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Padshah UtherSRG 2024

You wrote "Since you can't explain in your own words, I see no reason to unblock you"

What own words? What do mean?

What questions should I answer You just decline the unblock request.

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Hello I recently joined

I checked my profile, and it says that you are my Mentor so if you see any messages from me that is most likely why NatePancakes917 (talk) 23:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I checked my profile, and it says that you are my Wikipedia Mentor :D --NatePancakes917 (talk) 23:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I checked my profile, and it says that you are my Mentor so if you see any messages from me that is most likely why NatePancakes917 (talk) 23:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NatePancakes917: Ok. How may I help you? - UtherSRG (talk) 00:38, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing right now I was just letting you know NatePancakes917 (talk) 17:59, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not needed. Mentors have a dashboard where we can see who out mentees are. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:12, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh okay I didn't know that NatePancakes917 (talk) 22:17, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I sent the same message so many times I couldn't whether or not they were being sent NatePancakes917 (talk) 22:23, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ASEEM BHAT (11:57, 4 August 2024)

WHAT IS -AND + SHOWN WITH NUMBERS WHEN I EDIT SOMETHING --ASEEM BHAT (talk) 11:57, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First, please don't use all-caps... that's read as shouting. Second, those numbers are the changes in size of the article via each edit, "+" for an increase in size, and "-" for a decrease. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:05, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Koala

Why have you reversed my edit. It was not vandalism; it was a good faith edit. It was also accurate. I put my reasons onto the talk page five days ago and nobody has addressed them. So much for discussion. Apparently, the rule is ignore alternative points of view and then just cut them out of the discussion anyway.

The current opening to the article is a laughingstock. "Koala Bear" ia an inaccurate and old name for koalas, certainly never used by anybody who knows anything about the subject. Corythaeola (talk) 14:12, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have just read the page Wikipedia:Vandalism. My edit did not meet any of the requirements for vandalism outlined in that article. How can you justify your actions? Corythaeola (talk) 14:22, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed you are interested in Primate taxonomy. You might want to work on the blue monkey page as it is missing the golden and silver monkeys as subspecies, although their pages have them as subspecies.

You might also like to mention the taxonomy used. It's not a big deal for me (although it does affect my life list) however the Ugandans certainly believe they have three species. I am not touching it as every single edit I have made since joining has been reverted. I think I will just go back to being anonymous. Corythaeola (talk) 16:35, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As you started a discussion on talk:Koala, but did not get a consensus, then made an edit request, which I closed asking that you get consensus first, and then made that edit, yes, it was vandalism. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:04, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If nobody ever engages in a conversation, consensus can never be established. Normally if nobody replies that is taken as no objections.

Please point out exactly which section of the Wikipedia vandalism page is relevant here. Corythaeola (talk) 22:15, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anything disruptive is vandalism. Being told "no" in multiple ways, then doing it anyway, is disruptive. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:19, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for "shouting". However, I have not been told "no" multiple ways. I posted on the talk page, outlining my views and clearly stating my intentions. Nobody replied to my post till last night. I then saw the semi-protect edit option, which I tried but you refused. If you consider that a no to editing the page you were not exactly clear. Everything I have read indicated that it was appropriate to edit the page, including as I read it "being bold".

Anyway, I have already been punished for this. Every edit I have made on this site has been reversed by one of your colleagues. They took no more than three minutes to reverse 37 edits over three different pages. Clearly gave it a lot of consideration.

Given the way I have been treated, I don't know if I want to bother doing any more editing. When I get back from the conference I am at, I will draw up a submission for your "mammals" page and see how it goes. Corythaeola (talk) 11:18, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plant stub style

Please note that as far as plants go, we don't add "commonly known as", since these plants generally aren't well known by that name. Also, in certain cases, the species continues to better known by a synonym, particularly in the horticultural trade, but with Englerarum montanum, in the scientific literature as well. Abductive (reasoning) 19:42, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block

Hello. On 23 July 2024, you blocked me for a duration of 2 weeks for persistently making disruptive edits. Judging from your reply, I presume you were only referring to the edits made to the Cirsium hybrid articles you draftified, correct? If not, please let me know what other edits influenced your decision. Thank you. Ivan (talk) 00:58, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:18, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ths 2024 (07:16, 7 August 2024)

Hi there! I'm trying to write a page: Draft:The Harbour School But users say that the articles aren't notable enough. Could you help provide some clarity?

I was told not to link back to the school site as its a primary source but I see a lot of other international schools cite themselves.. --Ths 2024 (talk) 07:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Horsejump5!: Please read our notability for organizations policy. While yes, you can use primary sources to cite individual facts in the article, you can't use primary sources for establishing notability. please read WP:SIRS for what's required in a reference to determine notability. Finally, you should read WP:BACKWARDS to propel you forwards. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC) Oh, I see you renamed.... - UtherSRG (talk) 11:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Poblicia fuliginosa

Hi. Only two of those taxonbar links are genuine, and both are badly outdated, and the GBIF link is contradictory. You'll note that (1) all of the records in iNat for this taxon are under Poblicia, not Crepusia. (2) the primary authority file for world auchenorrhynchs places it in Poblicia here (3) the two most authoritative sites for North America, BugGuide and the UDel site (here} also both place it in Poblicia. I'd be grateful if you could undo that move and place this species back where it belongs. Thanks. Dyanega (talk) 14:47, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. But my comment on not making the comment in the article but to start a discussion on its talk page is still valid. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:48, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Dyanega (talk) 15:27, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Premature Adminship

You said to remind you when the ban discussion was done. The discussion and the author are done.

McClenon mobile (talk) 04:45, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! - UtherSRG (talk) 10:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crystel Moore

Hey, there. This is a long-term abuser. I think they should be indeffed and their talk page access revoked. Frost 11:18, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roger that. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]