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Hey!

Good to see you again, since uh...January 2022. Severestorm28 22:08, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Severestorm28, I don't know if anyone can maintain consistent activity levels in a hobby for 13 years! ;) I'll be back. I've never lost my love for the encyclopaedia, I just have a family and a demanding day job, neither of which I had in 2009! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:50, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
OK. Good luck, and don't lose your administrator privilege! Well, I don't think you will :) Severestorm28 14:13, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

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User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 70

Hi, following the recent internal rename of the oversight group (see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#oversight group renamed (breaking change)) I've been updating links to the old variants. Your user talk archive 70 contains one such occurrence, User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 70#OS Run, which I can't update as its fully protected. Could you update it please (change Special:ListUsers/oversight to Special:ListUsers/suppress]])? Thanks in advance, -- Asartea Talk | Contribs 14:01, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Asartea,  Done. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:28, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

RfA question

Hello! I saw your name over at Wikipedia:Request an RfA nomination, and want to get your opinion on my suitability for an RfA nomination. I really appreciated your straightforward and honest critiques on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster FAC, and am hoping to get similar feedback for this. Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:28, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Balon Greyjoy, I really enjoyed working with you on that article. I'd be glad to have a look. Give me a few days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:04, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 11:55, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Balon Greyjoy, I'm interested. Fancy emailing me your answers to the three standard questions at RfA? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:48, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! I will do that! My apologies in advance if it takes a few days; currently visiting family! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 23:16, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Balon Greyjoy, no need to apologise. I'm not about much at the moment myself between work and family etc. Take all the time you need. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:19, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Ted Kaczynski

Hi, and thanks for your help at Ted Kaczynski. However, this page has been an LTA target for a long time and I think a longer semi-protection is needed. The previous protection expired only a short time ago and the vandalism once again is already pervasive. Can you please take a look at the page's protection history and consider making the semi-protection longer? Thanks. King Cobbo (talk) 23:33, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi King Cobbo, it's on pending changes, which means that edits by new and unregistered editors aren't visible to readers until they're approved so I'm happy with a week as a temporary stop-gap. Happy to re-assess when that expires. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:43, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
@HJ Mitchell: Got you as well eh? Apparently this is their MO, so anyone who asks that is the same LTA -- TNT (talk • she/her) 23:50, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
TheresNoTime, I did wonder about someone whose very first edit showed such familiarity with Wikipedia's policies. But I'm trying to stick to the mainspace and not get bogged down in sock hunting! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:53, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Block of User:False Life

Might be worth it to make it a full block, instead of a page block. [1][2] Nevermind, I see you took care of it while I was typing. Thanks for the top notch admin work. It's appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

where did cluebot go

I can't seem to find it reverting anything? Sadbunny3 (talk) 16:55, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

It was last active about half an hour ago. Not sure if that's cause for concern or not. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:58, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
sorry, I just checked contribs. Sadbunny3 (talk) 16:59, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

TPA

You blocked Bloc13agency for WP:PROMO and WP:CORPNAME. Per this, could you please also revoke their talk page access? Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 12:42, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Done, thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Diversity of views

You blocked Shastar Singh indefinitely, in the same minute as I tried to block the account for 3 days. An interesting difference of judgements. 🤔 JBW (talk) 14:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@JBW:, I thought it unlikely that somebody who resorts to nationalist-motivated vandalism would become a useful contributor. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:16, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I actually agree with that, and I was fully expecting to be back with an indef soon. I was sort of inclined to give the editor an opportunity to prove me right, but the eventual outcome would almost certainly be the same, and your way reduces the amount of time we waste on it, so I don't criticise your decision at all. In fact on a different day I might have done the same as you. JBW (talk) 22:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Also...

Thanks for neutralizing this editor. Could you please also see User:2600:1014:B014:D573:7047:5978:DB48:934D. Cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 21:46, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Also blocked. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:57, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Block of Evoke Heir

Why was User:Evoke Heir indeffed so quickly with no talk page access? Is there some context I'm missing that proves this is a trolling sockpuppet or something? Modulus12 (talk) 03:00, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Prompted by that message from Modulus12, I have checked Evoke Heir's editing. It seems to me that immediately blocking rather than warning was questionable, but removing talk page access makes no sense at all, as far as I can see. There is no history of abuse of talk page access. Also, you have provided no explanation of the block to the editor, and since you have not told them about UTRS, it is likely that they have no access to any way of requesting an unblock. Cutting an editor off without access either to talk page or to UTRS is something which is normally done for editors who have persistently been extremely troublesome, and have a history of repeated abuse of first talk page access and then UTRS, not a new editor who has made a few unhelpful edits. Also, on the rare occasions when it does happen I would expect the editor to have been warned. Are you willing to reconsider? JBW (talk) 08:45, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
@Modulus12 and JBW: I'm astonished that we're even debating the merits of this block. The account had seven edits, five of which were were at best unnecessary snark and at worst outright trolling on ANI, one to their userpage, and one an act of vandalism to an article. This is clearly not a new editor, and clearly not someone who has anything useful to contribute to the encyclopaedia. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:27, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
clearly not a new editor is not a valid block reason (and isn't one of the indications of WP:NOTHERE). clearly not someone who has anything useful to contribute to the encyclopaedia That may be your personal opinion, but WP:BEFOREBLOCK is policy and the mild disruption here can't possibly be considered egregious enough to skip warnings. As far as I can see, WP:EXPLAINBLOCK, which you did not do, is mandatory here as well. And the blocking policy clearly says editing of the user's talk page should be disabled only in cases of continued abuse of their user talk page, or when the user has engaged on serious threats, accusations or outing which needs to be prevented from reoccurring. A duration of indefinite also does not look justified as the disruption was not significant or a major breach of policy. Modulus12 (talk) 22:17, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
My opinion based on 12 years as an admin and nearly 50,000 admin actions. Not so much a whim as recognition of a pattern I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of times before. Trolling on ANI is ample reason for an indef, especially of an account that has no other purpose. Undisclosed alternate accounts editing projectspace are also liable to be summarily blocked (WP:SOCK#ILLEGIT). And their only edit outside of ANI and their user page was vandalism. That's three reasons for a block right there. WP:RBI is the best way to deal with troll accounts. I'm dumbfounded that I'm having to explain such an obvious cut and dried block and that we're wasting so many words on a throwaway troll account. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
I still don't see how those seven edits are enough under the blocking policy to catch an immediate indef with no prior warnings, no block explanation on the user talk page, and no ability to appeal. I see a reasonable chance that it is simply someone with WP:NOCLUE. But if you are confident I can't change your mind, then we don't have to keep conversing here. We can ask the community for a review. Do you want to make the post somewhere, or shall I? Modulus12 (talk) 23:43, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
If you really want to challenge a straightforward block of an obvious troll account at a dram board, go ahead. I've said what I have to say. Anything more would be feeding the troll. But please ask yourself what you hope to achieve, and whether that time might be better spent writing an article. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:49, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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I have closed the ANI thread as a complete and utter waste of time. As you were. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Wait cause..

You look very cute in your photos on your user page.. especially with your long hair. 109.123.102.140 (talk) 08:42, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, random citizen! I've aged about 12 years since the top one was taken though! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:06, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

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Happy first edit day!

{{u|Sdkb}} talk 01:16, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

@Sdkb: Thank you! 13 years! Time flies when you're having fun. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:48, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

FP resolved

Thanks for the ping here. Just letting you know I've just resolved the cause of the false positive in the filter code. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 15:49, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

@ProcrastinatingReader: thank you for fixing it, and thank you for following up. Very courteous of you. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:46, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Oh, thank you for the fix and the ping :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:30, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Request for FA Review

I noticed you are listed as an FA mentor. Would you be so kind as to assist in reviewing the article Texas A&M University at the peer review page? Buffs (talk) 23:00, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Cenotaph

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Cenotaph you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 20:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

All looking good. I've put a few queries and quibbles on the review page, but I don't think we need put the review formally on hold, unless you wish it. Tim riley talk 10:37, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Link vandal

Thanks for blocking 195.62.222.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). I've not seen this type of vandalism before. It's subtle, and I wonder how much more we've missed. Unfortunately I can't think of a methodical way to detect it. To any search or edit filter, it looks just like the sort of helpful fix we encourage after someone has accidentally linked the wrong namesake. Certes (talk) 22:13, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Looks like this one has to be detected the old fashioned way. Thankfully it's not the most harmful vandalism and it should be easy to detect for anyone who knows the subject matter. But if you spot this IP at it again, let me know or report it to AIV and we can increase the block lengths exponentially. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:21, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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An RfA

Next day at 15:55 GMT+1 (or 14:55 UTC) Colin M's RfA will end, since there are a lot of supports, this user will probally be an administrator. At 14:55 UTC, add this user to the Administrator group. CafeGurrier66 (talk) 10:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

(watching) By no means is this either the first or oddest user talk post made by them. SN54129 10:50, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
I really wish this worked; it would make it so much easier to communicate with IPv6 editors. Certes (talk) 12:57, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
I'm sure HJ Mitchell would make a fine bureaucrat but until that happens he doesn't have the technical ability to make anyone an administrator :) Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:47, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Ha! No chance! My opinions on bureaucracy are well known, and why would anyone run the gauntlet of RfB for such a boring role, especially these days when 'crats have next to nothing to do? ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:24, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

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Link vandal

Link vandal is back after your block, still on 195.62.222.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Certes (talk) 10:56, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

And blocked again. Let me know if they change IP, otherwise we'll see what happens in a month. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:21, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

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Email

Hi, sorry about the email I just sent. I just noticed that, right before I sent it, you had done exactly what I requested. Thanks, Tol (talk | contribs) @ 21:56, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

/16 block

Hey, I wanted to comment on your block of 24.39.0.0/16 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)), as I believe that it is far too much overkill and has too much collateral. There are other non-school businesses that seem to also be on that range (ex. 24.39.111.18 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and 24.39.92.254 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)), and Whois says that 24.39.64.160/27 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) belongs to the high school you mentioned in the block message, not the whole /16. 24.39.1.128/28 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) also belongs to another school. Thanks. wizzito | say hello! 06:03, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@Wizzito: I always check the contribs for the range before blocking, especially for a large range. While I can't remember that particular block (I make a lot of blocks), I'm sure I didn't see anything that was recent and unambiguously constructive. I also tend not to disable account creation when making blocks like these, so anyone wanting to contribute has options. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:42, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

(Possibly) helping out a new user?

Hey Harry, I'm super glad I stumbled across your profile on Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers... In short, I am a Sydney-based University student completing an assessment where I have to work on a stub-class article to hopefully turn it into a B- or C-class article. I've been working on Peter Nicol Russell who was a Scottish/British/Australian engineer who lived in the 19th & 20th Centuries. I noticed on your Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers listing that you prefer to work on biographies, so I was wondering whether you might be able to give me some pointers on how I can improve the article, and to see whether you might be able to help me get it re-classified under the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography WikiProject? Thanks in advance!! Chasseur99 (talk) 10:32, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

@Chasseur99: Apologies for the delayed reply. I read this then forgot about it. I'd be happy to take a look. Might take me a few days to do anything much, but I'll try and offer some feedback on the article's talk page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:45, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
No worries at all! I have got the articles classification reviewed, but am still looking for ways to improve it further. Would appreciate your thoughts! Chasseur99 (talk) 04:50, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

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I read it the first time thanks. When I go five years without a hundred edits, I'll gladly turn in my mop. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:24, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Each 2 or 3 months, I remind administrators. - CafeGurrier66 (talk • contribs) 18:29, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

It's been less than a fortnight, and I appear to be the only admin you've "reminded" in your entire editing career (167 edits so far). Please don't. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:38, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Hey there HJ Mitchell, I'd like to wish you a happy adminship anniversary! Congratulations on your special day, and thank you for all the contributions you've made.

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And I have joined your merry band! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 00:23, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

About my new page reviewer rights

hi you granted me new page reviewer right for month probation. now the one month is over thats why am contacting you.Akevsharma (talk) 00:22, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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About my administrator report.

I saw that you deleted my admin reports for reason: Insufficient recent activity to warrant a block.

Please see this, he is still continuously vandalizing. Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 18:14, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Enclose tags

Could i ask that you could fix your archive page User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 86? Its currently falling under Category:Pages using deprecated enclose attributes. All you need to do is remove the enclose="div" attribute from the syntaxhighlight tags. Thanks. Aidan9382 (talk) 14:54, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

@Aidan9382: Should be fixed now. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:15, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Vandal (and sockpuppet) at Fenian Rising

Hi. Can I draw your attention to the discussion at Talk:Fenian Rising#Killed on the day (5 march 1867), in particular the latest comment: "To be entirely honest I'm going to continue to change it to one hundred and two because I believe that that is more exciting and interesting." I'm not going to revert his latest edit because I believe the article falls under The Troubles restrictions. Scolaire (talk) 14:03, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Peter, I've reverted that edit and put the article on my watchlist. If the problems continue, I'm happy to look at protecting the article and/or blocking the editor, but in my experience most people get bored before admin intervention becomes necessary. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:14, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, Harry. I hope you're right. Scolaire (talk) 14:17, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
Unfortunately, it seems he did it again almost as soon as you reverted. Scolaire (talk) 13:44, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
And again today. I think a block is in order. Scolaire (talk) 16:09, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
I've left them a welcome and a warning. I'll happily block if they continue though. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:59, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks again. Scolaire (talk) 10:11, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

FYI, since this is still going on, I have opened a sockpuppet investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dr Patrick O'Crowley. --Scolaire (talk) 11:08, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

That's disappointing. I've blocked both accounts and semi protected the article for a while. I'll keep it on my watchlist. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:27, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
The two have been confirmed as sockpuppets (hardly a surprise). Thanks for your help. Scolaire (talk) 13:26, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Regarding Peninsular War Wikipedia Page, insults an IP based editor may have left for you on their own Wikipedia Talk page.

Just wanted to let you know. Talk page edits that I think you reverted (editor was using racial slurs) have been reposted. Thank you. Beauty School Dropout (talk) 06:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I've blocked their/64 range for a week. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:29, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:2601:248:8200:D240:9438:37DF:63A0:B62A

The Cenotaph

THINK I've figured out some of the image stuff - think a couple are PD-UKGov. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 09:25, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! They were giving me a headache. I'll be back to the FAC over the next few days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:20, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Autopatrolled for 1549bcp

Hello HJ Mitchell -- I removed autopatrolled from this editor, which you had granted in 2011 because, in my opinion, their recent creations have been far from the required standard of referencing, especially for BLPs, and they have been completely unresponsive to talk page messages and deletion requests. It probably would have been polite to have asked your opinion, apologies. My problem now is that 1549bcp archives their talk page frequently by deletion, so my message about the removal of the privilege has already been removed; however your message from 2011 is retained, giving the impression (to those don't use the show user permissions gadget) that they have autopatrolled rights. Could you remove the misleading talk page message? Or would you mind if I were to remove it? Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 03:08, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Morning Espresso Addict, that was probably part of the mass- granting of autopatrolled. I'm unlikely to remember one action from 11 years ago enough to have a strong opinion on its reversal anyway. I don't see that leaving the message there does any harm but if you want to remove it, I don't see that doing any harm either. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:43, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Possible shared IP

Hi, I reported an IP 203.189.85.142 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to AIV, which you subsequently blocked, stating that the IP had a long history of editing the same pages (such as Oxley College (Burradoo)). Having a look at some of those edits now it seems like most of the older ones seem constructive (such as reverting previous vandalism manually). It might therefore be an IP of the school or similar. I was wondering if you had much experience in identifying shared school IPs, so that there could perhaps be a notice put on the talk page? Thanks FozzieHey (talk) 09:51, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Question

Hi, thanks for this. When I saw their username and them posting advertising links I just warned them to stop advertising, but in the future should I just be reporting them straight to some noticeboard? I see their username+edits was enough to ban them outright, which I wasn't aware of. Endwise (talk) 18:08, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Endwise, you can report accounts like that to AIV or WP:UAA. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:20, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

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Why are people trying to punish me for someone else attacking me

I am tried of people trying to punish me for someone else attacking me. It is getting very frustrating.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:25, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Because sensible users see these "attacks" as sound and proper criticisms, and you respond with petulance, tantrums, and passive-aggressive rubbish. Any questions, Lambert? 166.151.186.237 (talk) 17:16, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Harry, I blocked this IP for obvious harassment. Drmies (talk) 17:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
@Drmies: good call, though I'm sure they've found another dynamic IP/proxy/VPN by now. @Johnpacklambert: I'm not interested in punishment. I'm interested in what's best for the encyclopaedia. I actually agree with you that that's not hundreds of two-sentence articles. I also agree that somebody who created dozens of articles minutes apart has a bit of a nerve complaining about them being nominated for deletion en masse. But Lugnuts is banned from creating any more and running battles across the project space are not going to solve anything. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:29, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Well, the current ANI is trying to punish me because Lugnuts attacked me, and I find that very frustrating.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:30, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Sheesh User:Johnpacklambert. No, "the ANI" is not trying to punish you (it's ontologically impossible), and no, not "because" Lugnuts attacked you, which is a ridiculous non sequitur. You really need to develop a bit more self control and common sense here--in what started as something that could have gone in your favor, perhaps, you started digging a hole for yourself, and then continued digging. Leaving notes on other editors' talk pages isn't going to gain you much support either. Drmies (talk) 20:31, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

The Cenotaph at Featured Pictures

Just so you know, I've just finished a wee project, since - where possible - I think featured articles should be joined by a featured picture. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 04:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Cool. I don't know anything about assessing image quality so I'm not really qualified to offer an opinion but it would be good to see it as POTD. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Aye, just a heads up. Would be nice to see a modern photo as well, but this seemed a good contender, so why not? Hopefully we'll see it as a featured article soon. That image review was a rollercoaster. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 11:05, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
It was a bit! A lot of the historical images were added years ago. It's a shame we couldn't use all of them; I doubt anyone would complain. I rather like the lead image, File:UK-2014-London-The Cenotaph.jpg. It's a QI and VI on Commons but I've no idea if it would satisfy the FP requirements. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:13, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
I mean, it is quite good. Probably wise not to nominate it until the sketch passes - two images of the same subject might become a competition - but I'd think it'd pass. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:55, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Howdy Ranger, what are you doing all these rangeblocks for?

Howdy Ranger, what are you doing all these rangeblocks for such as 2600:387:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 ? 2601:646:8000:1C8:226:9EFF:FE9C:FC56 (talk) 06:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Midland Railway War Memorial scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Midland Railway War Memorial article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 11, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 11, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:56, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Just to get it off AIV

Hi HJ. Regarding the block of Koljem po Vikipediji (talk · contribs · block log). I understand, I really do, but just a piece of trivia: this seemingly redundant step has the added advantage of setting an autoblock, which isn't done by a glock and can be an oft-overlooked but very useful thing. So don't ever worry about doing that. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:54, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

That's worth knowing! I only blocked because the form is easier to navigate on a phone than wikitext, but I'll bear that in mind for next time. Thanks for the tip! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Belvidere Bridge

On 12 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Belvidere Bridge, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the arches of the 1849 Belvidere Bridge consist of six pre-cast ribs bolted together? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Belvidere Bridge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Belvidere Bridge), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Promotion of The Cenotaph

Congratulations, HJ Mitchell! The article you nominated, The Cenotaph, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hog Farm (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:06, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 13:46, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Yes, well done! Johnbod (talk) 17:39, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
A great achievement! Hchc2009 (talk) 19:19, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Thank you all! The FAC certainly kept me on my toes but I think the article is better for it. Adam, thank you for your help with the image side of things; hopefully we'll be able to re-add some of the historical ones in the not-too-distant future. Hchc good to see you! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:31, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct_in_deletion-related_editing. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct_in_deletion-related_editing/Evidence. Please add your evidence by July 9, 2022, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct_in_deletion-related_editing/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, firefly ( t · c ) 11:21, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

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Error in The Cenotaph

Second sentence, "It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the British and Commonwealth dead of the two world wars, and has since come to represent British casualties from later conflicts."

It was designed in 1920, so, of course, could only be a memorial to the dead of the first world war. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 22:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCIV, June 2022

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Talk page blanking

Hello HJ, while you blocked Girofintech, you also blanked out 6,483 bytes of his talk page. Is this blanking something you normally do, or does Twinkle do this, and what is the benefit in it? Jay (talk) 09:20, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

@Jay: It's a Twinkle preference. It has the advantage that it removes them from maintenance categories and removes any irrelevant notices, leaving just the block notice, which for vandalism or advertising accounts is all that's needed. On the very rare occasion that I indef an established editor, I would type out the block notice. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:39, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

The Rolling Stones pre-FAC peer review opened

Hello HJ Mitchell! I see that you are listed at Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC. Would you be able to take a look at The Rolling Stones by any chance and provide feedback at Wikipedia:Peer review/The Rolling Stones/archive2? I know that it is outside of your listed area, but you stated that you sometimes do other things and can comment on MoS compliance. I wouldn't be offended if you declined, especially given that it is outside of your general area. I have some (read: done a couple) experience with FAC and am hoping to take that article through FAC following another GOCE copyedit and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions that would make the process easier. Thank you for your time, regardless! TheSandDoctor Talk 17:00, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

TFA

July songs

Thank you today for Midland Railway War Memorial, introduced (in 2020): "This particular war memorial is in the English Midlands city of Derby (barely 10 miles from where I used to live), which was largely built by the Midland Railway. The railways were the largest corporations ever seen at the turn of the 20th century, employing hundreds of thousands of people between them. The Midland alone released 23,000 men to the armed forces, 2,833 of whom never came back. Their names are listed on this grand, but sadly these days overlooked, memorial."! - Last Friday, I attended a unique concert - the 18th Thomaskantor after Bach conducting - and with some good luck caught him happy afterwards! Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

... and another concert 14 July: Voces8, pictured - I have a FAC open, in case of interest --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Rupert Downes

Hi Harry. I have Rupert Downes up for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rupert Downes/archive2. You reviewed it once before when it was up for review in 2011. If you could drop by with a word or two, I would be most grateful. So far, it hasn't attracted any reviews. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:48, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

It's on my list already! I'll try and get there today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:23, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Hi Harry. It may have popped up on your watchlist, but maybe not, so letting you know of some lovely footage I found on BBC Rewind of Princess Margaret unveiling the Plymouth Naval Memorial extension in 1954 - it includes her actual unveiling speech (well, declaration, as it is too short to be called a speech). See here. There may be well be (not publicly availble) footage of the other 'royal' unveilings in those archives. About this one, is there a way to mark the external link I added to the article to say that it is only viewable by those in the UK? Apropos of that, I recently visited the Chatham Naval Memorial and was wondering if there are access points to get to the top of the obelisks? I couldn't see anything obvious. Carcharoth (talk) 09:59, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

PR request

Hello Harry. Apologies for the super random message but I was wondering if you had time to review "Bad Romance" at its PR here. I intend to take it to FAC in a distant future but it’s not quite there yet prose-wise. Thank you either way. FrB.TG (talk) 12:18, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

@FrB.TG: no need to apologise. I can't promise much at the minute, but I'll try and have a quick run over the prose. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
  • Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Longer?

Hi, Harry. You blocked 220.233.94.83 for 31 hours, just beating me to the block. Examination of the IP editing history leaves me in no doubt that the same person has been making unconstructive edits from that IP address since March 2019, so a block for 31 hours isn't likely to have much effect. What do you say to a much longer block? JBW (talk) 19:45, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Coventry ring road FAC

Hi Harry

I hope you're well, and enjoying the summer.

Just checking if you're likely to come back to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Coventry ring road/archive1 at any point? I think I've addressed most of your points, other than the one about the route description, where I'm not too sure how best to proceed.

Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 10:25, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

I'll hopefully be able to get to it tomorrow (Friday). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:57, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXCVII, August 2022

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August 2022

From your listing at FAC mentors, you are listed for possible interest in British History and Politics. For the past several months, I've been working on the president's article for James Madison and have made a successful GAN promotion. Madison was the active president during the British War of 1812. After the successful GAN promotion, the article then had a very nice GOCE copy editing done by a good reviewer which enhanced it more. Is there any interest for you to have a look at it to see if a new co-nomination as mentor for FAC might be possible for this article? ErnestKrause (talk) 11:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

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