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Hello, I'm 0xDeadbeef!

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Administrators: if you disagree with any of my actions, feel free to revert it and leave a talk message so we can discuss it.

Thank you for the barnstar! And thank you too for the tireless work you put into dealing with unblock requests. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 08:04, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey well it’s kind of hard to even re appeal if admin abused powers and indefinitely blocked me. Also I know the email I wrote and i assure you that it was not abusive or threatening. 173.68.149.67 (talk) 02:37, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Also since we can’t come To
resolution to anything and everything I do is a problem and leads to issues can we just remove my Wikipedia account permanently. Tired of feeling like a target 173.68.149.67 (talk) 02:38, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
We can mostly courtesy blank his user talk page, leaving only the last block notice. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think it is your imperious mien.😜 I'd just stay off his talk page and let someone else review the unblock. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, that's probably wiser. I sometimes have a weird tendency to provoke problematic users.. Interestingly, one admin got desysopped recently for "abuse of admin powers", with one of the justification for that being not communicating to a user they blocked while the user was requesting unblock. I didn't feel like that admin should have been desysopped, but oh well. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 09:53, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I should have specified zhwiki. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 10:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Not just you. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:52, 11 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reporting per its instructions (plus the fact that User talk:Σ lists you as one of the remaining maintainers): [1]

Error details

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/workspace/app.py", line 33, in inner
    return func(*a, **kw)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/workspace/app.py", line 71, in editorinteract_py
    tpl, store = EditorInteract(params)()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/workspace/editorinteract.py", line 30, in __call__
    self.process_results(store)
  File "/workspace/editorinteract.py", line 166, in process_results
    if store.namespaces[edit[0]]:
       20:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)20:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)20:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)~^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 126

Thanks, JBL (talk) 20:49, 15 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

looking into it. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 11:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Fixed by editing ./www/python/src/metacrap/enwiki.meta to include MOS namespaces for the tool. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 12:12, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you!! --JBL (talk) 19:15, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I am having confusion when trying to update hurricane info. For example prior to an edit conflict when updating Helene's wind speed, I set the value to 105, the wind speed as of the current advisory. But it didn't reflect it, but when I clicked show preview, it had higher wind speeds than what it is. I am confused on this. I would like an answer to the problem that I am having. Thanks, Felicia (talk) 15:04, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Felicia777: I'm having some trouble understanding the problem. Maybe consider creating a new topic at the Tropical Cyclones WikiProject? 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 15:20, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, i believe the issuance of China's first corporate bond for private firms in 2005 was in fact a significant breakthrough for capital markets nationwide. This is because all corporate bonds prior to this could only be issued by state-owned firms. Such a policy change marked sizeable economic growth spurred by the ability of private firms to raise capital for their development. Therefore this event was not only an important part of Hengdian's corporate history, but also in the larger historical context for private firms nationwide. Please consider the following rewrite with added background explanation, with consideration to article published by the SCMP, a reputable news source based in Hong Kong, as well as the following paper by NBER, a prominent American private nonprofit research organisation (https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w25549/w25549.pdf), which confirms on page 12 that commercial papers for private enterprises were launched in China in 2005. Thank you for your consideration.

"In a landmark step significant to the development of private enterprise and economic progress in China, Hengdian Group in 2005 became the first private firm in the country to issue a corporate bond. China had earlier that year established a new market for short-term bonds, creating a pathway for private companies to raise cheap capital to stimulate growth through the use of capital markets. Before this, bond issuance was available to state-owned enterprises (SOE) only. In accordance with this new policy, Hengdian was able to raise one billion yuan through a one-year bond in 2005.” LILING ZHANG (talk) 09:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@LILING ZHANG: That still reads like promotional tone to me. Which source has said "a landmark step significant to the development of private enterprise and economic progress in China"?
And, what is your connection to the Hengdian Group? Have you been paid to edit? 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 10:12, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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