User talk:Evrik

Look for me on the commons.

The Ideal Scout

Good job, creating The Ideal Scout. It was deserving of its own article, and doing so nicely cleaned up the R. Tait McKenzie article. BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 00:25, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

More Barnstar Action

	Wikimania Barnstar
	Hey, Bruce, you are pretty much the most amazing volunteer I had the pleasure of working with at the conference. Thanks for making me laugh and for helping me out! Wikimania 2012! Lisa N Marrs (talk) 19:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

thanks!--evrik ^(talk) 19:17, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

^This. It was a tremendous pleasure to meet you, Bruce! Thanks for all your hard work at the conference, and for sharing your thoughts on how to make Wikipedia better. We can do it! :) Accedie^{talk to me} 23:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Let me add my enthusiastic +1 to this. :) Steven Walling • talk 04:47, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Many thanks for your Wikimania Barnstart Evrik!!! You make my day! --Lilaroja (talk) 18:52, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Pensare all'immortalità del granchio

Have you thanked me for the translation? If it is so, I, on the contrary, thank you because you wrote the English voice: I'm not able to translate from Spanish! :-) Thank you! --Innocenti Erleor (talk) 18:33, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the barnstar! It's very nice of you. Best, Yoninah (talk) 19:22, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for epicaricacy!

I loved your epicaricacy entry. Well done. Skoogs (talk) 03:35, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks! --evrik ^(talk) 15:08, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Beach Bunny Swimwear

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Precious

ideal scout
Thank you, "friendly guy", for quality articles such as Washington Memorial Chapel, International Development Design Summit and The Ideal Scout, for images of scouting, history and Philadelphia, for gnomish work in project templates, categories and cleanup, for restoring and supporting, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! --evrik ^(talk) 20:58, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 829th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:23, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were recipient no. 829 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:45, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! --evrik ^(talk) 16:54, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Three years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! --evrik ^(talk) 16:54, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Five ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:33, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Der Ring in Minden ... finally appeared today, - thank you for participating in finding the best hook, "... to listen to the music at the end" which would be a good motto ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

six ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:41, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

seven -Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Eight! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:04, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

• Thanks, @Gerda Arendt: --evrik ^(talk) 20:36, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

• @Gerda Arendt: Thank you. --evrik ^(talk) 17:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Modest flowers

Thank you for what you said on Yoninah's talk, - see also Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Precious

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:58, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Saint James

Thank you eleven times for highlighting Santiago on his day, - I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:34, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hello

Meant to drop you a line all last week, but never got around to it, sorry. See you this week as well? Should be..."fun". Right. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:38, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Back atcha

	The Real Life Barnstar
	You as well - we survived, didn't we? But where do we go from here? --Ser Amantio di NicolaoChe dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 18:09, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm going to take my tests! --evrik ^(talk) 18:12, 25 October 2016 (UTC)1

Have fun. I took mine last week - they're not so bad. Fairly straightforward. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:25, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

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WHAT THE FUCK!!!

How dare you convert an article (Lotus throne) to the appalling sfn style, in total breach of WP:CITEVAR, without leaving any hint of of what you are doing in edit summaries. This is seriously bad behaviour, & you should be blocked. Johnbod (talk) 16:54, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Johnbod, I suggest you read up on WP:NPA. Your messages here and elsewhere are troubling; from what I can tel Evrik did what they felt was best for the article, which is perfectly acceptable. That you don't like it is not reason to insult them and threaten them with a block (which no admin would even consider anyway). Primefac (talk) 10:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

• I'm also puzzled as to what's so "appalling" about {{sfn}}. It gives linkage from the cites to the refs, for one thing. If you object to the use of years, then that's {{sfnp}} anyway, not {{sfn}}. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Please refrain from vulgarity in the future, this is a bit rude and also not an effective way to express oneself. It is not nice to open a web page and see this kind of verbiage. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work!! 172.250.237.36 (talk) 09:16, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Wow. Such intensity! Over citation formats. Full disclosure: I prefer SFN.

But this is reminiscent of Big endianism. Not since Gulliver's Travels and Toilet paper orientation. Life is short. Suggest you all dial it back. We're all volunteers here. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:09, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Same topic, just more decent language, on Talk:Cosima Wagner --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Welcome back

Nice to see you around DYK again! Yoninah (talk) 20:59, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

A cup of camp coffee for you!

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Another cartoon lampooning a politician

Hi Evrik,

I came across this cartoon, mocking former Canadian PM Joe Clark in a Boy Scout uniform... https://www.newspapers.com/image/482909792. —  JGHowes  ^talk 00:55, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Camp Lambec (June 29)

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@Missvain: I don't understand why the sources from the newspapers are not counted? --evrik ^(talk) 14:50, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Gilwell Park

Hi Evrik, I've removed much of the POV and promotional text but there's probably some remaining. I also note the article relies too much on Scouting sources, which are considered primary. I've tagged the article for these issues; you might want to clear them up before your planned GAR nomination. Good luck and cheers, Baffle☿gab 03:40, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Scouting article improvement

I see that there has been little or no effort to support you in improving articles about Scouting. I am happy to put my name against "article improvement" in the sense that as an experienced wikipedian, although getting old and losing my memory, I can advise users about how to improve articles. Shall I add it? It might also encourage others. --Bduke (talk) 07:28, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

• @Bduke: What I'd like tis to get a couple more GA works from the list, especially for women and areas outside the UK and the USA. --evrik ^(talk) 21:59, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

  Sounds like a plan. Have got any ideas about what articles to work on? I am happy to join you in working on some articles. I will look at the article(s) about Scouting in Australia. Bduke (talk) 23:01, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

These three articles are our top candidates to work up into Good Articles.

• Gilwell Park
• Girl Guides
• World Organization of the Scout Movement

--evrik ^(talk) 16:42, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

• I have done some work on Gilwell Park. It is not in bad shape. --Bduke (talk) 09:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Summer camps in Idaho

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GOCE Copyedit for Girl Guides

Howdy - I've completed the copyedit for Girl Guides and left some things I noticed on the article talk page. Still a little ways to go for GA, but it's certainly doable. AviationFreak💬 17:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

@AviationFreak: Thanks for the update. I am on a wikibreak right now, though I expect to be back before too long. Thanks for the help! --evrik ^(talk) 00:43, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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• @Etriusus: all is well, just really busy! Thanks for asking. --evrik ^(talk) 17:54, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time

Hello Evrik:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in June 2024!

Running from June 1 to 30, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Going Back in Time! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 20 centuries by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:19, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

• @AirshipJungleman29:, these are my women focused DYKs:

Ellie Morrison, Elene Lete, Kim E. Nielsen, Lara Esponda, Maria Echaveste, Sarah Blizzard, Vickie Castro, Dolores Cabrera y Heredia, Hermandad Lírica, Queen Lupa

Should I focus on these? --evrik ^(talk) 16:28, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

You can focus on whatever you like evrik; if you feel more comfortable with these articles, go for it! While the main goal is to collectively cover people from at least twenty centuries, any women-related GA noms are welcomed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

• @AirshipJungleman29: Queen Lupa it is. --evrik ^(talk) 15:22, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Queen Lupa

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June 2024

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 month for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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CU confirms you edited in one or more ways enumerated at WP:BADSOCK. --Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 04:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, how are the penalties for socking determined? I’ve only ever seen them imposed as indefinite or permanent bans, with no apparent preceding discussion. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 19:48, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Generally, repeat socks, meaning the master has already been blocked, are blocked indefinitely. However, masters are often blocked temporarily, sometimes, depending on the circumstances, not blocked at all, on a first-time offense.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:08, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

@Guerillero was there an SPI page or some other record of the sock accounts? RoySmith-Mobile (talk) 11:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

@RoySmith-Mobile: See the checkuser log when you are logged into your main account -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 13:28, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Guerillero, some of Evrik's recent article contributions have been reverted, e.g. at Xenophon of Robeika‎, could you confirm whether that is appropriate? TSventon (talk) 11:45, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Pinging User:Left guide for their thoughts. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:20, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

I can't and won't speak for Guerillero, and I have not reviewed the CU data, but if those edits were reverted purely on the grounds of WP:SOCKSTRIKE, I would suggest that the reverts were not appropriate. SOCKSTRIKE is about clearing up after the sock of an already blocked account - in essence, undoing edits that should never have been made. Whatever it is that Evrik has done that warranted a temporary block, it does not affect edits they made prior to the block being imposed; I would ask Left guide to reinstate those edits if there was not another reason for reverting them (certainly none was given in the edit summary). Girth Summit _(blether) 15:43, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Resolved

 – I've self-reverted all of the reverts in question. Left guide (talk) 19:40, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Girth Summit _(blether) 21:21, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

I was sorry to see this. Evrik and I have crossed paths quite a bit. Left guide thanks for fixing the edits. Lightburst (talk) 00:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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Lookwide Camp

I have only just responded to your message about this site. I went there long ago when I lived in Newcastle upon Tyne and worked at the university there. I recall that there was not much to see that linked to its early use as a Scout camp. Bduke (talk) 09:47, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

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Inquiry About Adding Camp Minsi to the Historically Notable Scout Camps Page

Hi Evrik,

I’m the historian for Camp Minsi, a Scout camp in Pennsylvania, and I’d like to add it (or have it added) to the "Oldest Boy Scout Camps of the BSA" section of the Historically Notable Scout Camps page. However, I want to make sure it qualifies before making any changes. Are you the page owner?

Camp Minsi has a long history but has moved locations a couple of times:

Founded in 1919: Camp Minsi was originally established along the banks of the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap.

First Move (1927): The original property was sold to another Scout council, forcing the camp to relocate to Lake Tobyhanna in the Poconos.

Second Move (1949): The Lake Tobyhanna property was also sold. However, the owner donated another piece of land at Lake Stillwater, also in the Poconos. The camp opened on that site in 1950, initially on the southern shore of the lake.

Current Facility (1957): The council raised funds to build the permanent camp facilities on the same property, which remain in use today.

Despite these moves, the camp has always been operated by the same council, with the same staff, and served the same Scouts throughout its history. While the land we occupy now has been in use since 1950, Camp Minsi was founded in 1919 and has maintained continuous operation.

Given this history, does Camp Minsi qualify for inclusion on the list? I’d appreciate your thoughts or guidance before proceeding.

Thank you! Tbroke72 (talk) 22:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

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