User talk:UDScott/2021

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Create new Categories if existing ones get too large

Hi UDScott/2021 I wonder when a category is large enough to create subcategories? Whats the local custom? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 04:51, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

There really is no hard and fast rule. My personal view is that I do not usually create subcategories until there are more than 5-10 pages within a category. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:25, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Just to let you know I am suggesting a dozen at #shesaid. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:03, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion

Thanks for the great suggestion at: Wikiquote_talk:SheSaid#Questions_about_images_on_WQ, and sorry for messing up the indents which was probably very confusing. Cheers, Ottawahitech (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Shall I move your comment or do you prefer to do it? Ottawahitech (talk) 18:01, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

category: Photo required

Hi UDScott/2021, I am coming across lots of people who do not have a photo on their WQ page. I was wondering if we already have a category category: Photo required and if not should one be created? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 18:08, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand the rationale behind the question - why do you feel that a photo is required in the first place? This kind of requirement has never been in place as far as I know. Users are free to do so, but I don't think we want to mandate it. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

There are lots of reasons to include a person's photo with a page about them. One of the reasons is that it would help those users who are adding women to category:Women quickly determine if the page subject is a man or a woman. This is not always as easy as one would think because someone's name may not be enough. For example even when it is a familiar language, there are people who have a name such as Valerie which can be man's or a woman's name. sorry for the messy reply. Ottawahitech (talk) 20:38, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, but there may be many users who do not wish to have their photo online or to reveal their gender (or anything else about themselves). And as it is not a requirement of this project, I fail to see how it could be enforced (nor why it should be). I get why it might be helpful in some small way, but not why it is something that we would want to make mandatory. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:46, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Creating a category aking for a photo is hardly mandating adding a photo. Usually unless the photo exists on Commons it would not be added, I think? But I see your point and have to think about it some more. Ottawahitech (talk) 21:16, 27 January 2021 (UTC) BTW enwiki has/(had?) this cat. Ottawahitech (talk) 21:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

• Another BTW just to make sure we are talking about the same thing: I did not mean a photo of users, I meant a photo of notable subjects. For example Susan M. Watkins. Ottawahitech (talk) 21:26, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah, yes I was thinking you meant a user photo. But as to having a photo of a notable figure, that's fine. But again, not everyone wants to have an image on their page - but in the end, I'm neutral on it. ~ UDScott (talk) 21:35, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Edit war over the “Revenge of the Sith” page

This user, Christian M. (2016), is currently engaged in an edit war with another user, Eaglestorm, over the Revenge of the Sith page. Here is the history of how the war started:

https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Star_Wars:_Episode_III_–_Revenge_of_the_Sith&action=history

This time, Christian M. (2016) has gone too far with this war. So could you please banish him from Wikiquote as soon as possible and the war can finally come to an end? AdamDeanHall (talk) 03:21, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Helping at WQ?

"Where would be a good place for someone who has a ton of experience on the English Wikipedia but pretty much zero experience a Wikiquote to help out?" Your opinion? Cheers, Ottawahitech (talk) 18:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Saṃyutta Nikāya

Hi UDScott,

Could you please take a look at Talk:Saṃyutta Nikāya, please? Thanks in advance. --Wiki13 (talk) 12:52, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

OK, I've looked. What are you expecting from me? ~ UDScott (talk) 12:58, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Well, I'm looking for a deletion and a protection from non-autoconfirmed users being able to create it. There is a LTA targeting the page, unfortunately. --Wiki13 (talk) 13:05, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

OK, got it. Keeping an eye on it (including other pages being recreated with the same content). ~ UDScott (talk) 13:09, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Merging into Impeachment of Donald Trump

Regarding the {mergeto|Impeachment of Donald Trump} tag at the top of the page of Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, I can understand your desire to provoke discussion, but are Wikiquote articles presented for editors or for the reading public? I'm sure this is the wrong forum for this discussion, and since I am not disposed to debate, my complaint will surely be overruled, but I can only assume that editors could easily [control-end key] to the bottom of a page, search the "Category:Articles to be merged," or read the article, in their search to find problems that they can work to resolve; as opposed to placing hideous, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, and unsightly warning images at the top of the screen, which no ordinary reader (customer) would desire, as a distraction from the article itself. ELApro (talk) 21:27, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

While I understand that you object to the appearance such a tag provides to a given page, convention has always placed these and other tags (stub tags for example) at the top of the page so as to make them more visible to users (and to spur some action or discussion, as I suggested in this case). This is even mentioned in the guideline regarding stubs (Wikiquote:Stub). I get that it may not be seen as the most attractive way to present a page by some, including you, but I would also maintain that the nature of a wiki is not to present a polished finished product, but rather to encourage participation by its community in maintaining the quality of what is presented. As such, I consider it important to highlight when there are discussions or work needed on a given page (and might I add, we have a strong need for more participation by users to address the many problematic pages or join ongoing discussions we have here). If you still disagree, feel free to raise the concern to the larger community or start a discussion on how the placement of tags might be improved. I, for one, do not find them as objectionable as you and believe their placement at the top of a page serves a purpose. Cheers. ~ UDScott (talk) 21:42, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi

How is your day, today? 152.26.199.24 17:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Just fine. Thanks for asking. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:29, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Archive

Hi. Can the old reports of Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress be archived so it's easier for users to report and see new incidents? Thanks.-GalaxyPage (talk) 21:43, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Y Done ~ UDScott (talk) 13:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Race

Hi, I stumbled across Race which seems to have changed meaning on WQ around 2015-2016 from race (biology) to race (competition). Unfortunately it appears that something got muddled somehow according to an edit I saw in Fascism that changed Race to Race. Do you know anything about the history of this article on WQ? do we still have the old version of Race somewhere. I am trying to disambiguate this and having trouble.

No hurry whenever you have the time. Thanks, Ottawahitech (talk) 01:13, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

No, I was not aware of this change, which appears to have been made here: [1]. The earlier versions are there in the history of the page and can be used to adjust the page as needed. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:33, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

George Orwell 1984 misquotes

I made edits to the 1984 misquotes and drew directly from his text to correct the misquotations. I answered each misquote in a line-by-line fashion and the quotes I drew were accurate to the word. I observed you reverted the changes I made to the misquoted version. Those quotes in the reverted version are not from the original text and do not belong in an official citing of George Orwell's 1984. - —This unsigned comment is by Johnwinstondarby (talk • contribs) .

The problem is that the edits you made were to the page for the film, not the book. As such, any quotes taken from the text are not appropriate for that page. While the film is based on the novel, it is certainly possible that its writer altered some of the quotes. If you feel the quotes on the page for the book are incorrect, it should be addressed on that page, rather than the film's page. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:53, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Attack pages

Hi UDScott/2021 I know you are busy, but in case you have the time you may be interested in D:Wikidata_talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct_consultation#Can_we_have_a_universal_no-attack-pages_rule?. Cheers, Ottawahitech (talk) 16:57, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

General UDScott/2021:

Years ago (2008), you served my father the Post-Cyberpunk fiction genre by administering an Orderly Partition of the bloated Neal Stephenson page, creating separate homes for several of the Bald Bard's novels, now we beg you to advise us in our struggle against the Empire bloat of William Gibson quotes, which I admittedly set into motion. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, General Scott; you’re my only hope. Bridgman (talk) 15:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

In plain language: do you think parts of William Gibson should be spun off, possibly with each trilogy of his novels getting a separate page, or is it still a manageable size? (Sprawl trilogy, Bridge trilogy, Blue Ant trilogy, Jackpot trilogy.) Bridgman (talk) 15:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, the main Neal Stephenson WQ page, has grown larger over the years, but not nearly as large as it was when it included quotes from Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon and the The Baroque Cycle. If it has become too large again, I would be glad to assist in transferring quotes to any new pages set up for novels published since our last correspondence, which include Anathem, Reamde [not a typo], Seveneves, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., and Fall; or, Dodge in Hell. Bridgman (talk) 15:25, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I would agree that both of these pages have grown quite long - and appear to be ripe for splitting out some of the quotes for individual works. I just did similar for a few works from Cormac McCarthy just yesterday. Feel free to make similar changes to these pages and pull out quotes into new pages for the individual works. ~ UDScott (talk) 15:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

UPDATE: I ran word-counts on the various Neal Stephenson quote pages: The Baroque Cycle 12,170; Cryptonomicon 6,006; The Diamond Age 4,231; Snow Crash 3,625; and everything else 13,970. The word counts within the "everything else" books range from 1,359 (Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.) to 2,454 (Anathem). Bridgman (talk) 18:27, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm in the process of "hiving" the William Gibson page now. So far, I've created a page for the Sprawl trilogy. Once I've copied the content of the other 3 trilogies into their respective pages, I will remove the original instances of the quotes I'm copying. That will leave the William Gibson WQ page lean and mean, but there's still a lot of material to mine from more of his short stories and all of his magazine articles. Bridgman (talk) 23:41, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Searches for "Count Zero" and "Neuromancer" redirect to "William Gibson." None of the other WG novels have those redirects and none of the trilogy titles for that matter...I'm a little rusty on adjusting redirects. Bridgman (talk) 21:17, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

No problem - I've adjusted (and added new) redirects to point to the appropriate trilogy page. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:51, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Adding information on Numberphile

Dear UD Scott, I just created the page Numberphile. I've just added two quotes of James Grime on the video that is listed in the article. My task for you is to find more Numberphile videos and paraphrase their sayings onto the article. Please make a new section under the Quotes section of the page when you a=start a new video. Then you find words in the video and paraphrase them under the L3 section under the Quotes section. Rockstar Arianagrande (talk) 18:45, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Please delete the page Category:YouTube channels because it is empty. The page Numberphile got removed from that category. Rockstar Arianagrande (talk) 18:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

No, I added that cat back to the page. And I've added an intro and some formatting to the page - but I doubt I'll be able to watch it and cull more quotes from it. Good luck with the page though. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:54, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

When will you find more videos on this channel add more quotes to the page Numberphile? Rockstar Arianagrande (talk) 18:57, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

As I said, I likely will not be able to watch the channel and find additional quotes. My limited time on the site is usually spent on many other pages and issues and unfortunately I cannot commit to working on this page. But again, good luck with it. ~ UDScott (talk) 19:10, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Please check my Numberphile article again to see what I have done and you can ask someone else to add more quotes. Rockstar Arianagrande (talk) 23:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

How I can delete by mysellf in this site?

I want to send me a template which is related to article deletion. Regards. --General electric p30ch (talk) 16:13, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

If a page qualifies for speedy deletion, you can post {{db}} at the top of the page, and an administrator will review it for that purpose in fairly short order. BD2412 T 16:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Ignore GEP. From his edit history, he is clearly a problematic editor. DawgDeputy (talk) 21:45, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Whether or not a user is "problematic", when they ask a legitimate question, we will answer it (as BD2412 did). Thanks for your input. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:40, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Tiburcio Vásquez

The quote is widely distributed, and was marked as "attributed". One web page [2] cites the quote as coming from an article in the Los Angeles Star of 16 May 1874, but I've not been able to lay eyes on microfilm of the original article. - knoodelhed (talk) 20:11, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

FYI...

Please see Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard#Wikipedia sockpuppets- blocks needed. Thanks. Magitroopa (talk) 15:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Filter 22

Sorry for my bad english. I am writing to you with the help of Google Translator. Is it possible to somehow fix filter 22 in my case? I cannot create my personal page because of the Cyrillic alphabet (see abuse log). The English Wikipedia does not have this problem (see w:User:Владлен Манилов). Okay, if I can't create a personal page. Can anyone create my talk page if needed? — Vladlen Manilov (talk) 11:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

@Vladlen Manilov: Done for you. Leaderboard (talk) 16:14, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Total Drama Action

Hi, can you please lock and protect the page Total Drama Action because anonymous users has been posting vandalism on the page. Persistent vandalism ([Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite))

This is what I find when I always see anonymous users post on this page. They post inappropiate language on this page and most of them are curse words.

This can be found here. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Total_Drama_Action&action=history

Hi and... not sure why my edits were reverted

Hi UDScott. As an editor of long-standing and an admin at Wikiquote, you obviously have a better picture of what’s acceptable here than I do, but I can see no obvious reason for you to revert my edits at Mulan (1998 film). Since you left no edit summary am not sure whether it was for perceived vandalism or simply because you are fine with the page as it stands. Either way, I’m puzzled and would appreciate some sort of feedback so as to avoid having my future edits reverted. --Technopat (talk) 16:26, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

I reverted them because I was not sure why the cast was removed - this is a standard part of our templates for films and TV shows. Second, I'm not sure why you had a warning about citing references. This kind of warning is used if TV show quotes do not source them to an episode of the show, but for a film it is not usually appropriate. The source is the film itself (except for any quotes about the film, which as usual require external sources). Hope this helps. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:29, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Ongoing spambots

Glad another sysop showed up - I was going to log off but was waiting until someone else was online to help delete the pages and block the accounts. Also, I've been reporting the accounts to m:SRG for locking and requested that the underlying ip(s) be checked and hopefully blocked to help curb this (unfortunately no local checkusers so I asked stewards as part of the lock requests) --DannyS712 (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I was on this some yesterday too - I'll be happy to take the baton for now and continue fighting it. Thanks! ~ UDScott (talk) 13:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Quote Origin Help

Hello! I wanted to reach out and ask you something since I’m not sure who else can help me. I saw you created the Led Zeppelin wikiquote page, and I saw that initially there was some quotes on there that are now labelled as unsourced. I know it’s been over a decade since you first made that page so this is a long shot, but where did you find them in the first place? I’m primarily interested in the Robert Plant ones to narrow it down for you (and to narrow it down more, I’m interested in the one that says “No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know“). I’ve spent several days trying to find the source for it, and that search took me here. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, I really appreciate it. Crashingzeppelin (talk) 17:46, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I really have no recollection about those quotes - I'm thinking that perhaps at one time someone had created pages for the individual members of the band, on which these quotes were placed. But I cannot seem to reconstruct that trail either. I'm afraid I'm not really much help in finding any sources for these. I was more focused on getting the song lyrics onto the page. ~ UDScott (talk) 12:38, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

That’s alright! Thank you. Crashingzeppelin (talk) 15:26, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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The result was: .

where are the sources? EXPLAIN YOUR WIKISTUPIDITY!!!

wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=The_Return_of_the_King&action=history

did you revert this because javaHurricane and SCP-2000 were called LTA VANDALS (wikipedia norm aka wikiality) or because you think content is ok even though there were no sources? fix it immediately!

Despite the incivility of your posting and the heading here, I will explain. The quote you wished to remove is from the novel (The Return of the King) for which the page was created. The source is the literary work itself. If you have further objections, please refrain from edit-warring and instead provide, on the page's Talk page, any well-reasoned points you may have as to why the quote in question should be removed. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

he/she may be incivil, but she/he has a point... never mind incivility... of course that is from the return of the king... but the above mentioned LTA VANDALS should have provided the sources on talk page, they are the ones who reverted unsourced info, ONE CAN NOT KNOW IT IS HOW YOU EXPLAINED IT AS YOU WERE PROVEN WRONG AND YOU DONT WANT TO ADMIT IT and the other users asked for proof... javaHurricane and SPC-2000 are the ones who did edit warring (too bad antandrus and kalki LTA VANDALS did not jump on board as they did with rocky marciano article and its talk page here and all over wikimedia as proven too many times long ago wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rocky_Marciano&diff=2941094&oldid=2687939)... so do not avoid the query, but provide the sources on your revert, just because you know it or others, does not mean whole world knows it!!!119.94.168.196 18:49, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

OK, I'm not even sure of your point. But thanks for stopping by... ~ UDScott (talk) 18:59, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for protecting the page! Just so you know, all these IPs are the socks of the globally banned LTA w:en:WP:LTA/GRP or his copycats. This harassment has been the part of an ongoing stream of cross-wiki abuse directed at multiple users, including myself, possibly out of spite. Once again, thank you for dealing with this prolific vandal! JavaHurricane (talk) 03:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, the original thread was started by an LTA. I just reverted their latest contribution and blocked them, and I suggest archiving this thread (or even just deleting it) per w:WP:DENY --DannyS712 (talk) 04:33, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

warning, the real vandal here is javaHurricane, he also violates innocent people's privacy (check his archived talk on big wiki) and calls everybody he disagrees a vandal so he can become pathetic administrator some day, he does nothing but edit wars... and when he is proven wrong as he was here, he bitches about it on administrators/page protection aginst "vandalism" boards as proven succinctly:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/javaHurricane antandrus: www.wikipedias'cks co archive.is/pfGuA

he blames innocent people on being on somebody they are not... page is protected, no problem, but again, javahurricane and everybody else, NOW dannyS712 supreme lta vandal too should have mentioned the source that was never given, instead they kept on war editting, case in point on these reverts and another wkidiot mtarch11... - —This unsigned comment is by 102.64.165.103 (talk • contribs) .

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Email abuse

Hello, I saw you recently blocked an account for email harassment. Please make sure to block email access as well when you do this. Thanks. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:16, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

I understand your concern, but I actually left access to email on purpose to see if the behavior would continue. I will consider such action if it continues. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. It appears this is a WMF banned user, so I think there should be no problem with revoking all access. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:24, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Also, that user emailed me 15 minutes on simple after you blocked him here. He may email others, instead of you, so in my opinion, it's best to block email to stay on the safe side. --Ferien (talk) 20:31, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough - I've adjusted the block accordingly. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:34, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

I had this problem. One e-mail included links to vulgar sites expressing the vandal's arrogance (multiple users in the comment sections, but obviously, the same vandal) against the Wikimedia Foundation. I denied access to e-mail so this temperamental vandal (nor any other vandal) does not disturb me again, and I deleted the messages. DawgDeputy (talk) 12:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

@DawgDeputy You can report the users sending the emails at m:SRG. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:33, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Archive protected

FYI I protected User talk:UDScott/2021 with indefinite semi-protection. Might be worth using full protection (admin-only) though. --DannyS712 (talk) 22:46, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks - and thank you for also looking after my pages on other sites. Much appreciated! ~ UDScott (talk) 12:11, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

You may want to do this for all of your archives, Special:Contributions/160.154.131.20 --DannyS712 (talk) 14:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for editing Zhiar Ali. Do you have any tips on how I can improve the format of the sources? I thought it's the same as enwiki. I did look at the citation page but did not really understand much.--Épine (talk) 15:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, what I meant by that is that we generally do not use a references section. We either place the source beneath each quote or if there are a few quotes from one source, we make a subsection and place that source at the top of the subsection (with an abbreviated title for the subsection and the link for the source just below the title). Also, since this is English Wikiquote, it is helpful (if possible) if sources in English are provided so that the quotes can be verified. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 15:11, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips, I will try to add more English sources shortly. Do you have any reference pages I can look at regarding the sources?--Épine (talk) 15:19, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

11.22.63

What do you think should be the max LOQ for the show? they run between 40 minutes to an hour (first and finale). --Eaglestorm (talk) 17:38, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

To me, I would treat every episode differently based on its length - meaning that more quotes are permissible for the hour-long episodes. Usually when this occurs, you can add a note just below the episode title that explains its longer running time. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:37, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Template: Npov

Hello UDScott, I noticed that the wikilink "neutrality" of the Template:Npov leads to this Wikipedia page. Shouldn't it be Wikiquote:Neutral point of view instead? MonstrumVenandiXXXII (talk) 02:59, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you are right - I've changed the links to point to the WQ policy page, as well as the WP policy page. Thanks for pointing it out. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:14, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Blocking 173.190.129.24

Could you block this IP: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/173.190.129.24

That IP has done nothing in the past five years. It is abandoned. The one who posted this egregious report is the one who should be blocked (plus, the reporting IP vandal blatantly neglected to sign). DawgDeputy (talk) 21:03, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Why would this be necessary? With no activity for five years, I hardly think this is appropriate. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:54, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

moo

Blocking FunhausFrank's tr011, Geraldo Perez 2.0.5 and Bfdighsgduofisdf

Hi, can you take action against the users FunhausFrank's tr011, Geraldo Perez 2.0.5 and Bfdighsgduofisdf. They have been reportedly engaging in vandalistic behaviour towards my talk page and Korean Air Lines Flight 007. I tried to revert FunhausFrank's tr011's vandalistic edits, but he has not stopping and reverting my edits. Geraldo Perez 2.0.5, who is falsely masquerading as a Wikiquote administartor, is adding message to my talk page saying that I have been blocked with racist messages added on the reasons for being blocked, which is clearly an evidence of rogue user engaging in behaviour of vandalism. From their behaviour, these three users seems to be spam users or bots.

Hope you can take action against these users ASAP. Toadboy123 (talk) 16:21, 01 September 2021 (PST)

Thanks

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for the additions you have made to pages I've created. I really appreciate it. Have a good day --3Kingdoms (talk) 01:13, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Six months by islands... and countries

Dear UDScott, you marked with the template «It is proposed that this article be deleted» a page that I worked hard and took the time to create: each quote was carefully checked in translation from Russian into English. The template contains the words «please edit this page». What exactly should I correct? Виктор Пинчук (talk) 05:26, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

I proposed it for deletion because it does not appear that the author or the work are notable enough to warrant having a page here. It's not that there are issues to correct on the page, but rather that it does not appear that this is a well-enough known topic (especially for English Wikiquote). ~ UDScott (talk) 12:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

The book written in Russian can’t be well-known in the English-speaking part of the world. I consider the topic “reasoning about meaning of life through the prism of long travels” to be significant regardless of the language section. If you have no complaints about the content of the text, then deleting the page due to the lack of widespread popularity of the work is not entirely right.Виктор Пинчук (talk) 19:31, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

But that is precisely why it should not have a page here. Please refer to Wikiquote:Quotability for more on when quotes should be included here. Also, in Wikiquote:Wikiquote, you will see (within the section What is Wikiquote?) the following: We limit ourselves to quotations which are notable. A quotation can be notable because it has achieved fame due to its enduring relevance to many people, or because it is attributed to a notable individual, or appeared in a notable work. This does not meet this criteria for English Wikiquote since, as you say, its source is not well known in the English-speaking part of the world. ~ UDScott (talk) 00:14, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello!

I need some help. 2603:6080:A700:1C39:C8A6:85E4:CFA4:5 20:18, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Vandal

Hello, could you please take care of Special:Contributions/Inevergiveup2? Thanks, 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 15:37, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Y Done, sorry I was out during much of the vandalism, but it looks like all is cleaned up now. ~ UDScott (talk) 18:55, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 19:43, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Note that Łechtaczka is still up for deletion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:19, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Back at Special:Contributions/Alijlouismarciano. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 17:07, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Kindly block Special:Contribs/87.242.209.130 Minorax (talk) 12:48, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

There was more to revdel than Special:Redirect/logid/3358214. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:43, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure to what you are referring - can you elaborate? I thought all of this vandalism was now reverted (and all offensive comments hidden). ~ UDScott (talk) 13:19, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Please take a look at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User_talk:DarkMatterMan4500?action=history again. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:26, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm just not seeing anything more that needs to be done. All the problematic edits listed there have been reverted and all the three users have been blocked. ~ UDScott (talk) 13:28, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

A lot of reverted edits still need to be deleted. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:31, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Not trying to be difficult, but I do not agree - I only delete (or more properly, hide visibility of) edits when there is something profane or offensive in the edit or the edit summary. I do not as a matter of course remove all edits resulting from vandalism if they do not include this. I see no further action that needs to be taken here. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:26, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Has been oversighted now, but you had only deleted one of three identical revisions. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 18:49, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

SheSaid

Hello; I just saw you are admin and I have noted you follow carefully my SheSaid babies. Can I orient them to you whenever they need help ? Such as review, advice, deletion ? Anthere (talk) 14:38, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes in general - I try to look at all new pages to ensure they are properly formatted, etc. I cannot guarantee I will see every new page, as there may be periods of time when I am away from the site due to real world issues. But I am happy to review things you alert me to. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:46, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Heloo, could you please help delete my draft here [3] Sichelesile (talk) 15:46, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Y Done ~ UDScott (talk) 16:18, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I’ll tell them to contact you in case of need ! Anthere (talk) 15:37, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I would like to ask if there is a way I can compile stats of local Wikiquote contributions for different local languages for newly created Wikiquote articles and improved ones in the past 30 days especially getting the stats for women wikiquote. Please kindly help.Shoodho

Hi @Shoodho: (apologies to UDScott/2021 for butting into this private discussion)

It is not clear to me what of statistics you are looking for:

• number of edits by WQ-page
• number of edits by user-ID
• What do you mean by "stats for women wikiquote"
• pageviews
• etc

Is your request connected to Wikiquote:SheSaid#Articles_created_or_improved_during_SheSaid_in_2021 in any way? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 19:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes it is Shoodho (talk) 15:21, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Deleted talkpages on WQ (Facebook)

Hi UDScott/2021,

I was going to start a discussion on Talk:Facebook , but I hesitate because this page had already been deleted 3 times on WQ. I don't like creating pages that are likely to be deleted in the future. I often check something I wrote years ago and like to retain access to those pages. Historical access is one of the main reasons I enjoy participating on wmf-wikis.

BTW I don't normally tend to burden one admin with such a heavy topic, but since the WQ Village pump seems to have a limit on the length of time long-simmering discussions are allowed to continue, I trust I will not have the same problem on your usertalk.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance Ottawahitech (talk) 16:53, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

I would encourage you to go ahead and create the page. The past iterations of it were filled with either nonsense or span. But if you're creating it with a legitimate purpose of discussion, there should not be any issues. Any problems in the future would likely be stripped off, but the page would not be deleted. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 17:03, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Potential good contributor no longer available on WQ?

Hi again,

I have been researching the contribution history at Women and happened to see this reverted diff. So I went off to google translate and got this interesting translaton from Japanese:

辮 誹 ー 辮 誹 ー (talk | contribs) (* English "Mr.", Italian "Signor", Chinese "teacher" can only be used by men. English "Ms.", Italian "Signora", "Signorina", Chinese "Taita" and "Small" can only be used by women. There are cases where both men and women have "san" as in Japanese, and "○○ -kun / ○○ -san" can distinguish between men and women. I hate it! That's why Japan is lagging behind women's social advancement, and women's discriminatory remarks occur one after another! ** [https://blog.goo.ne.jp/u- ...

However the editor that contributed this does not (no longer?) have a user&usertalk here, so I am unable to try and clarify their attempted edit source etc. Is there a way to revive it?

Sorry again for intruding on your time. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 19:01, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not quite clear on what you are asking - is it because the full site is cut off in the above? If so, the full address is available in the diff that you shared. Or is there something else you need? ~ UDScott (talk) 20:44, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Remove Farshid Asadian

Dear @UDScott: hello I created farshid asadian article to wrong, please delete it. Payamkermanshahi (talk) 20:56, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Category redirects

Hi UDScott! What happens with category redirects here? Do they get deleted or templated with something like {{category redirect}}? On my home wiki it just depends on the situation, so I thought I'd ask you.--Ferien (talk) 20:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, when categories are moved, we use the category redirect (see Category:Minnesotans for example). ~ UDScott (talk) 14:08, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll fix the categories I moved now. --Ferien (talk) 15:55, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your edits please advise on how to correct a title name spelling.

(ChabbieCee (talk) 10:25, 24 November 2021 (UTC))

Request:

Can you please protect my user talk page for about 2 weeks? I'm asking mainly because I have became a recent target of this guy creating multi-sockpuppets used to harass me nonstop to no end. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 20:20, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

I soft-protected it for two weeks - if this is not enough let me know. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:31, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:54, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Temporary page protection

Is it possible to protect the page for Ghostbusters: Afterlife for a short period so only registered users can edit it? There's a couple of unregistered users who have been altering the page with incorrect quotes. Giftheck (talk) 11:21, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Y Done ~ UDScott (talk) 15:44, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. Giftheck (talk) 17:59, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Email

Hi, I've sent you an email. Please take action as soon as possible. Thanks --Ferien (talk) 20:05, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Protect

Hi UDScott, could you please protect JavaHurricane's talkpage? It is vandalized by GRP, an LTA. Also please have a look at AN. Thanks! Stang 14:02, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Y Done ~ UDScott (talk) 14:03, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

GRP

See Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard. Please protect the page mentioned there, and also delete the vandalism tagged for speedy deletion. Thank you! JavaHurricane (talk) 14:11, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for dealing with the banned LTA! JavaHurricane (talk) 14:13, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

P.S. see User talk:Ottawahitech, where the vandalism is continuing. Thanks! JavaHurricane (talk) 14:54, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

And again at Talk:Philosophical pessimism. Could you delete and create-protect? Thanks once again! JavaHurricane (talk) 15:07, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

The banned editor is back at Talk:Lavrentiy Beria. Please protect the page. Thanks a lot! JavaHurricane (talk) 16:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)