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The slimy viper bites again

Finally managed to get round to assembling sufficient material for a new article on the supposed 'Slimy Viper' villain motif (that turned out not to be slimy at all), per the RefDesk question that also inspired Gaston Borch. Good thing we have no deadlines, really. Happy New Year. - Karenjc (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Coordinate error

Can you please specify the article you were referring to? Best regards, (MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 16:15, 2 January 2014 (UTC))

I've responded on your talk page. Deor (talk) 16:28, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Coordinate Errors

My apologies. Thank you for pointing out the oversight. In fact, I've been more careful with coordinate works after I got your notification: 11:33, 3 November 2013. Sorry for the bother. If you wish, I'll re-work those articles if you send me their names. Have a nice day, Sir. (MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2014 (UTC))

The Three Impostors edit reversion

You DO know that "imposters" is not only a typo, it's an important mismatch to the article title, right? Don't reinstate it. PMLawrence (talk) 11:11, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

"Imposters" is not a typo, although it indeed doesn't match the title. It's the preferred form nowadays. Deor (talk) 11:25, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
No, it is not, not unless you are using some dialect form which is inappropriate here (this article is optimised by British English, given a British author who used that for his book's title). I have noticed your objection is to my incidental punctuation change. I will leave your punctuation and only correct the typo. DO NOT REVERT IT, as it is wrong in this context. PMLawrence (talk) 11:39, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you/Question

I first want to thank you for your replies to my question on using the word however. I really wasn't trying to offend anyone (which is why I didn't name the other user). Even so, I should have been more careful with the words I chose and avoided anything which even seemed inappropriate. A careless mistake that I hopefully will learn from and not repeat. I do have some questions, however, related to that other user's editing of my original question and the edit summaries they left. I noticed this when I looked at the view history for the Language page. I am not sure where is the correct place to ask them. Could I just add them to that discussion, or should I add them somewhere else? Thanks in advance -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

The thread on the reference desk has probably gone off-topic more than enough (for which I'm partially responsible). We, in general, try not to get into personalities there. If you have other questions, ask them here, and I'll try to answer them or direct you to a place where you can get answers. Deor (talk) 14:58, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Thank you. I apologized to that person on that page, and struck out the comments that were found offensive, but it appears now that some new stuff has been posted by them page directed at me. Also, I have a question about the statement Don't edit others' comments and do not give any medical or legal advice. in the How do I answer a question? section at the top of the page. Does comments also include questions that are posted? My original question was edited (corrected) by that other person. There were some typos and words that were incorrect. The edit summaries were also directed at me. Not sure if something like that is OK and would just like to know for future reference. Thanks again Marchjuly (talk) 15:18, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
No, the changes in your original question are not OK, nor are the personal comments in the edit summaries. (And the user's apparent need to make a whole raft of small edits, rather than one edit incorporating them all, is also somewhat odd.) But in this case it's probably best to just drop the matter and walk away; as I said above, the thread has already veered way off topic, and the ref desk is not the place for arguments. The incivility hasn't really reached the point where administrator action can be taken, and the other user is clearly irritated. Best to avoid adding more fuel to the fire. Deor (talk) 15:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Good advice, Deor, and thank you. (So why did you take an unnecessary swipe at Malleus given the opportunity?! It seems a bit inconsistent to say the least.) Sincere, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I don't claim to be consistent! If you run into such a problem on the reference desk in the future, it's best to bring up your concerns on the desk's talk page rather than on the desk itself (which is what Ihardlythinkso should have done in the first place). Deor (talk) 16:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
If that's a reply for me, then why in the third person?! Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:26, 14 January 2014 (UTC) p.s. If you have no tether to consistency, then, I suppose, you should expect (more) complaints and objections (not only from me, but from anyone, given whatever situation you contribute to).
Sorry, I didn't notice that that comment was from you rather than Marchjuly, who was the person I was talking to in this thread. Deor (talk) 16:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Deor Marchjuly (talk) 21:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Manual of Style

I think MOS:LQ#LQ supports ".................................", not ".....................". Bladesmulti (talk) 14:59, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, I think otherwise. On WP, in general, when a quotation is not a complete sentence (beginning with a lowercase letter, for instance), the terminal punctuation belongs outside the closing quotation mark. That's not the way I do it elsewhere (as I'm an American), but that's the way the WP MOS calls for. Deor (talk) 15:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

January 2014

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DYK for The Monitors (film)

Orlady (talk) 16:02, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Corrector11744 and ANI

Hi Deor, I'm inviting you to a discussion I started at ANI regarding Corrector11744 and his wacky unsourced religious distribution maps. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:06, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Inchdrewer Castle

Thanks for fixing the coordinates on Inchdrewer Castle - I just couldn't manage to get anything to work properly on it after trying to fathom it for hours this morning! SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:41, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, Sagaciousphil, that particular infobox is a screwy one, and the documentation seems to be self-contradictory, as well as unclear in places. I had to play around with the infobox for a while, too. Deor (talk) 16:45, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
The template documentation just confused me even more - I find coordinates baffling at the best of times, so your help was much appreciated. (I fixed my typo in the header on your talk page while I was back here! Caste -> Castle ... duh!) SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:54, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

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Barnstar!

The Teamwork Barnstar
With thanks for being an important part of the team at Ezra Pound and for helping to make it happen. SlimVirgin (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2014

Sorry, but Lady Gaga's new album is titled ARTPOP, not Artpop. Thank you.

Nomination for merging of Template:Largest cities of Norway

Template:Largest cities of Norway has been nominated for merging with Template:Most populous urban areas of Norway. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Waldir talk 19:17, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Message

A little bird told me you added coordinates to the Sabro Korsvejskolen article. Thank you friend, a hug for you. Jonas Vinther (talk) 10:07, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Deor (talk) 13:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Mastic Beach, New York

Hello, I noticed that you fixed the coordinates on that page. Please see the edit summary of my most recent edit to that article ... very weird indeed. Graham87 08:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

OK. I neglected to look at the article's history, just noticed that there was an error message attached to the coordinates. I should have dug farther. Deor (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

April 2014

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A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diplomacy
For incredible politeness and a great job at the Teahouse clearing up an issue. Best, Matty.007 20:39, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

RFA

Hi, Deor. You need to answer the standard questions here, and indicate acceptance of the nomination, and then it can be transcluded to the main RFA page. I'd remove the space for a second nominator if I were you. (Just a silly idea of Floquenbeam's as far as I can see.) I think that's all it needs to be good to go. Floq? Is there anything else? Bishonen | talk 20:55, 8 June 2014 (UTC).

OK, thanks. I'll try to get around to answering the questions tonight or tomorrow morning and then transclude the page to WP:RFA. I think I'd better delete your early support (though I appreciate it) before doing so, since "it is recommended that no comments are made in the support, oppose, or neutral sections of the RfA before transcluding it into the main RfA page". Deor (talk) 21:22, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
  • Bish, I'd been led to believe (by Drmies' comment somewhere) that you and possibly others were co-nominating. Maybe he was joking and my joke meter was off? Anyway, yes, delete that if there are no others. Then Deor, yes, you just answer the questions, make a statement of your own between Drmies' nom and your acceptance only if you want to (some people do, some don't), transclude, and finally subst that silly timestamp template near the top of the page. And as ridiculous as it seems, yes removing Bish's premature support is wise, if only to avoid the inevitable "candidate can't read instructions and allowed another editor to violate the rules" oppose.
Deor, if Drmies and Bish are in favor of this, I suspect you'll do fine (knock on wood). Good luck. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Good luck on your RFA! Hope to see you with the mop and bucket! WooHoo! • Talk to BrandonWu! 02:51, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

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Your request for adminship

Hello Deor, I have closed your request for adminship as successful; congratulations for this result. I should note, however, that with its moderate level of opposition, it would be best to heed any concerns when going forward, although I am sure that you are already aware of this. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth a read and the new admin school is most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere. Good luck with your adminship! Acalamari 13:19, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, all. I appreciate it. Deor (talk) 17:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Indeed well done...and now if you wanna practice, the thing I found most useful is protecting articles - take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection every so often. My estimate is usually to protect for 1.5 times as long as the period of vandalism, but rapidly lengthening periods in cases of recurrent silliness, or use one's discretion for a sensitive BLP for longer. Anyway, have fun....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:52, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Great news and I must apologise for not participating, although I would obviously have supported you. I really must pay more attention to RfA. Feel free to ask me any questions although I certainly still don't have all the answers! Dougweller (talk) 20:50, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Congrats! --AmaryllisGardener talk 14:16, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
  • I'll gladly give any advice you may ask for, especially about deletion. There have been other candidates who I have oppoosed on similar grounds who have been very successful, and I expect you'll be one also. DGG ( talk ) 19:15, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Re your edit summary

Here. But Floquenbeam doesn't know, does he? He'd been "led to believe" that I of all people might be co-nominating? Led by this comment, perhaps? Compare Darwinbish's green "Quote of the week" banner on her talkpage, just updated. Bishonen | talk 19:27, 16 June 2014 (UTC).

@Bishonen: No, no. Look at my comment below your post and the penultimate sentence of Floq's comment. See also WP:RFA/N#Reminders, third bullet point. Deor (talk)

Test of admin-quality

After the discussions at the talk page of Drmies, I have a daring request for you. The challenging thing is best described as this: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2014 June 18. The Banner talk 12:18, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm disappointed. No sarcasm, snide remarks or editorializing. You're making the rest of us admin look bad. ;) Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 12:46, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I was just trying not to screw up the closure too badly. (I had to force myself not to type "non-admin closure" in the close and the edit summary.) I've been trying my hand at speedy deletions yesterday and today, and no one's complained yet—knock on wood. Deor (talk) 12:50, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
I've only been an admin two years, I still read the directions quite often, and just the other day I borked a bunch of AFD closures, and someone had to fix them. Don't worry, part of the fun of being an admin is having lots of new ways to screw up, and hundreds of people who enjoy pointing out your mistakes. As long as you get it right most of the time, it's a good day. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 12:54, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Deor. You have earned some kudos. The Banner talk 12:59, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Recent deletion

Hi, I guess you did not see Talk:MICE in Thailand. Yarikata (talk) 09:18, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Since the page was speedily deleted on the criterion that there had previously been discussion on the subject, I've re-opened the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 June 29#MICE industry in Thailand. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:59, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Jashodaben Chimanlal

This should redirect to Narendra Modi - see the very long-drawn-out discussion on the subject. Can you restore the redirect to point there? Eustachiusz (talk) 09:33, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

OK, I've created a redirect at that title. I missed the earlier AfD beacuse the article about her was just called "Jashodaben" at that time. Deor (talk) 11:10, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
It was a discussion of epic proportions! thanks for the redirect.Eustachiusz (talk) 00:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
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