User talk:UtherSRG

This is UtherSRG's talk page, where you can send him messages and comments.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: 7 days

It is 1:41 PM where this user lives.

zOMG

		zOMG
		I, Hojimachong, hereby award UtherSRG A completely gratuitous zOMG barnstar, for being 110% awesome. Plus 1. --Hojimachong^talk

WikiProject Mammals Notice Board

In line with the recent upgrades to WikiProject Mammals a bulletin board has been created to keep all members up to date with the Project, consider it similar to the Wikipedia Signpost however focused on WikiProject Mammals. I would ask that you add this page to your watchlist in order to get the latest information about WikiProject Mammals. Kind Regards - Zoo Pro and The Arbiter^★_★^★

Happy holidays!

— mw (talk) (contribs) is wishing you Happy Holidays! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user Happy Holidays, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Happy holidays}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Question from SKMS333 (11:42, 7 February 2025)

Hello, Thank you for being a mentor. I would like to update the photo on my brother's page. I have no experience in editing pages. --SKMS333 (talk) 11:42, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should not update your brother's article, as that would be a conflict of interest. However, you may suggest edits on the article's talk page. You can use the WP:File Upload Wizard to upload new images. I will put some helpful links on your talk page. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:56, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:87.41.240.91 Blocked

Hi, just to let you know the IP you blocked has now switched to 87.41.241.26 and has continued with the vandalism of Animal testing Equine-man (talk) 13:53, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've blocked their range now. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:52, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback

Hi @UtherSRG,

Thanks for the feedback. Would love to improve the page Anand Reddi.

What is the best way to make it not "promotional" and consistent with other pages. I have been workshopping for 8 months till it was finally approved.

Always welcome great feedback and thank your editorial support Trex32 (talk) 16:34, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My best advise is to step back and stop thinking "What do I want to say about the subject?" and change your thinking to "What would others want to know? What have others said?" - UtherSRG (talk) 16:38, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thats a really helpful framing. Thank you so much. Very grateful Trex32 (talk) 16:44, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not intentionally!

I just try to be even handed. It happens that sometimes I get a good line to feed from, though. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:23, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They have taken what they perceive as a negotiation to my talk page. Ah well. On Commons I have reported them as suspected sock puppetry. All their uploads there so far have been deleted as copyvios. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. And I've reported as SPI. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:40, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Makes perfect sense. I'll see if I can add anything. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 19:17, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where have you filed it? 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 22:20, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Davi Santiago de Souza - DSdS is a user here.... - UtherSRG (talk) 22:41, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Or someone pretending to be him is... - UtherSRG (talk) 22:41, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added additional material. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 23:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All socks blocked and globally locked. "Oh dear, what a pity; never mind!" I smelled and heard it as fishy and ducky and CU and detective work did the rest. Loads f cross wiki abuse. I imagine they will be back.

I also suspect a hoax. One of the pictures alleged to be Davi is used as two other people, one on Facebook and the other on LinkedIn. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 17:32, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. And I expect our user pages and talks will get vandalized.... - UtherSRG (talk) 17:44, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking forward to it. I take a perverse glee annoying spammers. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:59, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do, too, but I also feels like it pulls me away from having more time to work on other improvements. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:54, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jungle cat revert

You have reverted my edits to Jungle cat, and I do not understand that Not helpful:

Having the link "Amu Darya River" twice in the same table cell is a case of overlinking.
Linking the word "Turkestan" to Turkmenistan is redundant.

--Paloi Sciurala (talk｜contribs) 23:38, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have pulled back some of the revert and made an additional change. - UtherSRG (talk) 06:06, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He's back...

I think we can look forward to delighting in Kekepalmer2001's particular style of editing again. It's clear that this IP is them - rewriting zoological articles in a wordy, waffly manner, while mixing in made-up or overstated stuff. They are not currently blocked - block expired in mid-January - and thus this isn't block evasion, but if they carry on like they have at Strigoi and Cryptoprocta spelea, they may be due the next one soon. Just thought I'd flag it; I'll be keeping an eye out :/ Cheers --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:34, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm done with them. IP/64 blocked as disruptive for 1 year. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:06, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough! --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 14:20, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request at User talk:Gill110951

Just dropping you a note to flag up my comments on the above user talk page. I think Wikipedia has treated Richard Gill poorly. He is a good faith an knowledgeable editor who tripped over unfamiliarity with the rules and his acknowledged error in straying into advocacy. Could I ask you to look at this again please. Also Yamla. I believe this is someone we should be helping back into editing, with some support and guidance, not someone we should be permanently barring. Thanks. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 14:34, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He's had a year and still can't see the COI. We have no place for someone who will run over those kind of rules. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:41, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]