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Your opinion on a nomination for deletion at Commons would be appreciated here, thanks, DR04 ( talk) 19:02, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Since you're serious about standards, you might wnat to look at this one YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) ( Invincibles finally at Featured topic candidates) 22:33, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
ABECEDARE REPRESSES TRUTH ( talk · contribs) haha! You well? Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 10:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
I was composing a message here, when I received your warning. I believe we all know the rules of 3RR ... The leap to aspersion of
WP:DE, following your expressed understanding
here is inappropriate. I respectfully ask you withdraw the warning from my user [talk] page.
Proofreader77 (
talk)
01:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
For documentation of what's transpired: see User_talk:Proofreader77#Documentation. No worries. Things will all work out beautifully, or so feels the flow of the holiday season. ;-) Cheers. Proofreader77 ( talk) 02:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
While you have a rationale for
your reverting of my comment, the fact that the comment discusses the perhaps problematic nature of
your action to archive-lock may create a bad impression. You might wish to undo your revert, and perhaps allow someone else to reinstate it. (Just a suggestion in the context of Arbcom. No reply necessary.)
--
Proofreader77 (
talk)
20:52, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Abecedare, I have known Meera Nanda personally and she has herself accepted that she doesn't like Hinduism as it's not a religion but a racist philosophy. She, in fact, prefers calling herself Anti-Hindu just as someone would be proud to call oneself Anti-theist, and that's why I added that adjective.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.167.57 ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings of the Season | |
A merry good morning I wish you, My friends both great and small. When the world, for his fare, shall press you, may you n'er go to the wall. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 02:20, 25 December 2009 (UTC) |
Can you add an amended block note? Merry Christmas. cheers. - Spaceman Spiff 15:58, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:42, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Restrictions lifted -- Proofreader77 ( interact) 02:15, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, Abecedare I will follow your suggestions and copy your format. Raj2004 ( talk) 16:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC) Can you take a look at my latest post on Talk-Avatar? I think Priyanth is biased. Thanks and regards, Raj2004 ( talk) 16:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips, Abecedare. I have added a new post in reply to your post.
Raj2004 ( talk) 16:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Abecedare. How are you? Recently i contributed to Bollywood article. Information added was from reliable source check here. User User:Shshshsh is continuously trying to threaten me by posting several warnings on my talk page talk). He has reverted my contributions again again despite my clarification and citation of reliable sources check here. Further he is reverting his talk page in order to hide his act of vandalism. Please help me. -- Bigsuperindia ( talk) 01:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, I finally received Rukmani's book on the Bhagavata Purana and am very much enjoying it. Unfortunately, I'm about to be very scarce around Wikipedia due to real life and won't be able to do anything but enjoy it selfishly. I did get a chuckle out of her chapter III — especially about Daksa's bad day at the sacrifice, with different versions of the same story written by different 'editors' (she compares the difs), strife between devotees of Shiva and Vishnu, etc. I think it's incontrovertible proof that Wikipedia was invented in India over 1,000 years ago! Or something :-). Have a very good and productive new year, Priyanath talk 16:36, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, Not sure what to do with user:Eraserhead1, who is busy amending East India Company and posting comments on bias in the various British rule articles. Please see Talk:Company rule in India. I'm traveling and have little time. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:45, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. regards, Raj2004 ( talk) 19:48, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Abecedare! Raj2004 ( talk) 20:58, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I've finally gotten around to compiling a list of the sources that I might require for expanding the article and making the suggested changes to the article. They're listed at this subpage of my userspace, and I'd appreciate it if you'd go through the list and revert with your comments so that I could begin editing the article. Also on the page are three books that I have no access to, and I'd be much obliged if you have access to an ebook or something that you could email me. Incidentally, would the reliability of this source be enhanced by the fact that it cites the third book in my list of sources? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 09:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my AN/I thread. I just wanted to let you know that I had a request on my talk page for a copy of IDiscoveri Education so the user in question could clean it up. I provided this in user space at User:WithdrawnVTJS/Idscoveri with the caveat that they need to clean the article up as soon as possible to remove copyvios. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Happy New Year
Patelurology2 ( talk) 22:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I weighed in, unasked. Hope it helps. rudra ( talk) 16:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Kindly note the obscurantism efforts by primary editor of the article. References from Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis (scholar) are being deleted in an attempt to hide the darker shades of the Victorian rule. Regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.182.40.23 ( talk) 19:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
I think you'll have to keep an eye on the content on that one YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) 07:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Please visit the discussion page of the article.Sorry i wasn't around lately.It would be great if u show up .Thanks Chhora ( talk) 22:39, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I believe I should give you a heads-up on this ANI regarding Proofreader77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Proofreader77_Established_record_of_continuous_unrelenting_Disruptive_Editing
I had a doubt and I think you are a neutral editor to ask. There are certain set of information which cannot be classified as "criticism", for ex, point out a mistake is not criticism, and sometimes the same person who has "criticized" in some part of the review makes some +ve comments in some other part of the same review. What is the best way to organize material and build a good article ? ( The context is Kali's Child ) Look forward for your inputs. -- TheMandarin ( talk) 07:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I took Priyanth and your advice on using Google Books. What a great resource!!! Please take a look at footnote 28 for Avatars of Shiva in Avatar; I added this note, See section on Sri Vijayîndra Tîrtha, pg. 412 of A History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its literature, by B.N. Krishnamurti Sharma, available at http://books.google.com/books?id=FVtpFMPMulcC&pg=PA412&dq=Sarabha+dvaita&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Thanks, Raj2004 ( talk) 00:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Great rewrite. Yes, you are right; I added sections on Karma in Hinduism using your sources and Google Books! Raj2004 ( talk) 13:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Your experienced eye and sober judgment would be very helpful, if you can spare a few cycles. In a nutshell, I prod-ed this, and looked into it again when someone counterproposed a merge (see history, it's blessedly short). My research is on the Talk page; there is possibly some spillover of material for the Muktika page, which also needs some work. Input welcome, thanks! rudra ( talk) 05:22, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
If you have anything to add on the IP stalking you were investigating, pls do so here -- TheMandarin ( talk) 03:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I blocked the IP for 48 hours, he seems to be removing names written in languages he doesn't like, esp. Malayalam. It's a RAILTEL India IP address. Dougweller ( talk) 15:06, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, I've suggested a new proposal here. If you find time, do pl drop in and give your suggestions. Thanks ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ ―Œ ♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣ 04:48, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Wise administrator, Abecedare, I come to you again with a question.
Another editor disagreed with my comments and removed them from someone's user talk page. I think this is improper. The comments were not incivil. The comments were suggestions on how to get more respect as a new administrator (edit more articles because one criticism was a lack of editing experience and seek the blessing of another bureaucrat because the bureaucrat who gave a defacto endorsement by reviewing the edits of their secret account also closed the RFA). This is not incivil at all. These are just suggestions to gain the respect of all Wikipedians.
So my guess is that it is not proper to remove others' comments but I will let the matter rest and not complain to mommy or wiki-mommy about that other bad person. Suomi Finland 2009 ( talk) 01:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Take a look? I've tried explaining to Notacommunist ( talk · contribs), well over three right now (also a couple of IP reverts before the four user name reverts), also discussed at the article talk page, mine, Salih's etc. cheers. - Spaceman Spiff 17:53, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Abecedare. I have a new, sourced article written up for an American author named Carrie Jones. I was going to create the page with "Carrie Jones (author)", but I see that there's also an article called Carrie Jones which is currently not being used. I was wondering if I should use the existing page, or whether I should wait for it to be deleted (which seems where it's headed)...or...what, exactly? :) I'd really like to just use "Carrie Jones" if I could. -- James26 ( talk) 17:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Phase-I of the upgrade is nearly done; I've attempted to incorporate all recommendations on the review page. Could you please take a look and post follow-up comments for further work that may have to be carried out on the article? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 18:15, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Are you suggesting that the cliche !voters should !vote in the oppose section? (If he's already an admin, one can't possibly vote to make him one.) -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 21:04, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Take it away! (I'm terrible at Categories, could you do the honors? Thanks!) rudra ( talk) 14:06, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Is that considered to be a reliable source? -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 23:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Be ready to spend some time dePRODding and sourcing based on this and this. Luckily I've only come across two India articles so far, one where a source was removed to justify the unreferenced tag! But based on the new drive, I expect a lot of articles from earlier on will be cleaned out and PRODded over the next few days, mostly politicians I think. cheers. – Spaceman Spiff 08:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Which one should it be? Talk:Forward_class#Forward_class_or_forward_caste. -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 11:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Hope you feel better! If you have a chance, please take a look at the debate on the Talk on Wendy Doniger. Goethan keeps on removing the criticism section. I agree that the current criticism section is not NPOV so I have revised it with counteropposing views. Please take a look. Raj2004 ( talk) 19:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. These guys would still remove your work, even if you did put in 5-10 hours. I have far more important tasks such as Karma in Hinduism then waste my time on a left-wing anti-Hindu university fanatic. Raj2004 ( talk) 02:13, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
The article is moved to this new title against the views expressed by other users on the talk. What to do, the move can't be reverted? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi again, Abecedare. Lately I've been wondering something about a page I've worked extensively on. I'm not asking you to rate it (still expecting an assessment from Project Television), but at a quick glance, can I ask if you see anything especially wrong with the Naomi Clark article? -- James26 ( talk) 01:12, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
The issue, outlined here, could be radioactive. (There could be some WP:OWN issues too, given this, which was about this, but I'm hoping not.) What do you think? rudra ( talk) 08:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Rudra's edits relating Shani but many Hindus believe that planets are tied with past karma. What do you think? Raj2004 (talk) 12:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Just a small task: I want to move Disney Channel Romania and Moldova to Disney Channel Romania (which already exists) in order to save the history of the article. Currently, the content of Disney Channel Romania was moved from the other page, but not the history. Thank you — Sebi talk 22:58, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I seek your wisdom as a wise administrator again.
I wrote something on Village Pump about reliable sources can be in error. It was about a CNN report quoting a Wall Street Journal report. However, they misquoted the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal's original story is on the internet.
Someone removed my section in VP. I think this could cause anger if it happened to someone else, can be vandalism, and is not a smart thing to do, particularly if the removed material is sensible and not libelous.
I wrote...
Please put back my VP comment. The purpose is to get a discussion on how to assess reliability and how to improve reliability. Because of this, I no longer automatically consider CNN to always be a RS anymore. I hope you did not remove it because of censorship as you are a journalist. That would be like a lawyer removing a comment relating to lawyer because she didn't like it. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
The response from the editor, who is a journalist, was...
You're welcome to return your comment to the miscellaneous page, just as I was welcome to remove it. That's how wikipedia works!... User:DavidWBrooks
It is my impression that I shouldn't remove others comments and that I could be blocked if I do. For example, recently you wrote this http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=341541061 It would be wrong for me to remove it with DavidWBrooks' excuse "just as I was welcome to remove it. That's how wikipedia works!... "
I have no plans to reinsert my edit and allow the other editor to be happy in creating a conflict. Furthermore, Wikipedia would shrink by 50% if everyone had to put back their edit twice. Do you have any comment on DavidWBrooks' behaviour? Suomi Finland 2009 ( talk) 21:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
"The reliability of sourcing is heavily dependent upon context, so please include not only the source in question, but the article in which it is being cited, as well as links to any relevant talk page discussions or article diffs.".
I need to do a wikiproject report for signpost. Are you willing to be interviewed for one on India? I'll focus on project resources and pov pushers. I'll ask others as well (if you say yes). -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 17:15, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Update? YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) 03:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk · contribs) has been creating a lot of AfDs, but not listing them on the AfD log, I asked nicely, then clearly; I was told he wasn't going to do it, then I asked to follow process or not nominate AfDs, and was told to do my paid job, and I gave a final warning and was asked who my boss is. Now the editor is back to nominating more AfDs without listing them on the logs. Since you're my boss, I figured I'd check with you if this is enough reason to block or it should go to ANI. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 01:40, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I did see that, he was warned nicely by CactusWriter ( talk · contribs) who also reverted some of the ridiculous tags. It's getting to be rather disruptive, but I'll ignore for now and do a mass cleanup after everyone else does their bit and he gets bored. He's apparently used other accounts in the past, and he used a previous one Donotask-donottell ( talk · contribs) after rename. One prior account of his was Localsales ( talk · contribs) according to a post he made. Just doesn't seem to get WP policies and admits to it. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 01:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I don’t keep after reading or understanding them. Don’t feel sad. Respectfully it has nothing to do with you or anyone who leaves message in my talk page. (I'm not a wiki administrator - I don’t need all those. And I don’t want to store them on my talk page). I do work on wiki as and when I get time. I’m trying to go away from wiki editing. I hate bureaucracy the one I see on wiki – their rules how notability is defined etc. I see lots of bias over there – just my opinion.). -- DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk) 01:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Want to take a look at it for G4? Looks like it to me, the only thing missing is the Jutland bit. Editor is also getting all the OR to the Jat people article. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 07:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Your opinion on a nomination for deletion at Commons would be appreciated here, thanks, DR04 ( talk) 19:02, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Since you're serious about standards, you might wnat to look at this one YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) ( Invincibles finally at Featured topic candidates) 22:33, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
ABECEDARE REPRESSES TRUTH ( talk · contribs) haha! You well? Aaroncrick ( talk) Review me! 10:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
I was composing a message here, when I received your warning. I believe we all know the rules of 3RR ... The leap to aspersion of
WP:DE, following your expressed understanding
here is inappropriate. I respectfully ask you withdraw the warning from my user [talk] page.
Proofreader77 (
talk)
01:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
For documentation of what's transpired: see User_talk:Proofreader77#Documentation. No worries. Things will all work out beautifully, or so feels the flow of the holiday season. ;-) Cheers. Proofreader77 ( talk) 02:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
While you have a rationale for
your reverting of my comment, the fact that the comment discusses the perhaps problematic nature of
your action to archive-lock may create a bad impression. You might wish to undo your revert, and perhaps allow someone else to reinstate it. (Just a suggestion in the context of Arbcom. No reply necessary.)
--
Proofreader77 (
talk)
20:52, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Abecedare, I have known Meera Nanda personally and she has herself accepted that she doesn't like Hinduism as it's not a religion but a racist philosophy. She, in fact, prefers calling herself Anti-Hindu just as someone would be proud to call oneself Anti-theist, and that's why I added that adjective.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.167.57 ( talk • contribs) 10:35, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings of the Season | |
A merry good morning I wish you, My friends both great and small. When the world, for his fare, shall press you, may you n'er go to the wall. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 02:20, 25 December 2009 (UTC) |
Can you add an amended block note? Merry Christmas. cheers. - Spaceman Spiff 15:58, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
Materialscientist ( talk) 11:42, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Restrictions lifted -- Proofreader77 ( interact) 02:15, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, Abecedare I will follow your suggestions and copy your format. Raj2004 ( talk) 16:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC) Can you take a look at my latest post on Talk-Avatar? I think Priyanth is biased. Thanks and regards, Raj2004 ( talk) 16:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips, Abecedare. I have added a new post in reply to your post.
Raj2004 ( talk) 16:53, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Abecedare. How are you? Recently i contributed to Bollywood article. Information added was from reliable source check here. User User:Shshshsh is continuously trying to threaten me by posting several warnings on my talk page talk). He has reverted my contributions again again despite my clarification and citation of reliable sources check here. Further he is reverting his talk page in order to hide his act of vandalism. Please help me. -- Bigsuperindia ( talk) 01:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, I finally received Rukmani's book on the Bhagavata Purana and am very much enjoying it. Unfortunately, I'm about to be very scarce around Wikipedia due to real life and won't be able to do anything but enjoy it selfishly. I did get a chuckle out of her chapter III — especially about Daksa's bad day at the sacrifice, with different versions of the same story written by different 'editors' (she compares the difs), strife between devotees of Shiva and Vishnu, etc. I think it's incontrovertible proof that Wikipedia was invented in India over 1,000 years ago! Or something :-). Have a very good and productive new year, Priyanath talk 16:36, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, Not sure what to do with user:Eraserhead1, who is busy amending East India Company and posting comments on bias in the various British rule articles. Please see Talk:Company rule in India. I'm traveling and have little time. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:45, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. regards, Raj2004 ( talk) 19:48, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Abecedare! Raj2004 ( talk) 20:58, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I've finally gotten around to compiling a list of the sources that I might require for expanding the article and making the suggested changes to the article. They're listed at this subpage of my userspace, and I'd appreciate it if you'd go through the list and revert with your comments so that I could begin editing the article. Also on the page are three books that I have no access to, and I'd be much obliged if you have access to an ebook or something that you could email me. Incidentally, would the reliability of this source be enhanced by the fact that it cites the third book in my list of sources? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 09:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my AN/I thread. I just wanted to let you know that I had a request on my talk page for a copy of IDiscoveri Education so the user in question could clean it up. I provided this in user space at User:WithdrawnVTJS/Idscoveri with the caveat that they need to clean the article up as soon as possible to remove copyvios. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 16:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Happy New Year
Patelurology2 ( talk) 22:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I weighed in, unasked. Hope it helps. rudra ( talk) 16:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
Kindly note the obscurantism efforts by primary editor of the article. References from Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis (scholar) are being deleted in an attempt to hide the darker shades of the Victorian rule. Regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.182.40.23 ( talk) 19:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
I think you'll have to keep an eye on the content on that one YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) 07:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Please visit the discussion page of the article.Sorry i wasn't around lately.It would be great if u show up .Thanks Chhora ( talk) 22:39, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I believe I should give you a heads-up on this ANI regarding Proofreader77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Proofreader77_Established_record_of_continuous_unrelenting_Disruptive_Editing
I had a doubt and I think you are a neutral editor to ask. There are certain set of information which cannot be classified as "criticism", for ex, point out a mistake is not criticism, and sometimes the same person who has "criticized" in some part of the review makes some +ve comments in some other part of the same review. What is the best way to organize material and build a good article ? ( The context is Kali's Child ) Look forward for your inputs. -- TheMandarin ( talk) 07:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I took Priyanth and your advice on using Google Books. What a great resource!!! Please take a look at footnote 28 for Avatars of Shiva in Avatar; I added this note, See section on Sri Vijayîndra Tîrtha, pg. 412 of A History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its literature, by B.N. Krishnamurti Sharma, available at http://books.google.com/books?id=FVtpFMPMulcC&pg=PA412&dq=Sarabha+dvaita&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Thanks, Raj2004 ( talk) 00:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Great rewrite. Yes, you are right; I added sections on Karma in Hinduism using your sources and Google Books! Raj2004 ( talk) 13:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Your experienced eye and sober judgment would be very helpful, if you can spare a few cycles. In a nutshell, I prod-ed this, and looked into it again when someone counterproposed a merge (see history, it's blessedly short). My research is on the Talk page; there is possibly some spillover of material for the Muktika page, which also needs some work. Input welcome, thanks! rudra ( talk) 05:22, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
If you have anything to add on the IP stalking you were investigating, pls do so here -- TheMandarin ( talk) 03:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I blocked the IP for 48 hours, he seems to be removing names written in languages he doesn't like, esp. Malayalam. It's a RAILTEL India IP address. Dougweller ( talk) 15:06, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi Abecedare, I've suggested a new proposal here. If you find time, do pl drop in and give your suggestions. Thanks ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ ―Œ ♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣ 04:48, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Wise administrator, Abecedare, I come to you again with a question.
Another editor disagreed with my comments and removed them from someone's user talk page. I think this is improper. The comments were not incivil. The comments were suggestions on how to get more respect as a new administrator (edit more articles because one criticism was a lack of editing experience and seek the blessing of another bureaucrat because the bureaucrat who gave a defacto endorsement by reviewing the edits of their secret account also closed the RFA). This is not incivil at all. These are just suggestions to gain the respect of all Wikipedians.
So my guess is that it is not proper to remove others' comments but I will let the matter rest and not complain to mommy or wiki-mommy about that other bad person. Suomi Finland 2009 ( talk) 01:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Take a look? I've tried explaining to Notacommunist ( talk · contribs), well over three right now (also a couple of IP reverts before the four user name reverts), also discussed at the article talk page, mine, Salih's etc. cheers. - Spaceman Spiff 17:53, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Abecedare. I have a new, sourced article written up for an American author named Carrie Jones. I was going to create the page with "Carrie Jones (author)", but I see that there's also an article called Carrie Jones which is currently not being used. I was wondering if I should use the existing page, or whether I should wait for it to be deleted (which seems where it's headed)...or...what, exactly? :) I'd really like to just use "Carrie Jones" if I could. -- James26 ( talk) 17:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Phase-I of the upgrade is nearly done; I've attempted to incorporate all recommendations on the review page. Could you please take a look and post follow-up comments for further work that may have to be carried out on the article? Regards, SBC-YPR ( talk) 18:15, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Are you suggesting that the cliche !voters should !vote in the oppose section? (If he's already an admin, one can't possibly vote to make him one.) -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 21:04, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Take it away! (I'm terrible at Categories, could you do the honors? Thanks!) rudra ( talk) 14:06, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Is that considered to be a reliable source? -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 23:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Be ready to spend some time dePRODding and sourcing based on this and this. Luckily I've only come across two India articles so far, one where a source was removed to justify the unreferenced tag! But based on the new drive, I expect a lot of articles from earlier on will be cleaned out and PRODded over the next few days, mostly politicians I think. cheers. – Spaceman Spiff 08:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Which one should it be? Talk:Forward_class#Forward_class_or_forward_caste. -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 11:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Hope you feel better! If you have a chance, please take a look at the debate on the Talk on Wendy Doniger. Goethan keeps on removing the criticism section. I agree that the current criticism section is not NPOV so I have revised it with counteropposing views. Please take a look. Raj2004 ( talk) 19:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. These guys would still remove your work, even if you did put in 5-10 hours. I have far more important tasks such as Karma in Hinduism then waste my time on a left-wing anti-Hindu university fanatic. Raj2004 ( talk) 02:13, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
The article is moved to this new title against the views expressed by other users on the talk. What to do, the move can't be reverted? -- Redtigerxyz Talk 12:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi again, Abecedare. Lately I've been wondering something about a page I've worked extensively on. I'm not asking you to rate it (still expecting an assessment from Project Television), but at a quick glance, can I ask if you see anything especially wrong with the Naomi Clark article? -- James26 ( talk) 01:12, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
The issue, outlined here, could be radioactive. (There could be some WP:OWN issues too, given this, which was about this, but I'm hoping not.) What do you think? rudra ( talk) 08:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Rudra's edits relating Shani but many Hindus believe that planets are tied with past karma. What do you think? Raj2004 (talk) 12:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello. Just a small task: I want to move Disney Channel Romania and Moldova to Disney Channel Romania (which already exists) in order to save the history of the article. Currently, the content of Disney Channel Romania was moved from the other page, but not the history. Thank you — Sebi talk 22:58, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I seek your wisdom as a wise administrator again.
I wrote something on Village Pump about reliable sources can be in error. It was about a CNN report quoting a Wall Street Journal report. However, they misquoted the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal's original story is on the internet.
Someone removed my section in VP. I think this could cause anger if it happened to someone else, can be vandalism, and is not a smart thing to do, particularly if the removed material is sensible and not libelous.
I wrote...
Please put back my VP comment. The purpose is to get a discussion on how to assess reliability and how to improve reliability. Because of this, I no longer automatically consider CNN to always be a RS anymore. I hope you did not remove it because of censorship as you are a journalist. That would be like a lawyer removing a comment relating to lawyer because she didn't like it. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
The response from the editor, who is a journalist, was...
You're welcome to return your comment to the miscellaneous page, just as I was welcome to remove it. That's how wikipedia works!... User:DavidWBrooks
It is my impression that I shouldn't remove others comments and that I could be blocked if I do. For example, recently you wrote this http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=prev&oldid=341541061 It would be wrong for me to remove it with DavidWBrooks' excuse "just as I was welcome to remove it. That's how wikipedia works!... "
I have no plans to reinsert my edit and allow the other editor to be happy in creating a conflict. Furthermore, Wikipedia would shrink by 50% if everyone had to put back their edit twice. Do you have any comment on DavidWBrooks' behaviour? Suomi Finland 2009 ( talk) 21:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
"The reliability of sourcing is heavily dependent upon context, so please include not only the source in question, but the article in which it is being cited, as well as links to any relevant talk page discussions or article diffs.".
I need to do a wikiproject report for signpost. Are you willing to be interviewed for one on India? I'll focus on project resources and pov pushers. I'll ask others as well (if you say yes). -- RegentsPark ( sticks and stones) 17:15, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Update? YellowMonkey ( bananabucket) 03:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk · contribs) has been creating a lot of AfDs, but not listing them on the AfD log, I asked nicely, then clearly; I was told he wasn't going to do it, then I asked to follow process or not nominate AfDs, and was told to do my paid job, and I gave a final warning and was asked who my boss is. Now the editor is back to nominating more AfDs without listing them on the logs. Since you're my boss, I figured I'd check with you if this is enough reason to block or it should go to ANI. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 01:40, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I did see that, he was warned nicely by CactusWriter ( talk · contribs) who also reverted some of the ridiculous tags. It's getting to be rather disruptive, but I'll ignore for now and do a mass cleanup after everyone else does their bit and he gets bored. He's apparently used other accounts in the past, and he used a previous one Donotask-donottell ( talk · contribs) after rename. One prior account of his was Localsales ( talk · contribs) according to a post he made. Just doesn't seem to get WP policies and admits to it. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 01:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I don’t keep after reading or understanding them. Don’t feel sad. Respectfully it has nothing to do with you or anyone who leaves message in my talk page. (I'm not a wiki administrator - I don’t need all those. And I don’t want to store them on my talk page). I do work on wiki as and when I get time. I’m trying to go away from wiki editing. I hate bureaucracy the one I see on wiki – their rules how notability is defined etc. I see lots of bias over there – just my opinion.). -- DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk) 01:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Want to take a look at it for G4? Looks like it to me, the only thing missing is the Jutland bit. Editor is also getting all the OR to the Jat people article. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 07:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)