User talk:Robertsky

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Election clerking

Hi Robert. I stumbled on WT:AELECT this morning and saw Novem's note and his endorsement of you. I'd be happy to serve as a clerk for the elections in May. I've clerked twice before (one AELECT, one ACE) and am familiar with the process. Giraffer (talk) 13:02, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Giraffer let's do it. :) – robertsky (talk) 03:27, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ralph Kato Samuel (12:10, 12 April 2026)

How can I edit my profile --Ralph Kato Samuel (talk) 12:10, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ralph Kato Samuel I have dropped some links to tutorials on your talk page. – robertsky (talk) 11:23, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ralph Kato Samuel (12:12, 12 April 2026)

How can add photo? --Ralph Kato Samuel (talk) 12:12, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ralph Kato Samuel (12:12, 12 April 2026) (2)

How can add photo? --Ralph Kato Samuel (talk) 12:12, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ralph Kato Samuel See Help:Images or Wikipedia:Uploading images on adding photos to commons or here, or to the articles. – robertsky (talk) 11:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion

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Question from Nguy3nNierNier (10:28, 16 April 2026)

Note: Nguy3nNierNier's mentor ZI Jony is away.

Greetings! Currently I'm curious about how editors found their source material from like physical or somewhat obscure digital? --Nguy3nNierNier (talk) 10:28, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nguy3nNierNier Typically in the archives of their local library or if you are an established editor, you can also access Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library, which is a program to give access to paid archives to the editors. – robertsky (talk) 11:21, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A user is harassing me on my talk page; please intervene

That user is Exsap (no user page), and they have a long history of making unsourced changes on military articles (per their talk page)

They and I have been edit-warring (I have read WP:BOOMERANG) since I reverted them for making unsourced changes on the article Guards (Singapore Army)

It didn't take long for them to barge onto my talk page and immediately accuse me of misogyny, which I was clearly not engaging in; I left them a {{subst:uw-npa3}}

They restored it, so I reverted them again and got accused of being a grub promoting information 15 years out of date

And then "grub" again and most recently "pest" Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:31, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused: I can report to ANI on your behalf as I noticed the edits on the article. This will ultimately resulted in both of you been blocked for 3RR and most likely Exsap blocked for a longer period for incivility. Should have stopped after 3 reverts regardless. I was checking for 3RR for both of you and about to report to ANI for this but I defer to robertsky since you came here already. ~ JASWE (talk) 04:04, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Welp Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:08, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused, @Justanothersgwikieditor: evaluated. @Exsap blocked for a month for disruptive editing, edit warring and making personal attacks over the article. The previous block was taken into account in determining the duration of the block. Whyiseverythingalreadyused blocked for 24 hours for edit warring. – robertsky (talk) 06:04, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Wikifanap07 (23:15, 18 April 2026)

Hello, hope you're well. I have submitted a page for review which has been in process since December, but the editing process has been stuck for over a month. I am hoping you might be able to help review/approve the page or provide any other suggestions? Thank you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ryan_Stokes --Wikifanap07 (talk) 23:15, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]