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I just saw your edit note. Well spoken. I'm not offended in the least. Grateful, actually. Durova Charge! 03:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, AnonEMouse. We have talked before, about
Susan Lucci. I'm not visiting you this time about that, however. There's a very disruptive "editor" named
Bosharivale who keeps injecting all kinds of POV into the
Rape article, and I was wondering if you would help all the other editors (including me) having trouble with this user out on this matter. I usually come to administrators I am familiar with or somewhat familiar with, and that is why I have specifically come to you about this. His edits are against consensus, as witnessed on the
talk page of that article, and he refuses to stop making big changes that are not supported by most or any other editors, and marks all of his edits as minor...when they are not minor. His edits are mostly inaccurate, redefining the definition of rape. The user has also been warned on his talk page about this. Any help you can provide on this matter will be greatly appreciated. I still have your talk page on my watchlist, so if you respond here rather than on my talk page, I'll know.
Flyer22
06:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thank you for the barnstar. It was very kind of you to give it to me. It is the kind acts like this that make me proud to be a Wikipedian. Take care, FloNight ♥♥♥ 18:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
... regarding a certain WikiProject that you should probably be aware of, if you aren't already. Spotted the mention of this at Talk:Kylie Ireland. Videmus Omnia Talk 00:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for intervening so considerately at Talk:Moneybomb! While it seems like you, Orangemike, and I achieved consensus rapidly on the two questions you raised, discussion with Elonka and third opinion HelloAnnyong is still ongoing. I appear also to have walked into a veritable mousemaze with most doors closed, except yours. I would so greatly appreciate it if you could devote some more time either to ombudsmousing me through my first major eruption of tempers, or to introducing me to some admin who can. I certainly understand if you would like to stick to one page at a time-- I would so much like to also, but I'm not in position to!
At Talk:Moneybomb, my biggest issue is that Elonka has provided no rationale for my sources being unreliable, while I have repeatedly provided point-by-point rationales for their reliability (or usability as questionable or self-published for the facts cited); while she is the one threatening that my source-based research "is just going to get deleted again" (a clear sign of edit warring), I am the one who is having to play the most defense. Of course I stopped trying to insert my edits, but my tactical choice of retaining the Elonka-favoring present text did not have its intended effect of demonstrating my neutrality and encouraging others to consult the vindicating edit history.
At WP:COIN#Moneybomb, my biggest issue is that I am now running the gauntlet of knee-jerk reaction that "a Ron Paul supporter can't edit Ron Paul articles". I have been editing these articles nearly three months with general respect from the other interested editors, and have been careful to balance material (e.g., criticisms of Paul, straw poll victories by Romney and Thompson, and non-Paul moneybombs). If I joined any other "club" and neutrally edited articles about the club due to my much vaster experience with it as a member, there would be no automatic conflict; this is simply not a "close personal or business connection" contemplated by WP:COI. But one which is claimed, perhaps vindictively, arising from difference of opinion over reliable sources, might furnish much invalid prima facie evidence and waste much time.
At WT:V#Proposed amendment to prevent overdeletion, my biggest issue is that my good-faith attempt to demonstrate and address a gap in policy (which permitted the above edit war of course) is being run roughshod on casuistry and pedantry and its merits are being ignored (due to my openly disclosing the above edit war).
There are other issues (e.g., Elonka followed me to Ron Paul and made some edits to article and talk against prior consensus) and I am really in need of a supermouse. Please let me know what guidance you can give! John J. Bulten 01:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I figured something like this would come up eventually... Since it is probably the most respected and famous of a 17-year series of mainstream theatrical pornographic releases, I gave Wife to be Sacrificed a top rating of importance on the rating scale. Anyone at all familiar with Japanese exploitation cinema will know the title and the star, and relate the two... Anyway, someone has taken exception with no reason except "No reason for it to be top." Who is right? And, really, does it matter? Dekkappai 00:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I was wondering if I should point that out to you if you hadn't seen it yourself. That is very relevant. You can use it as a model, but also take a look at the Peer Review and Featured Article Discussion for that article, (linked to from the article talk page, a drop down list at the top) and see if you can apply it to your candidates before your reviewers do. :-) -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 19:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Mouse, I know I've been throwing some thorny stuff your way the past couple of days, but please check your mail regarding the above, thanks. Videmus Omnia Talk 16:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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To AnonEMouse for taking the time to clarify the purpose and guidelines of Wikipedia on adultdvdtalk. Your arguments are much more elegant/eloquent than mine. Vinh1313 ( talk) 18:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC) |
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For the excellent work in bringing balance and neutrality to the Louise Glover biography. Videmus Omnia Talk 20:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC) |
I undeleted it. -- Core desat 22:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you again for being considerate. I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but as a veteran I'm having second thoughts. My grandfather earned a purple heart - a real one - and I don't want to cheapen the honor that attaches to the actual medal. Sticks and stones may break my bones, you know? Could we change this to a resilient barnstar? Your thoughtfulness has me very obliged. Durova Charge! 22:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
(ec) You're quite right, Videmus omnia. My ribbons and medals aren't special. They give me respect for the real awards. World War I, France: a shell landed in my grandfather's trench. Ripped his right leg, lodged some fragments in his back. Everyone else was hit even worse. Nobody came to help them and nobody else could stand up. So my grandfather started making his way toward the nearest field hospital. On the way there an ambulance met him and he directed them to his trench, telling them he'd keep walking. They went, but by then it was too late for the rest of his unit: all dead or dying On the trip back the ambulance driver offered him a ride, and when he declined a second time they ordered him into the ambulance. Just as he stepped into it a second shell landed, killing everyone else in the ambulance. By some miracle my grandfather wasn't touched. So he walked the rest of the two miles to the field hospital. When a doctor finally saw him the doc asked how he had gotten there and thought it was a lie when my grandfather told the truth. Not because so many other people had died around him that day, but because he shouldn't have been able to take ten steps on that leg.
Durova
Charge!
01:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Speaking of models, and the military being in the press, I got some complaints from this article subject. Just wanted to give you a heads-up, I'll fix up the article - there are quite a few good sources out there and she just wants some balance. Videmus Omnia Talk 02:04, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Not that unbelievable; when they did, it looked like this. -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 03:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello AnonEMouse. Do you remember me? I have a problem. How can I download an image on Wikipedia? Let's say I want to download an image of a sociology professor. How can I do that? Please reply on my talk page. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 13:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
The article subject is apparently disputing the given birthdate. I've sent her an e-mail (and requested a temp username block until I can confirm that's really her, though I'm pretty sure it is). What do you think, should we just remove the birthdate altogether? Videmus Omnia Talk 15:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the order of the names, MOSBIO states that "For people who are best known by a pseudonym, the legal name should usually appear first in the article, followed closely by the pseudonym. Follow this practice even if the article itself is titled with the pseudonym...". I think it should be left as it is now. Photouploaded ( talk) 16:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your detailed points in your GA Review. Thanks for also stating "In short, this is a good article..". Though you do not think it yet fits WP:GA status, that was nice to hear some acknowledgment of the hard work put into the article recently. I will to my best to address the points you have brought up, in order to improve the quality of the article going forward. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 17:46, 12 December 2007 (UTC).
Hi, AnonEMouse. There's a little controversy brewing on my talk page involving an editor who is removing some sourcing of mine... You may have noticed, I often add sources to articles, even ones I don't edit, when I come across a good source on some relatively obscure subject. Once in a while someone objects to this, and I have to admit, I am totally flabbergasted by it. "Hey! Stop sourcing my article!" Especially on poorly- or completly non-sourced articles? WTF? Am I wrong? Dekkappai ( talk) 18:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
As my policy expert of choice ;), perhaps you can give advice on another potential controversy. I've just discovered, to my delight, that the 1960 Korean film, The Housemaid is one of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Unfortunately, they grossly misspell the Korean Hanyeo as Hayno. Though no form of Romanizing Korean that I know of would transliterate the title as "Hayno", anticipating that someone may search on that word, I've created it as a re-direct. Am I being a trouble-maker again? Dekkappai ( talk) 01:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
What you wrote on Mercury's talk page is 100% true. Shutting down the RFC/recall is one of the worst lapses of judgment that Mercury has done. The ironic thing is he/she would have won it.
Martha Stewart had a bad lapse of judgment. If she would have said "yeah, the stockbroker gave me a tip and I sold the stock" instead of trying to lie and control the process, she would not have gone to jail. Miesbu ( talk) 23:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The images Image:Lo_Piccolo_photofit.jpg and Image:Lo_Piccolo_arrest.jpg have been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. - Mafia Expert ( talk) 13:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I notice the above article was speedily deleted. I'm afraid I don't remember much about her article, except that I corresponded with her about a photo, and I renamed her article based on her request. Could you take a look at the deleted material to see if she's notable per WP:P*? Videmus Omnia Talk 16:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Julie Winchester (born October 5, 1963), also commonly known as Gina Carrera, is an American pornographic actress and bondage model. She began in mainstream adult films in 1983. Winchester apparently never altered her body with surgery. She continues to work, primarily in female wrestling productions.
I searched around a bit, and found this wonderful sentence " Carrera's early work displays an utter lack of acting talent that is rarely seen even in porn" which is not something I want to use as a claim of notability... If you can find the "Adult Cinema Review" article from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140207/publicity and see if it says something interesting, more than just a pictorial, maybe ... -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding Jeanna Fine pictures. . . I think my two pictures with the awards are "better" because the they are sharp, clear scans from my original photos. The photo from "dirtybob" is of poor quality -- fuzzy and hard to look at.
I'm not trying to make trouble or keep redoing my pics -- I just appreciate pictures that are professional looking and clear to display. If he had a better picture to start, I would not have bothered to upload mine.
Note: I put a fuller body shot at the top -- with no people in it other than her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcbane700 ( talk • contribs) 00:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tabercil" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcbane700 ( talk • contribs) 22:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
An image used in the article on the first Bangladeshi pornstar Jazmin, Image:WorshipThisBitch3.jpg, the cover of the DVD that made her the selling point, a first for a Bangladeshi, is up for deletion here. You may be interested to take a look. Aditya( talk • contribs) 21:18, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the congratulations, and I will definitely keep all your advice in mind. :) -- El on ka 07:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Mysore has been promoted to FA status. Thanks for your comments in its FAC -- ¿Amar៛ Talk to me/ My edits 04:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Anon. What would a day at Wiki be without me asking for advice? Today the question is on: Korean erotic cinema. Articles such as Mulberry and the brand new Madame Aema-- They're definitely erotic film, but they're probably not pornographic. They did clearly exploited their sexual content for success. My question: Would it be appropriate to slap a "Project Pornography" tag on this sort of erotic cinema? Thanks. Dekkappai ( talk) 00:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia Weekly Episode 39 has been released!
.mp3 and .ogg versions can be found at http://wikipediaweekly.org/2007/12/18/episode-39-knol-pointer/, and, as always, you can download past episodes and leave comments at http://wikipediaweekly.com/.
For Wikipedia Weekly — WODUP 06:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to congratulate you on the impressive work you made to the Kylie Ireland article. You improved and expanded the article greatly. Brilliant work! :) Acalamari 22:45, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I nominated Louise Glover for GA, as you and other editors had IMO made it a high-quality article. I'd like your help in addressing the reviewer's concerns; see Talk:Louise Glover#GA Review. :) — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 23:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
And pissing a lot of editors off in the process. His name is John Celona and the evidence is here. I am passing this information along to you because you may find it of interest. The senator seems to be heeding the warnings he has been receiving from various admins but some of the folks at talk Peter Yarrow are getting fed up with him. Perhaps a pep talk and some info on wiki categories would help calm things down a bit. The argument seem to be over addinng a category that some find offensive. Happy Holiday's and feel free to not respond if you do not feel like it Albion moonlight ( talk) 10:46, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Mouse, check out this Flickr user - what's your gut feeling on the free license for the photos? Videmus Omnia Talk 04:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I have reviewed the article that you nominated for Good Article status, Karen McDougal, and placed it on hold. You may view my comments and concerns on the article's talk page. Also, I notice that two articles that you have reviewed, Jaime King and Reel Affirmations, have had their holds expired for some time now. Might I suggest passing, failing or extending the holds of the articles? Cheers, CP 08:12, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi there Anon, I just cropped an image that you uploaded a few months ago to Commons. The description stated that the photographer requested that the image not be cropped, so I thought I should let you know. I'm all for honoring requests where possible, but in this case, I think having an appropriate photo of a prominent celebrity is important. The license explicitly allows modification; and the request to link back to the blog is still honored. If you feel that I'm in error, please let me know. - Pete ( talk) 02:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I found Mr. Halle through a Flickr search for images of Tonya Harding that looked like they were actually owned by the Flickr user and not just stolen from a magazine. I think his email is prominently available at his personal page somewhere. You can certainly email him, he's quite nice. I didn't actually promise him we wouldn't crop his photo, because I know I can't promise that, but I think it comes under general " not biting" the new contributors; I would hate if he would think he was deceived. I don't think this image is in any way not nice to Harding, it's a good photo, she looks nice, she's smiling, posing with a fan. I do agree that if we find an image that is of Harding alone that would be better, but, frankly, it's a bit like looking a gift horse in the mouth. If we do end up using a cropped version in the article (hopefully with the photographer's consent), we should probably hold on to the larger version as well, as it is the sort of photo that can't avoid losing something from cropping. That way the larger image won't be orphaned, the smaller image will be a reference to it. That's not always true, by the way, for example these two most recent images I got by asking nicely from Flickr this way lost nothing from being cropped (from a single image, in fact; they might even usefully lose another row or column of pixels at the edges)
-- AnonEMouse (squeak) 20:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the image is going to end up deleted. No one benefits, everyone loses. Oh well, at least it was up for several months. :-( -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 15:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
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I am leaving you this message because recent events have given me concern. When Aaron Brenneman and I, and others, first developed this category well over a year ago, we visualized it as a simple idea. A low hassle, low bureaucracy process. We also visualized it as a process that people would come to trust, in fact as a way of increasing trust in those admins who chose to subscribe to the notion of recall. The very informal approach to who is qualified to recall, what happens during it, and the process in general were all part of that approach. But recent events have suggested that this low structure approach may not be entirely effective. More than one of the recent recalls we have seen have been marred by controversy around what was going to happen, and when. Worse, they were marred by some folk having the perception, rightly or wrongly, that the admin being recalled was trying to change the rules, avoid the process, or in other ways somehow go back on their word. This is bad. It's bad for you the admin, bad for the trust in the process, and bad for the community as a whole. I think a way to address this issue is to increase the predictability of the process in advance. I have tried to do that for myself. In my User:Lar/Accountability page, I have given pretty concrete definitions of the criteria for recall, and of the choices I can make, and of the process for the petition, and of the process for other choices I might make (the modified RfC or the RfAr). I think it would be very helpful if other admins who have voluntarily made themselves subject to recall went to similar detail. It is not necessary to adopt the exact same conditions, steps, criteria, etc. It's just helpful to have SOME. Those are mine, fashion yours as you see fit, I would not be so presumptuous as to say mine are right for you. In fact I urge you not to just adopt mine, as I do change them from time to time without notice, but instead develop your own. You are very welcome to start with mine if you so wish, though. But do something. If you have not already, I urge you to make your process more concrete, now, while there is no pressure and you can think clearly about what you want. Do it now rather than later, during a recall when folk may not react well to perceived changes in process or commitment. Further, I suggest that after you document your process, that you give a reference to it for the benefit of other admins who may want to see what others have done. List it in this table as a resource for the benefit of all. Do you have to do these things? Not at all. These are suggestions from me, and me alone, and are entirely up to you to embrace or ignore. I just think that doing this now, thinking now, documenting now, will save you trouble later, if you should for whatever reason happen to be recalled. I apologise if this message seems impersonal, but with over 130 members in the category, leaving a personal message for each of you might not have been feasible, and I feel this is important enough to violate social norms a bit. I hope that's OK. Thanks for your time and consideration, and best wishes. Larry Pieniazek NOTE: You are receiving this message because you are listed in the Wikipedia administrators open to recall category. This is a voluntary category, and you should not be in it if you do not want to be. If you did not list yourself, you may want to review the change records to determine who added you, and ask them why they added you. |
The guinea pigs having said this is good enough, I'm working my way through the A's ++ Lar: t/ c 21:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I replied to a few of your points, and would like you to reply to my points.-- 十 八 01:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Just want to say thank you for all your help in making Karen McDougal a Good Article. The first Playmate article to achieve such status. Wouldn't be able to do it without you. I have learned a lot from this experience. I just might give the user account another shot in the near future...who knows? See you outthere!
"I have been and always shall be, your friend." - Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
76.199.65.126 ( talk) 15:40, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Nice photo of Julie McCullough! Any objection if I move it up into the infobox at the top of the article, so it gets more attention? --AnonEMouse (squeak) 00:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, you have my permission. Besides, I made it public domain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philkon ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
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I just saw your edit note. Well spoken. I'm not offended in the least. Grateful, actually. Durova Charge! 03:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, AnonEMouse. We have talked before, about
Susan Lucci. I'm not visiting you this time about that, however. There's a very disruptive "editor" named
Bosharivale who keeps injecting all kinds of POV into the
Rape article, and I was wondering if you would help all the other editors (including me) having trouble with this user out on this matter. I usually come to administrators I am familiar with or somewhat familiar with, and that is why I have specifically come to you about this. His edits are against consensus, as witnessed on the
talk page of that article, and he refuses to stop making big changes that are not supported by most or any other editors, and marks all of his edits as minor...when they are not minor. His edits are mostly inaccurate, redefining the definition of rape. The user has also been warned on his talk page about this. Any help you can provide on this matter will be greatly appreciated. I still have your talk page on my watchlist, so if you respond here rather than on my talk page, I'll know.
Flyer22
06:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thank you for the barnstar. It was very kind of you to give it to me. It is the kind acts like this that make me proud to be a Wikipedian. Take care, FloNight ♥♥♥ 18:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
... regarding a certain WikiProject that you should probably be aware of, if you aren't already. Spotted the mention of this at Talk:Kylie Ireland. Videmus Omnia Talk 00:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for intervening so considerately at Talk:Moneybomb! While it seems like you, Orangemike, and I achieved consensus rapidly on the two questions you raised, discussion with Elonka and third opinion HelloAnnyong is still ongoing. I appear also to have walked into a veritable mousemaze with most doors closed, except yours. I would so greatly appreciate it if you could devote some more time either to ombudsmousing me through my first major eruption of tempers, or to introducing me to some admin who can. I certainly understand if you would like to stick to one page at a time-- I would so much like to also, but I'm not in position to!
At Talk:Moneybomb, my biggest issue is that Elonka has provided no rationale for my sources being unreliable, while I have repeatedly provided point-by-point rationales for their reliability (or usability as questionable or self-published for the facts cited); while she is the one threatening that my source-based research "is just going to get deleted again" (a clear sign of edit warring), I am the one who is having to play the most defense. Of course I stopped trying to insert my edits, but my tactical choice of retaining the Elonka-favoring present text did not have its intended effect of demonstrating my neutrality and encouraging others to consult the vindicating edit history.
At WP:COIN#Moneybomb, my biggest issue is that I am now running the gauntlet of knee-jerk reaction that "a Ron Paul supporter can't edit Ron Paul articles". I have been editing these articles nearly three months with general respect from the other interested editors, and have been careful to balance material (e.g., criticisms of Paul, straw poll victories by Romney and Thompson, and non-Paul moneybombs). If I joined any other "club" and neutrally edited articles about the club due to my much vaster experience with it as a member, there would be no automatic conflict; this is simply not a "close personal or business connection" contemplated by WP:COI. But one which is claimed, perhaps vindictively, arising from difference of opinion over reliable sources, might furnish much invalid prima facie evidence and waste much time.
At WT:V#Proposed amendment to prevent overdeletion, my biggest issue is that my good-faith attempt to demonstrate and address a gap in policy (which permitted the above edit war of course) is being run roughshod on casuistry and pedantry and its merits are being ignored (due to my openly disclosing the above edit war).
There are other issues (e.g., Elonka followed me to Ron Paul and made some edits to article and talk against prior consensus) and I am really in need of a supermouse. Please let me know what guidance you can give! John J. Bulten 01:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I figured something like this would come up eventually... Since it is probably the most respected and famous of a 17-year series of mainstream theatrical pornographic releases, I gave Wife to be Sacrificed a top rating of importance on the rating scale. Anyone at all familiar with Japanese exploitation cinema will know the title and the star, and relate the two... Anyway, someone has taken exception with no reason except "No reason for it to be top." Who is right? And, really, does it matter? Dekkappai 00:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I was wondering if I should point that out to you if you hadn't seen it yourself. That is very relevant. You can use it as a model, but also take a look at the Peer Review and Featured Article Discussion for that article, (linked to from the article talk page, a drop down list at the top) and see if you can apply it to your candidates before your reviewers do. :-) -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 19:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Mouse, I know I've been throwing some thorny stuff your way the past couple of days, but please check your mail regarding the above, thanks. Videmus Omnia Talk 16:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 05:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
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The Socratic Barnstar | |
To AnonEMouse for taking the time to clarify the purpose and guidelines of Wikipedia on adultdvdtalk. Your arguments are much more elegant/eloquent than mine. Vinh1313 ( talk) 18:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC) |
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The Biography Barnstar | |
For the excellent work in bringing balance and neutrality to the Louise Glover biography. Videmus Omnia Talk 20:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC) |
I undeleted it. -- Core desat 22:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you again for being considerate. I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but as a veteran I'm having second thoughts. My grandfather earned a purple heart - a real one - and I don't want to cheapen the honor that attaches to the actual medal. Sticks and stones may break my bones, you know? Could we change this to a resilient barnstar? Your thoughtfulness has me very obliged. Durova Charge! 22:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
(ec) You're quite right, Videmus omnia. My ribbons and medals aren't special. They give me respect for the real awards. World War I, France: a shell landed in my grandfather's trench. Ripped his right leg, lodged some fragments in his back. Everyone else was hit even worse. Nobody came to help them and nobody else could stand up. So my grandfather started making his way toward the nearest field hospital. On the way there an ambulance met him and he directed them to his trench, telling them he'd keep walking. They went, but by then it was too late for the rest of his unit: all dead or dying On the trip back the ambulance driver offered him a ride, and when he declined a second time they ordered him into the ambulance. Just as he stepped into it a second shell landed, killing everyone else in the ambulance. By some miracle my grandfather wasn't touched. So he walked the rest of the two miles to the field hospital. When a doctor finally saw him the doc asked how he had gotten there and thought it was a lie when my grandfather told the truth. Not because so many other people had died around him that day, but because he shouldn't have been able to take ten steps on that leg.
Durova
Charge!
01:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Speaking of models, and the military being in the press, I got some complaints from this article subject. Just wanted to give you a heads-up, I'll fix up the article - there are quite a few good sources out there and she just wants some balance. Videmus Omnia Talk 02:04, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Not that unbelievable; when they did, it looked like this. -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 03:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello AnonEMouse. Do you remember me? I have a problem. How can I download an image on Wikipedia? Let's say I want to download an image of a sociology professor. How can I do that? Please reply on my talk page. Regards, Masterpiece2000 ( talk) 13:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
The article subject is apparently disputing the given birthdate. I've sent her an e-mail (and requested a temp username block until I can confirm that's really her, though I'm pretty sure it is). What do you think, should we just remove the birthdate altogether? Videmus Omnia Talk 15:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the order of the names, MOSBIO states that "For people who are best known by a pseudonym, the legal name should usually appear first in the article, followed closely by the pseudonym. Follow this practice even if the article itself is titled with the pseudonym...". I think it should be left as it is now. Photouploaded ( talk) 16:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your detailed points in your GA Review. Thanks for also stating "In short, this is a good article..". Though you do not think it yet fits WP:GA status, that was nice to hear some acknowledgment of the hard work put into the article recently. I will to my best to address the points you have brought up, in order to improve the quality of the article going forward. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 17:46, 12 December 2007 (UTC).
Hi, AnonEMouse. There's a little controversy brewing on my talk page involving an editor who is removing some sourcing of mine... You may have noticed, I often add sources to articles, even ones I don't edit, when I come across a good source on some relatively obscure subject. Once in a while someone objects to this, and I have to admit, I am totally flabbergasted by it. "Hey! Stop sourcing my article!" Especially on poorly- or completly non-sourced articles? WTF? Am I wrong? Dekkappai ( talk) 18:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
As my policy expert of choice ;), perhaps you can give advice on another potential controversy. I've just discovered, to my delight, that the 1960 Korean film, The Housemaid is one of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Unfortunately, they grossly misspell the Korean Hanyeo as Hayno. Though no form of Romanizing Korean that I know of would transliterate the title as "Hayno", anticipating that someone may search on that word, I've created it as a re-direct. Am I being a trouble-maker again? Dekkappai ( talk) 01:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
What you wrote on Mercury's talk page is 100% true. Shutting down the RFC/recall is one of the worst lapses of judgment that Mercury has done. The ironic thing is he/she would have won it.
Martha Stewart had a bad lapse of judgment. If she would have said "yeah, the stockbroker gave me a tip and I sold the stock" instead of trying to lie and control the process, she would not have gone to jail. Miesbu ( talk) 23:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The images Image:Lo_Piccolo_photofit.jpg and Image:Lo_Piccolo_arrest.jpg have been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. - Mafia Expert ( talk) 13:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I notice the above article was speedily deleted. I'm afraid I don't remember much about her article, except that I corresponded with her about a photo, and I renamed her article based on her request. Could you take a look at the deleted material to see if she's notable per WP:P*? Videmus Omnia Talk 16:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Julie Winchester (born October 5, 1963), also commonly known as Gina Carrera, is an American pornographic actress and bondage model. She began in mainstream adult films in 1983. Winchester apparently never altered her body with surgery. She continues to work, primarily in female wrestling productions.
I searched around a bit, and found this wonderful sentence " Carrera's early work displays an utter lack of acting talent that is rarely seen even in porn" which is not something I want to use as a claim of notability... If you can find the "Adult Cinema Review" article from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140207/publicity and see if it says something interesting, more than just a pictorial, maybe ... -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Regarding Jeanna Fine pictures. . . I think my two pictures with the awards are "better" because the they are sharp, clear scans from my original photos. The photo from "dirtybob" is of poor quality -- fuzzy and hard to look at.
I'm not trying to make trouble or keep redoing my pics -- I just appreciate pictures that are professional looking and clear to display. If he had a better picture to start, I would not have bothered to upload mine.
Note: I put a fuller body shot at the top -- with no people in it other than her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcbane700 ( talk • contribs) 00:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tabercil" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcbane700 ( talk • contribs) 22:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
An image used in the article on the first Bangladeshi pornstar Jazmin, Image:WorshipThisBitch3.jpg, the cover of the DVD that made her the selling point, a first for a Bangladeshi, is up for deletion here. You may be interested to take a look. Aditya( talk • contribs) 21:18, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the congratulations, and I will definitely keep all your advice in mind. :) -- El on ka 07:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Mysore has been promoted to FA status. Thanks for your comments in its FAC -- ¿Amar៛ Talk to me/ My edits 04:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Anon. What would a day at Wiki be without me asking for advice? Today the question is on: Korean erotic cinema. Articles such as Mulberry and the brand new Madame Aema-- They're definitely erotic film, but they're probably not pornographic. They did clearly exploited their sexual content for success. My question: Would it be appropriate to slap a "Project Pornography" tag on this sort of erotic cinema? Thanks. Dekkappai ( talk) 00:52, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
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I just wanted to congratulate you on the impressive work you made to the Kylie Ireland article. You improved and expanded the article greatly. Brilliant work! :) Acalamari 22:45, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I nominated Louise Glover for GA, as you and other editors had IMO made it a high-quality article. I'd like your help in addressing the reviewer's concerns; see Talk:Louise Glover#GA Review. :) — Disavian ( talk/ contribs) 23:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
And pissing a lot of editors off in the process. His name is John Celona and the evidence is here. I am passing this information along to you because you may find it of interest. The senator seems to be heeding the warnings he has been receiving from various admins but some of the folks at talk Peter Yarrow are getting fed up with him. Perhaps a pep talk and some info on wiki categories would help calm things down a bit. The argument seem to be over addinng a category that some find offensive. Happy Holiday's and feel free to not respond if you do not feel like it Albion moonlight ( talk) 10:46, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Mouse, check out this Flickr user - what's your gut feeling on the free license for the photos? Videmus Omnia Talk 04:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I have reviewed the article that you nominated for Good Article status, Karen McDougal, and placed it on hold. You may view my comments and concerns on the article's talk page. Also, I notice that two articles that you have reviewed, Jaime King and Reel Affirmations, have had their holds expired for some time now. Might I suggest passing, failing or extending the holds of the articles? Cheers, CP 08:12, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi there Anon, I just cropped an image that you uploaded a few months ago to Commons. The description stated that the photographer requested that the image not be cropped, so I thought I should let you know. I'm all for honoring requests where possible, but in this case, I think having an appropriate photo of a prominent celebrity is important. The license explicitly allows modification; and the request to link back to the blog is still honored. If you feel that I'm in error, please let me know. - Pete ( talk) 02:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I found Mr. Halle through a Flickr search for images of Tonya Harding that looked like they were actually owned by the Flickr user and not just stolen from a magazine. I think his email is prominently available at his personal page somewhere. You can certainly email him, he's quite nice. I didn't actually promise him we wouldn't crop his photo, because I know I can't promise that, but I think it comes under general " not biting" the new contributors; I would hate if he would think he was deceived. I don't think this image is in any way not nice to Harding, it's a good photo, she looks nice, she's smiling, posing with a fan. I do agree that if we find an image that is of Harding alone that would be better, but, frankly, it's a bit like looking a gift horse in the mouth. If we do end up using a cropped version in the article (hopefully with the photographer's consent), we should probably hold on to the larger version as well, as it is the sort of photo that can't avoid losing something from cropping. That way the larger image won't be orphaned, the smaller image will be a reference to it. That's not always true, by the way, for example these two most recent images I got by asking nicely from Flickr this way lost nothing from being cropped (from a single image, in fact; they might even usefully lose another row or column of pixels at the edges)
-- AnonEMouse (squeak) 20:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the image is going to end up deleted. No one benefits, everyone loses. Oh well, at least it was up for several months. :-( -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 15:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
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I am leaving you this message because recent events have given me concern. When Aaron Brenneman and I, and others, first developed this category well over a year ago, we visualized it as a simple idea. A low hassle, low bureaucracy process. We also visualized it as a process that people would come to trust, in fact as a way of increasing trust in those admins who chose to subscribe to the notion of recall. The very informal approach to who is qualified to recall, what happens during it, and the process in general were all part of that approach. But recent events have suggested that this low structure approach may not be entirely effective. More than one of the recent recalls we have seen have been marred by controversy around what was going to happen, and when. Worse, they were marred by some folk having the perception, rightly or wrongly, that the admin being recalled was trying to change the rules, avoid the process, or in other ways somehow go back on their word. This is bad. It's bad for you the admin, bad for the trust in the process, and bad for the community as a whole. I think a way to address this issue is to increase the predictability of the process in advance. I have tried to do that for myself. In my User:Lar/Accountability page, I have given pretty concrete definitions of the criteria for recall, and of the choices I can make, and of the process for the petition, and of the process for other choices I might make (the modified RfC or the RfAr). I think it would be very helpful if other admins who have voluntarily made themselves subject to recall went to similar detail. It is not necessary to adopt the exact same conditions, steps, criteria, etc. It's just helpful to have SOME. Those are mine, fashion yours as you see fit, I would not be so presumptuous as to say mine are right for you. In fact I urge you not to just adopt mine, as I do change them from time to time without notice, but instead develop your own. You are very welcome to start with mine if you so wish, though. But do something. If you have not already, I urge you to make your process more concrete, now, while there is no pressure and you can think clearly about what you want. Do it now rather than later, during a recall when folk may not react well to perceived changes in process or commitment. Further, I suggest that after you document your process, that you give a reference to it for the benefit of other admins who may want to see what others have done. List it in this table as a resource for the benefit of all. Do you have to do these things? Not at all. These are suggestions from me, and me alone, and are entirely up to you to embrace or ignore. I just think that doing this now, thinking now, documenting now, will save you trouble later, if you should for whatever reason happen to be recalled. I apologise if this message seems impersonal, but with over 130 members in the category, leaving a personal message for each of you might not have been feasible, and I feel this is important enough to violate social norms a bit. I hope that's OK. Thanks for your time and consideration, and best wishes. Larry Pieniazek NOTE: You are receiving this message because you are listed in the Wikipedia administrators open to recall category. This is a voluntary category, and you should not be in it if you do not want to be. If you did not list yourself, you may want to review the change records to determine who added you, and ask them why they added you. |
The guinea pigs having said this is good enough, I'm working my way through the A's ++ Lar: t/ c 21:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I replied to a few of your points, and would like you to reply to my points.-- 十 八 01:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Just want to say thank you for all your help in making Karen McDougal a Good Article. The first Playmate article to achieve such status. Wouldn't be able to do it without you. I have learned a lot from this experience. I just might give the user account another shot in the near future...who knows? See you outthere!
"I have been and always shall be, your friend." - Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
76.199.65.126 ( talk) 15:40, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Nice photo of Julie McCullough! Any objection if I move it up into the infobox at the top of the article, so it gets more attention? --AnonEMouse (squeak) 00:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, you have my permission. Besides, I made it public domain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philkon ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)