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Welcome message from Chris Troutman, 20 September 2019

Hello Russ Woodroofe! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I am happy to be the first person to welcome you to English Wikipedia! I have prepared this welcome message to help you with your continued adventure here, check out the links below or just visit the new contributors' help page! Happy Editing! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC) Getting Started: Tutorials and Training Click on "show" to the right to expand We have some interactive tutorials and trainings you may want to try: Wikipedia Tutorial Wikipedia Training The Wikipedia Adventure game And some regular articles you can just read: How to edit a page How to start a new article How to upload an image and add it to an article Be bold in editing Frequently Asked Questions Getting Help: How and Where to Ask a Question? Click on "show" to the right to expand There are numerous ways you can ask for help. You can ask me on my talk page. You can copy and place {{helpme}} with your accompanying question on the bottom of your talk page and someone else will show up shortly to answer your questions here. You can try one of the specialized fora listed at the "Where to ask a question" page. If you prefer live chat, try #wikipedia-en-help IRC chat room. Click here to get connected through your browser! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date On a final note, you may want to try the new (beta) VisualEditor, check out our weekly newspaper, the Wikipedia Signpost, and join a WikiProject of interest to you. WikiProjects gather editors interested in certain topic areas, providing them with information, tools and a place to discuss the topic in question. . For a list of all WikiProjects, see here. Joining a WikiProject makes the Wikipedia experience much richer! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Thomas Storer (American mathematician) has been accepted

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Bkissin (talk) 20:11, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Signing warnings

Hi, I noticed that you issued a COI warning to User talk:Astrine2000 the other day but didn't sign with ~~~~. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages. If you use wp:twinkle to issue warnings the signature will be added for you. ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 10:29, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

ScrubbedFalcon: doh! I hadn't even noticed. I'm generally careful to leave it, and must've just been editing too quickly. Thanks for letting me know! Russ Woodroofe (talk) 10:54, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

"Fellow of the Amerian Mathematical Society" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Fellow of the Amerian Mathematical Society has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 March 16 § Fellow of the Amerian Mathematical Society until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 01:22, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

On Jan Peter Toennies's Page

Hello, Russ Woodroofe. Thank you for a warm welcome to the Wikipedia!

I'd like to ask for a re-review of Jan Peter Toennies's page "conflict of interest / close connection" warning message. From what I can tell, the text appears to be neutral and I'm not affiliated or connected to the subject of this page in any way. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 12:50, 25 March 2026 (UTC) Astrine2000 (talk) 11:49, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Astrine2000, can you tell me how you came to take such an interest in Toennies' wikipedia biography? Russ Woodroofe (talk) 12:50, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Storer (American mathematician)

On 26 March 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Storer (American mathematician), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Navajo American mathematician Thomas Storer invented one of the standard notations for compactly and precisely describing string figures? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Storer (American mathematician). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Storer (American mathematician)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

HurricaneZeta^C 00:02, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

BRD is not a policy

Hello Russ Woodroofe,

when you deal with disputed content, please don't refer to BRD as if it was a policy justifying reverts. Disputed content can be removed and needs to stay removed until a consensus is found; actual policy sections mandating this are WP:BLPRESTORE, WP:ONUS and WP:BURDEN. There is no special protection for "stable" revisions; consensus formed through editing alone ends in the moment there is a dispute (cf. Wikipedia:Consensus § Through editing). Without talk page consensus, it would be inappropriate to restore disputed material just because it had been in the article for a long time. So in the case of the article about John Petrucci, policy was on your side, but that has nothing to do with the "BRD" essay. Forcibly restoring stable revisions just because they're stable is an action limited to administrators when protecting pages (WP:PREFER) and not something justified by any other policy.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: yes, my edit summaries weren't completely ideal. I think I was basically doing things for the right reasons, but UNDUE (which I did refer to the first time around) and ONUS are better things to refer to. The BRD essay does at least have the advantage that it directs a user to engage at the talk page in a pretty clear way. I probably wouldn't have reverted at all, and certainly not a second time (even after the delay) without the policy-based talk page consensus. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 09:15, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

All good, I'm not concerned about the removal; I was just nitpicking at the edit summary. To me personally, it would have been an enforcement of BLPRESTORE and exempt through WP:3RRNO #7 even if you had made ten reverts there. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:55, 30 April 2026 (UTC)