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Hi CaptainEek, nice to meet you. I am not yet fluent in the editing practices here. Would it be better to provide reasons for reverting less constructive edits in the edit summary box? Is there anything else I need to consider when reverting? Thank you. --Lyndis Parlour (talk) 17:19, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lyndis Parlour one should generally provide an WP:EDITSUMMARY, yes. Obvious nonsense (curse words, spam) can just be removed with a summary like "rvv" (meaning revert vandalism). But anything that could remotely be productive or in good faith should be reverted with a fuller explanation of why that edit is not an improvement. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:14, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you. --Lyndis Parlour (talk) 19:21, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I want to add my details to Wiki as an entry. How do I do this please ? --Phoenix 217 (talk) 12:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Phoenix 217 Does such a page exist already? Or are you saying you want to create one in the first place? I should advise you that we do not write about everything, we only write about subjects considered notable. If you haven't been the subject of significant news coverage, you probably don't qualify. And that's a WP:GOODTHING CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:58, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @CaptainEek, happy new year! Would it be possible to increase the level of protection for Li's page? Most of the vandals are confirmed longtime Wikipedia users, one of whom attacked her on X and Reddit. He was subsequently banned from Wikipedia for abusing his editing privileges. He continues to leave incendiary public comments about her on Facebook. Thank you so much for your time and consideration. Wishing you a fantastic new year! Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 08:37, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Napoleonjosephine2020 You should not be stalking editor's Facebooks. That's not cool. At any rate, let's see if the current protection works before considering increasing it. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 18:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He is posting incendiary comments on LINDY LI's page! No one is stalking anybody. Clearly, the current protection isn't working, given the onslaught of false edits today. Can you please increase it? Thank you. Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 19:13, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stalking editors on Facebook, X, and Reddit isn't cool, you're also showing signs of Wikipedia:Ownership of content. I suggest CaptainEek deny this user's request and for the user requesting to show civility. DACartman (talk) 19:24, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The editor provided the social media links to me himself! That's why he got banned from Wikipedia! This is all well-documented. Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 19:30, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did he ask you to stalk his social media or click the links? By the way, only the community can Wikipedia:Banning policy people. The editor got blocked by a admin, blocking and banning are way different DACartman (talk) 19:37, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Napoleonjosephine2020 well that user is currently blocked, and even if he does get unblocked, I doubt he'll be allowed to directly edit Lindy Li's page either. So let's focus on the issues actually before us. Since I protected the page, have there been any edits that you find problematic? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 19:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there were a number of new edits that are wrong and false. I listed only a few of them on Li's talk page so as not to overwhelm anyone. Thank you so much for your time and attention! Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 20:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

H sent me the links in a direct reply to me to prove that he only hated Li, but wasn't a racist. Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @CaptainEek! Can you please change back Li's party affiliation or even better shut down her page to prevent disruptive editing? The latest false edit is that Li is a Republican. According to public records and her own statements, Li is still a registered Democrat. She just left the DNC. There is a difference.

An editor erroneously made the change and I am unable to revert it. At no point has Li said she is a Republican. Thanks so much! Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 11:27, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, this is mostly false. Napoleon all but accused me of racism for editing Li’s page, so I sent them a tweet in which I pushed back on someone claiming that she confirmed the “Asian traitor” stereotype, and noted that I myself was of Chinese descent. While I did express my opinion that Li was an “opportunistic grifter” in that tweet, it was secondary to the defense of her against a racist attack. I do not know how Napoleon was able to access my Reddit or Facebook comments, none of which I believe evince “hatred,” despite my complaints that someone who may have been Li seemed to be involved in COI editing of her own page. EncycloDeterminate (talk) 22:41, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EncycloDeterminate I understand that the Committee unblocked you without putting any restriction on you. But I believe that was in part because you expressed that you would leave well enough alone. I have already partial-blocked Napoleonjosephine from Lindy Li's page, and I will do it for you too if you become a problem. I expect both you and Napoleon to do your best to get along. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:01, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can quote from my email exchange with Cabayi, leeky, and the other committeemembers, but in short, I didn’t say I wouldn’t edit, only that I would be more careful when alleging COI edits by apparent IP sockpuppets. My latest edit of Li’s page was merely grammatical—I’ve left the more contentious edits to others—but I did want to write in my own defense here, given Napoleon’s misrepresentation of the dispute. EncycloDeterminate (talk) 23:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CaptainEek @EncycloDeterminate continues to stalk Lindy Li's page and make unfounded allegations on her talk page. Can you please block him from the page as you have me? He seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Li.

He's made a number of inflammatory comments on Li's Facebook page. He's since been banned from her page. He's also posted about her on Reddit and X (he shared the link with me). He is no neutral arbiter and publicly attacked her as an "opportunistic grifter." Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 06:30, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Napoleonjosephine2020 Frankly, you seem to have an unhealthy obsession with Li too, so that cuts both ways. For now, he's editing on the talk page, and he's not saying all that much anyway. If he starts editing the page itself in a problematic manner, then let me know. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 17:56, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thank you for your reply :) The problematic difference is I've been blocked but he hasn't.

This man, whose identity he himself has self-disclosed on Li's Facebook page, admitted to being a progressive Kamala Harris supporter on Reddit and that he strongly dislikes Li. Not sure why someone who openly admits to loathing Li is allowed to sabotage her page like this, especially someone who has admitted across social media his clear animus of her and slammed her as an "opportunistic grifter".

This level of obsession with Li is deeply disturbing. Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 21:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Napoleonjosephine2020 But he isn't editing the article itself, just the talkpage. We do not typically block people for their off-wiki opinions. If he makes problematic edits, let me know. But otherwise, I suggest you lay off and focus on actually building an encyclopedia. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:31, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You’ve repeated this talking point between five and six times already, while leaving out the fact that I linked it in a tweet that primarily defended Li against racist attacks while still saying that her behavior seemed obviously opportunistic (this was in response to Napoleon suggesting that I was targeting her for being Chinese, although the funny thing is, I’m Chinese myself). On her Twitter account, half of her replies are now from MAGA supporters pointing to her tweets from last year as evidence that she’s extremely untrustworthy. EncycloDeterminate (talk) 19:51, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hola captain, can you please look after this IP 200.8.116.209. They continuously removing redirect and making article on specific field.––kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 19:28, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KEmel49 continuously is a bit of a stretch. They turned two redirects into articles, which you then deleted without an appropriate explanation. You then gave them the "malicious redirect" warning, which was entirely inappropriate. Please don't WP:BITE the newbies. They were obviously a good faith contributor who just doesn't understand our byzantine rules. The right thing to do, instead of templating them, would be to have given them a nice explanation of how they could make those articles correctly. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Over here, you wrote האופה is Icewhiz, but in SPI User:Barkeep49 determined they were [[1]] and they were retagged by User:Spicy. 2001:D08:2297:4767:30DF:AA2:5A58:5096 (talk) 09:39, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out, fixed. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create my own page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hello-potatowow (talk • contribs) 04:10, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hello-potatowow I've left a message on your talkpage with some general tips. What sort of page are you looking to make? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 04:34, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what is this --Namokiya (talk) 15:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry this sucks. I don't think you've engaged too much, but obviously engaging does seem to make one a target of ire. Whatever I've done to make it worse, I apologize. I appreciate your work. Valereee (talk) 22:37, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i appreciate your work on articles not related to israel. but, your edits to holocaust are not so helpful any more, my friend. the super long lead section does not fit on my laptop screen any more, that is bad style. you just revert and restore original lenght, and seem to be so deep in the topic that you do not even bother doing proper links or help to "normal" editors on the talk page. --ThurnerRupert (talk) 19:55, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ThurnerRupert the lead on Holocaust is much shorter than the average lead. Compare with World War II or Gallic Wars. You also didn't make it much shorter at all, but removed mention of the Shoah, which is the other name folks would know it by. As to the last sentence of your message, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:31, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

you even seem to be so deep in that stuff, @CaptainEek, that you not even notice when it was too much. i find your comment "Restore long standing version of the lead; see talk archives explaining" as lazy. if you have no time, better not touch an article. otherwise give a proper reference please, which would allow even me to follow your thread of thought. my edit was -120 characters. --ThurnerRupert (talk) 18:38, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ThurnerRupert Revert summaries are often brief, as part of the WP:BRD cycle. The discussion isn't supposed to happen in the edit summaries, it's supposed to happen on the talk page. In this particular instance, the way the lead is presented has been discussed and nauseum in the past, which is why I pointed you to the talk page archives, so that we weren't unnecessarily rehashing a discussion. For starters, removing "Shoah" was not an improvement, because it is a name it is widely known by. Secondly, the article is purposefully structured as focusing on the genocide of Jews, and the other Nazi mass killings are covered on separate pages, which has been thoroughly discussed on the talk page before. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 19:18, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

where please? ThurnerRupert (talk) 21:56, 25 January 2025 (UTC) 21:55, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ThurnerRupert See e.g., Talk:The_Holocaust/Archive_39#Article_scope_redux, Talk:The_Holocaust#Non-Jews_victims, Talk:The Holocaust/FAQ#Q2. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I did and edits my files but still I'm not sure it's correct or not can you please help me thanks --Ebrahim1367 (talk) 23:18, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ebrahim1367 Can you be more specific about what your question is? Thanks! CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 03:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems like someone @prunfola made a Wikipedia page just to sabotage Li's page with a false edit. Li was elected Class President freshman year and re-elected every year after that. The first class president Ashton Miller flunked out of Princeton after the first semester, so there was another election to replace him — Li became class president FRESHMAN year. Can you please undo his edit?

He's clearly trying to diminish and downgrade her achievement. She was the first woman to serve as class president at Princeton all four years. Thank you so so much. Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 06:53, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a WP:RS that could be cited to prove that? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:07, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I provided four reliable sources on the talk page and the editor reverted the initial incorrect edit. Many heartfelt thanks for your time and help :) Napoleonjosephine2020 (talk) 12:46, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I remove a "This section needs expansion", when that section of the article doesn't? --CelebrateCellary (talk) 04:16, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CelebrateCellary Can you give me an example of what you're looking at? Like, link me to a page and point out the section? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 06:45, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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