User Talk: The Sophocrat

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Welcome back!

Welcome back to Wikipedia and thanks for your efforts to clean up vandalism! I highly recommend checking out this guide, Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism ↗. An easy way to warn editors after reverting their edits is to use the tool Twinkle, available in the Gadgets section of your preferences page. Parksfan1955 (talk) 07:31, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you, I will check it out :) The Sophocrat (talk) 07:35, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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:I see you are newer to anti-vandalism. If you need help with anything, feel free to ask! <span style="color:green;text-shadow:2px 2px 2px limegreen;font-family:gabriola">Nahida</span> <span style="text-shadow:2px 2px 2px red;">🌷</span> 19:40, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
::Woah, my first barnstar! Thank you :) The Sophocrat (talk) 20:11, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

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:A cookie!! Nice :P. Thank you James. The Sophocrat (talk) 02:27, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

May 2025

Hello The Sophocrat. Regarding the recent revert you made: you may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace ↗ useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox ↗. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal ↗ when they've been previously warned. Thank you. –'''<span style="color:black;">Hiro</span><span style="color:blue;">wo</span>''''''<span style="color:red;">Wiki</span>''' '''(📝 ↗)''' 03:45, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
:Yeah, I use those templates a lot. I just usually don't use them when the IP in question has made a singular unconstructive edit in their history, as I believe such IPs are unlikely to edit again soon and a talk page notice may prompt them to edit more (probably unconstructively in such cases). I might be wrong though, and maybe I should also use them in such cases... Anyhow, thanks for the advice.

:P.S. I occasionally leave personalized messages on talk pages when I believe it will be significantly more effective than a template. Just so you know that's intentional. The Sophocrat (talk) 03:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
::Okay, next time you can place warning templates when reverting ↗ vandalism ↗. Thanks! :) –'''<span style="color:black;">Hiro</span><span style="color:blue;">wo</span>''''''<span style="color:red;">Wiki</span>''' '''(📝 ↗)''' 03:58, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
::Hi @The Sophocrat, I noticed that you warned a user earlier but forgot to substitute the template. I fixed the error, just a friendly reminder to add "subst:" in the template when warning users. Have a good one! <br>
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:::Oh, thank you. I really should get Twinkle, I have been procrastinating on reading the documentation for some reason... And thank you for the cookies! 20px ↗ The Sophocrat (talk) 05:53, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Message

Hello,I'm user 92.20.112.81 I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions ↗ have been undone because they did not appear constructive.

with regards 92.20.112.81 ↗ (talk) 02:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

what's up

hey ol' buddy i was gonna reply to you once i finished somthing special but i wanted to say I saw you during patrol lol. (not saying you did anything bad but that I reconized your name in it . https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A92.20.112.81&diff=1290789329&oldid=1290789146. small world JamesEMonroe (talk) 02:35, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

:huh looking at his talk page. interesting character JamesEMonroe (talk) 02:49, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
::Hello James :). Yeah, it's nice to see users I know while editing. And about the IP (who just left a message on my Talk page), I hope they listen to our advice (; ^_^) –The Sophocrat (talk) 02:59, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
:::it is indeed. JamesEMonroe (talk) 03:23, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Stopped by to say hi.

Hey I saw you on the Discord, and I wanted to say hi. Tankishguy (talk) 05:16, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

:Hello there! {{smiley}} –The Sophocrat (talk) 05:23, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
::I will check in your editing history every once in a while because I think it might be a good learning experience. Tankishguy (talk) 05:31, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
:::Okay, glad I can help with that :). Currently I mostly do recent changes patrolling (basically checking Recent changes with some particular filters to find unconstructive edits ↗, and generally following the advice at Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol#What to do ↗). Occasionally I improve article prose or references and answer questions at the Teahouse ↗. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. The Sophocrat (talk) 05:39, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
::::I don't have enough edits for the cvua So I'll see it Tankishguy (talk) 05:42, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Carter v Canada - edit was censored

I wrote a brief comment about why Carter v Canada was wrongly and poorly decided. It got cut out/ deleted. It looks like Wikipedia does not like criticisms of this judicial decision. This is active censorship. There is so much to criticize this case for - and Wikipedia calls giving that criticism not neutral. The only way to appear neutral is to say nothing negative about the case, that is not neutral, that is supportive. AustralianLawyer4455 (talk) 05:36, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

:There seems to be a misunderstanding. We {{em|can}}, and often do, include negative coverage of a subject. However, the text must not be our own opinions but rather the interpretations of reliable sources ↗. I assure you myself and most other editors have nothing to do with that case; we only wish to improve the encyclopedia. If you can find reliable sources that criticize (or cover criticism of) the case, then you are welcome to add them (see this guide on how to cite your sources ↗). Have a nice day :) –The Sophocrat (talk) 20:21, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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:Thank you Gommeh :). Man I love barnstars. Funny I get one when I'm supposed to be on wikibreak... Sophocrat (talk) 19:07, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Schedule

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The May 2026 administrator elections ↗ are set to proceed.

We plan to use the following schedule:

* April 29–May 5: Candidate sign-up

* May 8–May 12: Discussion phase

* May 13–May 19: SecurePoll voting phase

If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts before we get started, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections ↗.

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May 2026 Administrator Election – Call for Candidates

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The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at '''Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Candidates ↗'''.

Here is the schedule:

April 29 – May 5: Call for candidates

May 8–12: Discussion phase

May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase

Please note the following:

The requirements to run are identical to RFA ↗—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed ↗.

Prospective candidates are advised to become familiar with the community's expectations of administrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful ↗ and unsuccessful ↗ RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for admin elections candidates ↗, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing ↗.

The process will have a seven day call for candidates phase, a two day pause, a five day discussion phase, and a seven day private vote using SecurePoll. Discussion and questions are only allowed on the candidate pages during the discussion phase.

The outcome of this process is identical to making a request for adminship. There is '''no official difference''' between an administrator appointed through RFA versus administrator elections.

Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors ↗.

Ask any questions about the process at the talk page ↗. Later, a user talk message will be sent to official candidates with additional information about the process.

If you are interested in the process, please make sure to watchlist the appropriate pages. A watchlist notice will be added when the discussion phase opens, and again when the voting phase opens.

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

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The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until {{Administrator elections status/data|May 2026|end}} at {{Administrator election time|end}} UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at '''Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase ↗'''.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

{{Administrator elections/Header/daterange|May 2026|begin|end}}: SecurePoll voting phase ('''we are here''')

Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote ↗ has a week to use the SecurePoll ↗ software to vote, which uses a secret ballot ↗. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements ↗ are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page ↗ (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page ↗. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall ↗ candidates must achieve 55.0% support ↗. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ↗ ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page ↗. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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