Hey, where have you been?

I realize you haven't been around much. I hope you're OK. EEng 05:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Me, too. Today I was looking over an ANI discussion thinking, "I wonder what Softlavender would say" and realized I hadn't seen you in quite a while. Hope all is well and you're just busy. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:43, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey y'all, I signed up for a handful of classes and got very busy with coursework and homework. I am, however, thankfully well and in good health. I hope to be back on board more now, or quite soon. Thanks for your thoughts and comments, EEng and Liz! Have I missed anything? :) Softlavender (talk) 01:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

I don't visit ANI much any more which is strange because I hung out there so much when I was a novice editor. But problems seem more unresolvable than in the past or maybe I've stopped seeing situations in black & white. Because these days I mainly work with expiring drafts and categories, looking at page histories, I see the names of long-time editors who have been blocked over the past 12 months, some of whom are at the top of Wikipedians with Most Edits list. Kind of puts a big hole in the "Unblockables" theory. Having hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of edits doesn't mean you won't get blocked if you consistently flout the rules. Glad you're back! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:42, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi Liz, thanks for your comment. Yes, I had noticed that after you got the mop you focused mainly on mopping instead of ANI. Saw that with Oshwah as well; probably others including I think Johnuniq. Understandable, but too bad as we need thoughtful experienced people at ANI, and sometimes that number dwindles. Also, the threads aren't archiving enough for admins to see things that need attention -- it gets filled with too many threads at a time. I go through periods with ANI; right now it's generally too stressful and overwhelming and I like to focus on things or articles I care about. Wasn't entirely aware about the recent percentage of longterm editors being blocked! But I think everyone has less and less tolerance for bad behavior, and also ever since the FramBan thing the judges and juries have been more in a hanging mood. Anyway, nice to hear from you! I hope you are well. Softlavender (talk) 02:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

I still hassle a small number of people at ANI but I stay away from the pointless arguments. For example, there's someone named EEng who is always there after throwing outrageous slings or arrows such as calling an editor a pilgrim. Only those with terminal ennui would join a food fight like that. Johnuniq (talk) 03:32, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

He sounds like a jackass. Softlavender (talk) 03:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

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Hi Softlavender. You have made a variety of personal attacks against me and I would just like you to know that that is not in the spirit of collaboration and Wikipedia. I ask that you refrain from defiling and personally attacking me because I am trying to build a factual NPOV encyclopedia. We can have discussion on bias instead of throwing insults at each other. Thank you. ButterSlipper (talk) 01:36, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Hi Softlavender. You may want to know that I have reported you here. Thanks. ButterSlipper (talk) 06:14, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Editting can be a bit of a roller coaster, it seems? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Martinevans123 I'm assuming you are referencing the backlash I've received from reporting Softlavender. Very funny/s. ButterSlipper (talk) 12:37, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Instead of just denying you might have made any mistakes in your first 10 days, and contradicting any criticism levelled at you, why not choose a few articles, wholly different to the current topic area, and make some useful improvements to those? People might then think you were serious about being a long-term editing asset? Otherwise, if you really do believe that "Wikipedia is corrupted on a fundamental level. It has been purged of any sense of internal democracy, and a fanatical gang of obsessive, politically motivated editors control its content, effectively monopolizing the entire world’s easy access to information", I'm not sure you'll be around long enough to change it. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:40, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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I apologize for starting a digression which was unnecessary for resolving the issue under discussion at the incidents noticeboard. I ought to have remained focused on the bigger picture of working towards a consensus view. isaacl (talk) 00:44, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Isaacl, that was kind of you to say. No worries. Softlavender (talk) 22:17, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Hi HighInBC, administrators noticeboards are not talkpages. The guidelines you have cited are for article talkpages, not for AN or ANI. I'm sure GoodDay would rather have the full measure of the filer's endlessly deceptive accusations and battleground behavior than have the heading watered down to something neutral and totally unlike what it was. Softlavender (talk) 06:04, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@GoodDay: thanked me for the edit. Again I have been doing this since I became an admin in 2006. I have added a note to refer to the original section heading. Just because it is not an article talk page does not mean that non-neutral section headings with attacks in them are okay. HighInBC ^{Need help? Just ask.} 06:13, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

All right, as long as GoodDay is OK with it, and as long as the change is clearly noted in the thread. Whenever I get "dragged" to ANI or AN, I prefer the filer's ludicrous claims to remain in the header. That way their folly is more evident and they get blocked or shut down faster. Softlavender (talk) 06:16, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

After all the accusations from the currently blocked editor. I still had 'a little' sympathy, to allow his over-the-top report title to be mellowed. I'm hoping he'll be less combative in two weeks. GoodDay (talk) 09:21, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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Re your reversion of my close. What do you think about re-closing with a correct block period? Mjroots (talk) 09:45, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Mjroots, IMO that would not be appropriate either. The two-week block was only to prevent him from continuing to troll on the AN thread. There is a currently growing consensus to re-indef him (i.e., reinstate your original indef and/or raise the two-week block to indef), especially if you read between the lines on the votes (many of which are from admins). See also his talkpage rants since the two-week block. Softlavender (talk) 09:49, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Ok, I'l not press the point. There's constructive editing to be done. Those lists of shipwrecks don't write themselves, you know. Mjroots (talk) 10:07, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

LOL, I saw you were in the middle of that. Yeah, maybe let some other admin make the call, since theoretically you are already "involved" in the case considering the original indef. Softlavender (talk) 10:09, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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I'm not sure. I like Cézanne, but not everything he did. But this one painting is his great masterpiece, IMO. Same re: Hogarth and the painting on my userpage. Softlavender (talk) 10:01, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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Yeah, seemed like an LTA. Someone has archived the thread now. Softlavender (talk) 09:04, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

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Wow, I totally forgot about that thing! I didn't end up finding enough RS sourcing of any great note, probably because of his youth. I had seen him in an opera production (online) and wanted to explore if he met wiki criteria, but it was WP:TOOSOON. -- Softlavender (talk) 06:26, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Hi @Softlavender: How are you? I was wondering if you fancy take a look at Rosemary Ann Robbins Dobbins. I think she is notable but it needs some good editors to dig up some sources, if you have time. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 15:56, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi scope creep, I gave the article a very cursory cleanup (which may have to be further cleaned up because I'm working via laptop, which I'm not used to, plus the screen is very glare-y). That's all I really have time to do at present; I'm in the middle of a house-move and am in limbo, so I don't really have time to dig up useful citations and so forth. Obviously the article seems a bit bloated, but it may meet notability. Have you tried enlisting or alerting the folks at Women In Red? They would seem the obvious go-to editors at this juncture if notability is in question. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 03:10, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Softlavender:. My corrections of vague & erroneous identifications of NASA spacecraft, along with minor grammatical tweaks (the addition of commas) in the titling of other images - in order to maintain consistency - have been blown away by your reverting to the previous display.

IP, you'll have to discuss your unexplained and uncited edits (which are in direct contradiction to the file information) on the article's talkpage, and get consensus for them before trying to reinstitute them. Softlavender (talk) 00:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

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How very dare you, Jack Frost! I mean, thank you very much. :) Softlavender (talk) 09:33, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

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Coming back to your earlier concerns about Draft:Lathallan School, I have left a couple of comments on the draft. I think it's probably notable by now and an editor is determined to make it so. However, in an attempt to expand the article it now has a distinct overall promotional tone so I won't be moving it to mainspace any time soon. Any concerns about the creator's other edits are not part of this, they only provided the first 7.2% of the text while the other editor has added 82.8% since it has been in draftspace. Thus you are welcome to add a comment there or even attempt to clean it up (if you feel motivated). What do you think? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:24, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Kudpung, I agree with your analysis. It's surprising, but even a tiny school with an average year size of 25 pupils can be notable I suppose. I'm not really inclined any more to mess with it. I'll just let matters take their course. Thanks very much for your attentiveness to the article. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 00:15, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

That's fine - I won't be wasting time on it either unless I later have to explain to an AfC reviewer that something as spammy doesn't belong in mainspace. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

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I did not put my post in the wrong section. Softlavender (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi ! I received an alert from Wikipedia informing me that you reverted my edit of yesterday, where I corrected "grandson" in "great-grandson" for the parentage between Rodolphe and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. However, Rodolphe (1980-) is the son of Octave (1946-) and Annabel Lee/Lea, son of Raimund (1906-1974) and Elizabeth Paget (the 6th Marquess of Anglesey's daughter), son of Hugo (1874-1929) and Gertrud Schlesinger, that is to say that Rodolphe is actually Hugo's great-grandson. You can check here : Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Raimund von Hofmannsthal, as well as in Burke's Peerage, for instance here : http://www.thepeerage.com/p18012.htm#i180114. I was not able to find an explanation from you in the "View history" why you reverted it. Would you please explain it to me ? Thanks a lot, and please forgive my english, I'm French ! Jagellon (talk) 19:22, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi Jagellon. Your edit directly contradicted the citation (The Times), which states "He is the grandson of the poet and dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who collaborated with Richard Strauss." If you change a cited statement on Wikipedia, you need to change the citation to something that confirms it, which you didn't. I later searched online for evidence that Rodolphe is Hugo's great-grandson, and was not able to find a citation in English but I did finally find one in German, which I then used and changed the information accordingly. Softlavender (talk) 20:15, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I just saw the alert of my edit being reverted, but I didn't notice that you later reintegrated the word "great-grandson". I also have to admit that I didn't pay attention to the Times reference, I was just surprised to read "grandson" and modified this... In the future I'll be more accurate about those sort of things. But if you please, I would point the fact that I took it very rude to be reverted without a personal word ! And maybe even more to see my edit being readmitted without, we won't say apology, but at least a sympathetic topic. Have a good night whatsoever and thank you for your answer :) Jagellon (talk) 21:47, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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Not my talk! An administrator (like Drmies maybe) should be able to let you view the deleted content for recycling. Johnbod (talk) 16:01, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you I appreciate this message. I am for some reason unable to leave a message on Drmies's talk page but it's encouraging to learn that I may be allowed to view the deleted content so that I can merge it with the main article. SacredLotus7 (talk) 16:08, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

It isn't stated in the comments above, but I'm guessing this is about the merge result for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (TV special). If you want to access the older versions of A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (TV special), you can view the history page for it here. --RL0919 (talk) 16:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

I was commenting on a series of concerns, however one of them was about being unable to see the older versions of the A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night (TV special) article, so thank you very much RL0919 (talk) for sending the link where I can access the previous versions, much appreciated. SacredLotus7 (talk) 22:08, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

SacredLotus7, I have not nominated for deletion any of the photographs you uploaded. I have not done a single thing with any of them. Softlavender (talk) 01:19, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Looking at your comments again, I do see that you are correct, you didn't actually nominate the files for deletion, however you did make comments such as "“Over-enthusiastic newbie SacredLotus7 (talk · contribs) has just uploaded a whole bunch of non-free images and added them to Stanley Dorfman. I can't really assess their allowability… either this is rabid fanship or some form of COI”, which along with the other concerns I mentioned in my message above, led to the request I made to maintain a respectful and constructive environment, and to me saying that instead of disparaging comments to others, it would be encouraging to me as a newcomer if, in the future, you would consider directly notifying me first of any concerns or errors or point me towards relevant policy pages, so that I may have the opportunity to rectify any missteps and improve. I do hope that what you took away from what I wrote is positive and that you can see and understand the various points I made, that was and is my hope and intent. Thank you. SacredLotus7 (talk) 01:54, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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Were you saying that I didn’t put in a non-breaking space in “A. M. Homes” or that it shouldn’t be a non-breaking space? Because if the latter, as a member of the two-initial club, I respectfully disagree. D A Hosek (talk) 15:23, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Please read the edit summary. I did not believe that merely repeating the exact same name as a piped redirect kept initials together (I've never seen it do that before), but I checked just now and it does. Softlavender (talk) 01:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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OK thanks, CaptainEek. Can I post the gist of my comment without the private quotation? Softlavender (talk) 03:12, 16 September 2023 (UTC) Never mind, I thought my whole post had been nuked but I now see only the quote was nuked. Thanks. Softlavender (talk) 03:46, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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You made two reverts of the official title on the infobox , which is edit-warring. The discussion was already on the articletalk page well before you made your first revert . Softlavender (talk) 08:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Softlavender, sorry for bothering you. I'm not good at English so reading messages will make mistakes. But I want to explain that while I was editing and removing unnecessary links, the power went out. I switched to the app but didn't know how to use the app so I couldn't adjust it in time before you set the warning. Maybe you misunderstood, I'm embarrassed by the message on the talk page, can you delete it? Because there are many things I don't know, I wanted to ask you, not intending to start a fight. As for deleting messages on my page, it's due to my habit. I apologize to you. ^-^ DiamondsRuby (talk) 01:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm not going to delete the usertalk message. You need to leave an edit summary for each of your edits, and avoid putting more than one citation inside a ref code. Softlavender (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

ok i got it, thank you ^-^,let's make up. I still don't know many things. I hope you will sympathize and help me in the future. My two most recent edits are based on your opinion, no longer combining links. DiamondsRuby (talk) 01:37, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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The thread violated WP:NOTAFORUM and was deleted. If you try to replace it I will report you to administrators. Softlavender (talk) 22:03, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

It did not violate that guideline. If I replace it, your report to admins, which will backfire, would be most welcome. Please never remove any information or question relevant to article content from any article talk page. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 19:43, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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Re my additions to the article on Sam Neill and the policy on living persons, the Policy page on “Biographies of Living People” says that material “challenged or likely to be challenged” shall be supported by neutral sources; but it does not say that quoting from memoirs is forbidden! Re Sam Neill his memoir would enable me to add that he attended Cashmere and Medbury (primary) schools (4 years?) before attending Christs’ College (secondary school), and also why he transferred from Chritchurch to Wellington to complete his BA!. I suppose that I better not say that he did not enjoy his time at Medbury in case it was challenged, although reporting a personal reaction could be regarded as a fact not an opinion.. I had regarded as Neill’s comments on the two roles when he played Irishmen as of interest as he was born in Northern Ireland , though may omit them. Hugo999 (talk)

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Replied on your talkpage; please keep the conversation there to keep the conversation together. Softlavender (talk) 00:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

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I just told the guy to do it again with the full cite this time, including page number. Otherwise someone will have to go through this French book looking for the page numbers. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:58, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

OK thanks, no problem. In all honestly on my watchlist I was mistaking the G&S for the Donizetti opera, which is also on my watchlist and which I have edited many times. LOL. Softlavender (talk) 03:10, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

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Long time no see. I'd like to PROD this screenshot, but I wanna contact you first instead because you uploaded it years ago. I can see an actor or a character using an umbrella amid a rain. A caption might've clarified what the image is about. Nonetheless, I'm concerned about its ability to contextually signify the whole film Chariots of Fire. George Ho (talk) 23:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

At the time it seemed appropriate fair use. It contextualizes the fact that Ian Charleson himself wrote the speech he gave in the film in that scene. Now, with stricter editing values, I can see why it may possibly not seem to meet stricter fair-use guidelines, although you should WP:FFD it rather than WP:PROD, which is only for articles, not files. Softlavender (talk) 23:27, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

I hate to disappoint you, but PROD now applies to files since 2017. Why not use {{db-g7}} instead? There've been no substantial changes to the file itself. George Ho (talk) 00:11, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

I went ahead and the PRODded the file via Twinkle. George Ho (talk) 00:14, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

As I see, you challenged the PROD tag. I'd like to take it to FfD, but I'm unsure whether it's worth the time to argue against such use. Well, I uploaded the other image File:Linda hunt billy kwan year of living dangerously.png to primarily display the actress as a male character in a film, not because a character was in a rainy scene with an umbrella without clarifying the readers what it was about. Furthermore, I had to add details in the film article about the casting and costuming. But..... Well, I've not yet seen others challenge such use of the actress's gender-bending scene. --George Ho (talk) 00:38, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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Hi LWG, I haven't been looking at that article for a while. I was interested in it after reading Tom Reiss's book, The Orientalist, which is the definitive biography of Said/Nussimbaum. I really don't have the time or enthusiasm to get back into that dispute right now. Softlavender (talk) 04:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hello, @Softlavender It appears you and me have engaged in an edit war regarding the image on Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, I can understand as I have dealt with idiots in portraits before however in a case like this I do think the color image is better as its twice as large, so better quality, and actually in color unlike the one you reverted it to. | image_size = x150px File:Anthony Armstrong jones in 1974 (cropped).jpg vs Bramnickatriot (talk) 00:58, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hi,

You posted an external link to the demo recording on the Cricket Wikipedia page, but unfortunately it has been removed since then.

I would personally really like to listen to this, do you have a copy of it by any chance?

Many thanks, Chris --C2fish (talk) 11:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for alerting me that the citation link was dead/corrupted. No, I don't have a copy, but I fixed the citation link now in the article so that it is live and viewable. Softlavender (talk) 04:06, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks muchly, Scopecreep! I really appreciate it, and hope you are well and happy yourself. Cheers! Softlavender (talk) 23:04, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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birthday of Erik Satie - can we get his article to GA for his centenary of death? - Your name is one of many in the history. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:11, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Gerda Arendt, I'm not sure I have the spare time right now. But I certainly might before the July 1 centenary. I'll put the article on my watch list for when I can relax and maybe participate. Softlavender (talk) 23:40, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for the message, ThT! I agree the image should be restored to the Arthur Johnsen article, and I will create a rationale for that and do it, when I have a decent amount of time. In terms of HVNP, I will have to look at the article and see. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 20:51, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Well, I've tried to help here and there. During the process I noticed, that Maluhia Kuahiwinui, a daughter of the late uncle Robert, was the model for Arthur (). I had the privilege to talk to uncle once and in 2015 I attended his funeral in Kaimū. Best, --ThT (talk) 16:21, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for the ping; somehow the article wasn't still on my watchlist. Too often allowing personal preferences in adding recordings results in vast random COATRACKs that spin out of control. I think the only way to prevent that is to require criteria such as charting cover or from a charting album. Too many covers get "reviewed" but that doesn't mean they belong in a cover list, especially for a GAS or popular or showtune standard. Softlavender (talk) 04:11, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

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