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There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Acroterion (talk) 02:42, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Advice for the future: Don't accuse anyone of lying. It's usually pretty much impossible to prove intent, and it's probably uncivil and an AGF violation to boot. If you have evidence someone just said something untrue or without foundation, you can say that. It's not uncivil. And it usually makes it easier to find agreement and get back to improving the encyclopedia.--Elvey 08:35, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

@Elvey: I didn't accuse Nyttend of lying. I accused Nyttend of threatening to lie in order to get me blocked. Read the differential Nyttend even supplied.

Here are links to the relevant exchanges by Nyttend and Orlady and then Nyttend's threat at the very top of to get me blocked for repeat harassment of him when in the words of the blocking admin and himself said it wasn't harassment and he backed her at the time.

Do you know that Nyttend in his pursuit of me has gone to an Administrator's Misplaced Pages Commons talk page (Until this week when I uploaded a photo I've never edited at Commons) and used his backup account to contact an administrator. Use of backup accounts are acceptable, but Nyttend edited from his main account one minute after using his Nyttend account. WP:Scrutiny applies, read the one and only reason Nyttend says he'll use the backup for and compare it to his behavior, and I addressed this Acroterion at the time only to get rebuffed. Sphilbrick's reply to Nyttend at Commons is quite interesting. He rebuffs Nyttend, pretty much saying he is irrational, and that rather than a block I should be getting a Barnstar. If you defend Nyttend's use of his backup, it is hard to defend a charge of forum shopping against him because he went to Acroterion for the very same reasons Sphilbrick had already dismissed.

Do you know I once tried to work with him on a article only to get rebuffed. Read this and this

He's called me a stalker at least once in a edit summary.

Nyttend has poked before. The original dispute that led to me being blocked which was overturned by Sphilbrick and which nobody defended the reasoning for, occurred Nyttend revived the topic after it had laid dormant for over a day. I'll supply the differentials if you really want to see it.

Note I supply differentials all the time. Been to ANI before, from both sides of a dispute.

Yesterday I saw both my physician about my malignant melanoma( I had a recurrence 6 months ago after 20 years of being clean. My talk page archives and user page have some mention of my melanoma history) and to see a person in regards to an offer I am being made for the rights to one of my ebooks I've written. Good stuff, not so good stuff, and I have things to do today too starting around 30 minutes from now that will keep me busy till afternoon Florida time....William, is the complaint department really on the roof?

Sorry, you're absolutely right - I accidentally misrepresented what you accused him of. I apologize for the mistake and bringing up Nyttend on your talk page.--Elvey 08:16, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Blocked

—Cryptic 12:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Are you bloody joking? @Sphilbrick:, @Acroterion:, @MilborneOne:. I undid a improper close at WP:DRV and a administrator blocks me without warning and no explanation either. Where's the edit summaries?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

You frivolously and repeatedly reverted a discussion closure, closed by a user with whom you'd previously been in conflict. What were you expecting? —Cryptic 12:29, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

What about WP:DRV that reads- "A nominated page should remain on deletion review for at least seven days. After seven days, an administrator will determine whether a consensus exists. WP:NADC reads 'No consensus closes (with the exception of WP:NPASR closes) should generally be avoided, as they require more difficult analysis of consensus. Those aren't frivolous. That's wikipedia policy.

I can not recall ever encountering this administrator before today.

Your block is totally wrong on various grounds. Be prepared to defend yourself at ANI as soon as it is removed....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Long-standing editor WilliamJE made two reverts and you blocked him without so much as a warning? Bad call. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:30, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you TRM. No edit summaries either and reverting something that both violates WP:NADC and WP:DRV. Read my edit summary....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:33, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Edits to Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2016 September 19 - the only other ones by this user to DRV, so far as I'm aware - are also relevant. —Cryptic 12:49, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Not my only ever edits to DRV. Doesn't make any difference if they were. You haven't made any case for blocking me except that you don't like my opinion....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:57, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Rather, you haven't made any case for reverting User:S Marshall's closure besides that you don't like his opinion. Anyone even minimally familiar with DRV would know that closures by experienced non-administrators are not unusual, and had you opened a discussion on WT:DRV as was suggested to you on the Sep 19 page instead of (to all appearances) waiting for his next close to pounce on and revert, you would have been politely told the same.That said, I'll readily admit that I have no knowledge of your history with S Marshall, besides what's on the Sep 19 log; and I have no objection to an unblock, so long as you'll agree to stop reverting that entirely-proper close. —Cryptic 13:15, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

It was a totally wrong closure on two points. Which I made in my edit summaries. Your lack of edit summaries in your reverts is appalling as is you lack of knowledge of WP:NADC which reads No consensus closes (with the exception of WP:NPASR closes) should generally be avoided, as they require more difficult analysis of consensus.' A non-administrator had no business doing a closure here. See you at ANI....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

WilliamJE (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Cryptic blocks me without warning and without even a edit summary for reverting a violation of wikipedia policy. Never encountered him before and he has supplied zero proof of any disruptive behavior....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:41, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Accept reason:

After Cryptic's comment above, I have unblocked. WilliamJE, if you wish to contest the close on policy grounds after being reverted, I suggest you bring it up at an appropriate forum for discussion/clarification. And a reminder to all that a block is supposed to be a last resort, not a first resort - talking should be the first move. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:24, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

What is needed is Cryptic being stripped of his administrator powers because this block is absolute bullshit. Cryptic could have just closed the DRV as a uninvolved administrator rather than restoring a close that is improper on three grounds. That's if they concurred with the ruling....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:07, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Please don't inflame things, please just leave it with me and we'll get it resolved. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:09, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

William:

1. Please take the advice of Boing! said Zebedee
2. It would have been nice if you had included a link to the incident in question. Obviously, I can play detective and figure it out, but when you are asking someone to help, it is courteous to make it easy for them to help.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:20, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

With all due respect to you, I don't need to drop the matter. This bullshit block is now on my permanent record at Misplaced Pages and I have said to you at least one time before how much I dislike that. I won't drop the matter. Cryptic needs to be put in their place. They obviously run WP their way, bad block, ignoring the clear definitions of both DRV and NADC, why should they be allowed to to do this again?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

You're not your own best advocate on occasions like this, and you may place more emphasis on your block log than is warranted. That said, based on a very short look (I'm eating lunch) I think your actions were ill-advised and so were Cryptic's. I'll look at in more detail when I have a little time available. Acroterion (talk) 17:06, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

William, no one said you should just "drop the matter". For the record, you wanted me involved, but didn't have the couresy to link to the incident in question. I'm not a DRV regular, so didn't know about this incident. I have now found it by looking at ANI, but you aren't starting off on the right foot by requesting involvement without a link, and then misconstruing advice given to you. In my option "drop the matter" measn say nothing about this ever again, while the advice given was "please just leave it with me and we'll get it resolved". In other words, there are people interested in helping you, but you have to give busy people some time to check out the incident, especially when you don;t provide links.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:39, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

For me, I'd just let it go. It's abundantly apparent to me that the block was a poor one, and if nothing else, just cracking on with improving Misplaced Pages will make you feel better and expose the block for the absurd action that it was. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Ann Prentiss

I've found some details about her past in this 1976 interview but I don't know how reliable a source People is. Anyway, maybe it can help you a bit. Cheers, Yintan  10:43, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. It is a 1976 interview. Prentiss supposedly took part in some murder plot in the 1990s which I have found absolutely nothing in Misplaced Pages RS. I think it is a hoax. How can such a juicy story not get one iota of news coverage?...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

I know, it's strange. I can't find anything about that either. The reason I thought the interview might be of some use to you anyway is that it does mention her mental breakdown. Yintan  13:51, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...

can't retire
... you were recipient no. 678 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposal of deletion

Hi, I'm unsure what exactly it is I need to change/edit. Thanks Ladyngetal (talk) 18:53, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

You've got mail!

--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ 03:57, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Holiday card

Wishing you a Charlie Russell Christmas, WilliamJE!

"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Ark-La-Tex (2nd nomination)

I see we've been through this before. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:35, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Signature

Hi,

I don't know if this has come up before, but would you be willing to change your signature to something more canonical? I was confused as to whether you were addressing another editor called William, making some sort of political statement, and had then used five tildes by accident, omitting your own username. Thanks.

Samsara 01:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Apparently you didn't read the stuff in yellow at the top of my talk page. My answer is there....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 02:31, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

List of Mayday episodes - season 17

Hi, WilliamJE. I see that we have different opinions about whether season 17 should be added now or later. But shouldn't it be added now when the first two episodes of the season are confirmed by NatGeo UK/AU??? I little thing that will maybe make you surprised is that I got ahold off EVERY episode in season 17. I sent a mail to Cineflix in Canada asking if I could get the information about all of the episodes in season 17. And I got them!!! I will be willing to post them on Misplaced Pages, but than we and others have to come to an agreement that "Season 17" will be listed on Misplaced Pages. We could make a "Upcoming episode" list for episodes that haven't been aired but are confirmed. We could even make a section were episodes and such that haven't been fully confirmed or are just a speculation. I hope we can figure this out:) DK (talk) 14:08, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

@Dkendel:Go to List of Mayday episodes talk page and post. A conversation has been going on there for over a day and BTW emails come under WP:OR and aren't permissible sources....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 14:22, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

WillamJE is committing WP:OWN on List of Mayday episodes. Season 17 should go up now that the first air date has appeared. You are making me cross, Even if it's DEFINITELY confirmed, I will delete it! MattChatt18 (talk) 19:54, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Newspapers.com and The Misplaced Pages Library

Your account is ready and should be live now! Happy editing!--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ 06:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletion nomination of Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented

Hello WilliamJE. Speedy deletion work is important and I do appreciate the effort. I would just ask that you please review the criteria carefully because accuracy is also important. On that issue, I have declined your speedy deletion nomination of Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented as an article that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the topic under CSD A7. That criterion did not apply because educational institutions are specifically exempted from the reach of CSD A7. Please read it carefully.Template:Z158 Adam9007 (talk) 16:46, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2017 establishments in Rhode Island

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1962 establishments in Arkansas

A tag has been placed on Category:1962 establishments in Arkansas requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

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. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 15:50, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@AusLondonder: I don't know what's going on here, but the Walmart article is categorized 1962 establishments in Arkansas but for some reason it is not showing on the category page.

As for 2017 establishments in Rhode Island, your removal of the from HASCON was incorrect. The event starts this year in RI and therefore qualifies as a 2017 establishment there and as a Recurring event established in 2017. Events qualify for both the year of creation and place of creation....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 16:57, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

About Yesenia Valencia

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In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Misplaced Pages:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Christian75 (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Cities guidelines

Hi. Can I have a link that supports this? Thank you. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 17:54, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Here you are. It reads in part- "Provide information, preferably in prose form, of any famous or notable individuals that were born, or lived for a significant amount of time, in the city." and "For "college towns" where students reside in the "town" only during their college years, it is preferred to list those students in the "Notable alumni" section of their respective college article, then add a in the city article "pointing" at the notable college section of the specific college article or separate notable college article."...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 20:38, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

I appreciate that reference. Yours, BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:21, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@BeenAroundAWhile: Please note also that these sections are to be titled 'Notable people' per consensus and that a person dying somewhere doesn't automatically make them from that place though if you find a reference that says that a notable person died at his home in Foo, he does belong in Foo's notable people section. For an example, look at J. D. Cannon and Hudson, New York....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)