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Dishonest synopsis of U18 world championships in hockey

I understand that this is an American-dominated site, with the usual American chauvinism, but why was my revision removed while you conveniently persist in describing the US as "dominating" the tournament? That sounds subjective and biased to me. Also interesting that you downplay the absence of CHL players in the tournament for the Canadian side; my guess is that you are an American hockey "fan" who wants to engage in a sneaky rewriting of the sport's history by downplaying the hurdles the Canadian squad faces in this event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.0.236.217 (talk) 00:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I was particularly wary of the use of words such as "best" and "seized," which made the meaning of the sentence(s) less neutral. Hummerrocket (talk) 00:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

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kaitlin bennet

source for my change: https://www.distractify.com/p/kaitlin-bennett-exposed-passed-out-drunk#:~:text=Kaitlin%20reportedly%20pooped%20her%20pants,the%20internet%20ran%20with%20it.

regardless of the veracity of her actual actions, the fact that she inspired a trending hashtag entitled "#poopingforkaitlin" which continues to resurface is indeed newsworthy and a true fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.179.209 (talk) 21:01, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, in that case when you insert your change in the article, make sure that you cite this source. Here at Wikipedia, we rely on verifibility and reliable sources, especially for living people. Hummerrocket (talk) 21:06, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Argentine change

Hello. Thank you for the help, but I was switching out a dead link, for a live one, and you put back the dead link. How does that help? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Df2012df (talk • contribs) 00:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

My mistake; I wasn't aware that you were switching out a dead link. Cheers, Hummerrocket (talk) 03:31, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Of Mice and Men

Hello Hummerrocket, I want to report you about this user named Wikishreker14. He constantly keeps changing the right edits on the pages and causing an edit war. I already warned him with other user and try to discuss this on the talk page. He is also causing some minor vandalism which I think you reverted too. Can you please contact someone and block him? Cause we don't know where to contact. Thanks. --Tobi999tomas (talk) 20:05, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tobi999tomas: Hello, I would recommend going to the edit warring noticeboard and following the instructions there to submit a report there for this user. Once you do that (and also provide some diffs of the edit warring), an admin may block the user. Hummerrocket (talk) 20:20, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tobi999tomas: I actually filed a report on behalf of you and the other editor(s). Hopefully that will resolve the issue at hand. Hummerrocket (talk) 20:32, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks again @Hummerrocket:. I also checked his contributions history and just as I thought, this guy is a regular vandal, so he need to be handled asap.--Tobi999tomas (talk) 07:56, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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@Prahlad balaji: Thanks! Hummerrocket (talk) 01:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

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Sorry about this [1].--Nyook ^✉ 19:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@Nyook: No worries! Hummerrocket (talk) 19:12, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

John McDonough biography

Hello, I made alterations to slave owner John McDonough's bio and it was branded as non-neutral. Isn't objectively admitting he's a slave-owner neutral? The currently existing post calls him "entrepreneur" which has a positive connotation. That entrepreneurship derives from slave exploitation, which suggests being a slave owner was a good thing as long as you donated money. Shouldn't the post not use positive associations by your non-neutral terms? Shouldn't the neutral objectivity be honest about him rather than brand him as an entrepreneur? He controlled the means of his slave's freedom and forced them to pay him for their freedom, which economically benefited him. He benefited off of his working slaves and benefited from freeing his slaves. He was: a slave exploiter. Not an entrepreneur. 19:32, 15 June 2020 (UTC)~spicymint

@Spicymint: Hello, the reason that I reverted your edits was because there was a heavy level of bias present. For example, you stated that "No amount of donations McDonough can change the fact that he exploited slaves for the wealth that he donated." This statement is purely an opinion and is in no way upholding the neutral tone that we intend to keep in this encyclopedia. Also, the lead already states that McDonogh ‎was a slave-owner, which is also repeated later in the article. Please read WP:NPOV in order to gain a full understanding of adhering a netural point-of-view on Wikipedia. Thank you. Hummerrocket (talk) 19:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

"No amount of donations McDonough can change the fact that he exploited slaves for the wealth the he donated." Is factual. The fact that he exploited slaves is not something that can be changed. It's a historical fact that he exploited slaves. That's not an opinion as you just stated. That's a literal fact. He exploited slaves for wealth. Calling him an entrepreneur is an opinion. Calling him an entrepreneur for this is non-neutral. Spicymint (talk) 20:46, 15 June 2020 (UTC)spicymint

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Hi I recently edited the page on my father (Tom Arie) to remove some factual mistakes and to add links to recent obituaries. I do not have a web citation for the changes, e.g. my father's middle name, for example, was Harry, not Henry, as the page is currently showing. I do not see how I can provide a web citation for an obituary, except by linking to that page, but the links I added have been removed as well. I will re-apply these changes today. Please can you let these changes stand? I think I should be able to correct my father's name, and provide a link to his obituaries online, I am a bit confused why you have reversed these changes and hope this won't happen again! Thank you Sam Arie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.156.244 (talk) 10:48, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello. Here on Wikipedia, we require verifiability in the articles, especially for a living person's biography. Since Tom Arie is your father, you actually have less of a right to edit that article, since that would promote a conflict of interest. Please see WP:COI and WP:BLPSOURCE for more information. Since you have a conflict of interest, you are strongly discouraged from editing that article, and should instead go to its talk page and state which changes specifically you like made (with reliable sources). Thanks, Hummerrocket (talk) 00:41, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
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Arbitration

A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap fillers - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).

Administrator changes

John M Wolfson

Bduke • Nilfanion • Philosopher • Rspeer • Yunshui

Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

Anarchyte

Yunshui

Guideline and policy news

Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.

Technical news

Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
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Arbitration

The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
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Miscellaneous

A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case).

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NSFW Content in Wikipedia

Bro, im 12 years old! And i saw something in the page of Joe Biden that i ever seen in my life! I owuld like to report it as welll as u edited it in 30 min later! Skypixelle (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

@Skypixelle: If you are referring to the edit(s) that I have reverted on the page, those have been reverted and deleted by an administrator from public view. Hummerrocket (talk) 18:58, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Ye i think that it gets hacked or something

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

Overall winner
- 1st - $500
- 2nd - $200
- 3rd - $100
Diversity winner - $100
Gender-gap filler - $100
Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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Administrator changes

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There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

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Arbitration

Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

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