User talk:RickinBaltimore/Archive 14

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	For cleaning up vandalism; Great job and keep up the good work! Joeypeeps (talk) 20:51, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick, You have deleted the article because of WP:G7, however, Im not sure why that occurred. The format/text matched existing articles within that field. If you can clarify that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leo1453 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

G7 is due to the author blanking or requesting deletion, which looks like was the case previously, but not now. I'd be happy to restore it, and remove the CSD tag. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:10, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick You have deleted the article because of copyright violoation, but the text which is used is not copyrighted. Can you please undo the deletion of the article? --Rhoegh (talk) 14:50, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

The problem is that this is a word-for-word copy of this site: [1]. There's nothing on the site that indicates that this is free use, moreover, Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a web host to re-publish pages such as this. I'm not against the page existing, but it needs to not be a full transcript of the website. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:58, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Dear Rickin,

You have tagged my compnay page with deletion tag, i respect your work for Wikipedia as well as Wikipedia standards but my company is registered and legal comapny have right to include in Wikipedia articles, please help me to make that article as Wikipedia saying. Kindly please dont ask for news and etc as the company is newly incorporated but have legal and active status in London, United Kingdom. Thanks and Regards--Syed Saqib Imad 16:02, 16 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Innocentbadshah (talk • contribs)

I understand you exist and are incorporated, but there is a set of standards that all articles must meet. For companies this is WP:CORP. These are guidelines that a subject involving a company must meet that are listed there. To quote the article:

"A company, corporation, organization, school, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources. Such sources must be reliable, and independent of the subject. A single independent source is almost never sufficient for demonstrating the notability of an organization." Your company simply does not meet this right now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:24, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention, as it is newly incorporated company please give some time for coming in news sources very soon you will see thousands of sources will describing about it. If you understand to delete the page you can delete it as i am not forcing anything and i always respect for Standards and Contributors like you. Thanks and Regards--Syed Saqib Imad 18:07, 16 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Innocentbadshah (talk • contribs)

No problem, if indeed there is coverage later on, I won't be opposed to having the article added later. Also, please read over the article we have on conflict of interest, which you would have in this case. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:08, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Ok Dear take decision at your best as i am not too much familiar with Wikipedia, please accept apologies from my side if i did anything wrong. Thanks and regards--Syed Saqib Imad 18:53, 16 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Innocentbadshah (talk • contribs)

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Email sent with info! (Top 25? Wow!) RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:37, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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[2] Bishonen | talk 20:21, 27 September 2016 (UTC).

Thanks for noticing! RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

This happened less than a minute after the page was created. Admittedly, the page is not likely to go anywhere, but let's give the guy a few minutes to see where he's taking it. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:36, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Well, I see what you are saying, but check out the history here: Show Bizi Shqiptar. It's been deleted 2 time previously for A7, G11. Plus seeing the user who created, I'm pretty sure we are going to have another A7 case at the least. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:37, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Point taken. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:51, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Notifying all named accounts who have edited this article this year. There is a discussion of whether this article should contain foreign language palindromes. If you would like to comment the thread is Talk:Palindrome#Non-English_palindromes_2 Meters (talk) 21:02, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

That guy is not scary anymore. He just looks like a more-intelligent-than-average vandal. Peter Sam Fan 19:56, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Not too worried about that, either the page needs to be deleted or locked down through RFPP. I'm not an admin so I don't have the tools to do it, otherwise I'd act. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:58, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

I actually thought you were an admin. Anyway, thanks for all your help! Recent Changes patrolling brings me into interesting situations a lot... Peter Sam Fan 20:18, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

I get that a lot. I'm probably going to have an RfA in the near future here. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:19, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick, I’ve just been having another look at your entry at WP:ORCP. It may well be time for you to take a serious decision now. Let me know what you think. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Hey Kudpung, thanks for chiming in on this. Actually I am very ready to go for that RfA, in fact I was in discussion with KrakatoaKatie about this prior to Katie's CU nomination, and Katie was willing to nominate me. Just waiting on that and then I'll be ready to go. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:38, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Let's do it, then. Email me with your answers to the three questions and I'll start putting together my statement. If Kudpung wants to co-nom, that'd be awesome! Otherwise, you should get at least one co-nom. Doesn't have to be an admin. Katie^talk 13:00, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Been waiting to see this Rick, good luck! -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 13:41, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you kindly, email sent to you Katie! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:42, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Dear RickinBaltimore (talk),

As per WP:CSD and WP:A7 I change the citation url other than my website or product. Please remove WP:CSD tag or correct me further more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ponduraisingh (talk • contribs) 14:27, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

As I said on the talk page, even though you changed a citation tag the product still doesn't meet WP:GNG. The sources given are from the developer, therefore they are not independent reliable sources. Unless you can show that this has been covered in independent sources, it's just not notable. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:30, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

The United States presidential election, 2016 article is under a WP:1RR restriction, don't get dragged down as well. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, you're right. By the way, do you smell socks? RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:23, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but cant pinpoint on what account. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 18:23, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Sammythesquirrel123 I think from their editing history and the claims of "fairness". RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:42, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

I have posted my support at your RfA (a page I had watchlisted even before you created it). Just a suggestion: proofread your answers and correct a few minor typos (and box for sandbox, ghe for he). And continue to do that as you answer additional questions. It just looks more professional, and uncorrected typos can turn people off. Good luck, you are off to a great start! --MelanieN (talk) 03:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Gah, typos. Bane of my existence I swear. Thanks for the heads up! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick, good luck with the RfA which I'll visit soon. I strongly recommend any previous RfAs, and other nominations, get mentioned in the Discussion section or near the top. Rather than me asking you publicly to disclose everything and/or getting something wrong and/or missing something, and considering my questions don't always come across in the right way, I suggest you do it yourself already. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 08:01, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for that idea, I'll get that added on during the day today! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:31, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Just a side note, I did address that in one of the answers earlier today, and disclosed my previous failed RfA years ago, and the ArbCom election last year. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:38, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, ideal. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:40, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

this week mate :) don't think you'll need it though! _Muffled ^Pocketed 09:56, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, just going to let the community decide what they think is best! RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:32, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks! Got to admit I like the looks of that today, and thank you for the support. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:16, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for adding it for me, and we will see about the RfA though so far the community thinks I've earned the right to help as an admin. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:03, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Looks like your RfA is going well (hurrah!) - but have a nice cup of tea to keep you going through the last couple of days! (I'm informed that you're not allowed to drink and answer questions, otherwise it'd be a beer ;-) ) Mike1901 (talk) 11:07, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) It would certainly liven things up though  ;) _Muffled ^Pocketed 11:16, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the tea, and I don't drink so there's that. Is drunken admining a style like drunken kung-fu? RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

If you keep insisting on reporting disruptive accounts to UAA so fast, I'm going to have to oppose your (overwhelmingly supported) RfA. Your edit conflict of my edit disrupted me, and I'm terribly put out. Knock it off!

;)

--Hammersoft (talk) 19:09, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Guess I'm just going to have to do the next best thing and work on the UAA backlog soon then huh? :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:10, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Yeah, you probably will. No doubt, you'll edit conflict me doing that because you'll block them and cause the bot to edit conflict me. Jerk. ;) --Hammersoft (talk) 19:14, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Seriously, congratulations on your RfA. I know it's not over yet, but very well deserved. I'd vote for you, but have little interest in pile on votes, though if you get close to being added to WP:200 I'll throw my name on the pile as I do strongly support you. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:16, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks very much for your support on that, I've been amazed at how highly I've been regarded in the supports so far. I mean I knew I helped out here, but I didn't realize it was that big of an impact. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:19, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Uh oh. It's already going to your head. Now I have to oppose ;) --Hammersoft (talk) 19:23, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Nooooooo! My 98% approval rate would go down to....98%. :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:25, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Ah, I see. So what you're saying is you're counting votes rather than reviewing consensus. You've just ruined your chances. You obviously can't judge consensus at such places as AfD. ;) --Hammersoft (talk) 19:27, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• And I could have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids and that mangy dog! RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:28, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Oh, you mean users? :) --Hammersoft (talk) 19:46, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

<sigh> I wish I'd been around before your RfA closed. 199. Crap. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Should'a could'a would'a :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:26, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

• Yeah, I know. I should have done it when I saw it was getting in the ballpark of WP:200. I confess. I'm an idiot :/ Maybe there's some poetry though in being 199. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:31, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

• Just a number, would have been neat to see but not a big deal. At least I got approved though. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:37, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

4 minutes. Wow. :) [3]. Nice to see you doing this work! --Hammersoft (talk) 15:28, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, like I said in my RFA, just trying to help RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

On becoming an admin. I've been checking up on your RfA at least once a day and can safely say that you'll make it. Good job Rick, I'm sure you'll make a fine administrator. Feinoha ^Talk 01:54, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I'll second that. Get ready to change that 5th Userbox to {{User wikipedia/Administrator}} Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 02:57, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Hear, hear! Yintan  08:17, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

It's looking promising so far. Might indeed have to make a change here in the next day or so. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:27, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

"Promising" is an understatement :D. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 12:34, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Only a few hours left until a mop and bucket are added to your repertoire RiB. Congrats!! Hopefully we will be celebrating with a delicious meal of blue crabs. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 14:45, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Did someone say steamed crabs? I'll bring the Old Bay. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:20, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Yummy - Perfect choice. MarnetteD|Talk 17:40, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Dunno about that, I had some absolutely sublime karaage last night, but I've got nothing against crab, either. Best of luck with the bit, I look forward to working with you further GAB^gab 17:42, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I held off a bit to see if one more supporter would pop up, guess one can't have everything though. Congrats! Wizardman 00:22, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

• Congratulations for adminship !! CAPTAIN RAJU ^(✉) 00:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

• Congrats from me too! You'll do a great job. —MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
• Congrats from down I-95 in Virginia! You missed 200 support !votes by that much! — Jkudlick • t • c • s 01:49, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
• A well-earned win, and your reward is more work! (It's not a promotion!!) May I interest you in the irritating world of Indian film and television articles? Good luck with the tools. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:51, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
• Congratulations. I know you will do a good job. Good luck. Donner60 (talk) 05:00, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
• Congrats! Nearly reached 200. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 06:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
• Adding my congratulations. Glad to have the extra help, now get to work and earn all the additional pay you'll be getting now. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 14:55, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
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• Welcome to the team... if you have any probs you think I might help with, my talk page and email link are always there. Andrewa (talk) 15:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
• Thanks for running for adminship, congratulations, and thanks for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:49, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Wow, I never would have thought that there would be this level of support for my RFA! I want to thank everyone who voiced their support for me first of all, I promise that I will do my best to ensure the trust you have in me as an admin doesn't go to waste. To those that opposed my RFA, I hope my actions now and in the future show that I can overcome the concerns you had regarding my adminship. Finally to KrakatoaKatie and Samtar I was humbled by your nominations, and thank you for believing I can do the job as an admin. I have a lot of reading to do as I saw above, and I'll take it slow, and I'm sure there will be questions I'll have. Thank you all for giving me this chance to help make Wikipedia a better place! RickinBaltimore (talk) 01:02, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Well shucks, just don't show us up and you'll do fine! Congratulations again -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 11:06, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations on becoming Wikipedia's newest admin! Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 12:32, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Ok, that looks good for breakfast, thank you! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:49, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA! Here's a cookie for you. Enjoy, it's fresh from the oven! 😉 I'm sure you'll do a great job with the mop! Class455 (talk) 17:56, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

COOKIE!! OM NOM NOM!! Thank you so much! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:01, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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You haven't even had the mop two days, and you're already doing the work! Thanks, and good luck! AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 21:38, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

- congratulations! While supports in the high numbers are not a rarity these days due to the increased publicity, it's a shame you were 1 short of 200. There are some scripts (made by others) in user:Kudpung/vector.js that are particularly helpful for admins but are little known. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, and thank you for the link! RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:01, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Would you be able to assist with something? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 17:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

I can see what I can do, what seems to be the issue? RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:30, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm new to the merger process; could you make a judgement on the result of Talk:Leeds. I personally think a rough consensus has been reached but I proposed the merge so I'm biased; all unanswered points brought up recently (almost 48 hours) have now been answered. The merger topic has been up a week; perhaps it's too early but people said they were fed up with previous discussions which have led to ridiculous back and forward argument of the same point for months on end and this one looks like it's heading that way soon. Excluding IP addresses (because they both only made no or just one edit excluding the merger discussion) so I don't know whether to include them; it appears there are five users in support, one neutral and one oppose. As I mentioned though, I'm new to the process and who supports what is somewhat ambiguous. Thanks. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 17:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

I'll have a look at it and see what's there and what type of consensus is gathered. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:38, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Looking at the discussion, there does seem to be a divide if there's a need to merge. I'm not seeing a full consensus as of yet, however what I'd recommend is go to proposed mergers and see if you can get a wider consensus. The IP hasn't edited, I'd agree, but they did bring up some points to consider. I'd start with WP:PM first and go from there. It's possible you might get a wider consensus for the merger. I'm staying neutral on this at the moment, as I'd like to see more of a consensus on the merge. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:49, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! Leeds United FC fan (talk) 17:50, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for blocking IP 118.92.205.124 here. Would you kindly keep an eye on this editor when he comes off block. He is a most persistent offender. His disruptive edits are to exactly the same articles, and with the same content or deletions, that have been disrupted by previous IP's, so the pattern that emerges is that he is an IP hopper who returns to the same articles time and time again. He is sure to start again, so if I may, I will contact you when I see him editing the articles he has messed with in the past. Akld guy (talk) 20:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

I can do that, sure if it starts up again after the block, just go ahead and send it to AIV, in case I'm not around. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:48, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Akld guy (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

More on this. The IP has started his disruptive edits again, mostly to articles about the Philippines. Some of his edits seem to be worthwhile...it's kind of hard to tell since I know nothing about Philippine broadcasters. When I reverted one of the disruptive ones, he retaliated by returning to Onehunga Branch, which he knows I watch. He deleted the list of stations on the Onehunga Line. Over the past few months he has done that repeatedly, under IP's 27.252.142.124 and 27.252.145.37. You can see this in the history since September. Would you kindly edit-protect Onehunga Branch or otherwise block him for a longer period. Akld guy (talk) 07:09, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi. Since you deleted Brandon Matula, I thought you might like to do the same for User:Nickpetro/sandbox. If a CSD tag is required first, maybe you could do the honors and let someone else delete; I can't find a guideline making exceptions for user sandbox pages, but it seems as if nuking it instantly ought to be a possibility. This is clearly a vandalism-only account, probably a kid taunting a classmate, but I guess there aren't enough edits yet to warrant a block. Rivertorch's Evil Twin (talk) 21:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

And gone, that was a clear attack page (CSD G10 would apply here). I just indef'd them as well, all their edits were to attack that person calling them gay. WP:NOTHERE and no longer here. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:52, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. And here I was thinking common sense had just gone extinct. Rivertorch's Evil Twin (talk) 05:18, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello there, I just notice you removed the speedy from Aryan Khan. I just want to know if I can again apply A7 because as you said this person is different from the one deleted in AfD. I think I misunderstood because the name of the article is same. Thank you – GSS (talk) 14:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing, that's fine. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

 Thank you very much! – GSS (talk) 15:06, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted.

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Thanks. Block-evading sock. IPs from Germany on these topics always will be. Various accounts were blocked a couple of days ago. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ezidishingali. Doug Weller talk 19:42, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on that. Looks like the page was protected for 6 months not too long ago, might need it again. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Forgot to congratulate you. Always glad to help, contact me anytime. Doug Weller talk 20:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick, the copyvio tool won't hit on that because it is pulled from a textbook. You have to compare the old fashioned way: compare the text of the article to the book on Google Books: [4]. Crow^Caw 17:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Yup, it's 100% pulled from the book. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:24, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi. I just deleted this article via WP:CSD#G11 (I also think it's a probable copyvio but haven't checked), but I believe the claim of being the chief academic officer of a possibly notable organisation and meeting two US presidents is enough to clear A7, so I just about to restore it and change into a redirect to Digital Media Arts College, when you spotted the original A7 tag (that I hadn't got round to removing) and deleted again. To avoid a wheel war, can you sort this out for me? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:48, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Looks like it was a copyvio from [5]. I'll recreate the page as a redirect to Digital Media Arts College. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:51, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Cool, cheers. Enjoying the mop and bucket? ;-) Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:03, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Going along swimmingly so far, can't complain. :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:05, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

You haven't had a disgruntled IP haul you up to ANI yet? *sigh* I had one within ten days of passing RfA. [6] Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:08, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm doing something wrong then, uh oh! RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:11, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed you declined someone's report against Special:Contributions/117.197.104.57 at AIV, so I thought I'd tell you that it's not only blanking and general disruption, but also block evasion, at least three times over. If you check the page history of Anti-Bihari sentiment you'll find three blocked IPs there, who based on their edits obviously are the same person as 117.197.104.57, one of them blocked yesterday, and two of them blocked today. Anti-Bihari sentiment has been protected because of that editor, and both Bihar and Biharis might need protection too now, since he has turned his attention to those articles after the other one got protected. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 19:29, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for that Thomas, I honestly was not aware of that. I'll block the IP and set up protection on the pages now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Hey, I saw you gave a 24 hour block to this user for leaving spam messages on people's talk pages including my own. Just thought you should know he sent me an email through Wikipedia a couple of days ago with the same message that you reverted before - probably sent it to all of the others too. I'd respond myself and tell him that the spam isn't welcome, but he very well could be a bot. [Belinrahs|^talktome⁄ _ididit] 21:30, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, might need to give an indef then with a restriction on email. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:32, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hi RickinBaltimore,

What do you make of this? Four days after your semi-protection expired the disruption started back up again. I'm not exactly sure what's going on, but it might need to be re-protected because the IP jumper is so persistent. Sro23 (talk) 15:56, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

I've protected it for a week. Hopefully they will get bored and go somewhere else. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:03, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

for deleting the Nita Chaudhary so-called article, but could not find any way to do it except this. Thanks. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:48, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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The IP involved genre warring. Can you block the IP? 115.164.91.192 (talk) 15:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm hesitant to do so only because there are some good faith edits in this. Before blocking, you may want to take this to WP:AN3 first. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Would hate to think I was wasting your time by contributing articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cable ties to the max (talk • contribs) 18:02, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you are speaking of? If it was the article you blanked, I simply just deleted a page blanked by the author. If you're concerned about the reason the page was originally tagged, may I suggest looking over WP:BIO to see what determines if a subject is notable? If you're looking to recreate the article, you might want to start in your draft space first, before publishing it to allow yourself to build the article with references. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Hey Your pretty cool for actually listening to me I appreciate it.--Lt Timothy Robinson (talk) 14:52, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello, I noticed that you deleted the Peshwa Bajirao (TV series) article, saying that an another article on the same topic has already been created. But that another article named Peshwa Bajirao wasn't created already and Peshwa Bajirao (TV series) was already created. Check the revision history of both the articles and you will get the differences. And did you know that Peshwa Bajirao was redirected to another topic. Some other user removed that redirect and made content into it. Just check its first revision. Moreover, I was the first to create the article on the topic. Now it's a kind request to revert all the edits of Peshwa Bajirao to the first revision and restore the Peshwa Bajirao (TV series) article. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 09:02, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch on that. As you can see, I restored the TV Series page and reverted the redirect. RickinBaltimore (talk) 01:51, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Rick, I've semi-protected User talk:RickKJr and User talk:Wildthing61476 for a couple of days given all the attention you've getting at the moment! Hope you don't mind -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 21:28, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for that and congrats on your successful RFA! RickinBaltimore (talk) 01:45, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. RickinBaltimore (talk)

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Rajivkilanashrestha (talk) 18:54, 9 December 2016 (UTC) yes some one name with User:Damien2016 editing frequently in page of Madhesh which was not relevant information on this topic. I did talk with the same user that to stop posting like this but he/she said that he/she is not care about National sentiment of Nepal. Should i blocked this user forever to protect right to get true information.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajivkilanashrestha (talk • contribs) 18:54, December 9, 2016 (UTC)

No, you cannot block an editor you disagree with. You need to discuss this on the talk page of the article to get a consensus. I will say that if you continue to remove information from the article without a discussion, you may be blocked from editing yourself. Discuss this on the talk page first. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:20, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Rick. I notice that you deleted previously the article PaRappa (singer), which the user who created it removed a couple of CSD tags on. This was following a previous block for removing tags and re-creating articles. I have raised this at ANI and wonder if you can help delete the newly re-created article and block the user. Thanks for your help! TheMagikCow (talk) 12:48, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

You were very quick to act on what was a clear attack page. Maybe someday people will stop making those things but in the meantime we have you to deal with them!

Prmcd16 (talk) 20:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

No problem! Sadly it'll always be "a thing", but at least they get handled quick. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:33, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Shopping malls are buildings, not companies.Therefore A7 did not apply. Adam9007 (talk) 21:25, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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You're welcome! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:56, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi RickinBaltimore, few days ago you protected my talk page against vandalism. It was vandalized by a troll from Hebrew wikipedia User:יעל י her name is Yael Weiler Israel. Now she his reversing all my edits. She was blocked at Meta also on commonse and has a lot of sockpuppets. See Category:Sockpuppets of יעל י Can you help again? Thanks . Hanay (talk) 20:35, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick blocks of those IP addresses! EvergreenFir (talk) 14:48, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Mmmm, waffles.... RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:49, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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thanks, DrStrauss talk 18:51, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I reported a sock with an unknown master and you immediately indeffed him. Was wondering if you could tell me who that was so I know what to look for in the future? Tesla (talk) 21:44, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I saw that, and I believe this is Nsmutte, as they are notorious for harassing bonadea. I of course could be wrong, but that's a sock activity if I ever saw one. If you see it again, file a case at SPI to get it verified to be sure. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:50, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip - I dug around and found that sockpuppeteer myself after leaving that message, and it sounds like them alright. Also, thanks for telling me about SPI - as you can see, i'm still pretty new here. Tesla (talk) 21:55, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

No problem, if you need help in the future, let me know be glad to help! RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:58, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, over and out! Tesla (talk) 21:59, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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No problem! RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:20, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

I had the intention of closing Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox (User:Mitros1973/sandbox) and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr (User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr) in the same manner as I did with Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:About daud abdikarem (Draft:About daud abdikarem). However, G2 explicitly "does not apply to pages in the user namespace" (as contributor recently pointed out to me as well). Best Regards, — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 04:13, 16 December 2016 (UTC)