User talk:Kalki/2022

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18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Quote of the Day for March 4

Just an FYI: I added a new suggestion for the March 4 Quote of the Day by Buzz Aldrin. I think it would work well paired with today's Quote of the Day for March 3 in light of global events. Nicole Sharp (talk) 22:10, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. I considered it, but for several days had been intending to quote some of the comments of UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and a few other international diplomats on recent events. I have started a page for her today, and hope to have time to add a bit more to it in coming days. I would recommend placing your suggestion on the January 20 QOTD suggestion page, where I would probably rank it a 3, with a strong lean toward 4. I will keep it in mind, as events proceed, but am likely to generally use quotes more specific to to the present crises caused by Putin's decision to initiate the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for many of the coming days. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:58, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Block request

Please block them. Thank you. --Victor Trevor (talk) 15:06, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Encyclopedia Dramatica

@Kalki:

Can you please delete my page on Encyclopedic Dramatic, it's not real. – Ilovemydoodle (talk | e-mail) 00:32, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

I am not actually sure what you are requesting — I am not an active member of that non-WMF project, wherever some online version of it might exist, and the article page which exists regarding it here "Encyclopedia Dramatica", though it has little merit or activity related to it, there is not actually much to delete, or in urgent need of deletion. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:51, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

GRP made page saying stuff against me and then locked it. – Ilovemydoodle (talk | e-mail) 00:53, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

The constant crap that GRP regularly indulges in and promotes is ultimately of little real consequence, and wherever it exists, few people take actual note of it. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:55, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Russia being larger than Pluto

While I respect your point of view, it is already written that Russia encompasses 1/8 of Earth's inhabited surface. Why not add more to it, to make the reader grasp the massiveness. You probably feel what I mean. --Spafky (talk) 07:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Am I a bad editor?

I hope this isn't too blunt a question to ask, and you don't have to answer; but you said I made some good edits a few years ago: is that still true? CensoredScribe (talk) 03:09, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

I believe that I probably commented to the effect that though many of your edits have often added overly extensive tracts on abstruse matters, which are often hard to look upon favorably, some of your edits have been worthy additions. I actually am far less involved in reviewing most edits of anyone here than I once was, and usually have only dealt with QOTD work and whatever obvious vandalism I encounter in my generally brief checks in on the site. For quite some time I have not been online very much of the day, though that might change a bit at times in the coming year or so. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:44, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

I believe now, as before, that is a fair assessment. Some of my edits recently have been excessively detailed: when discussing decades of time and millions of people, it would really be much easier just to view that information as a graph than describing those changes verbally, although I've been working on a topic that is notorious for how obsessive people are concerning it. I am having great difficulty determining what it is with this subject that people actually consider to be worth repeating, outside of sound bites from politicians, lengthy diatribes from religious authorities and equally lengthy legal decisions. Normally I find scientists very concise in summarizing their findings in the introduction and conclusion sections of scientific papers, in a way that is presentable to the general public; but in this particular area it's not so much about proving or disproving a hypothesis than it is about providing numerous observations through raw data, and that tends to be as monumental as it is neutral. CensoredScribe (talk) 23:46, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

May 1

Could you rate my suggestion to May 1? – Ilovemydoodle (Not WMF, Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus, Not a paid editor of Shueisha) (talk / e-mail) 22:35, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Your feedback matters: Share your feedback in the Administratior accountability poll

The Administratior accountability poll is open, vote here. – Ilovemydoodle (Not WMF, Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus, Not a paid editor of Shueisha) (talk / e-mail) 00:49, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Village Pump

Could you please go vote on the latest question on the Village Pump? – Ilovemydoodle (Not WMF, Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus, Not a paid editor of Shueisha) (talk / e-mail) 21:39, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Ping

The Template I added to the user you just blocked was intended to ping you, did it work? – Ilovemydoodle (Not WMF, Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus, Not a paid editor of Shueisha) (talk / e-mail) 00:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Probably -- I am currently having major problems with some hardware, and about to shut my computer down. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:50, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Please

Can you please review my suggestion on May 1? (it’s at the bottom) – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 22:50, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

May 1

Thank you giving my quote '3', very much appreciated, but I was wondering, what exactly do you not like about the quote? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 02:35, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

@Kalki: Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 20:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

I was just about to leave, as I was in a bit of a hurry, and could possibly not be back in time to do the QOTD later, so I did it already, when I noticed your ping to urgently answer a rather inane question you asked a few days ago. I am taking the time now, to reply to that, at some likely inconvenience and trouble at being later than I wished at leaving, and to make a few points before I go. You ask "what exactly do you not like about the quote?" which is a rather strained assessment of a "3" ranking which designates "Very Good - strong desire to see it used", as contrasted with a "4" for "Excellent - should definitely be used" or a "2" for "Good - some desire to see it used." I rarely rank ANYTHING a 4, until the final assessments just prior to selecting a QOTD, because for me, nothing is "definite" until then; I sometimes indicate "a lean toward a 4", among those I generally have most regard for, but not always. There is nothing I do not like about the quote, as I can see it has relevance to the date, but I do not consider it necessarily or "definitely" the best choice to be used, and certainly do not wish to indicate such a thing at this point. I see that you have shortened the message in your signature, which is something I was definitely going to advise you to eliminate or change, for several reasons, which I will not now fully get into; but I would recommend even the remaining statement be eliminated also, as it seems to be an incident of "feeding the trolls" — as such accusations are a common one, among a particular troll-vandal who needs not be specified. I have delayed a bit more than I had intended, and am leaving now. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:29, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I did not realize that, I thought you only chose quotes that were a '4'. Thanks for the rating and explanation. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 20:38, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Also, signature fixed. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 20:39, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Main Page issue, help needed

The Main Page is missing a QOTD! – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 00:30, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Achim110

The block time seems a bit excessive. Also, no reason to disable his talk page as it wasn't abused. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 20:46, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

The account was very clearly a "vandalism-only" account, with various non-relevant postings to various created pages, and deliberate misplacement and alteration of information to cause confusion on those and an existing page. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:47, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

QOTD

QOTD is missing! – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 00:23, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

This was attended to, even while this was being posted. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:43, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Question about edit summaries

What does "ranking shift on 1" mean? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 22:43, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

I usually make a final ranking shift of quotes when I am about to select any for QOTD, and usually, but not always, make a ranking shift of 4 to the one I select; as I stated earlier, I rarely rank any a 4 prior to my final ranking. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:46, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

What is a "ranking shift"? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 22:47, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

It is a change of one's ranking of a quote within the 5 tier (0 - 4) ranking options provided on the suggestion pages for QOTD for any particular date. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

I still don’t understand what "ranking shift on 1" means. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:04, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

It is a shift in my ranking on one quote; usually as the first step in my final selection and posting process; sometimes I do shift rankings on more than one at a time, but not often; and in such cases I might indicate "ranking shift on 2", or "ranking shifts". ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

So what does "ranking shift on 1" mean? That you are changing one ranking? That you are doing your first round of changing? That you are changing a ranking up one? Or something else? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

As I state in my reply above: "It is a shift [or change] in my ranking on one quote" — not more or less. As auto-fill sometimes kicks in the edit summary box, there are possibly occasional errors because of it, as I do my final postings of various edits, but that is a relatively rare occurence. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:03, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Got it. Also, could you do this? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 00:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

There is no need for an "undelete and then move" — if you are going to create and use a category, just create the category and use it, where appropriate; any pages tagged with the category will show up in it. I do not believe that Wikipedia uses "Motswana" in any of its category designations, generalizing with the more familiar national designations of "Botswana people" or specifying with the less familiar cultural designation of "Tswana people". I have already spent more time clarifying some things here than I had intended — as I initially was planning to leave immediately after choosing a QOTD, but though my plans have now changed, I must be leaving soon. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:27, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

VIP

Please check WQ:VIP. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:06, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

I checked it, and I believe it most likely you have rapidly jumped the gun on at least one of those reports, and technically the other also, but I am in no hurry to act on either matter at this point. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:13, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

What about the potential sock? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:18, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

That is the one which technically might be considered jumping the gun; I am aware it is very likely some vandal, as many often use gibberish for names, but as no edit has yet been made, I am in no hurry to act on that. The other, where you deleted the posting of what seems to very likely have been someone merely not realizing they were not logged in, is another I do not consider of great urgency either. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:23, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

The second one, the one who edited someone else's comment. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:26, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

OMFG — how effing dense are you? ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I originally thought you meant the first one. Sorry! – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 23:30, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

September 5

First thing I have to say is that I am very, very, VERY happy that my quote was suggested! But, I was wondering why you extended it so much? Sure, in a long speech it makes more sense, but if you're looking for a quick and powerful quote, I would say that you eould go with th trimmed version. Thanks!!! for choosing. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 02:42, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Golding quote

Around town I saw an extended version of an attributed-to-Golding quote, first two lines of which you have as 'Proposed / 2019' at https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/September_19. I was glad to find yours, too, with attribution to Golding but was sorry -- and a little surprised, on a Wikipedia page (which it seems wikiquote is) -- to have no independent sourcing of the quote. I've now done a Google search on your lines and satisfied myself that it's likely a valid quote via https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/william-golding-on-women/; my surprise continues that Wikipedia would have such a quotes feature without footnoting. Any thoughts? Swliv (talk) 21:31, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your interest in verification of quotes, and in this project. This is actually a far less populous "sister project" of Wikipedia, and not Wikipedia itself, but the September 19 page merely serves as an archival page for QOTDs (Quotes of the Day) chosen for that date, as well as a place for posting suggestions for future QOTDs for the date in coming years; the William Golding article which the quote you refer to was selected from, and links to, actually has long had the sourcing of the original quote posted to it. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 02:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC) + tweak

My computer is back online in normal fashion

My presence on the project in recent days has been far more brief and tenuous than normal, because of the effects of Hurricane Ian in my current locality. I was without electrical power for several days, and at first only accessed the internet and edited here via iPhone, which I have long found to be a very tedious and troublesome process; the last two days I was borrowing someone's extra electrical generator to power up my computer and my satellite access to the internet, but found it a very precarious setup, that I initially feared had damaged some of my equipment. It is all working normally again, now that normal power is back on; but I have had a very busy and exhausting day, and have many other things to do in the next several, so I don’t expect to have very much time, even now, to spend here — but at least I can make far better use of what time I have, and accomplish things much faster, now that I have everything working again.

I previously had spent many years in New England, primarily Maine, but most of this year I have spent in Florida, and that will very likely usually be the case for many years to come. The worst of winter storms up there in a very rural area had not knocked out power so long as this hurricane did here, where I am situated amidst far more urban and sub-urban regions. My current home was not damaged at all, but there was generally much damage and continues to be some flooding and rising lakes in nearby areas, and my own electrical hook up was basically on a very tail end of one providers local grid, and not a top priority, compared to many other more pressing concerns and more vitally important lines.

I expect the next few days to continue to be very busy ones, but after that I might be able to relax a bit, and spend a bit more time on wiki matters. So it goes… ⨀∴☥☮♥∵ॐ …Blessings. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 03:05, 4 October 2022 (UTC) + tweak

Always forgive your enemies ...

28 February 2004 you posted "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." as a Quote of the day. You may be interested to read https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/06/11/annoy/ which includes "In conclusion, the earliest known match for this expression occurred in 1954 which was many years after the death of Oscar Wilde in 1900. The linkage to Wilde appears to be spurious. The true originator of the quotation remains unknown.". Mcljlm (talk) 21:16, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

I was hoping I might be able to convince either you or UDScott to add Alien to the films on the front page.

I was hoping I might be able to convince either you or UDScott to add Alien to the list of films on the front page. On a related note, would you accept an Alien barnstar for the work you did on the page for Prometheus? I think you both did an excellent job in improving that page above and beyond what was required. I've never given one out before, and I believe I got one from you once for adding a quote to the page for Doctor Who. I was looking at the one for Wiki Loves Women, which admittedly looks much better, but I feel like the art design isn't as heartfelt.

CensoredScribe (talk) 20:01, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Quote of the day/January 2, 2013

Almost 10 years ago you proposed "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." whose author appears there as Isaac Asimov. According to https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/13/know-all/ "Currently [2019], there is no substantive evidence supporting the attribution to Isaac Asimov." Mcljlm (talk) 01:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry for my edition, good night Gremista.32 (talk) 02:01, 8 December 2022 (UTC)