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The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

Hi Oiyarbepsy, is it possible to point out the aspects of the article that come across as 'promo-y'? (I've read the guidelines and I was warned pretty strongly against promotional edits by the Wikipedian who gave me a brief talk on Wikipedia & its' aims, I obsessed for quite a while before I uploaded this version, I considered that upcoming dates would be an issue...is that it?) OsizUrUnkle (talk) 16:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Actually in hindsight I shouldn't have got most of my info from press releases...I've tried to do some damage control now, I hope it's better OsizUrUnkle (talk) 16:43, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

@OsizUrUnkle:Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to write about a current art exhibit without it sounding like an advertisement for it. For example, even the list of artists sounds promotional, and Wikipedia doesn't include nuts-and-bolts details like times and locations for most scheduled events. A better target of your efforts would be improving articles on the individual artists, starting with those that already have articles. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 19:47, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Well, be safe. And thanks for everything you done recently :) gacelperfinian(talk in - error? Start a new topic) 05:27, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

December 2014

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Mark Halperin, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. SummerPhD (talk) 13:45, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

@SummerPhD:By updating the link, I was ensuring that the meaning of the editor's comment doesn't change. By reverting me, you have changed the actual meaning of what that editor said. Also, you are supposed to update links when you move a page, and that is exactly what I was doing. Editing a comment to ensure that their links are what was intended is good practice, not bad practice. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 15:41, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Poking my nose in: I wouldn't suggest that Wikilawyering with an editor as established as SummerPhD is a very good idea. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:38, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Broken WikiProject tags

Hi Oiyarbepsy. And thanks for fixing my template for WikiProject Poland. I thought nevertheless that as you have been so diligent in adding redirects to WikiProject templates over the past few months, I should point out that it was no accident that "Architecture" (rather than "WikiProject Architect") also works as a template. Since 2007, there has been a redirect from Wikipedia:Architecture to Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture. You will find there are many similar redirects, especially for countries. Keep up the good work!--Ipigott (talk) 10:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Well, my personal thought is that {{Architecture}} should be a navbox, not a redirect to a Wikiproject tag. No harm done, though. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 15:13, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for With the Century

Thanks for helping the DYK project maintain the main page Victuallers (talk) 19:58, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

ANI

Closing cases at ANI requires experience. When the noticeboard was first created it was intended for admin use. PLease use the correct {{archivetop}} and 'bottom' procedure, this will create the purple archive with the closer's comments in a white box in the top right hand corner. If in doubt, see the markup of a closed case. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:25, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

If you don't like how I did it, feel free to fix or revert. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:11, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

It was just a friendly prompt to point out that a) we have some regular ways of doing things on Wikipedia, and b) that ANI is (or at least used to be) not only an area for experienced users, but strictly speaking, a sysops' area for attention. Also, the words sysop and administrator are totally synonymous on Wikipedia and do not need re-editing the one for the other. Being so new, you might just not be aware of some of these things. Otherwise all objective help in those places is more than welcome - keep up the good work!. Cheers, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:59, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Tallulah Harlech

Thanks for reviewing the above article. I understand that the notability here is maybe questionable, however she is a daughter of very respective couple, both of which have articles on Wikipedia. Not to mention that the article have The Daily Telegraph as RS.--Mishae (talk) 00:27, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Premature Archiving

Your premature archiving of the Media Viewer Close has been reverted. There's the general issue that people should have time to see it, but more importantly the part 1 closer has stated that he may revise his close. Furthermore the part 2 closer had been notified that his close was faulty, but action is on hold pending developments on part 1. I addressed your concern to ensure they archive together, they now have virtually identical timestamps. If no further changes are made then they will archive as a pair. Alsee (talk) 08:34, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Well, they were both quite old discussions and I wasn't aware there were still issues with the close. Thanks. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 15:10, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

I just caught your reply now. Things have been a bit tense. The part-2 closer made an appalling close (I-don't-want-to-bother is not a valid explanation for declining a strong majority on all-but-bulletpoint-6), he has been very hostile, and there are indications that his half-close on just part-2 was deliberate and dangerous sabotage. He created a situation where a closer affirming the more-than-2-to-1 majority on part 1 risked any admin immediately acting on media viewer as consensus action, without notice to the WMF. Believe it or not I posted the RfC to prevent any supporter from doing so, as such action was under formal debate. And part 2 was designed to prevent anyone from doing it, should part 1 pass. Unfortunately there's no way supporters could be enticed into issuing a block on such action if it didn't include an expiration clause in the event of WMF inaction. The closer on part 2 was playing a very dangerous game, risking escalating the situation, in a hope it would make it more likely for a part 1 closer to disregard the more than 2-1 support there.

I was literally in the middle of editing to post a part-2-close-review-request on Administrator's Noticeboard when I saw the new close on part 1. I put the part-2 matter on hold, and I was discussing with the part-1 closer the fact that his close did not reflect the debate. The question debated was Reaffirm and Implement JuneRfC. His close explanation was that he couldn't find a debate that could yield a consensus or close on a different question, therefore he when hard to work doing so anyway. All the while ignoring the question and the debate he was supposed to close on.

Anyway... your premature archiving gave the impression you were trying to actively bury the matter, and your comment to me to drop everything gave me the impression of bad faith on your part. I made a comment to that effect, but I've struck it based on your comment that you were completely unaware of the situation. Alsee (talk) 03:02, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

See me?

... ... ... You can see me?!?! ... an truly truly truly, Life. "THA GREATEST COMEDY!!!." If you know how to look ^_~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zieante (talk • contribs) 05:55, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

P.S.!!!

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

hahaha if that worked, lawl @ me if it didn't >.<!!!

RedirectName listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Protesters (disambiguation). Since you had some involvement with the RedirectName redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Siuenti (talk) 20:30, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Wolves R&D Chemicals

Thanks, I missed that, indeffed now Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:34, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Doug Thompson

Hey, I had to decline the speedy since there was just enough of an assertion of notability to where he didn't really qualify as an A7 article. I did, however, start an AfD for him at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Thompson - Broadcaster/Writer/Producer/Director. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 07:41, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Village Pump proposal

Thanks for the barnstar; the appreciation is reciprocal! —Swpb^talk 20:56, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015!!!

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Previous Accounts

hello there, it's obvious from your earliest edits that you were not a noob when you registered your account. Please can you disclose your prior editing history so we can be reassured that you are not a returning banned user. If you would prefer to have this conversation over email I would understand. Alternatively you can disclose your previous history to a member of the arbitration committee and I will be happy to accept their assurances that all is well. Thank you. Spartaz ^Humbug! 18:29, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

• Bump! I can see that you have returned from your break. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:32, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
• @Spartaz:My previous account got doxxed after a deletion discussion gone bad, so I will not reveal it for privacy reasons. I think I'm on solid ground here based on Wikipedia:Clean start. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 00:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Instructor's Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have performed stellar work in the area of instruction & help for other editors. RE: Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at Criteria for speedy deletion and your comments to the new editor. Thank you for being a shining star, and treating new editors the way they should be treated. Wikia6969 (talk) 12:56, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Created by a sockpuppet with an ax to grind.