User talk:BigKrow

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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm currently blocked for Open proxy.

Sorry I didn't realize I had a vpn on.... You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.

The block was made by ‪AmandaNP‬. The reason given is No open proxies .

Start of block: 07:08, 7 October 2023 Expiry of block: 07:08, 7 October 2025 Your current IP address is 54.38.78.132. The blocked range is 54.38.0.0/16.

Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

BigKrow (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

If you've turned off the VPN, you shouldn't be blocked now. It isn't a block on your account. Heavy Water (talk) 18:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Well, clearly you turned it off. So there shouldn't be any further action needed. Heavy Water (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Ok thank you. If something comes up I will let you know. BigKrow (talk) 21:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I am procedurally declining the request, since there was technically no block to review, to remove it from the queue. On a related point, BigKrow, please do just be careful about the use of multiple accounts. Appears you've had a half dozen or so just in the past few months. If you are actively using/editing/switching between them, it is best practice to disclose as much on the respective user pages, to avoid confusion. Thanks much. Tyrol5 (talk) 22:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth, as far as I can tell they're not used simultaneously (although the IP is). Heavy Water (talk) 00:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

IP is used if I forgotten to log in, Apologies. BigKrow (talk) 01:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Im aware thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging articles as abandoned

Hi. When tagging articles as abandoned, it should be done with a date parameter. This can most easily be achieved by using {{subst:aband}}. It will automatically resolve the current date and start the two day countdown. Cheers, SVTCobra 14:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Much appreciated, thank you! BigKrow (talk) 16:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

@SVTCobra {{abandoned|December 26, 2023}}

i guess working now, it was a red link so i didn't think it would work. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Turkey attacks northern Iraq, and Syria after 12 people killed

Yes, tagging with author request is good enough unless other editors have worked on it. It was an interesting event which I had not seen at the top of my news headlines, so I was a bit disappointed you chose this route. SVTCobra 00:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I have a bad habit of deleting I'm sorry.... BigKrow (talk) 00:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi BigKrow, a couple of comments. First, there is no need to tag abandoned articles for speedy, even if it's been a couple of days since the countdown has run out. They already appear in a tracking category for Sysops to see as needing deletion. Second, in other cases where {{speedy}} or {{delete}} (they are the same, by the way) is appropriate, please give a valid reason. The list of valid reasons can be seen here. Thanks, SVTCobra 22:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Related is NIETians shine at Smart India Hackthon 2023 which you sought to have speedied because the user was blocked. The user was blocked because the name suggested representing National Institute of Engineering & Technology at Greater Noida. It is not permitted for institutions to have an account which can be used by anybody there. If they want to contribute, the accounts need to represent a single individual. SVTCobra 03:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I understand. BigKrow (talk) 15:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@64.39.81.54: The above is what I mean. You claimed you understood. --SVTCobra 00:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Let's move on, ok? BigKrow (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Please state a reason when you use {{delete}} or {{speedy}}. Thank you. SVTCobra 13:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Accounts

Hi BigKrow. You can also go to M:Steward requests/Username changes and request that they usurp and merge all of your accounts into BigKrow. This will prevent you from being accused of sock puppetry on other projects. I am only an administrator on Wikinews, nowhere else. SVTCobra 20:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks but no thanks.... BigKrow (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

And User:CactusJack8310 is also you, yes? SVTCobra 19:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@SVTCobra, yes, also one more I can think of is @MissedJetliner, If I think of any more I will post them! Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 23:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

View source for Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals ← Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by ‪SVTCobra‬. The reason given is:

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "MissedJetliner". The reason given for MissedJetliner's block is "Former account of User:BigKrow".

Start of block: 23:33, 10 January 2024 Expiration of block: 23:33, 11 January 2024 Intended blockee: 64.39.81.54 You can contact ‪SVTCobra‬ or another administrator to discuss the block.

You can use the "Email this user" feature if a valid email address is specified in your preferences and you have not been blocked from using it.

Your current IP address is 64.39.81.54. Block ID #59070. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

You can view and copy the source of this page.

Sorry, I have changed the block settings. The default for a block is to block the IP as well, and I simply forgot to uncheck the box. You should be all set now. --SVTCobra 23:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I'll try to create a new story! BigKrow (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Nammo has signed an agreement with Sweden to support Ukraine with ammunition

I reviewed this, but it did not pass. My review comments are firm in their wording, but I was not intending to insult you. I write here to make sure you don't take it the wrong way.
You start a lot of articles but very few are fully developed and very few get published. The topics of your articles are so varied (from global news to hyper-local news), it almost seems like you pick them at random. While the aim of Wikinews is to have broad coverage of news from all over the world, this may not be the best way to approach article creation. In my experience, the best articles are written when the author really cares about the subject and wants to tell that story. If you are not a soccer fan, you may not be the best person to write about Lazio v Roma.
So, I hope you can think on this. What really peaks your interest when you read the news? Is it politics? Science? Crime? Economics? Find something you care about and really get into it. Learn about it. Get sources; not just the latest but maybe something for background. Cheers, SVTCobra 02:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I read your whole message, thank you for just letting me be here. BigKrow (talk) 03:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Again, I feel like you chose a topic at random when you wrote Birds fly to Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. Are you into birdwatching? SVTCobra 14:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

I like birds, yes I do. BigKrow (talk) 18:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

When reporting users to WN:AAA or anywhere else

Please remember that the reporter is expected to explain the issues by themselves. The same manner is expected at almost all Wikimedia projects. In future, please avoid reports like special:diff/4769886. Thank you for your responses to unhelpful edits. MathXplore (talk) 01:06, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, and I will be more careful next time. BigKrow (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Massachusetts article

This is looking fairly good... are you ready to submit for publication?--Bddpaux (talk) 21:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey thanks for letting me know, I think it's somewhat good but needs more information to meet the requirements??? I'll try to add more before it goes stale! Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Let's give it a go! All I can do is learn from my mistakes. Submitted. Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Allright.... I will give it a look over.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Published. Keep it up! Good work!!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Award....you're terribly past due for this!

		The Order of the Humble Pencil For completing 5 edits.
		Great work!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Well done! Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you all!!!! BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Not to mention!

....you are horribly past due for this as well!

This award is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.

Bddpaux (talk) 14:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You might consider......

.....posting those awards on your User page.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you but I will have to pass, it's on my talk page so people can view it here. BigKrow (talk) 11:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikinewsie category

I created your wikinewsie category for you. I hope you don't mind. It's a hidden category, not visible in article space.

Category:BigKrow_(Wikinewsie)

Feel free to edit the verbiage on the category however you like. Check out what other users have on theirs for inspiration. Just be sure to preserve the __HIDDENCAT__ line.

You can link to it from your user page and/or signature so others can see a list of articles you've gotten published. You can also link to it from off-wiki, if you have a blog, or social media page, etc for your journalism work.

I typically add the category to articles once they're published, not before. I already added it to Islamic_State_Khorasan_Province_responsible_for_more_than_60_people_killed_including_children_and_hundreds_injured_at_Krasnogorsk,_Russia_concert_at_Crocus_City_Hall.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This April 1st Marks The 79th Anniversary of the Okinawa Landings

This is not a joke, please read w:Battle of Okinawa. MathXplore (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was because it mentioned April fools day, I know the landings were real. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Bob Ely.jpg

Hi! Someone added a source for this file File:Bob Ely.jpg. Why did you remove it? MGA73 (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 it had a negative caption sorry I thought it was a bad edit, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 |Description = See below.

|Source = https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2012/01/08/jerk-running-for-president/49775037007/ BigKrow (talk) 15:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 they used the word "jerk" I thought it was saying he was one? BigKrow (talk) 15:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I did not notice that word. But the article says that "Bob Ely calls himself “a jerk,” and he's running for president.". So yeah the word is used but I don't think it is used in a bad way. --MGA73 (talk) 07:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Arizona police article.....

Sorry: It went stale. Bddpaux (talk) 15:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I know it's fine, thank you for trying! @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Asia is not a part of Russia

Still, part of Russia is in Asia, so maybe it makes sense, but if anything Russia (and frankly the majority of the population isn't) in Asia. Referring to edits on Russian President Vladimir Putin ready for ceasefire talks with Ukraine Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough, do what you think is best for the article, thanks not going to overly ping you by the way! BigKrow (talk) 00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I removed it since Moscow, Putin, the advisors, Ukraine, the war, and most of Russia isn't in Asia.@BigKrow Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Ok. BigKrow (talk) 00:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)