User talk:BrandonWM

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Redirect
Nice to meet you! Regarding the redirect CP, as you pointed out, the community portal does not seem to be used much, so I thought that redirecting to the Community noticeboard together with the redirect source is one of the best methods. I agree with the archive, so thanks for that idea! --松•Matsu (talk) 00:25, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Of course. Nice to meet you too! 00:27, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you both for the reminder. Community portal was previously used as community noticeboard, and we do have some plans to repurpose it into a Meta-only community discussion portal, as it's in Meta namespace. However, what to do with the historical page archives is challenging. I'd ideally likely to history merge them into the applicable community noticeboard archive pages, adding the wikitext back into the active revision of the page. This will take a bit of fine-tuning, though, so it's a medium-term project. In the interim, I've sysop protected it again to prevent accidental posting. Hope that clarifies. Dmehus (talk) 00:48, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought of a way. History consolidation is irreversible, so I thought about it carefully.

--松•Matsu (talk) 01:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) First, prepare a wiki that does not have a community portal and the page that inherits.
 * 2) Next, import the community portal and the page that inherits the history into the prepared wiki.
 * 3) Perform the integration work.
 * 4) Import the completed page into meta.

Editing other users' comments on talk pages and in permissions' discussions
Hi BlackWidowMovie0000Editor,

Please do not edit the content of other users' comments on talk pages, on noticeboards, and in permissions' discussions, broadly construed, as you did here, here, and here. In addition, if you edit your own comment after someone replies to it, you must strikethrough the words you wish to redact or withdraw, taking care to follow established conventions.

Given that this is not the first time you've been advised of this via edit summaries and the fact you were advised of this in edit summaries three times in the same permissions' request discussion, following discussions with another administrator, Reception123, we've mutually agreed that a final written warning regarding this is needed. Please kindly govern yourself accordingly.

Additionally, per the terms to which you agreed in your conditional unblock, I note that I've had to delete several unneeded redirects you've created, so I would just reiterate to you to please ask an administrator or experienced user before creating a redirect.

Thanks,

Dmehus (talk) 17:50, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The first one was an accident, I meant to delete my comment, but I apparently deleted part of Naleksuh's comment and didn't realize. The second time I got rid of paragraphs, which I now realize didn't make any sense. The third one I thought oppose came BEFORE abstain, apparently that's not true. And I created the redirects per a request from Discord, which the message is now deleted so I can't show you. Cocopuff2018, I believe, requested it. 17:56, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I've decided to partially block you from editing the Requests for permissions page after having ignored Dmehus' advise above and continued your disruptive editing. I'd suggest against appealing this block as it is only for a short period of time. I reiterate that it is not acceptable to edit other users' comments, anywhere. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 19:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I have had to again remove your editing a user's post at Requests for global rights, as unless SkarletWitch edits their post, unsigned is correct. I won't add that page to your short partial block, described above, but I mean this in the nicest possible way, please discuss all planned edits on Meta first, as the current approach isn't working and you don't seem to be understanding the core problem. Thanks. Dmehus (talk) 21:19, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Read my summary. Per request via Discord. 21:32, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You shouldn't be editing the content of other users' posts on Meta, though, even if requested on Discord. It's simply not permitted and doesn't follow established talk page and noticeboard guidelines. This is largely because we can't verify the request was made on Discord. Dmehus (talk) 21:46, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * BlackWidowMovie0000Editor, why, after being partially blocked from Requests for permissions for disruptively editing comments after being told not to multiple times, did you then start doing the same thing to a different page? Naleksuh (talk) 22:31, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Competency is required
Hi BlackWidowMovie0000Editor,

I know that your comments are made in good-faith, and that you mean well with your comments, but comments like this one when a Meta administrator has already replied to the user are problematic for a couple reasons, which are itemized in turn.
 * 1) They don't add anything or provide the user with any additional information;
 * 2) They may be providing inaccurate information&mdash;it hasn't even been determined whether the user is blocked on one or more wikis.

Taken together, while made in good-faith, replies like suggest you are (a) replying for the sake of replying and (b) without having fully understood as to what the problems are. So, while you are trying to help, your replies invariably are seen as disruptive to both the requestor and the administrator handling the case.

I would encourage you to please take a step back, and not reply unless you are 120% certain that your answers are correct and only where your response adds something of value to the discussion (i.e., something that hasn't yet been said).

Thanks,

Dmehus (talk) 16:44, 2 November 2020 (UTC)