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Hi King of Scorpions! You created a thread called User page at archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread . Archival by Lowercase sigmabot III, notification delivery by Muninnbot, both talk ) 19:01, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed that you reverted an edit by 16btaylor on List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020 and that you used the '{{subst:uw-test2}}' template to warn the user. I've been following your progress with your mentor and wanted to leave a note (hopefully helpful) about user warnings for this specific case (given that when I'm around, I do quite a bit of anti-vandalism). What I wanted to say is; you don't have to linearly raise the warning level from 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4... You can instead escalate the warning level, especially when an edit could be considered a significant breach of WP's editing standards. Looking at the edit made by that user, you could very easily say that putting someone's name into a mass shooting article would be a severe breach of WP's editing standards, wouldn't you say so too? I'd just also like to thank you for your anti-vandalism efforts, they are much appreciated. If you have any questions about this or anything else, my talk page is always open to you, Best wishes. -=Troop=- (talk) 01:19, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed that you're basically the main "reassessor" of

@Seadoubleyoujay: (Note: this assessment method could work on almost any article) I'm glad you asked. I assess it on the number and quality of the references, how the inline citations line up with the text, the quality of the text, and the quality/relevance/existence of the images. If it helps, I nearly rated some of them B-class but made a hard decision to choose C-class instead. Hope this helps, King of Scorpions 00:47, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for intruding but could you give Judgment (video game) a look to see what are its issues that need to be solved to become B?Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 00:22, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

​ Uhm... it is B-class, and I agree with that rating. It was already rated B, I just didn't contest that. Does that help? King of Scorpions 00:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Oh, thought it was C. Thanks still.Tintor2 (talk) 00:52, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@Tintor2: I almost think it could make it to GA if someone more experienced than I could nominate it... Also, don't be sorry for posting on my talk page. I really don't mind... King of Scorpions 00:57, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Well, I've made some articles GA like Takayuki Yagami since they are quite small. On the other hand, I find it difficult to turn Judgment into GA due to its size. If you feel like it, nominate it. Still I kind of think it might need a copyedit due to its recent expansion in some sections.Tintor2 (talk) 01:00, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

​Truthfully, I have no idea how to nominate a GA... I did do a little copyediting to the article, though. King of Scorpions 01:05, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

It's actually quite simple, Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions. Once a user believes the article can pass the criteria they tag the talk page, add category and wait for a review.Tintor2 (talk) 01:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello King of Scorpions,

Do you know how I can cite a source on the Daniel Kelly page? I created an election table (which I made in formatting to look similar to the tables for David Prosser Jr. since I wasn't sure how to make one). I have a source for the results (here), but do you know how I should put that into the article?

Thanks! TheTheJay31 (talk) 02:15, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@TheTheJay31: Adding a citation to a table isn't hard; you simply put it in a certain parameter the way you put in a usual ref (between the <ref> and </ref> tags). I usually use the source editor to put in the bare URL, then the Visual Editor to complete the ref. Hope this helps, King of Scorpions 15:53, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@TheTheJay31: Were these the changes you wanted to make? If not, feel free to undo them. King of Scorpions 16:06, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@King of Scorpions: Thank you for the help! I figured out how to put the citation on the table using the source editor (usually I use the visual editor). TheTheJay31 (talk) 17:33, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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Template:Ping! King of Scorpions

18:33, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. it’s really nice to see a new editor taking such an interest and so keen. If you decide you want to start a new page or add content and need some help, please just drop by my talk page. Best wishes Giano (talk) 18:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Giano: I don't really have anything I need help with right now. Thanks for the offer of help, though! Actually, I do have a question. Do you know why a lot of people create accounts that make one edit and then never edit again? (I see that a lot as a Recent changes viewer...) King of Scorpions 18:44, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I expect it’s just people who have a single purpose or reason to edit. Perhaps to edit their own biographies or even just to register their chosen name or see if checkuser picks them automatically. Perhaps they just want to see what happens when one registers. Glad to see you’ve learnt how to “ping.” That’s always very useful. Giano (talk) 18:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

​I've also figured out Template:Hidden ping and Template:User link. Those are both helpful as well, I've found. King of Scorpions 19:02, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Oh well done! That’s all far too complicated and stressful for me. I’m sure you’ll pick up everything you need to know very quickly indeed. Giano (talk) 19:17, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Giano: It helps that I have a mentor... King of Scorpions 19:30, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thats good, he’s excellent. If you do ever want to try content, there’s a fun little page: Cotswold Olimpick Games. It has a few layout and grammatical problems, it’s been on my watchlist for ages. If you ever want to learn on it, I’m happy to keep a benign eye while you do so. Happy editing. Giano (talk) 19:36, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Giano:Wait. If it has all these problems, then how is it an FA?? King of Scorpions 19:37, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Nothing ever reaches perfection here. Giano (talk) 19:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Giano:True, but I have seen better articles that aren't even GA. I mean, one source is the organization's website... will go edit it now. I found some things that I can improve... King of Scorpions 19:57, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• First content lesson: no citations are required in the lead. Giano (talk) 20:09, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I did not know that. King of Scorpions 20:11, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Excellent. Now you’ve learnt something important. Now see if you can research a new fact for Andrea Palma. Content editing really is the best thing ever.Giano (talk)

​Content creation is good. However, I've found that I much prefer smaller fixes to articles (grammar, formatting, etc.). Occasionally I will do major work on an article that interests me, though. (I've created one article, and am working on another that's still in userspace...) King of Scorpions 20:41, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I also do anti-vandalism. King of Scorpions 20:42, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Thats fantastic. You’ve now learnt not to be afraid of touching the highest and the lowest. Be Bold is Wikipedia’s motto. My motto is Content is Best. Giano (talk) 20:48, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Giano: My mentor hasn't edited in the last couple days, so I was wondering if you had any sage advice for me? King of Scorpions 17:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oh, I don’t think there’s much I can teach you. You seem to have the hang of things very quickly indeed. Do ask, though, if there’s anything specific. However, I don’t do templates or anything that involves “{}” There’s always a bot to sort those for you. Giano (talk) 20:24, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@King of Scorpions: sorry about that, I'm back now. TheAwesomeHwyh 20:14, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

How are you today?   ApChrKey   ^Talk 22:11, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@ApChrKey: Oh, I'm doing good. Are you asking for any specific reason, or just in general? King of Scorpions 22:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration Committee at arbcom-enwikimedia.org with your username and appeal. Administrators: Arbitration Committee (per this announcement ).

@Jpgordon: Umm... I'm confused. Why exactly am I blocked? What did I do wrong?? King of Scorpions 21:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Request unblock and another checkuser will review what I encountered. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 22:36, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello King of Scorpions, and welcome to the

• A how-to guide to Wikipeda copyediting
• Wikipedia's Manual of Style
  (MOS), a helpful guide to refer to while copy editing
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Thank you so much for joining the GOCE, we appreciate it!

For the GOCE, Puddleglum^2.0_{(How's my driving?)} 19:10, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

@Puddleglum2.0:Thanks for the welcome! King of Scorpions 19:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

No problem! We look forward to your contributions at the GOCE. I hope that that drama below gets sorted out; I don't envy anyone in your position! I'm sure it will all get sorted out in a favourable way though. Good luck!

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I'm asking for unblock because I'm confused as to why I'm blocked. Could whoever sees this explain and unblock me? Thanks, King of Scorpions 23:18, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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Seriously? You're engaging in logged-out vandalism, and you're a sock puppet of SithJarJar666 (talk · contribs). You can appeal on that account. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:15, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hi! I don't know what's going on with the sockpuppet drama (above), but if it gets sorted I've made a quick review of your copy edit of Hastinapur for the March GOCE copy-editing drive. This is mostly MOS stuff and some small points of clarity.

• MOS:MAJORWORKS). Similarly with Ramayana
  . If you're unsure, follow the link and see if they italicize it on the subject's article – that will at least let you know if another editor thought it should be in italics. Or you can ask at MOS talk or on one of the GOCE talk pages.
• In Etymology, when defining things, we usually use italics for the term and then put the meaning of definition in single quotes. So Hastinapur translates to 'the City of Elephants'. When discussing a word as a word, it gets italics (
  MOS:SINGLE
  ). Parenthesis is also often used, particularly with translations, if it's clear from previous context that a translation is being offered.
• With Queen
  Gandhari, the wife of King Dhritarashtra
  . you added the. I think that's right, but be careful because sometimes a king will have more than one wife, either concurrently or consecutively.
• We use a non-breaking space between a person's initials, so
  MOS:NBSP
  )
• was to find out the stratigraphic position I felt that "find out" is a bit informal and replaced this with "determine". Sometimes phrases don't translate well, and it's generally better to state something with fewer words.
• who built many
  Hindu temples in and around Hastinapura I changed the link to Hindu temple
  , which is more specific and backlinks to Hindu.
• about 37 km from
  WP:UNITS). This can be easily accomplished with the {{convert}} template. It's one of my favourite templates and is very versatile, so let me know if you have any questions about implementing it. Its simple form is very straightforward, e.g. {{convert
  |37|km}} to produce 37 kilometres (23 mi). If you don't want full "kilometres" to show, use |abbr=on. I got a little fancier further along with the temperatures, and much fancier with the height of the temples (note: since metric is used as the primary measurement system in the article, I used metres as primary for the heights).
• The literacy rate of the town is 73.9%. Because this data is from the 2001 Census, this should all be stated in the past tense: "The literacy rate of the town was 73.9%".
• population had reduced to 21,249^[1]. Watch for punctuation at references. The reference should always follow the punctuation, for clarity and to avoid line-wrap issues. (An exception is with closing parenthesis: if the reference only applies to what is inside the parentheses, then the ref should be inside the parentheses.)
• There are many ancient Hindu temples like Pandeshwar Temple Here, I felt that "like" was too informal, and it also introduces ambiguity: Are there many temples similar to Pandeshwar Temple, or many temples including Pandeshwar Temple? Although it isn't sourced, the later context of the article suggests the second meaning, so I changed it to "including".
• Section headers get sentence case, so the section titled "Temples and Monuments" should be "Temples and monuments". I also made it a level 3 header, since it is logically subordinate to "Places of interest" (which introduces it).
• built in the year 1801. We can usually state a year without having to say that it's a year, unless there's some ambiguity from context (e.g.: About 1800 ships arrived in the year 1801).
  MOS:BADDATE
• including a
  Jain Gurukul
  The only capital that should be there is for Jain.
• home to several Jain temples, including Yatri Niwasand Bhojanshala Names of buildings don't normally get italics (see
  Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles § Neither
  ).

I hope this isn't too nit-picky. When you become aware of these MOS points and know to look for them, you'll spot them fairly quickly. You made some really good improvements to the article, clarified a lot of passages and removed a lot of unnecessary fluff. You can view the additional changes I made in the article history. After reviewing, you might want to check your other recent copy edits for anything you might have missed. Thanks for your contributions, and please let me know if you have any questions! – Reidgreg (talk) 19:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

​FYI: they won't be able to reply, their talkpage access was revoked and they're community banned. TheAwesomeHwyh 01:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

I figured. That's all above my pay grade, whether this is a sock puppet, a meat puppet, or someone who edits from a shared computer. I'd already reviewed their work so, after some consternation and consideration, decided to AGF and post the review here. – Reidgreg (talk) 11:36, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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