User talk:Lindsay658

Re: blocking

If a registered user gets blocked (in many cases due to a patently offensive username), and then attempts to edit after being blocked, whatever IP address that user is attempting to edit from gets automatically blocked for 24 hours. This appears on the Special:Ipblocklist as:

• [SomeTimestamp] [SomeAdmin] blocked #[SomeBlockNumber] (expires [SomeTimestamp + 24 hours]) (Unblock) (Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "[SomeBadUser]". The reason given for [SomeBadUser]'s block is: "[SomeGoodReason]")

This is intended to reduce the effect of vandals who vandalize with multiple accounts, whilst still protecting the privacy of their actual IP address. In the future, you can place something on your talk page like this:

{{unblock|my IP address was recently used by [SomeBadUser]}}

That will be get attention more quickly and effectively than e-mail. — Jun. 27, '06 [11:12] <freak|talk>

March 2024 GAN backlog drive

Good article nominations | March 2024 Backlog Drive
March 2024 Backlog Drive: On 1 March, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin. Barnstars will be awarded. Interested in taking part? You can sign up here or ask questions here.
You're receiving this message because you have reviewed or nominated a good article in the last year.

(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Robert Hanham Collyer

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Robert Hanham Collyer you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Maxim Masiutin -- Maxim Masiutin (talk) 19:01, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Robert Hanham Collyer

The article Robert Hanham Collyer you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Robert Hanham Collyer for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Maxim Masiutin -- Maxim Masiutin (talk) 21:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Your first GA nomination

I understand that this was your first GA nomination. Please don't be discouraged by the fact that I considered that the article you nominated did not pass GA criteria. Please consider improving the article and submitting it again. The GA review process is intended to be a lightweight process, and various reviewers may have various consideration, so one reviewer may consider the article didn't pass, while the other reviewer may consider it passed. I am also a newbie here, and some of my nominations also did not pass, but I improved them and nominated them again, so that they eventually passed. However, it always took a very long time until a reviewer picked up an article for review. Unfortunately, this is how it is here in Wikipedia: it takes time. So we, nominators, have to be patient. I have some of my articles do not being picked up for more than 3 months, and some articles take years to eventually pass after a failed GA review. You are great that you wrote such an interesting article! Keep up the good work, don't be discouraged! I am really sorry that I had to mark your review "did not pass". I hope you would not take it personally! Maxim Masiutin (talk) 22:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)