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Hi,

Hope you're doing well. I've spotted a small issue in the Arbitrary Bases section I contributed to on the Pascal's Triangle page, following a recent revert you made. Oddly enough, this error doesn't seem to appear in any revision prior to that reversion, which is a bit puzzling given that the revert should technically have restored it to a previous error-free state. Here are the details, hoping you could help me sort it out:

Error on page is: "Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "http://localhost:6011/en.wikipedia.org/v1/":): {\displaystyle a}"

• The offending code appears to be a "<math>a</math>" in the Arbitrary Bases section, where "a" is being formatted in LaTex.
• Error shows up in Chrome and Safari and I tested on laptop and tablet, but not outside my LAN

Really appreciate the effort you put into maintaining the quality of content on here. Looking forward to resolving this together.

Cheers Twoxili (talk) 16:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I appreciate you reaching out about this issue on the article. I don't quite know how to fix this sort of error, though I'd be happy to drop a comment on the talk page of the article to reach out for help, if you think that could assist with this error. I'll leave the judgment up to you as to whether or not I should do that, though. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. JeffSpaceman (talk) 18:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks getting back to me so quickly. I appreciate your offer to help with the issue. I'm going to hold off for a bit and see if the problem resolves itself with the next edit. Your willingness to support is truly valued, and I might take you up on posting in the talk page if the issue remains.

Warmest regards Twoxili (talk) 03:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You really do move fast like a rocket, hence your username. You're a hero on Defcon 2 today, and you've been an active, vigilant patroller that I've seen often. There's no better person to award this barnstar to. Thanks,NeuropolTalk 16:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just wanted to consult you on a user we've both warned now, this IP user. This user was blocked for 3 years and 13 days after their block, have immediately returned to vandalism. I think this is grounds enough to just report them to AiV again instead of using the L4 warning next time. Thanks,Neuropol^Talk 16:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I appreciate you bringing this up. I didn't realize this, I saw your warning, and thought I'd naturally go up from there. I now realize that perhaps I should look closer at the block log next time. Thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 16:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All good, and no problem. Thanks,Neuropol^Talk 17:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I can not revert these obvious vandal edits here. I get the following message below. I try reverting to an even earlier version. Any assistance? Also if you have any advice on these situations let me know. Thanks,

Grabbing data of earlier revisions: Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist or Wikimedia's global blacklist. To save your changes now, you must go back and remove the blocked link (shown below), and then save. Note that if you used a redirection link or URL shortener (like e.g. goo.gl, t.co, youtu.be, bit.ly), you may still be able to save your changes by using the direct, non-shortened link - you generally obtain the non-shortened link by following the link, and copying the contents of the address bar of your web-browser after the page has loaded. Links containing google.com/url? are resulting from a copy/paste from the result page of a Google search - please follow the link on the result page, and copy/paste the contents of the address bar of your web-browser after the page has loaded, or click here to convert the link. If you feel the link is needed, you can: Request that the entire website be allowed, that is, removed from the local or global spam blacklists (check both lists to see which one is affecting you). Request that just the specific page be allowed, without unblocking the whole website, by asking on the spam whitelist talk page. Blacklisting indicates past problems with the link, so any requests should clearly demonstrate how inclusion would benefit Wikipedia. The following link has triggered a protection filter: about.com Either that exact link, or a portion of it (typically the root domain name) is currently blocked. Solutions: If the URL used is a URL shortener/redirect, please use the full URL in its place, for example, use youtube.com rather than youtu.be, If the URL is a Google URL, please look to use the (full) original source, not the Google shortcut or its alternative. Look to find an alternative URL that is considered authoritative. (spamblacklist)

Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 17:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, another user seems to have been able to revert. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 17:36, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I noticed your message re my edit of the above page. I maintain the scottish football historical results archive and I made this change after extensive research of the Highland League also unearthed more on the NCL (then called the NoS 2nd XI League). In 1961-62, the season was divided into 2 competitions, Leg I and Leg II, the winners of each would play a decider for the overall Championship. Inverness Th won the first Leg but the second was incomplete so no play-off was arranged. Local press archives were used for this. 86.29.33.48 (talk) 12:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If this is true, then cite them directly. Wikipedia policy states that all information in articles needs to be verifiable, and through you citing sources, you can prove what you are stating here. If you are having trouble with citing sources on Wikipedia, feel free to take a look at the relevant guidelines here. Thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 19:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bert Kreischer used to bat off of Danny Graves as noted and surprisingly discoverd on this podcast episode: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AxfiS1nD4Go 208.199.104.84 (talk) 22:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cite that directly in the article then, please. The burden of evidence to prove that content is verifiable lies on any editor who adds or restores material. JeffSpaceman (talk) 22:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thanks for thanks!! The AP (talk) 15:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping to revert the vandal. In the future, though, please try to avoid spamming page histories with reverts, especially if the vandalism isn't particularly urgent. Just revert them once, and if they continue you can report them. It saves time for you, and stops someone from potentially getting dozens of notifications. Thanks! — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ingenuity: OK, sorry about that. I appreciate you bringing this up -- I just kept on reverting, thinking it was fine due to WP:3RR explicitly pointing out that reverting sockpuppets is exempt from the edit warring policy. But you are right regarding notifications; I should have taken that into consideration before reverting as much as I did. I am pinging you to ask this, though: where should I report incidents like these in the future? Part of why I didn't report it was because, as you pointed out, it wasn't egregious vandalism (hence why I didn't go to AIV), and I wasn't sure how long a response time would take. What venue do you recommend I go to from here on out? JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think AIV would be the best case here, and just point out the history of Vivienne Martin (actress) in your report; any admin should be able to see the block evasion going on. As long as there's obvious disruption/sockpuppetry, AIV is fine. SPI would also work, but that's generally for more complex cases and it could take days for an admin to respond there. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 20:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I appreciate your advice here. I will make it a point to take the avenue of going to AIV for obvious, disruptive sockpuppetry from now on. Thank you for the assistance! JeffSpaceman (talk) 20:14, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise for attempting to change the surnames of these three Emmerdale characters from “Malcolm” to “Malcolms”. I won’t carry on doing this. However, I would check your facts before you threaten to block me from editing. In the show they are credited with the surname “Malcolms”. This means that in making these edits I’m not vandalising the page, but rather fixing an error.

Thank you. 31.205.215.227 (talk) 13:06, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, my apologies for that. I'll actually go change it right now. Sorry for any inconvenience. JeffSpaceman (talk) 13:07, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]