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Yo Ho Ho

Reasoning behind Ping

I make it short, the reasoning behind my ping was I am still behind hassled by Rusf10 (I was pinged by him). Since I am not allowed to comment on his comments and I have had no contact with him, I asked you and Floquenbeam to kindly ask Rusf10 to do the same. While I am disappointed you are "not interested", I am doing what I said I would and was told. This concludes my reasoning/explanation behind my ping of you. - NeutralhomerTalk • 02:29 on April 5, 2021 (UTC)

Puppetteer report

I don't know whether they toured in a bus, Doktoro, or whether they ever went to this bus stop.
Jan Peeters I couldn't get the bus stop in shot, either, and probably wasn't even there.[1]

Doktoro, your recent focus on owning Donald Trump socks is quite disturbing, and I went looking for some more furniture for you to combat that. Imagine my surprise at finding a puppetteer lurking unbeknownst to all bar one person behind William Simons, a slightly dead person that the puppet creator has cleverly and posthumously arranged for Google to steer everyone towards instead, and William Simmonds, one of those two-sentence mass-created cricket people that are so the rage right now. It's even a shared account, and even more cleverly Google is steering the other person's name to Eva Simons from Gallifrey. Uncle G (talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Wait, this William Simmonds? No, this one--but I think you should write up "Ms. World Automaton", who has the additional benefit of not being able to get married and thus losing her crown. As you know, I don't understand cricket or furniture. BTW I did receive that lovely bouquet of flowers you sent me for Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, and Mrs. Drmies and I both appreciate the box of bonbons--how did you know hazelnut is my favorite? Drmies (talk) 20:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Certainly the William Simmonds who was supposed to be linked from User:Magnus Manske/Your Paintings, although I only found about that afterwards. I was looking for furniture carvers for you.

      As for the bus stop, I fully expected at User talk:Drmies/Archive 133#Speedy deletion nomination of User:Drmies/Stavoren lighthouse that you, with your greater access to JSTORrery, Main Beaming, and — indeed! — Gallifreyan museums would be able to do far better than I could. The factoid about that tourist Peeters facing the wrong way and looking out from the bus stop was not enough.

      Although we have discovered that your ISP is hiding things from Eastern Kentucky University from you. That seems like the Scunthorpe problem taken to absurd extremes. I would ask some pointed questions about its WWW filtering if I were you.

      Whitworth Art Gallery (1976). "Peeters, Jan the Elder". Landscape in Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the 17th Century: From the Collections of the Musees Royaux Des Beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels. University of Manchester.

      Uncle G (talk) 22:45, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

      • I found a few hits for paintings of the Vuurbaak, but they were all snippets. The one I looked into was not a notable painter, and I didn't feel like writing that guy up too. BTW the square in this poor picture, yes--the Vuurbaak was a bit of a problem. Everything around it had been leveled and the Vuurbaak was in the way when they were rebuilding the city after WW2. That odd square, the Vuurbaakplein, apparently was kind of a necessity. Actually, I have inquired about filtering, but to no avail. The last time it was all clogged up with obscenities from a certain banned user, and HR got worried about me being in imminent danger. Drmies (talk) 01:12, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is fortunate that this is the English Professor Vacuum, Doktoro. So there are no English professors around to warn of the dangers of working from the Cliff's Notes rather than reading the book.

Uncle G (talk) 05:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The zero-effort AFD mass-nominations including Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bottom (technical analysis) have led me to someone who wasn't furniture related, Doktoro. But it turns out that Richard W. Schabacker might be article-worthy despite having no relation to furniture. I discount the massive self-published biography, because there is nothing showing George A. Schade's credentials. But other stuff does turn up here and there. Perhaps the lurkers can find something more.

  • Schultz, Harry D.; Coslow, Samson, eds. (1966). "Richard W. Schabacker — Pioneer of Sophisticated Technical Research". A Treasury of Wall Street Wisdom. Investors' Press.

Uncle G (talk) 06:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bother you

Is there a barnstar for bacon? --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:54, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • I thought about giving someone a Bacon barnstar since someone else called them the "bacon of objectivity", but then I figured it might not be taken in the spirit it was given. Thanks anyway!--Kansas Bear (talk) 20:35, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Books

I've had, just yesterday, Google Books give me two different views of a single book according to what search path I used to reach it. And that was when logged in.

Uncle G (talk) 15:00, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • I often have problems with non-US user links, yes. But I can't imagine writing Wikipedia articles without Google Books...well, I guess I might write better ones, because I have to work harder at every individual article... Drmies (talk) 15:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

… and Babcock

Given your recent excitement over J-Pop and John Carter, lacking a furniture connection for the latter I find myself turning to the scary Texan books for a fireman. Uncle G (talk) 09:31, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

… and burning

  • Lewis, Todd E. (1993). "Mob Justice in the "American Congo": "Judge Lynch" in Arkansas during the Decade after World War I". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 52 (2). Arkansas Historical Association: 156–184. doi:10.2307/40019247. JSTOR 40019247.

Henry Lowry throughout. John Carter on pages 166, 168, 174, and in particular 169 which has stuff that you haven't got at all. Uncle G (talk) 07:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • I see that now. I wrote these articles without looking at JSTOR. The case of Henry Lowry is absolutely gruesome and obviously deserves to be written up. Dwight H. Blackwood needs an article as well, as does every other person on that two-page list. When you come visit me we'll go to the Memorial. Drmies (talk) 15:14, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice where you have been mentioned

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — MarkH21talk 18:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 08:40, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you for helping me with my sockpuppet reports. Zai (💬📝⚡️) 16:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FYI...

I agree with you 100% on both substance and outcome (because of course I do), I'm just encouraging you to be slightly more nuanced in your entirely correct statements :-) Guy (help! - typo?) 18:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vacuum

The Engineering Professor Vacuum is of course awaiting a replacement pump, and an earnest pointer to Google Translate in case one has difficulty with Gallifreyan makes me chuckle. But: Doktoro, there's a Dutch Vacuum Society? When were you going to tell me this? I've just found a whole bunch of biographies, and if I find second sources you might find yourself with a Vacuuum Vacuuum.

  • Redhead, Paul A., ed. (1997). Vacuum Science and Technology: Pioneers of the 20th Century. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781563962486.

Uncle G (talk) 16:28, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Uncle, I can't help but wonder if you're retired and just don't like fishing. It is true that Category:Vacuum is in need of some work. Drmies (talk) 21:05, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • But I'm not sure what you are pointing at. I'd write up NEVAC, but the sourcing is poor in Dutch and in English--just another trade group/professional organization with a conference and a journal, and no coverage of it. Or are you interested in Pieter Clausing, and that erroneous diffusion coefficient in his PhD thesis, something that seems to have really bothered Irving Langmuir? Drmies (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Definitely the biographies in the book, Doktoro. Vaccuuuming under the furniture seems long overdue. I shall be searching for second sources. Have some pity with the acronyms. I only recently had to figure out what FP420 experiment (AfD discussion) was, and I wouldn't just casually bring such technical articles like that, or immersion boiler or spice rack, here to Articles for Creation. The Time Lords did remove all knowledge of TARDIS-building from your memories when they sent you away from Gallifrey, and I wouldn't want to be the cause of any upset. On the other hand, maybe your lurkers know what a spice rack is. Uncle G (talk) 21:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Please redress

Dear Drmies,

With respect to your recent edit, I agree of course that "Wikipedia user space is for working on articles and other activities related to Wikipedia". However, your statement about "material used to harass on other WMF projects" is unfounded. It is hard for you to judge, so i'll give you some background.

The Arbitration Committee of the Dutch wikipedia has accepted my case against unlawful actions by User:Daniuu and Natuur12 against my articles and me for arbitration. (Google Translate Dutch-English has improved a lot recently, so you can read for yourself.) Daniuu has acted rashly here by removing clearly innocent Dutch text on a false claim and hoax. The text was intended for the allowed space https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humor_en_onzin and conforms fully to the traditional rules there. So there is no harassment whatsoever by me, as User:Daniuu should know. You can check that i was, am and intend to be a decent Wikimedian on various wikiplatforms. I am a moderator on nl.wikibooks. Daniuu has no valid argument. We should not allow cross-wiki editorial violence.

  • So, could you please restore the text you removed as would be correct? Thank you, Hansmuller (talk) 09:48, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Seriously? You are blocked indefinitely on the nl-wikipedia for "Verstoring/bedreiging van werksfeer" after this extensive discussion about these jokes of yours, which you may claim are innocent and "conform ... to the traditional rules there" but that are clearly perceived as disruptive and threatening. So this is a no. And no, this isn't really hard for me to judge. If you restore that material I will block you: the content you are posting here, in your user space on en-wiki, merely serves to extenuate disruption across platforms, especially since Daniuu, an administrator on the Dutch Wikipedia, is also an active participant on the English Wikipedia, and thus has a right to complain about your shenanigans. If they were disruptive there, they are disruptive here, or, as you put it, "We should not allow cross-wiki editorial violence." Drmies (talk) 14:53, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page seems to need semi-protection

Sorry for bothering you. I've just reverted this anonymous change which had for over 2 months successfully suppressed the reliably sourced (as in BBC) info that the snooker player who is the subject of the article was currently banned for 5 years for match-fixing. The edit also left the lead of the article ungrammatical (sentence not ended by a full stop - aka period in American English) and absurd (the guy is a snooker player, not a snooker). The fact that this was not reverted for over 2 months suggests too few editors have the page on their watchlist, so semi-protection limiting changes to auto-confirmed users seems required, but I don't know how to request this properly, except by asking my favourite admin to do it. The page seems likely to get quite a bit of traffic because the player who received a one-year ban in the same incident (for failing to report his knowledge of the matter) is doing better than expected in the current World Championship, and his page wikilinks to the abused page. Regards, Tlhslobus (talk) 17:15, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stratford General Strike of 1933

On 23 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stratford General Strike of 1933, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Stratford General Strike of 1933 the Canadian military was brought in, with machine guns, to which the strikers responded with a rally and a parade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stratford General Strike of 1933. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stratford General Strike of 1933), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Encroaching fancruft (or autobio)

JoAnne Lorenzana is an article created a decade ago by an SPA who has edited virtually nothing but this article for the decade she has been on Wikipedia. She also apparently has no clue how to cite things even after a decade. It was fancrufty enough already, but today she added a whole new level of misshapen bloat which I noticed via Recent Changes. I've trimmed 50% of the badly cited article, but she keeps adding more stuff back in. Could people help keep an eye on it? (By the way, I'm not even sure the subject meets notability; gets only a handful of Google hits; has some [mostly dead] links to Philippines news articles at the bottom of the article, but nothing comes up on Google unless perhaps in Filipino/Tagalog.) Does not even have an official website (website dead since 2015), so she seems to be making Wikipedia her official website. Thanks, y'all, Softlavender (talk) 06:16, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

TPA

Hi Drmies. You spamublocked Pulsemedic back in March 2020, but they just resumed spamming on their talk page. You might wish to revoke their talk page access. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:58, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Drm310  Done GirthSummit (blether) 16:41, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Drmies (talk) 20:46, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Block needed

Hey Drmies, could you please block Hibby Dibsy? They're an LTA. Best, Pahunkat (talk) 16:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William A. Radford

On 27 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William A. Radford, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that William A. Radford assisted in producing a 1700-page encyclopedia about cement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William A. Radford. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William A. Radford), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SP case

Maybe take a look, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shuppiluliuma Shadow4dark (talk) 02:48, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Towns the noo!

Uncle G (talk) 11:57, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Philo Beddoe

It's good to see that 'ole Philo is still remembered! I know Clint is more likely remembered as Dirty Harry, his spaghetti western characters, or perhaps even as a great director. Still, I always liked the Beddoe. :-). The follow up may have been even better than the original outing. I thought the chemistry between Clint and William Smith was amazing. Maybe it was just the fact that Smith was a real-life badass. (but I guess that's true of many Smiths). Either way - it's good to know that the Beddoe character is remembered. Hope you're well Drmies. Always good to see your name in the mix. — Ched (talk) 12:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ha, likewise, on that last note. I always thought they were just silly, but every now and then I'm tempted to say "right turn Liam" when I take my boy to school. I need to watch Rumble Fish again, and get the kids to watch it. Drmies (talk) 14:29, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • On the "silly" side, I recently bought Uncle Drew, so I'm going to have to sit down and watch that one. I bet you're boy is growing fast - they tend to do that, lol. My granddaughter graduates this year, so I'm hoping my daughter and son-in-law will let me come out and do a photo shoot for her. Rumble Fish? Hmmm .. now that's a film I haven't seen in many years. Doesn't seem to be on any of my streaming services, so I'll have to check my DVD collection. Cheers my friend. — Ched (talk) 16:28, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Gwerz Skolan

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Your GA nomination of Breton Ballads

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Liz Read! Talk! 19:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Celestina007 (talk) 19:34, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Breton Ballads

The article Breton Ballads you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Breton Ballads for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of CommanderWaterford -- CommanderWaterford (talk) 08:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Category:Years of the 17th century in the Netherlands indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 14:27, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just a notice that this category is now empty. It looks like years during this time period are being classified as part of "the Dutch Republic" rather than being in "the Netherlands". This category will be deleted if it is still empty in 7 days. Liz Read! Talk! 14:30, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I think I saw that earlier for another category. Drmies (talk) 16:14, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gordimalo

Hello, I just noticed an IP user 157.231.131.2 which you blocked for 3 months for being used by Gordimalo has just started editing again and they tried restoring another edit by one of Gordimalo's sockpuppets. Just a heads up. Thanks. Mellk (talk) 09:16, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article: Annegret Hannawa

I apologize, I am still relatively new to wikipedia, I certainly didn't mean to cause an edit war. Please let me know if I still did something wrong in my referencing, just added what I understand as secondary sources and removed primary ones. --BlackPantherDesert (talk) 09:53, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Taking care with tags

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In Template:Did you know nominations/Open Wounds, you used <s>...</s> tags to strike out text. But the way you did it created Misnested tags for <s>...</s>. Whenever a <s> tag is on a line beginning with an asterisk (*), number (#) or colon (:), the closing </s> tag also has to be within the scope of the the asterisk, number, or colon. In other words, each bullet point needs its own <s>...</s> markup. I fixed the error. —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:01, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]