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== Please. Can you help? ==
==Hello!==
Hi, Wizzito,


HI! How do I can make a page lot more nicer and more readable.
Nice to see you back editing! You've been missed! I hope you are having a pleasant summer that is not too hot. Right now in the Northwest, it's in the 100s! We could use some rain although not as much as they are getting in the Midwest. Take care, <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 18:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


For example when I want to make a development sub and I know how to make, but it dificult to make since with the sources that you don't have much to talk about like: no interviews, no solid source, year by year etc.
:Thanks. My block from RFPP in May really did make me angry, though (because it's an important tool in fighting vandals). I do realize that I probably shouldn't make so many requests to RFPP, but if I do, the vandalism/etc. on the page I'm requesting protection for should be recent. ] &#124; ] 00:47, 30 July 2022 (UTC)


What I should or shouldn't do about? ] (]) 06:55, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
::Facing restrictions is always hard, especially for active editors. But these kinds of blocks are generally limited in time, not forever, and they occur as a way for some admins to address what they see as problematic behavior. I wasn't watching the discussion over your block so I don't know the particulars of it. But I have seen editors, especially page patrollers, who are so active that they can overwhelm noticeboards with reports. It's important to report vandals, revert vandalism and all of the other useful activity editors do but the regular admins who patrol those boards have to be able to keep up with the volume of activity, too. This might have also been a way to keep you from getting burned out...when editors spend too much time here, doing admitedly productive work, they can end up making mistakes that they wouldn't make if they hadn't taken on so much work or put in so many hours. I know at some point, I just need to log off for the day or I can get sloppy, this happens to all of us.
::But the point is that you came back and it's a good thing to remember that you can always take a break from this place when things get too intense. Misplaced Pages will still be here when you are ready and refreshed. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 06:16, 1 August 2022 (UTC)


:Sorry, I don't understand. ] &#124; ] 15:37, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
== August 2022 ==


== WikiCup 2024 August newsletter ==
This is your '''only warning'''. and requesting indefinite semi-protection is similar to the reports for which you were blocked. If you do this again, you risk being partially blocked again, and this time for longer than one month.--] (]) 13:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)


The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
:No, I barely ever request that, if at all. The requests I filed previously that got me blocked were for pending changes protections. I feel as if you are being rude to me for trying my best to prevent vandals from vandalizing the encyclopedia. ] &#124; ] 06:59, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
::Did you even look at the ? Or ? Before you went and blocked me all those months ago, I requested many protections without issue. Now all of a sudden you have an issue with it? ] &#124; ] 07:04, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
:::The safest thing for you to do is stay away from RFPP on your own. Your responses here only confirm that in this area your judgment is seriously flawed.--] (]) 13:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
::::I agree. I would be oh so happy to tutor this editor on RfPP if they will stop making rash requests. Nobody wants you to stop helping, Wizzito, not even Bbb23. When you seem to make this personal ("before you went and blocked me", "now you have an issue"), you forget that an admin (any admin) desires the trust of the entire community and endeavors to act in accordance with what they believe other admins would do in the same situation. Bbb23 was acting on my behalf and heck, acting on yours. Don't make this between the two of you because then it's you vs. all admins. I'm gone this week but would be happy to tutor Wizzito on proper requesting starting next week. Make no requests until you and I complete such conferencing. Deal? ] (]) 19:41, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
:::::Sorry for my hostility. I was just very confused as to why I had only received warnings about this behavior recently, as I had been using RFPP somewhat regularly before. I would not mind the tutoring. ] &#124; ] 08:34, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
::::::No apologies necessary. I find I need a thick skin in order to deal with all the assumptions which are forwarded my way every day on the pedia. It's rarely personal. Everyone I'm reading has an interest in helping you to be a better contributor because we see your potential and we really need competent help. If Bbb23 really didn't think highly of you, they might not have made as much effort to keep it ultra-civil and informative. Let's start next Monday, ok? At GenCon in Indy this week. D&D comes first today. ] (]) 19:20, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 ]s, 2 ], 7 ], and 13 ] nominations;
::{{u|Bbb23}} I just want to ask if protection can be applied to the page ]? Vandalism as recently as and today. ] &#124; ] 02:10, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Arconning}} with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
:::Please don't put your blocking admin in an awkward situation by asking him to meatpuppet by fullfilling your informal requests for page protection. Let's talk on Tuesday. Page protection is not on your menu for the entire month. Push it and another admin would escalate your block. ] (]) 05:53, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}} with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on ] and 2 good articles; and
::::I just felt like it was needed due to the recent news and vandalism... ] &#124; ] 09:46, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on ], 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
:::::The previous block and the admonishment above indicate you shouldn't consider it any of your business for now (in this particular case I agree that some protection might be applied, but since I'm on break. As your willing tutor, I encourage you to let me drill you on examples until your reports match the standard we expect. I doubt it will take longer than a day or two. Here's a suggestion: Please visit ]. I'd like you to write RfPP entries formatted correctly to that page, using the tools already available at WP:RFPP. Tomorrow afternoon you and I will begin looking at each of them in hindsight. ] (]) 12:36, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


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== Good to see you back ==


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It's good to see you back. However, I see that you still haven't quite gotten the hang of ] just yet. I was going to offer to mentor you, but you left the project for a while. I see now that {{u|BusterD}} is willing to help you out. A user by the name of {{u|Firestar464}} was in a similar situation, but I was able to help him out.


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What do you think of continuing recent changes patrol as you always do, but when you want to request page protection, you instead link the article in my sandbox and ping me. I will then explain to you whether the request was pointless or constructive. However, you will not be able to use ] under any circumstances. {{u|Bbb23}}, are you okay with this? ] (]) 15:25, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
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== Unblock ==
:That'd be fine, as well as {{u|BusterD}}'s previous offer. I've been busy w/ school, though, so I'll get to things later. ] &#124; ] 08:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
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::I caught the fashionable bug this week. On one hand I'm stuck at home; on the other hand, I feel really crappy. I'm fully vaxed and boosted so I should be fine. ] (]) 09:13, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
:::Get better soon. ] &#124; ] 09:21, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
::::I was with 75,000 screaming D&D friends this last week at Indy. Time of my life, as always. Completely masked and observing social distancing the entire time. Bugs have no respect for my good behavior. (In a way, I'm happy to have finally crossed that bridge. I have good insurance so if things get acute I won't be shy about getting help. Feels like the flu after 24 hours. I've been exiled to the basement for the duration.) ] (]) 09:37, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
:{{u|Scorpions13256}} I've just put a request in your sandbox. Hoping you can take a look, thx. ] &#124; ] 17:42, 11 August 2022 (UTC)


I have also posted onto the IP talk page. I noticed multiple Boost Mobile ranges blocked as open proxies. I guess this is because the underlying ranges are owned by AWS. I'll try to find more and list them
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{{u|Yamla}} Respectfully, did you even read the WHOIS data for that IP address? Not on that IP anymore (on my home connection), but it most definitely is being used by mobile customers. I can attest to it. ] &#124; ] 12:30, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
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:P.S. thanks Blablubbs for unblock. ] &#124; ] 12:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
::Can this unblock request be marked as resolved? <b>]]</b>&nbsp;(]&nbsp;•&nbsp;he/they) 02:09, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
:::Done. -] (]) 00:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)


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:{{u|Elijahandskip}} I'm good; mainly just commenting on stuff on talk pages. ] &#124; ] 03:03, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
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:One of the edits was by an LTA. Sorry. ] &#124; ] 05:17, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
::It's no problem at all, thanks for the explanation! I will try to look out for vandalism and revert any problematic edits as well. ] (]) 22:20, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
:More specifically, the edit by the user Ceresday ] &#124; ] 05:17, 4 October 2022 (UTC)


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* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, with one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, with one FA on ], one GA on ], and 11 reviews;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, with one FA on ], a nine-article FT on ], and two DYKs;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, with one FA on ] and one DYK;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Elli}}, both with one FA and one DYK each.

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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}}, who has 916 points mostly from one FA on ], 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who has 790 points from two FAs on ] and ], two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|AirshipJungleman29}}, who has 580 points from one FA on ], two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}}, who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|MaranoFan}}, who has 351 points from one FA on ], a nine-article FT on ], and three DYKs
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Skyshifter}}, who has 345 points from one FA on ], one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Vami IV}}, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five ] articles, eight other good articles, and two ]s. Vami also wrote an essay on ], a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his ].

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We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

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* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 642 points, mostly from 11 ]s about radio and television;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (] and ]) and three GAs;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 497 points, mostly from a ] about the ] and two GAs;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Tamzin}} with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink ] and three GAs;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Kusma}} with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist ] and a GA.


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Hello Wizzito, I hope you're doing well, and thank you for taking interest in reading/editing a number of the articles I've created! I am really confused about one type of edit in particular, being you added a copyedit tag on the Ripken (dog), Wakefield Crossing Shopping Center, Chill guy, and Oasis (Minecraft) articles, but didn't specify any specific changes you wanted made. Its personally important to me to not have any tags on the pages I've created, and I want to know what I can do to remove this as soon as you get a chance to respond. Thanks again, and I hope you found some interesting reads! 🙂 ]] 06:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)


:Copyedit them? They had poor grammar in multiple places. Will point out specifics later. ] &#124; ] 21:08, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
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::Sorry to ask again, but can you please give me some suggestions on how to copyedit the article for Ripken? Thanks again! ]] 15:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found ''']'''. If you have not yet signed up, you can ''']''' and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the ].
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.


For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented ] to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive ] at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.
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* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Sammi Brie}} with 707 points, mostly from 45 ] reviews and 12 ]s about radio and television;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|Generalissima}} with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 ] nominations about coinage and history;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|SounderBruce}} with 552 points, mostly from a ] about the ], three ], and two good articles;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player ], two featured lists, and one good article;
* {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15|voorts}} with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (] and ]) and three good articles.


The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User4|Epicgenius}}, {{User4|Frostly}}, {{User4|Guerillero}} and {{User4|Lee Vilenski}}. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from ].</small> ] (]) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Unblock

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Wizzito (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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say hello! 18:52, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Apparently resolved. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:43, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

I have also posted onto the IP talk page. I noticed multiple Boost Mobile ranges blocked as open proxies. I guess this is because the underlying ranges are owned by AWS. I'll try to find more and list them

Blocked ranges:

Blablubbs and ST47 FYI wizzito | say hello! 19:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Yamla Respectfully, did you even read the WHOIS data for that IP address? Not on that IP anymore (on my home connection), but it most definitely is being used by mobile customers. I can attest to it. wizzito | say hello! 12:30, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

P.S. thanks Blablubbs for unblock. wizzito | say hello! 12:31, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Can this unblock request be marked as resolved? HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 02:09, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Done. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hello Wizzito, I hope you're doing well, and thank you for taking interest in reading/editing a number of the articles I've created! I am really confused about one type of edit in particular, being you added a copyedit tag on the Ripken (dog), Wakefield Crossing Shopping Center, Chill guy, and Oasis (Minecraft) articles, but didn't specify any specific changes you wanted made. Its personally important to me to not have any tags on the pages I've created, and I want to know what I can do to remove this as soon as you get a chance to respond. Thanks again, and I hope you found some interesting reads! 🙂 Johnson524 06:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Copyedit them? They had poor grammar in multiple places. Will point out specifics later. wizzito | say hello! 21:08, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Sorry to ask again, but can you please give me some suggestions on how to copyedit the article for Ripken? Thanks again! Johnson524 15:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Joan Plowright

On 21 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joan Plowright, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Didn't think it would pass given that when I last looked at the discussion it was trending no. wizzito | say hello! 21:04, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
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