do that. Other editors put the {{clarify}} tags on unclear information from unclear sources accross Wikipedia, so do I. And those {{clarify}} tags I put in the Carbon dioxide article are not verbose, because editors should know the reason why I put those {{clarify}} tags in the Carbon dioxide article, and all the problems that could arise from unclear information. And also, other editors resolved some of my "verbose" {{clarify}} tags, instead of just lazy deleting them, thus, accomplish something — improving the articles. Bernardirfan (talk) 19:52, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Shivkar_Bapuji_Talpade

You have misunderstood my comments on this AfD. I never agreed that the article should be kept.

I had debunked all of the sources and nobody has disputed my points that: 1) there is no biographical coverage about this subject from reliable sources, 2) minimal coverage only concerns debunking the idea of his unmanned airplane, 3) the sources talk about the unauthentic subject in the wake of the movie Hawaizaada as clearly specified by them.

Most editors opposed stand-alone article thus you should modify your closure. It was not "keep" at all. Editorkamran (talk) 16:49, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

@Editorkamran: Umm... in your own words: "KEEP ok, User:Vanamonde93 has convinced me about the sources he mentioned and the need to have this article."

Then you followed it with an analysis of sources concluding that they aren't adequate. I wasn't sure how to interpret that, but since you didn't strike your "keep" I assumed that you still agreed to keep it.

At best this is a "no consensus" but definitely not "delete". I have changed it accordingly. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

That comment was made by Doug Weller,[4] not me.

There were 10 who opposed stand-alone article and 6 supported Keep. Those 6 keeps should be judged carefully. 2 of those votes came from IPs[5][6] and one blatant WP:NOTAVOTE came from a newly registered editor with less than 100 edits.[7]

There was consensus against stand-alone article. Editorkamran (talk) 17:07, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

@Editorkamran: Argh. I see. That comment wasn't signed, it was followed by your analysis of sources and then signed by you, so it looked like the entire thing was your comment. That's why I was confused.

The arguments made matter more than the identity of the editor, whether it's an established account or an IP address.

If you just count the votes, they are evenly split. 5 keeps, 5 deletes, 5 redirects (one was "delete or redirect"), not counting that confusing comment in which you and Doug Weller participated. And I found a couple of the "delete" statements unconvincing and not based on policy (one was a "me too"), just as a couple of the "keep" statements were unconvincing.

Sorry, I don't see a consensus to delete. If you disagree, there's always WP:DRV. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

• Sorry but you clearly got it wrong about the AfD. You cannot find a single reliable scholarly source in history or aviation which would help this subject in meeting WP:GNG, let alone finding multiple sources. CharlesWain (talk) 17:38, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

  That is objectively not true. The deletionists just ignored all the sources that post-dated the movie, even though those sources discuss the historical narrative and myth-making, and mention the movie only in passing. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:46, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

First source only treats it as a false claim while other three sources you cited are actually 2 different sources which are only debunking the claims made in the movie. My question about finding a single reliable scholarly source in history or aviation for establishing GNG is still unanswered. Hindutva fake news peddlers love pulling out fake narratives but why should Wikipedia help them gain notability only because some sources rightfully refuted them? Anachronist should have analyzed the sources. CharlesWain (talk) 18:06, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

And that clearly demonstrates why there is no consensus. Deletion review is → thataway if you want to pursue this further. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:59, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Indeed. It was a good close, IMHO; the numerical tilt is balanced out by some deletion arguments without basis. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:10, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

I've opened a DRV case myself. See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 September 1. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:19, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Sources removed

Hello i noticed that a lot of my sources have been removed from Draft:Burning Men while i cited them. Can you fixe them to be put back, they are probably on history Veganpurplefox (talk) 20:13, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

I fixed them all and corrected what was missing Veganpurplefox (talk) 20:24, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Muhammad talk page. I reverted your single subject account label.

I have given a full explanation in my revert comment.

Best regards IP says: Works better yes. 213.237.91.184 (talk) 19:48, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Your edit summary of your revert uses the link https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Muhammad&oldid=101733832 - which has the wrong ID as it doesn't go to the Muhammad talk page. I found it, you left off the last digit (9): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Muhammad&oldid=1017338329 ~Anachronist (talk) 20:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you and once again I find myself in agreement with your comment on the Muhammad talk page. 213.237.91.184 (talk) 21:45, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Reverted all changes made to IASRI page

All changes were reverted on the page of IASRI (Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute) even though credible references were provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vickypusa4 (talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

A lot of material wasn't referenced at all. If you have a conflict of interest, you may make minor corrctions only. Anything substantive must be proposed on the talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:32, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

JWs

It’s not clear how reverting an edit introduced an infobox error, which I wasn’t aware of (maybe some kind of database corruption). But aside from that, the ‘average’ and ‘peak’ figures are both from the same date. The cited source provides both the peak and average figures. As has been explained, the ‘peak’ figure includes duplicate reports, and this is why the average figures are a better indicator.—Jeffro77 (talk) 00:09, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@Jeffro77: My revert was primarily about the error in the headquarters parameter in the infobox, but I also felt the numerical values were close enough that it doesn't really matter what gets used, and there is no harm using slightly higher numbers. I haven't been involved in the discussion, and I don't have the energy to explain misrepresentations of the few comments I've left (you have, thank you). Whatever number is displayed could have a note like "(average)" behind it to indicate what it is. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:16, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I don’t understand how the ‘he’ got added because I used the Undo link to revert and I only typed in the edit summary.

Based on the editor’s behaviour so far, your revert will be seen as ‘support’, and is likely to escalate the behaviour beyond the specific issue at hand.—Jeffro77 (talk) 00:25, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

The editor has been blocked for inappropriate behaviour at my Talk page. I won’t revert their changes in their absence but I will attempt to factor in an explanation about the usage of the ‘peak’ figures when not on mobile.—Jeffro77 (talk) 01:09, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@Jeffro77: You were correct, he made a lot of edits about how I "resolved" the dispute. Sheesh.

The block is now indef and his talk page access has been revoked. It looks like his absence is gonna be permanent.

It's always a shame to see a new enthusiastic editor go down in flames like that.

I've been asked to have off-wiki communications before too. I simply respond that I prefer to keep Wikipedia business on Wikipedia and leave it at that. If someone contacts me by email (my email is enabled here), unless it's another admin or someone I've collaborated with in the past, I don't reply by email but put a reply on their talk page without revealing the contents of their email.

The only time I've made an exception was when a notable extreme-sports person was communicating with me in my role as a WP:VRT agent, concerning the article about him. We got on Skype because he wanted a quick lesson about a number of topics like primary versus secondary sources, NPOV, conflict of interest, what his representatives can and can't do on Wikipedia, and so on. We ended up having a productive conversation for nearly an hour. His article has been in pretty good shape ever since. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:49, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Undid revision 1175273662

Undid revision 1175273662 by Wsetlevel3 (talk) - blatant plagiarism and copyright violation - try again

For my understanding...I am not sure why you responded the way you did when I specifically credited the source. Is it your opinion that I rewrite the information, but credit the source for the concept? In no way did I attempt to claim credit for the text? Wsetlevel3 (talk) 16:58, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

@Wsetlevel3: You didn't quote the text, you copied the text directly from the source into Wikipedia article, making it appear that those are Wikipedia's own words in Wikipedia's own narrative voice. That is a copyright violation. Wikipedia prose cannot use the words of others. Even a close paraphrasing can be considered a copyright violation. You must use your own words to convey what the source says. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:11, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Got it...thanks for taking the time to reply. I will try again following your guidance. Sorry about that. Wsetlevel3 (talk) 18:02, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Obstinacy by editor despite 3rd opinion

I request you to now unprotect the History of concubinage in the Muslim world article so that anyone can edit it and impose sanctions on Barbardo if he removes sourced content again - he seems to have misunderstood what consensus means (he does not have any veto about what text should be in the article).-2406:7400:98:1D35:AEC3:3AFF:FE2C:9622 (talk) 06:05, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Absolutely not. My job as an administrator is to preserve the stability of articles. You are basically saying you will continue edit-warring if it is unprotected. You must reach a consensus. Start a WP:RFC if you have to.

After looking at the arguments I am not convinced that what you are trying to add is a mainstream viewpoint. I am not convinced of Barbado's arguments either. Therefore I have no reason to unprotect the article while an active dispute is underway. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed

Hi, Anachronist. I strongly agree with your comment on the Teahouse about the bar for autoconfirmed status being set too low. I would like to see a regime where nobody can create an article in mainspace or move a draft to mainspace until they've had, say, two articles accepted through AFC (with some arrangement for grandfathering in old-timers).

I'm less sure about the other abilities that come with autoconfirmed. Whenever I see a question about "Why haven't I got autoconfirmed status" I think "Whatever it is that they're desperate to do they probably shouldn't", but I may be wrong. ColinFine (talk) 20:34, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@ColinFine: The autoconfirmed right has been around, I think, before I started on Wikipedia 17 years ago. I have no problem with the current threshold of 4 days and 10 edits although I wouldn't object to bumping them up a bit. My comment was about the right to create articles and approve drafts. The bar for that, in my opinion, shouldn't be autoconfirmed, it should be something higher.

We don't want to discourage people from making bold edits and creating new articles. All too often, however, new editors create junk. If it weren't for the huge AFC backlog, I'd be in favor of your suggestion to have new editors through AFC until they've had a couple of drafts approved. Some new editors can write good articles, and those editors should be able to publish their drafts.

We currently have these thresholds of account age and number of edits for various access levels:

• autoconfirmed: 4 days and 10 edits
• autoconfirmed through TOR or with IP block exemption: 90 days and 100 edits
• extended confirmed: 30 days and 500 edits

Perhaps an "article creator" right could be implemented, which kicks in automatically somewhere between autoconfirmed and extended confirmed, like 30 days and 100 edits (more edits than standard autoconfirmed but less days than autoconfirmed via TOR). TOR or IP block exempt would still need to meet the higher autoconfirmed threshold to get the article creator right. Editors who don't have this right would be unable to create any page in article space, even via page moves. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:17, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that sounds about right. ColinFine (talk) 22:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Qisas

Hi Anachronist. You removed my edit and mentioned the following reason ((too much reliance on primary source)). But i mentioned that the source is the one who says these additions. There are other sources. But I wanted readers to know that what Friedman mentioned is not the only information. In other words. I did not write the information in such a way as to make it appear as self-evident. Rather, I wrote the phrase so that the reader understands that this is what the author is conveying in the source. I wanted the reader to see other information from another source. In general, if there is a specific problem in writing, tell me how it can be solved. How can the rewrite be done better, in your opinion? With respect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.251.33.207 (talk) 09:34, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Thanks for editing and being cool!! Keep going, your doing well!! :)

Babysharkboss2 was here!! 15:12, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. It's better than getting a WP:TROUT, which I am sure I have deserved at some point in the past. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:19, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Stephen Strang

FYI I wrote a new version of Stephen Strang based on 4 RS. Looking forward to your review. Nowa (talk) 05:21, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Nowa: You didn't submit it for review, you created it directly in article space. I made some minor changes. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:36, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the edits. Yes, there was an earlier "promotional" version that you deleted in 2010 called "Steve Strang". That page (which is now a redirect) suggested you be notified if the page was recreated.--Nowa (talk) 05:46, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Ah, that explains it. The deletion actually happened in 2012. It was a speedy WP:G11 deletion. Thanks for informing me. Your version is better than the deleted one. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:53, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Anachronist:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Page Restoring Help

Hi Anachronist.

Sorry if I'm doing something wrong.

There are some notable changes on page which is i restored,

please can I do changes? Hanna213 (talk) 20:50, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

@Hanna213: I have no idea what page you're referring to. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:17, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Your revert at Coerced religious conversion in Pakistan

I have just realised that you are an administrator. As such, can you please provide an explanation as to how your revert [8] at the above article was not made in violation of the active arbitration remedy clearly stated at the top of the talk page: Changes challenged by reversion may not be reinstated without affirmative consensus on the talk page? The contested passage (which had been in the article for some time) was removed by CapnJackSp. I challenged the removal, by reversion. I explained my rationale on the article talk page. No 'affirmative consensus' for anything can possibly have been found at that point. Not when you reinstated the change. And not by your subsequent talk page post. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the removal (on which I have made my points concerning Wikipedia policy on the use of academic sources entirely clear on the talk page), it seems to me to be entirely improper for an admin, of all people, to be disregarding a clear and unambiguous instruction as to how disputes concerning a highly-contentious article under arbitration remedies should be handled. I await your explanation, and note that should one not be forthcoming I may decide to pursue this further. AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:25, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

@AndyTheGrump: Let's look at the history.

• 13 May: The bit about Jürgen Schaflechner was added by TrangaBellam without any explanation in the edit summary.
• It was removed and restored several times in the same day without specifically targeting that passage.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
• 16 May: The AE template was added to the talk page by Abecedare (diff). Abededare also extended-confirmed-protected the article on the same day, with the Schaflechner passage in place at the time. We can assume that the sanctions are enforced from that point onward.
• 18 October: I removed the passage from the lead (diff), in response to a complaint on the talk page. This was the first revert after AE enforcement, as far as I can tell from the history.
• You proceeded to violate the AE restriction by reinstating the passage. However, you restored it to a different location in the article, so we'll let this slide. Consider it a new edit.
• 1 November: CapnJackSp reverted you (diff), which, if you consider your prior edit OK, would be in compliance with the AE restriction. CapnJackSp challenged your edit with a revert, and it should not have been reinstated.
• You then reinstated the passage again (diff).
• Then I reverted you (diff) , not realizing that CapnJackSp had already done so. That was my error.
• And you reinstated the passage again, for the third time ([https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coerced_religious_conversion_in_Pakistan&diff=next&oldid=1183019748 diff).

Notwithstanding the fact that this passage violates several content rules (WP:FRINGE, WP:BURDEN, WP:PRIMARYSOURCE, WP:UNDUE), and the fact that it's questionable that this assistant professor is even a notable scholar per WP:NPROF (he couldn't get his view published in a refereed journal, so he submits it to a magazine?), it's apparent that you, not me, violated the arbitration remedy. Not just once, but possibly two or three times. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:30, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

How the hell does me reverting your removal of content (i.e 'challenged by reversion') by me constitute a violation of the AE restriction? And how the hell can you justify reverting my restoration of the article to the state it was in before CapnJackSp removed content? That was clearly and unambiguously a violation - on your part. As for WP:FRINGE etc, that is complete and utter nonsense. So nonsensical in fact that I seriously have to question your qualifications to act as an administrator. Schaflechner is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Heidelburg. He has been doing fieldwork directly related to the topic of the article for something like a decade. He is the co-editor, and a chapter contributor, to a book published by the Oxford University Press, where he analyses in detail the subject of the 'coerced conversion' topic. A book I linked on the talk page. A book you refuse to acknowledge with your ill-informed comments being made after I discussed it on the talk page. His comments are not 'fringe', they are not 'undue', they are prime academic content, from someone vastly better qualified to comment on the matter than the hack journalists etc being cited for almost everything else in the article. We don't reject academic sources written by those best qualified to write them as 'fringe'. That is ridiculous. It is deeply objectionable. It is a violation of everything WP:RS and Wikipedia in general has stood for for decades.

I am going to sleep on this. And if, tomorrow, I don't see a clear and unambiguous apology from you, along with an acknowledgement that I acted entirely in accord with policy, I shall be taking this to ArbCom, calling for you to be de-sysopped, for violation of AP enforcement, and for an understanding of Wikipedia sourcing standards so utterly at odds with both written policy and practice that you cannot be trusted with your tools. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

"Changes challenged by reversion may not be reinstated without affirmative consensus on the talk page." I challenged an un-explained and un-discussed addition of a passage by reverting it. You reinstated it in another location. Technically that was your first violation, but in a new place. I challenged that change by reverting you. You reinstated it. That was another violation.

The history I documented is clear. And instead of an apology, you reply in high dudgeon with threats? You're better than that. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:06, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I didn't 'add' the passage. I restored it. Just how difficult is that to understand? And no, I am not 'threatening' to take you to ArbCom. I am stating as a fact I will do so, since you seem so clearly intent on misinterpreting multiple policies in order to exclude a legitimate academic source from a contentious article on entirely spurious grounds. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:11, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Don't misrepresent what I wrote. I didn't say you added the passage. I said, correctly, that you reinstated it after I challenged it by reverting it. You're also conflating two issues, content and arbitration enforcement. The content is in dispute, and should be handled like any content dispute. Whether it's included or not is to be determined by community consensus, not by you or me. That is a different issue entirely from your blatant disregard of the AE notice at the top of the talk page. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:28, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I was the one that made the god-damned challenge. Not you. Me. See you at ArbCom. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:32, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

The history clearly contradicts your assertions. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Only if 'history' conveniently starts where it suits you. The Schaflechner text was in the article (in the lede, where it shouldn't have been, admittedly) when AE was enforced. You stated exactly that above. You removed it. I challenged your removal and restored it into the article body, explaining why. After you had described it as "published in a reliable source". You made absolutely no objection at the time. [15] No comment at all. I assumed you had no objection, given that you stated it was properly sourced. Given that it didn't belong in the lede, you made an edit. Given that you had removed it entirely, while acknowledging the source was valid, I placed it in the article body. And given your lack of further response, I assumed that was the end of it. But no, instead you are trying to retroactively object to it now, after I have provided ample evidence that your initial 'reliable source' assessment was correct. Object to it two weeks later, after suddenly deciding that published academics writing on their specialist subjects are 'fringe'. Your 'history' is directly contradicted by your own words. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:59, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Andy, my involvement in the article has been minimal, a bit in May, and again a couple weeks ago. I don't actively monitor it. I have thousands of pages on my watch list and I don't check each and every diff. The history above starts with the initial addition of the passage in dispute. When I removed the passage on 18 October, I failed to notice your reply on the talk page, and I do apologize for that. I would have objected then if I had seen it.

When I saw another objection to the passage today on the talk page, this alerted me to the fact that you had reinstated it. The timeline of events above simply document each addition and removal from the first time it was added. I see now that I missed the removal by CapnJackSp. That was an oversight on my part when I reverted you last, and admittedly that puts my revert in a different context. I've corrected the timeline above.

The fact remains, however, that you violated AE when you reinstated the passage. I'm willing to treat this as a content dispute. Escalating to ArbCom, in my opinion, is a waste of time, but do what you think is right. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:57, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Disregarding our evidently differing understanding of AE and the timeline, are you still claiming that Schaflechner is 'FRINGE'? Because if you are, my comments above about your misunderstanding of core policy stands, and I'm not prepared to simply walk away from that - it is utterly fundamental to how Wikipedia is supposed to work. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm going to sleep now. A dispute over content should be continued the article talk page. I'll look for it tomorrow. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:27, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Contentious labels.

On the "criticism of muhammad", you made a complaint after reverting my revision. The revision already included about heresy and demonic influence. Furthermore last line already contained "criticized Muhammad's handling of doctrinal matters and his promises of carnal pleasure in the afterlife" which is synonymous with 'perverted' and 'deplorable man' both of which also seem synonymous. It seemed bit repetitively biased. Now I understand that this is a criticism article but its written is such a way that it does not has any objective lens and there must be least some kind of WP:Balance. Note that I am not in anyway disagreeing about the lenghty details of those critisism in the rest of the article, the lede section in which we write the outline, shouldn't it be written in neutrality. The current content also may not uphold WP:Label. Please correct it or let me correct it. Even historical villains like Hitler and Stalin do not have this level of subjective judgements on their respective article. 182.183.41.97 (talk) 06:15, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I have no objection if you try to rewrite it again, but not the way you did before. I know you were attempting to be neutral, but it came across as whitewashing, not conveying what the source actually says. That's why I reverted it. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:50, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Can you be more specific how it came across as whitewashing. The mention of essential critisism 'heretic' and ' possessed by demons' as well as equating with the 'Antichrist' were already included in the revision.

I changed the words like 'perverted', 'deplorable' which seem synonymous with the critique in the last line and changed the word ' false prophet' which is synonymous with 'Antichrist' in the christian context, to uphold WP:Label and WP:WIKIVOICE and WP:BREVITY.

I dont know who wrote the lede but it is written in a WP:TENDENTIOUS way. 182.183.41.97 (talk) 14:09, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

New User with offending Username

Hi, Anachronist! Da du ja auch auf der dewiki aktiv bist, trau ich mich deutsch zu schreiben. Manche Sachen kann ich nicht so gut auf Englisch ausdrücken.

Seit ein paar Tagen fällt mir im Teahouse ein neuer User mit Namen "Fotzendurchfall" auf, muß ich mehr sagen? Ich habe mir die Policy zu den ungeeigneten Usernamen angeschaut, die in solchen Fällen eher zu "ansprechen" raten. Ehrlich gesagt, ICH als Deutsche möchte den User nicht ansprechen...

Hast du eine Lösung, abseits des großen Dramas?

Liebe Grüße --Maresa63 ^Talk 06:10, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Hallo @Maresa63: Ich bin in der deutschen Wikipedia nicht aktiv.

Obwohl meine Mutter Deutsche war und ich in der High School jahrelang Deutsch gelernt habe, habe ich es nie gelernt. Ich schreibe dies mit Google Translate.

Um einen unangemessenen oder anstößigen Benutzernamen zu melden, gehen Sie zu WP:UAA. ~Anachronist (talk) 07:14, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Oh, then I'm sorry. Thought I read your name at dewiki regularly. I shy away from the big drama. And "offending" isn't even a point at UAA (they advise to speak to the user). A name composed of a deregatory term of a female's vagina and diarrhea, please understand, I don't even want to speak to this user. But I can at least ignore it.

Thanks for your answer, and there is no need to translate your replies to german for me! Greetings! --Maresa63 ^Talk 08:13, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@Maresa63: The purpose of WP:UAA is to report usernames that violate Wikipedia:Username policy. Violations include offensive or derogatory names. No discussion with the user is required if the name is obviously disruptive.

Here on the English Wikipedia, User:Fotzendurchfall has been blocked by Valereee. I don't know if there is an equivalent to WP:UAA on the German Wikipedia, if that user also exists there. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:42, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

POV editor has made a mess

See [[16]] Doug Weller talk 07:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know that I can even understand how to fix the mess. I'm also having an odd problem with some keystrokes creating text at the very beginning of my text - only on Wikipedia though.

Hm, seems to start when I put the click on the symbol to ping a user which adds the at symbol. Doug Weller talk 08:41, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I think (hopefully) that I cleaned it up. The guy created redirects, which is fine, so I targeted them correctly and applied some page protections.

There is a symbol to ping a user? I just type {{ping|username}} in the source editor. Are you using the visual editor? ~Anachronist (talk) 14:20, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

HankT@Anachronist No, using the source editor. What I see above this edit field is a bold B, italic I, and A for styling with a dropdown box, a symbol for linking, one to give me special characters, and a stylized head and shoulders with a plus sign over one shoulder. I'm having problems now with characters I type showing up at the very start of my post before the @ sign. I just tried to type Thank and see what happened! Doug Weller talk 14:40, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I don't see what you see. I use the source editor too. My icons are (identified by hover text) bold, italic, signature and timestamp, link, images and media, insert a template, and syntax highlighting. Then there are drop-down menus after that for advanced, special characters, help, and cite. I'm using the Chrome browser on a laptop. Maybe it looks different on a mobile device, if that's what you're using? I've never tried to edit Wikipedia from a mobile device. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:16, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

No, I mean when I hit reply to your post above, not when clicking edit. Sorry to confuse you. Doug Weller talk 16:46, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Oh, now I see it. I don't recall hitting that reply link before. When did that appear? I always just edit the section out of habit.

So if I click that little ping icon, I get a '@' symbol with drop-down menu containing your name, and I get this: @Doug Weller ~Anachronist (talk) 16:51, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@Anachronist Yes, that's it. Should we have Sethubandhanam as a separate article? I can't see why. Doug Weller talk 16:56, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

I speedy deleted it in accordance with WP:A10. It could be a redirect, however. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Doug Weller talk 20:42, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Sethubandhanam

Please undelete Sethubandhanam. It was created in 2014, which is clearly not recent (A10 only applies to recently created article[s], and the fact that User:NmWTfs85lXusaybq chose to create a redirect means that the requirement that where the title is not a plausible redirect isn't satisfied either. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:40, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I created this redirect because it's the primary topic of Sethubandhanam (disambiguation). Since it's an alternative name of Adam's Bridge, it could be blanked and redirected as WP:ATD-R stated. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 06:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

A redirect is a good solution. The content of the article had almost no content about the actual subject other than to state it's a synomym, and more content (and citations) about Thriprayar Temple, which holds a celebration. I merged that content into the temple article. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:42, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I disagree that it's an alternative name of Adam's Bridge: Ram Setu means both the (mythical) bridge from the Ramayana and the extant real-life geographical feature, which are separate things. Many people claim that the former is based on the latter, but even that isn't a sure thing. I would favour undeletion and expansion of the Sethubandhanam article, too. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 11:54, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@Dāsānudāsa: I have restored the deleted contribution history but left it as a redirect, and it should remain that way because it contained absolutely zero citations about the topic. The only thing that actually had a citation is already merged into [[Thriprayar Temple. When you can flesh it out more with actual citations, feel free to replace the redirect. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:41, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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Consider unprotection

The LTA responsible for the page protections of Hagger, Grawp, and other pages is gone now. Would you consider unprotection as its hopefully no longer necessary? funplussmart (talk) 22:30, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@Funplussmart: Because I was the last person who protected Grawp, I have reduced that from extended-confirmed to semi-protection. I had reduced it from full-protection to extended-confirmed in 2020. I didn't protect Hagger. I have no objection to removing protection on that. @Number 57: do you agree? ~Anachronist (talk) 00:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Funplussmart: How do we now they are gone? Cheers, Number 57 08:37, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Number 57:, WP:OUTING keeps me from saying a whole lot on-wiki, but let's just say they are physically unable to edit the website. funplussmart (talk) 22:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Funplussmart: You can always send us private email. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:52, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Funplussmart: Thanks for your email. Unfortunately, he would still have access to the internet where you say he is, but based on what I found, he is no longer there as of August. The protections should be kept in place. @Number 57: FYI. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:12, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Speech synthesis

Hello @Anachronist, hope you're doing well. I was wondering why you reverted my edits on the article Speech synthesis. Mooonswimmer 17:55, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@Mooonswimmer: I meant to revert only your last, unexplained, unsourced edit about hate speech. I didn't realize that all of the edits were reverted. I have corrected this. Overall, however, I think you gave undue weight to ElevenLabs in your additions. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:59, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Dahua Technology

Hi, Anachronist. I noticed that you enjoy familiarizing yourself with talk page discussions and offering neutral third opinions when needed. I have been working on updating Dahua Technology and am wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing an ongoing discussion on the talk page regarding specific terminology used in the article. I would appreciate your thoughts and assistance with implementing the edits as you see fit. Thank you, Caitlyn23 (talk) 18:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

edit request

Hey, looks like I started responding to the edit request before you did. Feel free to erase my response if you want to respond instead Andre🚐 06:16, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

@Andrevan: I just added my comment to yours. I agree with you that "strategic" shouldn't be changed to "tactical" but I felt it best to remove the adjective altogether. A target is still a target, whether strategic or tactical. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:18, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Fine by me. It was a little redundant and wordy, though not technically inaccurate, but your version is an improvement. We had crossed wires at the same time. Andre🚐 06:19, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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