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Some falafel for you!

Thank you for hiding the revisions of the white power IP. (hope you like falafel, but giving people beers was getting old) Cheers! ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador 14:16, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Happy to help and I love falafel! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:04, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Bob Mahoney (director)

Hi Malcolm – sorry I'm a bit new to Misplaced Pages!

I can't work out how to add a disambiguation page, would you mind helping me?

When you search "Bob Mahoney" in wikipedia, it automatically goes to a baseball player. I'd like it to go to a disambiguation page and from there you can choose the baseball player or the film director. Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sellotapemaskingtape (talk • contribs) 12:10, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

@Sellotapemaskingtape: Hello and welcome, Sellotapemaskingtape. In a situation such as this where there are only two articles for people named 'Bob Mahoney' and one is the primary topic (the baseball player), we would usually use a hat note - a note at the top of the page for the baseball player - to direct people to the other page if that is what they are looking for. I'll sort that for you. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:53, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Milton, ON

		The Citation Barnstar
		For your work on the references/citations in Milton, Ontario. Well Done! PKT(alk) 18:01, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! About halfway through now, I think. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Page protection at Novo Banco

Hello, Malcolm. I see that you placed the above-named article under protection. But it seems that this protection will not be needed. As I discuss in more detail in this Talk page posting here, the IP addresses weren't completely wrong in their actions and, by the same token, the reversions were not completely correct. I've rescued the links that were the subject of the reversions and this will likely resolve the problem. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk) 02:58, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

@NewYorkActuary:. Thanks for clarifying the issue. I'll lift the protection and we'll see how it goes. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:05, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Block user talk page access for 2600:8800:FF0E:1200:150C:31B:85B8:805E

@Malcolmxl5: Thanks for blocking the wikihounding IP, 2600:8800:FF0E:1200:150C:31B:85B8:805E, but can you block that IP from accessing its talk page? It keeps on removing the warnings added on the page, and I'm tired of repeatedly removing the warnings already posted. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 08:52, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

@TagaSanPedroAko:. Hi TagaSanPedroAko, I wouldn't worry too much about the talk page. We can assume that the user has read the warnings/block message and is aware of what they say. We can find them in the history if we need them. I have the page on my watchlist should they make an unblock request (which I think is unlikely) or write anything else. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 06:45, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

Nine years of adminship, today.

Thank you. Is it really nine years? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Deleted redirects

Yesterday you quite properly deleted a large batch of redirects pointing to non-existent articles (about cricketers). Unfortunately some of the targets had semi-automatically been moved erroneously and they have now been returned to main space. For example Arthur Somerville Archdale pointing to Arthur Archdale. Others are being examined in draft space and some will be restored, possibly after improvements. A list of the articles moved is at move log. Is it possible to identify which redirects were deleted so they can be restored? Some have already been restored in an ad hoc way. It would be useful to know what redirects will need to be restored for any articles being returned to main space in future. The discussion about all this is at WT:CRIC#Draftification of over 500 cricket biographies. Thank you for any help you are able to give for this very unfortunate incident. Thincat (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

@Thincat: Hi Thincat, that is unfortunate. The redirects are all in my deletion log dated 31 August - about 75 of them - identifiable by the tag 'G8: Redirect to a deleted or non-existent page'. There are only a few other deletions on that day so the cricket related ones can be seen quite easily. I'll have a look through for any where the target has been moved back to mainspace. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:58, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I've reported back to the cricketers (I am not one of them – hated it at school!). Thincat (talk) 12:14, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

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A cup of coffee for you!

Thank you for waving the magic revdel wand over that article just now! Julietdeltalima (talk) 22:41, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Glad to be able to help out there. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing my page

Dear Malcolmxl5, Thank you for reviewing my Misplaced Pages page. As you assumed, it is just the source text of the copy of my German Misplaced Pages page - only the domain prefix has changed for simplifying the usability (English speaking people). https://en.wikipedia.org/User:Appetitumscientiae and https://de.wikipedia.org/User:Appetitumscientiae. Kind regards, Appetitumscientiae. --Appetitumscientiae (talk) 10:38, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Happy to have been able to help and welcome to the English Misplaced Pages! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

My edit on the "Local Government Boundary Commission" redirect

Greetings and felicitations. Thank you for fixing my error. Apparently instead of pasting in the new address, I blanked the article. My apologies. <bows> —DocWatson42 (talk) 03:09, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

A minor issue, it happens... I went to fix the double redirect too but was beaten to it by a bot. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:11, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Well, I didn't want you to think it was intentional vandalism. —DocWatson42 (talk) 04:07, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Perish the thought! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:36, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Long-term abuse/SwisterTwister

That was obviously not this editor's first rodeo, but CU revealed nothing. I know SwisterTwister has plenty of detractors, but I'm not keeping score, so I don't know if there's any point in starting an SPI. Drmies (talk) 04:57, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

@Drmies: I've no idea who it could be. The autoblock was triggered so hopefully someone is enjoying 24 hours in solitary. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:21, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Page Deletion

Hello, my page was deleted:reason giving by you is that i was trying to promote the page.we would like to know the process to take for undoing the deleted the page.please get back to me ASAP. --Oyizz (talk) 12:08, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello Oyizz. May I ask you a question? You say: "we would like to know...". Who are 'we'? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:53, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I've realised you're blocked. That's probably the end of this conversation. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:02, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Jugular Street Luge Racing and Mad Trax query

Hi Malcolmxl5, hope you're doing well,

I noticed that these two articles were each deleted as a result of "one author who has requested deletion or blanked the page".

However as these two stub articles were pulled from the Video Game Wikiproject's official "Requests" page, I am unsure as to why those authors would request deletion for their own articles or blank their own pages.

I request that the articles be reinstated and instead be taken to AFD where a more complete discussion can be held to further establish notablity.

Best, Coin945--Coin945 (talk) 04:09, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

@Coin945:. Hi Coin945, I have restored these pages as requested. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:32, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Victor Romero

Hi Malcomxl5..

I wonder why do you want to delete this article. Victor is an important person in Venezuela because he created the first comic of that country, with a well know character, such as Jaimito.

He have also been interviewed by many media (which you can see in the article), the latest was last week by the Orlando Sentinel.

He have one of the few legal cryptocurrency exchange in United States

Please tell me

Carlos Arias Reggeti 16:04, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Carlos, I nominated it for deletion because I felt it was promotional. Another editor disagreed and that is fine, that's how we roll. :). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 10:36, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Italian War Crimes?

Hello Malcomxl5,

I was going through the edit history for the article on Italian War Crimes, and was wondering how your latest revision worked regarding pp/vandalism

I'm doing a presentation on the reliability of Misplaced Pages, and a friend directed me to the page as one that they often edited for fun. I noticed now that its impossible to edit without authorization. Could you describe the process for me? Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Partinazi (talk • contribs) 15:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi Partinazi,

The purpose of Misplaced Pages is to create a high-quality, free-content encyclopedia in an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual respect among contributors. It is written collaboratively by the people who use it. Contributors are encouraged to be bold and to make an edit to improve the encyclopedia. Addition of content will usually need to be accompanied by a good quality reference so the facts can be verified. Significant coverage in multiple reliable sources about a subject are usually required to meet the criteria for an article in the encyclopedia.

If another contributor disagrees with an edit, that edit may be undone (a 'revert'). At this point, contributors are expected to discuss the changes that they would like to make to the article, usually on the article's talk page, and reach consensus on what should be included, having regard to the policies and guidelines of Misplaced Pages. If they cannot agree, other means of resolving disputes may be used with the aim of reaching consensus. Controversial topics will usually require discussion and consensus before making an edit.

Misplaced Pages:Contributing to Misplaced Pages provides useful information on editing. New editors are invited to the Teahouse, an area specifically for new users to get help with editing, article creation, and general Misplaced Pages use, in a friendly environment.

Contributors whose actions are detrimental to the purpose of Misplaced Pages may be asked to refrain from them or may be sanctioned. Pages may be protected to prevented disruptive editing between multiple users or to prevent vandalism. If a page is protected and a contributor would like an edit to be made to it, they may request an edit on the article's talk page.

Does that help? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:24, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, that was very helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18:48, 22 September 2017‎ (talk • contribs) Partinazi (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Malcolm, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 20:44, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

mother!

You locked the article mother!. Misplaced Pages is supposed to be the encyclopedia anyone can edit and I don't understand why you went for a full lock on the article instead of other options. Would you please change that to semi protection/flagged edits so that those of us who aren't misbehaving can also edit the article. Thanks. -- 109.79.55.12 (talk) 01:21, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I semi-protected the page for a couple of days in response to a request at WP:RfPP but I'm happy to change it to pending changes/flagged edits so you can continue to edit (and I've done so). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:44, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

thank you. -- 109.79.55.12 (talk) 02:10, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Why not just create a username, 109.79.55.12? It'll save you hassle in various situations. — Film Fan 09:48, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Right now too many reversions for PC. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:50, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

My page on FairFX deleted - I haven't been helped with the reasons

Hello,

I am new to this place, and I started learning things with simple edits. After too much of reading and some editing I tried to create a page for FairFX group plc, one of the services that I use regularly. I chose this subject because, it was not complex, and it had good number of references. The biggest reason was that, I didn't want my first article to be deleted( which was the reason was not lengthy).. But, now the page has been deleted.

For the first time, it was deleted, I asked the moderator subjected by writing for speedy deletion for the reason, and the answer I got was that, the content was spam. Then, I just got my content reviewed by Keith D(https://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Keith_D). I was asked to work on the Business Model and History section, as it was complex.

Once, I rewrote the content I got it reviewed by Keith again, and he said it was good to go, and only then was it published. It was again deleted, and then I was asked a couple questions, and I have answered them already - https://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:JustinSilva94

Here is the article that I have written - http://www92.zippyshare.com/v/rrX7BqHy/file.html

Could you please let me know, what I should be doing? JustinSilva94 (talk) 14:05, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

@JustinSilva94: Oh dear, you've chosen a particularly problematic topic to work on. It has a history of promotional and conflict of interest editing over a number of years, and multiple deletions across two pages, including two community decisions for deletion, so much so that pages have been locked so the article can't be recreated. That being so, if you want to persevere with it, you will have to follow the article for creation route. I'm not sure that my advice is worth much when it come to articles about companies but for what it is worth, I would suggest writing about the history of the company, not about the services or products it provides, the company philosophy or business methods, who the officers are or awards - none of that. The problem of course, is that being a relatively young company there won't be much history, probably not enough to fill out more than a paragraph and you may be better off just moving on and finding another topic to write about. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:37, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

block mistake

malcolmx why did you block me that edit you made to idols 2017 sweden frida hòrnqvist was one of the wildcard acts it was selina i just mistyped would you please unblock me again i did not made a vandalise edit 209.212.145.141 (talk) 19:05, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

And here you are, evading your block again, this time using a proxy. Have you not got the message? You're not wanted here. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:49, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Relisting...

Hi, Malcolmxl5, Greetings:) Please review WP:NOQUORUM before relisting further AfDs.Anyways, thanks for your helping out help at the AfD workflow.Regards:)Winged Blades of Godric 08:52, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Godric. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:03, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Archive editing

You asked me not to edit your archives, and I will try to respect that. Recently Misplaced Pages has set up a system that reveals lint errors. See Special:LintErrors. These are pages that are already causing problems, or could pose problems in the future. When I edit talk pages, I am careful to change only the lint error items. I don't "clean up" anything else. At least one other Misplaced Pages editor has thanked me for editing talk pages, some of which are archives.

Of course archive pages should usually be preserved, but I do edit them to fix certain blatant errors, such as failing to include {{Reflist-talk}} sectionally, making references difficult to find. Occasionally I use page histories to "sign" and date entries that weren't signed and dated when created. Except for you, nobody has ever complained about my editing talk pages, including archives, in such careful and limited ways.

Anyway, since you asked, I will try to avoid editing your talk page archives, but if I screw up and do so, please just go ahead and revert me. —Anomalocaris (talk) 09:03, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

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• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for your help! Great teamwork! PaleBlueDot1 (talk) 12:18, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

And thanks for tidying up some of the numerous pointless "enclosure" edits. Sjwells53 (talk) 17:01, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

What a pain they are! --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 17:24, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Page blanking message templates

Hi, just letting you know there are now separate {{uw-blank1}} and {{uw-blank2}} templates for when somebody removes all content from a page, as opposed to merely removing some content without adequate explanation. You may wish to make use of these next time you find that someone has blanked a page (or otherwise left it in a state that would qualify as {{db-nocontent}} if there were no suitable version to revert to). — Smjg (talk) 12:37, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

That’ll be useful. Thanks for letting me know. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	I've always admired your civility, patience and kindness working with new users that ran into problems in the battlefield of AN/ANI. Thank you for being a awesome Wikipedian! Alex Shih 16:36, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

That’s very kind of you, Alex. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Regarding User talk:V A N D A L I S M..bt

Sorry to message you directly, just wanted to tell you it's your choice if you feel full-protection is more appropriate. Optakeover 18:15, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi Optakeover, semi-protection should do it. I have the page on my watchlist and can full-protect it if it turns out to be needed. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:38, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Dear Malcolmxl5, Thank you very much for your help!!! :-) Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 20:48, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

I’m happy to have been of help, Gyanda. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:21, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
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Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
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• The Misplaced Pages community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Archives and ::

These are being fixed because they are displaying at Special:LintErrors/multi-colon-escape. Changing them in this way actually fixes the page so that the items display correctly and display the original intent of the editors whose sigs were changed. --Izno (talk) 23:34, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

You're reverting me after I left a message. Please respond instead of further reverts. --Izno (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Izno, it’s a simple request. Do not edit my archive pages. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes, and the simple response is, "why?" --Izno (talk) 00:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Because I ask you not to do so. That should be sufficient. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:07, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for locking Ed Henrys account. T His children do not deserve any of this. Milam77 (talk) 03:44, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Ah, yes. Quite a lot of what was going on there was uncalled for and unnecessary. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:52, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Stating facts is one thing but opinions and attacking children is another. Thank you again. Milam77 (talk) 03:58, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Im afraid this is going to go on all night. Milam77 (talk) 04:10, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

The disruption has slowed right down. Bongwarrior, who is an admin, is keeping an eye on the article and on Nerdpsych. We’ll see how it goes. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 04:19, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much Milam77 (talk) 04:33, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Military Age

The military age should be raised to 21 to keep anyone who cannot buy a beer off the battlefields. It is totally inappropriate to send to war anybody who has not yet been granted all adult privileges, including drinking and gambling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.200.0.116 (talk) 05:16, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Fine, but an encyclopaedic article is not the place for your opinion. Have you considered lobbying your local congressman? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 05:20, 11 November 2017 (UTC)