In the end, you'll probably regret it, but maybe, in the end, you'll also have made a difference damn fool of yourself. I hope so. Best,
BMK (
talk) 03:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks. Yngvadottir ( talk) 11:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for putting your head on the block. You'd better get elected because if you don't and I do, there will be hell to pay and I'll never talk to you again. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 14:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
This is the kind of election that makes me glad I'm old enough to vote. And I'm extremely glad you're willing to do this (and not just because I'm enjoying reading Marie de France on your recommendation). - Macspaunday ( talk) 18:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyways, I got beets roasting and the dishes are done, so I got some time to make some Quality Edits to our Beautiful Project.™ Drmies ( talk) 01:37, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Having exposed one questioner's set of questions for being posed on a political platfrm with an intent to brand me as a mysoginist and the rest of their questions as grossly inapprpriate just because I don't actively fight females' battles for them has obviously got me a place on the 'Oppose' section of their voter guide. But to put Drmies there as well is simply beyond me. Now that I have experienced an Arbcom election first-hand, I must say it really is a farce. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:22, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Believe me, you're gonna need many of these since you're a shoo-in at ACE. Wizardman 15:20, 14 November 2015 (UTC) |
4280 edits to ANI???? REALLY. Ouch. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
I have no idea how or why you got dragged in [2] Sorry? — Ched : ? 21:06, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I'd like to be able to vote for Diannaa and Anna Frodesiak as well as for you, Kelapstick, NE Ent, Opabinia regalis, Timtrent ... can you think of any way we can get them on board? Yngvadottir ( talk) 14:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
...or pissed at being accused of turning the discussion into something that it already was? This was a dispute over someone's behaviour; sex had nothing to do with it. But as a result, Ched has had it away on his toes, forced into doing so by the feminists and soapboxers who hijacked the discussion. Cassianto Talk 18:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Pardon me, but HUH? Schmidt, Michael Q.
A lot of good people on that list. Ask King of Hearts. Tedder. MQS. Jayron. Bencherlite. Ed. Gatoclass. Ponyo. Guy. Don't ask me--I don't know. Drmies ( talk) 23:42, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
MQS I never thought of, would be a fascinating member to have eon the team. Big fan. -- kelapstick( bainuu) 00:01, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
I'd just listed the one you deleted and please look at Muff (hair) too - zero inbound links. Legacypac ( talk) 02:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
In the short article Apame (concubine), I may have violated a copyright. The final sentence of the article mentions a painting. The second footnote is a link to a page which has an image of the painting (which is not in the public domain).
Should I remove the footnote which links to the image? (I have encountered this situation before so I would like a little advice please) Rdmoore6 ( talk) 14:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Please help. How do you change to title name of the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries to correspond to the Official name Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries http://www.lebanesemissionaries.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by KreimMissionaries ( talk • contribs) 21:24, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Second, the name, I see plenty of reason to change it, including this, which in my experience is pretty reliable. So I'll just go ahead and move it.
Third, Cassianto, you've edited a Wikipedia article or two in your time, and I think that rascal Dr. Blofeld has too. Can y'all help me out a bit and clean it up? It needs a bit of work, and maybe you can find some things that I can't.
Finally, Master Kreim, you may not like what we're going to do with the article, at least not initially, but we need to bring it in line a bit with our policies. Once that's done, though, you'll see that it's better to have a decent article that's according to our guidelines than a chatty article with a bunch of tags on it. Leave it to the experts, and feel free to help out--from your new account. Drmies ( talk) 23:52, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the change on to the Official name Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries. Now I have - User:MyNewAccountName, from my short-lived User:KreimMissionaries. —Preceding undated comment added 00:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, I've emailed you via de.WP, since my dialy limit at en.WP has been reached. Tony (talk) 04:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
…to be Wikipedia's longest list. List of cricketers who have scored a century in all formats of cricket. Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 10:29, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
LATEST ADDITIONS TO German Shepherd: (reverted) On the television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978), a bionic German Shepherd dog was introduced in the show's third season, named Maximillian (shortened to simply just "Max" on the show). A laboratory fire accident when Max was a puppy led to his becoming the world's first bionic dog, capable of tearing through almost any material with his bionic jaw, running 90 mph (as referenced in the episode "The Bionic Dog" [Part 1]), and leaping several feet into the air. The series lead character, Jaime Sommers, adopted him after she discovered his presence at an OSI lab facility while she was there getting a routine check-up. Max and Jaime developed a very strong friendship bond, and Max was featured in several adventure stories in the last season.
"(Reverted good faith edits ". Ah, I still have some good faith ...
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Yes, Mandarax, you were right on both counts. I miss it dearly, but right now I miss Paris as much. I used to...well, let's not get too personal. Let's just say I spent a lot of time in Paris, going there by train, hanging out with the American ex-pats, strolling all over town with nothing better to do than enjoy it. Musee d'Orsay, the old Opera, theaters all over town...hipsters and artists, and my French was really good in those days. If I close my eyes I remember the smell of the subway. If I close my eyes and I'm in a bad mood I can even remember the smell of the RER. Drmies ( talk) 03:49, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
@ Drmies: All you have to do to satisfy wiki copyright policy is have your mother re-email the photo to you (either in the body of the email or as an attachment), with the statement I, Nellie Besseling, the copyright holder of this photo, hereby publish it under the following license: CC-SA 1.0. and a link to the existing file on WP, and then you forward her email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. And you add a {{subst:OP}} ("OTRS pending") tag to the file. (Should do it soon because the file is set to be deleted on 25 November 2015.) Softlavender ( talk) 07:42, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
In case you're curious, the reason I said on Template talk:Sic that you have discussed the hidden sic tag is that you participated briefly in a discussion of its use in the Stuart C Lord article a few months ago, on that article's talk page. Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) ( talk) 16:50, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
I've noticed that recently, when you have been closing RFD discussion, you have been providing notes in the deletion log with broken links (both the fact that the discussion is not linked, and the fact that the summary refers the reader to the RFD base page instead of the daily subpage.) The entries have closure links that produce automated deletion summaries, but due to how the functionality of Template:Rfd2 works, these links can only appear when viewing the subpage directly, not from the RFD basepage. (The way I would go around this, and I'm guessing some RFD closure regulars do as well, is to click "edit" on one of the section headers in that day, and on the next page, click "Project page" at the top; then, you should be at the daily subpage where the links appear.) Steel1943 ( talk) 19:21, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyway, if I want to continue the way I've been doing it, I should have something like "Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_November_19#Sir_Hart_Davis", right? Drmies ( talk) 22:53, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
That's my question to you this evening, Dr., regarding this account, whose only contributions since 2008 seem to be the addition and maintenance of external links, all from the same site [4]. If it's spam, they've racked up an impressive history, which will require an admin's touch to revert. If the site they're linking to is okay, consider this an opportunity to say hello. Merci, 99. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:43, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Why was this page deleted for not being notable? If you need a refresher on what being notable means (music) please read: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Notability_(music)
I clearly covered more than one point and it seems that certain admins just looked at a deletion that was made almost 8 years ago and decided that was the sole basis on deletion. This is concerning and I will be escalating this matter. (Negligence) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbybobbie ( talk • contribs) 07:08, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Bobbybobbie ( talk) 07:56, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
The birdie you mentioned on my talk sang louder: I think we should at least have a stub about the darkness in music. Sorry I was not really awake this morning, but now did my operatic homework. Dark humour. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for the musical alert! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:24, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I noticed you deleted the page BrightInteractive, but I can't find what speedy deletion criterion the deletion was done under. The talk page was removed under WP:G8 which makes sense given page deletion, but at least on my side all it says is "deleted page BrightInteractive" with no explanation. Anyway, thanks! Appable ( talk) 13:19, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Given you've blocked the UK IP who created the Black Brutality thread at the ref desk, you may want to do the same to the NYC IP who complains here that he created the question himself and is being censored for it. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 02:31, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi - I noticed the block you made of Joseph101895 regarding edits to California Lutheran High School. I had just declined to block that user since it appeared to me that, while they probably were promotionally motivated, they did have accurate information to contribute, and hadn't had a real chance to learn the guidelines of what information should and shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. It seemed like overall they can have a positive impact. Obviously you disagree, with the indefinite block. I was wondering if you could summarize your reasoning? Might be some background I'm missing. Prodego talk 04:35, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia Agent, whosoever you are.. Please don't take unnecessary actions for the page created for Anil Kumar Kohli. Give time as we too are busy here and just do not do Wikipedia like you and a weekend is required to rewrite the content. Kindly discuss. Or I will have to bring this matter to your top management. I hope you understand. Kindly undo your editings and leave the page to where it was. I will do the needful and bring to your notice. Thankfully — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.124.114 ( talk) 06:22, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia Agent, whosoever you are.. Please don't take unnecessary actions for the page created for Anil Kumar Kohli. Give time as we too are busy here and just do not do Wikipedia like you and a weekend is required to rewrite the content. Kindly discuss. Or I will have to bring this matter to your top management. I hope you understand. Kindly undo your editings and leave the page to where it was. I will do the needful and bring to your notice. Thankfully — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.124.114 ( talk) 06:22, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Drmies (your name seems to be illogical and maybe some form of code) and other administrators linked in this connection, I respect you to be an administrator but I am strongly expressing my displeasure in the way you had reacted (can be termed as a dictatorship over the Wikipedia administratorship) by placing unnecessary comments that are cited on the view history and repeated undoing the entire article. This is not a signature value attached to a collaborative media like Wikipedia. As suggested by you I will choose to place four tildes for signing the document but nonetheless my identity is secret. You and some fellow administrators have taken the article down and in a very unprofessional manner which is suggested to be reported to Wikipedia Corporation (if required). Lets not waste anymore time in debating and I should come to point-wise clarification of what 3-4 administrators (maybe you are friends - jointly decide without even reading policies what is right or wrong and keep on attaching new things everytime in an added comment and action). All your IP describes that the accounts are operated from a shared network from US and it is quite possible that you people are freelancers working for the corporation and reside in the same campus. Point-wise response: - Marquis who's who is not-credited by a set of administrators and I suggest to put a complaint to their office that they should rather come to Wikipedia standards which in turn shares tremendous criticism " http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/" and " /info/en/?search=Criticism_of_Wikipedia" to name a few (standards of the claimed administrators). Even Google discredits. - I guess you people have not visited this place and hence, cannot know the credibility of the work that is undertaken here and the kind of vision attached to a leader or his capabilities. Therefore, it is suggested that before arriving to any conclusion please do a bit of literature survey of how complex things are and not just as you see within your four wall boundaries and internet. - Some senseless edit summary like "well now. rm more images (not the family photo album)", "who's who is nothing. not a resume: rm resume", "is BRIT an airplane that can reach "new heights" (whatever that is supposed to mean" and many more is suggested to be notified to the top leaders of the corporation as very educated, sophisticated and fully ethical administrators like you seem to behave running the corporation. - Regarding references that are hosted in a third party website - Kindly extend your logical reasoning and question yourself that do the third party website that were cited are registered ones, if so on what laws and principle they are governed!? In this respect you people lack substantial maturity and logic. Additionally, The Hindu is not the only publishing edition that is available here, there are many more and kindly update your knowledge. - Dr. Kohli has had a key role in the significant projects of BRIT, beyond having headed the organization at some point, but due to the strategic nature they are not supposed to be public. Moreover, big institutes like Indian Railways and so on and so forth have been interviewed him because of his sheer capabilities but those are standalone articles and are not in web and if they happen to be hosted in third party websites; you people will start arguing regarding that too. - I agree to the fact that scientific references are not endorsed to be put into Wikipedia but the redirection of publications that were done need not be undermined as they carry a huge impact factor with them. - Lastly, I can help locate you people a huge list of candidates that are not notable in nature from the US and West apart from this place (upto the standards of Wikipedia as claimed by administrators) and can be taken down within 24 hours as well. In consolidation, I suggest you to do whatever you feel as administrators (or dictators and not collaborators of collaborative media in principle). But things will not remain unreported to the corporation and those who are involved in vigilance. You may merge or do whichever way you people wish to project our things and boost your things (undue advantage of your own publishing platform) but make sure that days are not far ahead for us too. If you still feel that I may rewrite the content in a neutral manner (I initially felt that not a fundamental rewrite was required and needed revision) and allow standalone articles to be referenced. Kindly put to the talk page of Dr. Kohli and give a minimum time line or I suggest to let go and not to waste time (as I am fully occupied and can devote time to constructive projects only) as even if I attempt you people will undo. Please communicate! Thankfully Sbatdaeindia ( talk) 08:28, 22 November 2015 (UTC)sbatdaeindia
Apologies for taking so long to thank you for those messages. I've been away in the wilds of the real world of students and committees, and it's a lot like being off the grid. Actually, it's "nature red in tooth and claw" out there, especially at department meetings. - Like just about all the medieval literature I've read, the Lais are seriously weird, and also wonderful. I especially enjoy "Marie's" claim at the end of most of the Lais that "this really happened just as I told you." And just about every Lai shows that she really knows how to guess the price of cloth; I'll bring along a copy the next time I go out to buy a suit. As for Vanity Fair, OK, I admit that you got yourself into this without knowing what you were getting yourself into, so your conscience shouldn't compel to read even a page of it. But if you start it as a book to read to use for decompression before sleeping at night, you'll find it both relaxing and enlightening, even if it takes months to read. It goes down very, very easily, and surprises you with some very moving moments. But, now, having absorbed some of the moral vision of Marie de France, this message formally releases you from any obligation to read it [waving of hands, serious nodding of head, swelling music, etc.]. - And, meanwhile, I'm looking forward to voting for you early (but annoyingly not often) next week. - Macspaunday ( talk) 14:24, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
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While I have posted a "guide" in regards to ACE 2015 - I have not been outspoken about my own personal choices. I say this here and now however: I will support you as a "blue-collar version of NYB". I do NOT mean "blue-collar" in the sense of intelligence, but rather in communication style. Best of luck. — Ched : ? 02:13, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
May the odds ever be in your favor! NE Ent 00:24, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
You wrote: "The good news? Anyone can learn English and get quite good at it, better than most native speakers if need be." I can't agree with this, at least as a blanket statement. Once you get past the crude word classes, the grammatical road-blocks start. The Dutch seem to be the best in the world at overcoming them (for some reason typically better than Germans); but the experience of most second-language speakers in acquiring English is perverse and exasperating. You might enjoy reading a recently published book: Harry Ritchie, English for the Natives, John Murray, 2013. Tony (talk) 06:36, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi!
Sometime on @
SpacemanSpiff:'s talk I had raised this issue of poor GAs being passed recently where he mentioned that it might be good to check with you first. After that I have gone ahead and GARed two articles already as they were far below the par;
Sargun Mehta GAR and
Palak Muchhal GAR.
But I have trouble gauging this one called
Grazing Goat Pictures. Criteria
3a of GA states that the article should "address the main aspects of the topic" and 3b states that it should stay "focused on the topic". This article is about a production house which produces films in India, mainly Bollywood and some regional-language films too. The article mentions some key people involved and then starts talking about the films and the business they did, awards they won, regular film reviews and such. The
Article composition guideline stated at WP:COMPANIES puts few points that should be essential in a company's article, which seem to be missing from our subject case. Does the article pass the criteria 3 of GA then? §§
Dharmadhyaksha§§ {
Talk /
Edits} 09:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
As you are doubtless aware, I wander through CAT:UNBLOCK looking for editors to unblock, and tend to AGF a bit more than some admins when it comes to the block button. Part of the problem I've discovered is that when two administrators clash over whether or not to unblock, nothing happens except pages and pages and pages of discussion that bores me to tears, and doesn't do anything about the actual unblock. Is there another way round "cowboy unblocks", other than just doing them and waiting for it to backfire at ANI? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
@ Ritchie333: When I cannot come to an agreement with the blocking admin and I still feel something needs to be done I generally seek a wider consensus and then accept the outcome. HighInBC 00:56, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Those are some good questions. I've only been doing it about ten days myself, so I may not be the best authority on the subject. @ Worm That Turned: was the one who approved my request for an account there so I'm guessing he knows a bit more about it. Currently it does not seem to be experiencing heavy backlogs, but with WP:BASC going away completely the possibility certainly exists. I would guesstimate that it is a few hundred appeals per month, since there's usually 3-5 new ones every time I log in. I have no clue how many total admins work there, but it does tell you who has been active in the last five minutes and quite often I only seee my name there. Beeblebrox ( talk) 01:23, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there. I was hoping to gain access to the deleted page Great American Canyon Band. I was not finished with the page and would like to add more sources and information to make it a credible page. This is my first page and I am just learning the wiki formats/processes. Would be much appreciated if you would allow me to gain access to the deleted page. Thanks! Sarahk.odo ( talk) 18:28, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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If the gods that be allow you to be seated in the election that is, will you do your darnedest not to lose your sense of humor?I know it won't be easy, but, please? BMK ( talk) 15:17, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
You know that old Neil Young song? "She said 'you're strange, don't change'--and I let her." Anyway, I realized that I didn't have a platform or a PAC or even a slogan. This morning I thought of Distinction With A Difference, because I'm totally distinguished (as you well know) and the best-looking of all candidates, and I Promise To Make A Difference (I think last week was Make a Difference Week™ or something American like that). On the not-so bright side, if I get in I'm going full throttle in my Total Newyorkbrad Immersion Program™, since he is of course my model. I may need to vent regularly but I'll do that on one of your subpages.
Thanks BMK--I'll try. Drmies ( talk) 15:52, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Why is it that whenever people want to illustrate The Reader, it's with always with that same guy? Ladyof Shalott 01:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
LadyofShalott, you have put your finger on a sore spot. Maybe you saw that I "liked" something on Facebook a while ago, this collection of "20 Medieval and Renaissance Women Reading". Wonderful. I just typed in "images women reading" and there is a lot of material. This is interesting and pointed me to this website, which editors like Johnbod, SusunW, Rosiestep, Keilana, and others might be interested in as well. And then there's books like this--oh boy, there's a lot, but my syllabus for next semester's class (Women in Medieval Literature) is full already. Drmies ( talk) 04:53, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Drmies, I send you greetings from my great never-ending vacation from Wikiland. I was heartened to see your name on the slate, so I just popped in to vote for you (and, really, also to oppose a particular candidate who shall remain herein unnamed). I hope all's well and that you have a wonderfulest Thanksgiving.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 17:05, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Following up on out earlier conversation on the subject: For the heinous crime of opening this discussion at Commons in which I point out the absurdity of having nearly 200 images from a single bikini car wash fundraising event at a "breastaraunt" I have now been accused of censorship and inciting a moral panic, and conversly of misogyny and "body shaming". Some of the images did get deleted and now it's a big argument over there. This is pretty much exactly what I expected, although I had hoped Commons was coming around to some sort of sanity. I think I'll just stick to the occasional upload and not try and fix their screwed up community. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:04, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
A cup of deserving coffee, success | – Justice007 ( talk) 22:05, 24 November 2015 (UTC) |
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Can you close the entire thread so that the initial attack on me stays with the broad consensus supporting my use of CSDs when archived. Thanks Legacypac ( talk) 00:30, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
smileguy91 talk - contribs 05:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
When I first encountered Drmies I thought I had to fit myself with forged steel armor. Their passion was indeed a force to be reckoned with. However....this admin is also someone understands that they can be wrong, can learn from others and more importantly....could effect real change with even someone who was opposed to their position. This is someone who may react, but then takes time to think about what they did. They can admit when they are wrong, stand strong when they feel they are right but still allow all concerned to have a voice, even those many may have ill feelings for them...because must such feelings are based on a misconception. There is something about this editor, contributor and admin that gets to the very heart of what this project is really about, the content, the creation of more content, and the willingness of everyone to work together in some for that moves us forward.
Am I going to vote for this one for arb com? F**k yeah! Because this is someone who has had a greater influence on dispute resolution than anyone else I know...even those that are deeply embedded into the DR mediation. I have always felt that Drmies should volunteer for the DRN but then....that is not what is really needed to do all those things I have tried to support. Not a DRN volunteer or even someone you see on the other boards much but....they effect more on a daily basis than most do in a year or more. You won't see me say anything about those I don't support (they probably know I would never vote for them anyway), and I probably won't go on about the many others I am voting for....but if anyone cares what I think (and why should you) about who you should vote for and why.....I think I covered the best reasons to support this candidate. I feel there is something very substantial in what Drmies has to offer on Arb Com so I felt making clear what I felt here was the best route in supporting this candidate. Good luck to both you and Wikipedia in general.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 05:20, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyway, thanks for the note; good to see you still around. And yes, good luck to Wikipedia too: we need it. Drmies ( talk) 14:55, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
...how that Dutch fella climbed this whole GD mountain back in '36. I've been walking my little portion (which is at about 2000 metres above sea level) for about a week, down and up, every day, sometimes more than once, and I am still wiped by the time I get "home" in the evenings. On the bright side I don't feel bad about never going to the gym. Also I now live (while here) about a block from the mosque, the call to prayer can be quite lovely. -- kelapstick( on the run) 08:28, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Please file your daily reports here, with a complete list of expenses, for committee approval. Drmies ( talk) 14:58, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
A RFC has been opened at Battle of Karbala talk page. Please give your input. your views/opinion will be valuable for 1)You have knowledge of Islam and Islam related articles and 2)As an admin you will be able to give insight as to whether we should mass delete the non-notable POV/Hagiographic pages or run AFD's on them one by one. Regards FreeatlastChitchat ( talk) 05:32, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, fellow no-I-in-team. I have repeatedly cut down mountains of absolute dreck from articles about game engines over the years and I've had about enough of it. You know they let absolutely anybody or nobody edit this thing? Today, I noticed that Unity (game engine) had been dutifully re-crufted by someone who said he was bringing it in line with articles of other game engines! I glanced at List of game engines for the really popular ones that I could recognize, and I don't even know what else to look at. I had long long ago already deleted a major cruft list inserted by a Unity employee who tragically never contributed again after I encouraged him to do so without being the corporate public archivalist. So I dragged the waters at Unity (game engine) which was verrrry much easier after my previous major overhauls, and Marmalade, Frostbite (game engine), GameMaker: Studio, and Unreal Engine. I'm hoping that some anti-cruft warriors like yourself will verify that I cut it via strict encyclopedic standards without losing anything. Really, the citations of RSes are the important thing. Thank you for your efforts! — Smuckola (talk) 04:33, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I want you to know that I appreciate the impartial stance you took regarding my unblock request. I have noted that the very same problem that started the chain of events which led eventually to my indefinite block has resurfaced. Please have a look at Talk:RT (TV network), section "Former Russian Officials". Masebrock has independently observed the same misquotation of a source [5] (already sufficiently biased). As a result, he has been called a vandal, warned that he was edit-warring and forced to surrender in the previous section "I recognize that I am in the minority here and will surrender this point." (see: "Mention the source of RT criticism" section). You know the very strict conditions that have been imposed to me, so that I intervene only minimally. I left a comment on his talk page. In my opinion, this instrumentalization of Wikipedia for purposes other than the dissemination of knowledge are very detrimental to the project, and it is an issue that must be addressed. For reference, the lead of the article in January 2010 read:
"RT sets out to present the Russian point of view on events in Russia and its 'near abroad' and give the viewers an opportunity to get acquainted with Russian views on world and domestic events. Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, says the station was born out of the desire to present an "unbiased portrait of Russia".[1]
A major part of RT's airtime is devoted to Russian and world news, but it also airs business, sports and culture news. In addition, RT features documentaries, travel shows and commentaries on present-day life in Russia and Russian history."
Compare it with what it is now. Γνῶθι σεαυτόν ( talk) 22:58, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
... as to whether this point [6] should get the highhanded brushoff, instead of the discussion being allowed to take its natural course. Or perhaps I'll get blocked too, for showing disrespect to an administrator? EEng ( talk) 17:07, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
In regards to the election, I don't believe you saw my comment below. I'd also appreciate if you could stop talking to me in a condescending manner. On reflection, yes, perhaps this all could have proceeded better if we both approached this a different way. As for my reasoning, BLP policy does apply to every page on the encyclopedia. ( BLP applies to all material about living persons anywhere on Wikipedia, including talk pages, edit summaries, user pages, images, categories, lists, persondata, article titles and drafts.) Content relating to article subjects "... should be written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone, avoiding both understatement and overstatement. Criticism and praise should be included ... so long as the material is presented responsibly, conservatively, and in a disinterested tone." By extension, we have a whole policy page on civility and attack pages. In addition, we expect administrators to behave in a respectful, civil manner towards others. (I still feel that comments such as these are subpar behavior for an admin: 1, 2) As for the block, the BLP policy permits the use of a block, "even if they have been editing the article themselves or are in some other way involved." Whether or not the use of satire is permitted by law is irrelevant here. Wikipedia is not a satirical website and the community has already established policies that prohibit attacking our readers, editors, and article subjects. We don't have special "carve-outs" as you've mentioned. As I briefly discussed above, such issues aren't always as trivial is you might believe. At the very least a culmination of these instances have led to editors leaving the community for good, article subjects (or friends and family of the subject) raising complaints, and readers viewing Wikipedia in a negative light. Mike V • Talk 22:04, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
But see, Mike V, the experience you're having proves my point. I personally have enough faith in Wikipedia processes to believe that you, having been selected by whatever process selects you, will perform your duties with the utmost integrity. But (reasonably or not) not everyone has that faith, and when an election official does anything that carries even a whiff of side-taking, it brings disrepute on the process, in at least some people's eyes. It may very well be that such people are unreasonable or paranoid, but the election system deserves to enjoy the faith of everyone -- even the unreasonable and paranoid -- and by doing what you did you reduced that faith by some epsilon. I think epsilon is probably small, but that's still too much.
So even assuming, for the moment, that your action was an appropriate one for an abstract random admin to take, you should not have taken it. You should have done nothing, allowing the N-1 other admins to notice and correct any problem (if there was one) or at most brought the matter to other admins' attention for them to act on or not act on as they saw fit. Nothing would have been lost thereby by -- there was no emergency -- and something precious would have been preserved.
Side note to Drmies re "admins run the admin noticeboards, and I think that if an admin closes something (or hats it, or whatever), then that decision ought to stand": um, what happened to "Administrators do not have more rights than other editors, just more tools"? (Paraphrasing there, since I can't find the quote just now.) EEng ( talk) 02:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Well, I had no choice but comment on ANI after you requested me to. I think if there was a diff where I have "lied" or "continually.. harrassed" then Fyunck would have presented it. I am going to stand back and watch. All the best. In ictu oculi ( talk) 08:49, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
I just realized my derp, but it appears that you beat me to fixing it :-) ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 10:17, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
"Even Grandpa Frank gets reverted and he's steaming mad about it.".-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:40, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, Dr., from 99. Perhaps a week ago I asked for help at the BLP noticeboard, and received no traction there, re: Nnamdi Kanu. My take is that one account took over the biography and turned it into a coatrack for far more expansive political issues in Nigeria. If you or your talk page stalkers have a chance, I'd appreciate other opinions--I think an awful lot of what's there doesn't belong, and may reflect someone's very prolifically sourced agenda. Nice painting of the reader you have here. We're still wading through Thursday's leftovers, 2601:188:0:ABE6:78F9:225E:C72:122C ( talk) 01:33, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding (brewing) edit-warring over removal of sourced material in favour of unsourced material and enforcement of non-consensus format. The thread is Day6 reversions by User:Dr.K. and User:Drmies.The discussion is about the topic Day6. Thank you. Wikierroneous 03:41, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sure you've already got a notification, but Dalamani has continued with their problematic behaviour, and since there's no point me warning them further it has gone to ANI. Regards. -- Michig ( talk) 11:59, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
....I lol'd. Tide rolls 16:07, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Very classic expression, "old fart". Maybe Rosie had been reading the Jargon file? "A term of insult in the second or third person but one of pride in first person," [7] as of course you used it on ANI, doctor. Speaking of which, help, help, my ANI ban is about to expire (see the top of my page), what shall I do? I've enjoyed it so much, but it seems a little lazy and self-indulgent to simply extend it. Would somebody like to ban me again? Perhaps that would take community consensus on... er... ANI? (Hint hint, please propose it.) Bishonen | talk 18:09, 30 November 2015 (UTC).
Why was this page deleted? I see it has something about referencing but surely this is due to a previous editor? It's a New York Times - Best selling children's book. I wanted to add something to it and realised that it had been deleted but without seeing the content how can it be improved upon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7d:51c3:7900:45fd:9303:7a11:f709 ( talk • contribs)
Okay, Dr., here's one from my files: over the summer I came across a COI account, who'd written his autobiography on Wikipedia, and adds links to his essays as references for other articles. Now, that sort of rampant self-referencing makes me queasy, and I reported this to the COI noticeboard, where the topic died quietly. I don't doubt notability, nor his knowledge. But, well. If you or your astute talk page stalkers want to take a look at some point and let me know what you think, great. Cheers from 99, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 04:34, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Okay--to bring everyone back to the specifics: Notability isn't in question. The concerns are 1). The inevitable liberties taken in an autobiography, which strike me as subtle, but there nonetheless in this article, and 2). The slow creep, if you will, of the subject using his essays as references in numerous other articles. Are his contributions acceptable as WP:RELIABLE sources? The whole self-referencing business always makes one uneasy--Drmies, can you imagine if I started doing that in articles across Wikipedia? Hmmmm. 2601:188:0:ABE6:9DC4:922:9262:2028 ( talk) 15:21, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
As you reverted me, it seems clear we do not quite agree on what constitutes a BLP issue. To avoid further conflict, could you look at the article in question, in its current state and contribute to the talk page, outlining if there are any issues. As you are aware, it was not just me who was reverted, perhaps the IP editor could also contribute as they were also reverted. Spacecowboy420 ( talk) 07:48, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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Tag at the top requesting administrator assistance for a technical matter. Was hoping you could take a look. David King, Ethical Wiki ( Talk) 16:30, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
You closed the ban discussion but didn't extend his block to indef. I did it myself now, please undo if I messed it up:) Max Semenik ( talk) 23:08, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Greetings. I've noticed a few of your edits across articles regarding the use of flag icons. Therefore I invite you to pitch in at Talk:Joe Calzaghe for a discussion on ditching flagicons across boxing articles altogether. I think I might've even adopted one of your terms—"cute little flag icons"—so please don't sue me for gimmick infringement. ;-) Mac Dreamstate ( talk) 03:08, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
I see your involvement at Talk:Joe Calzaghe is due to canvassing by User:Mac Dreamstate. As an experienced and respected editor, having been canvassed, you should (and do) know better than to have offered your opinion there. Daicaregos ( talk) 11:06, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the closure. [8] For clarity's and posterity's sake, could I suggest we add the words in green to the second sentence, changing:
to
(I'm sure that was what you meant to write anyway.) Best, -- Andreas JN 466 13:29, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
Please tell the lovely Draco I said hi. I hope y'all are keeping warm and that Mama Merkel continues to be the unexpected example of hospitality, certainly when compared to the rest of the world. Here is a cold place, in all kinds of ways. Drmies ( talk) 20:51, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Drmies et al. could anyone voice their opinion at Talk:Mudar_Zahran#Protected_edit_request_on_2_December_2015? It relates to whether we should include that activists on Facebook have accused the subject of being a Mossad agent and commentary in a open letter written by his father in which he was renounced. It's been at COIN once and BLPN twice in the last month but no one else is showing much interest. I've been going round in circles with another editor and can't reach a consensus. Thanks SmartSE ( talk) 19:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
The edit summary for
this edit of yours seems to be inaccurate.
The edit summary is no--we are not a directory. a link to an official website is acceptable (in general--this case may be different), but we're not linking to all issues--certainly not for this topic)
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But your edit does NOT remove links to each issue. That was already done by a previous edit - and has been fought / edit warred over repeatedly.
[9], and many more, most recent
diff. Dtellett's moderate/middle ground position (mention the issues, but don't link to the issues) seems quite appropriate and I wonder if your intention was to overturn it. Your edit summary suggests not, but your edit does so. Please reconsider your overturn. --
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See how to make thin hamster here! Bishonen | talk 23:49, 4 December 2015 (UTC).
Back in august you commented that I was being "silly" for commenting that a user is labeling a religious organization "a sect. [11]You said its not a bad word. Really? Yes its a bad word when its meant for bad intentions. [12] FYI I made that comment because I knew the editors intentions were not for the good because I have had extensive discussions with him and reviewed his edits. Misdemenor ( talk) 02:13, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I've been working on improving the article Miss Belvedere and I would like a fresh set of eyes to look it over. Also, it has an original research tag on it but I think that I've removed or sourced the statements that were of concern. If you're interested I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look. Thanks! Shinerunner (talk) 14:16, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
You were in a discussion which is relevant to a RfC I started see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Boxing#RfC: Flag icons in professional boxing record tables 92.237.211.110 ( talk) 05:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, just FYI, years ago I locked suer:Omar-Toons because of massive crosswiki editwars. Since he's currently editing fr.wiki and en.wiki I won't lock this account but I thought you'd need to be aware of this background. -- Vituzzu ( talk) 15:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
So I've tarted up the heading to tease interest among your talk page stalkers: An academic who ought to know better has taken over the article and turned it into a resume/promo vehicle. I've reported at the COI noticeboard, which is sometimes a boneyard for such matters. Any assistance, up to and including protecting the article, will be much appreciated. Cheers, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:28, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
In the end, you'll probably regret it, but maybe, in the end, you'll also have made a difference damn fool of yourself. I hope so. Best,
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Thanks. Yngvadottir ( talk) 11:53, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for putting your head on the block. You'd better get elected because if you don't and I do, there will be hell to pay and I'll never talk to you again. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 14:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
This is the kind of election that makes me glad I'm old enough to vote. And I'm extremely glad you're willing to do this (and not just because I'm enjoying reading Marie de France on your recommendation). - Macspaunday ( talk) 18:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyways, I got beets roasting and the dishes are done, so I got some time to make some Quality Edits to our Beautiful Project.™ Drmies ( talk) 01:37, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Having exposed one questioner's set of questions for being posed on a political platfrm with an intent to brand me as a mysoginist and the rest of their questions as grossly inapprpriate just because I don't actively fight females' battles for them has obviously got me a place on the 'Oppose' section of their voter guide. But to put Drmies there as well is simply beyond me. Now that I have experienced an Arbcom election first-hand, I must say it really is a farce. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 07:22, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Believe me, you're gonna need many of these since you're a shoo-in at ACE. Wizardman 15:20, 14 November 2015 (UTC) |
4280 edits to ANI???? REALLY. Ouch. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
I have no idea how or why you got dragged in [2] Sorry? — Ched : ? 21:06, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I'd like to be able to vote for Diannaa and Anna Frodesiak as well as for you, Kelapstick, NE Ent, Opabinia regalis, Timtrent ... can you think of any way we can get them on board? Yngvadottir ( talk) 14:16, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
...or pissed at being accused of turning the discussion into something that it already was? This was a dispute over someone's behaviour; sex had nothing to do with it. But as a result, Ched has had it away on his toes, forced into doing so by the feminists and soapboxers who hijacked the discussion. Cassianto Talk 18:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Pardon me, but HUH? Schmidt, Michael Q.
A lot of good people on that list. Ask King of Hearts. Tedder. MQS. Jayron. Bencherlite. Ed. Gatoclass. Ponyo. Guy. Don't ask me--I don't know. Drmies ( talk) 23:42, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
MQS I never thought of, would be a fascinating member to have eon the team. Big fan. -- kelapstick( bainuu) 00:01, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
I'd just listed the one you deleted and please look at Muff (hair) too - zero inbound links. Legacypac ( talk) 02:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
In the short article Apame (concubine), I may have violated a copyright. The final sentence of the article mentions a painting. The second footnote is a link to a page which has an image of the painting (which is not in the public domain).
Should I remove the footnote which links to the image? (I have encountered this situation before so I would like a little advice please) Rdmoore6 ( talk) 14:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Please help. How do you change to title name of the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries to correspond to the Official name Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries http://www.lebanesemissionaries.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by KreimMissionaries ( talk • contribs) 21:24, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Second, the name, I see plenty of reason to change it, including this, which in my experience is pretty reliable. So I'll just go ahead and move it.
Third, Cassianto, you've edited a Wikipedia article or two in your time, and I think that rascal Dr. Blofeld has too. Can y'all help me out a bit and clean it up? It needs a bit of work, and maybe you can find some things that I can't.
Finally, Master Kreim, you may not like what we're going to do with the article, at least not initially, but we need to bring it in line a bit with our policies. Once that's done, though, you'll see that it's better to have a decent article that's according to our guidelines than a chatty article with a bunch of tags on it. Leave it to the experts, and feel free to help out--from your new account. Drmies ( talk) 23:52, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the change on to the Official name Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries. Now I have - User:MyNewAccountName, from my short-lived User:KreimMissionaries. —Preceding undated comment added 00:11, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Drmies, I've emailed you via de.WP, since my dialy limit at en.WP has been reached. Tony (talk) 04:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
…to be Wikipedia's longest list. List of cricketers who have scored a century in all formats of cricket. Xanthomelanoussprog ( talk) 10:29, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
LATEST ADDITIONS TO German Shepherd: (reverted) On the television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978), a bionic German Shepherd dog was introduced in the show's third season, named Maximillian (shortened to simply just "Max" on the show). A laboratory fire accident when Max was a puppy led to his becoming the world's first bionic dog, capable of tearing through almost any material with his bionic jaw, running 90 mph (as referenced in the episode "The Bionic Dog" [Part 1]), and leaping several feet into the air. The series lead character, Jaime Sommers, adopted him after she discovered his presence at an OSI lab facility while she was there getting a routine check-up. Max and Jaime developed a very strong friendship bond, and Max was featured in several adventure stories in the last season.
"(Reverted good faith edits ". Ah, I still have some good faith ...
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Yes, Mandarax, you were right on both counts. I miss it dearly, but right now I miss Paris as much. I used to...well, let's not get too personal. Let's just say I spent a lot of time in Paris, going there by train, hanging out with the American ex-pats, strolling all over town with nothing better to do than enjoy it. Musee d'Orsay, the old Opera, theaters all over town...hipsters and artists, and my French was really good in those days. If I close my eyes I remember the smell of the subway. If I close my eyes and I'm in a bad mood I can even remember the smell of the RER. Drmies ( talk) 03:49, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
@ Drmies: All you have to do to satisfy wiki copyright policy is have your mother re-email the photo to you (either in the body of the email or as an attachment), with the statement I, Nellie Besseling, the copyright holder of this photo, hereby publish it under the following license: CC-SA 1.0. and a link to the existing file on WP, and then you forward her email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. And you add a {{subst:OP}} ("OTRS pending") tag to the file. (Should do it soon because the file is set to be deleted on 25 November 2015.) Softlavender ( talk) 07:42, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
In case you're curious, the reason I said on Template talk:Sic that you have discussed the hidden sic tag is that you participated briefly in a discussion of its use in the Stuart C Lord article a few months ago, on that article's talk page. Bryan Henderson (giraffedata) ( talk) 16:50, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
I've noticed that recently, when you have been closing RFD discussion, you have been providing notes in the deletion log with broken links (both the fact that the discussion is not linked, and the fact that the summary refers the reader to the RFD base page instead of the daily subpage.) The entries have closure links that produce automated deletion summaries, but due to how the functionality of Template:Rfd2 works, these links can only appear when viewing the subpage directly, not from the RFD basepage. (The way I would go around this, and I'm guessing some RFD closure regulars do as well, is to click "edit" on one of the section headers in that day, and on the next page, click "Project page" at the top; then, you should be at the daily subpage where the links appear.) Steel1943 ( talk) 19:21, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyway, if I want to continue the way I've been doing it, I should have something like "Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_November_19#Sir_Hart_Davis", right? Drmies ( talk) 22:53, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
That's my question to you this evening, Dr., regarding this account, whose only contributions since 2008 seem to be the addition and maintenance of external links, all from the same site [4]. If it's spam, they've racked up an impressive history, which will require an admin's touch to revert. If the site they're linking to is okay, consider this an opportunity to say hello. Merci, 99. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 02:43, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Why was this page deleted for not being notable? If you need a refresher on what being notable means (music) please read: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Notability_(music)
I clearly covered more than one point and it seems that certain admins just looked at a deletion that was made almost 8 years ago and decided that was the sole basis on deletion. This is concerning and I will be escalating this matter. (Negligence) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbybobbie ( talk • contribs) 07:08, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Bobbybobbie ( talk) 07:56, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
The birdie you mentioned on my talk sang louder: I think we should at least have a stub about the darkness in music. Sorry I was not really awake this morning, but now did my operatic homework. Dark humour. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 11:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for the musical alert! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:24, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I noticed you deleted the page BrightInteractive, but I can't find what speedy deletion criterion the deletion was done under. The talk page was removed under WP:G8 which makes sense given page deletion, but at least on my side all it says is "deleted page BrightInteractive" with no explanation. Anyway, thanks! Appable ( talk) 13:19, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
Given you've blocked the UK IP who created the Black Brutality thread at the ref desk, you may want to do the same to the NYC IP who complains here that he created the question himself and is being censored for it. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 02:31, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi - I noticed the block you made of Joseph101895 regarding edits to California Lutheran High School. I had just declined to block that user since it appeared to me that, while they probably were promotionally motivated, they did have accurate information to contribute, and hadn't had a real chance to learn the guidelines of what information should and shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. It seemed like overall they can have a positive impact. Obviously you disagree, with the indefinite block. I was wondering if you could summarize your reasoning? Might be some background I'm missing. Prodego talk 04:35, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia Agent, whosoever you are.. Please don't take unnecessary actions for the page created for Anil Kumar Kohli. Give time as we too are busy here and just do not do Wikipedia like you and a weekend is required to rewrite the content. Kindly discuss. Or I will have to bring this matter to your top management. I hope you understand. Kindly undo your editings and leave the page to where it was. I will do the needful and bring to your notice. Thankfully — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.124.114 ( talk) 06:22, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia Agent, whosoever you are.. Please don't take unnecessary actions for the page created for Anil Kumar Kohli. Give time as we too are busy here and just do not do Wikipedia like you and a weekend is required to rewrite the content. Kindly discuss. Or I will have to bring this matter to your top management. I hope you understand. Kindly undo your editings and leave the page to where it was. I will do the needful and bring to your notice. Thankfully — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.124.114 ( talk) 06:22, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Drmies (your name seems to be illogical and maybe some form of code) and other administrators linked in this connection, I respect you to be an administrator but I am strongly expressing my displeasure in the way you had reacted (can be termed as a dictatorship over the Wikipedia administratorship) by placing unnecessary comments that are cited on the view history and repeated undoing the entire article. This is not a signature value attached to a collaborative media like Wikipedia. As suggested by you I will choose to place four tildes for signing the document but nonetheless my identity is secret. You and some fellow administrators have taken the article down and in a very unprofessional manner which is suggested to be reported to Wikipedia Corporation (if required). Lets not waste anymore time in debating and I should come to point-wise clarification of what 3-4 administrators (maybe you are friends - jointly decide without even reading policies what is right or wrong and keep on attaching new things everytime in an added comment and action). All your IP describes that the accounts are operated from a shared network from US and it is quite possible that you people are freelancers working for the corporation and reside in the same campus. Point-wise response: - Marquis who's who is not-credited by a set of administrators and I suggest to put a complaint to their office that they should rather come to Wikipedia standards which in turn shares tremendous criticism " http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/" and " /info/en/?search=Criticism_of_Wikipedia" to name a few (standards of the claimed administrators). Even Google discredits. - I guess you people have not visited this place and hence, cannot know the credibility of the work that is undertaken here and the kind of vision attached to a leader or his capabilities. Therefore, it is suggested that before arriving to any conclusion please do a bit of literature survey of how complex things are and not just as you see within your four wall boundaries and internet. - Some senseless edit summary like "well now. rm more images (not the family photo album)", "who's who is nothing. not a resume: rm resume", "is BRIT an airplane that can reach "new heights" (whatever that is supposed to mean" and many more is suggested to be notified to the top leaders of the corporation as very educated, sophisticated and fully ethical administrators like you seem to behave running the corporation. - Regarding references that are hosted in a third party website - Kindly extend your logical reasoning and question yourself that do the third party website that were cited are registered ones, if so on what laws and principle they are governed!? In this respect you people lack substantial maturity and logic. Additionally, The Hindu is not the only publishing edition that is available here, there are many more and kindly update your knowledge. - Dr. Kohli has had a key role in the significant projects of BRIT, beyond having headed the organization at some point, but due to the strategic nature they are not supposed to be public. Moreover, big institutes like Indian Railways and so on and so forth have been interviewed him because of his sheer capabilities but those are standalone articles and are not in web and if they happen to be hosted in third party websites; you people will start arguing regarding that too. - I agree to the fact that scientific references are not endorsed to be put into Wikipedia but the redirection of publications that were done need not be undermined as they carry a huge impact factor with them. - Lastly, I can help locate you people a huge list of candidates that are not notable in nature from the US and West apart from this place (upto the standards of Wikipedia as claimed by administrators) and can be taken down within 24 hours as well. In consolidation, I suggest you to do whatever you feel as administrators (or dictators and not collaborators of collaborative media in principle). But things will not remain unreported to the corporation and those who are involved in vigilance. You may merge or do whichever way you people wish to project our things and boost your things (undue advantage of your own publishing platform) but make sure that days are not far ahead for us too. If you still feel that I may rewrite the content in a neutral manner (I initially felt that not a fundamental rewrite was required and needed revision) and allow standalone articles to be referenced. Kindly put to the talk page of Dr. Kohli and give a minimum time line or I suggest to let go and not to waste time (as I am fully occupied and can devote time to constructive projects only) as even if I attempt you people will undo. Please communicate! Thankfully Sbatdaeindia ( talk) 08:28, 22 November 2015 (UTC)sbatdaeindia
Apologies for taking so long to thank you for those messages. I've been away in the wilds of the real world of students and committees, and it's a lot like being off the grid. Actually, it's "nature red in tooth and claw" out there, especially at department meetings. - Like just about all the medieval literature I've read, the Lais are seriously weird, and also wonderful. I especially enjoy "Marie's" claim at the end of most of the Lais that "this really happened just as I told you." And just about every Lai shows that she really knows how to guess the price of cloth; I'll bring along a copy the next time I go out to buy a suit. As for Vanity Fair, OK, I admit that you got yourself into this without knowing what you were getting yourself into, so your conscience shouldn't compel to read even a page of it. But if you start it as a book to read to use for decompression before sleeping at night, you'll find it both relaxing and enlightening, even if it takes months to read. It goes down very, very easily, and surprises you with some very moving moments. But, now, having absorbed some of the moral vision of Marie de France, this message formally releases you from any obligation to read it [waving of hands, serious nodding of head, swelling music, etc.]. - And, meanwhile, I'm looking forward to voting for you early (but annoyingly not often) next week. - Macspaunday ( talk) 14:24, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
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While I have posted a "guide" in regards to ACE 2015 - I have not been outspoken about my own personal choices. I say this here and now however: I will support you as a "blue-collar version of NYB". I do NOT mean "blue-collar" in the sense of intelligence, but rather in communication style. Best of luck. — Ched : ? 02:13, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
May the odds ever be in your favor! NE Ent 00:24, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
You wrote: "The good news? Anyone can learn English and get quite good at it, better than most native speakers if need be." I can't agree with this, at least as a blanket statement. Once you get past the crude word classes, the grammatical road-blocks start. The Dutch seem to be the best in the world at overcoming them (for some reason typically better than Germans); but the experience of most second-language speakers in acquiring English is perverse and exasperating. You might enjoy reading a recently published book: Harry Ritchie, English for the Natives, John Murray, 2013. Tony (talk) 06:36, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi!
Sometime on @
SpacemanSpiff:'s talk I had raised this issue of poor GAs being passed recently where he mentioned that it might be good to check with you first. After that I have gone ahead and GARed two articles already as they were far below the par;
Sargun Mehta GAR and
Palak Muchhal GAR.
But I have trouble gauging this one called
Grazing Goat Pictures. Criteria
3a of GA states that the article should "address the main aspects of the topic" and 3b states that it should stay "focused on the topic". This article is about a production house which produces films in India, mainly Bollywood and some regional-language films too. The article mentions some key people involved and then starts talking about the films and the business they did, awards they won, regular film reviews and such. The
Article composition guideline stated at WP:COMPANIES puts few points that should be essential in a company's article, which seem to be missing from our subject case. Does the article pass the criteria 3 of GA then? §§
Dharmadhyaksha§§ {
Talk /
Edits} 09:07, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
As you are doubtless aware, I wander through CAT:UNBLOCK looking for editors to unblock, and tend to AGF a bit more than some admins when it comes to the block button. Part of the problem I've discovered is that when two administrators clash over whether or not to unblock, nothing happens except pages and pages and pages of discussion that bores me to tears, and doesn't do anything about the actual unblock. Is there another way round "cowboy unblocks", other than just doing them and waiting for it to backfire at ANI? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
@ Ritchie333: When I cannot come to an agreement with the blocking admin and I still feel something needs to be done I generally seek a wider consensus and then accept the outcome. HighInBC 00:56, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Those are some good questions. I've only been doing it about ten days myself, so I may not be the best authority on the subject. @ Worm That Turned: was the one who approved my request for an account there so I'm guessing he knows a bit more about it. Currently it does not seem to be experiencing heavy backlogs, but with WP:BASC going away completely the possibility certainly exists. I would guesstimate that it is a few hundred appeals per month, since there's usually 3-5 new ones every time I log in. I have no clue how many total admins work there, but it does tell you who has been active in the last five minutes and quite often I only seee my name there. Beeblebrox ( talk) 01:23, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there. I was hoping to gain access to the deleted page Great American Canyon Band. I was not finished with the page and would like to add more sources and information to make it a credible page. This is my first page and I am just learning the wiki formats/processes. Would be much appreciated if you would allow me to gain access to the deleted page. Thanks! Sarahk.odo ( talk) 18:28, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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If the gods that be allow you to be seated in the election that is, will you do your darnedest not to lose your sense of humor?I know it won't be easy, but, please? BMK ( talk) 15:17, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
You know that old Neil Young song? "She said 'you're strange, don't change'--and I let her." Anyway, I realized that I didn't have a platform or a PAC or even a slogan. This morning I thought of Distinction With A Difference, because I'm totally distinguished (as you well know) and the best-looking of all candidates, and I Promise To Make A Difference (I think last week was Make a Difference Week™ or something American like that). On the not-so bright side, if I get in I'm going full throttle in my Total Newyorkbrad Immersion Program™, since he is of course my model. I may need to vent regularly but I'll do that on one of your subpages.
Thanks BMK--I'll try. Drmies ( talk) 15:52, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Why is it that whenever people want to illustrate The Reader, it's with always with that same guy? Ladyof Shalott 01:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
LadyofShalott, you have put your finger on a sore spot. Maybe you saw that I "liked" something on Facebook a while ago, this collection of "20 Medieval and Renaissance Women Reading". Wonderful. I just typed in "images women reading" and there is a lot of material. This is interesting and pointed me to this website, which editors like Johnbod, SusunW, Rosiestep, Keilana, and others might be interested in as well. And then there's books like this--oh boy, there's a lot, but my syllabus for next semester's class (Women in Medieval Literature) is full already. Drmies ( talk) 04:53, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Drmies, I send you greetings from my great never-ending vacation from Wikiland. I was heartened to see your name on the slate, so I just popped in to vote for you (and, really, also to oppose a particular candidate who shall remain herein unnamed). I hope all's well and that you have a wonderfulest Thanksgiving.— alf laylah wa laylah ( talk) 17:05, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
Following up on out earlier conversation on the subject: For the heinous crime of opening this discussion at Commons in which I point out the absurdity of having nearly 200 images from a single bikini car wash fundraising event at a "breastaraunt" I have now been accused of censorship and inciting a moral panic, and conversly of misogyny and "body shaming". Some of the images did get deleted and now it's a big argument over there. This is pretty much exactly what I expected, although I had hoped Commons was coming around to some sort of sanity. I think I'll just stick to the occasional upload and not try and fix their screwed up community. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:04, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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Can you close the entire thread so that the initial attack on me stays with the broad consensus supporting my use of CSDs when archived. Thanks Legacypac ( talk) 00:30, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
smileguy91 talk - contribs 05:00, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
When I first encountered Drmies I thought I had to fit myself with forged steel armor. Their passion was indeed a force to be reckoned with. However....this admin is also someone understands that they can be wrong, can learn from others and more importantly....could effect real change with even someone who was opposed to their position. This is someone who may react, but then takes time to think about what they did. They can admit when they are wrong, stand strong when they feel they are right but still allow all concerned to have a voice, even those many may have ill feelings for them...because must such feelings are based on a misconception. There is something about this editor, contributor and admin that gets to the very heart of what this project is really about, the content, the creation of more content, and the willingness of everyone to work together in some for that moves us forward.
Am I going to vote for this one for arb com? F**k yeah! Because this is someone who has had a greater influence on dispute resolution than anyone else I know...even those that are deeply embedded into the DR mediation. I have always felt that Drmies should volunteer for the DRN but then....that is not what is really needed to do all those things I have tried to support. Not a DRN volunteer or even someone you see on the other boards much but....they effect more on a daily basis than most do in a year or more. You won't see me say anything about those I don't support (they probably know I would never vote for them anyway), and I probably won't go on about the many others I am voting for....but if anyone cares what I think (and why should you) about who you should vote for and why.....I think I covered the best reasons to support this candidate. I feel there is something very substantial in what Drmies has to offer on Arb Com so I felt making clear what I felt here was the best route in supporting this candidate. Good luck to both you and Wikipedia in general.-- Mark Miller ( talk) 05:20, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Anyway, thanks for the note; good to see you still around. And yes, good luck to Wikipedia too: we need it. Drmies ( talk) 14:55, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
...how that Dutch fella climbed this whole GD mountain back in '36. I've been walking my little portion (which is at about 2000 metres above sea level) for about a week, down and up, every day, sometimes more than once, and I am still wiped by the time I get "home" in the evenings. On the bright side I don't feel bad about never going to the gym. Also I now live (while here) about a block from the mosque, the call to prayer can be quite lovely. -- kelapstick( on the run) 08:28, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Please file your daily reports here, with a complete list of expenses, for committee approval. Drmies ( talk) 14:58, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
A RFC has been opened at Battle of Karbala talk page. Please give your input. your views/opinion will be valuable for 1)You have knowledge of Islam and Islam related articles and 2)As an admin you will be able to give insight as to whether we should mass delete the non-notable POV/Hagiographic pages or run AFD's on them one by one. Regards FreeatlastChitchat ( talk) 05:32, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, fellow no-I-in-team. I have repeatedly cut down mountains of absolute dreck from articles about game engines over the years and I've had about enough of it. You know they let absolutely anybody or nobody edit this thing? Today, I noticed that Unity (game engine) had been dutifully re-crufted by someone who said he was bringing it in line with articles of other game engines! I glanced at List of game engines for the really popular ones that I could recognize, and I don't even know what else to look at. I had long long ago already deleted a major cruft list inserted by a Unity employee who tragically never contributed again after I encouraged him to do so without being the corporate public archivalist. So I dragged the waters at Unity (game engine) which was verrrry much easier after my previous major overhauls, and Marmalade, Frostbite (game engine), GameMaker: Studio, and Unreal Engine. I'm hoping that some anti-cruft warriors like yourself will verify that I cut it via strict encyclopedic standards without losing anything. Really, the citations of RSes are the important thing. Thank you for your efforts! — Smuckola (talk) 04:33, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
Drmies, I want you to know that I appreciate the impartial stance you took regarding my unblock request. I have noted that the very same problem that started the chain of events which led eventually to my indefinite block has resurfaced. Please have a look at Talk:RT (TV network), section "Former Russian Officials". Masebrock has independently observed the same misquotation of a source [5] (already sufficiently biased). As a result, he has been called a vandal, warned that he was edit-warring and forced to surrender in the previous section "I recognize that I am in the minority here and will surrender this point." (see: "Mention the source of RT criticism" section). You know the very strict conditions that have been imposed to me, so that I intervene only minimally. I left a comment on his talk page. In my opinion, this instrumentalization of Wikipedia for purposes other than the dissemination of knowledge are very detrimental to the project, and it is an issue that must be addressed. For reference, the lead of the article in January 2010 read:
"RT sets out to present the Russian point of view on events in Russia and its 'near abroad' and give the viewers an opportunity to get acquainted with Russian views on world and domestic events. Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, says the station was born out of the desire to present an "unbiased portrait of Russia".[1]
A major part of RT's airtime is devoted to Russian and world news, but it also airs business, sports and culture news. In addition, RT features documentaries, travel shows and commentaries on present-day life in Russia and Russian history."
Compare it with what it is now. Γνῶθι σεαυτόν ( talk) 22:58, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
... as to whether this point [6] should get the highhanded brushoff, instead of the discussion being allowed to take its natural course. Or perhaps I'll get blocked too, for showing disrespect to an administrator? EEng ( talk) 17:07, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
In regards to the election, I don't believe you saw my comment below. I'd also appreciate if you could stop talking to me in a condescending manner. On reflection, yes, perhaps this all could have proceeded better if we both approached this a different way. As for my reasoning, BLP policy does apply to every page on the encyclopedia. ( BLP applies to all material about living persons anywhere on Wikipedia, including talk pages, edit summaries, user pages, images, categories, lists, persondata, article titles and drafts.) Content relating to article subjects "... should be written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone, avoiding both understatement and overstatement. Criticism and praise should be included ... so long as the material is presented responsibly, conservatively, and in a disinterested tone." By extension, we have a whole policy page on civility and attack pages. In addition, we expect administrators to behave in a respectful, civil manner towards others. (I still feel that comments such as these are subpar behavior for an admin: 1, 2) As for the block, the BLP policy permits the use of a block, "even if they have been editing the article themselves or are in some other way involved." Whether or not the use of satire is permitted by law is irrelevant here. Wikipedia is not a satirical website and the community has already established policies that prohibit attacking our readers, editors, and article subjects. We don't have special "carve-outs" as you've mentioned. As I briefly discussed above, such issues aren't always as trivial is you might believe. At the very least a culmination of these instances have led to editors leaving the community for good, article subjects (or friends and family of the subject) raising complaints, and readers viewing Wikipedia in a negative light. Mike V • Talk 22:04, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
But see, Mike V, the experience you're having proves my point. I personally have enough faith in Wikipedia processes to believe that you, having been selected by whatever process selects you, will perform your duties with the utmost integrity. But (reasonably or not) not everyone has that faith, and when an election official does anything that carries even a whiff of side-taking, it brings disrepute on the process, in at least some people's eyes. It may very well be that such people are unreasonable or paranoid, but the election system deserves to enjoy the faith of everyone -- even the unreasonable and paranoid -- and by doing what you did you reduced that faith by some epsilon. I think epsilon is probably small, but that's still too much.
So even assuming, for the moment, that your action was an appropriate one for an abstract random admin to take, you should not have taken it. You should have done nothing, allowing the N-1 other admins to notice and correct any problem (if there was one) or at most brought the matter to other admins' attention for them to act on or not act on as they saw fit. Nothing would have been lost thereby by -- there was no emergency -- and something precious would have been preserved.
Side note to Drmies re "admins run the admin noticeboards, and I think that if an admin closes something (or hats it, or whatever), then that decision ought to stand": um, what happened to "Administrators do not have more rights than other editors, just more tools"? (Paraphrasing there, since I can't find the quote just now.) EEng ( talk) 02:37, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Well, I had no choice but comment on ANI after you requested me to. I think if there was a diff where I have "lied" or "continually.. harrassed" then Fyunck would have presented it. I am going to stand back and watch. All the best. In ictu oculi ( talk) 08:49, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
I just realized my derp, but it appears that you beat me to fixing it :-) ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 10:17, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
"Even Grandpa Frank gets reverted and he's steaming mad about it.".-- Bbb23 ( talk) 21:40, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Greetings, Dr., from 99. Perhaps a week ago I asked for help at the BLP noticeboard, and received no traction there, re: Nnamdi Kanu. My take is that one account took over the biography and turned it into a coatrack for far more expansive political issues in Nigeria. If you or your talk page stalkers have a chance, I'd appreciate other opinions--I think an awful lot of what's there doesn't belong, and may reflect someone's very prolifically sourced agenda. Nice painting of the reader you have here. We're still wading through Thursday's leftovers, 2601:188:0:ABE6:78F9:225E:C72:122C ( talk) 01:33, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding (brewing) edit-warring over removal of sourced material in favour of unsourced material and enforcement of non-consensus format. The thread is Day6 reversions by User:Dr.K. and User:Drmies.The discussion is about the topic Day6. Thank you. Wikierroneous 03:41, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I'm sure you've already got a notification, but Dalamani has continued with their problematic behaviour, and since there's no point me warning them further it has gone to ANI. Regards. -- Michig ( talk) 11:59, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
....I lol'd. Tide rolls 16:07, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Very classic expression, "old fart". Maybe Rosie had been reading the Jargon file? "A term of insult in the second or third person but one of pride in first person," [7] as of course you used it on ANI, doctor. Speaking of which, help, help, my ANI ban is about to expire (see the top of my page), what shall I do? I've enjoyed it so much, but it seems a little lazy and self-indulgent to simply extend it. Would somebody like to ban me again? Perhaps that would take community consensus on... er... ANI? (Hint hint, please propose it.) Bishonen | talk 18:09, 30 November 2015 (UTC).
Why was this page deleted? I see it has something about referencing but surely this is due to a previous editor? It's a New York Times - Best selling children's book. I wanted to add something to it and realised that it had been deleted but without seeing the content how can it be improved upon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7d:51c3:7900:45fd:9303:7a11:f709 ( talk • contribs)
Okay, Dr., here's one from my files: over the summer I came across a COI account, who'd written his autobiography on Wikipedia, and adds links to his essays as references for other articles. Now, that sort of rampant self-referencing makes me queasy, and I reported this to the COI noticeboard, where the topic died quietly. I don't doubt notability, nor his knowledge. But, well. If you or your astute talk page stalkers want to take a look at some point and let me know what you think, great. Cheers from 99, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 04:34, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Okay--to bring everyone back to the specifics: Notability isn't in question. The concerns are 1). The inevitable liberties taken in an autobiography, which strike me as subtle, but there nonetheless in this article, and 2). The slow creep, if you will, of the subject using his essays as references in numerous other articles. Are his contributions acceptable as WP:RELIABLE sources? The whole self-referencing business always makes one uneasy--Drmies, can you imagine if I started doing that in articles across Wikipedia? Hmmmm. 2601:188:0:ABE6:9DC4:922:9262:2028 ( talk) 15:21, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
As you reverted me, it seems clear we do not quite agree on what constitutes a BLP issue. To avoid further conflict, could you look at the article in question, in its current state and contribute to the talk page, outlining if there are any issues. As you are aware, it was not just me who was reverted, perhaps the IP editor could also contribute as they were also reverted. Spacecowboy420 ( talk) 07:48, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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Tag at the top requesting administrator assistance for a technical matter. Was hoping you could take a look. David King, Ethical Wiki ( Talk) 16:30, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
You closed the ban discussion but didn't extend his block to indef. I did it myself now, please undo if I messed it up:) Max Semenik ( talk) 23:08, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Greetings. I've noticed a few of your edits across articles regarding the use of flag icons. Therefore I invite you to pitch in at Talk:Joe Calzaghe for a discussion on ditching flagicons across boxing articles altogether. I think I might've even adopted one of your terms—"cute little flag icons"—so please don't sue me for gimmick infringement. ;-) Mac Dreamstate ( talk) 03:08, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
I see your involvement at Talk:Joe Calzaghe is due to canvassing by User:Mac Dreamstate. As an experienced and respected editor, having been canvassed, you should (and do) know better than to have offered your opinion there. Daicaregos ( talk) 11:06, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the closure. [8] For clarity's and posterity's sake, could I suggest we add the words in green to the second sentence, changing:
to
(I'm sure that was what you meant to write anyway.) Best, -- Andreas JN 466 13:29, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
Please tell the lovely Draco I said hi. I hope y'all are keeping warm and that Mama Merkel continues to be the unexpected example of hospitality, certainly when compared to the rest of the world. Here is a cold place, in all kinds of ways. Drmies ( talk) 20:51, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Drmies et al. could anyone voice their opinion at Talk:Mudar_Zahran#Protected_edit_request_on_2_December_2015? It relates to whether we should include that activists on Facebook have accused the subject of being a Mossad agent and commentary in a open letter written by his father in which he was renounced. It's been at COIN once and BLPN twice in the last month but no one else is showing much interest. I've been going round in circles with another editor and can't reach a consensus. Thanks SmartSE ( talk) 19:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
The edit summary for
this edit of yours seems to be inaccurate.
The edit summary is no--we are not a directory. a link to an official website is acceptable (in general--this case may be different), but we're not linking to all issues--certainly not for this topic)
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But your edit does NOT remove links to each issue. That was already done by a previous edit - and has been fought / edit warred over repeatedly.
[9], and many more, most recent
diff. Dtellett's moderate/middle ground position (mention the issues, but don't link to the issues) seems quite appropriate and I wonder if your intention was to overturn it. Your edit summary suggests not, but your edit does so. Please reconsider your overturn. --
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See how to make thin hamster here! Bishonen | talk 23:49, 4 December 2015 (UTC).
Back in august you commented that I was being "silly" for commenting that a user is labeling a religious organization "a sect. [11]You said its not a bad word. Really? Yes its a bad word when its meant for bad intentions. [12] FYI I made that comment because I knew the editors intentions were not for the good because I have had extensive discussions with him and reviewed his edits. Misdemenor ( talk) 02:13, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, I've been working on improving the article Miss Belvedere and I would like a fresh set of eyes to look it over. Also, it has an original research tag on it but I think that I've removed or sourced the statements that were of concern. If you're interested I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look. Thanks! Shinerunner (talk) 14:16, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
You were in a discussion which is relevant to a RfC I started see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Boxing#RfC: Flag icons in professional boxing record tables 92.237.211.110 ( talk) 05:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Drmies, just FYI, years ago I locked suer:Omar-Toons because of massive crosswiki editwars. Since he's currently editing fr.wiki and en.wiki I won't lock this account but I thought you'd need to be aware of this background. -- Vituzzu ( talk) 15:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
So I've tarted up the heading to tease interest among your talk page stalkers: An academic who ought to know better has taken over the article and turned it into a resume/promo vehicle. I've reported at the COI noticeboard, which is sometimes a boneyard for such matters. Any assistance, up to and including protecting the article, will be much appreciated. Cheers, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:28, 6 December 2015 (UTC)