User talk:Mathonius

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 * Thank you! Mathonius 04:15, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

That vandal/spammer
If you see more of this kind of spam, or anything requiring local sysop action, please drop a diff on my Talk page here. I was busy editing stuff (Recent Changes Patrol is not actually my main job here!) and didn't see what was happening. But as soon as I looked at my Watchlist, I saw the edits to Marshallsumter talk. If you drop a note on my Talk page, I get both a banner here and an email, response will be faster. Anyway, thanks for your help, it's greatly appreciated. I blocked the account and blacklisted the link here. --Abd 02:18, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello Abd, thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you appreciate my efforts here and I will let you know (via your talk page) when I come across that spammer again. Thank you for the blocks and blacklisting! Regards, Mathonius 04:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Custodianship
Thanks again for assisting us with your reports on RCA. Would you consider becoming a custodian on enwv? I understand you're already a sysop on meta and nlwp, so I'm sure you're familiar with the tools. If you have the time, we'd appreciate your assistance. --Draicone (talk) 03:27, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. Becoming a custodian does appeal to me, because it would be an easier and more efficient way to help out. On the other hand, my experience here is limited and I haven't got a perfect understanding of this project's scope (see my question here) yet, although my contributions would continue to be focused mainly on anti-vandalism and simple maintenance. Should I add a request on WV:CC? Kind regards, Mathonius 07:07, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, add a nomination to CC, and briefly mention your background. I'm happy to be your mentor (but you're free to choose any custodian as your mentor), and we can get you started immediately as a probationary custodian under Wikiversity's slightly novel approach to the tools. I'm sure you'll develop an understanding and interpretation of Wikiversity's scope as you go along. Your limited experience at Wikiversity is something we can explore, but it's a decision that the community will take during a nomination for full custodianship. --Draicone (talk) 09:43, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. I've now requested custodianship on this page. Mathonius 11:53, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome aboard
You are now a probationary custodian. Thanks for helping out! --SB_Johnny talk 16:36, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! It's my pleasure, Mathonius 21:59, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your cleanup work today! --HappyCamper 00:45, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It's my pleasure. :) Mathonius 09:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the vandalism help, can you block this one, too? http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Doctor_Hunt -- Cirt (talk) 08:04, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome. That account has already been locked, see . Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 08:33, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah okay thanks. FYI, it's, more info at w:User:Dantherocker1. -- Cirt (talk) 21:31, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, I am the editor of the 'Mohammad nashir' page that you titled as speedy deletion.

I thought I would just let you know that the page is non-promotive, but rather to contribute to academia and was stating the individual who is contributing the work, the work is all outlined below of the page in external links for people to use. His blog of course, is significantly free-of-charge and is only funded by donations, however he has not got one donation since he started however he continues to contribute to educational research and academia.

It would be a tragedy to remove this as Mohammad has worked significantly hard to give his work out for use. However, I have looked at the project scope carefully and the guidelines are met as educational contributive material, however they are just contributing through externally rather than internally, however they provide the sufficient explanation of what educational research there is and educational pieces in the Wikiversity website. Hope this makes sense and you reconsider.

http://twitter.com/McYel Will you please check that out.
I tweeted that my tweets needed to be studied in a quiet university-would you be willing to have a phone conversation? Please overturn the deletions! http://twitter.com/McYel (the first tweet says it all) thanks.--McYel (talk) 21:59, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Custodianship
Hi Mathonius -- very sorry for the late reply, I just got your important message about custodianship. I'm comfortable with mentoring you while Draicone is away so long as you are comfortable with being the first probationary custodian under my guidance here. I've been editing Wikipedia since 2005, and Wikiversity since 2007. Here are my requests for sysop rights on those projects to give you a sense of the kind of editor I am. It's from a really long time ago though, but mostly the essence is still the same. I do think it is important that the community makes a decision on your custodial bit. You're a valuable contributor to Wikiversity. Take some time to think about it, and please let me know your thoughts about the mentorship proposal above. --HappyCamper (talk) 05:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi HappyCamper, thanks a lot for your reply. Honestly, I don't think I need a mentor anymore, as I have already got to know Wikiversity a lot better and I could always ask questions to you and other experienced users from this project. Would you nominate me for custodianship, so the community can decide whether I should stay a custodian here or not? Kind regards, Mathonius (talk) 09:09, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm really sorry, but I'm currently not comfortable with the idea. I personally believe that there isn't enough engagement in your record to justify full custodianship yet, so for the time being I am much more comfortable with the status quo. However, you should talk with SB Johnny and Jtneil and see how they feel about your situation, especially given that Draicone has been away for so long. --HappyCamper (talk) 19:41, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you mean with "enough engagement"? I think I do enough useful things as a custodian here and I've said that I'm not planning on involving myself too much with the community or the content of this project ("...my contributions would continue to be focused mainly on anti-vandalism and simple maintenance..."). In my opinion, a community decision about my custodianship would be good. I don't see much difference between probationary and full custodianship. I don't want to be an admin without enough community support. Mathonius (talk) 19:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

My suggestion, if Draicone is unavailable, is to request a new mentor at Candidates for Custodianship/Mathonius and agree with the new mentor about what (if anything) is further required in terms of a probationary period before full nomination. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 23:38, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't see any problem with just going to a vote. Is Draicone available via e-mail? --SB_Johnny talk 09:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * If a current custodian eligible for mentoring is willing to nominate Mathonius, then I see no problem with starting a nomination for full custodianship. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:29, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Any update on this? :) I just noticed this discussion by accident and I want to say Mathonius is an excellent admin on multiple projects (nlwp, meta, commons, globally). Therefore I would gladly support his nomination for full custodianship here. Trijnstel (talk) 21:44, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Mathonius, are you willing and ready to be nominated for full custodianship? -- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:15, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Jtneill. I think I'm ready. Would you be willing to nominate me? Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 17:58, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Great, I've recommended you - -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:17, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Jtneill! Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 09:45, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, Mathonius, you are now a full custodian, with unaminous support! . Thanks for helping out. Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 05:27, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 08:44, 14 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Congratulations. Thanks for your amazing patience, and your support for Wikiversity. --Abd (discuss • contribs) 11:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Abd. :) Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 21:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Comparative Mythology Help
I noticed in the Intro to Mythology section under "Comparative Mythology" you have only Greek and Roman. I am wondering about the older civilizations like the Minoans, Sumerians or Egyptians. Will anything be offered or will they need created and added? Allytria (talk) 19:45, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello Allytria, welcome to the Wikiversity. I don't know if new material about mythology will be added, but perhaps you could write lessons yourself? You can also ask your question at Colloquium, the central page for questions and comments about Wikiversity. Greetings, Mathonius (talk) 22:06, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Deleted Cultural Encounters page
Dear Mathonius,

My name is M. K. and I am a teacher at the English Department, University of Ljubljana, and the coordinator of the Erasmus IP Cultural Landscapes: Negotiating Cultural Encounters with the English-Speaking World summer school. As a part of this project, currently taking place, we would like to build a database of cultural encounters with a number of topics detailing intercultural differences together with potential sources of communication barriers and strategies to overcome them. The database is to be developed further in the subsequent two years of the project and used and upgraded in regular classes throughout the year by the participating teachers and universities.

We were hoping to build this database as a learning project on Wikiversity, but the initial page we created for the purpose has been deleted as there was supposedly 'no educational content'. That was obviously the case because the students were only starting the work in their seminars, so actually their first activities were devoted to getting to know the platform and attaining the status of confirmed users so they could upload their own contents, but as the description suggested this was only the very first stage of the project.

This is the first time any of the teachers or students involved are using the Wikiversity environment and we're sorry to receive such negative feedback, especially since we don't believe we violated the guidelines outlined in any way. Collectively, we are quite disheartened, but we sincerely hope this has all been just a misunderstanding and the Cultural Encounters page can be restored.

With best regards, M. K.
 * Dear Monika, thank you for your feedback. I realise that I've made a very bad mistake by deleting those pages. I've restored all of them and I hope this didn't cause too much trouble for you. I sincerely apologise. Mathonius (talk) 18:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your prompt response. Since this is a journey of discovery for us, we are looking forward to gaining new knowledge and hope to have admin support in this undertaking. MonikaKavalir (talk) 14:26, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

MarshallSumter
Who is MarshallSumter?

Deletion request
Hi Mathonius! Please delete /w/index.php - it's one of our known comment spambots. Thanks! Trijnstel (talk) 18:58, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Mathonius (talk) 22:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Ping!
Please delete User:97cgv936 as well. I checked the account and found 1 old unused spambot, but nothing more. Trijnstel (talk) 16:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 18:17, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Babel
Mathonius: I'm baffled, so I've re-created the category as a redirect. I hope you weren't inconvenienced.--Collingwood (talk) 12:30, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem whatsoever. I think it's a good idea to redirect the old category to the new one. Thank you! Mathonius (talk) 14:05, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Custodian
How can I be a custodian --Draubb

Custodianship
Are you willing to mentor me. Because I have been trying to get a mentor and HappyCamper has not replied to me. Can you please mentor me!
 * Hello Draubb, I'm not available for mentoring new custodians (see List of custodian mentors). Sorry. Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 22:04, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of User:Draubb/Abdul-Azeez
Hello Mathonius, can you please delete the page User:Draubb/Abdul-Azeez. It is someone's ancestry. And it is private! Please reply on my my talk page if you have deleted it or any other comments! Best wishes, have a awesome time being a custodian! ---Draubb (discuss • contribs) 19:39, 22 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you Mathonius! --Draubb (discuss • contribs) 23:31, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Protection
Thank you for deleting that, Mathonius not to bother you but can you protect History:Revolutionary War and Science:Clouds and Weather Instruments. They are very educational and Darklama has not protected them when I asked him/her. Please protect the two pages. Thank you! --Draubb (discuss • contribs) 23:36, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello Draubb, no problem. I won't protect those pages against further editing, because there's no good reason to protect those; perhaps someone can improve those pages even more. Please consider using WV:RCA for requesting custodian assistance instead. Regards, Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 19:16, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Requests for Deletion
Will you take a look and figure out what the consensus is? Nearly no discussion since January. I would do it myself, but I am not impartial since I expressed a view on what should be done. Recently a speedy deletion tag was placed on one of the pages based on the idea of majority rule, but you hopefully know that majority rule isn't how Wikiversity operates. This has spawn some vandalism to the same page and a question about when this is going to be addressed at WV:RCA. -- dark lama  18:50, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅: closed RfD and deleted the nominated pages. Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 21:48, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Colloquium
Can you please put your input in Colloquium. Please put your input under "Fasten (talk)". Thanks --The Gir’s and Sing 18:59, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikiversity:Main Page/Wikimedia projects
Just wondering if you could edit Main Page/Wikimedia projects and change Wikivoyage-logo.svg to Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Thanks. -- WOSlinker (discuss • contribs) 19:16, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sure, no problem. Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 07:01, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

The United States
This page may have been, in its history, a part of Comparative law and justice, it is linked from there, referred to as a sample page created by the professor who was running that project. You deleted this page in April. It is possible that this user edited the page before or after moving it, but, of course, because it is deleted, I can't see the history. Would you please undelete it? Restore it to my user space if there is any question. I've been moving all the related pages to subpages of the CLJ project, it could simply be placed there. Thanks. —Abd (discuss • contribs) 23:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I've made a mistake as I was cleaning up 123lilbrad's work here. I've restored United States of America. Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 09:42, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking and restoring! This is indeed the page I was looking for, created by the CLJ professor. Because the files were out in mainspace, not organized as subpages of the CLJ project, they attracted problematic edits. —Abd (discuss • contribs) 15:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Resignation
Hello,

I've decided to resign from being a custodian. As a steward, I'll still happily help out now and then, but I don't think I need to remain a custodian to contribute in this way.

Thanks, Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 00:27, 29 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help! It is appreciated.  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:30, 29 September 2015 (UTC)