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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1989

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Please fill out your JSTOR email

As one of the original 100 JSTOR account recipients, please fill out the very short email form you received just recently in order to renew your access. Even though you signed up before with WMF, we need you to sign up again with The Misplaced Pages Library for privacy reasons and because your prior access expired on July 15th. We do not have your email addresses now; we just used the Special:EmailUser feature, so if you didn't receive an email just contact me directly at jorlowitzgmail.com. Thanks, and we're working as quickly as possible to get you your new access! Jake (Ocaasi) 19:48, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I did that 12 hours ago. Did I not do it correctly? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:18, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

User Prosfilaes

Has accused me of putting falsehoods or lies into an aviation template. On 4 occasions. Here, here, here, here here and here. There's probably an edit or two more. It's not true. The italics and bolds were removed per consensus, reverted, and then reversed again while a new discussion was started. This editor needs something, possibly a block, to shut him or her up....William 21:28, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

It's hard to see in the history, since it's a template in a template, but at the time he made those changes, the template said "Accidents with more then 50 fatalities are italicized". He then removed the italics from accidents with more than 50 fatalities. I've explained this elsewhere, like on the talk page of the template, but he has been more interested in accusing me of personal attacks then listening to the complaints about content.--Prosfilaes (talk) 21:45, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Note- I also put this up at Sphilbrick's Talk page....William 21:34, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Please disregard this TRM, Sphilbrick is handling it. That's unless you want to weigh in over on his talk page....William 22:31, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1990

The article The Boat Race 1990 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Boat Race 1990 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of NickGibson3900 -- NickGibson3900 (talk) 08:02, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1997

On 25 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1997, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1997 Boat Race included the first Italian to compete in the event? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1997. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

The DYK project (nominate) 09:58, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

DYKs

Hi TRM, congratulations on being your usual proficient self with regard to The Boat Race. Here's the latest batch of DYKs:

• Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1986
• Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1989
• Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1990
• Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2011

Thanks, Matty.007 13:16, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Matty, TRM, I think it's time for some quid pro quo reviews to be offered. The Rambling Man is perfectly capable of nominating his own articles if he thinks they're appropriate for DYK, and with these four, Matty has nominated ten of TRM's boat race GAs at this point. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:31, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

I won't list them as such, and I may do some Prep building instead in the absence of Gatoclass, but I will do some form of help in the next few days. Thanks, Matty.007 15:41, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: I don't want to nominate my own GAs for DYK but I am more than happy for User:Matty.007 to do so. Please don't litter my talk page with your trash talk. If Matty has done something against the rules, fine. If not, pipe down. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:27, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

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DYK for The Boat Race 1989

On 27 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1989, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1989 Boat Race was the first time in the event's history that both coxes were women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1989. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

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Boat Race edits

Hi. What was wrong with using the flag icons for nationality? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantab12 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

See WP:ICONDECORATION. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:33, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

ITFC season

Hello, thank you rectifying the problem. I didn't realise I left it like that. Skyblueshaun (talk) 20:15, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Chronological summary of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Per the references, it looks silly now at the bottom. We should just cull it in the column and add one for the day. It could be tagged per your daily log of activities at the top instead of EVERY link. I would do it, but someone came along being pedantic. Youre an admin so its better you do it?Lihaas (talk) 02:02, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Not at all. Being an admin doesn't mean I have any more control over the content of articles. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:13, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 1986

On 1 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1986, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after the 1986 Boat Race, the Cambridge stroke said he was "just stirring the tea while the others did the work"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1986. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi, could you have a look at Misplaced Pages:Peer review/List of Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut/archive1? Regards, —Zia Khan 22:28, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:00, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1980

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User: WattleBird's reverting against consensus

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Consensus has been made on an edit at the American Dad! article as shown by the discussion here Talk:American Dad!#Season 11 & season 12 dispute, yet User WattleBird has reverted despite consensus and is now pretending like various editors agree with him when they've actually expressed disagreement with him.

I have made every attempt to avoid an edit war and be reasonable with User: WattleBird regarding this edit at the American Dad! article, that includes reaching out to individuals at Fox and starting up the discussion at the talk page so as to seek a consensus regarding the edit all as shown here Talk:American Dad!#Season 11 & season 12 dispute. All my efforts have been met with disruption from the user. As you'll see by the article, all editors who have contributed to the discussion besides WattleBird himself and 1 other user have expressed opposition to his desired edit.

The long and short of the editing dispute in question is that season 10 of the American Dad! aired during 2013-14. A 15-episode season 11 is to begin on October 30, 2014, on TBS. However, Fox recently issued a new report that there are 3 episodes left to air on Fox on September 14 and September 21. WattleBird believes this recent announcement is reason to change everything up, so that the 3 episodes of American Dad! on Fox are considered their very own season, a "microseason 11" as he describes it, and now the 15 episodes on TBS, a season 12. As shown by the discussion, all editors besides 1 user have expressed opposition to that.

When consensus against the 3 episode micro-season became clear, I went ahead and edited the article accordingly but was reverted by WattleBird here . On the article, he went so far as claiming that a user who blatantly disagreed with him had agreed with him, as shown in the following link where he states he received no opposition from User:Spongey . However, here is User:Spongey's input in that discussion in which he states pointblank "no season 11 and season 12 shit" . Furthermore, User Spongey is even shown incorporating the three episodes as the end of season 10 in the following link .

Yet WattleBird somehow believes this user has agreed with him and that he hasn't received any opposition. As shown by WattleBird's own talk page here, he has a long history of getting blocked for edit warring and seems to be showing an eagerness to bicker and edit war with me. I simply do not have the patience for this type of behavior which is why I have come to you. If you could put a stop to the editor's disruptiveness, that be much appreciated. Thank you! AmericanDad86 (talk) 11:16, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

The reason I feel consensus hasn't been reached is because you haven't clearly explained why you feel the micro-season isn't valid and provided reason why the FOX press release that labels the episodes that air in September as a "season premiere" is incorrect. Your initial comment used "evidence" such as articles that were based on now out-of-date information and a "lack of Google search results". You haven't explained yourself properly and instead have just waited for enough people to align themselves with what you've wanted all along and then pounced and edited it and feel you should have your own way. You haven't been actively involved in the discussion at all.

You seem to think all you needed to get consensus was to get enough "votes", but you also need to explain yourself with valid arguments which you just haven't done and, for some reason, refuse to do. You MUST explain yourself so that if someone comes along in six months time and tries to edit this particular issue, they can be pointed to the talk page and can read the entire discussion to understand why it is the way it is - as it stands, they would just see a vote which is what you've turned this into. - Wattlebird (talk) 18:16, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Boat race articles

I didn't bring this up in the GA review, but what are you thoughts on including the equipment used in these races? I am sure they have changed many times over the years, and may not actually be known in many cases, but I thought interesting to know what kind of boats, oars, etc. that may be used.Neonblak - 19:32, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it's a good point, but the general The Boat Race article should or will cover this. When significant changes have taken place, e.g. the intro of blades, I've covered it in The Boat Race 1993 (including nice pictures). The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1988

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DYK for The Boat Race 1990

On 5 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 1990, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1990 Boat Race had the heaviest oarsman in the event's history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 1990. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:38, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1992

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can you please help me on ebola

Not sure how to add right. please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.121.16.108 (talk) 20:16, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm guessing you're "Ramble man."

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is please add the needful to ebola page. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:54, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

what a great guess. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:18, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1999

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Boat Race 1999 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seattle -- Seattle (talk) 00:03, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Really, really pleased to inform you. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 01:40, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Peer review request

Good day The Rambling Man, I was directed here from the list of peer review volunteers. Can I check if you would be willing and able to help peer review the Money in the Bank (2011) article about a professional wrestling event. I have already reached out to the Professional Wrestling Wikiproject and several of its members, so I was hoping to have general editors comment on the article as well. Thank you! starship.paint ~ regal 13:16, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:01, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again! :) starship.paint ~ regal 08:28, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1994

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1995

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1996

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1998

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Chris Gragg

Chris Gragg is a current featured article candidate. If you have the time, please do take a look. Thanks. Seattle (talk) 15:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Indeed I will. I am away from now until Sunday morning, but will certainly add it to my to do list. Thanks for all your help. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1999

The article The Boat Race 1999 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Boat Race 1999 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Seattle -- Seattle (talk) 15:22, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Football featured lists

Hello, I'm writing an article about Napoli's records and statistics. I'm finding previous Featured Lists about the same topic to be a huge help, and many seem to follow the same format. Digging through the histories and the candidations it looks like you're the "original" writer/creator. I just want to say congratulations on your amazing job setting the format for the lists (if it was indeed you), and I hope you don't mind that I'm drawing inspiration (and at times stealing whole phrases) from your lists! Zidanie5 (talk) 23:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

@Zidanie5: Thanks. I'm sure I wasn't the first but by the looks of things, it won't be the last! Good luck with your list. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:49, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for The Boat Race 2011

On 9 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Boat Race 2011, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the proportion of rowers at the 2011 Boat Race who were British was the highest for a decade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Boat Race 2011. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:51, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

The Boat Race 2014

Can you add the weight converter to stone and pounds, some of us still don't work in kg!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:38, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

I used the info in the RS which was kg only. If you can use the {{convert}} template to switch kg to st and lb, be my guest! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:48, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Peer review: Didier Drogba

Hi. I listed the Didier Drogba article for peer review and from the volunteers list I can see you review football articles. That being said it would be much appreciated if you offered your input to turn the article into FA-class material, to which I think it's very close. You can see the discussion here. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 02:16, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:57, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your extensive input. I'll get to work on the article as soon as I can. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 19:35, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:57, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

User:Fatjoe431

This guy is a sock puppet of Drizzyruiz (talk · contribs) (see past archives on his talk page) who is block evading and vandalizing my talk page. Could you please take of it? Erick (talk) 07:13, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

The user is vandalizing my user page his IP 2602:306:C5F4:DA90:E5E2:F158:3301:66EA (talk · contribs · WHOIS). Erick (talk) 07:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Te og kaker

He/she is disrupting editing on China Girl (song), can you please block him/her? 183.171.174.10 (talk) 07:45, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1981

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1991

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1981

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1991

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Redirect to my userpage

Please explain How/why did this happen? Please use {{Ping}} if you respond here. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:31, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Someone else moved your user page to the mainspace, I moved it back. No need to thank me. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:33, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Okay Thanks nonetheless. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:45, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

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At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Minor barnstar
	Nice job getting The Boat Race 2012 to FA. NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 05:32, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

+1. Good work, sir. I think the TFA slot for 11th April 2015 is yours for the asking! Bencherlite 08:14, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll take it. What a delightful birthday present (and a special one too)! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:21, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

The Boat Race 1870

Just notifying you of the fact that I just created the 1870 boat race page. I am telling you because you seem to like to update the totals. NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 08:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:23, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Didier Drogba

Hi. I need you to help me keep an eye out for Chelsea-fan1 on the article, you being a sysop and all. Been making unconstructive edits all day. Me and Jaellee have been keeping the article in check but it looks like he won't let up and it's gonna escalate into an edit war. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 16:54, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Looks like it's done. Will keep checking it. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah he went ahead and violated 3RR now. Apparently efforts to solve the dispute have been useless and I've reported him here. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 19:51, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1982

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1982

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Your GA nomination of The Boat Race 1982

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Fury 325

Because you are an admin, can you please move Fury 325 (Carowinds) to Fury 325. The "Fury 325" name has been blocked because a user was creating the article with made up information multiple times (article got deleted 3 times) and only admins can create an article in he "Fury 325" namespace. Thanks!--Dom497 (talk) 03:26, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:28, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

May the best team...

Be the one from Norfolk. --Dweller (talk) 13:34, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Well, obviously, no. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hi

How do you do? Regarding ITN, a question that is there is not a credit for Recent Deaths posts? For example, Hashim Khan was posted yesterday, B. K. S. Iyengar five days ago, Richard Attenborough yesterday too, still the nominators/updaters' talk pages have not got messages about ITN postage/credit. But I see that the popular Bank of America settlement updater Seattle also has not got credit. Besides there may be other cases too. Requesting you to have a look. Faizan 06:29, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't really know much about the credit system, it's not of interest to me really. I'm sure everyone who has something feature at ITN (or any other main page process) could be credited. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:12, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Can you protect pages?

Hi TRM. There is a persistent IP which is changing the subject of Donovan Matthews the cricketer to one about a non-notable athlete, and has been doing so on and off for the last year or so. Would you be able to put some form of protection on it allowing only registered users to edit it? Thanks, Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 09:39, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I could, but the level of vandalism is so low that it doesn't really warrant a page protection. I know that's not really what you want to hear, but at the least, I'll add it to my watchlist. If, perhaps, one day the IP stays around long enough, we could discuss with him what's needed. Or, we could look into the "other" Donovan to check whether he's notable enough for a page... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:47, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

ISIS/Iraq/Syria - ongoing

Yes, I realize my posts here have not made a difference. However, I think it's an exaggeration to say they are "entirely inappropriate." A general discussion has taken place there. I was trying to stimulate further action on the topic and attendant issues.

This is a very high-profile story. The problem with WP's coverage (if one may use the term) is, as AHeneen noted, "there's no one article to describe the main conflict that's dominating the news." Too many (amateur) cooks have spoiled the broth, producing instead of a single continuous narrative a mishmash of six articles, some incomplete, others seriously prolix with minutiae — none really presentable.

I'm not an expert on this topic. I'm just sitting here 6,000 miles away reading the news online. As a Wikipedian, and as someone who was trained in journalism (but who never had a chance to play in the big leagues), it bothered me that this story was long absent from ITN. But I'm not competent to rewrite the whole topic for WP and I'm not going to try.

You've chastised me more than once for "inappropriately" posting news bits at WP:ITNC. I can see it from your point of view — not following the organizational chart, etc. Perhaps I'll just bow out and try not to think of ITN as our summary of global events ("not a news ticker") (although whoever came up with 'ticker' chose a Britishism not used elsewhere).

WP is not a news organization. A genuine news organization would have internal controls (real editors) over what, and how much, is written about news events, and writers who understand such basic principles as consciseness and continuity — to say nothing of timeliness.

The situation is hopeless, but perhaps not serious. There are plenty of other news sources. Sca (talk) 15:09, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Anyone and everyone is encouraged to update articles. Some of us can clear up references etc, it's no problem. Continually banging on about the situation doesn't make it any more likely to be posted in reality, and in fact, your recent drumming was after the posting of the inappropriately out-of-date ongoing article. If you did care, you would spend the time on the articles instead of berating us all with the continual links to the "horrors". The Rambling Man (talk) 15:34, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, RM, for not giving me credit for WP:GF — and maligning my personal motives. As I said, I'll bow out. But I think you're dismissing the issues I raised above regarding the quality of WP articles about current events. (Not that any one person can fix them.)

I'll continue editing articles in areas where I'm competent, such as central & eastern European history and culture. Sca (talk) 16:01, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Better that you focus on the articles you wish to promote. It's not too difficult. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

I agree that this is an important ongoing story and that User:Sca's comments weren't out of line. Furthermore, I'd like to take this opportunity to remark about your (The Rambling Man) attitude when dealing with users on the ITN candidates page (and above and a couple other places, for that matter). There's the line above this comment and remarks on the ITN candidates page like:

• "Calm the fuck down" (Troops from Russia launch new front in Ukraine)
• "Post-posting support for RD glad I don't drink or take hallucinogenic drugs while working on Misplaced Pages!!!!" (Richard Attenborough)
• From the Bárðarbunga discussion:
  • "One for the whiners",
  • "Wow, you need to get back to your happy pills...Your tirade is noted, and reflects nothing other than your own repressed inadequacies I'm afraid...But hey, who needs any kind of good faith when "Jayron" is tearing someone a new hole?"
  • "Good news, my trip may still be on!" I take this to be sarcasm when others disagreed with you and the story didn't pan out? Yes? No?
• "Your "insight" is truly fascinating. So what are you going to do next?" (on Misplaced Pages talk:In the news#Slow news: is "Ongoing" partly to blame?)
• "That's great. Perhaps User:Viriditas can visit there to get his daily dose of lulz rather than stomp around complaining (but doing little else) about the listings at ITN." and "If you actually cared about the things of which you moan, you would actively help do something rather than drop your bitch bomb and expect others to rush around placating you." (both from Misplaced Pages talk:In the news#Good news: sources)

Misplaced Pages:Administrators#Administrator conduct states: "Administrators are expected to lead by example and to behave in a respectful, civil manner in their interactions with others." You clearly are not behaving in a respectful or civil matter! I only just happened to notice the final 2 remarks as I was scrolling quickly up that page, there's many more, long discussions there & I'm sure there's plenty more examples of such uncivil behavior on that page and others where your involved in discussions. Civility is one of Misplaced Pages's five pillars, stating: "Stated simply, editors should always treat each other with consideration and respect" and (Misplaced Pages:Civility#Incivility) "Incivility consists of personal attacks, rudeness and disrespectful comments...In cases of repeated harassment or egregious personal attacks, then the offender may be blocked. Even a single act of severe incivility could result in a block, such as a single episode of extreme verbal abuse or profanity directed at another contributor, or a threat against another person." Your behavior is unacceptable for an admin. You need to stop making personal attacks and extremely rude/disrespectful remarks to other users. If not, then I think a review of your behavior needs to be discussed at the Admin noticeboard. Given that the above states even a single act can result in a block, I'm sure some form of reprimand/punishment would be given to an admin. AHeneen (talk) 19:45, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Go for it, I have little time for this. Whether or not you think Sca's ongoing plastering of links at ITN is right or wrong is entirely irrelevant to me. Of course, taking every single quotation you've dug up entirely out of its context will work wonders for you, I'm sure a visit to ANI will be a marvellous experience for us all. I won't be commenting, or even looking. Congratulations on your attempt to intimidate me. You are no longer welcome to post here, thanks so much. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:52, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

2014 Hiroshima landslides

Your reverse-edit with comment "not a videprinter". (Honest, I had to check what "videprinter" was.)

I went with maxim "I saw others do it". But now I know better. Thanks. (And sorry my broken English, I'm not native English speaker. I mean no harm.) Fruitmince (talk) 17:26, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)