User talk:EF5/Archives/2024/April

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Unblock

{{unblock|I was never given any prior warnings that my content was unfree, and every single one of those images (besides the GLHS logo one I think) were NC? The NWS allows its content to be licensed and used by members of the public (I may be wrong), and aren't ESPN sports roster photos free to use as well? Also if there was any prior warnings then they either didn't send or I just didn't get a notification either through commons or Wikipedia itself, because I was unaware of prior warnings. }} (っ◔◡◔)っHuman Reverting Edits (talk) 02:53, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA

We have enough of a task on our hands dealing with vandalism and other issues - please do not try and waste our time with unfunny 'pranks'. Giant Snowman 18:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

My bad April Fools Day.mp3 (talk) 18:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Please also change your signature per WP:CUSTOMSIG/P. Giant Snowman 18:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks April Fools Day.mp3 (talk) 18:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

To be fair, we used to have people messing around with fake RFAs on April Fool's, so you (MG27) aren't crazy to think it would be OK. But in the last few years, it has really died down - at RFA, and everywhere. There are still fake AFD's, but they've been quarantined at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/April Fools' Day 2024, and to be honest aren't funny any longer either. I'm simultaneously relieved that the lamest jokes aren't around anymore, and disappointed that the clever ones aren't around anymore either. It's a combination of (a) too many people being kind of lame, and (b) too many people being terribly serious. I would not recommend Wikipedia:Requests for Adminship/April Fools' Day 2024 (to be honest it wasn't that funny), but I'd also receommend not feeling too bad about getting reverted. Times have changed, is all. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:01, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for some clarification. Although my account itself is 3 years old, I haven't been active community and editing-wise until about a month ago. I guess I'm just not really knowledgeable on Wikipedia culture yet, lol MemeGod ._. (talk) 19:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, MemeGod27, and welcome to Wikipedia! While efforts to improve Wikipedia are always welcome, unfortunately your contributions are not written in an English that is good enough to be useful. You appear to be more familiar with Malayalam; did you know there is a Wikipedia in Malayalam? You may prefer to contribute there instead. In any case, welcome to the project, and thank you for your efforts! If you need help, please feel free to notify me on my talk page. MemeGod ._. (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

സ്വാഗതം!

നമസ്കാരം, EF5/Archives/2024, വിക്കിപീഡിയയിലേക്ക് സ്വാഗതം. താങ്കളുടെ ശ്രദ്ധ മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയിലേക്ക് ക്ഷണിക്കുന്നു. MemeGod ._. (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2024

Hello, MemeGod27,

Please stop moving this article around needlessly. It's only a day old and it's been moved to 5 or 6 different page titles, creating unnecessary redirects. Just work on it at this page title and if the "outbreak" goes past today, then another move can be considered. But don't move articles to slightly different page titles on a whim, it can create work for other editors who must clean up after them. Thanks and good luck with the article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I had contacted the Kiwi IRC livechat trying to figure out how to fix the problem, and I take full responsibility. I was trying to rename it, and I guess it got out of control. Again, thanks :D MemeGod ._. (talk) 22:15, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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Requested username:

DodgeH14591 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I got caught up in autoblock, we were messing around with remote streaming on my PC (me and a friend), and apparently he has had an account blocked called "poopatpooping". I'm not a vandal, nor have I done anything wrong. MemeGod ._. (talk) 14:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You need to exactly follow the instructions which appear when you attempt to edit. Here, you used the unblock-un template. If you are autoblocked, you need to use the unblock-auto template so we can find the block. Note that we'll examine any apparent connection between the two accounts. Yamla (talk) 15:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to do that, sorry. MemeGod ._. (talk) 15:24, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.

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Block message:

<nowiki>Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "Poopatpooping". The reason given for Poopatpooping's block is: username is a violation"

Blocking administrator: not provided (talk • blocks)

Decline reason: you are not following directions, and are wasting reviewing admin's time. we cannot unblock you if you don't follow directions. If you cannot understand the simple directions in your block message, you might not be competent to edit here. Floquenbeam (talk) 16:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

You're still not following the directions in your block message. Are you sure you're still blocked? try to edit WP:SANDBOX. If you edit it, you're not blocked or autoblocked. If you can't, then you got a block notice; follow those instructions. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I am blocked. MemeGod ._. (talk) 15:42, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Follow the directions. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I've been trying. Everything the message has told me to do, I've done. MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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Requested username:

DoodgeH1940221 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I got caught up in an unrelated IP block, we were messing around with remote streaming on my PC (me and a friend), and apparently he has had an account blocked called "poopatpooping". I'm not a vandal, nor have I done anything wrong. MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

you are not following directions, and are wasting reviewing admin's time. we cannot unblock you if you don't follow directions. If you cannot understand the simple directions in your block message, you might not be competent to edit here. Floquenbeam (talk) 16:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I've been trying to follow the directions! Like what am I supposed to do? I've done everything it's told me to do, and I keep being told to correct it! MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Did you copy/paste the code from your block notice? --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, every bit of it MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

It gave me 2 separate code pieces, I tried both of them, and I've been told both of them are wrong MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I've searched for this block manually, and I believe I've undone the autoblock. I'm pretty confident it did not give you the {{unblock-un}} template, and you didn't fill in the {{unblock-auto}} correctly, but whatever. I'm assuming you are not the blocked editor. If you get autoblocked again, or if this account vandalizes, be aware that you;ll be scrutinized much more closely. Floquenbeam (talk) 16:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you so much. It is give me the {{unblock-un}} template (literally copied and pasted it as it told me) but that's fine. Thanks :P MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@Floquenbeam: I'm not sure this user deserves to have their intelligence questioned in public for failing to fill out a form correctly (even assuming they did). Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

True; I allowed my frustration to show. Sorry MG. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

You're good. I understand, I'm just not really good with code. :) MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK issue

DYK nomination of G299.2-2.9

Hello! Your submission of G299.2-2.9 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I will get to it as soon as possible (I'm currently dealing with something IP-related, as seen above). Thanks :P MemeGod ._. (talk) 16:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Failed verifications

Please in the articles that you create add the pages that you found the info you include in the article. NGC 3110 for example has references but these references don't mention the info they are supposed to verify. C messier (talk) 19:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of COSMOS field

Hello! Your submission of COSMOS field at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Storye book (talk) 09:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks :) MemeGod ._. (talk) 14:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Galaxy template?

When you create the new articles for galaxies, do you base the article on a specific "template" article? — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 18:20, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

While I don't have a specific template, I tend to follow a pattern. I do _____ is a ____ in the constellation _____. It is _____ light years from Earth (and then anything unique to the galaxy). MemeGod ._. (talk) 19:04, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, from my time on Wikipedia, I've learned that things need to be uniform. Look at what I had said and it can in a way apply to all of my NGC articles. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing, but yeah. Most NGC galaxies are unfortunately extremely similar so that's just how I write them. MemeGod ._. (talk) 19:09, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. It is just that most (all?) of new galaxy articles had the same errors with the Short description template. I was hoping to find a blank "master" article so I could fix it — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 19:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Ohhh. I use the {{shortdesc}} template, there may be an issue with that in specific. (I'm also not really good at writing short descriptions lol) MemeGod ._. (talk) 19:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

The {{Short description}} template should be at the start of the article and especially before the infobox. It also helps subsequent editors if the infobox is block formatted — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 19:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

uw-npa2 MemeGod ._. (talk) 08:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Astrobin and other self-published sources

Please refrain from using self-published sources like astrobin and various forums because self-published sources are largely not acceptable as reliable sources. C messier (talk) 09:37, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Translations

When you use content translated from another wikipedia you must give attribution to satisfy licensing requirements. See WP:TFOLWP. C messier (talk) 11:37, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

CS1 error on NGC 6742

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page NGC 6742, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 15:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Tornado fancruft writer

Hi, I might be confused but I feel like I have seen your account info on a potential sockpuppet before? They might have been bloating the tornado wiki pages on the March 31, 2023 outbreak page which caused a major hassle for people to fix. HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 03:08, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey! So I'm gonna assume you are talking about the guy that kept turning the Little Rock tornado into an EF5 and kept copy-pasting random tornado info into the Little Rock info section. (User 2601:481:8400:43C0:535:FCCB:691D:DF36). That wasn't me, and he wasn't even logged in when he did it. If you have any other info on it, feel free to reply, but yea, I'm not a vandal. Thanks :P ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°)͡°) (talk) 14:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Nope! I can tell while you are passionate about this subject you are just a high schooler from Gahanna. I think you need more experience with the wikiformat and learn to exclude unnecessary details (think what is not significant e.g. this tornado has had 120mph winds). HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 16:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

What are you even talking about? You clearly enjoy violating WP:NPA, so I'll note that. Being a high schooler means nothing on Wikipedia. "WikiFormat" is also subjective to interpretation, and since you have literally 25 edits (again, nothing personal on that) I have no idea why you are lecturing me. And yes, edit count doesn't really matter. I get that. But I've told you I have nothing to do with that article, and you just keep on trucking, harassing me. Again, you've violated WP:NPA, which is a fundamental rule for behaviors on Wikipedia. Thanks :P MemeGod ._. (talk) 18:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry if I seem rude and defensive, I like to respond to all messages in my inbox! I am purely exasperated after trying to fix your messes on the tornado page. You jumped the gun on the April 1st outbreak article draft, and you didn't heed community advice to avoid creating blurbs without entire community-wide consent. I do not want to harass or disturb others but it is necessary when they don't listen to anyone else on discussion pages.

Also, I would like to note that I have had much experience editing wiki before between the years 2015 and 2019, when I also was a high schooler! Now I have a college degree in meteorology and I think that makes me well versed in editing weather wikipedia! I suggest you also major in atmospheric science or meteorology as I did given your great enthusiasm for such sciences, and learn a bit more about this subject! Cheers! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 22:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Just realized the original fancruft writer I was reffering to has already been blocked. I sincerely apologize for my mistake! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 22:52, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Stop blatently accusing me of ageism/wiki violations.

Hi. While I do not know you personally, you keep accusing me of violating WP:NPA when I am referring to general trends I do not like to see. These are merely opinions of mine, which I admit can be strong. But they do not constitute anything that violates WP:NPA. I am getting sick of you falsely calling me out on public forums that aren't even related to your age, gender, identity, etc. Please just stop.

Thank you. Cheers! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 01:20, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I'll stop, it's just the fact that you call me "just a high schooler" and a "kid" but the second I call you out, you put the blame on me. WP:NPA states that:

Abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrases based on race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religious or political beliefs, disability, ethnicity, nationality, etc. directed against another editor or a group of editors. Disagreement over what constitutes a religion, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or ethnicity is not a legitimate excuse.

You had stated in a previous message between us: "Nope! You are just a high schooler from Gahanna" which can be seen as derogatory. (This message can be found here, if you just wanted to check it out.)

Just don't bring someone's age into a reasoning for doing something. Also, we're good now, on common ground. Thanks :) MemeGod ._. (talk) 18:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I understand it may be taken as derogatory, but I did not mean it that way. I meant that as a sign of your inexperience with editing, after the whole April 2nd debacle and the frustration with so many young editors like User:Lokicat3345 ruining this article. My sincere apologies.

Cheers! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 18:54, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

It's all good. I'm just glad that we have everything sorted out and I apologize if I took it too harshly. Happy editing, and I hope to work with you often (on Wikipedia of course) :) MemeGod ._. (talk) 22:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

No problem, I do apologize again for any pains caused through this conflict. Perhaps you would like to join in me drafting the tornado outbreak today, the one in Nebraska ;)? Cheers! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 22:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Yea, no problem! I've definitely learned my lesson in early-on article creating and realize that this will 100% need to go into draftspace. In the words of the great Hamiltonthemusic, "Cheers"! MemeGod ._. (talk) 22:56, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, one more thing, I noticed that you had the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base article listed on your "worked on", I've actually been on or near the base multiple times (the museum is honestly the coolest thing ever). Just wanted to add that, I love the WPAFB. Cheers! MemeGod ._. (talk) 23:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

I was born in and lived in the WPAFB as a child (this was late-1990s) Later moved to Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas where I currently reside. Have not been to Ohio since I was six unfortunately, but I will update that article's section on the role and operations of the base. HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 23:29, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Someone else just made an article about the current outbreak, I am gonna try to intervene but may need some help. Thanks! MemeGod ._. (talk) 23:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Alright, so I noticed this discussion and I hope you don't mind me intervening as well. :)

It's got widespread coverage, so that's a start. Additionally, ya have the newly-ratified Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather/Tornadoes of XXXX criteria. One of these tornadoes has caused at least one injury, as stated in point 1 of the criteria. Thus, it passes that criteria as well. Finally, you stated that "Also I have no idea why the article was redirected to avoid a PROD (which the reasoning was completely overlooked, had nothing to do with directing but about the event itself)". Redirecting a PROD-tagged article is perfectly acceptable; as it's an alternative to deletion. You are welcome, however, to start a articles for deletion discussion; but the article so far has satisfied my points above. Feel free to ask me for any further concerns or questions! :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 00:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Tornado outbreak of April 26, 2024

Hello, MemeGod27,

I have some advice to offer. Please do not PROD or nominate articles for AFD deletion discussions right after they have been created when editors are actively working on the article. It looks like you are trying to make some kind of point which is not a good reason for deletion. In fact, you recommended that this article not being deleted but moved to Draft space which is what actually happened. Plus, if there are editors working on an article, only an hour or so after it has been created, inevitably one will remove the premature PROD tag and then the article can not be PROD'd again. And if you nominate an article for an AFD deleletion discussion that lasts a week, invariably, over the course of a week, the article will undergo extreme changes and it won't be the same article after a week that it was when it was nominated.

So, if you get the urge to tag a newly created article for deletion and there are not obvious problems like copyright violations and BLP violations, please think twicee (or three or four times) before tagging it for deleteion. Please wait until an article isn't being actively edited and make another assessment a few days later. There is no urgency to delete these types of articles and both PRODs and AFDs take at least for a deletion decision so it is not a quick process. Let the article creators and other editors work on an article and they may end up addressing the problems you perceive exist in the article when you got the urge to tag it for deletion. This is just advice that will help you not waste time or aggravate your fellow editors. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:44, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey, there were several copyright issues with the main image as well as the fact there are additional ongoing tornadoes. I advised MemeGod27 to help shelve the poorly made article but there might have been an accidental nomination for deletion. Please know that was not our intention, as we just wanted to preserve the high quality that tornado outbreak articles are known for. Sorry for the confusion Liz. Cheers! HamiltonthesixXmusic (talk) 19:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)