User talk:Mathonius

revision of this talk page before the first archival (July 2010 - April 2012).
revision of this talk page before the second archival (April 2012 - October 2012).

Global sysop and Translate extension

Hello, see [1]. Did you know that marking the page for translation overwrites all translations immediately? Did you ask if someone is willing to import the old translations immediately? I see no action in the last 4 hours. --Nemo 07:56, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Nemo, I've replied there. Mathonius (talk) 11:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Picture

Hello Mathonius, why did you delete my picture - was thought for demonstration in school. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wmhlz (talk)

Hello Wmhlz, there's a separate, more suitable media repository called Wikimedia Commons. You could upload your pictures there. Mathonius (talk) 10:20, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Unified login - problem

Hello, I'd like to usurp the account User:Summergirl on nlwiki to create an unified login. Can you help me please? --Summergirl (talk) 13:04, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Summergirl, you might be interested in this overview of the request pages. To request the usurpation of an account on nl.wikipedia, please follow these instructions:

• Log in with your account named "Summergirl".
• Add something along the lines of "I confirm that I wish to usurp 'Summergirl' @ nlwiki" on your talk page.
• Go to w:nl:WP:USURP, request the usurpation, and please add a confirmation link.

A local bureaucrat will ask you to wait for two weeks, and he will then inform the current owner of the nlwiki account. After this waiting period, your request will be fulfilled if no one has objected by then. Please let me know if you have any questions. Good luck, Mathonius (talk) 18:56, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. --Summergirl (talk) 23:12, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Nieuwjaarsborrel

Wat krijgen we nu? Waarom heb je die campaign uitgezet? Staat gewoon op CentralNotice/Calendar. Multichill (talk) 18:31, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Ik had mijn actie in de Kroeg toegelicht. Ik heb de banner zojuist weer ingeschakeld. Mathonius (talk) 21:16, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Differences

Hi, Curious to know What was the difference between those two maps? I tried to find... they just look like each other...:)--KhabarNegar 21:59, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi KhabarNegar, thanks for your message. I reverted a user from the Simple English Wikipedia known as the "Pakistan IP Editor" or the "map replacement guy" (at least that's what I call him). This time, he replaced File:People's Republic of China (orthographic projection).svg with File:China in its region (claimed hatched).svg. He often replaces such maps on multiple projects, see for example these edits. I'm not sure why he does this, but usually his edits don't add anything valuable and sometimes it's just plain POV or blatantly wrong: for example, on this page there was a red map with the description "territorial claims in light green". I reverted all of his edits to make sure he didn't add any false information anywhere. Furthermore, I think it's up to the local communities to choose one of the maps. Don't hesitate to undo any revert of mine if you feel like the other map was better. Greetings, Mathonius (talk) 23:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

For fixing my tag elsewhere :) I must pay more attention! --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome! I think they should simply rename their template for speedy deletions. I keep making the same mistake... Mathonius (talk) 18:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Global sysop usage

Hi Mathonius! Thank you for helping to maintain the Simple English Wiktionary! However, please be wary that there is a recent change to the policy on using the tools on that wiki for global sysops. As stated on deletion pages, please leave usual deletions and blocks to local administrators unless there is an emergency. So in the future, please do tag pages with {{delete}} instead of deleting the page directly. Thank you! --Hydriz (talk) 12:15, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Interesting (as a TPW). It really would be better/simpler to either allow or disallow. From my point of view I follow "trouble" - I am rarely very aware of where exactly I am and know that I either have the buttons or don't. Feel free to ignore me. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:40, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello Hydriz, thanks for your message. I personally think it would be more efficient to let global sysops help with deleting those pages and blocking those spambots. However, of course, your community is key here, and I'll try to keep your decision and your policy in mind from now on. Hydriz, I've recently approached the Simple English Wiktionary in two different ways: on 9 January, I only blocked the spambots (for two hours to prevent them from continuing to add spam) and tagged the pages; on 11 January, I blocked the spambots and deleted the pages as well. Would your community also mind the first approach? Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 17:08, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Actually, from my point of view, (if I can intervene) I think spambots in action (and not vandalism pages/nonsense etc.) can be considered as an emergency and simple.wikt (like en.wikiveristy) seems to be very bombarded from them. Better if they are blocked globally, but sometimes, a local block works well too. Particularly if the IP/new user persists, and Mathonius, IMHO limited himself to perform useful and right blocks there, under these points. --Frigotoni ...i'm here; 17:20, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

See simple:wikt:MediaWiki:Blockiptext, simple:wikt:MediaWiki:Confirmdeletetext, simple:wikt:Wiktionary:Administrators#Non-regular_administrators, simple:wikt:Wiktionary:Simple_talk/Archive_11#Global_sysops, etc. The consensus has been to only allow emergency actions. Otherwise, I think the community might opt-out if the rules for GSs (which are explicitly written on Special:Block and the deletion interface) are not followed. πr² (t • c) 17:49, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

I know that I've always done stuff there, even non-urgent, because of the link on WT:A which pie changed six days ago. SimpleWT should just opt-out or let GS act whenever IMO, so long as it isn't controversial stuff. It doesn't matter who does it if it gets done... Ajraddatz (Talk) 17:56, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

(moar unwanted comments:) When I abused my rights for the first time there, someone asked me whether I hadn't seen the warning on Blockiptext or so. And no, I hadn't, because my interface language was set to something else than the standard so the message did not show up. After that I of course stopped to do non-urgent actions there. --MF-W 18:05, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Oh well, that's true as well. I actually realized it just now, simply because of Quentinv57's action I requested (i.e. to change language on every projects). Anyway, I partly agree with Ajr: if they don't want GSs to perform block/delete actions there, just ask to opt-out. (Btw, while I am at it, policy, or something like this, should be changed. I mean, some wikis might be opted-out, where there are more than six sysops active, others should be opted-in).--Frigotoni ...i'm here; 18:21, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

@Ajraddatz: I changed that page because there was some discussion on IRC about a particular global sysop's actions on simple.wiktionary and on Meta. (The user deleted a non-spam/vandalism page [which I admit was not appropriate for Simple Wiktionary] and then, when the user who created the page asked why it was deleted on Meta, blocked the creator of the page.) πr² (t • c) 18:42, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Not exactly. The creator has attacked the blocking global sysop and spammed his talk page before. Vogone (talk) 20:09, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, also to clarify: the block was on Meta, but the deletion was on simple.wiktionary. πr² (t • c) 02:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I wouldn't want the Simple English Wiktionary to opt-out, because that would make it impossible for global sysops to help, even if there is an emergency. Anyway, I think it's up to the local communities to decide how they'd like global sysops to help out, hence my question about the different ways to approach this. Mathonius (talk) 19:47, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps a discussion on simple:wikt:Project:Simple talk is in order. πr² (t • c) 02:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Just to note, I have just added a note to the discussion page as pointed out by PiRSquared17. Please feel free to comment there as a global sysop. Just a point to note that I don't intend to get the Simple English Wiktionary opted out of the global sysop wikiset, but rather enforce the rule of using the tools only in emergency cases/under the authorization of a local administrator. Thanks for all your feedback though! --Hydriz (talk) 09:45, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Steward

Thanks for applying this quick for stewardship. :) And good luck in advance! Trijnstel_talk 22:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I hope more people will apply though... :) Best regards, Mathonius (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

If not, we can always clone you. The WMF has been researching cloning technology for quite a while, I'm sure with the idea of cloning Jimbo, but we can use you as test case :) Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 23:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Cloning would be awesome, but then again my clone would have to wait for 18 years to pass the requirements. :P Mathonius (talk) 23:47, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Username change

Hello NKOzi, I've renamed your account on nl.wikipedia. Greetings, Mathonius (talk) 14:58, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. But there is a little problem. Can you usurp my account in nl wiki? --N KOzi^Talk 08:41, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi NKOzi, you simply need to unify your accounts. Go to Special:MergeAccount to do that. Please let me know if you have any more questions! Good luck, Mathonius (talk) 22:11, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

"Nothing to say"

Just blocked one on Commons (page previously deleted by JWoodward). Been quite a lot which I've repoted via CU list when extensive. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 09:29, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm speechless... ;) Thanks for the information! Mathonius (talk) 09:42, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey, Mathonius. If you are still logging them, you may want to look at ReaganChu, Glenn83P, JrgenSkagg and IvykxGille. Nothing else to say to you, young man. Regards.—Teles «Talk to me ˱_{@ L C S}˲» 08:33, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Teles! I've added those accounts as well. :) Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 08:47, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

At least two more on Commons today btw (reported to CU list) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

+DorcasHol --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:56, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

They are active today - Bevgi82M on Commons - check the deleted contribs - interesting link... If you look at the IP blocks after the user block it may be of interest too. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:39, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I've updated the list. Mathonius (talk) 07:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Abuse Filter

I started refusing to store such a user page in de-Wikibooks by Abuse Filter 9. This filter checks namespace 2 or 3 (user, user talk) if the edit contains text like this:

• one of the English words to, age, years (in German books usually no one uses English words)
• <br> at least two times
• some text (without specification)
• starting a link with http://

If so it's not possible to save the page. The user gets a message "no spam allowed". I'll see if this filter has positive effect. Perhaps other WMF projects can do the same. -- Juetho (talk) 16:36, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Additional information:

• This filter works. The spammer is not able to store this page provided that one of the English words is contained in the text.
• If storing the page is refused, the spammer tries again some days later. For instance, "MarleneFi" tried at 16:38, 22. Mai 2013 (CEST) the first time and at 16:04, 25. Mai 2013 (CEST) the second time. In each case there were two trials to store. -- Juetho (talk) 15:14, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Juetho, MF-Warburg has listed (some of) the filters at User:Mathonius/Reports/Ntsamr. Mathonius (talk) 23:49, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

re:Userpage spam

Thanks for addition, I changed the description text on de page. Regards --Ignacio (talk) 17:37, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Okay, great! :) Mathonius (talk) 17:46, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism in zh-yue

Thank you for your effort. Because this vandalism was not the first time. That ip user usually starts after midnight or morning. Your effort is very much appreciated. As I checked, the person uses some proxy in other countries. --WikiCantona (talk) 19:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

You're very welcome! Thank you for taking care of the rest of the vandalism. Best regards, Mathonius (talk) 20:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

feit

Does the word feit is pronounced "fight" in Dutch ? 65.38.92.122 02:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

No, not exactly. The Dutch word "feit" is pronounced as /fɛit/, and the English word "fight" is pronounced as /faɪt/. You might like to ask for more information at Wiktionary's information desk. Good luck, Mathonius (talk) 02:29, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

This is the Phung Wilson user again... πr² (t • c) 03:40, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

See Special:CentralAuth/Phung Wilson, Special:CentralAuth/Fête: [2], [3]. Hmm. πr² (t • c) 04:07, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

fête

Do you think the word fête is pronounced "fight" in Quebec French ? 65.38.92.122 18:38, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Nope Vogone (talk) 18:54, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Maybe informally? I have no idea, and Mathonius probably doesn't know either... πr² (t • c) 19:00, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

You're from Quebec, aren't you? Why do you need to ask? πr² (t • c) 19:02, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Vogone and PiR. Mathonius (talk) 07:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews

You might want to do everything in Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Ang.wikinews, Special:PrefixIndex/Ang.wikinews, Special:PrefixIndex/Talk:Ang.wikinews too. Or should the mainspace ones be kept for historical reasons? πr² (t • c) 20:52, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure. I personally think they can be deleted, but perhaps it's wise to use the RfD process for those. I'll delete the templates, or do you wish to copy more of them to the Incubator? Mathonius (talk) 21:03, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I've been copying them to the incubator, but I'm not sure they'll be of any use even if someone wants to revive this project. πr² (t • c) 21:16, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I was importing them and then I couldn't because they were deleted. :P Can you just copy the deleted text to incubator (like incubator:Template:Wn/ang/Héafodsídetódál for example)? πr² (t • c) 21:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Haha, sorry about that! :) I have to go now, I will copy them in two hours or so. Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 21:29, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. Mathonius (talk) 23:17, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Copied, not imported? How abusive :P --MF-W 11:38, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Wait, you can see this? I thought this was a private conversation... :P Seriously though, if there's anything that should be re-done, please let me know. Mathonius (talk) 12:22, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Nobody else can see these messages, except for the Cabal. πr² (t • c) 12:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

404 Not found. Vogone (talk) 22:18, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

asd

Why did not you say something to him that when the IP back? --This unsigned article written by: User:Aguzer 13:02, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Dear Aguzer, thanks for your message. I didn't think my involvement was necessary that time. I've notified both you and Krizolkriz. Mathonius (talk) 13:12, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. --This unsigned article written by: User:Aguzer 13:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

New Namespaces

Hi Mathonius, I am from the Hungarian Wiktionary. Would you be able to help create two new namespaces there? Appendix (in Hungarian Függelék) and Index. I am not an admin and the only active admin does not know how to create namespaces. If you are not the right person, please let me know who can assist Small Wikis in technical questions. Thank you. --Panda10 (talk) 14:10, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi Panda10, administrators can't create new namespaces. You'll need to file a request at Bugzilla. For example, someone from the Icelandic Wikisource recently filed a similar request for new namespaces for their wiki, see bugzilla:44164. I would advise to propose the new namespaces at hu:wikt:Wikiszótár:Társalgó (or another place for central discussion), wait for a couple of weeks, and then file a request at Bugzilla, referring to the discussion at the Hungarian Wiktionary. Please let me know if you have any questions! Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 16:22, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. This was very helpful. --Panda10 (talk) 17:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Re:Amilton de Cristo

Hi Mathonius. Yeah, I dealt with some sockpuppets, but the list not exists. It would be useful the name of sockpuppets? Érico Wouters ^msg 16:09, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Érico, thanks for your response. Yes, I think it would be useful if we could refer to a dossier instead of having to explain the situation each time we find more of his spam. I've started a report here. I'll try to expand it in a couple of hours. :) Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 17:03, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

I can add accounts in User:Mathonius/Reports/Amilton de Cristo? Érico Wouters ^msg 17:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that would be wonderful! Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 17:13, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

RE:Checking the voters

Heya! Thanks for the tip, i found it easier. :P Regards, White Master (es) 05:23, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Great! You're very welcome! :) Mathonius (talk) 05:24, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Ping

New message at User talk:Kmenger. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 21:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Steven, I've replied there. Mathonius (talk) 21:22, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations

Hello Mathonius,

on behalf of the stewards' election committee, congratulations on your appointment as a steward! Your permissions have now been set and you are able to start working.

You have been added to the list of stewards and the stewards' chart. Please take a moment to check that your details are accurate and update them if necessary.

If you use IRC, you will be given access to several channels, including #wikimedia-checkuser^connect and #wikimedia-privacy^connect. Please also idle in #wikimedia-stewards^connect when you are available for duty.

Best of luck with your new tools; I am sure you will do a fantastic job. Please remember that your fellow stewards are always available if you need a second opinion, either via the mailing list or on IRC.

Useful links:

• Stewards policy
• Steward handbook
• Steward requests

On behalf of the election committee,

Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 02:53, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Snowolf, and thanks to the election committee for coordinating these elections. :) Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 02:56, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Gefeliciteerd!

Salam Mathonius. Sizi stüard seçkisində müvəffəqiyyət qazanmağınız münasibətilə səmimi qəlbdən təbrik edirəm. İnanıram ki, vikidəyərlərə sadiq qalacaq və vikicəmiyyətin daha da operativ və daha da ədalətli fəaliyyətində Sizin xüsusi əməyiniz olacaq. Dərin hörmətlə, --►Cekli829 06:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Van Harte

Van harte gefeliciteerd Mathonius, veel succes gewenst! groet, Aiko (talk) 10:23, 28 February 2013 (UTC) ; 11:23, 28 February 2013 (CET)

Hoi Aiko, wat aardig van je. :) Dankjewel! Met vriendelijke groet, Mathonius (talk) 10:27, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Ik kom hier niet zo vaak, dus zie nu pas dat u verkozen bent. Ook namens mij succes gewenst; ik beschouw u, samen met Trijnstel, als een van de meest vriendelijke en betrouwbare wikipedianen. Vriendelijke groet, Maasje (talk) 17:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Wow, dankjewel Maasje! :) Vriendelijke groet, Mathonius (talk) 19:26, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Chat about Bot Policy and Bots on Danish WP, Commons, Meta

Hello. My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am an en.wikipedian and have spent the last two years researching bots on WP/WM projects (primarily en.wikipedia). I'm wondering if you might be available to chat with me (IRC or IM, Skype, Gchat, phone...whatever works best for you) about your experiences and knowledge of the Bot Policy and the bot community on Dutch WP, Commons, and Meta. I'd greatly appreciate your time and expertise, as it looks like you are highly involved in these bot communities.

You can learn more about me and download my dissertation here, and please let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to leave a response here, on my en.wp Talk page, or email me here if you have some time to chat, and thank you in advance for your consideration.

This research has been approved by the Institutional Review Boards at both the University of Oregon and Endicott College. (Feel free to request a copy of those protocols).

I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your consideration. UOJComm (talk) 13:28, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello Randall, I don't know a lot about bots, but I'd be happy to help you, or perhaps refer you to people who might know the answers to your questions. I think I have some time to chat on Monday night (that's 17:00 UTC till 21:00 UTC for me). Anyway, I'll be in the IRC channels #wikipedia-nl and #wikimedia-stewards. Do you think you can chat then? Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 22:40, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello. Great, thank you for your willingness to chat. If you think it would be better for me to chat with someone else in the bot community, please do refer me to them (or let me know their usernames and I'll contact them). I am free to chat on Monday so I will look for you on IRC (unless you'd like to set a particular time?). Thanks again. UOJComm (talk) 15:36, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello again Mathonius. I'm sorry I missed you on IRC today...another interview ran long, and now I have to head out to pick up my wife. Perhaps we can reschedule for another time this week that you will be on IRC anyway (or I can just say hello if I see you). Again, my apologies. UOJComm (talk) 21:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem, Randall. I think it's easier if you say hello when you see me. I expect to be pretty busy later this week, so I'm not sure when I can chat. I might drop by on IRC this evening though. Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 16:49, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

R u reporting this?

Hi, Mathonius.

Are you reporting this kind of spam? I have seen them these days. They add this slash (|) as a content and some nonsense spam in summary. There are other, but as we can't see deleted edits in Luxo's tool, I wouldn't remember in which wiki they edited.—Teles «Talk to me ˱_{@ L C S}˲» 07:48, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh, here is another one. Also an open proxy.—Teles «Talk to me ˱_{@ L C S}˲» 07:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey Teles, I remember seeing and tagging one of those on the English Wikisource yesterday (see here). I'm not keeping a list of this spam type as of this moment though. Do you think it might be useful? Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 08:40, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm seeing a fair amount of this crosswiki - some on en.wikibooks and en.wiki this week QuiteUnusual (talk) 08:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

There is quite a bit of open proxy spam around (again) at present. They can't even arrange it to spam properly! As to recording it I guess it is a case of "where do you stop". The basic xrumer bot spam has been around years (Drini had a page on it at one point in the past). --Herby ^{talk thyme} 09:28, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Plus - a variant which I've not seen here. Maybe they are amending the bot (the link went to a dead page too?). Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:06, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm, I remember seeing some Ntsamr spam in the first days with links to deleted blogs etc... Are there other differences too? Mathonius (talk) 12:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Check the deleted page but the layout is different generally and the wording is not the same as the usual pattern - new prog/bot/script maybe? --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Not sure if it worth to report it... but, hey, you are the reporter; you tell me :D
To be honest, I see a reason to log just a few examples of the same spam, so it tends to be better recognizable by others, but I don't see reasons to report each and all of them.—Teles «Talk to me ˱_{@ L C S}˲» 23:59, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Okay then. I've created User:Mathonius/Reports/Vertical bar spam. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 00:09, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Requests for comment/Sysop massive abuse on Bulgarian Wikipedia

Please help me to solve this. --Kolega2357 (talk) 18:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi Kolega2357, "massive abuse" seems exaggerated. It looks like it was just a simple mistake, which has now been solved. No need to worry. Mathonius (talk) 19:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Administrator rights

Hello Mathonius. Can you give me the administrator rights on macedonian Wikibooks? The voting is finished: http://mk.wikibooks.org/wiki/Разговор:Главна_страница with 2 votes for.. Regards. --M4r51n (talk) 17:52, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello M4r51n, I've now given you administrator rights on the Macedonian Wikibooks, following this request at SRP. Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 18:38, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Map-replacing IP page

I hope you're ok with this - I was looking for the page in the subpages of your "Reports" but it wasn't there! Shock shock. --MF-W 23:43, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course! Thanks a lot! I hadn't noticed the inconsistency. Mathonius (talk) 23:49, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

De zaak Borvo

Ik wil de zaak voorgoed afsluiten Mathonius. Ik houd op met vandalism, impersonaties en andere 'verboden' zaken. Jullie kunnen dus ook ophouden met die constant checkusers - puur juridisch gezien hadden jullie Yoshi Kanagawa niet Mogen blokkeren wegens onrechtmatig verkregen bewijs, er was anders geen verzoek voor een checkuser. Maar goed, laten we de zaak rusten. Met vriendelijke groet, --80.201.159.194 12:36, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Graag zou ik de zaak ook inhoudelijk bespreken, want dit zit me gewoon niet lekker. --80.201.159.194 17:14, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

De waardeloosheid van die woorden is inmiddels al bewezen doordat je zelf ervoor kiest het wangedrag steeds voort te zetten. Niemands hulp is nodig om daarmee te stoppen. Dat mag en moet je toch echt helemaal zelf doen. Met vriendelijke groet, Mathonius (talk) 04:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Weet je Mathonius, ik ben gewoon kwaad. Ik ben nooit naar Wikipedia gegaan om 'constructief bij te dragen', maar om de boel te versteren. Toen ik merkte dat ik Wikipedia als project leuk vond, kwam ik mezelf tegen. Wat moet je dan, je afreageren of toch maar de braverik uithangen? Toen bleek wat voor een falend instituut jullie zijn hield ik me toch maar aan mijn oorspronkelijke plan. Ik zal ook even uitleggen wàt er aan jullie mis is:

• De moderatoren en andere machtsbezitters zijn schijnheilige baantjesverdelers die niet om hun kwaliteit maar om hun persoonlijkheid gekozen zijn. Het is geen wonder dat alleen de über-kleurlozen het halen - je moet al van te voren dikke vriendjes met de rest zijn wil je hogerop komen. Het machtsspel is een slangenkuil.
• De ego's (ook mijn ego) die te groot zijn. Waarom gaat het anders zo vaak mis? Mensen zien hùn versie als de juiste en staan vaak tè weinig open voor constructief overleg. Kijk maar naar het nu opspelende conflict rond de kerncentrales, dat gaat toch nooit goed?
• Ten slotte de ArbCom. Ik twijfel - i.t.t. de moderatoren, checkusers en rollbackers - niet aan hun goede bedoelingen, maar niet alle uitspraken waren even constructief. Dat komt naar mijn inziens doordat er tè weinig overleg plaatsvindt tussen de betrokkenen. Naar mijn inziens moet er tussenoverleg en voorlopige uitspraken komen. Mijn oorspronkelijke tweejarige blokkade was hun grootste fout: zoiets staat in praktijk gelijk aan een OT-blok, wie wacht er immers twee jaar?? Zelf had ik een jaar geaccepteerd en me aan gehouden - al weet ik niet of ik ook daadwerkelijk zou zijn teruggekeerd.

Ik vraag niet om je hulp noch om je medeleven, sympathie of dergelijke. Je en de rest van Wikipedia haat me diep - en terecht. Ik zal - dat beloof ik (al ben ik daar slecht in) - me onthouden van verder vandalisme en ik zal mij de komende periode niet meer hier vertonen (behalve op deze pagina dan). Ik sluit niet uit dat ik ooit nog terugkom - je weet immers maar nooit. Ik zal ook ophouden met het verwisselen van IP's om mijn blok te ontduiken. Met vriendelijke groet, Borvo e.v.a :::--80.201.82.30 11:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Ik heb nog eens wat gelezen - en ik kan alleen maar concluderen dat je een ongeloofelijke idioot bent (geweest). Weinig success gewenst. --80.201.17.223 09:44, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi and help

Hi Mathonius, I was hoping you would help me in a minor situation, please leave me a message when you can. Thank you. (68.33.8.192 04:27, 2 May 2013 (UTC))

What's up? Mathonius (talk) 04:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry I didn't see your message since I didn't get a notice and I've been pretty busy the last three days. So I need help with a problem me and another user are having. And thank you so much for responding. (68.33.8.192 20:29, 4 May 2013 (UTC))

Okay. What's the problem? Mathonius (talk) 20:54, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, This is how the story begins (I'm sorry if it's pretty long, but I wanted you to know how it happened). it all began when I made some edits in the wikis in the other languages (Babelfish) but on the same theme article which was Separation of powers. I made contributions on the english wikipedia and the others being es.wiki and it.wiki. The exception being English and Spanish since I speak both are mother languages but I know a little bit of Italian. I know I repeadetly made the same edit in the it.wikipedia to fix a whole sentence in the article and was blocked by Vituzzu. At that time, Vituzzu was right to block me because I didn't explain my intentions in the talk page of the article and my intentions were repeadetly and had four accounts. A couple months later, I erased a short sentence in the article Repubblica, and the sentence was incorrect and this time I did explain my reasons why in the summary box and talk page, but Vituzzu reverted my edit without giving a reason. Then he sent me a message that he would block me for evading his block and having four accounts. He was right about the for accounts but seemed arrogant to keep the edit I made in the article and blocked me before I would tell him my true reasons for my four accounts. My four accounts is the result of three of them being used in different locations (Home, School and Work fourth one being that someone else knows my password but haven't seen its been used). I know I did an error in creating four accounts and for repeatedly inserting a paragraph but I don't think he said that he would block me for having evaded his block and for not being considerate of other people by not taking part to a collaborative project. I edited the article because it was wrong and since nobody would do anything about it, I felt I should had deleted the incorrect statement. After that, I tried to explain and talk to Vituzzu, but he ignored my messages and before the block, he insulted my Italian and called me a troll. I waited patiently for my block to expire from January to April 26 2013. After the blocked expired, I sent Vituzzu a message to let him know my block expired and that I wanted to talk to him regarding the last article. But he blocked me without reason and without telling me why he did it and never responded to my messages, and that's when I began to think that Vituzzu was beginning to be rude. I didn't know what to do, so I sent messages to ask for help, but no one responded, until you responded my message and that's how the story takes up to this point. I thank yu for your time. (68.33.8.192 00:25, 5 May 2013 (UTC))

So can you help me? (68.33.8.192 16:38, 5 May 2013 (UTC))

I don't know yet. It takes time to read, think and write. Mathonius (talk) 11:35, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Ok, anyways I'll leave you to it for a while, and thank you for listening. (68.33.8.192 23:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC))

Hello again Mathonius, I hope not to bother you at this moment, but I just wanted to pop by to see if you found a solution to my little dilema. Anyways, I hope you can help me regarding the situation described above, Thank You. (68.33.8.192 19:26, 16 June 2013 (UTC))

Please unlock my access

[1] Your behavior is unspeakable. What interest are you to silence your opponents ideas ? I am willing to discuss, find interim solutions to requests for removal but you must leave me the opportunity to express myself. Otherwise, you demonstrate good irregular protect files that you think so. I return to my position that if you unlock my access to all sites Wiki project. Otherwise, I will continue to seek the removal of files Floris, on the grounds that copyrights are disputed. Cordially. — AtomicGagou (talk) 10:08, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

No one is denying you the right to voice your opinions, and you currently still have access to every wiki. Mathonius (talk) 10:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I can not contribute. So I ask you to unlock my account, so that I can contribute again. Please. Thanks. — AtomicGagou (talk) 10:44, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

User page

Hello. I wanted to know if I can request you to delete my user page in fa.wiki. Nobody else rather than me has not done any major contribution to it. One of the admins there prevents my user page from deletion due to unjustified reasons incompatible with deletion policy. Thanks.--Sicaspi (talk) 23:33, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello Sicaspi, thanks for your message. I'd have to decline your request, because stewards don't have the authority to decide deletion requests on the Persian Wikipedia, especially if that might mean overruling a decision of the local administrators. It's unclear to me what happened exactly, but you may wish to consider using the regular deletion procedure (w:fa:ویکی‌پدیا:نظرخواهی برای حذف), try discussing it elsewhere and/or consider blanking your user page instead as a compromise. Discussing it would mean - in my opinion - contacting the administrator who declined your request and, if that doesn't solve the problem, asking the rest of the community for their opinion(s). You could ask Mardetanha for more advice. He's a fellow steward and he understands the Persian language. Regards, Mathonius (talk) 08:40, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I have discussed that with the admin. He/She refers me to a content conflict we've had some years ago in an article and claims that since I have had some unbeneficial edits in that article, he wants to have records of my user page which is totally irrelevant. This sysop had overruled deletion of my page two times and I asked othersd in the admin noticeboard but nobody has taken action. Mardetanha has not been there for a while. This admin should not be allowed to undelete user pages that can contain personal info with such a wrong and irrelevant justification. -Sicaspi (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Article ace:Geurija Isa Jatoë

Hi Mathonius. I have asked Vogone about why he protected article ace:Geurija Isa Jatoë, but he does not respond until now. How do you think? -- Si Gam (talk) 16:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, Si Gam. I will respond at acewiki. Mathonius (talk) 17:06, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Contribution

Hello Mathonius, I think you remember me from Wikiversity, how do I can contribute best to Wikiversity? Thank you!

Please put on my talk page a talkback template, like this please

You have new messages

Hello, Mathonius. You have new messages at Mathonius's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thank you! --Draubb (talk) 21:18, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Draubb. I'm very sorry, but I don't have the time or the knowledge to introduce you to Wikiversity. I'd advise you to ask someone at Wikiversity for help instead. I don't like using {{Talkback}}. Please consider putting my talk page on your watchlist. It might be easier to follow your messages if you communicate on the project itself: messages about Wikiversity should probably be placed at Wikiversity, et cetera. Good luck, Mathonius (talk) 07:44, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Danish Wikisource Filter

Hello Mathonius, can I ask why you made this filer? --Simeondahl (talk) 21:21, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Simeondahl, actually, Frigotoni enabled that filter (see here), and he linked to a page in my user space. Maybe he can answer your question? Mathonius (talk) 22:27, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but why did he enabled it? - We do not have a lot of acitity, and if we setup a lot of filters, then I think it will be lower :( --Simeondahl (talk) 22:39, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Simeondahl, yes, it was me who enabled that filter. It is, in my opinion, a well-improved version of this filter on Wikidata, which was created to prevent a specific kind of spammer from editing. I saw fit to import and enable it on da.wikisource.org as well, since your Wiki seems to be affected by that spammer (on the other hand it has been activated on many small wikis). And looks like as if it's working properly, as you can see here (you can block it now). But if you prefer to delete and block it manually you can, of course, mark the filter as deleted. --Frigotoni ...i'm here; 10:13, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

OTRS

Hoi Mathonius! Ik ben Joshua Jacobs en loop stage bij Nieuws.nl. Nu zag ik een foto (Bart de Clerq), waar ik via OTRS toestemming moest vragen of een mededeling achter moest laten om de foto (CC 3.0) te mogen gebruiken. Kan jij me op weg helpen hoe ik dat moet doen? Ik zie namelijk nergens een manier om me te registreren, en da's best vervelend! Hoop dat jij me verder wil helpen, dit is eventjes nieuw :) Groeten van Joshua (@Racing_Reporter) — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Racing Reporter (talk)

Hoi Joshua, bedankt voor je berichtje. Om welke foto gaat het precies? Wil je een nieuwe foto uploaden en aan een Wikipedia-artikel toevoegen? Of heb je een reeds geüploade foto gezien en wil je die buiten Wikipedia (bijv. op Nieuws.nl) gebruiken? Vriendelijke groet, Mathonius (talk) 12:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Editor @ ar.wiki

Hello. I would like to inform you that I have granted you editor flag at the Arabic Wikipedia, all your edits there will be automatically marked as patrolled. Best regards.--Avocato (talk) 12:17, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

en.v

Hi Mathonius, can you have a look at v:Talk:Aaqib A. and [4]? --MF-W 21:27, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi MF-W, thanks for your message. I think it's best if the regular deletion procedure is followed, just because of the discussion, even though it seems like an obvious deletion candidate to me. The nomination can now be found here. Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 22:40, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. --MF-W 22:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of my userpage

Hi Mathonius. I see that you deleted my userpage a few days ago because it was "spam". I don't remember anymore if it was me who created it (and if yes, what was on it) - could you check in the history? If it wasn't me, I'll create a new userpage, otherwise I'd appreciate knowing what I wrote on it that was so bad. Thanks! :) darkweasel94 (talk) 12:25, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello Darkweasel94, thanks for your message. No worries! Your userpage was created by 88.190.61.169, which is a French IP address being used by a typical spambot. This type of spambot creates other people's userpages for spam or SEO purposes, which is very annoying and often confusing. I usually add "Spam: user page not created by this user" as the deletion rationale, but I must've forgotten to do that this time. I'm sorry for the confusion. Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 14:08, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Ok thanks for clarifying. Nothing to be sorry for on your part, I simply didn't know anymore if I had ever created a Meta userpage. :) darkweasel94 (talk) 14:12, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Thnx

Hoi Mathonius, daar ging iets fout ja. Thnx, Taketa (talk) 17:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Geen probleem. You're very welcome. Mathonius (talk) 18:03, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Reply

You're welcome, Mathonius, I'm just getting busier lately with other obligations. It was a pleasure working with you too! -- Cirt (talk) 17:23, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Image

Could you please delete this image: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urs_W%C3%A4fler_1.jpg — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.62.78.219 (talk)

I've responded on your talk page. Mathonius (talk) 21:17, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

nl.wiktionary

Dag Mathonius,

je hebt een bericht op wikt:nl:Overleg gebruiker:Mathonius. --80.114.178.7 19:49, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

English/Dutch translations

Dear Mathonius, I am contacting you to introduce myself. My name is Jessica Robell and I have recently joined the Wikimedia Foundation as a part of the fundraising team. My work will be focused to a large extent around translations. I am very interested in finding engaged Wikipedians, such as yourself, who would be interested in contributing with their time to translate shorter messages from English to Dutch. We have for example recently put up a 'Thank you letter' from the Wikimedia Foundation's ED Sue Gardner for translation, using the translation extension. You can find the letter here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Fundraising%2FTranslation%2FThank+you+email+20131202&action=proofread&filter=translated&language=nl I would be most grateful to get your help to translate/proofread this letter in order to develop a quality translation in Dutch.

Furthermore, in addition to using the translation extension, my aim is to develop a few personal contacts to whom I can reach out with potential questions regarding a particular word choice etc. As an engaged Wikipedian, I would be very interested in hearing your view on this.

Thank you very much for your support. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Jessica Robell Global Fundraising Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation Jrobell (talk) 09:22, 31 December 2013 (UTC)jrobell