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:::In that thread you said: "''I am more than willing to admit myself in error here should that be the case.''", but you never actually did that.--[[User:Cube lurker|Cube lurker]] ([[User talk:Cube lurker|talk]]) 18:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
:::In that thread you said: "''I am more than willing to admit myself in error here should that be the case.''", but you never actually did that.--[[User:Cube lurker|Cube lurker]] ([[User talk:Cube lurker|talk]]) 18:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
::::I'm sorry, I've been a little distracted by other happenings lately, and to be honest haven't even been following the discussion much. I'm human, I make mistakes, and I'm generally willing to admit them when shown to me. If I do so, however, it's not because someone is rudely demanding an apology from me; such rather defeats the point of doing so. No, I probably shouldn't have been as brusque with the IP editor as I was, and I'm sure I could have handled the situation better. Am I going to go to ANI and say that now because you're calling me dishonest? No, I'll do on my own time, when I have the time. Good day, sir. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 19:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
::::I'm sorry, I've been a little distracted by other happenings lately, and to be honest haven't even been following the discussion much. I'm human, I make mistakes, and I'm generally willing to admit them when shown to me. If I do so, however, it's not because someone is rudely demanding an apology from me; such rather defeats the point of doing so. No, I probably shouldn't have been as brusque with the IP editor as I was, and I'm sure I could have handled the situation better. Am I going to go to ANI and say that now because you're calling me dishonest? No, I'll do on my own time, when I have the time. Good day, sir. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 19:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
:::::It looks as though this has now been auto-archived, and I'm not about to dig it out of archive just so a dead horse can continue to be beaten. However, for the record, I could have handled that better. My apologies to the IP editor, should you still be around, and I do hope you return to the project. [[User:Hersfold|'''''<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers</em><em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold</em>''''']] <sup>([[User:Hersfold/t|t]]/[[User:Hersfold/a|a]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|c]])</sup> 14:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


== Amor Mío (Eddie Dee album) ==
== Amor Mío (Eddie Dee album) ==

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User 86.83.239.142/62.58.36.58

What's the situation regarding 86.83.239.142 (talk · contribs) and 62.58.36.58 (talk · contribs)? They were blocked for 2 weeks in January 'per CU' [86...], but have been editing ever since including taking turns to edit the same article[1]. I cannot believe that this is the normal outcome for block evasion blocks? --Nigelj (talk) 19:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't recall off-hand, and without checkuser I can't look to see what's going on. Unfortunately this does tend to happen with block evasion blocks; they're only a stop-gap measure as severe sockers will just wait for the block to end and carry on where they left off. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:27, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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[2] - Did you attempt to establish notability before redirecting this?

Goodnighteverybody (talk) 20:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I made that edit over two years ago, so I can honestly say I have no idea and can't remember. Sorry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:31, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Matsuyama Airi

I notice that Matsuyama Airi exists, but you had Airi Matsuyama deleted due to R3. I would have deleted "Matsuyama Airi" due to R3, but it is no longer recently created, so I think it no longer qualifies for R3 and needs to go to redirects for discussion. What do you think? WhisperToMe (talk) 19:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted that over a year ago... if you think a redirect is needed there, go ahead and make it, there's no need to have it officially undeleted. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 11

Hey, just in case you missed it, there is an oppurtunity to get a free dinner this Tuesday August 11 and a chance to meet and hang out talk about Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy and WP:GLAM/SI. Sorry that this is so late in the game, I was hoping the e-mail would be a better form of contact for active members (if you want to get on the e-mail list send me an User e-mail ). Hope that you can attend, User:Sadads (talk)11:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Would you be able to kick off HersfoldOTRSBot on Commons to tag {{subst:nopd}} any images which are OTRS pending since earlier than 1st July? Stifle (talk) 11:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Stifle. Sorry for not running the bots lately, I've been out for the last few months. As soon as I get a chance to look over the code and make sure everything's still up to snuff, I'll send it off to do its thing. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Again, congratulations. Kylu (talk) 03:47, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, Kylu! Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: IPBE (from May)

No worries, Welcome back, I have since became more understanding for the IPBE flag, If I ever need it in the future I'll come knocking. And again welcome back. Mlpearc powwow 03:51, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

checkuser

your a checkuser what kind of id did they ask for from you? Inka 888 03:00, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I already told you, a government-issued ID. Is there some reason you need to know this? I thought the checkuser page was pretty clear on this. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:02, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok i was just wondering i was interested you said it kind of casually so i was not sure. I'm 19 and have a government-issued ID. It was random question. Also i don't really care to be a checkuser anyway. Inka 888 03:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Orange

Removing a discography table from somebody who does not have a discography is not vandalism. Jason Orange is a backing singer in the band Take That. He does not have a solo discography. The person who originally added the table did so because Jason Orange took part in one of the Haiti charity records (along with a hundred other pop stars). This one appearance is not grounds to add a discography table to his article. 88.104.30.28 (talk) 05:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Then discuss it on the talk page. If you blank that section again, then I'm going to block your IP address for edit warring. Hersfold (t/a/c) 05:59, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have already tried to discuss it with the person who keeps reinserting the information, and have received no response. He is obviously getting a bit trigger happy with "igloo", which is an abuse in itself, so please redirect your threats to him. 88.104.30.28 (talk) 06:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
His response was actually to come to me for advice. In my opinion, his reverts were correct, as your edits, on face value, appear to be typical vandalism. You may notice your list of contributions shows that most of your edits are tagged with "section blanking" - that's a red flag for us. If you show a willingness to civilly discuss this, rather than threatening to report people, you might get a constructive reply in return. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:07, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello if you are willing to show the sources for this information, i will be more then gladely to revoke the warnings giving to you as well as help ratify the situation. I hope to hear from you Staffwaterboy Critique Me

My list of contributions amounts to the three edits in which I removed the discography table from an article subject that does not have a discography. And there is no such discussion on either of your talk pages, or any edits from Staffwaterboy that suggests he came to you for "advice". This is clearly the pair of you messing about and I am going to report both of your accounts. 88.104.30.28 (talk) 06:14, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We're talking on a chat network called IRC. I happened to be online, and staffwaterboy asked me for advice about how to proceed here. Please assume good faith about others. I'm really not out to get you, nor is anyone else here, believe it or not. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:15, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia works on collaboration. If your intent here is not to vandalize, then all we're asking is a little more explanation of what you're doing and why. Our purpose here is not to prevent you from editing, we're just trying to make sure the website remains accurate. If we are in the wrong here, then I do apologize and I certainly allow you to make your edit. However, as it is right now, this looks a lot like edit warring, and as an administrator I will issue blocks as needed to stop further disruption. I hope you can understand where I'm coming from. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:19, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello as i stated before i am more then willing to help rectify the situations if you are able to provide sources for the information for that article. -- Staffwaterboy Critique Me 06:22, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ANI Notification

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#problem_with_user_and_admin. Exxolon (talk) 11:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering, did you intend to show some personal integrity on this matter and do what you said you would do?--Cube lurker (talk) 18:38, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, do what now? I tend not to reply to rudeness anyway, but I'm genuinely not sure what you're referring to. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In that thread you said: "I am more than willing to admit myself in error here should that be the case.", but you never actually did that.--Cube lurker (talk) 18:56, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I've been a little distracted by other happenings lately, and to be honest haven't even been following the discussion much. I'm human, I make mistakes, and I'm generally willing to admit them when shown to me. If I do so, however, it's not because someone is rudely demanding an apology from me; such rather defeats the point of doing so. No, I probably shouldn't have been as brusque with the IP editor as I was, and I'm sure I could have handled the situation better. Am I going to go to ANI and say that now because you're calling me dishonest? No, I'll do on my own time, when I have the time. Good day, sir. Hersfold (t/a/c) 19:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It looks as though this has now been auto-archived, and I'm not about to dig it out of archive just so a dead horse can continue to be beaten. However, for the record, I could have handled that better. My apologies to the IP editor, should you still be around, and I do hope you return to the project. Hersfold (t/a/c) 14:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Amor Mío (Eddie Dee album)

The artist's article got deleted about two seconds after you removed the A9 tag. Amor Mío (Eddie Dee album) now qualifies for A9. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 21:46, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see it's been deleted now too. Sorry about that. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:12, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SPI, Karmaisking

Would it be possible to get you to unblock the above users. I am extremely familiar with Karmaisking (and have filed a large number of the SPIs), and the above do not pass my DUCK test at all. I'd be willing to personally keep an eye on the above editors, as I really think they deserve further scrutiny, before being linked to Karmaisking. BigK HeX (talk) 06:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These are unquestionably the same user. All the technical data I'm seeing matches the other blocked accounts perfectly. Unless there's two different people behind the same keyboard, those three are Karmaisking. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:24, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was looking at the results with Hersfold, and I'm afraid I have to conclude the same thing. I also noted similarities in Myles325a's and Eric155's edits in particular. The technical evidence, as well as the timing, are all right there. –MuZemike 06:31, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]


It is possible that there are similarities in the edits of Myles and Eric, however, with a quick check, I really don't see any editing similarities to Karmaisking. I understand that technical indications may justify a block, however, the key ingredient is haven't yet seen from those users is the Karmaisking disruption (such as POV pushing). I don't even know those users, but I am pleading for them to be unblocked. For any of the editors in the above list that have not been disruptive in the recent past, I guess I'd be willing to take a 2 week block myself, if they would be given the chance to take individual actions meriting a block, per WP:ROPE. They wouldn't have been caught up in an indef block, had I not been involved in opposing Karmaisking's latest disruptive attempt at meatpuppet recruitment. The thought saddens me, that not only do Karmaisking's direct actions cause a loss of productivity for the encyclopedia, but that we're also very probably losing editors that have probably been contributing productively. If it helps at all, I can attest to the fact that Karmaisking's IP is highly dynamic. Almost seems he's on dial-up. BigK HeX (talk) 06:44, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please hold off on the yelling in caps. It isn't needed here, and all it does is create a hostile environment.— Dædαlus Contribs 08:53, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quit arguing on my talk page with banned users. Good lord. Anyway, I'm not budging on this. The three accounts above were unquestionably operated from the same computer over a course of several months. This appears to be the same computer as what Karmaisking was using. As I said, I can't look through the screen to see what's on the other end, and even if these three accounts aren't KiK (which I again find next to impossible) they're clearly the same and are still socks. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:12, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Status Recommendation

I would like to see Vacation be added to the template, the status template. Joe Gazz84user•talk•contribs•Editor Review 16:24, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you gotten the template actually working? Most people who try to use it find that the auto-edit links don't function for them. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:26, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request for assistance

You offered to help68.248.0.75 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), who has a checkuserblock; he has had a message telling him to "send an email to unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org" and posted again to ask what to do now. I asked him whether there is a reason why he can't make an email request as suggested, but I said I would alert you. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:43, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not much I can do. I actually told him to request an account through the ACC tool so that I could see his technical data and compare it to other users on that range. But if he doesn't want to follow instructions, whatever. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

* File:Comet racer.jpg * File:Mosquito T Brennan.jpg

Hi please can you help me regarding these images, your bot has marked them for deletion because the otrs status has not been sorted for 30 days or so, the problem is that I did send and email to the auther of the Image (of his sketches) asking him if I could use them on Wikimedia/Wikipedia and he emailed me back say that I could use them. I then sent copies of the emails to the otrs volanteers but they said the emails werent specific enough, please could you help me by either giving me a temlate email that I can get him to email back to me or send him an email yourself <redacted> to make sure that he gives the correct permissions for both image to be used, I anm fairly new to Wiki and could really do with some help here not just having my worthwhile contibutions deleted Many thanks Jimmy3d0 (talk) 17:41, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot help you with this. As my bot's notice indicated, you'll need to contact the OTRS volunteers at commons:Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard regarding your images. They never received confirmation of the permission status of your images. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sock puppet?

Can you check the edit history of User:Pioneer77, the MO looks suspiciously like User:Aviationperson/ talk. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:20, 4 September 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Right you are. I've blocked him, and I'll take a look in a minute to see if there are other accounts. Thanks! Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:22, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like that's it for now. Good spotting, though. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:26, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Why secret pages should be deleted

Hi, Hersfold. I used your rationale for deleting secret pages at Wikipedia:Why secret pages should be deleted. Any feedback on the essay would be welcome. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 23:27, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a good summary of things. Nice work! Hersfold (t/a/c) 23:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Cunard (talk) 23:40, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are some parts of your quote that won't be understood because they are in a different context. Because the quote is attributed to you, I don't feel that I have the right to change it. Would you make some changes to your quote so that it is more general? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 19:41, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is the link back to the original discussion; I'm somewhat reluctant to "re-write" what I've said too much. Doubly unfortunately, since all those pages were deleted, it's not easy to add links or reword things to make it clearer. I did add a link to the Secret Pages MfD, but aside from that I'm not sure what else to do. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:36, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The only part that could do with a little revision is "The main nominated page advertises the "Hard" difficulty as taking hours - to be fair, I found the correct link in about 10 seconds", but I don't know how to fix that. It's probably okay as is. Cunard (talk) 21:45, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I don't really know. Admins, at least, should still be able to view the deleted page if so inclined; hopefully others can figure out what's going on. :-/ Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:27, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks so much for helping organise my userpage. I knew it was just short of looking good, and now it looks brilliant. Mr.Kennedy1 talk guestbook 13:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Glad you like it. :-) Hersfold (t/a/c) 13:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nallar

Hey, sorry to bother you again but do you think that Mowiez (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) is also related due to this edit? Apologies again. Kind regards, Superchrome (talk) 13:31, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As well as recreating the page. Superchrome (talk) 13:35, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hersfold

Hiya Hersfold, I was wondering if I could nominate you as a bureaucrat, you've done quite a good job and obviously have a lot of trust amongst the community if you have CheckUser and Admin, you've created some helpful templates and your contributions as administrator and checkuser are nothing less than fantastic, I can think of no reason as to why you aren't deserving of the tools. I thought you were already a crat! :) Regards, Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 07:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, but I don't have much need for the crat flag just now. I don't do a whole lot around RFA, Bot Approvals, or renaming requests, which are the main areas crats are supposed to help out at. I appreciate the offer, though! :-) Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:47, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok then :) Keep up the good work! Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 23:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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European Master's Course in Embedded Computing Systems (EMECS)

Will you please provide me with a copy of the deleted article European Master's Course in Embedded Computing Systems (EMECS). I am trying to help a user with why an article was deleted. I would like to have a look at the article. Thanks! Joe Gazz84user•talk•contribs•Editor Review 12:51, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Normally I'd be willing to in this case, but as the article was deleted for copyright infringement I'm afraid it's a no-go. If it helps, CorenSearchBot said the article was copied from http://mundus.eit.uni-kl.de . In my experience, that bot's correct about 99.9% of the time. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! That mainly was what I was looking for. Thanks again! Joe Gazz84user•talk•contribs•Editor Review 18:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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