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Scandal Episodes Page

The Only reason that you see that it has no context for readers is because it is not done being edited. so if you could please not delete the page so i could finish editing it would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerems45 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have now declined the speedy deletion of this page twice. It is very easy to see what the article is about. Do not retagg it for an A1 speedy deletion. GB fan 05:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thank you for help! 97.122.112.202 (talk) 08:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Scandal episodes Page

Wow. Wow. Wow. I did not take off the speedy deletion tag. that wasn't me. it was someone else who did that. So please do not threaten me. Ok. I didn't do it. It was obviously someone else. I went right to sleep after i commented to you about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerems45 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Before warning people about actions you need to verify what actually happened. If you would have looked at the history of the article you would have seen that the only edit after your addition of the speedy deletion was one that I made with an edit summary, "decline speedy delete, there is content and context". I would suggest going to Jerems45 talk page and apologizing for giving a bad warning. Also the first warning that an editor gets shouldn't be a final warning unless the offense is really bad. GB fan 15:37, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake?

Why would you give a final warning vandalism template to [User talk:Supermhj8616|an editor]] who is indefinitely blocked and has not edited in a month? --Jezebel'sPonyo ^{bons mots} 16:57, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

conversion to use Template:QuebecMNAbio

Be careful, you are mistakenly reverting a little too hastily.[1][2] -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 20:50, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clue sticks and wet trout

I already know that I shouldn't post inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, and that doing so would not bet in accordance with our policies. But did you really think the title "illegal guns" and the lede didn't tell you what the topic of the article was? Or did you think it needed more references before it was finished? Or that all articles should be perfect immediately?

I suggest you review our policies on assuming good faith, and on teamwork. If you need help finding them, just ask. :-) --Uncle Ed (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great Escarpment

I declined your speedy deletion nomination of Great Escarpment. There was plenty of context to determine what that article was about. It had 2 references lots of wikilinks and even a picture of the area it is talking about. What did you not understand? GB fan 01:02, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another declined speedy

Hi, Thetechexpert. Another A1 speedy tag you placed on here has been declined because the subject topic is obvious. That the article history showed it was edited multiple times since its creation in 2005 should have been an immediate clue. Please review the Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion before tagging more articles -- in particular WP:A1. Cheers. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 01:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I know what the article was about is just that the article had been around for awhile and had only one very short paragraph. doesn't that qualify it for speedy deletion?

Thetechexpert (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No it does not qualify for speedy deletion. There are lots of articles around that are short and have been around for a long time. WP:A1 is very specific, it only applies if you do not know what the article is about. GB fan 01:26, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also I want to reiterate what CactusWriter said above, please stop tagging articles for speedy deletion until you understand the criteria. Please pay particular attention to WP:A1. GB fan 01:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Abraham Lincoln

This edit seemed rather odd.

I would also like to echo what others have said about inappropriate speedy deletion nominations. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 01:20, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whitewashing?

You really shouldn't delete talk page comments without addressing them, as you did here at 01:48, especially when they were written today (less than an hour ago, in fact). It looks worse when you did it just prior to applying for applying for rollback permission (for the second time in one day) at 01:52, a few minutes later. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 02:14, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another observation

You also seem to go directly to a level 4 warning. I have noticed this twice now. I mentioned it above when you accused Jerems45 of removing a speedy deletion notice from an article they created (they didn't remove it). Now I noticed you went directly to a level 4 on 68.181.247.6 after they edited one article on time. Also you waited almost 14 hours after you mde the reversion before you warned them. You should slow down and really look at what the proper level warning should be. Most of the time you should start with a level 1 warning and work your way up to a level 4 warning. GB fan 01:52, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Jscott57

Can you explain why you did this? The user did not retire they were blocked indefinitely for abuse of editing privileges. GB fan 03:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I did that because that user did retire. Thetechexpert (talk) 04:03, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, they were blocked for abuse of privileges and as long as they are blocked the block messages and the declined unblock requests are supposed to be visible on the talk page. GB fan 04:08, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The X Factor (UK series 9)

Hi, you recently tagged this page for speedy deletion, but it didn't require deletion as it was previously a redirect, and the redirect only needed reverting to. I have restored the page but only with the redirect. Just thought I'd let you know. –anemone projectors– 16:22, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ... ok. I when I came across the page I saw nothing (not even a redirect) but I guess that it is taken care of now!

Thanks!

thetechexpert 23:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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thetechexpert 02:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Triassic

Hello, Thetechexpert;

Please do not copy information from other sites, as was done at Triassic; this is a copyright violation and plagiarism, and has to be removed. Thank you for your time. J. Spencer (talk) 23:42, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, sorry for that, it just seemed it needed some more info again sorry. thetechexpert 23:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletions

You need to be careful with your speedy deletion nominations. I just declined three that you recently placed, Dave Moorcroft (footballer), Alan King (footballer) and John Kerr (footballer born 1959). You tagged all three of these with a speedy deletion that said there wasn't enough context to identify what the article is about. All three of them had wikilinks to other articles and references. Take John Kerr (footballer born 1959) for example. it says he is a footballer with a wikilink to Association football. It goes on to say he played for the Tranmere Rovers with a wikilink to Tranmere Rovers F.C.. It also has a reference. Can you explain why you tagged it for speedy deletion? GB fan 00:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because they only had one sentance, but now on those (football people) ones I am just adding a tag to add more info. Sorry for the mistake.

thetechexpert 00:41, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you are talking about adding tags like you did to Syd Farrimond, those tags are not appropriate either. The article is already tagged as a stub which means it should be expanded. The tags you added, context, that said that someone unfamiliar with the subject wouldn't understand what the article is about. There is plenty of context to understand that he is a footballer that played for the Bolton Wanderers. You added update, that says that there is information that contains date-sensitive information. There isn't any information like that in the article. You added that it needs to be wikified. The appropriate links are there and there isn't html code used in the article, nothing needs to be wikified. When you tag articles like that you should explain on the talk page why you are tagging the article. GB fan 01:47, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok will do, thanks for the help :) thetechexpert 03:26, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Nuenda logo.gif

A tag has been placed on File:Nuenda logo.gif requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Frood! ^Ohai _{What did I break now?} 03:57, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Ports

Template:Ports has been nominated for deletion. This template creates a floating portal linkbox. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:Ports. Yours aye, Buaidh 20:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle 3

Hey thetechexpert! I am Petrb, one of core developers of Huggle, the antivandalism tool, which you are beta testing (according to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers). I am happy to announce that Huggle 3 is ready for some testing. You can read more about it at WP:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta. Please keep in mind that this is a development version and it is not ready for regular use. That means you must:

Watch your contribs - when anything happens you didn't want, fix it and report a bug
Frequently checkout source code and build latest version, we change it a lot

If you find any problem with a feature that is supposed to work perfectly, please let us know. Some features are not ready yet, it is listed in known problems on Huggle3 beta page, you don't need to report these - we know it! So, that's it. Have fun testing and please let us know about any problems, either using bugzilla @ http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ or #huggle ^connect. Please respond to my talk page, I am not going to watch your talk page. Thank you Petrb (talk) 10:57, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle 3

Hey thetechexpert! I am Petrb, one of core developers of Huggle, the antivandalism tool, which you are beta testing (according to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers). I am happy to announce that Huggle 3 is ready for some testing. You can read more about it at WP:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta. Please keep in mind that this is a development version and it is not ready for regular use. That means you must:

Watch your contribs - when anything happens you didn't want, fix it and report a bug
Frequently checkout source code and build latest version, we change it a lot

If you find any problem with a feature that is supposed to work perfectly, please let us know. Some features are not ready yet, it is listed in known problems on Huggle3 beta page, you don't need to report these - we know it! So, that's it. Have fun testing and please let us know about any problems, either using bugzilla @ http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ or #huggle ^connect. Please respond to my talk page, I am not going to watch your talk page. Thank you Petrb (talk) 10:58, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle 3 beta is out - and we need more feedback!

Hey thetechexpert, how are you? I am Petrb, one of huggle developers, and you are currently subscribed as a beta tester of huggle on meta (meta:Huggle/Members. You may not have noticed, but this week I released first beta precompiled installers for ubuntu and microsoft windows! Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta has all the links you need. So if you can, please download it, test it and report all bugs that is really what we need now. Don't forgot that as it's just a beta it's unstable and there are some known issues. Be carefull! Thank you for helping us with huggle Petrb (talk) 16:26, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We need your help testing latest huggle

Hello,

I am sending you this message because you listed yourself on meta:Huggle/Members as a beta tester. We desperately need attention of testers, because since we resolved all release blockers, we are ready to release first official version of huggle 3! Before that happens, it would be nice if you could test it so that we can make sure there are no issues with it. You can download it packaged for your operating system (see Wikipedia:Huggle/Huggle3_Beta) or you can of course build it yourself, see https://github.com/huggle/huggle3-qt-lx for that. Don't forget to use always latest version, there is no auto-update message for beta versions!

Should you find any issue, please report it to wikimedia bugzilla, that is a central place for huggle bugs, where we look at them. That is i mportant, if you find a bug and won't report it, we can't fix it. Thank you for your work on this, if you have any questions, please send me a message on my talk page, I won't be looking for responses here. Thanks, Petrb (talk) 15:18, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New huggle 3.1 is going to be released soon

Hi thetechexpert, we are to release a new major version of huggle, but we did receive almost no feedback from our beta testing team, which you are a part of (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members). It would be of a great help if you could download it (if you have windows, all you need to do is getting http://tools.wmflabs.org/huggle/files/huggle3.1.0beta.exe and putting it to a folder where you have installed huggle) and test it. You can always get a help with making it @ #huggle ^connect!

Major changes:

Multisite support - you can now log in to unlimited number of wikis in 1 huggle session and get a huge queue of all edits made to these wikis. This is good for smaller projects which gets overlooked often.
Ranged diffs - you can select multiple revisions and get a huge diff that display all changes done to them.
Fixes of most of bug reports we had so far

In case you found a bug, please report it to bugzilla: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?product=Huggle&list_id=147663 thank you! Petrb (talk) 10:15, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle message

Hey thetechexpert! You are receiving this message because you are subscribed at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Members#Beta_testers

I have recently launched a new downloads for beta testers that contains nightly builds of huggle, eg. versions that are built every day from our master branch and contains latest huggle. These builds are currently provided only for Windows and Ubuntu. You can find them here: http://huggle.wmflabs.org/builds/

Please keep in mind that these don't have any automatic updates and if you download and start using nightly build, you will need to update it yourself! So don't get yourself to running old version, it's possible to install both stable and nightly huggle, which is what I suggest.

Keep the bug reports coming to phabricator: http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Huggle Many thanks! Petrb (talk) 10:03, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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