User talk:Koavf

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Welcoem to Simple English Wikipedia. So, I guess you are more active on the English one? My page on there is here. Thorpe 20:15, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List of Wikipedians by number of edits?

Out of curiosity, why are you mantaining User: Koavf/Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits, when the results from the list are based upon the main English Wikipedia and not the Simple English Wikipedia?--TBCΦtalk? 22:00, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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My class has started editing their articles - please watch over them as they start. Thanks! See the list here. Awadewit (talk) 19:33, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Children's Lit

Hi...

I chose the topic of teddy bears. There is already a wiki site on it but when I went to add an outline to my talk page it said it was deleted. Do I need to start over from the beginning? I'm sooo confused! Thanks Courtney 2011-10-31T10:46:31, User:Tourtles22

Hey! Sorry to bother you again BUT I was just wondering how often do you suggest I site my sources? Can I do it at the end of a paragraph. My Roosevelt topic is all from the same source can I just do it once? Thanks --Tourtles22 (talk) 02:50, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thank you for your attentive and diligent work with Adrianne's students :) sonia♫ 23:21, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

sorry

I'm sorry dude. i can't wrote history of iran due english, since my english isn't well for translating; and history of iran is very wide and huge, hence i can't write for you.--Dastan47 (talk) 15:42, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Dastan47: That is okay. I do not want to know Iran's history. I want to know your history. What is your background with English? How long have you studied it? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

April 2017

Hello, Koavf. When you revert a user's changes, like you did earlier, don't forget to leave the user a message on their talk page. You may find Template:User talk page warnings/table useful when doing this, to let them know that the change was considered inappropriate, and to direct them to the sandbox. Thank you. Auntof6 (talk) 20:11, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Auntof6: There is a 0% chance that I am going to post to an IP editor's talk page when reverting vandalism, especially since I responded to his post at Simple talk. Please explain why I would post to his talk page as well. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:48, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It would be a record of the editor's bad edits, and it would be in the place where we normally expect to find such information. The exchange you had on Simple Talk doesn't mention what specific edit either if you was talking about. Having the notice on the talk page lets others see it if they go there to leave a message about other bad edits, which determines what level warning message to leave. Having all the messages on the talk page keeps that information together, helps let people know if it's time to report the editor at WP:VIP, and helps admins know if it's time to block. The exchange you had was on Simple Talk and will be lost as soon as it's archived, so it won't help with any of those things. Besides all that, the warning message let editors know that we have expectations and requirements for editing here; just saying an edit was wrong doesn't do that. --Auntof6 (talk) 00:11, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Auntof6: But this is an IP, not a registered editor. Also, if you wanted to piece together which edits were bad, it would be very easy to do from his contribs--it was the edits made a few seconds before the post to Simple Talk. I can't imagine that the first place anyone would check here is an IP's talk page, so I'm still not convinced. If this were a registered user making a mistake, that would be a different story. Not doing it this time. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We do this for IPs and registered editors alike, and we do check the talk pages. Yes, we could figure out what edits were bad from the contribs, but the warning messages tell us which problems edits have already been addressed. In this case, it's not hard because the editor had edited only one page. However, we need to treat all editors alike so that we're fair to all, and that means leaving messages even in cases like this. I accept that you're refusing to cooperate this time, but I hope you will in the future. --Auntof6 (talk) 04:13, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Auntof6: But not all editors are the same--an IP editor can share an identity with any number of individuals whereas a logged-in user is almost always one person. Also, an IP will very likely edit and disappear. Again, the message would be of value if this were an editor who was attempting to be constructive or whom we might think would make future edits but I don't see the value in it this time. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:01, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kamikaze

Its been me who had been changing the review score of Kamikaze from the observer to hiphopdx.com. I won't do it again. I guess I just wanted to explain my reasoning. There is already a review score from the observer's sister paper The Guardian and both are the same kind of newspapers. More expensive and more political. You know the kind of newspaper that's for the middle class people. I guess I didn't see the point in their being two review scores from both of the papers. Hiphopdx.com is more of a website dedicated to hiphop. I don't know how Wikipedia works so maybe it was the wrong edit for me to make. I won't do it again. Neptune23456 (talk) 11:05, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Neptune23456: That makes a lot of sense. Do you want to collaborate on that article? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Using Template:Unsigned

Hello, Koavf. When you use the {{unsigned}} template, as you did with this change, please be sure to 1) substitute it and 2) include the date and time (in UTC). If the timestamp isn't included, the section can't be automatically archived. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:51, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For being the only Wikipedian who was willing to move Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas Raiders! --LadyLauren600 04:01, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@LadyLauren600: Thank you for bringing it up! Be bold and feel empowered to edit here as well, Lauren. Let me know how I can help you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:21, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, this user has been globally locked for long-term abuse —Belwine (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that's disappointing. :/ —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:34, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's annoying when that happens :\ —Belwine (talk) 21:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcoming users

Hi, Koavf. I noticed that you welcomed the IP 2405:201:A42E:7919:4C14:A04E:754B:342F, and that your welcome included the sentence "Thank you for your changes, especially what you did for Wikipedia:Simple talk." The change that IP made to Simple talk was actually not helpful at all, and I just reverted it. When welcoming users, we usually wait until we see that they are making helpful changes. Please keep that in mind, and make sure that you are not praising people for bad changes. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:23, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbs up emoji. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:28, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Collapse of the Novi Sad railway station Canopy

Please correct the spelling error. Thank you in advance. 188.255.145.157 (talk) 00:54, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

Hello. I recently noticed your signature. Unfortunately, it is distracting and makes content difficult to read. I also don't think it complies with the rules. I kindly ask you to change it. Thank you. BZPN (talk) 10:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which rule? It doesn't blink or use too big or small of text or have inaccessible colors, etc. What do you mean? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:02, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature includes several emoji which are distracting and may display incorrectly on some devices, affecting readability. Per Wikipedia’s guidelines, signatures should avoid elements that inconvenience other editors or disrupt the clarity of discussions (Your signature should not blink, or otherwise inconvenience or be annoying to other editors). Regards, BZPN (talk) 10:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have this same signature on hundreds of wikis, have used it for decades, and gotten (as I recall), two complaints. I will not be changing it due to four emojis. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:12, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's fine. I think 'editors' means user in general and not individuals. I'd say my sign is much worse, but no one has complained (yet).--BRP^ever 10:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would also like to concur with BRP - I don't see a problem with Justin's signature either. Also you cannot please everyone - If you tried to please everyone you'd have a new signature every day of every year!.

We have nearly 4,000 articles lacking sources and you're here complaining about someone's signature .... not really a productive use of yours and everyone elses time is it.... –Davey2010^Talk 13:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davey2010, what are you talking about? You may not believe this, but this signature distracted me when I was writing a request on AN to block weak sources... Maybe you, instead of lecturing others, would get sources in the missing places? Have a nice day. BZPN (talk) 13:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think this thread is exhausted. Thanks to everyone for their time and perspectives. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not the one sat here complaining over a non-issue!. Maybe you should focus your time and energy on more important things here than someone's (perfectly fine) signature. –Davey2010^Talk 14:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you should too :). BZPN (talk) 14:14, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Again I'm not the one sat here complaining over a non-issue :) –Davey2010^Talk 14:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I complain about the signature and you complain about me complaining :). Best wishes, BZPN (talk) 15:33, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop posting here about this, BZPN. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:39, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]