User talk:Euryalus
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[edit]Similar discussion, new venue: Wikipedia:Blocking policy/RFC on promotional activity. El Beeblerino if you're not into the whole brevity thing 20:54, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Beeblebrox: thanks for posting this. Will be good to get this settled. Wouldn't apply to either of the recent examples we were discussing, as both were making promotional edits in article space. But worth establishing consensus on the overall principle. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:34, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- The Rock line guy's edits, while clearly in an area where their username implies a COI, did not seem particularly promotional in nature to me, which is why I went for discussion. El Beeblerino if you're not into the whole brevity thing 22:44, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- Well YMMV (never actually seen the source ad for this but apparently its a saying?). You warned them after their first edit, which was to a film produced by their company but was not otherwise objectionable. However several hours after your warning they made a series of further mainspace edits to remove criticism of the film. These edits were more clearly promotional than their first innocuous change for which the warning was given. I can't guarantee they saw your warning, so maybe they still believed there was no problem with promotional edits. Either way a block seemed necessary to prevent continued promotional changes and to force their attention to the talkpage request that they change their name. Hence the block. As with the Kepri Estates guy, a name change and some indication that they understand wp:COI and possibly wp:paid would be enough to secure an unblock.
- The Rock line guy's edits, while clearly in an area where their username implies a COI, did not seem particularly promotional in nature to me, which is why I went for discussion. El Beeblerino if you're not into the whole brevity thing 22:44, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- And again, thanks again for reposting the RfC, and hopefully it ends up with a clear consensus on any changes to UAA policy. I've supported the idea of advice to admins not to reflexively impose no-warning blocks on accounts whose only edits are to draft or userspace (option 1), but ofc that's not where this or the Kepri Estates guy's editing occurred. -- Euryalus (talk) 06:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- As a mild addendum, I agree with your RfC comment that
If they ignore the concern and keep editing, especially if they add more promotional content, the discussion attempt has failed and a block is justified and uncontroversial.
This succinctly describes the Rockline Entertainment scenario. -- Euryalus (talk) 20:24, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- As a mild addendum, I agree with your RfC comment that
- And again, thanks again for reposting the RfC, and hopefully it ends up with a clear consensus on any changes to UAA policy. I've supported the idea of advice to admins not to reflexively impose no-warning blocks on accounts whose only edits are to draft or userspace (option 1), but ofc that's not where this or the Kepri Estates guy's editing occurred. -- Euryalus (talk) 06:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
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- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
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Mariners' Mirror
[edit]Hi Euryalus, it's good to see you are still editing.
In a discussion, many moons ago, I vaguely recall you saying you subscribed to the above publication. I cannot find that conversation so I may have misremembered but I was hoping you might have access to Aberg, Alan (2005). "Saving the Victory". The Mariner's Mirror. 91 (2). Portsmouth, United Kingdom: Society for Nautical Research: 359–361. doi:10.1080/00253359.2005.10656955. S2CID 162312253.. I am interested in validating the parts of HMS Victory where it is used as a reference. I am hoping to take the article to GAN so anything I can't corroborate will probably have to be removed. Hoping you can help and thanking you in advance, --Ykraps (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Ykraps: hello and thanks for the message. Alas I no longer have the hard copy or a current subscription. The article is available from Taylor and Francis, if that's helpful. I'll also try to get a copy via a university library and will come back in a few days with success or failure! Also, from memory that entire volume 91(2) of Mariner's Mirror is dedicated to Victory so there's likely a bunch of other useful articles in it. If I do find a hard copy I'll email or otherwise post the best bits. All the best. -- Euryalus (talk) 22:03, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- I have access to Taylor and Francis via the Wikipedia Library but a search didn't produce any results. I assumed this was because I didn't have a high enough access level or some such thing. However, I have just carried out another search using the doi number and it came up straight away. Thanks for your help and showing an interest. If there's anything else you think I should check out, do send it my way. Best regards --Ykraps (talk) 17:43, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2025
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Rights
[edit]Hi, I've re-added the user rights you held prior to adminship. Sorry to see you hang up the tools, but hope to still see you around on the content side! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 12:51, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
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Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Happy First Edit Day! Hi Euryalus! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC) |  |
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
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Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2025
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[edit]@Euryalus: congrats. Like your username very much :-) Lotje (talk) 03:58, 7 September 2025 (UTC)
Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!
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